The Problem Solverz | |
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Genre | Comedy Mystery |
Created by | Ben Jones |
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Directed by | Ben Jones |
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Narrated by | John DiMaggio |
Composers | Ben Jones Rich Porter (pilot) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 13 (26 segments) |
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Executive producer | Ben Jones |
Producer | Nate Funaro |
Running time | 11 minutes |
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Network | Cartoon Network |
Release | April 4 September 29, 2011 | –
Network | Netflix |
Release | March 30, 2013 |
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The Problem Solverz is an American animated television series created by Ben Jones for Cartoon Network. It follows Alfe, Roba, and Horace; a group of detectives in their troubled town, Farboro.
The aforementioned characters were designed while Jones attended college in the 1990s; he later founded the art collective Paper Rad with Jessica and Jacob Ciocci. The characters were featured in Jones' and the collective's animations and comics before the creator pitched a pilot in 2007 to Adult Swim featuring the trio, collaborating with PFFR and Williams Street.[1] The network's executives referred Jones to Cartoon Network, who commissioned a series featuring the same characters. The series was produced in Adobe Flash, with around fifteen animators employed at Cartoon Network Studios and the co-production of Mirari Films.
The Problem Solverz was first aired on April 4, 2011. The first season consisted of nine episodes, concluding on September 29, 2011. A second and final season was released exclusively on Netflix in 2013. The show received extremely negative reviews from both audiences and critics, and with many considering it as one of the worst animated series ever made.