Crunch Time (web series)

This article is about the American web series. For the Australian TV series, see Crunch Time (TV series).

Crunch Time is an American science fiction comedy drama series created by Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson. It premiered on Rooster Teeth's website on September 11, 2016.^[1]

Crunch Time
Genre	Science fiction Comedy Drama
Created by	Andrew Disney Bradley Jackson
Starring	Avery Monsen Jessy Hodges Nicholas Rutherford Samm Levine Kirk C. Johnson Brent Morin Michael Hyatt
Music by	Steve Moore
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Andrew Disney Bradley Jackson Burnie Burns Matt Hullum Doreen Copeland
Producers	Russell Wayne Groves Andrew Lee David James Ward
Cinematography	Jeffrey Waldron
Running time	20–25 minutes
Original release
Network	Rooster Teeth
Release	September 11 (2016-09-11) – October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16)

The series follows a group of students who have built a machine that allows them to enter people's dreams. They have somehow caused a black hole to form in their laboratory, leading them to having to explain their actions to the authorities.

The series made its television debut in the United States on El Rey Network on January 8, 2019.^[2]

Cast

• Avery Monsen as Sam
• Jessy Hodges as Hannah
• Nicholas Rutherford as Berkman
• Samm Levine as Connor
• Kirk C. Johnson as Larry
• Brent Morin as Hobbs
• Michael Hyatt as Mullins

Episodes

Season 1 (2016)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"The Beginning"	Andrew Disney	Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson	September 11, 2016 (2016-09-11)
2	"The Brain Frame"	Andrew Disney	Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson	September 11, 2016 (2016-09-11)
3	"The Business"	Andrew Disney	Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson	September 18, 2016 (2016-09-18)
4	"The Big Sleep"	Andrew Disney	Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson	September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25)
5	"The Party of the Century"	Andrew Disney	Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson	October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09)
6	"The Moruga"	Andrew Disney	Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson	October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16)

Season 2

On May 20, 2020 Rooster Teeth Productions released season 2 as a cast table read to benefit charity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reception

Crunch Time was released to limited but mostly positive reviews. Jude Dry of IndieWire gave it an "A" rating, writing, "With snappy dialogue and a premise to delight sci-fi newbies and die-hards alike, the twenty-minute episodes of 'Crunch Time' fly by as quickly as a good dream."^[3] In The Daily Dot, Audra Schroeder said the show was like a mix of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Weird Science.^[4]