Wild Life (TV series)

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Wild Life
Genre Adult animation
Animated sitcom
Created byAdam Davies
Written byAdam Davies
Dylan Dawson
Alex Plapinger
Directed byGriffith Kimmins
Creative directorEvan Viera
Voices of
ComposerAlex Plapinger
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Adam Davies
  • Dylan Dawson
  • Alex Plapinger
  • David Carrico
  • Adam Paulsen
  • Isaac Krauss
  • Dave Newberg
ProducerDave Newberg
Animators
  • Nick Bane
  • Victoria Giacomazzi
  • Sebastian Leverette
  • Tessa Lowe
  • Karli Medler
  • Forrest E Norris III
  • Daran Sudric
  • Dante Tumminello
  • Zachary Wells
EditorJeff Picarello
Running time15 minutes
Production companiesNice Try.
Octopie Network
Valparaiso Pictures
TZGZ Productions
Original release
Network Syfy
ReleaseSeptember 26 (2020-09-26) –
October 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)

Wild Life is an American adult animated sitcom created by Adam Davies that premiered on September 26, 2020 on Syfy's late-night programming block, TZGZ. [1] It is an animated show about a gang of zoo critters living free and hanging out after the end of the world. The season one finale aired on October 31. [2]

Contents

Plot

Wild Life is "a show about animal friends just trying to stay alive after the apocalypse. Together, they come up with elaborate schemes to entertain themselves and pretty much just keep from going insane". [3]

Cast and characters

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Bad Water"Griffith KimminsAdam Davies, Dylan Dawson & Alex PlapingerSeptember 26, 2020 (2020-09-26)TBA0.177 [4]
The critters have to go to the mall to save the zoo!
2"We Bot a Zoo"Griffith KimminsAdam Davies, Dylan Dawson & Alex PlapingerOctober 3, 2020 (2020-10-03)TBA0.109 [5]
Darby makes everyone robot versions of themselves.
3"Zook Club"Griffith KimminsAdam Davies, Dylan Dawson & Alex PlapingerOctober 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)TBA0.128 [6]
Debbie takes over Glenn's beloved book club.
4"Doug The Bear"Griffith KimminsAdam Davies, Dylan Dawson & Alex PlapingerOctober 17, 2020 (2020-10-17)TBA0.098 [7]
The zoo crew gets obsessed with tennis and befriend a cool bear.
5"Broadcast Zoos"Griffith KimminsAdam Davies, Dylan Dawson & Alex PlapingerOctober 24, 2020 (2020-10-24)TBA0.199 [8]
The critters find an abandoned broadcast studio and starts making shows.
6"A River Runs Zoo It"Griffith KimminsAdam Davies, Dylan Dawson & Alex PlapingerOctober 31, 2020 (2020-10-31)TBA0.135 [9]
The critters go tubing on the river and Marny meets a fellow dolphin.

Production

Development

Wild Life was announced as part of the first efforts of Syfy to create original programming for its TZGZ block, with a 15-minute pilot ordered in January 2020. [10] In April of the same year, the pilot was greenlit to series, with Syfy ordering five 15-minute episodes. [3]

According to show creator Adam Davies, the idea, born in 2016, came from his love for animals, but also thinking there's a tension between them and humans, wanting to give them a voice because of that. The selection of animals as the main cast came when Davies started drawing cheetah spots to process trauma (which would become Glenn), with the rest of the cast and setting coming as a "subconscious thing". [11]

Two inspirations for the show, according to executive producer Dylan Dawson, are comic strip Calvin and Hobbes and stop-motion series Creature Comforts . [11]

Crew

The series is produced by Valparaiso Pictures, with animation outsourced to Octopie. [12] [11] According to executive producer Alex Plapinger, the number of people who worked on the show are between 40 and 50, with a lot of people working in various areas of production. [13] The animation is done on Adobe Animate . [14]

Cast

The main cast was announced the same day the pilot was greenlit to series, conformed by Natalie Palamides, Baron Vaughn, Reggie Watts, John Paul Reynolds, Claudia O'Doherty and SkittLeZ Ortiz. [3]

Release

The first sneak peek of the show was released during Comic-Con on July 24, 2020, alongside a panel with members of the crew and cast. [15] The series premiered on September 26, 2020, alongside the debut of Magical Girl Friendship Squad . [1]

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