Hot Streets (TV series)

Hot Streets is an American adult animated television series that was created by Brian Wysol. The series surrounds the supernatural investigations of FBI agent Mark Branski, who works with his partner Donald French, Branski's niece Jen, and her cowardly talking dog, Chubbie Webbers. It is produced by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Williams Street, and Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!. The series premiered on January 14, 2018. It was renewed for a second season on May 7, 2018, which premiered on February 24, 2019.
On May 16, 2019, Adult Swim canceled the series after two seasons.
Plot.
Mark Branski (J.D. Ryznar) is an FBI agent along with his partner Donald French (Scott Chernoff). The two collaborate with Branski's niece Jen (Chelsea Kane) and her cowardly talking dog, Chubbie Webbers (Justin Roiland), to investigate paranormal phenomena. A recurring theme of the show is how they mostly go up against nasty, nasty monsters and wacky forces of evil, yet sometimes kill good-intentioned "adversaries" without a second thought, often based on just following orders, heated emotions or the Bible.
Production.
Prior to "Hot Streets", Brian Wysol created a series of shorts for Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab's Channel 101 including "Hot Cross Buns" and "We Solve the Crime". Wysol said "Hot Streets" was a synthesis of the two: "One was a supernatural horror cartoon and the other was a cop show, and they were my favorites [...] I wanted to weave their sensibilities together, so I came up with the idea for this new FBI supernatural investigative show." In 2012, Wysol decided to combine them for "Hot Streets".
Wysol was employed on several Adult Swim series, including the second season of "Rick and Morty" as a story editor and "Robot Chicken" as a writer. Prior to that he created several web series for Smosh's Shut Up! Cartoons. In March 2017, the network announced that they committed Wysol's pitch for "Hot Streets" to a full series, along with Myles Langlois' "Apollo Gauntlet". Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and Williams Street helm production. The former company's founders, Seth Green and Matthew Senreich—both the creators of "Robot Chicken"—announced that production for the pilot of "Hot Streets" was forthcoming in May 2015; it continued into April 2016. Green, Senreich, and Wysol are the series' executive producers, as well as fellow "Robot Chicken" staffer Eric Towner, John Harvatine IV, and "Rick and Morty" co-creator Justin Roiland. Each episode of "Hot Streets" is eleven minutes long. Animation services were provided by Salty Dog Pictures for the show's first season.
Release and reception.
"Hot Streets" premiered on Adult Swim on January 14, 2018. The pilot episode aired on December 4, 2016, and was previously released on Adult Swim's official website in August 2016, along with the pilots for three other prospective television series, including "Apollo Gauntlet". Viewers could give feedback on each pilot with five buttons marked with reactions.