Trivia / The Boondocks S 0 E 1 Pilot

• Troubled Production: McGruder and Hudlin found great difficulty in making the series acceptable for network television and Hudlin left the project after the Fox deal fell through, though McGruder and Sony Pictures Television were contractually obligated to credit him as an executive producer for the first two seasons. Mike Lazzo, then-president of [adult swim], stumbled across the pilot and declared it "too networky". He then ordered a 15-episode season, told McGruder to "just tell stories", and that's how we got the cartoon we know today.