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Premiere | April 1, 2020 |
Finale | Present |
Seasons | 1 (Season 2 Coming) |
Episodes | 9 |
Smiling Friends is an Australian-American adult animated television series created by Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack and produced by Princess Bento Studio for Adult Swim, which revolves around a small company dedicated to making people smile.
The pilot episode aired April 1, 2020, as a part of Adult Swim's 2020 April Fools' Day schedule alongside another work of Cusack's, YOLO. On May 19, 2021, Adult Swim and the show's creators announced that the series had been greenlit along with Royal Crackers and that it was set to premiere later in 2021. The first season contains 9 episodes, including the pilot. A panel dedicated to the series was held during the Adult Swim Festival on November 12, 2021, where co-creator Zach Hadel mentioned the show will premiere within a few months, pushing the release schedule to 2022. The first season premiered on January 10, 2022, with Adult Swim airing all episodes of the season in one night despite initial plans for a weekly release.
Smiling Friends follows the employees of a small company dedicated to bringing happiness to a bizarre yet colorful world. The series was renewed for a second season and added to Max on February 9, 2022.
Season 2 was released on March 17th, 2024.
Synopsis[]
Follow the experiences of the employees of a company that is dedicated to making others happy, in a bizarre but colorful world.
Trivia[]
- The name of Dave Land may have originated from the Sleepy Cabin Podcast, Episode 26, wherein they make fun of a man named Dave for submitting a silly question to the group.