{"id":505031,"date":"2026-02-26T09:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/505031\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:31:12","slug":"beloved-sitcom-to-end-after-season-3-but-all-hope-isnt-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/505031\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Sitcom To End After Season 3, but All Hope Isn&#8217;t Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The creators of a popular\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/adult-swim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Adult Swim<\/a> animated series addressed the show\u2019s future as it approaches a major turning point. In a recent announcement, they confirmed they will conclude the series with its third season. They also hinted that they may continue working in this universe in some form.<\/p>\n<p>Smiling Friends will end after Season 3<\/p>\n<p>Creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel announced that the series has \u201ccome to an end with the third season,\u201d confirming that there will be no additional seasons. Adult Swim also confirmed that the animated comedy is ending after Season 3.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cusack and Hadel said they felt \u201cburnt out and creatively accomplished after completing the third season.\u201d They added that they \u201cdo not believe they could continue the series without compromising its quality,\u201d and chose to end it while it is still operating at a high standard. Cusack previously stated, \u201cWe pretty much can guarantee it\u2019s not going to go on as much as these other shows,\u201d while Hadel added, \u201cEven if we had a thousand ideas at the end of season five, we\u2019re not going to go on long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adult Swim will premiere two additional Season 3 episodes on April 12 at 11 p.m. The creators clarified that these installments \u201care not intended as series finales,\u201d but instead remain part of the completed Season 3 order.<\/p>\n<p>Smiling Friends creators might return for more future episodes<\/p>\n<p>Although the series has ended, Cusack and Hadel left open the possibility of future projects connected to the show. They said they would collaborate on projects in the future and left \u201cthe door slightly open to a special or something along those lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cusack stated, \u201cOur reps and Adult Swim are like, \u2018Surely, we\u2019ll go on forever.\u2019 But Zach and I know what\u2019s best for the show.\u201d He added, \u201cLeaving the audience wanting more is the best.\u201d While they have not planned any additional seasons, the creators indicated that they have not ruled out a return in another form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The creators of a popular\u00a0Adult Swim animated series addressed the show\u2019s future as it approaches a major turning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[180619,64,63,134,2586,180621,427],"class_list":["post-505031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-adult-swim","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-news","tag-smiling-friends","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}