Aaron McGruder’s controversial animated series, The Boondocks, will return for a second season on Cartoon Network’s [adult swim]. The broadcaster has ordered 20 more episodes of the social satire based on McGruder’s award-winning comic strip of the same name.
Produced by McGruder’s Rebel Base shingle, in association with Sony Pictures Television, The Boondocks explores race relations and other socio-political issues as seen through the eyes of two street-wise young boys sent to live with their grandfather in a white-bread suburban neighborhood.
The show debuted on Nov. 6 of last year with the most-watched series premiere in [adult swim] history, and has consistently ranked among the top programs on basic cable each week among young adult viewers.
Mike Lazzo, Cartoon Network’s senior vice president, programming and production, responsible for [adult swim], says simply, “Thank God for The Boondocks and Aaron McGruder.”
This month, The Boondocks was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Five installments of the initial 15-episode order have yet to air, and the new season is expected to begin in late 2006.
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