We have a date for the return of Rick and Morty. Adult Swim announced Season 8 will premiere Sunday, May 25 at 11 pm ET/PT. The date was revealed tonight at the end of Adult Swim’s traditional April Fools’ Day broadcast special. The 22-minute anthology special featured fan favorite Rick and Morty moments re-told through an Adult Swim lens of absurd, live-action, theater-based genres.
“We hope you enjoyed our theater interpretations of Rick and Morty, especially if you are well-off/impulsive and now want to back a Broadway version of the show,” said Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen. “For the rest of you, we’re glad you now know when Season Eight is starting so you have time to stretch and get loose because the team has yet again made a totally great season of television.”
Rick and Morty follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.
Per the Season 8 official description: “Life has meaning again! Anything is possible! Look out for adventures with Summer, Jerry, Beth, and the other Beth. Maybe Butter Bot will get a new task? Whatever happens, you can’t keep Rick and Morty down for long. People have tried!”
Rick and Morty was the #1 comedy across all of cable during seasons three, four, five and six, according to Adult Swim and Nielsen, and has collected two Emmys for Outstanding Animated Program.
Rick and Morty will debut in over 170 countries in 42 languages. In the U.S., new episodes will be available for purchase from digital retailers the day after they premiere on Adult Swim. Rick and Morty Season 8 will be available to stream in the U.S. beginning September 1.
If you happened to miss the April Fools’ Day special broadcast you can watch it below.
