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Tender Touches | |
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Created by |
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Based on | Dave & The Crossword Guys by Matt Harrigan |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 15 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | Matt Harrigan Mike Lazzo |
Production companies | 6 Point Harness (season 2) Awesome Inc. (season 3) Williams Street |
Original release | |
Network | Adult Swim |
Release | December 18, 2017 June 19, 2020 | –
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FishCenter Live |
Tender Touches is an American adult animated series created by David Bonawits, Lauren Payne, and Maxime Simonet, that premiered on December 18, 2017, on Adult Swim.[1] Season 2 premiered on November 26, 2018, with season 3 airing a sneak peek on March 31, 2020, followed by the actual premiere on June 15, 2020.
Background
The series is a parody of soap operas and was based on a segment from Bloodfeast created by hosts Dave Bonawits and Maxime Simonet of FishCenter Live fame.[2] It was introduced in 2017 at a showcase of Adult Swim pilots as part of their "On The Green" tour across the United States.[3][2]
For the first two seasons, the series included two versions of each episode. One was the regular episode, and the other was a musical. Starting with the third season, the musical version of the episode was discontinued. The series is characterized by improvisation, inconsistent audio and voice-acting quality, and numerous fourth wall breaks.
Broadcast and release
Episodes
Season | Time slot (ET) |
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2017–18 | Weekdays at 12:30 am (episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Weekdays at 12:45 am (episodes 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5) |
2020 | Weekdays at 12:00 am |
Nielsen ratings
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Viewers (millions) | Rank | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||||
1 | 5 | December 18, 2017 | December 22, 2017 | 0.729[4][5] | 18[5] | |
2 | 5 | November 26, 2018 | November 30, 2018 | TBA | TBA | |
3 | 5 | March 31, 2020 | June 19, 2020 | TBA | TBA |
The first episode "Heated Floors" was watched by 0.729 million viewers on its first broadcast on Adult Swim and "Heated Floors: Operetta" was watched by 0.63 million viewers.[4][5] On Thursday, 21 December 2017, Tender Touches ranked third in the Top 3 after NBA basketball with 911,000 viewers.[6]
Reception
Geek's Jose Rodriguez praised the show with "holy crap this show is hilarious [...] [I]t's exactly the kind of offbeat, disturbing, and hilarious show that Adult Swim used to make.[3] Bubbleblabber's John Schwarz reviewed Tender Touches favorably, saying "you're in for a real surprise."[2]
References
- ^ Adult Swim staff (December 18, 2017). "Adult Swim Schedule". Adult Swim. The Cartoon Network, Inc. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ a b c Schwarz, John (December 17, 2017). "Adult Swim To Premiere Five Nights Of "Tender Touches" – Bubbleblabber". Bubbleblabber. bubbleblabber.com. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ a b Rodriguez, Josef (October 5, 2017). "NYCC: Adult Swim's On the Green Tour". Geek. Geek Media Ventures/Source Interlink Media. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ a b Bunch, Rebecca (December 19, 2017). "Monday Cable Ratings, 12/18/17: Holiday Baking Championship Ends Steady, The Yearly Show Low". The TV Ratings Guide. tvratingsguide.com. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ^ a b c Metcalf, Mitch (December 18, 2017). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.18.2017". Showbuzz Daily. showbuzzdaily.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Welch, Alex (September 22, 2017). "Thursday cable ratings: NBA Basketball leads again, 'The First 48' holds steady". TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
See also
- List of adult animated television series
- List of animated television series of 2017
- List of programs broadcast by Adult Swim
External links
- Articles to be merged from July 2023
- 2010s American adult animated television series
- 2010s American black comedy television series
- 2010s American parody television series
- 2020s American adult animated television series
- 2020s American black comedy television series
- 2020s American parody television series
- 2017 American television series debuts
- 2020 American television series endings
- American adult animated comedy television series
- American adult animated television spin-offs
- English-language television shows
- Adult Swim original programming
- Television series by Williams Street