Scripted series · Adult Swim
The Boondocks
Satire, chaos, and black humor.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Regina King
Huey Freeman / Riley Freeman (voice)
55 eps
John Witherspoon
Robert Freeman (voice)
55 eps
Cedric Yarbrough
Tom Dubois (voice)
55 eps
Jill Talley
Sarah Dubois (voice)
55 eps
Gary Anthony Williams
Uncle Ruckus (voice)
55 eps
Gabby Soleil
Jazmine Dubois (voice)
55 eps
Donald Faison
Wedgie Rudlin (voice)
2 eps
Corey Burton
4 eps
Tichina Arnold
1 eps
Adam West
1 eps
Dee Bradley Baker
2 eps
Mo'Nique
1 eps
Cedric the Entertainer
1 eps
Judge Reinhold
1 eps
Ed Asner
Ed Wuncler (voice)
3 eps
Terry Crews
3 eps
Rob Paulsen
1 eps
Katt Williams
A Pimp Named Slickback (voice)
3 eps
John C. McGinley
1 eps
Snoop Dogg
4 eps
Michelle Morgan
2 eps
Maria Canals-Barrera
2 eps
Xzibit
2 eps
Lil Wayne
1 eps
Aisha Tyler
1 eps
Cee Lo Green
2 eps
Charlie Murphy
5 eps
Ghostface Killah
1 eps
Jim Meskimen
8 eps
Tavis Smiley
1 eps
Kym Whitley
5 eps
Kevin Michael Richardson
7 eps
Marion Ross
2 eps
Adam Wylie
1 eps
Quincy Jones
1 eps
Maurice LaMarche
1 eps
Greg Ellis
1 eps
Aaron McGruder
3 eps
Yasiin Bey
3 eps
Crystal Scales
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Boondocks actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Boondocks reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and Humour.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago to the upscale neighborhood of Woodcrest (a.k.a. "The Boondocks") so he can enjoy his golden years in safety and comfort. But with Huey, a 10-year-old leftist revolutionary, and his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley, suburbia is about to be shaken up.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 55 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
202422 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200515 episodes
7.7IMDbThe first season of the animated television series, The Boondocks originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. Season one started on November 6, 2005 with "The Garden Party" and ended with "The Passion of Reverend Ruckus" on March 19, 2006, with a total of fifteen episodes. All fifteen episodes from season one were released completely uncensored on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on July 25, 2006.
Best episode · S01E01 The Garden Party
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200715 episodes
7.8IMDbThe second season of the animated television series, The Boondocks originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. Season two started on October 8, 2007 with "...Or Die Trying" and ended with "The Story of Gangstalicious 2" on February 4, 2008. Although fifteen episodes were produced for season two, only thirteen aired in the United States. "The Hunger Strike" and "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show" never aired in the U.S due to legal reasons. Although these episodes were never aired in U.S.A, they were aired in Canada and Latin America; and were also released on DVD and iTunes. All fifteen episodes from season two were released completely uncensored on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on June 10, 2008. In addition all episodes from season two are available on iTunes.
Best episode · S02E04 Stinkmeaner Strikes Back
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201015 episodes
7.7IMDbThe third season of the animated television series, The Boondocks originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. Season three started on May 2, 2010 with "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman" and ended with "It's Goin Down" on August 15, 2010 with a total of fifteen episodes. All fifteen episodes from season three were released completely uncensored on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on November 9, 2010. In addition all episodes from season three are available on iTunes.
Best episode · S03E01 It's a Black President, Huey Freeman
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201410 episodes
7.2IMDbThe fourth season of the animated series The Boondocks was originally broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network’s late-night programming block, Adult Swim. The season premiered on 21 April 2014 with the episode “Pretty Boy Flizzy” and concluded on 23 June 2014 with “The New Black”. In contrast to earlier seasons, Season 4 consisted of ten episodes. It was produced without involvement from the series’ original creator Aaron McGruder and served as the final season of the series.
Best episode · S04E01 Pretty Boy Flizzy
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E04
Stinkmeaner Strikes Back
Huey has a dream of Stinkmeaner and Granddad says that he was a menace and he sent him to hell like he deserves. Stinkmeaner's spirit later inhabits Tom Dubois' body and goes looking for revenge against Granddad. Huey must stop him from killing Granddad.
- Directed by Seung Eun Kim
- Written by Aaron McGruder
S02E01
...Or Die Trying
Granddad, Huey, Riley and Jazmine must avoid guards after they sneak in to a theatre to watch Soul Plane 2: The Blackjacking.
- Directed by Seung Eun Kim
- Written by Aaron McGruder
S01E01
The Garden Party
When the owner of Granddad's house invites Granddad and the kids to his garden party, Huey tries to start trouble by saying Jesus was black and comparing Ronald Regan to the devil. Meanwhile, Riley and the owner's grandson (a soldier back from Iraq) play with guns and Granddad runs into the self-loathing black butler Uncle Rukus.
- Directed by Anthony Bell
- Written by Aaron McGruder
S02E06
Attack of the Killer Kung-Fu Wolf Bitch
After many failed attempts at online dating, Granddad finally meets a beautiful woman named Luna… who just happens to be a psycho.
- Directed by Seung Eun Kim
- Written by Aaron McGruder
S01E12
Riley Wuz Here
When Riley's affinity for grafitti goes too far, Grandad sends him to an art teacher that actually encourages him to do grafitti, only painting murals instead. Meanwhile, Huey discovers a black woman died from watching too much black TV, and decides to watch black TV for 2 weeks to see if that was the cause.
- Written by Aaron McGruder
S03E03
The Red Ball
Kickball legend Huey Freeman returns after a self-imposed exile from the game.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E01
Pilot (Unaired)
S04E10
The New Black
S04E09
Stinkmeaner: Begun the Clone War Has
S04E08
I Dream of Siri
S04E07
Freedomland
S04E06
Granddad Dates a Kardashian
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Rodney BarnesExecutive Producer
- Carl JonesProducer
- Seung Eun KimProducer
- Reginald HudlinExecutive Producer
- Reginald HudlinProducer
- Brian J. CowanProducer
Writing
- Aaron McGruderWriter
Direction
- Anthony BellDirector
- Seung Eun KimDirector
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