{"id":108245,"date":"2025-11-20T16:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=108245"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:24:18","slug":"the-epic-saga-continues-as-emmy-award-winning-series-genndy-tartakovskys-primal-returns-to-adult-swim-january-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/20\/the-epic-saga-continues-as-emmy-award-winning-series-genndy-tartakovskys-primal-returns-to-adult-swim-january-11\/","title":{"rendered":"The Epic Saga Continues as Emmy Award Winning Series &#8220;Genndy Tartakovsky&#8217;s Primal&#8221; Returns to Adult Swim January 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108247\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/as20251120a.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/as20251120a.webp 554w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/as20251120a-300x164.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/>From the mind of visionary creator Genndy Tartakovsky (<em>&#8220;Dexter&#8217;s Laboratory,&#8221; &#8220;Samurai Jack,&#8221; &#8220;Star Wars: Clone Wars,&#8221; &#8220;Sym-Bionic Titan,&#8221;<\/em>), the five-time Emmy Award\u00ae winning series produced by Cartoon Network Studios that follows a caveman at the dawn of evolution, &#8220;<em><strong>Genndy Tartakovsky&#8217;s Primal,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> returns for a third season Sunday, January 11 @ 11:30PM ET\/PT on Adult Swim, next day on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108246\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/as20251120e.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/as20251120e.webp 556w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/as20251120e-300x165.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/>Combining artistry and pulse-pounding action, the first two seasons followed Spear as he formed an unlikely bond with an almost extinct dinosaur and later made the ultimate sacrifice after a final standoff turned fatal. The third season of <em>&#8220;Genndy Tartakovsky&#8217;s Primal&#8221;<\/em> opens with a shocking twist that resurrects Spear in a new form &#8211; stripped of memory and humanity &#8211; and forces him to roam a brutal, untamed world as a shadow of his former self. As Spear battles savage landscapes and deadly foes, faint echoes of his past begin to stir, leading him toward an emotional and explosive reunion that will test the limits of survival.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1834676277\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tartakovsky said: &#8220;After two seasons, I was ready to move on until an idea surfaced that was pulpier, bad-ass, and undeniable. Everyone agreed, and Season Three was born.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, not everyone can kill off their main character and then go &#8216;on second thought&#8230; &#8216; and pull it off!&#8221; said Michael Ouweleen, president of Adult Swim. &#8220;But Genndy tends to not make things easy for himself, and what we get as a result is a season three that is more bonkers than the decision to kill Spear off in the first place! You thought there was emotion to the main character dying in season two, wait till you see what&#8217;s in store for season three.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Genndy Tartakovsky&#8217;s Primal&#8221;<\/em> is created by Tartakovsky with art direction from Scott Wills (<em>&#8220;The Ren &amp; Stimpy Show,&#8221; &#8220;Samurai Jack&#8221;<\/em>) and music composition from Tyler Bates (<em>&#8220;Guardians of the Galaxy,&#8221; &#8220;Samurai Jack,&#8221; &#8220;Unicorn: Warriors Eternal&#8221;<\/em>) and Joanne Higginbottom (<em>&#8220;Salem,&#8221; &#8220;Samurai Jack,&#8221; &#8220;Unicorn: Warriors Eternal&#8221;<\/em>) and sound effects design from Joel Valentine (<em>&#8220;Samurai Jack,&#8221; &#8220;Big City Greens,&#8221; &#8220;Unicorn: Warriors Eternal&#8221;<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>A first-look teaser for the new season was revealed at this year&#8217;s New York Comic Con. Additional stills for the new season can be found here.<\/p><div id=\"morty-4011756292\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Adult Swim is the global leader in adult animation, offering critically acclaimed, award-winning series such as <em>&#8220;Rick and Morty,&#8221; &#8220;Robot Chicken,&#8221; &#8220;Genndy Tartakovsky&#8217;s Primal,&#8221;\u00a0&#8220;SMILING FRIENDS,&#8221; &#8220;Common Side Effects,&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;Women Wearing Shoulder Pads.&#8221;<\/em> Fan favorite anime block, Toonami, airs on Saturday nights and has expanded beyond acquisitions, producing original series including <em>&#8220;Ninja Kamui,&#8221; &#8220;FLCL,&#8221; &#8220;Uzumaki,&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;Lazarus.&#8221;<\/em> Adult Swim airs nightly from 5PM to 6AM (ET\/PT) on its linear channel and reaches fans via Max. 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