Smiling Friends
Adult animated television series
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| April 16 2025 | Third season of Smiling Friends set to debut on Adult Swim. |
| 2025 | Planned release of the second season of Smiling Friends on DVD and Blu-ray |
| June 13 2024 | At the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the series is renewed for a third season. |
| June 13 2024 | Adult Swim renewed Smiling Friends for a third season. |
| May 13 2024 | The remainder of the second season of Smiling Friends began airing. |
| May 12 2024 | Remaining episodes of the second season premiered. |
| April 1 2024 | The second season of Smiling Friends premiered, starting with a season premiere on April Fools' Day. |
| October 2023 | During New York Comic Con, it is confirmed that the second season will premiere in 2024 and will explore various animation styles. |
| August 29 2023 | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment released the first season of Smiling Friends on DVD and Blu-ray |
| August 6 2022 | The Smiling Friends special episode 'The Smiling Friends Go to Brazil!' airs, which differs from its promotional marketing. |
| May 18 2022 | Zach Hadel announces on Twitter that a special episode will be released before the second season. |
| February 9 2022 | Smiling Friends made available for streaming on HBO Max in the United States and StackTV in Canada. |
| February 9 2022 | Smiling Friends was renewed for a second season. |
| January 24 2022 | Series premiered on Adult Swim in France. |
| January 21 2022 | Series premiered on E4 in the United Kingdom. |
| January 10 2022 | The first season of Smiling Friends premiered, with Adult Swim airing all episodes in one night, except for a special episode. |
| November 12 2021 | A panel for Smiling Friends was held during the Adult Swim Festival, where co-creator Zach Hadel announced the show would premiere 'within a few months'. |
| May 19 2021 | Adult Swim officially ordered a full season of Smiling Friends, initially planning to premiere in late 2021. |
| April 1 2020 | The pilot episode of Smiling Friends aired unannounced as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' Day event, alongside the premiere of Michael Cusack's other series, YOLO. |
| April 1 2018 | Adult Swim greenlights the production of the Smiling Friends pilot, which aligns with Cusack's Bushworld Adventures April Fool's Day stunt on the network. |
| 2017 | Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack conceive the idea for Smiling Friends while dining at Gus's Chicken in Burbank, California during Cusack's visit from Melbourne. |
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