Sit Down, Shut Up



 Sit Down, Shut Up is an American animated television series created by Mitchell Hurwitz for the Foxnetwork. The series focuses on a group of high school teachers in a small town in Florida "who don't care about teaching". The series premiered on Sunday April 19, 2009 in the  Animation Domination  block on Fox, but after four episodes aired, Fox removed the show from the block due to low ratings. The remaining 9 episodes aired on Saturdays at midnight from October to December 2009. According to Futon Critic, this post- Wanda Sykes Show weekly time slot had been home to Sit Down, Shut Up since September 2009 through to April 2010. In some markets it aired after  The Wanda Sykes Show  and before The Brian McKnight Show.

Based on the Australian live-action sitcom of the same name, creator Mitchell Hurwitz came up with the Sit Down, Shut Up idea in 2000. He wrote a script for a pilot episode, but "kept it in a drawer" until he pitched the show to different networks in 2008 when he needed money. Hurwitz said that "it was just a wacky show, and nobody wanted it", but eventually Fox picked it up as a primetime animation.

 Sit Down, Shut Up met mixed reviews from critics. Orlando Sentinel called the series a "disaster", and Newsday called it "raw, vulgar and blithely offensive, with so many triple and quadruple entendres for so many sexual acts". Hollywood Reporter criticized the series' use of fourth wall breaks, and said that it was "painful to watch how hard the show tries to be funny". IGN gave it a more positive review, saying "it should continue to be a very entertaining show", and TV Squad  said that it "definitely grows on you".

 The last episode aired on November 21, 2009 and the series is now officially cancelled. US cable network Comedy Central has picked up repeats of the series and began airing them on May 4, 2010. The series was nominated an Artios Award for its casting in 2009.

 On November 2012, clips from Sit Down, Shut Up were recycled and used in the Mexican animated series, Little Adventures of Bruno, heavinly edited removing any sexual contents, swear and inapproriate scenes. This was to show that the characters are now the faculty for Tangamandapio High (the school setting for the cartoon). The pilot episode was recycled for the pilot of the Bruno series, making it a one hour pilot event. Due to the animation being produced in Rough Draft Korea Co. on the second season and beyond, the teachers are now more interacting with the students, especially Bruno (voice of Mona Marshall) and all casts reprise their roles.