Korgoth of Barbaria
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| Created by | Aaron Springer |
| Written by | Aaron Springer |
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| Narrated by | Corey Burton |
| Composer(s) | Lee Holdridge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Aaron Springer |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Cartoon Network Studios Williams Street |
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| Original network | Adult Swim |
| Picture format | 4:3 SDTV |
| Original release | June 3, 2006 |
Korgoth of Barbaria is a pilot episode for what was originally planned as an American animated television series created by Aaron Springer, storyboard artist, writer and director for Dexter's Laboratory, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Samurai Jack, and SpongeBob SquarePants. It was first aired in the United States on June 3, 2006, at 12:30 AM (EST) on Adult Swim. On June 18, 2006, Adult Swim ran a bumper announcing that Korgoth of Barbaria was officially picked up as a series, because of its critical and commercial success with garnering high ratings. Later events, including a formal petition to revive the show, would indicate that it was dropped before production began, due to high production costs.
As of Comic-Con 2006 the show was scheduled to release sometime in spring of 2007. However, as of December 29, 2007, the only mention of the show on the Adult Swim website is an intro graphic with the words "you couldn't handle more than one anyway".
Adult Swim re-aired the pilot episode on Halloween night, October 31, 2008, as part of an advertised "Halloween Stunt" night, where rarely seen programs such as the Welcome to Eltingville and Boo Boo Runs Wild were aired, rather than the usual programming line-up for a Friday evening.
In November 2010, Adult Swim ran a bumper listing shows that were not picked up and brief reasons why. Korgoth was listed with the explanation "too expensive".
Adult Swim re-aired the pilot (teased as a "surprise") on November 3, 2013, as a part of their Toonami block.
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