Regular Show | |
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Also known as | Regular Show in Space (season 8) |
Genre |
Sitcom Comedy-Drama Adventure Science fantasy |
Created by | J. G. Quintel |
Directed by | Paula Spence (Art Director) John Infantino (Supervising Director, seasons 2–6) Robert Alvarez (Animation Director) J. G. Quintel (2012–2014) Mike Roth (2012–2013) Sean Szeles (Supervising Director, seasons 4–6) Calvin Wong (Supervising Director, season 7–8) |
Creative director(s) | Mike Roth (season 1) John Infantino (season 2) |
Voices of | J. G. Quintel William Salyers Sam Marin Mark Hamill Janie Haddad Tompkins Minty Lewis |
Composer(s) |
Mark Mothersbaugh John Enroth Albert Fox |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 261 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | J. G. Quintel For Cartoon Network Studios: Brian A. Miller Jennifer Pelphrey For Cartoon Network: Curtis Lelash Rob Swartz Robert Sorcher |
Producer(s) | Janet Dimon (seasons 1–3) Ryan Slater (season 3–8) Supervising Producers: Chris Reccardi (season 1) Mike Roth (2010–2015) Sean Szeles (season 6–8) |
Running time | 11 minutes (regular) 22 minutes (special) 33 minutes (finale) |
Production company(s) | Cartoon Network Studios |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | Cartoon Network |
Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
Audio format |
Stereo (2010) 5.1 Surround Sound (2010–2017) |
First shown in | August 14, 2009 |
Original release | September 6, 2010 | – January 16, 2017
External links | |
Website |
Regular Show (known as Regular Show in Space during its final season) is an American animated television series created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network that premiered on September 6, 2010. The series revolves around the lives of two working-class friends, a blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby—both employed as groundskeepers at a local park. Their regular attempts to slack off usually lead to surreal, extreme, and often supernatural misadventures. During these misadventures, they interact with the show's other main characters: Benson, Pops, Muscle Man, Hi-Five Ghost, Skips, Margaret and Eileen.
Many of Regular Show's characters are loosely based on those developed for Quintel's student films at California Institute of the Arts: The Naïve Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM. Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed young artists to create pilots with no notes, which would possibly be optioned as shows. The project was green-lit and it premiered on September 6, 2010.
As of May 2013, the program has been watched by approximately 2 to 2.5 million viewers each week. The series has received positive reviews from critics and has developed a following of all ages. Regular Show has been nominated for several awards, including two Annie Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards—one of which it won for the episode "Eggscellent" (season 3, episode 18). A film based on the series, titled Regular Show: The Movie, premiered in 2015.
After eight seasons and 261 episodes, the series concluded on January 16, 2017 with the one-hour finale "A Regular Epic Final Battle".
The series revolves around the daily lives of two 23-year-old friends, Mordecai (a blue jay), and Rigby (a raccoon). They work as groundskeepers at a park, and spend their days trying to avoid work and entertain themselves by any means. This is much to the chagrin of their manager/boss Benson (a gumball machine) and their coworker Skips (a yeti), but to the delight of their (other) manager/boss Pops (a man with a lollipop-shaped head). Other coworkers include an overweight green man called Muscle Man, and a ghost called Hi-Five Ghost.