Melanie (TV series)

Melanie is an American adult-animated comedy sitcom slapstick slasher created by Bill Prady and Alex Kirwan for The Bloo and Teletoon and Nickelodeon in the United States. The show has become famous for its crude language, inventiveness, and dark, surreal humor that satirizes a wide range of topics. Over time, it has developed a quirky, humorous, and sometimes controversial style. Characters are designed and animated using different styles and techniques (stylized traditional animation, puppetry, Flash animation, etc.) and put on backgrounds.

Since the show's debut in 2009, it has received generally positive reviews from critics and became one of the The Bloo's most successful original series. Although it was made in the United States, it has gained mass popularity there and has attracted an audience of 45.8 million households, was broadcast in 130 countries, and proved to be popular among teenagers and adults. With a 4-year run, 4 seasons, and more than 100 episodes, Melanie is the third original series on The Bloo and remains the longest-running original series on the channel to date, the longest-running American animated series, and is also one of the longest-running United States animated series.

Melanie has received numerous accolades, including but not limited to a Reuben Award, two Leo Awards, fifteen Annie Awards, and two AACTA Awards, and was nominated for four other Leo Awards, another Annie Award, and three other AACTA Awards. It was also nominated for numerous inclusions in various publications' lists of greatest television shows. The show's boom in popularity resulted in a feature-length theatrical film, Be Instinct Week. she appeared in cameo on the TV's which was released on November 12, 2019, and became a critical and commercial success, with a sequel currently in development. In 2013, TV Guide ranked the show the #1 Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time.