Universal Basic Guys

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Universal Basic Guys
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Genre Animated sitcom
Created byAdam Malamut & Craig Malamut
Showrunners
Voices of
Theme music composerAdam Malamut & Craig Malamut
ComposerAlejandro Valencia & René Garza Aldape
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11
Production
Executive producers
  • Adam Malamut
  • Craig Malamut
  • Dan Lagana
  • Rob Rosell
EditorRamon Samson
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Fox
ReleaseSeptember 8, 2024 (2024-09-08) –
present

Universal Basic Guys is an American animated sitcom created by Adam and Craig Malamut that premiered on September 8, 2024, on Fox. [1] The show centers around a group of South Jersey [2] factory workers who are enrolled in a universal basic income pilot program when their jobs are taken over by AI-powered robots, and left with a monthly income and a lot of free time to get into trouble.

Contents

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Episodes

No.Title  [3] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date  [3] Prod.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)		 Rating/share
(18-49)
1"Pet Projects"Nick SimpsonAdam Malamut & Craig MalamutSeptember 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)1BBHG034.03 [4] 1.2/12 [4]
Wanting to one-up a birthday gift that one of Tammy's co-workers got, Mark and Hank buy her a sickly-looking chimpanzee, which soon rips off Mark’s face. David tries to help Murph when an exotic pet python he got tries to kill him.
2"Sunset Cruise"Martin CormierChris GarciaSeptember 15, 2024 (2024-09-15)1BBHG060.66 [5] 0.2/2 [5]
Mark, Tammy, Hank, David and Andrea all take a cruise where each of them has their own adventure, Mark tries fishing to show up rival Steve DelVecchio, Tammy wants to do karaoke, David wants Andrea to take a break from work and Hank gets stood-up on a date.
3"The Devil You Know"Nick SimpsonAdam Malamut & Craig MalamutSeptember 22, 2024 (2024-09-22)1BBHG081.33 [6] 0.4/3 [6]
Mark's attempts at bonding with his step-son Darren lead to them and Hank coming face-to-face with the Jersey Devil. David ends up receiving a sex-doll package belonging to Mark and he keeps trying to deny ownership to anyone who confronts him over it.
4"Guy's Day"Martin Cormier Dan Lagana September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29)1BBHG070.71 [7] 0.2/2 [7]
Mark and his friends attempt to join an exclusive men-centric country club. Tammy ends up discovering a secret about the wives of the men's club.
5"Jaws of Life"Katie DysonLucas GardnerOctober 6, 2024 (2024-10-06)1BBHG040.67 [8] 0.2/2 [8]
After Tammy saves a man from choking, Mark tries to prove he is capable of being just as heroic, but he repeatedly humiliates himself in front of a bunch of firefighters. Tammy soon finds out that the guy she saved, Paul, has become obsessed with her. Mark is done trying to be a hero and Paul is saved by a certain firefighter who becomes his "new hero", at the restaurant is it soon revealed that the firefighter killed Paul with an ax after he invaded his home through the chimney.
6"Bird Cage"Andrew BowlerAdam Malamut & Craig MalamutOctober 20, 2024 (2024-10-20)1BBHG023.87 [9] 1.1/10 [9]
While attending a football game, Mark's attempts at rubbing elbows with the football heads and with a fake Superbowl ring leads to him becoming the new coach and Hank becoming the new mascot. David tries to enjoy the game, but is quite out-of-touch with the fans.
7"Fight or Flight"Rania TabetLaura MoranOctober 27, 2024 (2024-10-27)1BBHG050.72 [10] 0.2/2 [10]
Mark and Hank and Tammy take a plane to Florida to attend a relatives's funeral, but Mark accidentally gets the pilots killed and his attempts at taking over lead to him butting heads with ground control while Hank is forced to not board the plane when he is mistaken for a terrorist by Airport Security and Tammy fights with a rude passenger. David tries to bond with his phoneaholic niece and nephew (the children of Andrea's sister) to convince Andrea to consider parenthood.
8"Poconos"Rania TabetLucas GardnerNovember 3, 2024 (2024-11-03)1BBHG091.40 [11] 0.4/4 [11]
David needs to write a new novel from scratch, so Mark lets him use his dead uncle's cabin in the Pocono Mountains for solitude to write the book, but Mark and his family end up taking a retreat to the cabin as well, distracting Davi. Eventually though, the Hoagies get trapped in a Jumanji -esque situation when they play a cursed board game.
9"Mr. Cupcake Man"Rania TabetLaura MoranNovember 10, 2024 (2024-11-10)1BBHG100.61 [12] 0.2/2 [12]
Mark adopts a new children's entertainer persona, but overreacts due to hate comments and tries too hard that the resulting attention brings out the worst in him. Andrea plans to use Mark's newfound fame to help with a problem at her job.
10"Mark Men"Katie DysonChris GarciaNovember 24, 2024 (2024-11-24)1BBHG111.44 [13] 0.4/4 [13]
Mark and Hank get a job at an advertising agency, Mark is being irresponsible and lazy while Hank gets a promotion. Tammy clashes with Murph when he attempts to cut the life line on a Russian mobster he in indebted to, but reconsiders it in order to save children's lives.
11"Sheet Shock"Nick SimpsonDan LaganaDecember 8, 2024 (2024-12-08)1BBHG12TBDTBA
When Mark and Hank attempt to join the army, Mark's inability to not even make the bed leaves him traumatized. David befriends a veteran after the latter simply complimented him, but soon comes to believe that the veteran is crazy as his story sounds similar to different fictions, until he gets the real evidence.
12"Deer Stakes"TBATBADecember 15, 2024 (2024-12-15)TBATBDTBA
13"Water Ice Shoppe"TBATBADecember 29, 2024 (2024-12-29)TBATBDTBA

Production

Development

In November 2022, it was announced that Game of Zones creators and executive producers Adam and Craig Malamut were set up on an animated series on Fox, called Universal Basic Guys/The Hoagie Bros. The series is produced by Leith Hill Productions, Fox Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television, with Bento Box Entertainment providing the animation. [14] In May 2024, the series was retitled to Universal Basic Guys and renewed for a second season ahead of its debut in the fall. [15] Dan Lagana serves as an executive producer and the showrunner for the first season while Rob Rosell is an executive producer and the showrunner for the second season. [16]

Casting

On July 25, 2024, at San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that Adam Malamut, Talia Genevieve, Fred Armisen, and Ally Maki were cast in starring roles. [17]

Broadcast

The series premiered on September 8, 2024, on Fox. [15] [1]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 20% approval rating based on 5 critic reviews. [18] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 41 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [19]

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