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“Robot Chicken” is officially returning for its newest special “Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special” to celebrate its 20th anniversary. And of course, we’ve got all the details about when it hits TV screens.

When Seth Green and Matthew Senreich launched “Robot Chicken” on Adult Swim in 2005, it became an instant hit that fans stayed up late to watch. Between jokes targeting pop culture and Hollywood giants like Mario and Luigi and filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, “Robot Chicken” has stood the test of time as an adult animated classic.

“Robot Chicken” is executive produced by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. Green and Senreich also write, voice and direct the award-winning series. Stoopid Buddy Stoodios partners, John Harvatine IV and Eric Towner, also serve as executive producers.

Here’s everything you need to know about how, when and where to watch the new “Robot Chicken” special.

“Twenty years in, and they’re still surprising us. Join a more mature ‘Robot Chicken’ on a journey of introspection.”

That’s how Adult Swim and HBO Max are teasing their upcoming “Robot Chicken” Self-Discovery Special in honor of the animated adult stop-motion sketch comedy series’ 20th anniversary. To celebrate, co-creator and star Seth Green got introspective with TheWrap, discussing everything from the show’s celebrity guest stars to how the formation of Wbd impacted their output.

“The special came about because Discovery Media bought Warner Bros. and all its subsidiaries, which trickled all the way down to Adult Swim. So there was a shift — not just in the volume of global workforce that were employed, but also the priorities of any of these smaller subsidiaries at the behest of these much larger companies,” Green told TheWrap. “All that to say, no one was green-lighting a new season of 20 quarter-hours.

Adult Swim was founded on the tenet of delivering transgressive animated and live-action media to fill the void on Cartoon Network after kids went to sleep. If you were to compile a handful of shows that serve as a pillar of the late night programming block, "Robot Chicken" would undoubtedly be one of them. The stop-motion animated sketch show would present over 11 minutes of pure, unfiltered chaos using action figurines, dolls and an assortment of toys to lampoon all manner of pop culture. Very little was off limits after 11:30pm.

As someone who initially caught the show by accident after staying up late to watch episodes of "Family Guy," it's crazy to see the kind of legacy it's had across 11 seasons. There are a plethora of memorable sketches that have become mainstays of pop culture, such as a gummy bear getting caught in a bear trap, "Beavis and Butthead" joining the "Teen Titans,...

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Robot Chicken, the stop-motion animated series is getting an all-new special. While the special is coming to Adult Swim in Summer 2025, the news was officially announced 20 years to the day after the series premiered its very first episode.

Robot Chicken first premiered on Adult Swim on Feb. 20, 2005. Created by and starring Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, the series has since earned 23 Emmy nominations with six total wins, including its most recent win in 2022 for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program. Teased to feature parodies of fan-favorite shows from Discovery, Food Network, and TLC, The Robot Chicken Self-Discovery Special, follows "the hapless Robot Chicken Nerd as he seeks self-discovery America’s way: going on reality shows! Will he find a 90 Day Fiancé – or end up Shark Week chum?"

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Adult Swim’s iconic stop-motion sketch comedy series Robot Chicken is marking its 20th anniversary with a new special set to air this summer.

The Robot Chicken Self-Discovery Special featuring parodies of fan-favorite series from Discovery, Food Network and TLC, “follows the hapless Robot Chicken Nerd as he seeks self-discovery America’s way: going on reality shows! Will he find a 90 Day Fiancé – or end up Shark Week chum?”

First premiering February 20, 2005, the acclaimed series created by and starring Seth Green and Matthew Senreich has gone on to earn 23 Emmy nominations and six wins, the most recent in 2022 for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program.

“20 years ago, we set out to make the kind of funny and unexpected show that we’d want to watch. And somehow, we’re still here, making sketch comedy with toys and making each other laugh,” said Green and Senreich. “As always, the fans are the true wind beneath our wings,...

The Decameron is a medieval black comedy series created by Kathleen Jordan. Based on the 14th-century Italian short-story collection of the same name by author Giovanni Boccaccio, the Netflix series is set in 1348, when the Black Death was destroying Florence. It follows the story of a few nobles who lock themselves away with servants in a countryside villa. In the beginning, everything goes swimmingly but soon something turns their retreat into a fight for survival. The Decameron stars Zosia Mamet, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Tanya Reynolds, Amar Chadha-Patel, Leila Farzad, Lou Gala, Karan Gill, Tony Hale, Douggie McMeekin, and Jessica Plummer. So, if you love the wild comedy and historic setting in The Decameron, here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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The Great is a historical dark comedy-drama series created by Tony McNamara. The Hulu series follows the story of a...

In Toyfare: The Toy Magazine #9, from 1998, G.I. Joe legend Larry Hama listed his ten favorite Joe characters...along with his five least favorite. Both Hama's favorites and least favorites contain some surprises, as well as some obvious picks. Larry Hama recently returned to the series once again, as Skybound Entertainment resurrected the classic G.I. Joe: A Real America Hero title, picking it back up with issue #301.

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero just made its grand return to comics, as original writer Larry Hama continues the story he’s been telling for over four decades. With the historic release of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #301, Hama continues his tenure with the franchise, which started at Marvel Comics in the 1980s, was picked up again by Idw in 2012, and now continues at new publisher Skybound Entertainment.

With over 300 issues under his belt, no one knows the G.I. Joe characters better than Larry Hama,...

Animation is a beloved medium, and like any form of art; it takes lots of work, people, and especially hours. Being very labor intensive, production costs often run high and many studios have to cancel shows due to a lack of resources. Unfortunately, many of those canceled shows are some of the most adored series, leaving fans unfulfilled.

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From high-stakes fantasy, kids' shows, to new takes on classics, animated series can make any genre better. While some shows maintain a strong fan base, and some even get later reboots, a show's cancelation is usually just that. Regardless, there's one thing all fans can agree on; some series got canceled too soon.

Updated on June 12th, 2023 by Casey Coates: This list has been updated to include video clips.

Thus article contains video clips for various Tv shows. Some clips depict graphic violence,...

"Crossing Swords" creators John Havartine IV, Tom Root, and Seth Green are no strangers to stop-motion mayhem, but the medieval Hulu comedy is definitely a new realm of insanity for them to play in. The creators, who are best known for their work on the long-running Adult Swim series "Robot Chicken," created a show about the lives of some very unfortunate peg people, something like "Toy Story" if it were made by sadists. The first season followed the adventures of Patrick ("The Great" star Nicholas Hoult), a lowly squire who gets caught up in loads of medieval mischief. His adventures are full of vulgar language, grotesque...

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"Crossing Swords" is the animated stop-motion sitcom created by John Harvatine IV and Tom Root ("Robot Chicken"), starring Nicholas Hoult, Luke Evans, Alanna Ubach, Adam Pally, Tara Stron, Tony Hale, Adam Ray, Seth Green, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Yvette Nicole Brown, Maya Erskine and Ben Schwartz, streaming Season Two December 19, 2021 on Hulu:

"...'Patrick' is a goodhearted peasant who lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle. But his dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when he learns his beloved kingdom is run by a hornet's nest of crooks and charlatans. Even worse, Patrick's valor made him the black sheep in his family, and now his criminal siblings have returned to make his life hell..." 

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"Crossing Swords" is the adult animated stop-motion sitcom created by John Harvatine IV and Tom Root for Hulu, starring Nicholas Hoult as 'Patrick', the King's new squire who wishes to be a knight,  Luke Evans as 'King Merriman', Alanna Ubach as 'Queen Tulip', Adam Pally as 'Broth' and Tara Strong as 'Coral', premiering Season Two December 10, 2021 on Hulu:

"...'Crossing Swords' follows 'Patrick', a goodhearted peasant who lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle. His dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when he learns his beloved kingdom is run by a hornet's nest of monarchs, crooks and charlatans. 

"Even worse, Patrick's valor made him the black sheep in his family, and now his criminal siblings have returned to make his life hell..."

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Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead and the whole Archie Comics gang are making a return to “Robot Chicken,” and Variety has obtained an exclusive first look at the new special.

Premiering May 23 on Adult Swim, “The Bleepin’ Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special” will feature a reunion of “Josie and the Pussycats” film stars Rachel Leigh Cook, reprising her role of Josie McCoy, of course, and those who made up her on-screen boy band DuJour: Seth Green (who co-created “Robot Chicken”), Breckin Meyer and Donald Faison.

Additional guest stars for the episode include Fred Armisen, who will portray Archie Andrews, among others; Amy Sedaris, who will voice Betty Cooper, among others; Betty Gilpin, who will take on Veronica Lodge, among others; Jason Mantzoukas, who will play Jughead Jones and more; Ryan Phillippe, who will voice Reggie Mantle and more; Clare Grant, who will perform as Sabrina Spellman and more; Cree Summer, who...

The stop-motion animated comedy series, "Crossing Swords", renewed for Season Two, was created by John Harvatine IV and Tom Root ("Robot Chicken") starring Nicholas Hoult ("Mad Max: Fury Road") now streaming on Hulu:

"...'Patrick', a goodhearted peasant lands a coveted 'squire' position at the royal castle. But his dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when he learns his beloved kingdom is run by a hornet's nest of deviants, crooks and charlatans. 

"Even worse, Patrick's valor made him the black sheep in his family, and now his criminal siblings have returned to make his life a living hell..."

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This year’s virtual Comic-Con@Home has announced its schedule for Friday, July 24. The highlights are below.

The virtual event replaces the annual San Diego Comic-Con, the largest fan convention in North America, which was to be held July 22–26 at the San Diego Convention Center, until the Covid-19 pandemic forced its cancellation.

In June, Comic-Con International — the non-profit organization that oversees Sdcc and its sister event, WonderCon in Anaheim, Calif. — announced it was moving forward with the virtual event on the same dates. This time, however, the event is free and open to all.

Friday’s events include panels for all three of AMC’s “Walking Dead” series, Hulu’s new Marvel series “Helstrom,” and creatives like Charlize Theron, Joss Whedon, and Robert Kirkman.

The Comic-Con@Home schedule — including Wednesday, July 22 and Thursday, July 23 — is being announced daily through Sunday.

All times are Pacific Daylight.

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Just hours after Disney Television Studios unveiled their Comic-Con@Home slate for next month, corporate cousin Hulu is now bringing the heat to the virtual fanfest.

The streamer announced that the dark and horror-filled Marvel’s Helstrom is among its offering coming to the coronavirus created online version of the annual Sdcc. With The Walking Dead franchise and The Simpsons among those already onboard, Comic-Con@Home is set to run from July 23-26.

Along with the Paul Zbyszewski EP’d Tom Austen and Sydney Lemmon making its Sdcc debut, Hulu will also be bringing the Thomas Middleditch-led aliens comedy Solar Opposites and the raunchy Crossing Swords. In a case of brand double-dipping, the second season sneak peek at the Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan co-created Solar Opposites was part of the Disney TV announcement earlier today

Earlier this month, Sdcc canceled the 51st edition of their annual shindig due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

As the home to the largest streaming TV library of Adult Animation, Hulu continues to infuse fresh new content into the genre. By renewing Crossing Swords and Solar Opposites, Hulu is expanding its curated collection of adult animated series, including award-winning hits like Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty, Futurama and King of the Hill. The category is a high-driver of engagement on Hulu and currently holds the highest average re-watch rate on the service - further fueling Adult Animation fandom.

Crossing Swords

· Hulu has renewed Stoopid Buddy Stoodios' adult animated series Crossing Swords for a 2nd season (10 episodes). The first season debuted on Hulu on Friday, June 12 and is distributed by Sony Pictures Television Studios.

· Co-creator Tom Root returns as writer, executive producer, and co-creator John Harvatine IV returns as director, executive...

A squire’s job never ends and young Patrick is set to pick up his sword again soon.

Hulu has renewed animated medieval comedy Crossing Swords for season 2, according to Variety. The renewal comes just under a week after the first season consisting of 10 episodes premiered on June 12. The show’s second season will receive a 10-episode order as well. Like most streaming services, Hulu does not make its viewership data publicly available but the company must have found something it liked in Crossing Swords’ numbers. The streamer released a brief teaser to celebrate the show’s renewal.

Crossing Swords comes from John Harvatine IV and Tom Root, who were previously best known for their work on Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken. The adult animated series follows the adventures of young squire Patrick (Nicholas Hoult) as he works under a king no one particularly likes in a kingdom where no one is particularly happy.

Hulu has renewed two of its animated comedies, “Solar Opposites” and “Crossing Swords,” the streamer announced Thursday.

The pickups take Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan’s “Solar Opposites” through Season 3 and Tom Root’s “Crossing Swords” through Season 2.

Initially picked up for two seasons, “Solar Opposites” debuted on Hulu last month, which stands as Hulu’s most-watched original comedy premiere to date, according to the streamer. The newly ordered third season will consist of 12 episodes.

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The series centers around a team of four aliens who escape their exploding home world only to crash land into a move-in ready home in suburban America. Roiland leads the voice cast, which also includes Thomas Middleditch, Sean Giambrone and Mary Mack. Executive producers and writers on the 20th Century Fox Television series are Justin Roiland, Mike McMahan and Josh Bycel.

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Hulu over the past month launched a foray into original adult animation with the premieres of Solar Opposites and Crossing Swords. Both have now been picked up for additional seasons.

Solar Opposites, which had an initial two-season order, has been renewed for a third season; Crossing Swords has been picked up for a second season.

Hulu first dipped its toe into original adults animated content in its early days with the 2013 The Awesomes. Solar Opposites, which launched May 8 as Hulu’s most-watched original comedy premiere to date, and Crossing Swords, which debuted June 12, are the platform’s first original efforts since but Hulu had been building a slate of acquired adult animated series, including Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers, Rick and Morty, Futurama and King of the Hill. The category has been driving engagement and currently holds the highest average re-watch rate on the service, which fueled the original expansion.

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Hulu has renewed the adult animated comedies “Solar Opposites” and “Crossing Swords.”

The renewal marks a Season 3 pickup for “Solar Opposites,” which was initially given a two-season order when it was first announced. “Crossing Swords” has been picked up for a second season. Season 1 of “Solar Opposites” debuted on May 8, while “Crossing Swords” debuted on June 12. Season 3 of “Solar Opposites” will consist of 12 episodes while Season 2 of “Crossing Swords” will consist of 10.

The two shows mark some of the only adult animation on Hulu to date, though there are multiple such shows in the works at the streamer. There were previously four Marvel animated shows set up at Hulu, but two of them were scrapped back in January. Both “M.O.D.O.K.” and “Hit Monkey” are still moving forward.

Animation is also one of the few types of production that has been able to weather the production shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The new Hulu comedy Crossing Swords isn’t your typical family-friendly stop-motion animation series. In fact, it’s not family-friendly at all — but you would know that already if you have seen anything on Robot Chicken. Created and written by Robot Chicken executive producers John Harvatine IV and Tom Root, Crossing Swords takes us to the time of royals, peasants, knights and mythical — and things get hilariously lewd and quite graphic. If anything, it will make us look at toy peg people in a completely different light. Seth Green, who lends a voice to the series and also serves as Ep was more than excited to reteam with his Robot Chicken cohorts to tell this very fun — and R-rated — story.

“John [Harvatine] and [Tom Root] came up with this concept and all I had to do was say it was awesome and then help get it to air,” Green told Deadline. “I’ve...

No one is going to confuse “Crossing Swords” for being a treasure trove of subtlety. The medieval-set animated series cracks giant dragon eggs, roasts tiny adorable animals, sets up a sex-fueled monarch, establishes another as a sucker for monster track rally-level spectacle, and answers the age-old conundrum: If animated people made from woodblocks don’t have arms, do they still have genitals?

And that’s just the first episode.

The new Hulu comedy is a cavalcade of sight gags and glancing pop culture nods, all set within the confines of this kingdom where members of the royal family and their minions are offered detailed expressive features, while many of the peasant class get simple painted, nondescript faces. The show is a spiritual descendant of “Robot Chicken,” the stop-motion Adult Swim staple where “Crossing Swords” co-creators John Harvatine IV and Tom Root served as executive producers.

Swapping out clay for wood,...

No one is going to confuse “Crossing Swords” for being a treasure trove of subtlety. The medieval-set animated series cracks giant dragon eggs, roasts tiny adorable animals, sets up a sex-fueled monarch, establishes another as a sucker for monster track rally-level spectacle, and answers the age-old conundrum: If animated people made from woodblocks don’t have arms, do they still have genitals?

And that’s just the first episode.

The new Hulu comedy is a cavalcade of sight gags and glancing pop culture nods, all set within the confines of this kingdom where members of the royal family and their minions are offered detailed expressive features, while many of the peasant class get simple painted, nondescript faces. The show is a spiritual descendant of “Robot Chicken,” the stop-motion Adult Swim staple where “Crossing Swords” co-creators John Harvatine IV and Tom Root served as executive producers.

Swapping out clay for wood,...

It’s the evolution of animation. It can be argued that “The Simpsons” opened the door for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, which in turn kicked down the door to let in shows including “Bojack Horseman,” “Archer” and “Rick & Morty.” U.S animators are serving up not only raunchy comedy but also sophisticated storytelling. Outside the U.S., animated features have a long history of telling difficult stories — most recently “The Swallows of Kabul” and “Funan” are two films that tackled horrific events. Animation aimed at adults is on the rise worldwide.

In his recently released white paper, “Adult Animation Finally Breaking Free of Its Comedy Shackles,” John Evershed, head of High Concentrate, which specializes in the packaging, development and sales of animated TV series and movies for adult audiences, notes that adult animated series have been driving ratings on both linear TV and SVODs for the past few years.

If you took Game of Thrones, ran it through a cutesy Playmobil-style filter, and put the executive producers of Robot Chicken behind it, you’d get Crossing Swords, the new stop-motion animated series coming to Hulu. Robot Chicken executive producers John Harvatine IV and Tom Root created and wrote the 10-episode stop-motion animated series, which taps into just the brand of goofy […]

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If you're craving a new wild and weird animated show to watch on Hulu while you wait for the next season of Rick and Morty, set your sights on the new trailer for Crossing Swords. The extremely not-for-kids stop-motion series comes from Robot Chicken and SuperMansion producers John Harvatine IV and Tom Root and features a bananas ensemble of voice talent lead by Nicholas Hoult. The first trailer introduced the Nsfw, profanity-laden twist on the classic Hero's Journey, starring Hoult as a peasant named Patrick with lifelong ambitions of becoming a knight, who quickly …...

Recent shows like Game of Thrones, Miracle Workers, and Disenchantment have done a good job of removing the idealized sheen of our culture’s idea of the Middle Ages. Yes, there were beautiful queens, noble knights, and plenty of chivalry to go around. But there was also war, disease, famine, and more horse poop than you could possibly conceive of. Now Hulu’s Crossing Swords is set to explore the dark side of the medieval world even further.

Crossing Swords is a stop-motion animated comedy from John Harvatine IV and Tom Root (executive producers on Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken). Harantine IV and Root will write all of Crossing Swords’ episodes while Harantine IV also serves as director. As revealed in the first teaser, the animation style on the show will be similar to Robot Chicken’s as all characters will resemble claymation Lego people (though certainly not actual Lego...

This Crossing Swords review contains no spoilers and is based on all 10 episodes of the season.

“Did I help the kingdom or commit murder?”

In the past few years there’s been an exceptional bloat of comedic animated series that tackle the Medieval era and the tropes that come along with it. Disenchantment, Harmonquest, Tigtone, and Apollo Gauntlet are all set in extremely similar playgrounds and even though they’re different shows in nature, they all utilize a familiar tone with their deconstruction of these well-established relics from Medieval times. This doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to do something unique and worthwhile in this setting, but it makes it much more difficult to stand out and have a project that can truly justify itself. In that regard, Crossing Swords faces a steep uphill battle and while this show isn’t exactly doing anything that’s not already being explored in comparable programming,...

Hulu continues its push in animation with the first trailer for Crossing Swords, created by Robot Chicken executive producers John Harvatine IV and Tom Root. Crossing Swords follows Patrick, a goodhearted peasant who lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle. He soon finds that his dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when he learns his beloved kingdom is run by a hornet’s nest of horny monarchs, crooks, and charlatans. Adding more conflict is the fact…...

Live-action series may be shut down because of our current global issues, but animation is thriving — and Hulu is particularly enmeshed in the medium at the moment. Their latest venture into the world of colorful characters is “Crossing Swords,” and you can watch the teaser below.

The medieval-set stop-motion adventure comes from John Harvatine IV and Tom Root, executive producers of the popular Adult Swim series “Robot Chicken.” The series follows a kindhearted peasant named Patrick who dreams of being a knight. The problem is the kingdom is an utter cesspool of depravity with Patrick being tested at every opportunity.

“Crossing Swords” is being touted as an adult and edgy comedy and the first trailer certainly lives up to that. As Patrick enters the kingdom he discovers everything from the Queen’s sex dungeon to having to stand at attention with no clothes on. And make no mistake, the amount...

Emmy Rossum has gone blonde in the first photo from her upcoming limited series Angelyne, which will debut on the forthcoming streaming service Peacock.

The Shameless vet stars as the mysterious L.A. billboard icon, in addition to serving as an executive producer alongside her husband/Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail. The drama, which does not yet have a premiere date, is based on the investigative Hollywood Reporter feature which uncovered Angelyne’s real name.

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The team behind “Robot Chicken” is bringing its stop-motion animation to Fox. The network ordered a holiday special from Seth Green’s Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, which will air next winter.

The special, airing as part of Fox’s “Not So Silent Nights” programming block, will be written by “Robot Chicken” co head-writer Tom Root.

“I truly love this project and we couldn’t ask for a better partner than Fox, since they’ve consistently been a leader in high-quality, provocative and subversive entertainment,” said Green. “We are very excited to make what we intend to be both a nostalgic and modern holiday classic.”

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As told through the twisted filter of Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the visceral, action-packed hour of holiday insanity will feature classic holiday icons, including Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny,...

Fox is hardly masking its intentions when it comes to its future.

The network has ordered a “Masked Singer” spinoff series called “The Masked Dancer,” inspired by the segment from “The Ellen Show.” The announcement was made at Fox’s Television Critics Association day in Pasadena, coupled with the news that Ellen DeGeneres herself is on board as an executive producer.

Season 2 of “The Masked Singer” continued to top ratings charts in 2019, and Fox has placed the season 3 premiere of the popular music competition series after the Super Bowl on Feb. 2.

“We’re still blown away by ‘The Masked Singer”s massive impact on pop culture, but when Ellen debuted her own inventive segment, ‘The Masked Dancer,’ on her show, we were truly amazed,” said Rob Wade, president of alternative entertainment and specials at Fox Entertainment. “We are thrilled to partner with Ellen on this new format and take ‘The...

Fox Entertainment has ordered a stop-motion holiday special from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the Emmy Award-winning company founded by Seth Green, John Harvatine IV, Matthew Senreich and Eric Towner. The all-new, irreverent special, written by Emmy Award winner Tom Root (Robot Chicken), will premiere next winter on Fox, as part of its “Not So Silent Nights” holiday-themed programming. The news comes on the heels of the studio's new Quibi show with Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland. Green teased a holiday special during our chat with him last year for Season 10 of Robot Chicken, …...

As part of its continued push into animation, Fox has ordered a stop-motion holiday special from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the Emmy-winning studio founded by Seth Green, John Harvatine IV, Matthew Senreich and Eric Towner. The special was announced today during Fox’s presentation at the TCA Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, CA.

Written by Emmy winner Tom Root (Robot Chicken), what is described as the “irreverent” special will premiere next winter on Fox, as part of its “Not So Silent Nights” holiday-themed programming.

Per the official logline, the “visceral, action-packed hour of holiday insanity will feature classic holiday icons, including Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, who come together with brand-new minor mascots from Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Thanksgiving and even Daylight Savings Day.’

“I truly love this project and we couldn’t ask for a better partner than Fox, since they’ve consistently been a leader in high-quality,...

With its new season, “Robot Chicken” will be hitting two very special milestones — a 10th season and a 200th episode — but the team behind the Adult Swim show are not focused on such industry markers.

“Whenever I see the anniversary episode of a sitcom or anything, the time they take to celebrate the anniversary is not as funny or entertaining as if they just made an episode. So I saw it more of a burden, in a way: How do we make this as entertaining as it should be?” co-head writer and executive producer Doug Goldstein tells Variety.

The answer for those who break the pop culture inspired sketches was to “do what we usually do,” according to writer Mike Fasolo. And what “Robot Chicken” usually does is dive deep into pop culture — sometimes as deep as “really obscure properties that we remember from our childhoods that mabe no one else remembers,...

John Harvatine IV and Tom Root, the executive producers behind Robot Chicken, have announced that their new 10-episode animated series titled Crossing Swords is coming to Hulu as part of the Hulu Originals slate in 2020. Crossing Swords will star Nicholas Hoult as Patrick, a good-hearted peasant who lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle. His dream job quickly turns into a nightmare…...

Hulu has given a 10-episode series order to Crossing Swords, a stop-motion animated comedy series from Robot Chicken executive producers John Harvatine IV and Tom Root. Nicholas Hoult leads the voice cast of the series, which also includes Luke Evans, Robot Chicken‘s Seth Green and Breckin Meyer, Tony Hale, Wendi McClendon-Covey, Adam Pally, Adam Ray, Tara Strong and Alanna Ubach.

Crossing Swords, which was originally ordered to pilot, hails from Robot Chicken producer Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and will be distributed by Sony Pictures Television. It is set to premiere on Hulu in 2020.

Created by Harvatine IV and Root, Crossing Swords stars Hoult as Patrick, a goodhearted peasant who lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle. His dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when he learns his beloved kingdom is run by a hornet’s nest of horny monarchs, crooks and charlatans. Even worse, Patrick’s valor...

Hulu has greenlit the animated comedy series “Crossing Swords” for a 10-episode first season.

Variety exclusively reported in June that Hulu had ordered a pilot for the series, which hails from several members of the team behind the Adult Swim series “Robot Chicken.” “Crossing Swords” will star Nicholas Hoult as Patrick, a goodhearted peasant who lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle. His dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when he learns his beloved kingdom is run by a hornet’s nest of horny monarchs, crooks and charlatans. Even worse, Patrick’s valor made him the black sheep in his family, and now his criminal siblings have returned to make his life hell.

In addition to Hoult, the series will also feature the voices of Luke Evans, Seth Green, Tony Hale, Wendi McClendon-Covey, Breckin Meyer, Adam Pally, Adam Ray, Tara Strong and Alanna Ubach. It is set...

There are so many prizes being handed out this weekend at the Creative Arts Emmys that it takes two nights to celebrate them all; Saturday’s awards include Outstanding Animated Program, Short Form Series, and Casting. Below are the official winners, which we’ll update through Sunday as Emmys season comes to a close.

Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • Prime Video • Amazon Studios

Meredith Tucker, Original Casting by

Jeanie Bacharach, Csa, Original Casting by

Cindy Tolan, Csa, Casting by

Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special

The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story • FX Networks • Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions

Courtney Bright, Csa, Casting by

Nicole Daniels, Csa, Casting by

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series

The Crown • Netflix • Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television

Nina Gold, Csa, Casting by

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Welcome back to SuperMansion. Crackle just announced the TV show's third season will return in October.

The animated comedy follows Titanium Rex (voiced by Bryan Cranston) and the League of Freedom, a group of superheroes who use their superpowers to fight for liberty, justice, and social relevance — or at least that’s their purpose. The voice cast also includes Keegan-Michael Key, Heidi Gardner, Zeb Wells, Jillian Bell, Tom Root, Chris Pine, and Breckin Meyer.

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Sony Crackle’s “SuperMansion: Summer Vacation Special” is currently available to stream for free today. In the stop-motion animated special, the team heads to Hawaii where Titanium Rex (Bryan Cranston) runs into a vacationing former President Barack Obama (Jay Pharoah), Black Saturn (Tucker Gilmore) and Lex (Jillian Bell) teach Cooch (Heidi Gardner) how to swim, and American Ranger (Keegan-Michael Key) attempts to perform in a Uso show while an evil threat brews under the sea.

The original special features voice actors Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”), Keegan-Michael Key (“Key & Peele”), Chris Pine (“Star Trek”), Jillian Bell (“22 Jump Street”), Heidi Gardner (“Saturday Night Live”), Tucker Gilmore (“Frozen”) and Zeb Wells (also writer). Additionally, newcomers Jay Pharoah (“White Famous”) guest stars as Barack Obama, and Masi Oka (“Heroes,” “Hawaii Five-0”) as Toko.

Sony Crackle also released it’s first-ever free “SuperMansion” Augmented Reality App today. Featuring characters from the Sony Crackle original series,...

Seth Green and several other writers and producers of the Robot Chicken team are set to develop a new adult animated comedy for Hulu called Crossing Swords. The streaming service has ordered a pilot. I love what Green and his team have done with Robot Chicken and this new series is sure to be just as funny and entertaining. Here are the story details:

When Patrick, a goodhearted young peasant with dreams of earning his knighthood and dispensing justice to evildoers, lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle, his dream job quickly turns into a nightmare. In this kingdom, corruption starts at the top, and staying true to his lofty goals will be a thornier proposition than Patrick anticipated. It’s all the sex, violence and full-frontal nudity you’d expect from a “premium fantasy soap starring pre-school toys.”

Green will be an executive producer on the series alongside Matt Senreich,...

Seth Green and several other “Robot Chicken” writers and producers have sold an adult animated comedy pilot to Hulu, Variety has learned exclusively.

The series is titled “Crossing Swords.” When Patrick, a goodhearted young peasant with dreams of earning his knighthood and dispensing justice to evildoers, lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle, his dream job quickly turns into a nightmare. In this kingdom, corruption starts at the top, and staying true to his lofty goals will be a thornier proposition than Patrick anticipated. It’s all the sex, violence and full-frontal nudity you’d expect from a “premium fantasy soap starring pre-school toys.”

John Havartine and Tom Root will write and executive produce. Havartine joined “Robot Chicken” as an executive producer in 2012 during the show’s sixth season, while Root is the show’s head writer and executive producer. Green will also executive produce along with Matt Senreich and Eric Towner.

Vulture Watch Has the League of Freedom met its match? Is the SuperMansion TV show cancelled or renewed for a fourth season on Crackle? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of SuperMansion, season four. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? A stop-motion animated comedy on the Crackle streaming platform, SuperMansion stars Bryan Cranston, Keegan-Michael Key, Heidi Gardner, Zeb Wells, Jillian Bell, Tom Root, Chris Pine, Breckin Meyer, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Seth Green. The story centers on the aging Titanium Rex (Cranston) and his younger League of Freedom colleagues who live in the SuperMansion. Together, this group of superheroes employs their superpowers to fight for liberty, justice, and social relevance — or at...

Network: Crackle. Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: October 8, 2015 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Bryan Cranston, Keegan-Michael Key, Heidi Gardner, Zeb Wells, Jillian Bell, Tom Root, Chris Pine, Breckin Meyer, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Seth Green. TV show description: A stop-motion animated comedy from Matthew Senreich and Zeb Wells, the SuperMansion TV show follows Titanium Rex (Cranston) and the League of Freedom. Together, this group of superheroes employs their superpowers to fight for liberty, justice, and social relevance -- or at least that's their purpose. As the League of Freedom's elder, Titanium Rex is keenly aware that this company is no longer what it once was. When they find themselves in a hole, these...

Ahead of its season 9 premiere this fall, Robot Chicken released a new trailer at Comic-Con, and genre fans will be happy to see that many horror and sci-fi films and TV series are spoofed, including Mad Max: Fury Road, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scooby-Doo, and more.

We'll be sure to share more details as they come in. In the meantime, keep an eye on our Comic-Con 2017 coverage hub for the latest news from San Diego, as well as future updates regarding Robot Chicken's Walking Dead special.

"The season 9 trailer of Robot Chicken debuted at San Diego Comic-Con during today’s panel with Breckin Meyer, show creator Matthew Senreich, executive producers and co-head writers, Tom Root and Doug Goldstein, and writer/director Tom Sheppard were all on hand to dish about the new season, which premieres on Adult Swim this Fall.

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Adult Swim has released the Comic-Con trailer for Robot Chicken Season 9 and it looks like we've got another season of wonderful hilarity on the way! Robot Chicken is one of those shows that just makes me happy. If I'm ever feeling down in the dumps all I need to do is watch a little Robot Chicken to make me laugh, lift my spirits, and bring a little joy into my life.

Breckin Meyer, show creator Matthew Senreich, executive producers and co-head writers, Tom Root and Doug Goldstein, and writer/director Tom Sheppard were all at the Comic-Con panel to talk about the show and they have a hilarious looking Walking Dead parody episode coming this season!

We recorded the whole panel, so we'll make sure to get that up on the site as soon as we get it uploaded to YouTube.It's pretty damn fun and worth the watch. 

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The League of Freedom is coming back for more. The SuperMansion TV show has been renewed for season three on Crackle. The stop-motion animated series stars Bryan Cranston, Heidi Gardner, Tucker Gilmore, Keegan-Michael Key, Tom Root, Yvette Nicole Brown, Zeb Wells, and Jillian Bell.The second season of SuperMansion was released on Crackle on February 6th, 2017. The TV series follows the heroic misadventures of a dysfunctional yet well intentioned group of imperfect superheroes.Read More…...

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