Adult Swim Cancels Hit Series After Saving It From Netflix

By Nick Valdez - November 3, 2022 05:52 pm EDT

It looks like Adult Swim has canceled another popular series, and the move comes after Netflix axed the series two seasons in. Tuca & Bertie has been let go from Adult Swim's roster following season three. Lisa Hanawait's comedy first debuted as a Netflix original animated series, but a second season wasn't ordered by the service. A fan-campaign led Adult Swim to pick up the show for two seasons, but that seems to be all the series is getting.

With no news following the third season fans had thought the worst, and unfortunately Tuca & Bertie series creator Lisa Hanawalt took to Twitter to break the news to fans that the series was cancelled following its third season with Adult Swim with the following message, "Tuca & Bertie has sadly been cancelled. To all our fans – we love you and can't thank you enough for your support over the years. Please never stop making weird fan art (and dressing up as the characters for Halloween!), it brings me endless joy."

Tuca & Bertie Cancelled at Adult Swim After Two Seasons

Hanawalt's message to fans continued with, "Working with Adult Swim was very creatively fulfilling, our execs were all smart and thoughtful, and I'm grateful that we got the space to make all these wild and heartfelt episodes about things that matter to me very much. I'm so proud of the work done by all my talented coworkers and collaborators on this show. Please watch the end credits and take note of all of these names in the cast and crew. I'm also very glad we were able to be covered by both The Animation Guild and the Writers Guild of America. I hope any show creators who have the leverage to fight for unionizing their productions will continue to do so."

Hanawalt still has hope that the series will be able to tell its full story someday as the creator has ideas in mind for the end, however, "I still have a beautiful and weird ending to [Tuca & Bertie] in mind, hopefully someday we'll get the chance to finish this story. In the meantime, I'm not done creating. I've witnessed so many people connecting with this show on a profound level, and I intend to keep telling stories like this, no matter what."

If you wanted to check out Tuca & Bertie's final seasons, you can do so with HBO Max. But how do you feel about this cancellation? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!

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