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Rick and Morty (season 3)
Season 3
No. of episodes1
Release
Original networkAdult Swim
Original releaseApril 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)[a]
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The third season of the animated television series Rick and Morty originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered with "The Rickshank Rickdemption", which aired unannounced on April 1, 2017 and was replayed every half hour from 8pm to 12am ET, as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' prank. The episode was also simulcast as a looping live stream on Adult Swim's site.

The official season premiere was set for later in 2017. This season will air a total of fourteen episodes.[1]

Production

On August 12, 2015, Adult Swim announced that the series had been renewed for a third season. Writing began on November 2, 2015. Mike McMahan revealed on Twitter that sound recording had begun for season three on February 18, 2016.[2] On February 6, 2017, Dan Harmon announced on his podcast, "Harmontown", that the show was in the animation process.[3]

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
221"The Rickshank Rickdemption"[4]Juan Meza-LeonMike McMahanApril 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)0.68[5][b]
232"Rickmancing the Stone"[6]TBAJane BeckerTBATBD

Notes

  1. ^ Season 3 premiered unannounced on April 1, 2017 as part of Adult Swim's annual April Fools' prank. The release date of the remaining episodes of the season is yet to be determined.
  2. ^ The Rickshank Rickdemption premiered unannounced and re-ran for four hours straight with improving ratings. This is the viewership of only the first broadcast of the episode.

References

  1. ^ Matar, Joe. "Rick and Morty Season 3 Air Date Released, Episode Currently Streaming on Adult Swim". Den of Geek. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  2. ^ Mike McMahan [@pleaseprint] (18 February 2016). "Hey @RickandMorty am I allowed to say we're recording episode 301 today?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Season 3: They're Drawing It". Retrieved 2017-02-06.
  4. ^ ""Rick and Morty" staff reference to S3E1". Twitter. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Saturday cable ratings: Surprise 'Rick & Morty' premiere gets solid numbers". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  6. ^ http://www.adultswim.com/videos/rick-and-morty/
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