Hot Streets (TV series)

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Hot Streets
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Created byBrian Wysol
Directed byPete Michels
Voices of
ComposerBrian Wysol
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20 (and 1 pilot)
Production
Executive producers
Running time11 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Adult Swim
ReleaseJanuary 14, 2018 (2018-01-14) –
March 24, 2019 (2019-03-24)

Hot Streets is an American adult animated television series that was created by Brian Wysol. The series surrounds the supernatural investigations of FBI agent Mark Branski, who works with his partner Donald French, Branski's niece Jen, and her cowardly talking dog, Chubbie Webbers. It is produced and made by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios in association with Williams Street and Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!. The series premiered on January 14, 2018. [1] It was renewed for a second season on May 7, 2018, [2] which premiered on February 24, 2019.

Contents

On May 16, 2019, Adult Swim canceled the series after two seasons. [3]

Plot

Mark Branski (J.D. Ryznar) is an FBI agent along with his partner Donald French (Scott Chernoff). [4] The two collaborate with Branski's niece Jen (Chelsea Kane) and her cowardly talking dog, Chubbie Webbers (Justin Roiland), to investigate paranormal phenomena. [5] A recurring theme of the show is how they mostly go up against nasty, nasty monsters and wacky forces of evil, yet sometimes kill good-intentioned "adversaries" without a second thought, often based on just following orders, heated emotions or the Bible.

Characters

Production

Prior to Hot Streets, Brian Wysol created a series of shorts for Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab's Channel 101 including Hot Cross Buns and We Solve the Crime . [6] Wysol said Hot Streets was a synthesis of the two: "One was a supernatural horror cartoon and the other was a cop show, and they were my favorites [...] I wanted to weave their sensibilities together, so I came up with the idea for this new FBI supernatural investigative show." [7] [8] [9] In 2012, Wysol decided to combine them for Hot Streets. [7] [10] [11]

Wysol was employed on several Adult Swim series, including the second season of Rick and Morty as a story editor and Robot Chicken as a writer. [12] Prior to that he created several web series for Smosh's Shut Up! Cartoons. In March 2017, the network announced that they committed Wysol's pitch for Hot Streets to a full series, along with Myles Langlois' Apollo Gauntlet . Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and Williams Street helm production. [5] The former company's founders, Seth Green and Matthew Senreich—both the creators of Robot Chicken—announced that production for the pilot of Hot Streets was forthcoming in May 2015; [13] it continued into April 2016. [14] Green, Senreich, and Wysol are the series' executive producers, as well as fellow Robot Chicken staffer Eric Towner, John Harvatine IV, and Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland. Each episode of Hot Streets is eleven minutes long. [5] Animation services were provided by Salty Dog Pictures for the show's first season. [15]

Episodes

Series overview
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
Pilot December 4, 2016 (2016-12-04)
1 10January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11)
2 10February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)March 24, 2019 (2019-03-24)
Short December 12, 2017 (2017-12-12)

Pilot (2016)

TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
"Pilot"Brian WysolBrian WysolDecember 4, 2016 (2016-12-04)0.877 [16]
Voice cast: J. D. Ryznar as Mark Branski, Scott Chernoff as Donald French, Chelsea Kane as Jen, and Justin Roiland as Chubbie Webbers

Season 1 (2018)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Got a Minute for Love?" Pete Michels Brenan Campbell and Brian WysolJanuary 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)0.84 [17]
Jen falls in love after being saved by a Korean student. Meanwhile, the rest of the team hunts down mummies.
22"Snake Island"Pete MichelsMike McCafferty and Brian WysolJanuary 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)0.81 [17]
Chubby Webbers gets addicted to "Murder Powder" as the team is called in to close a portal to Snake Island.
33"Super Agent"Pete MichelsNick Corirossi and Chales IngramJanuary 21, 2018 (2018-01-21)0.80 [18]
Chubby Webbers accidentally releases an alien who turns Outer Space into Every Space.
44"The Egg"Pete MichelsMike McCaffertyJanuary 21, 2018 (2018-01-21)0.66 [18]
After getting his head shot off by an alien, Branski finds himself constantly reincarnating from a chicken egg.
55"Nursery Rhyme Land"Pete MichelsNick CorirossiJanuary 28, 2018 (2018-01-28)0.69 [19]
French is kidnapped by a weird cat monster after playing a cursed record, forcing the Hot Streets crew to travel to a world of nursery rhymes and solve the riddles of the Three Blind Mice to save him.
66"Operation Large and in Charge"Pete MichelsBrenan CampbellJanuary 28, 2018 (2018-01-28)0.64 [19]
A large monster is ravaging the city and the hope of mankind rests on the shoulders of French, who has to rely on his old company to save the world.
77"The Bractegon"Pete MichelsCharles IngramFebruary 4, 2018 (2018-02-04)0.81 [20]
Branski and French hunt Toilet Bowl Monsters in the sewers. Meanwhile, Jen accidentally stumbles onto the secrets of the Bractegon.
88"The Ballad of Autumn Gold"Pete MichelsMike McCafferty and Brian WysolFebruary 5, 2018 (2018-02-05) [21] [22] N/A

The Hot Streets gang is sent back in time to the 1800s to stop notorious criminal Black Bart from stealing all the horses.

NOTE: This episode was supposed to air on February 4, 2018 along with "The Bractegon"; however, Adult Swim accidentally played a repeat of the latter episode at 12:15 instead, so instead, both episodes aired for the entirety of the following week, replacing Robot Chicken for the week.
99"Squid of the Dead"Pete MichelsMike McCaffertyFebruary 11, 2018 (2018-02-11)0.71 [23]
Branski is chosen to sign a peace treaty between humanity and the Vek, but the Vek ambassador has other plans.
1010"The Final Stand"Pete MichelsBrenan Campbell and Brian WysolFebruary 11, 2018 (2018-02-11)0.66 [23]
Hot Streets faces the return of their greatest foe, Count Dracula, who challenges the group to a baseball game for control of the Hot Streets headquarters.

Season 2 (2019)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
111"Creamy Zeus" Pete Michels Brenan CampbellFebruary 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)0.55 [24]
The new boss of Hot Streets, Jet Junior, sends clones of the Hot Streets crew to stop notorious pirate Creamy Zeus from plundering America. However, the real French accidentally gets switched out with his clone.
122"The Moon Masters"Pete MichelsMike McCaffertyFebruary 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)0.52 [24]
After a tense moment with Yakuza boss Crimson Dagger, the Hot Streets crew is teleported to a space casino to fight for the rights to the Moon in a space race.
133"Super Agent 2"Pete MichelsBrenan CampbellMarch 3, 2019 (2019-03-03)0.67 [25]
An alien calls upon Chubby Webbers (as "Super Agent") to save his planet of Rios 9 from an evil dictator.
144"Bad Boy Bugs"Pete MichelsNick Corirossi and Brian WysolMarch 3, 2019 (2019-03-03)0.57 [25]
The Hot Streets gang attempt to take out Krawler, leader of the Bad Boy Bugs, but French accidentally shoots a Good Boy Bug named Magical John. Meanwhile, Jen becomes a medical test subject to earn money, and meets an old foe.
155"Tip to the Lip"Pete MichelsNick Corirossi and Mike McCaffertyMarch 10, 2019 (2019-03-10)0.73 [26]
French is given his first leading job: stop a large missile from destroying Mars. However, his ego leads himself and the team into hot danger.
166"Camp Hot Streets"Pete MichelsCharles Ingram and Brian WysolMarch 10, 2019 (2019-03-10)0.64 [27]
Hot Streets hosts its annual summer camp while Branski tries to get Jen back together with her ex-boyfriend Matt.
177"Blood Barn"Pete MichelsCharles IngramMarch 17, 2019 (2019-03-17)0.73 [26]
Branski and French are disguised as chickens to win an intergalactic cockfight called Blood Barn. Meanwhile, Jen is posed an important question by Jet Junior, "Why are things the way they are?"
188"The Black Box"Pete MichelsMike McCafferty and Brian WysolMarch 17, 2019 (2019-03-17)0.64 [27]
Jet Junior leads the Hot Streets crew to erase a portion of his black box in his hometown of Deathworld, racing against former Hot Streets director Soo Park who wants to expose his secrets.
199"Hot Streets Disease"Pete MichelsBrenan CampbellMarch 24, 2019 (2019-03-24)0.67 [28]
Branski tries to take down the evil Porcelini Man but suffers from "Hot Streets Disease," a crippling illness that will result in his death by pony farts if he solves one more case.
2010"Hot Streets Begins"Pete MichelsNick CorirossiMarch 24, 2019 (2019-03-24)0.59 [28]
Chubby Webbers (as "Professor Wags") sends a message from the past that a "Brown Hole" is about to destroy the world, but is cut off before he can finish. Meanwhile, Hot Streets has been taken over by a smelly man named Stinkeroni, who uses Hot Streets to stink up the world. The old Hot Streets crew must unite to find out Chubby Webbers' full message to turn things back to normal.

Short (2017)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1"People Are Disappearing"UnknownUnknownDecember 12, 2017 (2017-12-12) (YouTube)N/A
The Hot Streets gang's boss begins to debrief them on a case involving people disappearing, but the meeting gets sidetracked when French himself suddenly disappears...to go to the bathroom.

Release and reception

Hot Streets premiered on Adult Swim on January 14, 2018. [5] [29] The pilot episode aired on December 4, 2016, [30] and was previously released on Adult Swim's official website in August 2016, along with the pilots for three other prospective television series, including Apollo Gauntlet. Viewers could give feedback on each pilot with five buttons marked with reactions. [31]

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