News: HBO's Animated Adult Series Animals. Season 3 Premieres August 3.

News: HBO's Animated Adult Series <i>Animals.</i> Season 3 Premieres August 3. 1

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UPDATED 7/17/18 with episodic information:

Upcoming episodes:

Episode #21 (season 3, episode 1): “Episode Twenty-One: Rats.”
Debut date: FRIDAY, AUG. 3 (11:30 p.m.-midnight ET/PT)
Three years after the green bomb wiped out humans in New York, rats Phil and Mike traverse the city following a wild, drunken night, searching for a missing car and encountering multiple species and terrors along the way. Written and directed by Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano.

Episode #22 (season 3, episode 2): “Episode Twenty-Two: Dogs.”
Debut date: FRIDAY, AUG. 10 (11:30 p.m.-midnight)
Struggling to adapt in a post-owner world, dog Phil fights to maintain his independence and his longtime addiction to human dependence.
Written and directed by Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano.

Episode #23 (season 3, episode 3): “Episode Twenty-Three: Pigeons.”
Debut date: FRIDAY, AUG. 17 (11:30 p.m.-midnight)
This episode recounts the heroic saga of Wallet, a diminutive, but fiercely heroic bird who leaves his home after tragedy strikes and makes his way to Pigeon Heights. There, he becomes the right-hand man to recently crowned Pigeon King Phil, and is tasked with saving the day when terrorists take over a bar mitzvah.Written and directed by Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano.

Episode #24 (season 3, episode 4): “Episode Twenty-Four: Horses.”
Debut date: FRIDAY, AUG. 24 (11:30 p.m.-midnight)
In the new classist society that’s been established among the equine community, a rich horse’s daughter finds herself in a love triangle with a suitor approved by her father and a carriage horse from the wrong side of the tracks.Written and directed by Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano.

Episode #25 (season 3, episode 5): “Episode Twenty-Five: Stuff.”
Debut date: FRIDAY, AUG. 31 (11:30 p.m.-midnight)
After a freak accident brings an assorted pile of random objects to life, the sentient items experience all of life’s ups and downs on the path towards self-realization – and the meaning behind it all. Written and directed by Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano.
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News: HBO's Animated Adult Series <i>Animals.</i> Season 3 Premieres August 3. 2

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ANIMATED ADULT TELEVISION SERIES ‘ANIMALS.’,
CREATED BY PHIL MATARESE & MIKE LUCIANO,
FROM DUPLASS BROTHERS PRODUCTIONS,
RETURNS FOR THIRD SEASON AUGUST 3, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO

The animated adult television series ANIMALS. returns for its ten-episode third season FRIDAY, AUG. 3 (11:30 p.m.-midnight ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. From Duplass Brothers Productions, the show was created by Phil Matarese & Mike Luciano.

The series is also available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and partners’ streaming platforms.

ANIMALS. focuses on the downtrodden creatures native to Earth’s least-habitable environment: New York City. For its wide-ranging third season, the genre-bending show visits a humanless, post-apocalyptic Big Apple, blending live-action and animated segments along with the show’s usual eclectic casting. It is a wholly unique season of television that has never been done before.

News: HBO's Animated Adult Series <i>Animals.</i> Season 3 Premieres August 3. 3

‘Animals. 19: Episode Nineteen: Worms Birds Possums.’ Aired May 12, 2017 (Photo/HBO)

Matarese and Luciano executive produce, write and direct all of the episodes, and voice many of the characters on the show. Guests this season include: Awkwafina, Bob Balaban, Tom Bergeron, Kate Berlant, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Neil Casey, Marcia Clark, Dinosaur, Jr., Steve Dildarian, Edie Falco, Jon Gabrus, David Harbour, Jared Harris, Mary Holland, Jameela Jamil, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jane Kaczmarek, Lucy Liu, Carol Kane, Johnny Knoxville, Lauren Lapkus, John Leguizamo, Donna Lewis, Natasha Lyonne, Anthony Mackie, Tatiana Maslany, Demi Moore, Moby, Tracy Morgan, John Mulaney, Princess Nokia, Aperna Nancherla, Tom Noonan, Soledad O’Brien, Cheri Oteri, Randall Park, Mel Rodriguez, Spencer Rothbell, Paul Rust, Amanda Seales, Michael Sheen, Aisha Tyler, Jacob Tremblay, Joe Wengert and many more.

The animation for ANIMALS. was produced with Dan Harmon’s Starburns Industries, the studio known for the TV series “Rick & Morty” and the feature film “Anomalisa.”

Guests on the first two seasons of ANIMALS. included: Jason Alexander, Aziz Ansari, Fred Armisen, Katie Aselton, Scott Aukerman, Ike Barinholtz, Big Boi, Neil Casey, RuPaul Charles, Jessica Chastain, Emilia Clarke, Rob Corddry, Jon Daly, Andy Dick, Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, John Early, Josh Fadem, A$AP Ferg, Whoopi Goldberg, Kim Gordon, Judy Greer, Tony Hale, Dan Harmon, Tim Heidecker, Jonah Hill, Mary Holland, Pete Holmes, Mitch Hurwitz, Ice-T, Ellie Kemper, Kesha, Killer Mike, Harmony Korine, Nick Kroll, Lauren Lapkus, Tom Lennon, Jon Lovitz, Melanie Lynskey, Jason Mantzoukas, Marc Maron, Demetri Martin, Danny McBride, Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, Gil Ozeri, Adam Pally, Vincent Pastore, Chelsea Peretti, Michael Pitt, Michael Rapaport, Jim Rash, Rachael Ray, A$AP Rocky, Horatio Sanz, Ben Schwartz, Adam Scott, Ty Segall, Molly Shannon, Cobie Smulders, Dino Stamatopoulos, Wanda Sykes, Usher, Kurt Vile, Matt Walsh, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Erin Whitehead, John Witherspoon and Steve Zissis.

Season three credits: ANIMALS. was created by Phil Matarese & Mike Luciano; executive produced by Mark Duplass & Jay Duplass; executive produced, directed, written and voiced by Phil Matarese & Mike Luciano; executive produced by Jen Roskind; produced by James Fino and Erik Vignau.
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