Back in October 2017, the finale of
Rick and Morty's third season officially premiered. Since then, fans have been anticipating the return of the irreverent animated series. Well, we're happy to report that
Rick and Morty is back — for some of us!
While the fourth season kicked off on November 10th for the United States, fans in the United Kingdom are yet to bear witness to the premiere episode —
which is officially available to stream, if you live in the US, here.
Earlier this month, it was reported that
Rick and Morty's fourth season wouldn't arrive in the UK until January of next year. Thankfully, this has now been debunked. While fans in the UK will still have to wait a little long for new episodes of the popular adult cartoon, it's nowhere near that long.
Season 4 of
Rick and Morty will officially premiere in the UK on November 20th on the E4 channel. It seems that the reaction to the aforementioned and now obsolete news (that the fourth season would premiere in January) convinced the
Channel 4 network to air
Rick and Morty earlier. The network has released an official statement on the matter which you can check out below:
In response to huge demand from fans eager to get their fix of the highly anticipated new episodes as soon as possible, Rick and Morty Series 4 will now premiere in the UK on Wednesday 20th November 2019 on E4, less than two weeks after the US launch. It was previously scheduled to air on Channel 4 in January 2020.
Love may just be a chemical reaction that compels animals to breed, and hits hard then slowly fades, but we really love Rick and Morty, so the first episode will land on E4 on Wednesday 20th November at 10pm and be available to stream on All 4.
Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, the Emmy-winning animated comedy series follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on insanely dangerous adventures across the universe.
Ian Katz, Director of Programmes at Channel 4 said: “When we announced we would be airing Rick and Morty Series 4 on free to air TV in January we thought fans would be delighted. Instead they told us - in their droves - that it wasn’t nearly soon enough, so we’ve listened and brought forward the UK premiere to November 20th on E4 and All 4. Enjoy!”
Ricky and Morty series 4 is split over two parts consisting of five episodes in each. The fourth season’s UK broadcast rights form part of a partnership with Adult Swim – the production team behind Rick and Morty.
Prepare to get schwifty, sooner than you expected!