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Created by | Dan Harmon |
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Composer | Joe Wong [1] |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 45 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
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Network | Fox |
Release | September 24, 2023 – present |
Krapopolis is an American adult animated sitcom created by Dan Harmon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Before its series premiere, the series was renewed for a second season in October 2022 [2] and for a third season in March 2023. [3] The series premiered on September 24, 2023, on the Animation Domination programming block. [4] The first season concluded on May 19, 2024. [5] In July 2024, Fox renewed the series for a fourth season ahead of the season 2 premiere. [6] In May 2025, the series was renewed for a fifth season, ahead of the season 2 finale and the season 3 premiere. [7] The third season is set to premiere on September 28, 2025. [8]
Set in an alternate take of mythical Ancient Greece, the series centers on a dysfunctional family of humans, gods, and monsters that tries to run one of the world's first cities without killing each other. [9]
In June 2020, it was announced that Dan Harmon signed a deal with Fox to create a new adult animated comedy for 2022, with a straight-to-series order. [10] It is Fox Entertainment Studios' first fully owned animated comedy series. Bento Box Entertainment is the animation studio.
In May 2021, it was announced that the series would be titled Krapopolis. [11] At the same time, Fox stated that it would be "the first-ever animated series curated entirely on the blockchain", and the network would sell NFTs and other digital tie-ins to the series. [11] [12] According to Fox, NFT owners "will be able to vote on specific show content and dictate exclusive on-air elements." [13]
In June 2021, it was announced that Jordan Young would be the showrunner for the series. [14]
In October 2022, Fox gave the series an early renewal for a second season ahead of its premiere. [2]
In March 2023, Fox gave the series another early renewal ahead of its premiere, with the show lasting for a total of three seasons. [3] In April 2023, it was announced that Alex Rubens was replacing Young as showrunner for the second and third seasons. [15]
In July 2024, the series was renewed for a fourth season ahead of the second-season premiere. [6]
In May 2025, the series was renewed for a fifth season. [7]
In July 2022, Fox announced the series was scheduled to premiere with a special preview episode on November 27, 2022, before its official premiere in 2023. [16] It was delayed to September 24, 2023. [4] The second season premiered on September 29, 2024. [17] The third season is scheduled to premiere on September 28, 2025. [8]
In Canada, Citytv and CHCH share the broadcast rights due to scheduling issues and is available to stream on Citytv+.[ citation needed ]
The show has received generally mixed reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 56% with an average rating of 6/10, based on 16 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Carried by its superb voice cast like Atlas shouldering the Earth, Krapopolis falls short of divine comedy but offers consistent enough chuckles for fans of animated raunch." [18] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 60 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [19]
Season | Timeslot (ET) | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | TV season | Viewership rank | Avg. viewers (millions) | 18–49 rank | Avg. 18–49 rating | ||
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Date | Viewers (millions) | Date | Viewers (millions) | ||||||||
1 | Sunday 8:00 p.m. (1, 8, 10–11) Sunday 8:30 p.m. (2–6, 9, 12–23) Sunday 8:31 p.m. (7) | 23 | September 24, 2023 | 3.82 [20] | May 19, 2024 | 0.48 [21] | 2023–24 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
2 | Sunday 9:30 p.m. [5] Sunday 9:00 p.m. (18, 20-22) [5] Wednesday 9:00 p.m. (19) [5] | 22 | September 29, 2024 | 0.58 [22] | May 18, 2025 | 0.47 [23] | 2024–25 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Episode | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Hannah Waddingham | "Big Man on Hippocampus" | Nominated | [24] |
Fox ... spelled out in a little more detail what they meant by 'curated entirely on the blockchain'. Essentially, it's a way of selling merch