Praise Petey | |
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Created by | Anna Drezen |
Starring | |
Composer | Kathryn Bostic |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Tobias Conan Trost |
Running time | 22 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Freeform |
Release | July 21 – August 18, 2023 |
Praise Petey is an American animated sitcom created by Anna Drezen for Freeform, which aired from July 21 until August 18, 2023. [1] In November 2023, the series was canceled after one season. [2]
Petra "Petey" St. Barts is a wealthy New York socialite who had it all until her mother informs her that she inherited a small town from her recently deceased father called New Utopia. Upon arriving, she discovers that her father was a cult leader and that the residents have been brainwashed to mindlessly follow her due to her father's influence. Now with a new purpose in life, Petey hopes to have New Utopia think for themselves and be normal by starting with the abolishment of human sacrifices.
No. | Title [6] | Directed by | Written by [7] | Original air date [6] | Prod. code |
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1 | "Taxi to the South!" | Steven Chan | Anna Drezen | July 21, 2023 | 1TQM01 |
When her perfect life falls apart, “It Girl” Petey St. Barts is thrown a lifeline. | |||||
2 | "Unemployment Crisis" | Megan Prazenica | Andrew Farmer | July 21, 2023 | 1TQM02 |
Petey tries to come up with a vision statement. | |||||
3 | "We Need $30" | Jeff Asato-Schuetze | Taryn Englehart | July 28, 2023 | 1TQM03 |
Petey and Eliza team up to get to the bottom of New Utopia's finances. | |||||
4 | "Father's Knee" | Steven Chan | Rachel Hastings | July 28, 2023 | 1TQM04 |
Petey discovers that her father used to have his own local magazine. | |||||
5 | "Barn Wedding" | Megan Prazenica | Alex Song-Xia | August 4, 2023 | 1TQM05 |
Petey and Eliza scheme to bring an honest income to New Utopia. | |||||
6 | "Not-Sad Adult Birthday" | Jeff Asato-Schuetze | Andrea Marie Tyler | August 4, 2023 | 1TQM06 |
It’s Petey’s birthday, also known as Crowning Day to the inhabitants of New Utopia. | |||||
7 | "The Tangible Secret" | Steven Chan | Nicky Guerreiro & Lauren Halberg | August 11, 2023 | 1TQM08 |
Petey embarks on a spiritual quest and runs into Bandit and his Little Einstein mentee. | |||||
8 | "Drippy Drips" | Megan Prazenica | Monica Padrick & Gaelyn Golde | August 11, 2023 | 1TQM07 |
Petey inadvertently gives approval to release pent-up swamp gas. | |||||
9 | "Punishment Hole" | Jeff Asato-Schuetze | Taryn Englehart & Andrew Farmer | August 18, 2023 | 1TQM09 |
Petey's UTI causes gossip to run rampant in New Utopia. | |||||
10 | "Comet Day" | Steven Chan | Anna Drezen & Alison Gates | August 18, 2023 | 1TQM10 |
The fated comet is coming! |
In December 2021, Freeform announced a series order for the animated series Praise Petey. [8] The series was created by Anna Drezen and is executive produced by Monica Padrick, with 20th Television Animation, a division of Disney Television Studios, co-producing the series, alongside Mike Judge and Greg Daniels of Bandera Entertainment, and Alex Bulkley, Corey Campodonico and Monica Padrick of ShadowMachine. [9] Animation services were provided by Jam Filled Entertainment, a division of Boat Rocker Media. Production began in early 2022. [10] On November 13, 2023, Freeform canceled the series after one season. [2]
The series premiered on July 21, 2023, on Freeform. Two episodes were released in a back-to-back order each week, [11] and were made available for streaming on Hulu the following day. [12] [13] The series was made available on Disney+ internationally via the Star hub as a Star Original and Star+ In Latin America. [14]
Judy Berman of TIME named the series "Summer TV's most delightful surprise." She praised Drezen's "keen awareness of the absurdity of setting a female-empowerment narrative within a bloodthirsty cult" and called the series "a distinctly post-girlboss comedy, one that acknowledges Petey's determination to turn New Utopia around as the girl-power trope it is." [15]
Jenna Scherer of A.V. Club gave the series a B− rating, noting that it felt too reminiscent, or at least serving as a parody of Schitt's Creek (which also had the involvement of Annie Murphy), and referred to it as "generic by design", but was still able to find the show "undeniably charming" with "mile-a-minute jokes" that she considered worked around "70 percent of the time". [16]
Daniel Kurland of Bubbleblabber gave the series an 8.5 out of 10, specifically praising the rom-com part of the series between Petey and Bandit, saying "There’s a playful will they/won’t they rom-com energy between Petey and the town hottie, Bandit. It’s pretty telegraphed, but still works and becomes more natural over time even if it’s born out of a hackneyed place. Praise Petey’s writing is still smart enough to get ahead of it all and actually make you want to root for these two crazy kids’ love. If nothing else, it’s just encouraging to see a show that has so many strong female characters where all of the best lines come from women." [17]
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