Fans of Cartoon Network’s controversial animated series, The Boondocks, will have to wait until 2007 to see new episodes, according to a report in The New York Post. The season two delay is reportedly due to a network request for five more installments of the [adult swim] hit about two street-wise African American kids transplanted in a posh suburban neighborhood. The second season is now slated to debut in March 2007.
The Post cites series creator Aaron McGruder blaming a long production schedule for the lack of new episodes. He says the team is halfway finished with the writing and is just starting with the animation stage. Cartoon Network initially ordered 20 more episodes after the first season was well received by the [adult swim] demographic. 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.
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 its angry young protagonists. The second season was originally supposed to begin in late 2006.
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