Slacker Cats

Slacker Cats
Genre
Created byAndy Riley
Kevin Cecil
StarringHarland Williams
Sinbad
Nicole Sullivan
Allen Covert
Kiersten Warren
Emo Philips
Opening themeJason Frederick
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersKevin Cecil
Andy Riley
Seth Kearsley
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesFilm Roman
Laika
Original release
NetworkABC Family (season 1)
ABC Family website (season 2)
ReleaseAugust 13, 2007 (2007-08-13) –
January 23, 2009 (2009-01-23)
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Slacker Cats is an American adult animated sitcom created by British writers Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil for ABC Family. The series premiered on August 13, 2007. The series features the voice talents of comedians Harland Williams and Sinbad as Buckley and Eddie, a pair of slacker cats who live in the fictional city of Wendell, California. The series is produced by Film Roman and Laika. Riley and Cecil serves as executive producers for the series, along with animation director Seth Kearsley, who designed the characters. 12 episodes were produced.

While the show was first announced, despite an initial lack of information, and its presence on ABC Family, many outlets erroneously believed Slacker Cats was aimed towards kids, but in later advertising and in press kits issued to the media, it was clearly indicated that the show adds more adult tone and themes.[1] The show's 10PM broadcast time further illustrated that its target was an adult audience. It was the fourth adult animated series produced by Disney, the other three being The PJs, which aired on Fox, Clerks: The Animated Series, which aired on ABC, and Clone High, which was a co-production of MTV, Teletoon and Nelvana, and is the only adult animated show from them at the time to not be produced at Touchstone Television, now known as ABC Signature.

Slacker Cats was canceled on September 17, 2007, after six episodes. A second season premiered on the ABC Family website on December 19, 2008, and was released on iTunes and Xbox Live Marketplace.[2] The second season was numbered as a continuation of the first season, episodes 7 through 12.

  1. ^ Keating, Gina (August 8, 2007). ""Slacker Cats" shake up Disney image". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  2. ^ "Featured Content on Myspace".