Off the Air (TV series)

Off the Air
Genre
Created byDave Hughes
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons13
No. of episodes50 (and 3 specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Cody DeMatteis
  • Alan Steadman
  • Melissa Warrenburg
Running time10–12 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAdult Swim
ReleaseJanuary 1, 2011 (2011-01-01) –
present (present)
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Off the Air is an American psychedelic anthology television series created by Dave Hughes for Adult Swim. The series is presented without explanation or narration as a showcase of surreal footage arranged around a single loose theme (expressed in the episode title) and blended without pause into a single continuous presentation. The series premiered on Adult Swim on January 1, 2011, 4:00 am New Year's Day.

Hughes is a former employee of MTV Animation who first pitched it to Mike Lazzo at Adult Swim after producing a video mixtape for the network's 2010 Carnival Tour event. As a result of its 4 a.m. graveyard slot and small selection of episodes, the series remains relatively unknown on the network, but has been received positively and dubbed a cult phenomenon by critics and Adult Swim itself.

The series has aired 50 episodes and 3 specials over the course of 13 seasons, including two episodes, "Technology" (by Wham City) and "Paradise" (by Ghosting.tv), that Adult Swim announced on October 13, 2017, would air in late 2017.[1] On December 31, 2019, Dave Hughes tweeted that the episode "Patterns" was the "last [one] for now", indicating that the series had been put on hiatus until further notice.[2] Following this, the show received four more seasons: season 10 on June 9, 2020;[3] season 11 on October 12, 2021;[4] season 12 on July 4, 2022;[5] and season 13 on December 19, 2023.[6]


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  1. ^ danthemanwiththegarbagecan (14 October 2017). "The History of Adult Swim - Off the Air bump (10-13-17)". Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2018 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ cheesepapa [@cheesepapa] (December 31, 2019). "Let's just say "last for now" https://t.co/wRfkhgWyU5" (Tweet). Retrieved January 5, 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ cheesepapa [@cheesepapa] (June 9, 2020). "Yes, we made another one. Been locked in our house for months, and one just popped out. Sorry! https://t.co/eURCdYLpzZ" (Tweet). Retrieved January 5, 2021 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Cheesepapa a Twitter: "Off the Air Season 11 kicks off next week with FAMILY. All week at 4am on @adultswim Curated and Produced by #ColeKush". Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  5. ^ cheesepapa [@cheesepapa] (June 30, 2022). "Off The Air NONSENSE airs next Mon-Thurs at 3:30am on ⁦@adultswim It's your patriotic doody" (Tweet). Retrieved July 3, 2022 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Off the Air | SEX | DRUGS | MUSIC | FARTS". YouTube. 12 December 2023.