Three Busy Debras

Three Busy Debras is a surreal comedy television series created by Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha, and Mitra Jouhari. It premiered on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim, on March 30, 2020^[1][2][3] and ended on May 23, 2022, with a total of 16 episodes over the course of 2 seasons.

Three Busy Debras
Genre	Surreal humor
Created by	Sandy Honig Alyssa Stonoha Mitra Jouhari
Written by	Sandy Honig Alyssa Stonoha Mitra Jouhari
Directed by	Anna Dokoza
Starring	Sandy Honig Alyssa Stonoha Mitra Jouhari
Narrated by	Catherine Cohen (season 1) Geraldine Viswanathan (season 2)
Theme music composer	Joshua Moshier
Composers	Joshua Moshier Steve Pardo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16 (and 1 unaired pilot)
Production
Executive producers	Amy Poehler Kim Lessing Sandy Honig Alyssa Stonoha Mitra Jouhari Anna Dokoza Mark Costa[a] Keith Crofford[b] (Season 1) Walter Newman[b]
Producers	Jonathan Caso Lacey Leavitt Ingrid Lageder[c]
Production locations	Seattle, Washington
Cinematography	Nathan M. Miller
Editors	Jonathan Kramer Brendan Walsh Martine Charnow Rylan Rafferty
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Alive and Kicking, Inc. Mail Lizard Paper Kite Productions Williams Street
Original release
Network	Adult Swim
Release	March 30, 2020 (2020-03-30) – May 23, 2022 (2022-05-23)

Premise

Three Busy Debras follows "the surreal day-to-day lives of three deranged housewives, all named Debra, in their affluent suburban town of Lemoncurd."^[3]

Cast

• Sandy Honig as Debra^[4]
• Alyssa Stonoha as Debra
• Mitra Jouhari as Debra

Production

The concept originally began as a play which was created by and starred Mitra Jouhari, Sandy Honig, and Alyssa Stonoha.^[5][6] It was later extended to a web series.^[5] On May 8, 2018, Adult Swim announced that it had ordered a pilot of the show, written by Sandy Honig and directed by Anna Dokoza.^[2] On May 7, 2019, Adult Swim gave the quarter hour comedy a series order.^[3]

On February 12, 2020, it was announced that the series would premiere on March 29, 2020.^[7]

The show is executive produced by Amy Poehler and Kim Lessing through Paper Kite Productions. Show creators Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, Alyssa Stonoha and director Anna Dokoza also serve as executive producers through Mail Lizard.^[1] Alive and Kicking, Inc. produces the series.

The creators have cited a number of influences on the show including SpongeBob SquarePants, The Real Housewives, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Clue and Looney Tunes.^[8]

On May 31, 2020, Adult Swim renewed the series for a second season.^[9] On July 26, 2022, it was announced that the show would not be returning for a third season.^[10]

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
Pilot			Unaired
1	6		March 30, 2020 (2020-03-30)	May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)
2	10		April 25, 2022 (2022-04-25)	May 23, 2022 (2022-05-23)

Pilot

Title	Directed by [2]	Written by [11]	Original release date
"Pilot"	Anna Dokoza	Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari	Unaired

Season 1 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by [11]	Original release date [12]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"A Very Debra Christmas"	Anna Dokoza	Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari	March 30, 2020 (2020-03-30)	0.525[13]
The ladies set out to do damage control after killing Debra's pool boy.
2	2	"Cartwheel Club"	Anna Dokoza	Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari	April 6, 2020 (2020-04-06)	0.549[14]
Debra, Debra, and Debra all try out for a club, and only Debra and Debra get in.
3	3	"Sleepover!"	Anna Dokoza	Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari	April 13, 2020 (2020-04-13)	0.515[15]
Debra and Debra have a sleepover at Debra's house.
4	4	"Barbra"	Anna Dokoza	Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari	April 20, 2020 (2020-04-20)	0.552[16]
Debra and Debra befriend Debra's sister Barbra.
5	5	"ATM (All the Money)"	Anna Dokoza	Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari	April 27, 2020 (2020-04-27)	0.502[17]
A naturally occurring ATM starts erupting free money into the Lemoncurd economy. Everyone is thrilled, except for the Debras.
6	6	"Debspringa"	Anna Dokoza	Sandy Honig, Alyssa Stonoha & Mitra Jouhari	May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)	0.618[18]
Each Debra lives a different life for a day per their annual tradition of "Debspringa" (their take on the Amish tradition of Rumspringa). Debra becomes a politician, Debra becomes a high school student and Debra has a romantic fling with her brother.

Season 2 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by [11]	Original release date [12]	US viewers (millions)
7	1	"The Milk Drought"	Kati Skelton	Mitra Jouhari	April 25, 2022 (2022-04-25)	0.265[19]
The Debras learn that Lemoncurd is experiencing a milk drought and head to the milk reservoir to take all the milk they deserve.
8	2	"The Great Debpression"	Maegan Houang	Mitra Jouhari	April 25, 2022 (2022-04-25)	0.195[19]
Debra wakes up Debpressed, which doesn’t work for Debra and Debra.
9	3	"The Honorable Order of the Debras"	Maegan Houang	Alyssa Stonoha	May 2, 2022 (2022-05-02)	0.201[20]
When Debra goes missing, Debra and Debra must step in to save her before it's too late, or worse.
10	4	"To Have Debra, To Hold Debra"	Kati Skelton	Alyssa Stonoha	May 2, 2022 (2022-05-02)	0.153[20]
A story in three brunches.
11	5	"Operation: Seal Team Debra"	Kati Skelton	Sarah Sherman	May 9, 2022 (2022-05-09)	0.225[21]
Debra gets a hobby, and Debra and Debra really don't like that for her.
12	6	"Who Has Done It?"	Jake Honig	Sandy Honig	May 9, 2022 (2022-05-09)	0.165[21]
It was a dark and stormy night. Or was it? Find out on this week's episode of Three Busy Debras. Or will you?
13	7	"Debra Gets a Boyfriend"	Sandy Honig	Evan Waite	May 16, 2022 (2022-05-16)	0.221[22]
Debra falls in love while Debra and Debra take a well-deserved day off.
14	8	"Women's History Hour"	Sandy Honig	Mitra Jouhari & Diana Tay	May 16, 2022 (2022-05-16)	0.181[22]
It's Women's History Hour, and the children of Lemoncurd aren't happy about it.
15	9	"Nonna"	Jake Honig	Alyssa Stonoha	May 23, 2022 (2022-05-23)	0.221[23]
Debra, Debra, and Debra meet Nonna at Nonna's Nonnaria. Mamma mia!
16	10	"The Meteor"	Jake Honig	Mitra Jouhari	May 23, 2022 (2022-05-23)	0.206[23]
Debra, Debra, and Debra come to terms with their own mortality as a very rude meteor hurtles toward Lemoncurd.

Notes

1. Mark Costa is executive producer for Alive and Kicking, Inc.
2. Keith Crofford and Walter Newman are executive producers for Williams Street.
3. Lageder is co-producer.