Seven months ago, syndication giant Debmar-Mercury and producer the Tornante Company shopped the linear rights to
Bojack Horseman. Tornante was one of the first producers to work with Netlix when the series was acquired in 2014. At that time, the streaming giant had yet to insist on its current strategy of acquiring all worldwide distribution rights of its original content.
According to
THR, Comedy Central will launch the freshman run of the Netflix comedy on September 26th 2018. This sale is the first of its kind and will further monetize
Bojack Horseman at a time when many creators have complained about Netlix's lack of back-end. The first 5 seasons are part of this arrangement and select episodes will be streamed in the Comedy central website and app. It remains to be seen if subsequent seasons are included in the deal.
“Comedy Central has a long history of using potent satire to help make sense of trying times, so ‘BoJack Horseman’ is a perfect fit in our lineup,” said Tanya Giles, general manager, Comedy Central.
“We’re thrilled to be the first to put BoJack on linear TV, and who better than an animated horse to teach us a thing or two about humanity? Straight from the horse’s mouth.”
“’BoJack Horseman’ has been a groundbreaking show, defining the best in adult animated comedy just as South Park was before it,” said Tornante Company founder Michael Eisner.
“It is very fitting that the two shows will air back-to-back on Comedy Central.”
Created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg “BoJack Horseman” is executive produced by Bob-Waksberg, Steven A. Cohen, and Noel Bright. Will Arnett and Aaron Paul also exec-produce. The animated comedy features the voice of Arnett as the titular former ’90s sitcom star who is also a horse.