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Sit Down, Shut Up (U.S. TV series)

Sit Down, Shut Up
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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)
Production
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 (2009-04-19) – November 21, 2009 (2009-11-21)
Chronology
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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