# Grimsburg

Grimsburg is an American adult animated sitcom created by Catlan McClelland and Matthew Schlissel for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Before its first-season premiere, the series was renewed for a second season in October 2022. The series premiered on the Animation Domination programming block on January 7, 2024. The first season concluded on May 12, 2024 and the second season premiered on February 16, 2025.

## Premise

The series takes place in the fictional town of Grimsburg, where detective Marvin Flute may be the greatest detective, but cannot figure out his own family.

## Voice cast
### Main

* Jon Hamm as Marvin Flute, Grimsburg's finest detective who is Stan's estranged father and Harmony's ex-husband. He returns to his hometown to try to solve the greatest mysteries: himself and his family.
* Greg Chun as Lt. John Kang, Marvin's mentor who teaches him important lessons about detective work.
* Rachel Dratch as Stan Flute, Marvin and Harmony's son who is trying to get his parents back together.
* Erinn Hayes as Harmony Flute, Marvin's ex-wife and Stan's mother who was raised by bears, she has a job as an anchor woman.
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Det. Greg Summers, a newer member who became a cyborg after an accident involving a carousel.
* Alan Tudyk as
** Dr. Rufis Pentos, Marvin's former music teacher-turned-nemesis.
** Mr. Flesh, Stan's imaginary friend, who appears to Stan in order to get him to do something bad or crazy.

### Recurring

* Wendi McLendon-Covey as Chief Stamos, Marvin's boss and the former chief of the Grimsburg Police Department
* Kaniehtiio Horn as Wynona Whitecloud, a mortician and Summers’ love interest
* Rosie Perez as Martina Martinez who takes over as the chief of the Grimsburg Police Department in season 2.
* Jaime Camil as Mayor Dilquez, the mayor of Grimsburg
* Debi Derryberry as Teague Hilton, leader of the Stable Boys clique who bullies Stan.
* E.G. Daily as additional voices
* Martin Short as Otis Volcanowitz, the newest detective at the Grimsburg police department

### Guest

* Rob Huebel
* Ronny Chieng
* Toks Olagundoye
* Brian Jordan Alvarez
* Tim Meadows as Alistair Chadwell, the host of the murder express
* Patton Oswalt as Stinky the Camp Slasher
* Piotr Michael
* Natalie Palamides
* Andrés du Bouchet
* Ross Marquand as Timmy Tommy
* Amy Sedaris as Lil Betsy
* Christina Hendricks as Anna
* Asif Ali as Lt. Ravi
* J.K. Simmons as Mitchell Flute

## Episodes
### Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | January 7, 2024 (2024-1-7) | May 12, 2024 (2024-5-12) |
| 2 | TBA | TBA | February 16, 2025 (2025-2-16) | TBA |

### Season 1 (2024)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating (18-49) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Roy Burdine | Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel | January 7, 2024 (2024-1-7) | 1BBGR01 | 2.46 | 0.6 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Flute Show" | T.G. Hopkins | Jonathan Green & Gabe Miller | February 18, 2024 (2024-2-18) | 1BBGR03 | 0.39 | 0.1 |
| A documentary crew makes a TV show about Marvin, who's less than happy about the situation. |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | "McSnuff the Mystery Mutt" | Roy Burdine | Siena East | February 25, 2024 (2024-2-25) | 1BBGR05 | 0.47 | 0.1 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Flute-itive" | Caitlin VanArsdale | Christina Friel & Connor Wright | March 3, 2024 (2024-3-3) | 1BBGR08 | 0.46 | 0.1 |
| 5 | 5 | "Say Yes to the Death" | Roy Burdine | Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel | March 10, 2024 (2024-3-10) | 1BBGR09 | 0.41 | 0.1 |
| 6 | 6 | "Murder on the Splurt Express" | T.G. Hopkins | Christina Friel & Connor Wright | March 17, 2024 (2024-3-17) | 1BBGR11 | 0.48 | 0.1 |
| 7 | 7 | "Camp Slasher" | Caitlin VanArsdale | Laura Krafft | March 24, 2024 (2024-3-24) | 1BBGR10 | 0.52 | 0.1 |
| 8 | 8 | "Manchine" | Orlando Gumatay | Laura Krafft | April 7, 2024 (2024-4-7) | 1BBGR04 | 0.44 | 0.1 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Funaways" | T.G. Hopkins | Andrés Du Bouchet | April 14, 2024 (2024-4-14) | 1BBGR06 | 0.46 | 0.1 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Big Trouble with Lil' Betsy" | Mark Garcia | Miles Woods | April 21, 2024 (2024-4-21) | 1BBGR07 | 0.54 | 0.2 |
| Marvin comes across Lil Betsy, a former child star turned murder suspect, putting his popularity in jeopardy. After hearing the news about Lil Betsy, Stan and Mr Flesh film Stan an audition to replace her with not so hopeful results. |||||||||
| 11 | 11 | "And the Winner Is... Murder!" | Caitlin VanArsdale | Catlan McClelland & Matthew Schlissel & Chadd Gindin | April 28, 2024 (2024-4-28) | 1BBGR02 | 0.42 | 0.1 |
| Marvin goes undercover as a judge for the annual Grimsburg talent show to find the real murderer. |||||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Younger Games" | Mark Garcia | Jonathan Green & Gabe Miller | May 5, 2024 (2024-5-5) | 1BBGR12 | 0.45 | 0.1 |
| 13 | 13 | "The Danish Dilemma" | Roy Burdine | Chadd Gindin & Kirsten Rezazadeh-Jakob | May 12, 2024 (2024-5-12) | 1BBGR13 | 0.38 | 0.1 |

### Season 2 (2025)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating (18-49) |
| 14 | 1 | "Haunted Housewife" | T.G. Hopkins | John Viener | February 16, 2025 (2025-2-16) | 2BBGR03 | 0.81 | 0.14/2 |
| 15 | 2 | "Mo11y" | Mark Garcia | Gabe Miller & Jonathan Green | February 23, 2025 (2025-2-23) | 2BBGR01 | 0.66 | 0.17/2 |
| 16 | 3 | "Training Wheels Day" | T.G. Hopkins | Tom Kauffman | March 2, 2025 (2025-3-2) | 2BBGR08 | 0.51 | 0.14/1 |
| 17 | 4 | "Granddaddy Issues" | Roy Burdine | Elizabeth Tippet | March 9, 2025 (2025-3-9) | 2BBGR05 | 0.52 | 0.15/2 |
| 18 | 5 | "Daddy Daddy Bang Bang" | Orlando Gumatay | John Viener | March 16, 2025 (2025-3-16) | 2BBGR09 | 0.44 | 0.13/2 |
| 19 | 6 | "CrimeCon" | TBA | TBA | March 23, 2025 (2025-3-23) | TBA | TBD | TBA |

## Production

In October 2021, Fox ordered Grimsburg straight-to-series. Bento Box Entertainment is the animation studio.
In October 2022, Fox renewed it for a second season, ahead of its premiere on January 7, 2024.

## Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 63% approval rating based on 8 critic reviews. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 58 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".