The Cormicks

The Cormicks is an American animated sitcom created by David Quinton for EBN. The series revolves around the titular Cormick family. which consists of Richard, Laura, Wendy, Steven, and George. Set in the fictional town of Fairview, the series parodies American society and entertainment.

Many of the series' characters, including the Cormick family, came from an unpublished comic book of the same name Quinton made in the 1990s. He began developing it into an animated series in 1996, and after unsuccessfully pitching it to the Fox network in 1998, he pitched it to the newly launched EBN in 1999.

Since the series' premiere on June 2, 2000, 420 episodes of the series have been broadcast, making it the sixth longest-running animated television series in the United States. The series is jointly produced by Blue Marble Productions and EBN Studios. The series' twenty-second season was announced in September 2020, and premiered on June 4, 2021.

The series received critical acclaim throughout its first twelve seasons, which are often considered the series' "golden age"; many critics praised it for largely focusing on the realistic everyday lives of its child characters. Since then, the series has been criticized for declining in quality.

Jump named The Cormicks "the greatest television series of the 2000s", and Stephen Burichay of The Screen called it "cable's best TV show, regardless of genre". On June 2, 2010, to celebrate the series' tenth anniversary, the Cormick family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The show has also been nominated for numerous accolades, including Primetime Emmy Awards and Peabody Awards. The show's success has spawned books and graphic novels.