Regular Show

Regular Show
Also known asRegular Show in Space (S8)
Genre
Created byJ. G. Quintel
ShowrunnerJ. G. Quintel
Creative directors
  • Mike Roth (S1)
  • John Infantino (S2, eps. 1–24)
Voices of
Theme music composerJ. G. Quintel
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes244[nb 1] (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Janet Dimon (S1–3)
  • Ryan Slater (S3–8)
Running time
  • 11 minutes
  • 22 minutes (specials)
Production companyCartoon Network Studios
Original release
NetworkCartoon Network
ReleaseSeptember 6, 2010 (2010-09-06) –
January 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)
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Regular Show (known as Regular Show in Space during its eighth and final season)[3] is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. It ran from September 6, 2010, to January 16, 2017, over the course of eight seasons and 244 episodes.[4][5][6][7][8]

The series follows the daily lives of two 23-year old friends, Mordecai, a blue jay and Rigby, a raccoon, who work at a local park as groundskeepers. Their coworkers are Skips, an immortal yeti, Muscle Man, a green-skinned overweight man, and Hi-Five Ghost, a small ghost. Other characters include Pops, the lollipop-shaped owner of the park, and the duo's boss Benson, a gumball machine. Mordecai and Rigby spend their days slacking off and avoiding work to entertain themselves by any means, which unexpectedly leads to surreal, extreme, and supernatural misconduct.[9]

Many of Regular Show's characters were loosely based on those developed for Quintel's student films at California Institute of the Arts: The Naïve Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM.[10] The former was one of the winners of the 2005 Nicktoons Film Festival and received international attention after being broadcast on Nicktoons Network.[11] Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed young artists to create pilots with no notes, which would possibly be optioned as shows.

Regular Show received critical acclaim and became one of Cartoon Network's most successful original series. However, it has also garnered controversy for its dark humor, sexual innuendos, violence, and mature themes. The show was nominated for several awards, including seven Annie Awards, six Primetime Emmy Awards – one of which it won for the episode "Eggscellent" (season 3, episode 17) – and three British Academy Children's Awards. A film adaptation based on the series, titled Regular Show: The Movie, premiered in 2015.[12]

On June 12, 2024, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that a new Regular Show series was greenlit, with Quintel returning as showrunner.[13]

  1. ^ "Amazon.com: Regular Show Season 2: Amazon Video". Amazon. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Regular Show for Rent on DVD - Netflix DVD". Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  3. ^ "Regular Show Will End with Season 8, First Clip & Poster Unveiled". September 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  4. ^ Regular Show, August 14, 2009, retrieved May 3, 2022
  5. ^ Wong, Calvin (January 16, 2017), A Regular Epic Final Battle, Regular Show, retrieved May 3, 2022
  6. ^ Regular Show (TV Series 2009–2017) - IMDb, retrieved May 3, 2022
  7. ^ "Steven Universe Returns with a Bomb on Jan 30! Plus More Cartoon Network Premieres – The Geekiary". December 21, 2016. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  8. ^ Desk, TV News. "Cartoon Network Rings in 2017 with Brand New Episodes of Fan-Favorite Shows". Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. '^ "Regular Shows J.G. Quintel Is Just a Regular Guy". Wired. April 3, 2012. Archived from the original on January 1, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  10. ^ The Naive Man From Lolliland & 2 In The AM PM Archived March 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (2006). Film done by JG Quintel during his time at the California Institute of the Arts.
  11. ^ Baisley, Sarah (May 23, 2006). "Judges Set for 3rd Annual Nicktoons Network Animation Festival". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  12. ^ "Regular Show, The Movie on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. September 1, 2015. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  13. ^ Hopewell, John; Lang, Jamie (June 12, 2024). "New 'Regular Show,' 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends' Series Unveiled at Annecy (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 13, 2024.


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