The Adult Swim tv series Rick and Morty didn’t just get a renewal yesterday, it got the renewal of the decade.
Adult Swim made a long-term deal with creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland for 70 new episodes of the show.
Only 31 half-hour episodes were produced over the show’s first three seasons, but Harmon said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly last fall that he believed he was ready to handle up to 14 episodes per season. A 70-episode commitment breaks down neatly into five 14-episode seasons, giving a potential clue as to how Adult Swim and Ricky and Morty production studio Starburns Industries are structuring the new deal.