Last night Adult Swim premiered ‘The Boondocks’ after a 4 year hiatus and the ratings were amazing.
According to Deadline, the comedy series ‘Boondocks’ wet series high ratings records in all key demographics.
Last night’s Season 4 bow of the Sony Pictures TV-produced animated series The Boondocks on Adult Swim set series highs across all key demos, including adults 18-34 (1.40 million) and adults 18-49 (1.9 million), up 50% from the show’s previous season averages.It was Adult Swim’s most-watched primetime telecast among key adult demographics in at least five years. The Boondocks premiere was the No. 1 TV program in all of television last night — broadcast or cable — among Adult Swim’s target 18-34 demographic, topping NBC’s The Voice (1.36 million) and TNT’s NBA Playoffs coverage (1.16 million).
More people watched the television series ‘The Boondocks’ than the NBA Playoffs last night. But, this is the first season without the original creator, Aaron McGruder.
Aaron McGruder announced several weeks ago that he is not involved in the final season of The Boondocks. McGruder executive produced the first three seasons the The Boondocks until the show went into a hiatus in 2010. But, it looks as though McGruder’s lack of involvement has not deterred fans from watching the series.
But, after the series premiered the series had several mixed reactions.
Season 4 opened with a “ripped from the headlines” ode to Chris Brown, with Michael B. Jordan as “Pretty Boy Flizzy,” a singer whose reputation includes robbery and beating up his girlfriend “Christianna” on stage at the Grammys. There was even a public apology thrown in for good measure: “I let my fans down. Without you, I wouldn’t even have an R&B girlfriend to beat.”
Although the show was off the air when the Chris Brown incident occurred, it revisited the events and the sentiments surrounding the incident.
Boondocks fans on Twitter quickly picked up on the Flizzy (which rhymes with Breezy, of course) storyline. But the reactions were mixed [The Roots].
#Boondocks ….you get a C+. Do better(that chris brown shtick shoudlve been done last season). But I missed you just the same.
— E. Megilcutti esq (@eee) April 22, 2014
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