Sit Down, Shut Up (2009 TV series)
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| Genre |
Comedy Blue humor |
| Created by | Mitchell Hurwitz |
| Voices of |
Will Arnett Jason Bateman Kristin Chenoweth Will Forte Tom Kenny Nick Kroll Cheri Oteri Kenan Thompson Henry Winkler |
| Composer(s) | David Schwartz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Mitchell Hurwitz Josh Weinstein Eric Tannenbaum Kim Tannenbaum Julie Meldal-Johnsen |
| Producer(s) | J. Michael Mendel Claudia Katz |
| Running time | 22–23 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Tantamount Studios ITV Studios Adelaide Productions 20th Century Fox Television Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | April 19 – November 21, 2009 |
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| Related shows | Sit Down, Shut Up (Australian TV series) |
Sit Down, Shut Up is an American adult animated television series created by Mitchell Hurwitz for the Fox network. The series focuses on a group of high school teachers in a small town in Florida "who don't care about teaching". The series premiered on Sunday April 19, 2009 in the Animation Domination block on Fox, but after four episodes aired, Fox removed the show from the block due to low ratings. The remaining 9 episodes aired on Saturdays at midnight from later in the year. The last episode aired on November 21, 2009.
Based on the Australian live-action sitcom of the same name, creator Mitchell Hurwitz came up with the idea for an animated version in 2000. He wrote a script for a pilot episode, but "kept it in a drawer" until he pitched the show to different networks in 2008 when he needed money. Hurwitz said that "it was just a wacky show, and nobody wanted it", but eventually Fox picked it up as a primetime animated series.
Sit Down, Shut Up met mixed reviews from critics. Orlando Sentinel called the series a "disaster", and Newsday called it "raw, vulgar and blithely offensive, with so many triple and quadruple entendres for so many sexual acts".Hollywood Reporter criticized the series' use of fourth wall breaks, and said that it was "painful to watch how hard the show tries to be funny".IGN gave it a more positive review, saying "it should continue to be a very entertaining show", and TV Squad said that it "definitely grows on you". It was nominated an Artios Award for its casting in 2009.
Misunderstanding his part in Knob Haven High’s anti-drug campaign, Stuart builds a meth lab instead of a math lab. Meanwhile, Larry takes the school’s affiliation with a pharmaceutical company a little too seriously.
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