The Boondocks (TV series)

The Boondocks
Genre
Created byAaron McGruder
Based onThe Boondocks by Aaron McGruder
Voices of
Narrated byRegina King
Theme music composer
Opening theme"The Boondocks Main Title" performed by Asheru
Composers
  • Metaphor the Great
  • Jonathan Jackson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes55 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Brian J. Cowan (season 1)
  • Denys Cowan (season 1)
  • Carl Jones (seasons 1–3)
  • Brian Ash (season 3)
  • Seung Eun Kim (seasons 3–4)
Editors
  • Anna Granfors (season 1)
  • Jhoanne Reyes (season 1)
  • Bruce A. King (seasons 1–2)
  • Ralph A. Eusebio (season 2)
  • Lee Harting (season 3)
  • Yoonah Kim (season 4)
Running time19–23 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAdult Swim
ReleaseNovember 6, 2005 (2005-11-06) –
June 23, 2014 (2014-06-23)
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The Boondocks is an American anime-influenced adult animated sitcom, created by Aaron McGruder for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim.[1] It is based upon his manga-influenced comic strip of the same name.[1] The series premiered on November 6, 2005. The show focuses on a Black American family, the Freemans, settling into the fictional, friendly and predominantly White suburb of Woodcrest.[2] The perspective offered by this mixture of cultures, lifestyles, social classes, stereotypes, viewpoints and racialized identities provides for much of the series' satire, comedy, and conflict.

The series ended its run on June 23, 2014, with a total of 55 episodes over the course of the show's four seasons, the last of which was produced without any involvement from McGruder, reportedly because "a mutually agreeable production schedule could not be determined".[3] The series also has aired in syndication outside the United States and has been released on various DVD sets and other forms of home media.

The Boondocks has received several accolades including an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and a Peabody Award. On June 12, 2019, it was announced that Sony Pictures Animation would be producing a reboot of the television series that was set to premiere in 2022 with McGruder's involvement; John Witherspoon was also attached to the project to reprise his role as Robert Freeman before his death on October 29, 2019.[4][5] On September 18, 2019, it was announced that HBO Max had picked up the reboot with a two-season order. The two seasons were set to consist of twelve episodes each.[6] On February 2, 2022, it was revealed that development had been canceled and that the project was shelved.[7]

  1. ^ a b Outlaw, Kofi (23 July 2011). "'The Boondocks' Season 4 Is In The Works". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022.
  2. ^ McGruder, Aaron (18 October 2007). "The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for October 18, 2007". GoComics. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022.
  3. ^ ""The Boondocks" Returns to Adult Swim for Fourth and Final Season". The Futon Critic. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
  4. ^ Sarto, Dan (12 June 2019). "Sony Pictures Animation Reveals Bold, Expanded Production Slate at Annecy 2019". Animation World News. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022. The return of The Boondocks, a co-production with Sony Pictures Television, is a complete re-imagining of the beloved and wildly rebellious animated satire for this modern era, and chronicles the adventures of the Freeman family against the evil local government tyrant Uncle Ruckus, who rules fictional Woodcrest County, Maryland with an iron fist.
  5. ^ Hamilton, Xavier (June 12, 2019). "Sony Announces Reboot of 'The Boondocks' With Creator Aaron McGruder". Complex. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  6. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (18 September 2019). "'The Boondocks' Reboot Gets 2-Season Order By HBO Max". Deadline. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference RebootCancelled was invoked but never defined (see the help page).