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Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, DC Studios' Superman, CBS's Ghosts, Willow/Warwick Davis, USA Network's WWE Raw, AMC's The Walking Dead Universe, Netflix/Tom Brady, HBO's The Last of Us, Invincible/North Korea, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery, Netflix's Arcane, William Shatner/AI, BBC's Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps: Paramount+, DC Comics, Disney+, Prime Video, Netflix, AMC[...]

Adult Swim kicked off the start of the month by making Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends the focus of this year's April Fool's Day broadcast event But before we were treated to a screening of the new season's first episodes, viewers had a chance to see how three of the[...]

When Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends returns for its second season, Pim, Charlie, Zongo, Allan & Glep will continue their mission to bring happiness to the world – and that includes a washed-up retro video game character, a troubled marriage, The President of the United States, and… Mr[...]

Picking up from the first season, Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends Season 2 finds Pim, Charlie, Zongo, Allan & Glep continuing their mission to bring happiness to the world – and that includes a washed-up retro video game character, a troubled marriage, The President of the United States, and… Mr[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL), Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Billy Joel, Prime Video's Reacher, Max's Peacemaker, Fallout/X-Men '97 & Binge-Dropping, TBS's AEW Collision/AEW Battle of the Belts, BBC's Doctor Who, Disney+'s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Lower Decks, and more! Images/Screencaps: SNL, CBS, Prime Video, Marvel Studios, BBC, Amazon[...]

With less than a month to go until Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends returns with a two-episode Season 2 premiere, we've had a chance to check out the premiere episode (courtesy of Adult Swim's April Fool's Day) and an official trailer Picking up from their first season, Pim, Charlie, Zongo,[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? DC Studios' Superman, CW's Superman & Lois, Disney, Heels/Netflix, WWE WrestleMania XL, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Kit Harington/Jon Snow, ABC's The Rookie, Crunchyroll/CinemaCon 204, Max's Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Peacock's Community: The Movie, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Crunchyroll's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,[...]

On May 12th, Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends returns with a two-episode Season 2 premiere – and now, we have an official trailer to preview the madness ahead Picking up from their intro season, Pim, Charlie, Zongo, Allan & Glep continue their mission to bring happiness to the world – and[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Jared Leto/Wheel of Fortune, CM Punk, The X-Files, USA Network's WWE Raw, Max's Velma, Star Trek/D&D, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery, Prime Video's Fallout, Netflix's 3 Body Problem, Prime Video's Gen V, Elon Musk/Disney, Bray Wyatt, Netflix's Wednesday, Paramount+'s Criminal Minds: Evolution, Netflix's One Piece, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, AMC's The Walking Dead:[...]

If you didn't get a chance to check out Adult Swim's April Fool's Day 2024 special broadcast and you're a fan of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends, then you missed out on some pretty cool stuff First up, we were treated to puppet versions of S01E02: "Mr Frog" (directed by[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: The Book of Carol, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, AMC's Interview with the Vampire, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Apple TV+'s Sugar, James Gunn/DC Studios, Bray Wyatt, BBC's Doctor Who, TBS's AEW Collision, Netflix's Cobra Kai, CBS's The Big Bang Theory,[...]

Yes, we got new programming from Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends – but then, we didn't Because, you know… April Fool's? When midnight hit, we were treated to S01E02: "Mr Frog" (directed by Georgia Kriss and written by David Hootselle) – except this time, it's being done with puppets[...]

As excited as we were to learn that something new from Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends was set to hit Adult Swim screens on Sunday night, we could get past the date: March 31st at midnight – meaning that it would be April 1st… or, April Fool's Day. For those[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? HBO's Euphoria, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Paramount+/Nickelodeon, Netflix's FUBAR, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Paramount+'s Knuckles, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery, SYFY's Resident Alien, Warner Bros./Red Vs[...]

If you're a fan of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends, then you already know that you have a pretty big weekend coming up On Saturday, the show will be hosting a panel during WonderCon 2024, where a look at the new season is set to go down Following that, we have[...]

If you're a fan of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends, then you're having a pretty good week Far be it from us to piss on anyone's Corn Flakes… but we have to revisit a point we brought up when we first covered the news that the animated series would be returning[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Blue's Clues/Steve Burns, Netflix's 3 Body Problem, CBS's Ghosts, Max's The Penguin, Ronna McDaniel/NBC News, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Freevee's Bosch: Legacy, Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer, Crunchyroll's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Star Wars/Liam Neeson & more! Images/Screencaps: AMC Networks, CBS, Netflix, Adult Swim, Max, NBC[...]

Looks like we won't have to wait until WonderCon 2024 weekend for some breaking news regarding the second season of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends. With the release of an epic mini-teaser, it was confirmed that the show will be returning on Sunday, March 31st, at midnight to Adult Swim. But then again…[...]

Marvel, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, BBC's Doctor Who, Power Rangers' Amy Jo Johnson & Austin St John, My Hero Academia/NBA, NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and more! Images/Screencaps: Prime Video, Adult Swim, Marvel Studios, Netflix, HBO, Instagram, FX Networks, BBC BCTV Daily Dispatch: Bill Maher, X-Men '97, Stranger Things 5, American Horror Story: Delicate, The Boys, Don Lemon/Elon Musk, Ms[...]

We were keeping fingers, toes, and various other body parts crossed last week that news on the second season of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends would be dropping soon – and it is On Saturday, March 30th, WonderCon (Room North 200A) will be the home to an official panel where Cusack[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, AEW/WWE, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Sony's The Karate Kid 6, NBC's Night Court, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Prime Video's Reacher, CBS's Young Sheldon, Max's Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, Max's Creature Commandos, Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, CBS's Ghosts, Netflix's Homicide: NY/LA, Crunchyroll's Dragon Ball Super, Disney's Star Tours Adventures, and more! Images/Screencaps: SNL, Max, DC[...]

Okay, we will readily admit that we got our hopes up when it came to New Year's Eve and getting some intel on when the second season of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends will finally drop But we are patient folk – especially when we get treated to a creative[...]

And then there's Smiling Friends – though we picture a different scenario Charlie and Pip find themselves competing against the mouse to bring smiles to their clients – with the mouse a natural when it comes to brining happiness and yet, there's something not quite right about him… Image: Adult Swim Screencap So here's the deal[...]

Okay, the good news? It's officially 2024 – meaning that we no longer have to keep saying that the second season of Michael Cusack (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends is "arriving next year." The not-so-great news? We hoped we would get a look at the second season, maybe even a release window,[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Disney+'s What If…?, Disney+'s Echo, Taylor Swift/Skip Bayless, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, CM Punk/WWE, Netflix's My Life with the Walter Boys, Netflix's Yu Yu Hakusho, DC Studios' Superman: Legacy, Paramount+'s Halo, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Jeopardy!/Mayim Bialik, BBC's Doctor Who, BBC's Ghosts, Star Trek: Voyager/Sarah Silverman, and more! Images/Screencaps:[...]

It had been a little over a year since "The Smiling Friends Go to Brazil!" hit our screens when New York Comic Con (NYCC) 2023 brought fans an update on how things were looking with the second season of Michael Cusack (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends Along with a confirmation that 2024[...]

Konrad) And here's a look at a Meeseek from Rick and Morty offering Dee from FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia a ritual dance in her honor: And while it was still very much in its early stages (and adjusting its schedule after the changes that were announced that day), here's a look back at how things[...]

series finale film recently wrapped production… could that be an option? And we definitely wouldn't complain if we got something new from Zach Hadel & Michael Cusack's Smiling Friends. Image: Adult Swim Screencap 11:35 pm ET: So my program guide lists "To Be Announced" from 12-12:15 am ET & 12:15-12:30 am ET After that, we have Space[...]

Smiling Friends' co-creator & writer, as well as the voice for Charlie and Glep, Zach Hadel, recently posted a call for storyboard artists on his social media to work on the second season The Adult Swim series got the green light for a second season back in February 2022, and many fans (waving my hand[...]

And it's brought in an impressive line-up of friends to help make its case, including Rick and Morty, Eric Andre, Robot Chicken, The Boondocks, Smiling Friends, King of the Hill, Bob's Burgers, Futurama, YOLO, Metalocalypse, and more. Image: Adult Swim Screencaps So from getting into the holiday spirit to the importance of family at this time of[...]