The Sitcom Starring Satan

The Sitcom Starring Satan is an american animated television series created by Mordecai Lopez. It premieres January 22, 2012 on Adult Swim. It is Mordecai Lopez's first series to air on Adult Swim rather than Cartoon Network. It is reported to be rated TV-14-DLSV / TV-MA making it Lopez's first series to carry that rating. It was picked up for a first season consisting of 10 quarter-hour episodes.

Plot
20-something year old Stan Stanmenson meets Satan on his way to work and befriends him and gets him off his feet when he has nowhere to stay.

Characters
Stan Stanmenson - A 20-something year old with a big heart. He lives in a small apartment and does all he can to help others.

Satan - He goes by many names mainly Satan, Lucifer and the Devil. He is unholy and goes out of his way to destroy everything.

Chewers Chewerson - The gang's talking dog. First appears in "A Very Satanic Christmas".

Bob Bobstein - Stan's old best friend. He is the third roommate. He dies in the season 1 finale.

Jennifer Jennifield - Stan's love interest. Satan tries to embarrass Stan in front of her every time he can. It was confirmed in "At the Daycare" would be the first episode were they start dating.

Season 2: 2012-2013
On May 23, 2012, Adult Swim confirmed they had renewed The Sitcom Starring Satan for a second season. Mordecai Lopez's confirmed it would carry 16 and have a half-hour Christmas special. The order was bumped to 25 episodes and it premiered October 14, 2012. The season is currently still being written and storyboarded.

Reception
Reviews for the series have been mainly positive. John Fakerson of Fake News Weekly stated, "it's good to see Mordecai Lopez take a different path from such other PG programming he has done." The series has become somewhat of a cult hit. It is currently Adult Swim's third highest rated program behind Robot Chicken and Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1.

Production
Mordecai had announced that he always wanted to make a show that had no boundaries. On August 1, 2011, Mordecai announced that Cartoon Network and Something Productions would produce "The Sitcom Starring Satan" for a 10 episode pickup. The series was first announced to be aimed at children and would be TV-PG-DLSV, but after was soon passed to Adult Swim to air the series with a TV-14-DLSV / TV-MA rating. It was announced that "Drive Me to Hell" was going to be the final episode of the series, until it was renewed in May 2012.