Final Space

Final Space is an adult animated space opera television series created by Olan Rogers and developed by Rogers and David Sacks. The series involves an astronaut named Gary Goodspeed and his immensely powerful alien friend Mooncake, and focuses on their intergalactic adventures as they try to save the universe from certain doom.

The series aired on TBS on February 26, 2018. It then moved to Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim, started with the second season on June 24, 2019, followed by the third and final season on March 20, 2021. The series has been acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for its performances, art, writing, story, and themes.

On September 10, 2021, Rogers announced that Adult Swim cancelled the series after three seasons due to the proposed merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery announced that year. In September 2022, Rogers stated on Twitter that the series would be written off for taxes.

An upcoming graphic novel titled Final Space: The Final Chapter is set to be released in late 2024, as a continuation and end of the television series. A short film/pilot by Olan Rogers and Lightfold Studios named GODSPEED, which uses unused story ideas from Final Space, premieres on December 15, 2023; on the same day that Final Space gets removed on Netflix.

Broadcast
Final Space made its official debut on TBS on February 26, 2018. Prior to this, the first two episodes were available on the TBS app and website on February 15, 2018 and a sneak peek was shown on TNT on February 17, 2018. After airing on TBS, the pilot episode aired on TBS's sister channel Cartoon Network under it's hit adult-oriented late night programming block Adult Swim. The rest of the first season aired on the channel in a similar way. On the same day, the series formerly airs on Teletoon's Teletoon at Night programming block at 10:00 PM, until the block ended on March 31, 2019 with the 24/7 Adult Swim channel launched a day later on April 1, 2019. The series then aired on the same channel during the TBS 2D animated programming block on June 28, 2021, in which the final three episodes were aired on the block. The series aired for the last time on the channel after July 12, 2021.

Starting from the 2nd season, the series moved first-run airings to Adult Swim, while also being simulcast on TBS a week later. This is a reversal of the airing pattern from the first season. On the same day, it also aired in Canada on the 24/7 channel Adult Swim at 1:00 AM. The series finale aired on June 14, 2021.

The series was cancelled after three seasons on September 10, 2021, due to the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery in May 2021. Following the series cancellation, Adult Swim continued to air reruns of the series until November 20, 2021. This show and Home Movies stopped airing on the channel after the last rerun and the broadcasting rights expired.

Streaming
Netflix handles the international distribution to the show and has been streaming on there since July 20, 2018. It will be available to watch until December 15, 2023, ending its five-year run on the streamer.

The series was available on HBO Max later on. Its first two seasons were added on March 1, 2021 and it was followed by the third and final season on November 13 of the same year. The series was later removed from the streamer on July 1, 2022, thus making it unavailable to watch on the streamer.

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