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| Psi Cops | |
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| Genre | Comedy, supernatural |
| Created by | Bart Batchelor Chris Nielsen |
| Written by | Bart Batchelor Chris Nielsen |
| Directed by | Bart Batchelor Paul Furminger Chris Nielsen |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Running time | 11 minutes |
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| Release | June 5, 2023 – present |
Psi Cops is a Canadian adult supernatural animated comedy that premiered on the Canadian Adult Swim network on June 5, 2023. The series is created by Bart Batchelor and Chris Nielsen, who had previously created the web series World Doctors and Daddy and the Big Boy for Mondo Media, and is the first original series made specifically for the Canadian Adult Swim network, as previous originals were initially made for either Teletoon at Night or Télétoon la nuit.[1]
The series follows Kydd (Nielsen) and Felixx (Batchelor), the top detectives at the paranormal investigation agency Psi Cops, solving supernatural mysteries in spite of their overall incompetence. The series was later picked up by the American Adult Swim block which began airing the show on July 8, 2024.[2] The series has yet to be renewed for a second season.
Cast
[edit]- Chris Nielsen as Kydd
- Bart Batchelor as Felixx
- Tina Grant as Chief Beef
- Brian Drummond as Stone Faceman
- Tiana Jung as Bitsie
- Julie Lemieux as Shirls
- Dejan Loyola as Eric
Production
[edit]The series was first pitched after David Alpert, the CEO of Skybound Entertainment, discovered World Doctors and asked creators Bart Batchelor and Chris Nielsen for a "genre" version of the series. The duo pitched several ideas before hitting on the idea of "[The X-Files'] Mulder and Scully, but replaced with two morons." Batchelor states that it took 6 years from those initial pitches for the series to be officially greenlit by Corus.[3]
Scripts for the series are unusually long, with Batchelor stating that he and Nielsen can write as much as 45 pages for a single 11 minute episode's script, before trimming it down to around 26 or 27 pages. The show's animation is produced by Smiley Guy Studios in Toronto, using a mix of Daz 3D, Adobe After Effects, and Adobe Animate to animate fully 3D models mainly on a 2D plane that can be turned into full 3D for action scenes.[4]
Broadcast
[edit]Psi Cops premiered on the Adult Swim network in Canada June 5, 2023 at 12:30 a.m. ET, after the premiere of The Eric Andre Show's sixth season.[1] Two episodes premiered back-to-back weekly until the first season ended on August 21, 2023, with the two-part episode "The Cave". The series also airs on sister station Télétoon, dubbed in French for its Télétoon la nuit block. The series was later imported into the United States by the original Adult Swim block, where it debuted at 12:00 a.m. ET on July 8, 2024.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "DETECTIVE DUO TRY TO KEEP EVIL FORCES AWAY IN NEW CANADIAN ORIGINAL SERIES, PSI COPS, DEBUTING JUNE 4 ON ADULT SWIM AND STACKTV". Corus Entertainment. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ a b "ADULT SWIM SETS U.S. PREMIERE DATE FOR SUPERNATIONAL ANIMATED COMEDY "PSI COPS"". Warner Bros. Discovery Pressroom. 2024-06-06. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ "'X-Files' for Dummies: The Incompetent Competence of 'Psi Cops'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ "'Psi Cops' Masters: Meet Bart Batchelor and Chris Nielsen, the Duo Behind Adult Swim's New Comedy". Animation Magazine. 2024-07-19. Retrieved 2024-09-22.