Tuca & Bertie will be back on Adult Swim for another season.
Adult Swim, the nighttime programming block of Cartoon Network, took to Twitter on Wednesday to reveal that it has renewed Tuca & Bertie for season 3. The renewal announcement came 11 days before its season 2 finale.
They're not flying the coop just yet. @tucaandbertie is coming back for season 3 ? pic.twitter.com/748YdqnBxC
— adult swim (@adultswim) August 4, 2021
The decision to order another season of Tuca & Bertie has received positive responses from fans, who have been grateful to Adult Swim since it resurrected the series in May 2020 after it was previously canceled by Netflix after its first season.
Amazing news, this show is really entertaining and feels truly genuine to the female perspective. Im so glad AS decided to pick it up, although the sudden lack of nudity this season was kinda distracting.
— MarquisduBarbecue (@MarquisduB) August 4, 2021
BEFORE?S2?EVEN?FINISHES pic.twitter.com/nD16eWFJB5
— Ashberry8650 (@Ash86501) August 4, 2021
??? Best thing on TV right now
— Johnny 2C (@Johnny2Cellos) August 4, 2021
Hell yeah!! pic.twitter.com/pEpgdHEokH
— InkandSketch@Comms Open!? (@InknSketch) August 4, 2021
I am so happy that tuca and Bertie got renewed for a third season
— Edward Sanchez (@EdwardIsSoCool) August 4, 2021
Literally more respext for the show than Netflix had
— Lucky, Gay for Choo Choo (@AntlerWeasel) August 4, 2021
Heck yeah! This show is really comforting for me I’m so glad we’re getting more episodes
— noop (@noop41658819) August 5, 2021
I’m so glad y’all picked up this show after Netflix canceled it. It’s such a funny and sometimes heartwarming show
— Sasquatch ?️? (@juurrgg) August 4, 2021
this is my favorite show. EVER!!! SO GLAD TO HEAR WE’RE GETTING ANOTHER SEASON!!
— kiki ?✨ (@offbeatkiki) August 4, 2021
— Write One (T) (@WriteOnes) August 4, 2021
Created by Lisa Hanawalt, Tuca & Bertie follows the friendship of two 30-year-old bird-women, namely Tuca (Tiffany Haddish) and Bertie (Ali Wong), who live in the same apartment building.
“I’ve been a fan of Adult Swim shows since my teens, so I’m thrilled to bring my beloved fowl to the party and be a new voice for a fresh decade of absurd, irreverent, yet heartwarming adult animation,” said Hanawalt in a statement confirming the show’s resurrection on Adult Swim.
Tuca & Bertie premiered to critical acclaim on Netflix in May 2019, but the streaming service pulled the plug on the series just two months later, much to the dismay of fans.
While Cartoon Network’s decision to pick up Tuca & Bertie came as a huge surprise to some, it actually makes sense that the former Netflix series ended up on Adult Swim, as the programming block has long been a haven for offbeat animated series like Robot Chicken, Rick and Morty, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and The Shivering Truth, just to name a few.
Tuca & Bertie season 3 has no release date yet, but the final two episodes of the show’s season 2 are set to air on August 8th and August 15th, respectively, at 11:30 p.m. ET on Adult Swim.