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Two New Series Coming to Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network has “greenlit” two new original animated comedy series, Regular Show and Horrorbots. 

Regular Show is created by J. G. Quintel and was developed as a short for Cartoon Network’s Cartoonstitute. Two bored groundskeepers, Mordecai (a six-foot-tall blue jay) and Rigby (a hyperactive raccoon) are best friends who spend their days trying to entertain themselves by any means necessary, much to the displeasure of Benson (their boss, who is a gumball machine) and to the delight of Pops (an older, lollipop-headed gentleman). Their everyday pursuits often lead to things spiraling out of control and into the surreal: they open portals to other dimensions, summon demons via an ‘80s arcade game and accidentally use choreographed dance moves to send co-workers to the moon. All in a typical day’s work on Regular Show. J.G. Quintel served as creative director of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack for two seasons and was a storyboard artist on the Emmy-winning animated series Camp Lazlo.  Regular Show will be produced at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, CA.

Horrorbots tells the story of Thrasher and Blastus, two outsider teenage droids who are only slightly less horrific than the ultra-powerful robots that populate their planet, Killglobe.  Now they face their greatest challenge yet:  high school.  Armed with a desire to fit in (and little else), Thrasher and Blastus navigate their lives with varying degrees of success.  Created by Michael Buckley (The Sisters Grimm) and Joe Deasy and co-executive produced by Christy Karacas (Superjail), Horrorbots will be produced in New York.

In addition to these two new series, the network has also ordered additional episodes of The Marvelous MisAdventures of Flapjack and commissioned another season of scripts for for Adventure Time, which is scheduled to premiere next year.

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