Praise Petey

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Praise Petey
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Genre
Created by Anna Drezen
Starring
Composer Kathryn Bostic
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
ProducerTobias Conan Trost
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Freeform
ReleaseJuly 21 (2023-07-21) –
August 18, 2023 (2023-08-18)

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]

Contents

Premise

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.

Voice cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

No.Title  [6] Directed byWritten by  [7] Original air date  [6] Prod.
code
1"Taxi to the South!"Steven Chan Anna Drezen July 21, 2023 (2023-07-21)1TQM01
When her perfect life falls apart, “It Girl” Petey St. Barts is thrown a lifeline.
2"Unemployment Crisis"Megan PrazenicaAndrew FarmerJuly 21, 2023 (2023-07-21)1TQM02
Petey tries to come up with a vision statement.
3"We Need $30"Jeff Asato-SchuetzeTaryn EnglehartJuly 28, 2023 (2023-07-28)1TQM03
Petey and Eliza team up to get to the bottom of New Utopia's finances.
4"Father's Knee"Steven ChanRachel HastingsJuly 28, 2023 (2023-07-28)1TQM04
Petey discovers that her father used to have his own local magazine.
5"Barn Wedding"Megan Prazenica Alex Song-Xia August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04)1TQM05
Petey and Eliza scheme to bring an honest income to New Utopia.
6"Not-Sad Adult Birthday"Jeff Asato-SchuetzeAndrea Marie TylerAugust 4, 2023 (2023-08-04)1TQM06
It’s Petey’s birthday, also known as Crowning Day to the inhabitants of New Utopia.
7"The Tangible Secret"Steven ChanNicky Guerreiro & Lauren HalbergAugust 11, 2023 (2023-08-11)1TQM08
Petey embarks on a spiritual quest and runs into Bandit and his Little Einstein mentee.
8"Drippy Drips"Megan PrazenicaMonica Padrick & Gaelyn GoldeAugust 11, 2023 (2023-08-11)1TQM07
Petey inadvertently gives approval to release pent-up swamp gas.
9"Punishment Hole"Jeff Asato-SchuetzeTaryn Englehart & Andrew FarmerAugust 18, 2023 (2023-08-18)1TQM09
Petey's UTI causes gossip to run rampant in New Utopia.
10"Comet Day"Steven ChanAnna Drezen & Alison Gates August 18, 2023 (2023-08-18)1TQM10
The fated comet is coming!

Production

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]

Release

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] Consequently, Praise Petey was removed from all of Disney's streaming services from February 29 as a result of the company performing tax write offs on shows that are not successful. [15]

Reception

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." [16]

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". [17]

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." [18]

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