Grimsburg

Grimsburg is an American adult animated sitcom created by Catlan McClelland and Matthew Schlissel for the Fox Broadcasting Company.^[1] Before its first-season premiere, the series was renewed for a second season in October 2022.^[2] The series premiered on the Animation Domination programming block on January 7, 2024. The first season concluded on May 12, 2024 and the second season premiered on February 16, 2025. The second season concluded on July 17, 2025.^[3] In May 2025, the series was renewed for a third season.^[4]

Grimsburg
Genre	Adult animation Animated sitcom Action comedy Police procedural
Created by	Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel
Developed by	Chadd Gindin
Starring	Jon Hamm Greg Chun Rachel Dratch Erinn Hayes Kevin Michael Richardson Alan Tudyk
Composer	Jesse Novak
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Catlan McClelland Matthew Schlissel Chadd Gindin Jon Hamm Gail Berman Hend Baghdady Connie Tavel Elizabeth Tippet
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Gizmotech Industries The Jackal Group Bento Box Entertainment Fox Entertainment[a]
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	January 7, 2024 (2024-01-07) – present

Premise

The series takes place in the town of Grimsburg, where detective Marvin Flute may be the greatest detective, but cannot figure out his own family.^[1]

Voice cast

The main characters of Grimsburg (From top to bottom) Mr. Flesh, Stan Flute, Harmony Flute, Dr. Rufis Pentos, Det. Greg Summers, Lt. John Kang, Wynona Whitecloud, Otis Volcanowitz, and Marvin Flute.

Main

• Jon Hamm as Marvin Flute, Grimsburg's finest detective who is Stan's estranged father and Harmony's ex-husband. He returns to his hometown to try to solve the greatest mysteries: himself and his family.
• Greg Chun as Lt. John Kang, Marvin's mentor who teaches him important lessons about detective work.
• Rachel Dratch as Stan Flute, Marvin and Harmony's son who is trying to get his parents back together.
• Erinn Hayes as Harmony Flute, Marvin's ex-wife and Stan's mother who was raised by bears, and has a job as an anchor woman.
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Det. Greg Summers, a newer member who became a cyborg after an accident involving a carousel. It is revealed in season 2 that Summers was actually a worker for the carousel rather than a cop before the accident. The cyborg procedure was supposed to be for a actual cop but mistakenly went to Summers.
• Alan Tudyk as
  • Dr. Rufis Pentos, Marvin's former music teacher-turned-nemesis.
  • Mr. Flesh, Stan's imaginary friend, who appears to Stan in order to get him to do something bad or crazy.

Recurring

• Wendi McLendon-Covey (season 1) as Chief Stamos, Marvin's boss and the former chief of the Grimsburg Police Department. She had a silent cameo in the season 2 episode, "CrimeCon"
• Kaniehtiio Horn as Wynona Whitecloud, a mortician and Summers’ love interest
• Rosie Perez as Martina Martinez who takes over as the chief of the Grimsburg Police Department in season 2.
• Jaime Camil as Mayor Dilquez, the mayor of Grimsburg
• Debi Derryberry as Teague Hilton, leader of the Stable Boys clique who bullies Stan.
• Natalie Palamides as Khaleesi, the popular girl at Grimsburg Middle School
• Martin Short as Otis Volcanowitz, the newest detective at the Grimsburg police department^[5]

Guest Voices

• Rob Huebel
• Ronny Chieng
• Toks Olagundoye
• Brian Jordan Alvarez
• Tim Meadows as Alistair Chadwell, the host of the murder express.
• Patton Oswalt as Stinky the Camp Slasher
• Piotr Michael as McSnuff / Paul Giamatti / Garfield / Damien Flesher
• Andrés du Bouchet
• Ross Marquand as Timmy Tommy
• Amy Sedaris as Lil Betsy
• Christina Hendricks as Anna
• Asif Ali as Lt. Ravi
• Cheri Oteri as Doris
• Tom Segura as Buddy
• Kiernan Shipka as Mo11y
• Sherry Cola as Charlotte Kang
• J. K. Simmons as Mitchell Flute, Marvin's Father.
• Joel McHale as Junior
• Tina Fey as Herself
• Anna Osceola as Bridget
• Jonathan Kite as Chuck Noland
• Neil Magnuson
• Yara Martinez as Martinez
• Danny Mastrogiorgio
• Danny Trejo as Tino
• Melissa Villasenor
• Tara Strong as Nedward
• David Herman
• Scott Menville
• E.G. Daily

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	13		January 7, 2024 (2024-01-07)	May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12)
2	13		February 16, 2025 (2025-02-16)	July 17, 2025 (2025-07-17)

Season 1 (2024)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating (18-49)
1	1	"Pilot"	Roy Burdine	Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel	January 7, 2024 (2024-01-07)	1BBGR01	2.46[6]	0.6[6]
2	2	"The Flute Show"	T.G. Hopkins	Jonathan Green & Gabe Miller	February 18, 2024 (2024-02-18)	1BBGR03	0.39[7]	0.1[7]
A documentary crew makes a TV show about Marvin, who's less than happy about the situation.
3	3	"McSnuff the Mystery Mutt"	Roy Burdine	Siena East	February 25, 2024 (2024-02-25)	1BBGR05	0.47[8]	0.1[8]
4	4	"The Flute-itive"	Caitlin VanArsdale	Christina Friel & Connor Wright	March 3, 2024 (2024-03-03)	1BBGR08	0.46[9]	0.1[9]
5	5	"Say Yes to the Death"	Roy Burdine	Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel	March 10, 2024 (2024-03-10)	1BBGR09	0.41[10]	0.1[10]
6	6	"Murder on the Splurt Express"	T.G. Hopkins	Christina Friel & Connor Wright	March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17)	1BBGR11	0.48[11]	0.1[11]
7	7	"Camp Slasher"	Caitlin VanArsdale	Laura Krafft	March 24, 2024 (2024-03-24)	1BBGR10	0.52[12]	0.1[12]
8	8	"Manchine"	Orlando Gumatay	Laura Krafft	April 7, 2024 (2024-04-07)	1BBGR04	0.44[13]	0.1[13]
9	9	"The Funaways"	T.G. Hopkins	Andrés Du Bouchet	April 14, 2024 (2024-04-14)	1BBGR06	0.46[14]	0.1[14]
10	10	"The Big Trouble with Lil' Betsy"	Mark Garcia	Miles Woods	April 21, 2024 (2024-04-21)	1BBGR07	0.54[15]	0.2[15]
Marvin comes across Lil Betsy, a former child star turned murder suspect, putting his popularity in jeopardy. After hearing the news about Lil Betsy, Stan and Mr Flesh film Stan an audition to replace her with not so hopeful results.
11	11	"And the Winner Is... Murder!"	Caitlin VanArsdale	Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel & Chadd Gindin	April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28)	1BBGR02	0.42[16]	0.1[16]
Marvin goes undercover as a judge for the annual Grimsburg talent show to find the real murderer.
12	12	"Younger Games"	Mark Garcia	Jonathan Green & Gabe Miller	May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05)	1BBGR12	0.45[17]	0.1[17]
13	13	"The Danish Dilemma"	Roy Burdine	Chadd Gindin & Kirsten Rezazadeh-Jakob	May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12)	1BBGR13	0.38[18]	0.1[18]

Season 2 (2025)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [19]	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [19]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating (18-49)
14	1	"Haunted Housewife"	T.G. Hopkins	John Viener	February 16, 2025 (2025-02-16)	2BBGR03	0.81[20]	0.14/2[20]
15	2	"Mo11y"	Mark Garcia	Gabe Miller & Jonathan Green	February 23, 2025 (2025-02-23)	2BBGR01	0.66[21]	0.17/2[21]
16	3	"Training Wheels Day"	T.G. Hopkins	Tom Kauffman	March 2, 2025 (2025-03-02)	2BBGR08	0.51[22]	0.14/1[22]
17	4	"Granddaddy Issues"	Roy Burdine	Elizabeth Tippet	March 9, 2025 (2025-03-09)	2BBGR05	0.52[23]	0.15/2[23]
18	5	"Daddy Daddy Bang Bang"	Orlando Gumatay	John Viener	March 16, 2025 (2025-03-16)	2BBGR09	0.44[24]	0.13/2[24]
19	6	"CrimeCon"	Mark Garcia	Christina Friel & Connor Wright	March 23, 2025 (2025-03-23)	2BBGR04	0.46[25]	0.15/2[25]
20	7	"Crystal Ball"	Orlando Gumatay	Siena East	April 30, 2025 (2025-04-30)	2BBGR11	0.43[26]	0.11/1[26]
21	8	"Blue Light District"	Mark Garcia	Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel	May 29, 2025 (2025-05-29)	2BBGR07	0.43[27]	0.13/2[27]
22	9	"The Undies"	Roy Burdine	Elizabeth Tippet	June 5, 2025 (2025-06-05)	2BBGR10	0.40[28]	0.10/2[28]
23	10	"Loosey Goosey"	Orlando Gumatay	Siena East	June 12, 2025 (2025-06-12)	2BBGR02	0.60[29]	0.18/3[29]
24	11	"Evidence Locker"	T.G. Hopkins	Andrés Du Bouchet	June 19, 2025 (2025-06-19)	2BBGR06	0.46[30]	0.11/2[30]
25	12	"How to Lose an Ankle Monitor in 10 Days"	T.G. Hopkins	Matthew Libman & Daniel Libman	July 10, 2025 (2025-07-10)	2BBGR12	0.46[31]	0.12/2[31]
26	13	"Across the Flutiverse"	Roy Burdine	Gabe Miller & Jonathan Green	July 17, 2025 (2025-07-17)	2BBGR13	0.43[32]	0.11/2[32]

Production

In October 2021, Fox ordered Grimsburg straight-to-series.^[1] Bento Box Entertainment is the animation studio.

In October 2022, Fox renewed it for a second season, ahead of its premiere on January 7, 2024.^[2]

In May 2025, the series was renewed for a third season.^[4]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 63% approval rating based on 8 critic reviews.^[33] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 58 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[34]

Notes

1. Credited as Fox Entertainment Studios for first season