Adult Swim Announces New Programming Line-Up for 2011-12 Season

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•    EAGLEHEART—The live-action comedy Eagleheart, starring Chris Elliott, debuted on the network in 2010. Elliott returns in season 2 as U.S. Marshal Chris Monsanto along with cast members Brett Gelman and Maria Thayer. Every episode of Eagleheart promises violence, suspense, intrigue and copious amounts of needless bloodshed as Marshal Chris Monsanto blindly kicks, punches and shoots his way to what may or may not be a legitimate solution to his case.  Created by former Late Night with Conan O’Brien writers Michael Koman and Andrew Weinberg, Eagleheart is produced by O’Brien’s Conaco Productions and Dakota Pictures.  It is executive produced by Koman, Weinberg, Jason Woliner, Troy Miller, Tracey Baird, David Kissinger, Conan O’Brien and Jeff Ross.  Richard Schwartz is the co-executive producer.

•    MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENHOLE— Moral Orel creator Dino Stamatopoulos returns to Adult Swim in the spring of 2012 with season 2 of the stop-motion animated series Mary Shelley's Frankenhole.  This is the true story of Victor Frankenstein—the world's most narcissistic genius—and his various attempts to become recognized as the great creator/scientist that he believes himself to be.

•    METALOCALYPSE—From creators Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, the fourth season of the animated series Metalocalypse premieres in the spring of 2012.  The series chronicles Dethklok’s crusades into darkness and their exploitation as the world’s most popular metal band and most significant cultural force.

•    MONGO WRESTLING ALLIANCE—The Wrestler meets Metalocalypse in this story of the once great Kleberkuh Clan.  Back-stabbing smoking ring sluts, villainous mutants and pile-drivers from the top of great big ladders—it’s all in a days work for young Rusty Kleberkuh who is determined to restore his family's name in the treacherous and deviant world of professional wrestling.  Created by Tommy Blacha (Metalocalypse co-creator), Mongo Wrestling Alliance premiered season 1 part 1 in January.  Season 1 part 2 premieres Sunday, June 19 at midnight (ET, PT).

•    ROBOT CHICKEN—Robot Chicken uses stop-motion animation to bring pop-culture parodies to life in a modern take on the variety/sketch show format.  The Emmy Award®-winning series began airing in February 2005 and remains the top-rated original series on Adult Swim.  Robot Chicken is created and executive produced by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich under their Stoopid Monkey Productions, in conjunction with Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico’s ShadowMachine Films.  Green and Senreich also executive produce, write and, with Chris McKay, direct the series, with Green providing many of the voices.  Season 5 part 2 premieres this fall.

•    SQUIDBILLIES—The inbred squid-things of Dougal County return for a fifth season of hillbilly shenanigans in the spring of 2012.  The squids won’t disappointify you, as long as you like bank robbing, drug trafficking, unskinny bopping, and guest appearances by bona-fide famous people.  Squidbillies premiered on Adult Swim in October 2006 and is from creators Dave Willis (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) and Jim Fortier (The Brak Show), both Georgia natives.  Willis and Fortier worked as writers and producers on Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

•    SUPERJAIL!—In April the hit series Superjail! slammed back in general population for a second season of destruction and continues to premiere on Sundays at midnight (ET, PT) on Adult Swim. Double the insanity. Double the crazy. Double the pain of being kicked in the guts really hard.  Superjail! returns to Adult Swim with ten new episodes produced at Titmouse Studios in N.Y.  Series creators and executive producers Christy Karacas (Cartoon Sushi, Robotomy) and Stephen Warbrick (Beavis and Butthead, Daria) teamed up again to take this over-the-top animated series to the next level.  Chris McCulloch (The Venture Bros.) returned as a consulting producer this season and lent his talents with story editing and voice-overs.

Pilots currently in development:
•    Regal Productions; Live action comedy created, directed, produced and starring Bob Odenkirk.






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