| Liquid Television | |
|---|---|
 Title card from 1991 to 1995 | |
| Created by | Japhet Asher[1] |
| Composer | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 27 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Japhet Asher Chris McCarthy John Hays Phil Robinson Jeff Fino Eli Noyes Kit Laybourne Samir Shah |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Colossal Pictures MTV Networks BIG Pictures Noyes & Laybourne Enterprises BBC (1991-1992) |
| Original release | |
| Network | MTV |
| Release | June 2, 1991 – January 1, 1995 |
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Liquid Television is an animation showcase on MTV[2] from 1991 to 1995. It launched several high-profile original cartoons, including Beavis and Butt-Head and Æon Flux.[3][4] Other recurring segments include "The Art School Girls of Doom",[5] The Specialists, and Brad Dharma: Psychedelic Detective.[6] Independent animators and artists created most of the material specifically for the show, and some previously produced segments were compiled from festivals such as Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation.
The first season of Liquid Television also aired on BBC Two in co-production with MTV. Ultimately, MTV commissioned three seasons of the show, produced by Colossal Pictures. The show was eventually succeeded by Cartoon Sushi. Mark Mothersbaugh composed the theme music.
The show was broadcast in Canada on MuchMusic, in Asia on Channel V, in Australia on SBS and in New Zealand on TV3.
- ^ Rushkoff, Douglas (1994). Media virus!: hidden agendas in popular culture. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 150. ISBN 9780345382764.
- ^ Svetkey, Benjamin (June 14, 1991). "What is Liquid Television". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- ^ "Liquid Television". Entertainment Weekly. May 31, 1991. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 501–504. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "Wigging Out". Vanity Fair. November 1992. Archived from the original on March 25, 2014.
- ^ "THE CREATIVE JOURNEY TO TIMBUKTU - The Washington Post". The Washington Post.