Tender Touches

*Tender Touches*
Tender Touches
Created by	David Bonawits; Lauren Payne; Maxime Simonet;
Based on	Dave & The Crossword Guys; by Matt Harrigan
Voices of	David Bonawits; Bradley Millner; Maxime Simonet;
Ending theme	Chris Michols
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	25 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Matt Harrigan; Mike Lazzo
Production companies	Six Point Harness (season 2); Awesome, Inc. (season 3); Williams Street
Original release
Network	Adult Swim
Release	December 18, 2017 –; present
Related
	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]^[4]^[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)
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
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Viewers (millions)	Rank
1	5	December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)	December 22, 2017 (2017-12-22)	0.729^[5]^[6]	18^[6]
2	5	November 26, 2018 (2018-11-26)	November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30)	TBA	TBA
3	5	March 31, 2020 (2020-03-31)	June 19, 2020 (2020-06-19)	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.^[5]^[6] On Thursday, 21 December 2017, Tender Touches ranked third in the Top 3 after NBA basketball with 911,000 viewers.^[7]

Reception

Foundation for Economic Education's Marianne March called the evening watching pilots for Hot Streets and Tender Touches, while a then-unaired episode of Squidbillies; "the perfect mix of childhood fun and adult humor."^[3] 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.^[4] 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 March, Marianne (September 22, 2017). "[adult swim] Was Built on Brilliant Branding". Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org. Retrieved December 19, 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. 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. Retrieved January 3, 2018.

External links

[Adult_Swim_staff_2017-1] Adult Swim staff (December 18, 2017). "Adult Swim Schedule". Adult Swim. The Cartoon Network, Inc. Retrieved December 19, 2017.

[Schwarz_2017-2] Schwarz, John (December 17, 2017). "Adult Swim To Premiere Five Nights Of "Tender Touches" – Bubbleblabber". Bubbleblabber. bubbleblabber.com. Retrieved December 17, 2017.

[March_2017-3] March, Marianne (September 22, 2017). "[adult swim] Was Built on Brilliant Branding". Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org. Retrieved December 19, 2017.

[Rodriguez_2017-4] Rodriguez, Josef (October 5, 2017). "NYCC: Adult Swim's On the Green Tour". Geek. Geek Media Ventures/Source Interlink Media. Retrieved December 19, 2017.

[Bunch_2017-5] 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.

[Metcalf_2017-1-6] Metcalf, Mitch (December 18, 2017). "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.18.2017". Showbuzz Daily. showbuzzdaily.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[Welch_2017-7] Welch, Alex (September 22, 2017). "Thursday cable ratings: NBA Basketball leads again, 'The First 48' holds steady". TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media. Retrieved January 3, 2018.

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