If there’s one word to describe the programming on Adult Swim, it would be subversive – which makes it a natural home for the new live-action series from Aaron McGruder, the creator of The Boondocks, Black Jesus. The premise is in the title – what if Jesus came back and he was a black man? […]
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It’s a Go for Season Six of Childrens Hospital!
Adult Swim has greenlit a sixth season of its live-action comedy Childrens Hospital. New epsiodes of the series will premiere in 2015. The sixth season will find the Childrens gang returned from Japan and safely ensconced back in their hospital. For more, check out the press release after the jump.
Brett Gelman Does Adult Swim Dinner Special!
Eagleheart’s Brett Gelman is getting his own special on Adult Swim. Dinner With Friends With Brett Gelman and Friends features Gelman hosting some of his Hollywood friends – including Alison Pill and Lance Reddick – for an evening of ‘dining, tasty showbiz chit-chat, and psychological torture.’ Dinner With Friends With Brett Gelman and Friends airs […]
The Boondocks Returns!
Aaron McGruder’s TV adaptation of his satirical comic strip, The Boondocks, is returning to Adult Swim after an almost four-year hiatus. The Freemans – Granddad, Huey and Riley, have left the south side of Chicago for the quiet and safety of the suburbs – The Boondocks of the title. In their new neighborhood, Huey does […]
Adult Swim Posts Next Rick and Morty Ep On Instagram!
Let’s talk audacious experiments. Adult Swim has posted next Monday’s episode of Rick and Morty on Instagram. Fans who have the patience – the ep is broken down into more than one hundred clips to meet Instagram’s 15-second limit on video posts – can watch the ep online right now. For details, check out the […]
Robot Chicken’s New DC Comics Special–Villains In Paradise!
Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken will follow up its highly successful DC superheroes specila from last year with a second DC special that focuses on DC’s supervillains. The half-hour special, Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains In Paradise is set to premiere on April 6th (11:30/10:30C), and follows them ‘from the swamps to the sky […]
Bad Education: Adult Swim Renews China, IL!
The worst school in America returns with its misguided students, deranged faculty and their crazed interactions. Adult Swim has picked up China, IL for its junior year. Somewhere, real teachers are weeping… Production will begin in Los Angeles later this year.
Christ Elliott and the Gang from Adult Swim’s Eagleheart Talks with EM!
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising is an action-comedy television series that first premiered on February 3, 2011, on Adult Swim. It is written and executive produced by Michael Koman, Andrew Weinberg and Jason Woliner. Jason Woliner directs the series. To celebrate season 3 of Eagleheart, Eclipse Magazine’s Lora Bofill had the opportunity to chat with writer/executive producer […]
Naruto Shippunden Launches on Adult Swim Toonami in 2014!
VIZ Media has announced the launch of Naruto Shippunden – in a dubbed, uncut edition, from the beginning – on Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block in 2014. The continuing saga of young ninja Naruto Uzumaki is one of the most popular manga titles in the VIZ Media library and the anime was a huge hit […]
Tim and Eric Are Back! Great Job, Now Go to Bed!
Adult Swim has announced the return of Rim and Eric to Adult Swim in Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories – a dark comedy anthology series that delves into fantasy and the unknown. The series, which will premiere in 2014, will be written and directed by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. You can get a taste […]
Space Dandy to be Broadcast Simultaneoulsy in Japan and the U.S.!
Adult Swim will begin airing the English dub version of space Dandy in January, 2014. Nothing new about that, right? Well, except for the fact that it will air at the same time as it airs in Japan – and a number of other Asian countries. The North American rights to Space Dandy have been […]