Adult Swim‘s animated comedy “Smiling Friends” is ending after its third season. Creators and stars Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel revealed the news in a video posted to Adult Swim’s X account.
“I’m gonna cut right to the chase,” Hadel said at the top of the message. “This is not a bit, this is not a joke. Michael and I are here to announce that ‘Smiling Friends’ will be ending after Season 3 is done.”
“To be perfectly honest, after we finished Season 3, Zach and I just both had the same feeling where we felt pretty burnt out after putting years and years into this, but also pretty accomplished,” Cusack added. “We just came to this feeling where we were like, ‘I think that could just be it,’ after Season 3.”
Hadel explained that from the very beginning of the show, he and Cusack wanted to put “110%” into “Smiling Friends” and then “go out on top.” He said it was better to leave the audience “wanting more” than to have fans think, “‘That show is still on the air? Oh god.’”
“We wouldn’t want to be doing more seasons half-hearted or burnt out or not feeling it,” he added. “That’s not fair to us, and it’s not fair to the audience to give you guys fucking slop. That sucks.”
Cusack explained that ending “Smiling Friends” was “our decision,” and that Adult Swim has been nothing but “very supportive.”
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