The Frank McDilly Show

The Frank McDilly Show is an American adult animated sitcom created by Terry Ward and Matt Kelly for The CW. The series is a spinoff of How Beautiful It Is to Survive, the series centers on Frank McDilly, who lives in an apartment building with three roommates: TBA, TBA, TBA, and Shirley. The animation was produced by Rough Draft Studios.

The series was conceived by Ward in 2008 after developing How Beautiful It Is to Survive and Undercover PD for The CW. Ward centered the show on How Beautiful It Is to Survive character Frank McDilly, who lives with four roommates in an apartment building.

The series premiered on September 26, 2010, and ended on May 17, 2015, with a total of 110 episodes over the course of 5 seasons. After the series' cancellation, Frank returned to How Beautiful It Is to Survive, in the season 19 episode “Frank's Back” during which his show was mercilessly mocked by his friends.

Development
Terry Ward initially conceived The Frank McDilly Show in 2008 while working on his other two animated series, How Beautiful It Is to Survive and Undercover PD.

The Frank McDilly Show first appeared on the development slate at The CW in early 2009, under no official name for the pilot, after a report that The CW had purchased the series from creators. The pilot was named The Frank McDilly Show in May 2009, when it appeared on the primetime slate for the 2009-10 television season, although it wasn’t officially on the network schedule. In May 2010, The Frank McDilly Show appeared on the primetime slate for the 2010-11 television season, airing on Sunday nights at 9:30 pm. On June 14, 2010, it was announced that The Frank McDilly Show would premiere on September 26, 2010.

Even before the pilot episode premiered, the show had already been renewed for a 22-episode second season. After the first season of the show aired, it was given the green light to start production. On June 9, 2011, less than three weeks into the first season’s summer hiatus, it was announced that The CW was ordering a third season. A fourth season was announced on May 7, 2012, just a few days before the second season concluded.

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