Series Genre and Creation
Robot Chicken is a sketch comedy that parodies a number of pop culture conventions using stop motion animation of toys, action figures, claymation and various other objects, such as tongue depressors, The Game of Life pegs and popsicle sticks during a joke about a loss of budget. The show's name was inspired by a dish on the menu at a West Hollywood Chinese restaurant, Kung Pao Bistro, where Green and Senreich had dined, although the series originally was intended to be called "Junk in the Trunk".
Sweet J Presents was the original series produced for the Sony website screenblast.com in 2001. The show was created, written, and produced by Green and Senreich. The show ended after 12 episodes and returned to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in 2005 as Robot Chicken. In the first episode (Conan's Big Fun), Conan O'Brien was featured; however, he did not do his own voice— it was instead provided by Seth MacFarlane.
The show premiered on Sunday, February 20, 2005. It is produced by Stoop!d Monkey, ShadowMachine Films, Williams Street, and Sony Pictures Digital, and currently airs in the US as a part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block, in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of FX's Adult Swim block, in Canada on Teletoon's TELETOON at Night block, in Australia on The Comedy Channel's Adult Swim block, in Russia on 2x2's Adult Swim block, in Germany on TNT Series' Adult Swim block and in Latin America on the I.Sat Adult Swim block (after being cancelled from Latin Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block in 2008 for unknown reasons). When the show first premiered, it used a channel flipping style, which was not present in Sweet J Presents. The show also had more violence and language. The show is also rated TV-MA. Many of the sketches from Sweet J were redone for Robot Chicken.
The series was renewed for a 20-episode third season, which ran from August 1, 2007 to September 28, 2008. After an eight month hiatus during the 3rd season, the show returned on August 31, 2008 to air the remaining 5 episodes. The series was renewed for a fourth season which premiered on December 7, 2008 and ended September 20, 2009. In early 2010, the show was renewed for a 5th and 6th season (40 more episodes total). Season 5 premiered on December 12, 2010. The second group of episodes began broadcasting on October 23, 2011. They aired their 100th episode on January 15th, 2012. In May, 2012, Adult Swim announced they were picking up a sixth season of Robot Chicken which began airing in September 2012.
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