Grimsburg
2024 American adult animated sitcom
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Grimsburg is an American animated sitcom created by Catlan McClelland and Matthew Schlissel for the Fox Broadcasting Company.[1] Before its first-season premiere, the series was renewed for a second season in October 2022.[2] The series premiered on the Animation Domination programming block on January 7, 2024. The first season concluded on May 12, 2024 and the second season premiered on February 16, 2025. The second season concluded on July 17, 2025.[3] In May 2025, the series was renewed for a third season.[4]
Created by
- Catlan McClelland
- Matthew Schlissel
Developed byChadd Gindin
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| Developed by | Chadd Gindin |
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| Composer | Jesse Novak |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Network | Fox |
| Release | January 7, 2024 – present |
Premise
The series takes place in the town of Grimsburg, where detective Marvin Flute may be the greatest detective, but cannot figure out his own family.[1]
Voice cast
Main
- Jon Hamm as Marvin Flute, Grimsburg's finest detective who is Stan's estranged father and Harmony's ex-husband. He returns to his hometown to try to solve the greatest mysteries: himself and his family.
- Greg Chun as Lt. John Kang, Marvin's mentor who teaches him important lessons about detective work.
- Rachel Dratch as Stan Flute, Marvin and Harmony's son who is trying to get his parents back together.
- Erinn Hayes as Harmony Flute, Marvin's ex-wife and Stan's mother who was raised by bears, and has a job as an anchor woman.
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Det. Greg Summers, a newer member who became a cyborg after an accident involving a carousel. It is revealed in season 2 that Summers was actually a worker for the carousel rather than a cop before the accident. The cyborg procedure was supposed to be for an actual cop but mistakenly went to Summers.
- Alan Tudyk as
- Dr. Rufis Pentos, Marvin's former music teacher-turned-nemesis.
- Mr. Flesh, Stan's imaginary friend, who appears to Stan in order to get him to do something bad or crazy.
Recurring
- Wendi McLendon-Covey (season 1) as Chief Stamos, Marvin's boss and the former chief of the Grimsburg Police Department. She had a silent cameo in the season 2 episode, "CrimeCon"
- Kaniehtiio Horn as Wynona Whitecloud, a mortician and Summers’ love interest
- Rosie Perez as Martina Martinez who takes over as the chief of the Grimsburg Police Department in season 2.
- Jaime Camil as Mayor Dilquez, the mayor of Grimsburg
- Debi Derryberry as Teague Hilton, leader of the Stable Boys clique who bullies Stan.
- Natalie Palamides as Khaleesi, the popular girl at Grimsburg Middle School
- Martin Short as Otis Volcanowitz, the newest detective at the Grimsburg police department[5]
Guest Voices
- Rob Huebel
- Ronny Chieng
- Toks Olagundoye
- Brian Jordan Alvarez
- Patton Oswalt as Stinky the Camp Slasher
- Tim Meadows as Alistair Chadwell, the host of the murder express.
- Piotr Michael as McSnuff / Paul Giamatti / Garfield / Damien Flesher
- Andrés du Bouchet
- Ross Marquand as Timmy Tommy
- Amy Sedaris as Lil Betsy
- Christina Hendricks as Anna
- Asif Ali as Lt. Ravi
- Cheri Oteri as Doris
- Tom Segura as Buddy
- Kiernan Shipka as Mo11y
- Sherry Cola as Charlotte Kang
- J. K. Simmons as Mitchell Flute, Marvin's Father.
- Joel McHale as Junior
- Tina Fey as Herself
- Anna Osceola as Bridget
- Jonathan Kite as Chuck Noland
- Neil Magnuson
- Yara Martinez as Martinez
- Danny Mastrogiorgio
- Danny Trejo as Tino
- Melissa Villasenor
- Tara Strong as Nedward
- David Herman
- Scott Menville
- E.G. Daily
- Cree Summer as Abigail
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2024)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating (18-49) |
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| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Roy Burdine | Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel | January 7, 2024 | 1BBGR01 | 2.46[6] | 0.6[6] |
| 2 | 2 | "The Flute Show" | T.G. Hopkins | Jonathan Green & Gabe Miller | February 18, 2024 | 1BBGR03 | 0.39[7] | 0.1[7] |
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A documentary crew makes a TV show about Marvin, who's less than happy about the situation. | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | "McSnuff the Mystery Mutt" | Roy Burdine | Siena East | February 25, 2024 | 1BBGR05 | 0.47[8] | 0.1[8] |
| 4 | 4 | "The Flute-itive" | Caitlin VanArsdale | Christina Friel & Connor Wright | March 3, 2024 | 1BBGR08 | 0.46[9] | 0.1[9] |
| 5 | 5 | "Say Yes to the Death" | Roy Burdine | Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel | March 10, 2024 | 1BBGR09 | 0.41[10] | 0.1[10] |
| 6 | 6 | "Murder on the Splurt Express" | T.G. Hopkins | Christina Friel & Connor Wright | March 17, 2024 | 1BBGR11 | 0.48[11] | 0.1[11] |
| 7 | 7 | "Camp Slasher" | Caitlin VanArsdale | Laura Krafft | March 24, 2024 | 1BBGR10 | 0.52[12] | 0.1[12] |
| 8 | 8 | "Manchine" | Orlando Gumatay | Laura Krafft | April 7, 2024 | 1BBGR04 | 0.44[13] | 0.1[13] |
| 9 | 9 | "The Funaways" | T.G. Hopkins | Andrés Du Bouchet | April 14, 2024 | 1BBGR06 | 0.46[14] | 0.1[14] |
| 10 | 10 | "The Big Trouble with Lil' Betsy" | Mark Garcia | Miles Woods | April 21, 2024 | 1BBGR07 | 0.54[15] | 0.2[15] |
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Marvin comes across Lil Betsy, a former child star turned murder suspect, putting his popularity in jeopardy. After hearing the news about Lil Betsy, Stan and Mr Flesh film Stan an audition to replace her with not so hopeful results. | ||||||||
| 11 | 11 | "And the Winner Is... Murder!" | Caitlin VanArsdale | Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel & Chadd Gindin | April 28, 2024 | 1BBGR02 | 0.42[16] | 0.1[16] |
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Marvin goes undercover as a judge for the annual Grimsburg talent show to find the real murderer. | ||||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Younger Games" | Mark Garcia | Jonathan Green & Gabe Miller | May 5, 2024 | 1BBGR12 | 0.45[17] | 0.1[17] |
| 13 | 13 | "The Danish Dilemma" | Roy Burdine | Chadd Gindin & Kirsten Rezazadeh-Jakob | May 12, 2024 | 1BBGR13 | 0.38[18] | 0.1[18] |
Season 2 (2025)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [19] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [19] | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating (18-49) |
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| 14 | 1 | "Haunted Housewife" | T.G. Hopkins | John Viener | February 16, 2025 | 2BBGR03 | 0.81[20] | 0.14/2[20] |
| 15 | 2 | "Mo11y" | Mark Garcia | Gabe Miller & Jonathan Green | February 23, 2025 | 2BBGR01 | 0.66[21] | 0.17/2[21] |
| 16 | 3 | "Training Wheels Day" | T.G. Hopkins | Tom Kauffman | March 2, 2025 | 2BBGR08 | 0.51[22] | 0.14/1[22] |
| 17 | 4 | "Granddaddy Issues" | Roy Burdine | Elizabeth Tippet | March 9, 2025 | 2BBGR05 | 0.52[23] | 0.15/2[23] |
| 18 | 5 | "Daddy Daddy Bang Bang" | Orlando Gumatay | John Viener | March 16, 2025 | 2BBGR09 | 0.44[24] | 0.13/2[24] |
| 19 | 6 | "CrimeCon" | Mark Garcia | Christina Friel & Connor Wright | March 23, 2025 | 2BBGR04 | 0.46[25] | 0.15/2[25] |
| 20 | 7 | "Crystal Ball" | Orlando Gumatay | Siena East | April 30, 2025 | 2BBGR11 | 0.43[26] | 0.11/1[26] |
| 21 | 8 | "Blue Light District" | Mark Garcia | Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel | May 29, 2025 | 2BBGR07 | 0.43[27] | 0.13/2[27] |
| 22 | 9 | "The Undies" | Roy Burdine | Elizabeth Tippet | June 5, 2025 | 2BBGR10 | 0.40[28] | 0.10/2[28] |
| 23 | 10 | "Loosey Goosey" | Orlando Gumatay | Siena East | June 12, 2025 | 2BBGR02 | 0.60[29] | 0.18/3[29] |
| 24 | 11 | "Evidence Locker" | T.G. Hopkins | Andrés Du Bouchet | June 19, 2025 | 2BBGR06 | 0.46[30] | 0.11/2[30] |
| 25 | 12 | "How to Lose an Ankle Monitor in 10 Days" | T.G. Hopkins | Matthew Libman & Daniel Libman | July 10, 2025 | 2BBGR12 | 0.46[31] | 0.12/2[31] |
| 26 | 13 | "Across the Flutiverse" | Roy Burdine | Gabe Miller & Jonathan Green | July 17, 2025 | 2BBGR13 | 0.43[32] | 0.11/2[32] |
Production
In October 2021, Fox ordered Grimsburg straight-to-series.[1] Bento Box Entertainment is the animation studio.
In October 2022, Fox renewed it for a second season, ahead of its premiere on January 7, 2024.[2]
In May 2025, the series was renewed for a third season.[4]
Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 63% approval rating based on 8 critic reviews.[33] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 58 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[34]
Notes
- Credited as Fox Entertainment Studios for first season
