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An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter"Rick and Morty" is portaling back in for season 9 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
It's bound to be another bizarro blast into the multiverse for the zany reality-swapping duo when the fan-favorite animated series returns on May 24, 2026, and we’ve got a crazy gallery of eight first-look images to share with you.
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(Image credit: Cartoon Network)"I know it's my job to say that this show just keeps topping itself, but it also has the benefit of being true," reveals Michael Ouweleen, president of Adult Swim.
"It's kind of scary what this show unit is doing season over season — just pouring an absurd amount of talent and brilliance into these episodes. From the first frame, you're going to see great high‑concept insanity with some of the best character writing ever done. Again, it's my job to say that, but it's also true."
This imaginative, totally-bonkers show has a legion of hardcore followers that will be pleased to know that it's been greenlit through Season 12, so the trans-dimensional diversions are far from over.
Get the Space.com NewsletterContact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsExecutive produced by Dan Harmon and showrunner Scott Marder, "Rick and Morty" stars the vocal talents of Ian Cardoni, Harry Belden, Sarah Chalke, Chris Parnell, and Spencer Grammer
"Rick and Morty" season 9 lands at Adult Swim on May 24 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. In the meantime, you can also catch the previous eight seasons on Netflix.
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Jeff SpryContributing WriterJeff Spry is an award-winning screenwriter and veteran freelance journalist covering TV, movies, video games, books, and comics. His work has appeared at SYFY Wire, Inverse, Collider, Bleeding Cool and elsewhere. Jeff lives in beautiful Bend, Oregon amid the ponderosa pines, classic muscle cars, a crypt of collector horror comics, and two loyal English Setters.
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