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Regular Show is an American animated television series created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network that premiered on September 6, 2010. The series revolves around the lives of two friends, a blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby—both employed as groundskeepers at a local park. Their regular attempts to slack off usually lead to surreal, extreme, and often supernatural misadventures. During these misadventures, they interact with the show's other main characters: Benson, Pops, Muscle Man, Hi-Five Ghost, Skips, Thomas, Margaret, Eileen and CJ.
Many of Regular Show's characters are loosely based on those developed for Quintel's student films at California Institute of the Arts: The Naïve Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM. Quintel pitched Regular Show for Cartoon Network's Cartoonstitute project, in which the network allowed young artists to create pilots with no notes, which would possibly be optioned as shows. The project was green-lit and it premiered on September 6, 2010.
As of May 2013, the program has been watched by approximately 2 to 2.5 million viewers each week. The series has received positive reviews from critics and has developed a following of all ages. Regular Show has been nominated for several awards, including two Annie Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards — one of which it won for the episode \"Eggscellent\" (season 3, episode 18).
The series was renewed for an seventh season on July 7, 2015 by Cartoon Network. A film based on the series, titled Regular Show: The Movie, premiered on November 25, 2015 on Cartoon Network.
After eight seasons and 261 episodes, the series concluded on January 16, 2017 with the one-hour finale \"A Regular Epic Final Battle\".
The voice acting of the series is relatively low-key, and the intention was to make most of the characters sound natural and conversational. Quintel wanted to make the show listenable and given contrast to most other cartoons, which often are difficult for adults to listen to. The main cast consists of voice acting veterans Mark Hamill, who portrays Skips and Roger Craig Smith, who plays Thomas. William Salyers plays the voice of Rigby, Janie Haddad portrays Margaret and Quintel's former CalArts classmate Sam Marin voices Benson, Pops, and Muscle Man. Quintel portrays Mordecai and Hi-Five Ghost. Members of the production staff have voiced several characters throughout the series; these include Minty Lewis, Toby Jones, Andress Salaff, and Matt Price. The Regular Show cast record their lines together in group as opposed to individual recording sessions for each actor; this is to help the show's dialogue sound natural. The series regularly uses guest voice actors for recurring characters; these guests include Steven Blum, Courtenay Taylor, David Ogden Stiers, Robin Atkin Downes, Jeff Bennett, Jennifer Hale, David Kaye, Fred Tatasciore and Julian Holloway.
Most episodes of Regular Show last 11 minutes; episodes are usually paired together to fill a half-hour program slot. 261 episodes in eight seasons have been completed and broadcast. The first season began on September 6, 2010, with the episode \"The Power\" and ended on November 22, 2010, with \"Mordecai and the Rigbys\". The second season began on November 29, 2010, with \"Ello Gov'nor\" and ended on August 1, 2011, with \"Karaoke Video\". The third season premiered on September 19, 2011, with the episode \"Stick Hockey\" and concluded on September 3, 2012, with \"Bad Kiss\". The fourth season premiered on October 1, 2012, with the half-hour special \"Exit 9B\" and concluded on August 12, 2013 with \"Steak Me Amadeus\". The fifth season premiered on September 2, 2013, with the episodes \"Laundry Woes\" and \"Silver Dude\" and concluded on August 14, 2014, with \"Real Date\". The sixth season premiered on October 9, 2014, with \"Maxin' and Relaxin'\", and ended on June 25, 2015 with \"Dumped at the Altar\". The seventh season premiered with \"Dumptown U.S.A.\" on June 26, 2015 and ended with the half-hour \"Rigby's Graduation Day Special\" on June 30, 2016. The eighth and final season, titled Regular Show in Space, started on September 26, 2016 with \"One Space Day at a Time\" and ended on January 16, 2017 with \"A Regular Epic Final Battle\".
The main composer of the series is Mark Mothersbaugh, one of the founding members of the band Devo.
Quintel enjoys using the songs in the episodes because adult viewers might remember them and younger viewers might appreciate older music. Songs have included \"You're the Best Around\", \"Mississippi Queen\" and \"A Holly Jolly Christmas\".
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