The Mantis-Eye Experiment

Over on the Twitter, Jackson has confirmed the news that Venture Bros. was cancelled, which includes the in-progress season eight:

Unfortunately, it’s true: #VentureBros has been canceled. We got the highly disappointing news a few months ago, while we were writing what would have been season 8. We thank you, our amazing fans, for 17 years of your kind (and patient) attention. And, as always, We Love You.

— Jackson Publick (@jacksonpublick) September 7, 2020

However, Adult Swim has responded to the outcry with some small glimmer of hope:

We also want more Venture Bros. and have been working with Jackson and Doc to find another way to continue the Venture Bros. story.

— adultswim (@adultswim) September 8, 2020

What this may turn into remains to be seen of course, but it's possible the the show at least gets a proper sendoff in some format or another. Stay tuned!

Friend of the show Ken Plume made a couple of Tweets last night:

The Venture Bros. https://t.co/4AHq2cRagD

— Ken Plume (@KenPlume) September 5, 2020

I have no further comment. https://t.co/cjcciIamSo

— Ken Plume (@KenPlume) September 5, 2020

There's been no official confirmation anywhere as best I can tell, though a concerned reader did write me to let me know:

Anecdotally: I have a friend who works for Turner, and he says Adult Swim is facing a massive downsizing in staff, scope, and programming. This is all speculation of course, but I do have a bad feeling.

I have no way to verify any of this of course, and no idea what this means for season eight or beyond of the show.

For those of you who want a hard copy of Venture Bros. season 7, it was released in both DVD and Blu-Ray formats a few days ago (June 4th, to be precise)! Sorry for missing the exact date! However, head over to you favorite purveyor of digital video discs and grab a copy. Over on Amazon they can be had for $18.99 for the DVD version and $24.99 for the Blu-Ray.

If you somehow don't have digital copies or DVDs to whatever other media so that you can watch it whenever you want, Adult Swim will be airing the first season of The Venture Bros. starting in January! The only catch it is will be airing Sunday mornings at 5am (eastern)... which is also Saturday night depending on how late you stay up. Either way, it's a great way to watch the show in its natural environment; live on a television with commercials and everything! Weird!

The whole thing kicks off with "Dia de los Dangerous!" which airs at 5am on January 6th (the night of January 5th, if you're inclined). You can also catch replays of the end of season seven at the much more reasonable time of 12:30am on Sunday nights, though I'm not sure if they'll air the entire series in that far more coveted time slot just yet.

As seen during the end credits of "The Saphrax Protocol". Season eight... some day!