The Tick was an American sitcom based on the comic book character of the same name. It aired on FOX in late 2001 and was produced by Columbia-TriStar Television. With a pilot airing on November 8, the series only lasted eight episodes on broadcast television. Due to its cult popularity and critical praise, however, the series was released to DVD in 2003.
In the early 1990s, FOX picked up an animated series based on The Tick which had a successful...
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The Tick was an American sitcom based on the comic book character of the same name. It aired on FOX in late 2001 and was produced by Columbia-TriStar Television. With a pilot airing on November 8, the series only lasted eight episodes on broadcast television. Due to its cult popularity and critical praise, however, the series was released to DVD in 2003.
In the early 1990s, FOX picked up an animated series based on The Tick which had a successful run from 1994 to '96. This gained the character mainstream popularity and a cult following throughout the decade. In May 2000, Tick creator Ben Edlund completed the pilot episode for a Tick live-action series in hopes that FOX would include it in their fall schedule. The project involved director Barry Sonnenfeld, production designer Bo Welch, and the four main Tick animated series writers, Randolph Heard, Richard Liebmann-Smith, Chris McCulloch, and Edlund himself. Due to budget constraints, additional episodes were shot with several months...
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