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Okay, before we get to a preview for Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends S02E06: "Charlie, Pim, and Bill vs the Alien," we just need to say something about "Brother's Egg." If there was ever an episode that you can show to someone who's never seen the Adult Swim series before to demonstrate that special[...]

Martin's The Summer Machine, Paramount+'s Dungeons & Dragons, Trump Conviction, WWE/Vince McMahon, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Showtime's Yellowjackets, Disney/Nelson Peltz, Warner Bros Japan's, Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League, Crunchyroll's Macross Plus, Nacelle's Gates McFadden InvestiGates, BBC's Doctor Who, Warner Bros Discovery/NBA, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Attack on Titan, Crunchyroll's BLUE LOCK The Movie, Paramount's Star Trek: Discovery, Netflix's Minecraft, and more! Images/Screencaps:[...]

Yesterday, it was all about what a great month Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends has been having – with the second season underway, the Adult Swim animated series announced to have a major role during Warner Bros Discovery's presentation at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June, and being the top-watched show on Max[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Star Wars/Lucasfilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Max's Booster Gold, MeTV Toons, Prime Video's Young Sherlock, Prime Video's The Boys, Disney+'s Hawkeye, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Disney+'s[...]

We think it's safe to say that Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel's Smiling Friends is been having a pretty good month With the second season underway, we learned that the Adult Swim animated series would have a major role during Warner Bros Discovery's upcoming presentation at this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June[...]

Adult Swim is looking to impress in a big way during its network showcase at this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June – and it's enlisted Genndy Tartakovsky (Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal), Joe Bennett & Steve Hely (Common Side Effects), Michael Cusack & Zach Hadel (Smiling Friends), and more to help[...]

Smith, WWE/AEW, AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Paramount+'s Evil, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Vice TV's Who Killed WCW?, Crunchyroll's My Hero Academia, Prime Video's The Boys: Mexico, South Park/Lizzo, Star Trek/Seth MacFarlane, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Giancarlo Esposito/MCU, BBC's Doctor Who, Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso, and more! Images/Screencaps: AMC Networks,[...]

Based on what we've seen so far, this weekend's episode of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) and Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends has a whole lot going on Based on the overview, "Erm, the Boss Finds Love?" is "the scariest episode of any cartoon that's ever been created," so you can only imagine how everything is[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles OG Voice Cast, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Parks and Recreation/Patton Oswalt, BBC's Doctor Who, Max's Lanterns, WWE King and Queen of the Ring, HBO's The Righteous Gemstones, Prime Video's The Boys, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Apple TV+'s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, NBC's Saturday Night Live, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and[...]

We've got something a little different than just a preview for the next episode of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) and Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends, and it comes courtesy of Episode Director, Board Artist, and Animator Paul Ter Voorde Over the course of two tweets/xs, Ter Voorde offered a side-by-side comparison of two scenes from[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery, ABC's The Rookie, CW's Walker, Prime Video's The Boys, Netflix's 3 Body Problem, AEW/WWE, Adult Swim's My Adventures With Superman, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Jon Moxley, Netflix's Sweet Tooth, Disney+'s The Acolyte, Scarlett Johansson/OpenAI, Crunchyroll's Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, BBC's Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps:[...]

We're only three episodes into the second season of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends, and our heroes helped Gwimbly get his groove back, saw Mr Frog successfully pull off a major power grab, and gave Allan the spotlight to retrieve some paperclips – and save the world[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, ABC's The Rookie, AEW's Meal & A Match, Biden/Trump CNN Debate, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Netflix's 3 Body Problem, ABC's The Golden Bachelorette, NFL: Netflix & HBO; Paramount+'s South Park: The End of Obesity, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Netflix's Squid Game 2, Adult[...]

After a two-episode second season return this past weekend, Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) and Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends returns this weekend with an episode spotlighting a character who has quickly developed his own cult following among fans – Allan In S02E03: "A Allan Adventure," Mr Boss tasks Allan with a mission – replenishing the[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? AMC's Interview with the Vampire, NBC's Saturday Night Live, Max's The Penguin, FOX's The Cleaning Lady, Max's Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, CBS's Young Sheldon, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Prime Video's Good Omens 3, AEW Collision/AEW Rampage, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Crunchyroll's HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle, Star Trek/Peabody Award, BBC's Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps:[...]

With only hours to go until the second season of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends gets unleashed across our screens, we have an update to our rundown of previews for S02E01: "Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered Enhanced Extended Edition DX 4K (Anniversary Director's Cut)" & S02E02: "Mr President" – courtesy of Adult[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? SYFY's Revival, MAX's Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, Freevee's Bosch: Legacy/Rene Ballard, WWE SmackDown, Apple, NBC's Saturday Night Live, ABC's The Rookie, BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, Paramount+'s Frasier, Peacock's Law & Order: Organized Crime, Star Trek, AMC's Orphan Black: Echoes, Netflix's Exploding Kittens, DC Studios' Superman, Peacock's Ted, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Prime Video's Batman:[...]

After a series of posts looking at how the April Fool's Day puppet takes matched up with the original episodes, we're back to preview what's to come with the second season of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends For this go-around, it's a sneak preview of S02E01: "Gwimbly: Definitive Remastered[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? White House Correspondents' Dinner/SNL's Colin Jost, Netflix's Dead Boy Detectives, Max's Lanterns, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, AMC's The Walking Dead, HBO's Last Week Tonight/UFOs, James Gunn/X-Men '97, AEW Collision/AEW Rampage, Disney+'s The Mandalorian, BBC's Doctor Who, and more! Images/Screencaps: Marvel Studios, WBTV, YouTube, BBC/Doctor Who Magazine, Threads, Max, AMC Networks, Netflix, The White House, NBCUniversal,[...]

Is it May 12th yet? While we await the second season premiere of Michael Cusack's (YOLO: Crystal Fantasy) & Zach Hadel's (Hellbenders) Smiling Friends, Adult Swim has released another puppet/original episode comparison video from earlier this month as part of the ever-expanding late-night programming block's April Fool's Day broadcast As much as we enjoyed the first[...]

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[...]