Drawings That Move

Drawings That Move is an American adult animated sitcom created by Christy Chadman, the series, set at a fictionalized Cartoon Network, revolves around a female creator and her crew working for the fictional Cartoon Network original fantasy series Knights of the Night Moon, which is the second most popular Cartoon Network show premiered on September 25, 2016 on Adult Swim, it is the second most popular show on Adult Swim next to Rick and Morty.

The show was originally pitched as far as 2013 for Cartoon Network, originally conceived as a Cartoon Network series, due to the unaired pilot having the words "hell", "crap", and "damn", the show was rejected, however, it was given a second chance by Adult Swim in 2014 and was picked up for a 20-episode season, then on July 21, 2015, the show was announced during Comic-Con as a teaser trailer, the full trailer was later released on August 14, 2015, then the show officially premiered on September 25.

The show uses surreal humor, metafiction, and satire to satirize the Cartoon Network workplace and the cartoon industry itself, as well as using slapstick and absurdity in other situations, in a 2017 interview, Christy said that her inspirations for the show are South Park, 30 Rock, Looney Tunes, Monty Python, and The Simpsons.

The show is also a co-production between Cartoon Network Studios and Williams Street, in a 2017 interview, this is because the network executives at Adult Swim found out about the unaired pilot and wanted Christy to have Cartoon Network Studios on board, they agreed.

On May 8, 2018, the show was renewed for 3 more seasons with 15 episodes total.

Premise
Set at a fictionalized Cartoon Network animation studio in Burbank; California, the show revolves around Christy Longman, a female creator, writer, and producer, and her crew working for the Cartoon Network fantasy original Knights of the Night Moon, Knights of the Night Moon is Cartoon Network's second most popular and most watched show behind Teen Titans Go!, other main characters is lazy storyboard artist Lucas Delley, and writers Danny Brick and Bethany Falconer.

There is also recurring antagonist Larry Brians, who is the president of Cartoon Network that wants to screw around Knights of the Night Moon (examples include: moving the timeslot to Sunday at 6:45am, rejecting brilliant character development, wanting to add a wacky character, etc.).

Main:

 * Christy Chadman as Christy Longman, the sane creator of Knights of the Night Moon.
 * Dan Fogler as Lucas Delley, a lazy, slack, and party-hard storyboard artist.
 * David Cross as Daniel "Danny" Brick, a former stand-up comedian and writer of the Cartoon Network show who is a quote-on-quote "work clown".
 * Gillian Jacobs as Bethany Falconer, Christy's prima donna long-time best friend and writer.

Supporting/Recurring:

 * David Koechner as Larry Brians, the president of Cartoon Network and the main antagonist of the series who wants Christy's show to be cancelled.
 * Dana Snyder as Fred DeNaro, Larry's clumsy assistant in which everyone hates.
 * Craig McCracken as himself, the creator of The Powerpuff Girls who is the "cool kid" around Cartoon Network.
 * Phil LaMarr as Derrick Derrickson, the creator of the third most popular show on Cartoon Network Future Boy and Christy's enemy.
 * George Segal as Ian Longman, Christy's single father.
 * Mona Marshall as "The Animation God", a god that looks after every animator and makes sure that they are doing the right thing, if not, the Animation God punishes them to "Live-Action Hell".

Development:
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Writing:
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Animation:
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Episodes
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