Strange Planet: Season 1

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Apple TV+ | AppleTV+ | Season Premiere Date: August 8, 2023

Summary: The animated series from Dan Harmon based on Nathan Pyle's webcomic and graphic novel of the same name about blue beings who do familiar things on another planet.

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Double Shadow Day
Air Date: September 26, 2023
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S1:E9. Before Star Rise
Air Date: September 19, 2023
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S1:E8. Tiny Trash
Air Date: September 12, 2023

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Lacy Baugher

Aug 9, 2023

For a show that doesn’t actually have any humans in it, it manages to have quite a lot to say about humanity and the wondrous gift life on our particular little pale blue dot it can be. And, these days, that’s no small thing. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Aug 8, 2023

Bright, sweet and cheerful, if unusually concerned with mortality, it is, as satire, highly affectionate — keen to human frailty but understanding, hopeful, more engaged with our possibilities than our limitations. Read full review

Joel Keller

Aug 9, 2023

Strange Planet has the potential to be one of the most human animated series we’ve seen this year, despite the fact that none of the characters are actually human. Read full review

Maya Phillips

Aug 8, 2023

Plain-spoken sentiments give purpose to the beings’ endearing — though inconsistent and occasionally overdone — vocabulary, and give the show a unique gravitas. More often than not, “Strange Planet” is cute and delightful. But when it settles in to its more ephemeral musings and universal thoughts, it’s more than just cute: It’s funny and it’s warm … like a cozy pair of fabric foot tubes right out of the tumble heater. Read full review

Collider Tania Hussain

Aug 2, 2023

At the core, it is a sweet and heartwarming series that sheds light on the oddities of human behavior to help us recognize we aren’t alone — but it has a way to go before it truly finds peace. Read full review

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Aug 9, 2023

After three episodes’ worth of hyperliteral takes on situations that neatly, but with no further purpose, point up the absurdity of human existence, you kinda feel you’ve heard them all. If the moments with emotional resonance start to join up – and this anthology-style series does have characters who recur in later episodes, which helps – and the creators start to lean in to the possibilities of an animated series rather than a series of static four-panel strips, it could be wonderful. Read full review

The Daily Beast

Aug 10, 2023

The incessant asking that viewers unwrap the show’s technical language for everyday occurrences is not too unreasonable of a demand, but it keeps a thin layer between the art and its audience, one that not even Strange Planet’s beautifully rendered animation and some pleasant voice acting can perforate. Read full review

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SSR

Aug 10, 2023

Sadly what was a vaguely amusing four panel comic has not translated to TV for me. I didn't laugh once during the first few minutes of the first episode, then gave up with it.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 8, 2023
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  S1:E10. Double Shadow Day
  Air Date: September 26, 2023
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  S1:E9. Before Star Rise
  Air Date: September 19, 2023
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  S1:E8. Tiny Trash
  Air Date: September 12, 2023
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  S1:E7. Adolescent Limbshake
  Air Date: September 5, 2023
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  S1:E6. Key Change
  Air Date: August 29, 2023
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  S1:E5. Family, Fandom, Footorb
  Air Date: August 22, 2023
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  S1:E4. The Big Wet
  Air Date: August 15, 2023
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  S1:E3. Careful Now
  Air Date: August 8, 2023
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  S1:E2. Greyscale Finger Bandit
  Air Date: August 8, 2023
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  S1:E1. The Flying Machine
  Air Date: August 8, 2023