Williams Street

This article is about the in-house production studio of Cartoon Network in Atlanta. For the record sister company, see Williams Street Records.

Not to be confused with William Street.

Williams Street Productions, LLC

Trade name	Williams Street
Formerly	Ghost Planet Industries (1994–1999)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Film Television Animation
Genre	Animation Live action
Founded	1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Founders	Mike Lazzo Keith Crofford Andy Merrill
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia (main) Burbank, California (secondary)
Key people	Michael Ouweleen (President, The Cartoon Network, Inc.) Suzanna Makkos (EVP, comedy/animation) Jason DeMarco (SVP, action/anime) Michael Cahill (VP, on-air/social media) Chris Hartley (VP, on-air production) Kim Manning (VP, programming) Cameron Tang (VP, development)
Products	Television series Television specials Feature films
Parent	Turner Broadcasting System (1994–2019) Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics (2019–2022) Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (2022–present)
Subsidiaries	Williams Street Records Williams Street West Williams Street East Williams Street DVDs Williams Street Games

Williams Street Productions, LLC,^[1] formerly known as Ghost Planet Industries, is an American animation and live action television production studio owned by The Cartoon Network, Inc. division of Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. The studio is the in-house production arm of Adult Swim (the programming block on Cartoon Network). Mike Lazzo and Keith Crofford oversaw operations for the building for most of its existence.

On December 16, 2019, co-founder Lazzo retired from the company,^[2] with business partner and co-founder Crofford retiring the following year.^[3] Michael Ouweleen was named president of Adult Swim on April 29, 2020.^[4]

From November 27, 2019 to July 1, 2020 and since May 13, 2022, Ouweleen was named president of The Cartoon Network, Inc., which also oversees Adult Swim.^[5]

History

Williams Street was originally a cock constructed in the early 1900s. No information exists for what the building was used for up until the 70s; rumors state it was once a condom factory. In 1976, Ted Turner bought the building and used it for his own television station, WTCG. This new channel was the result of a recent UHF takeover. In December 1976, the first WTCG signal was beamed via satellite to its four cable systems located around Georgia. This broadcast was the first use of non-pay-service satellite transmission, an innovation that would come to revolutionize basic cable nationwide.

Starting out as a minor local channel, the station grew into success and was re-launched as WTBS in 1979. Then, after a five-year period, WTBS was renamed TBS Superstation. During this time, Turner also created CNN, a 24-hour news network. Both became the standard for cable providers by the late 80s. Due to this success, the studio building became too small to operate as a headquarters. A new campus was built across the street for the expanding Turner empire. Upon completion, Turner launched Cartoon Network to showcase their recent acquisitions of the vast MGM and Hanna-Barbera library of cartoons.

When Turner moved out of the Williams Street building, they kept ownership, using it as a storage facility. Although no longer its main purpose, to this day, Williams Street houses all the show tapes for Turner Networks. Appointed to run the building were veteran Turner employees such as Keith Crofford, Andy Merrill, and former mail-room employee Mike Lazzo. Although Cartoon Network was run at Hanna-Barbera Studios at the time, certain duties were eventually controlled by the trio at Williams Street. One of their most important early tasks was producing host segments for The Moxy Pirate Show (later The Moxy Show).

From 1990 to 1993, TBS had started its own original programming such as Captain Planet and 2 Stupid Dogs. This interested the team at Williams Street, and they all wished to create their own series. Towards the end of '93, the three mustered up courage to approach Ted Turner with their ideas for Cartoon Network original programming. It didn't go as planned and they were eventually kicked out of Ted's office. According to Lazzo, they were clearly told that unless CN started making more money for Turner, they wouldn't be allowed funding or a chance. They didn't listen.

They decided to produce their own series pilot. On a shoestring budget, they tried to come up with compatible ideas. During brainstorming, they realized they could simply re-use footage of any animation in the Turner library. They eventually settled on Space Ghost and Dino Boy. Because they felt it would fit, they paired it with Mike Lazzo's idea of a satirical talk show with a clueless host asking guests a stream of stupid questions. The final pilot featured rotoscoped animation superimposed on a simple background and used CNN interview footage for the live-action interview.

They went back to Turner and presented the pilot, and Space Ghost Coast to Coast was then greenlit for a ten-episode season. Work began, and the minor CN production/storage facility became its own studio, named after Coast to Coast's own in-show one: Ghost Planet Industries. Soon the series was acquiring its first C and D-list celebrity guests, small animation and writing crew, and voice actors. The voice actor for Space Ghost was local voice actor George Lowe; all other roles were done by the GPI crew. The series eventually premiered on April 14, 1994. This marked Cartoon Network's first original series and the first animated talk show in history.

Due to its more mature surreal humor, the series attracted a devoted cult audience. Its success led to a special that was simulcast on TBS, a special short for VHS release of blockbuster The Mask, and much more famous guests. In the height of popularity, it was awarded its own spin-off. Turner commissioned GPI to produce some sort of lighter version for TBS, due to a need for children's programming. Cartoon Planet premiered on TBS in 1995 and later moved to Cartoon Network in 1996. The series featured Space Ghost hosting segments and cartoons for young viewers. After two seasons, TBS decided to cancel all kids' programming, following the trend of TNT and USA.

Name and logo

Outside of the studio.

The current name of the company originates from the location of its headquarters building – which is also the home office for Cartoon Network and Adult Swim – at 1065 Williams Street NW in Atlanta, Georgia near the current offices of TBS and TNT on Techwood Drive.^[6] The facility began as a carpet factory and was purchased by Turner as overflow offices for, among other things, set building and woodworking facilities, as well as CNN Field Engineering. Soon after CNN moved into the CNN Center in downtown Atlanta in the early 1980s, other Turner operations moved into the Techwood campus, an old country club which became the first headquarters for CNN.^[6] The street is named for early Atlanta settler Ammi Williams.

The company's original name, Ghost Planet Industries, came from Space Ghost's fictional planet, where the animated talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast was purportedly filmed.^[7]

The studio's production logo features a wavy, blurred gray image of Space Ghost's fictional studio, with the words "Williams Street" beneath it. The soundtrack of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited's production logo – a rumbling drum roll and two clinks of a hammer – is often used while the GPI/Williams Street production card is shown.^[8]

Filmography

TV animated series

Title	Creator(s) Developer(s)	Co-production(s)	Notes	Started
Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Mike Lazzo	Williams Street West (2003-2004)	Based on the original 1966 animated series. The last 2 seasons were released on GameTap.	1994–99 (1st run) 2001–04 (2nd run) 2006–08 (3rd run)
Sealab 2021	Adam Reed and Matt Thompson	70/30 Productions	Based on Sealab 2020.	2000–05
The Brak Show	Jim Fortier, Andy Merrill, and Pete Smith	Wild Hare Studios Primal Screen Turner Studios	A spin-off of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. This series ran for 28 episodes, and a webisode was released as the series finale.	2000–03; 2007
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter	J. J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. (Pilot only) Rough Draft Studios (Season 1 episodes 2–9) Turner Studios (Seasons 2–4) Awesome Inc (special)	The company produced the Pilot, and from Season 2's eleventh episode to Season 4. Reused assets from Birdman and the Galaxy Trio.	2000–07; 2018
Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis	Wild Hare Studios (Seasons 1–4) Radical Axis (Seasons 2–9) Awesome Inc (Seasons 9–11) Floyd County Productions (Season 12) Bento Box Atlanta (webseries)	Animated series also known by various alternative titles. First spin-off of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. It was the first series that had a theatrical movie. One episode was never aired. Longest running Adult Swim original series that is still in production.	2000–present
Immortal Grand Prix	Production I.G and Cartoon Network	Production I.G Cartoon Network Bandai Visual Bandai Entertainment Lantis Bee Train (microseries only)	First anime co-production; produced English dub	2003–06
Stroker & Hoop	Casper Kelly and Jeffrey G. Olsen	Turner Studios Studio B Productions		2004–05
Perfect Hair Forever	Mike Lazzo, Matt Harrigan, and Matt Maiellaro	Radical Axis (Seasons 1–2) Bento Box Atlanta (Season 3)	A spin-off of Space Ghost Coast to Coast.	2004–07; 2014
Tom Goes to the Mayor	Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim	Dipshot Films (Season 1) Abso Lutely Productions (Season 2)		2004–06
Robot Chicken	Seth Green and Matthew Senreich	Stoop!d Monkey ShadowMachine (Seasons 1–5) Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (Season 6–present) Sony Pictures Digital (Seasons 1–5) Sony Pictures Television (Seasons 6–10)	Second longest running original series on Adult Swim that is still in production.	2005–present
12 oz. Mouse	Matt Maiellaro	Radical Axis (Seasons 1–2) Awesome Inc (Season 3)		2005–07; 2018; 2020
Squidbillies	Jim Fortier and Dave Willis	Radical Axis (Seasons 1–6) Awesome Inc (Seasons 7–13)		2005–21
Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil	Loren Bouchard	Fluid Animation Loren Bouchard L.L.C.		2005–07
Minoriteam	Adam de la Peña, Peter Girardi, and Todd James	Funny Garbage Reas International Monkey Wrangler Productions		2005–06
Moral Orel	Dino Stamatopoulos	ShadowMachine Fragical Productions	The series ended with 44 episodes. A special was released as the series finale. Seven lost episodes weren't produced.	2005–08
Metalocalypse	Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha	Titmouse, Inc.		2006–13
Frisky Dingo	Adam Reed and Matt Thompson	70/30 Productions		2006–08
Assy McGee	Matt Harrigan and Carl W. Adams	Soup2Nuts (Season 1) Clambake Animation (Season 2)
Superjail!	Christy Karacas, Stephen Warbrick, and Ben Gruber	Titmouse, Inc. Augenblick Studios (Pilot and Season 1 only)		2007–14
The Drinky Crow Show	Tony Millionaire and Eric Kaplan	Mirari Films		2007–09
Xavier: Renegade Angel	Vernon Chatman, John Lee, Alyson Levy, and Jim Tozzi	PFFR Cinematico		2007–09
Titan Maximum	Tom Root and Matthew Senreich	ShadowMachine Stoop!d Monkey Tom Is Awesome		2009
Mary Shelley's Frankenhole	Dino Stamatopoulos	Fragical Productions (Season 1 only) ShadowMachine (Season 1 only) Starburns Industries (Season 2 only)		2010–12
Off the Air	Dave Hughes	Million Monkeys Inc.	First live-action/animation hybrid series aired on Adult Swim.	2011–present
Mongo Wrestling Alliance	Tommy Blacha	Mirari Films	Originally called The Galaxy Wrestling Alliance.	2011
Soul Quest Overdrive	Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis	Radical Axis	Based on the short pilot winner of the online contest Big, Über, Network Sampling, sponsored by Burger King. A spin-off of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. There was also an unaired pilot when the first episode was shown online for the same online contest.	2011; 2010
China, IL	Brad Neely	Neely Comics Titmouse, Inc. Working For Monsters (Season 3 only)	The show originally started as an unaired pilot back in 2010, until it was official in 2011.	2011–15; 2010
Black Dynamite	Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, and Scott Sanders (original live-action movie) (d): Carl Jones	Ars Nova Entertainment Titmouse, Inc. (Season 1 only) N-BOMB SQUAD (Season 2 only) Cartoon Network Studios (Season 2 only)	The show originally started as an unaired pilot back in 2011, until it was official in 2012.	2012–15; 2011
Mr. Pickles	Will Carsola and Dave Stewart	HotHouse Productions Day by Day Productions		2013–19
Rick and Morty	Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon	Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions! (Seasons 1–6) Harmonious Claptrap Starburns Industries (Seasons 1–2) Green Portal Productions (Seasons 4–5)		2013–present
Mike Tyson Mysteries	Mike Tyson, Lee Stimmer, and Hugh Davidson (d): Giancarlo Volpe and Hugh Davidson	Warner Bros. Animation	First collaboration with sister studio Warner Bros. Animation.	2014–20
The Venture Bros.	Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer	Astro-Base GO! NoodleSoup Productions (2003–05) World Leaders Entertainment (2006–10) Titmouse, Inc. (2011–18)	Premiered in 2003, the company began to produce it from Seasons 6–7.	2016–18
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio	Brad Neely	Neely Comics Working For Monsters Titmouse, Inc.		2016
Hot Streets	Brian Wysol	Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!		2016–19
Apollo Gauntlet	Myles Langlois	Mosaic Media Group 6 Point Harness		2016–17
Samurai Jack	Genndy Tartakovsky	Cartoon Network Studios	Only the fifth season. Premiered on Toonami.	2017
The Jellies!	Tyler Okonma and Lionel Boyce	Bald Fade Productions Augenblick Studios Whalerock Industries		2017–19
Tender Touches	David Bonawits, Lauren Payne, and Maxime Simonet	Hogwash Industries LLC (Season 1 episodes 2–5) 6 Point Harness (Season 2) Awesome Inc (Season 3)		2017–20
FLCL Progressive / Alternative	Gainax (original OVA series) (d): Production I.G	Production I.G Toho		2018
Ballmastrz: 9009	Christy Karacas	Titmouse, Inc. (Seasons 1–2) C.C.K. Rad (Season 2) PFFR (special) Studio 4°C (special)		2018–20; 2023
Tigtone	Andrew Koehler and Benjamin Martian	Babyhemyth Productions Titmouse, Inc.		2018–20
The Shivering Truth	Vernon Chatman	PFFR ShadowMachine (Season 1 only) HouseSpecial (Season 2)		2018–20
Lazor Wulf	Henry Bonsu (d): Henry Bonsu and Daniel Weidenfeld	Titmouse, Inc. (Pilot only) Bento Box Entertainment (Season 1) 6 Point Harness (Season 2)		2019–21
Gēmusetto	Maxime Simonet	Awesome Inc	All 6 episodes of season 1 premiered in one go in 2019; season 2 was released on Toonami in 2020	2019–20
Primal	Genndy Tartakovsky	Cartoon Network Studios		2019–present
Momma Named Me Sheriff	Will Carsola and Dave Stewart	HotHouse Productions Day by Day Productions	A spin-off of Mr. Pickles.	2019–21
YOLO	Michael Cusack	Princess Bento Studio Monkeystack Cusack Creatures (Season 2–present)	Pilot for the series premiered as part of Adult Swim's April Fools' Day celebration.	2020–present
JJ Villard's Fairy Tales	J.J. Villard	Villard Film Cartoon Network Studios	Pilot for the series premiered as part of Adult Swim's April Fools' Day celebration.	2020
Smiling Friends	Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack	6 Point Harness (Pilot only) Studio Yotta (Pilot and S1E09 only, Season 2–present) Princess Bento Studio Goblin Caught on Tape		2020–present
Birdgirl	Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter	Awesome Inc (Season 1) Global Mechanic (Season 2) Bedford Avenue	A spin-off of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.	2021–22
Tuca & Bertie	Lisa Hanawalt	The Tornante Company Brave Dummy Vegan Blintzes ShadowMachine	Starting with the second season.	2021–22
Fena: Pirate Princess	Kazuto Nakazawa and Production I.G	Crunchyroll Production I.G	First Adult Swim series to be produced with Crunchyroll.	2021
Teenage Euthanasia	Alyson Levy and Alissa Nutting	PFFR Augenblick Studios (Season 1) Atomic Cartoons (Season 2)		2021–present
Blade Runner: Black Lotus	Philip K. Dick (original characters) (d): Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki	Alcon Entertainment Crunchyroll	Second Adult Swim series to be co-produced with Crunchyroll. A spin-off of Blade Runner.	2021–22
Shenmue: The Animation	Yu Suzuki (concept) and Sega (story) (d): Chikara Sakurai	Sega Crunchyroll		2022
Housing Complex C[9]	amphibian (original concept)	Production I.G USA		2022
Royal Crackers	Jason Ruiz	The Cheesesteak Factory AntiLaugh Titmouse, Inc.		2023–present
FLCL: Grunge / Shoegaze[9]	Gainax (original OVA series) (d): Production I.G	Production I.G		2023
Ninja Kamui	Sunghoo Park	E&H Production Sola Entertainment		2024–present
Uzumaki[10]	Junji Ito (original manga series)	Production I.G USA		2024

TV live-action series

Title	Creator(s) Developer(s)	Co-production(s)	Notes	Started
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim	Abso Lutely Productions		2007–10; 2017
Saul of the Mole Men	Craig Lewis (d): Peter Girardi, Craig Lewis, and Tom Stern	Funny Garbage		2007
Fat Guy Stuck in Internet	John Gemberling and Curtis Gwinn	Cowboy & John Productions		2007–08
Delocated	Jon Glaser	PFFR Unintelligible Grunt		2008–13
Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule	John C. Reilly, Tim Heidecker, and Eric Wareheim	Abso Lutely Productions	A spin-off of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!.	2010–17
Childrens Hospital	Rob Corddry	The Corddry Company Abominable Pictures Warner Bros. Studio 2.0 Warner Bros. Television	Based on the web series of the same name on TheWB.com.	2010–16
Run It Back	Mike Terrell and Sean Akins	Turner Sports[11] Turner Studios	A remix version of NBA on TNT that which was aired only on the Cartoon Network block CN Real.	2010–11
Eagleheart	Michael Koman and Andrew Weinberg	Dakota Pictures Conaco		2011–14
NTSF:SD:SUV::	Paul Scheer	2nd Man On The Moon Abominable Pictures	First spin-off of Childrens Hospital.	2011–13
The Heart, She Holler	Vernon Chatman, John Lee, and Alyson Levy	PFFR		2011–14
Loiter Squad	Odd Future	Dickhouse Productions (Seasons 1–2) Gorilla Flicks (Season 3) The Great Wang Of The Floggnaw Land (Season 3)		2012–14
The Eric Andre Show	Eric André	Abso Lutely Productions Sick Duck Productions Naked Faces (Seasons 1–4) Working For Monsters (Seasons 1–2) Fugue State (Seasons 5–6)		2012–23
The Restless Bell	Dave Drabik and Andrew Benator	Fine Line Productions Turner Studios		2012
You're Whole	Michael Ian Black	Abominable Pictures		2012–13
Newsreaders	Rob Corddry, Jonathan Stern, and David Wain	The Corddry Company Abominable Pictures Warner Bros. Studio 2.0 Warner Bros. Television	Also known as Newsreaders with Louis LaFonda. Second and final spin-off of Childrens Hospital.	2013–15
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell	Casper Kelly and Dave Willis	Fake Wood Wallpaper Films Awesome Inc	The show originally started as a pilot in 2011,[12] until it was official in 2013.	2013–19; 2011
Hot Package	Derrick Beckles	Abso Lutely Productions TV Carnage Abominable Pictures (Season 1 only)		2013–15
Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories	Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim	Abso Lutely Productions		2013–17
Black Jesus	Aaron McGruder and Mike Clattenburg	5 Mutts Productions Triage Entertainment Mainstay Entertainment (Season 3)		2014–19
Decker	Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington	Abso Lutely Productions	Both web and TV series on a spin-off from On Cinema.	2014–17
Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter	Jon Glaser	PFFR Unintelligible Grunt		2015–17
Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace	Million Dollar Extreme	Million Dollar Extreme Rent Now Productions		2016
Dream Corp LLC	Daniel Stessen	BEMO Artbelly Productions Caviar Content (Season 1) Sunday Night Productions Alive and Kicking, Inc. (Seasons 2–3)	Second live-action/animation hybrid series aired on Adult Swim.	2016–20
Joe Pera Talks with You	Joe Pera	Chestnut Walnut Unlimited Factual Productions (Season 1) Alive and Kicking, Inc. (Seasons 2–3)		2018–21
Mostly 4 Millennials	Derrick Beckles	TV Carnage Sick Duck Productions Factual Productions		2018
Tropical Cop Tales	Jim Hosking and Toby Harvard	Another HH Production Boxel Studio Alive and Kicking, Inc.		2018–19
Three Busy Debras	Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, and Alyssa Stonoh	Mail Lizard Paper Kite Productions Alive and Kicking, Inc.		2020–22
Beef House	Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim	Abso Lutely Productions	Parody of the typical zombified 1980's sitcom show.	2020

Internet series

Title	Creator(s) Developer	Co-production(s)	Notes	Started
Carl's Stone Cold Lock of the Century of the Week	Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis		Based on Carl Brutananadilewski from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.	2007–16
King Star King	J.J. Villard Eric Kaplan (co-creator, Pilot only) (d): Tommy Blacha	Kurtis (Series) Titmouse, Inc. (Series) Mirari Films (Pilot) Rough Draft Studios (Special) Villard Film (Special)		2013–14; 2023
The Cry of Mann	Robby Rackleff	AB Video Solutions, LLC	Also known as The Cry of Mann: A Trool Day Holiday Spectacular, or The Cry of Mann: A Trool Day Holiday Spectacular in Eight Parts.	2017
Williams Stream[13] On Cinema (2012–20) FishCenter Live (2014–20) Pregame Prognostifications from the Pigskin Wyzzard (2017–18) Last Stream on the Left (2016–20)	Williams Street	(See Online programming)	This service plays highlights of various programs (in talk show and live podcast/chat formats) played on Adult Swim's live stream.	2017–20
The Call of Warr	Robby Rackleff	AB Video Solutions, LLC	Only sequel to The Cry of Mann.	2018
Alabama Jackson	Donald Faison	Adeosun Stoopid Buddy Stoodios	Spin-off of Robot Chicken.	2022–present
Aquadonk Side Pieces	Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis	Bento Box Entertainment	Spin-off of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.	2022
Vindicators 2	Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon	Atomic Cartoons	Spin-off of Rick and Morty.
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell: The Cartoon	Casper Kelly and Dave Willis	Copernicus Studios	Sequel to Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell.	2022–present

Failed pilots

Title	Creator(s) Developer(s)	Co-production(s)	Notes	Year
Spacecataz	Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis	Radical Axis Wild Hare Studios	A failed spin-off of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.	2004
Korgoth of Barbaria	Aaron Springer	Cartoon Network Studios	Rejected due to high production costs. First collaboration with sister studio Cartoon Network Studios.	2006
Let's Fish[a]	Mark Rivers	Titmouse, Inc.	Also known as Let's Fish with Don Conway.	2007
That Crook'd 'Sipp[a]	Nick Weidenfeld, Jacob Escobedo, and Mike Weiss	Turner Studios	Spun-off into the special Freaknik: The Musical. Episode: "That Tree of Strife".
Lowe Country	George Lowe
Stiff	Matt Maiellaro	Radical Axis
Neon Knome[b]	Ben Jones	PFFR	Greenlit but moved to Cartoon Network due to Adult Swim executives thinking it was too "mind-blowingly cute" for the block and reworked into The Problem Solverz.[14]	2008
Snake 'n' Bacon[b]	Michael Kupperman, Scott Jacobson, and Rich Blomquist	Fayettenam Records Corp.	Based on the comic strip on the same name.	2009
Paid Programming	H. Jon Benjamin and David Cross		Despite being rejected by Adult Swim, the pilot gave way to a project of stand-alone specials based on fake infomercials.
The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger	Gregg Turkington, Tim Heidecker, and Eric Wareheim	Abso Lutely Productions	A failed spin-off of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!.
Yappy Broads[b]	Madeleine Smithberg	Mad Cow Productions
Cheyenne Cinnamon[b]	Dave Willis and Matt Harrigan	Radical Axis		2010
Duckworth[b]			Also known as Duckworth of Ellington.
Southies[b]	Carl W. Adams	Clambake Animation		2011
Totally for Teens[b]	Derrick Beckles and Sabrina Saccoccio	TV Carnage
Major Lazer[15]	Diplo, Switch, Ferry Gouw, and Kevin Kusatsu	Mad Decent Titmouse, Inc.	Some years later, FXX picked up it for a TV series as part of FOX's Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD) block.
Guy Suavé: Homicidal Spy	Eric Von Hoffman and Jay Johnston	Dakota Pictures Johnston Hoffman Production	Shown as a trailer at The ABC Sunday Night Movie.
Tight Bros[16][17]	Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil	Clambake Animation	The series, originally planned to air in 2012, was canceled some time before the premiere for unknown reasons.
Let's Do This!	Bob Odenkirk, Brian Jarvis, and Jim Freeman	LeFoole, Inc. Odenkirk Provissiero	Also known as Let's Do This!: The Story of Cal-Gold Pictures.	2012
Green Bench: The American Day Dream[c]	Jamaal R. Fisher, John Holland, and Nicholas Travis (d): Lawrence Denning, Jr., Larnell Harris, and Louis Hatcher	Dakota Pictures Greenbench Productions		2013
Candy Ranch	Three Loco	Abso Lutely Productions
Übermansion[c]	Zeb Wells and Matthew Senreich	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios	Re-tooled as SuperMansion for Crackle.
Filthy Sexy Teen$	Paul Scheer, Jonathan Stern, and Curtis Gwinn	2nd Man On The Moon Abominable Pictures	Greenlit as an online series titled Filthy Preppy Teens by Fullscreen.
Coffin Dodgers[c]	Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein	Double Hemm Rough Draft Studios, Inc.	Released on Adult Swim's official website as an "internet-only exclusive".
Rolling with Dad[c]	David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith	KatzSmith Productions Bento Box Entertainment
Sperm Boat[18]	Matt Harrigan	Flannypop Thank You, Brain! Productions
The Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour![19]	Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt, Seth Green, and Matthew Senreich	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Danger Maiden Productions	Shown as a sneak peek at San Diego Comic-Con's Nerd HQ,[20] and never released or aired since then.	2014
Youth Large	Nathan Barnatt, Seth Barnatt, and Paul B. Cummings	Barnatt Brothers Productions New Wave Entertainment
Fartcopter[21][d]	Rob Huebel	Abominable Pictures
Harold & Kumar[22][23]	Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg (original live-action films)	Lionsgate Television Bento Box Entertainment
The Pound Hole	Daniel Weidenfeld (d): Daniel Weidenfeld and Doug Lussenhop	Working For Monsters Douggpound Rent Now Productions		2015
Doble Fried[24]	Matt Furie	PFFR Titmouse, Inc.	There was no updates to whether the pilot was finished or not, or aired since then.
Gigglefudge, USA!	Nicholas Maier and Dimitri Simakis	PFFR Everything Is Terrible! FishBowl Worldwide Media	Also a part for Infomercials	2016
The Hindenburg Explodes!	Rob Corddry, Josh Perilo, and Jonathan Stern	Abominable Pictures The Corrdry Company Timers Head Productions
The Mark Lembeck Technique	Adam Lustick	Scrubble Alive and Kicking, Inc.
Scavengers	Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner	Titmouse, Inc.	Greenlit by Max as Scavengers Reign.[25]
Bad Guys	Nick Giovannetti and Paul Scheer	Bento Box Entertainment Geezus 2nd Man On The Moon	Episode: "Watch the Throne".
Chuck Deuce	Matt Iles, Chioke "Stretch" McCoy, and Lars Kenseth	ShadowMachine		2018
Trap Universe	J.J. Villard	Villard Film Titmouse, Inc.
Dayworld[26][d]	Cole Kush and Jay Weingarten	Abso Lutely Productions Daytime Studio
Art Prison	Tom Kauffman and Paul Isakson	Yum Yum Starburns Industries
Ole Bud's ANU Football Weekly	Chris "CP" Powell and Chip Hall	Dutch Treat Productions Alive and Kicking, Inc.
Di Bibl	John Lee and Kytten Janae	PFFR Daisy Studio		2019
Lusty Crest[27]	Kati Skelton	It's Grim Factual Productions		2020
Bad Manners[28]	Todd Rohal	PFFR TUbb Alive and Kicking, Inc.
The Animated Adventures of Jack Decker[29]	Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington	Abso Lutely Productions Copernicus Studios
Skeleton Landlord[30]	Doug Bleichner and Sam Wagstaff
Learning With Pibby	Dodge Greenley	Cartoon Network Studios		2021

Specials

Stand-alones

Title	Creator(s)	Co-production(s)	Notes	Year(s)
Infomercials For-Profit Online University (2013) Live Forever as You Are Now with Alan Resnick (2013) Too Many Cooks (2014)	Various	(See List of specials)		2009–present
Freaknik: The Musical	Carl Jones and Nick Weidenfeld	Nappy Boy Entertainment Titmouse, Inc.	Retooled version of 2007 pilot That Crook'd 'Sipp.	2010
Earth Ghost	George Lowe		Special and updated version of the 2007 pilot Lowe Country. Being premiered on April 1, Adult Swim used it as part of their annual April Fools' Day prank.	2011
The Greatest Event in Television History	Adam Scott and Naomi Scott	Gettin' Rad Electric Soup Productions (Special from 2 to 4)	Four specials have been produced.	2012–14
Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends	Brett Gelman and Jason Woliner	Abso Lutely Productions		2014
Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family				2015
The Adult Swim Golf Classic: Daly vs. Scott	Jon Daly	J.O.N. Alive and Kicking, Inc.	An "extended" version of this special has been released on Adult Swim's official website, and production is sponsored by Arby's.	2016
Dinner in America with Brett Gelman	Brett Gelman and Jason Woliner	Abso Lutely Productions
Mr. Neighbor's House	Jesse Falcon, Brian Huskey, and Jason Mantzoukas	El Zombie, Inc. Mantzoukas Marimacha The Corddry Company Alive and Kicking, Inc.	Two specials have been produced.	2016–18
Joe Pera Helps You Find the Perfect Christmas Tree	Joe Pera	Chestnut Walnut Unlimited Rent Now Productions		2016
Mother, May I Dance with Mary Jane's Fist?	Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Artemis Pebdani	Abso Lutely Productions Bounce Castle	Also known as Mother, May I Dance with Mary Jane's Fist?: A Lifetone Original Movie for Adult Swim.	2018
Soft Focus	Jena Friedman	CNT Productions Factual Productions	Also known as Soft Focus with Jena Friedman. Two specials have been produced.	2018–19
Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong	Zack Carlson, Bryan Connolly, and Todd Rohal	PFFR Steak Beef Bee Jamesandwich Beef Version Factual Productions	Two specials have been produced. Episodes: "Don't Die Alone" and "Terrific Journey".[31]	2018–19
Smalls[32]	Various	Various		2018–present
Adult Swim Yule Log	Casper Kelly	Media Team Fried Society	Also known as The Fireplace.	2022

TV series-related

Title	Co-production(s)	Notes	Year
Space Ghost Coast to Coast: The Mask		First and only four Williams Street specials that were aired on Cartoon Network.	1994
A Space Ghost Christmas
Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Jonny Quest			1996
Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak			2000
Adult Swim Brain Trust	Radical Axis	Originally unnamed and dubbed Anime Talk Show due to it airing after the premiere of Perfect Hair Forever; later renamed after being uploaded to Adult Swim's YouTube channel.	2004
Tom Goes to the Mayor: A Look Behind the Scenes	Abso Lutely Productions	Behind the scenes look for Tom Goes to the Mayor.	2005
12 oz. Mouse Spider-Man Special	Radical Axis	Alternate version of the episode "Spider" from 12 oz. Mouse
Robot Chicken's Christmas Special	ShadowMachine Stoop!d Monkey Sony Pictures Digital
Robot Chicken: Star Wars	ShadowMachine Stoop!d Monkey Sony Pictures Digital Lucasfilm		2007
Robot Chicken's Half-Assed Christmas Special	ShadowMachine Stoop!d Monkey Sony Pictures Digital
The Young Person's Guide to History	Funny Garbage	Spin-off special of Saul of the Mole Men.	2008
The Xtacles	70/30 Productions	Only two episodes were produced and aired as a single special. Spin-off of Frisky Dingo.
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II	ShadowMachine Films Stoop!d Monkey Lucasfilm Sony Pictures Digital
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode 2.5			2009
Robot Chicken's Full-Assed Christmas Special	ShadowMachine Films Stoop!d Monkey Sony Pictures Digital	Also known as Dear Consumer.
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!: Chrimbus Special	Abso Lutely Productions	Spin-off special of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	2010
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III	Stoop!d Monkey ShadowMachine Films Lucasfilm Sony Pictures Digital
Robot Chicken's DP Christmas Special	Stoop!d Monkey ShadowMachine Films Sony Pictures Digital
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios DC Entertainment Sony Pictures Television		2012
The NTSF:SD:SUV:HISS Infomercial[d]	2nd Man On The Moon Abominable Pictures
Beforel Orel: Trust	Starburns Industries	Prequel special to Moral Orel.
NTSF:SD:SUV:: – Christmas Activity	2nd Man On The Moon Abominable Pictures
Swords, Knives, Very Sharp Objects and Cutlery[d]
Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Sony Pictures Television
The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular	Abso Lutely Productions Naked Faces Sick Duck Productions
NTSF:SD:SUV:: – Inertia	2nd Man On The Moon Abominable Pictures		2013
Dan Deacon: U.S.A.	Million Monkeys Inc.	Special episode of Off The Air. Also known as Dan Deacon Special.
Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem	Titmouse, Inc.	Also known as Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem – A Klok Opera.
Robot Chicken: Born Again Virgin Christmas Special	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Sony Pictures Television
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios DC Entertainment Sony Pictures Television		2014
The Robot Chicken Bitch Pudding Special	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Sony Pictures Television
Robot Chicken: Lots of Holidays Special		Also known as The Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays (but Don't Worry Christmas Is Still in There Too So Pull the Stick Out of Your Ass Fox News) Special.
Bagboy	Abso Lutely Productions	Spin-off special of both Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule.	2015
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios DC Entertainment Sony Pictures Television
Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories: Sauce Boy	Abso Lutely Productions
Black Jesus: A Very Special Christmas in Compton	5 Mutts Productions Triage Entertainment
Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories: Tornado	Abso Lutely Productions
The Robot Chicken Christmas Special: The X-Mas United	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Sony Pictures Television
Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job?	Abso Lutely Productions	10th anniversary special to Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!.	2017
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Sony Pictures Television
Check It Out! with Scott Clam[d]	Abso Lutely Productions	Follow-up to Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule.
Freshly Baked: The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special – Special Edition	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Sony Pictures Television
Squidbillies: The War on the War on Christmas	Awesome Inc
Eric Andre Does Paris	Sick Duck Productions The Kitao Boyz Delirio Films		2018
Bushworld Adventures	Studio Yotta	Rick and Morty parody written, directed and animated by Michael Cusack.
12 oz. Mouse: Invictus	Awesome Inc
Harvey Birdman: Attorney General	Awesome Inc. 11:36 Entertainment
KRFT Punk's Political Party	Abso Lutely Productions Full Clarity Sick Duck Productions	Spin-off special of The Eric Andre Show.	2019
Robot Chicken's Santa's Dead (Spoiler Alert) Holiday Murder Thing Special	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Sony Pictures Television
The Bleepin' Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Sony Pictures Television Archie Comics		2021
Happy Russian Deathdog Dolloween 2 U	Stoop!d Monkey Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
King Star King!/!/!/	Villard Film Rough Draft Studios	Sequel to King Star King.	2023
Ballmastrz: Rubicon	PFFR C.C.K. Rad Studio 4°C	Sequel to Ballmastrz: 9009.

Blocks

Title	Notes	Started
Cartoon Planet	Originally ended in 1998, but revived in 2012. Revived block ended in 2014.	1995–1998 (1st run) 2012–2014 (2nd run)
Toonami	Originally ended in 2008 on Cartoon Network, but revived in 2012 on Adult Swim.	1997–2008 (1st run) 2012–present (2nd run)
Saturday Video Entertainment System		2003–2004
Miguzi		2004–2007
Checkered Past		2023–present

Feature films

Year	Title	Co-production	Distributor
2007	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters	Radical Axis	First Look Pictures
2019	Mister America[33]	Abso Lutely Productions	Magnolia Pictures

Direct-to-video films

Year	Title	Co-production	Distributor
2022	Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm[34][35]	Bento Box Entertainment	Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
2023	The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart[34][36]	Astro Base GO! Titmouse, Inc.
	Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar[34]	Titmouse, Inc.

Future series in development

Title	Creator(s)	Co-production(s)	Premiere

Other

Games

This list is only for video games licensed by Williams Street Games; see Adult Swim Games for other video games produced after the label's dissolution.

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am (2007)
• Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (2008)

Music

Main article: Williams Street Records

Williams Street formed their own music label, Williams Street Records. The label was created after Jason DeMarco, Adult Swim's vice president of strategic marketing and promotions, worked on Danger Doom, a project with Danger Mouse and MF Doom in 2005. Danger Mouse had previously worked on the music for Toonami and wanted to do an album that sampled that work. The group suggested the idea to Mike Lazzo; the project was successful. Williams Street Records now releases a majority of the music related to their shows. The label is managed by DeMarco.^[37]

Homages

1065, the street number for Williams Street, is also the hull number for FishCenter Live's USS FishCenterprise (a parody of the original Star Trek's USS Enterprise).^[38]

See also

• List of programs broadcast by Adult Swim
• Adult animation
• Cartoon Network Studios
• List of animation studios owned by Warner Bros. Discovery

References

Informational notes

1. Part of Night of 1000 Pilots.
2. Part of the online contest Big, Über, Network Sampling, sponsored by Burger King.
3. Part of the online contest Adult Swim Pilots, sponsored by KFC.
4. Part of Infomercials.

Citations

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4. Andreeva, Nellie (April 29, 2020). "Michael Ouweleen Named President Of Adult Swim". Deadline. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
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8. Mark VII Limited\NBC Universal Television Distribution(1967\2011), November 6, 2014, retrieved December 4, 2023
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18. "Sperm Boat (TV Movie 2013)". IMDb. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
19. "The Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour! (2014– )". IMDb. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
20. "Team Unicorn Sneak Peek at NerdHQ!". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
21. "Adult Swim Pilot or Real Florida". Vimeo. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
22. Bento Box Entertainment | Past Work
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24. "Demo Reel 2016". Vimeo. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
25. Rice, Lynette (June 15, 2022). "HBO Max Orders 'Scavengers Reign' To Series; Adult Animated Sci-Fi To Premiere In 2023". Deadline. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
26. "DAYWORLD – Cole Kush / Hello!". www.ckush.com. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
27. "LUSTY CREST". Vimeo. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
28. "Bad Manners – Pilot". Vimeo. March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
29. "This is the best cartoon for people who enjoy On Cinema at the Cinema". Youtube. November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
30. "Skeleton Landlord – (Development Meeting Pilot". YouTube. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
31. Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong – "Terrific Journey" on Vimeo
32. Watch Smalls on Adult Swim
33. "Mister America". www.misteramericafilm.com.
34. D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 12, 2021). "Adult Swim Has Three Movies In The Works For 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force', 'The Venture Bros.' & 'Metalocalypse'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
35. Flook, Ray (May 18, 2022). "Rick and Morty S06, Aqua Teen Return Highlight Adult Swim Block Party". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
36. Lang, Jamie (April 20, 2023). "After A Five-Year Hiatus, 'The Venture Bros.' Are Back In A New Clip For Their Upcoming Film 'Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
37. Stutz, Collin (July 25, 2012). "Williams Street Records, Killer Mike Defy Music Business Model By Teaming with Adult Swim (Q&A)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
38. Hillebrand, Jörg; Schneider, Bernd (January 1, 2020). "Ex Astris Scientia – Visual Crossovers with Other Series/Movies". Ex Astris Scientia. ex-astris-scientia.org. Retrieved January 3, 2020.

External links

• Adult Swim official website