The Boondocks (TV series)

***The Boondocks*** is an American-South Korean adult animated sitcom produced by Adult Swim. The series premiered in November 6, 2005.

## Background

It is about a black family called the Freemans moving from the West Side of Chicago to Woodcrest, a white suburb, of Baltimore, Maryland. They deal with many situations such as drugs, alcoholism, poverty, racism, and child abuse.

## Cast

- **Huey Freeman** (voiced by Regina King) is the smartest of the Freemans. He created many political movements. He is the grandson of Robert Freeman.
- **Riley Freeman** (voiced by Regina King) is the less responsible sibling, than his rival brother Huey. He makes many poor decisions. Otherwise he is charming, clever, and artistically gifted. Riley is Huey's best friend.
- **Robert Freeman** (voiced by John Witherspoon) is the grandfather of Huey and Riley. He is their caretaker and watches over them. He has a short-temper and shares his life stories with his grandsons.
- **Uncle Ruckus** (voiced by Gary Anthony Williams) is a poor and wisecracking friend of the Freemans. He has many different jobs and changes in every episode. According to him, he has revitiligo.
- **Jazmine "Jasmine Dubois" DuBois** (voiced by Gabby Soleil) was an innocent girl appearing in seasons 1 (2005-2006)-3 (made in 2009 and released in 2010)

## Infobox (television)

- **genre**: Animated sitcom
 Black sitcom
- **runtime**: 22 minutes
- **based on**: _The Boondocks (comic strip), The Boondocks_
by Aaron McGruder
- **creator**: Aaron McGruder
- **director**: Seung Eun Kim <small>(seasons 1 and 2)</small>
Anthony Bell (director), Anthony Bell <small>(season 1)</small>
Joe Horne <small>(season 1)</small>
Kalvin Lee <small>(season 1)</small>
Sean Song <small>(season 1)</small>
Dan Fausett <small>(season 2)</small>
Sung Dae Kang <small>(season 3)</small>
Sung Hoon Kim <small>(season 3)</small>
Young Chan Kim <small>(season 3)</small>
Hea Young Jung <small>(season 4)</small>
Dae Woo Lee <small>(season 4)</small>
Kwang Il Han <small>(season 4)</small>
- **writer**: Aaron McGruder <small>(seasons 1–3)</small>
Rodney Barnes
Yamara Taylor <small>(seasons 1 and 2)</small>
Andre Brooks <small>("Ballin'")</small>
Jason Van Veen <small>("Ballin'")</small>
Angela Nissel <small>(season 4)</small>
- **producer**: Ayub Dahir Kim
Brian Ash
Denys Cowan <small>(season 1)</small>
Bryan J. Cowan <small>(season 1)</small>
- **executive producer**: Aaron McGruder <small>(seasons 1–3)</small>
Reginald Hudlin <small>(seasons 1 and 2)</small>
Rodney Barnes
Brian J. Cowan
Carl Jones
- **company**: Aaron McGruder, Rebel Base Productions
(2005–2010)
(seasons 1–3)
Adelaide Productions
Sony Pictures Television
- **voices**: Regina King
John Witherspoon (actor), John Witherspoon
Gary Anthony Williams
Cedric Yarbrough
Jill Talley
Gabby Soleil <small>(seasons 1–3)</small>
Kiarah Pollas <small>(season 4)</small>
- **theme music composer**: Asheru
- **composer**: Metaphor the Great
Jabril Battle
Jonathan Jackson
- **country**: United States
South Korea
- **language**: English
- **network**: Adult Swim
Teletoon at Night <small>(episodes The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show, 29 and The Hunger Strike, 30)</small>
- **num seasons**: 4
- **num episodes**: 55
- **list episodes**: List of The Boondocks episodes