It looks like creators/executive producers Seth Green and Matthew Senreich and the folks behind Robot Chicken will get to play with action figures for at least two more seasons. They struck a new extension deal with Cartoon Network for a two-season, 40-episode pick-up for Seasons Five and Six. Robot Chicken is the highest-rated original series for fans of the late hours of the Cartoon Network, AKA Adult Swim and is the one show I regularly set on my DVR to hunt down every episode. I don’t care if it’s new episodes or repeats, I can’t get enough of it and am thrilled to see it get its TV life extended. Robot Chicken is shown in 15 minute blocks but in reality it’s just over 10 minutes an episode, but I’m sure it took 1000 times as long just to put one episode together.

“We’re very excited,” says Green, “we never expected to do a second season, let alone a fifth and sixth, so we are thrilled by the audience response and how the show continues to grow internationally.” Senreich says, “We love Adult Swim. It’s really that simple. From the get-go, we’ve always said that Robot Chicken was a show where we play with friends and we look forward to doing that for years to come!”

Robot Chicken, the highest-rated original series on Adult Swim, has aired since February 2005 and remains the top-rated original on the network. The series has been Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Animated Program for the last two years; Green was nominated for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and the series has won multiple Emmys in Animation. Robot Chicken produced two hit Robot Chicken: Star Wars specials, and Robot Chicken DVDs consistently rank among the industry’s top TV on DVD releases during the week they are released. In addition, Robot Chicken has won four Annie Awards, including Best Animated Television Production, Best Writing and Best Director for Green.

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