The series premiered on April 1, 2001, on The WB, and was cancelled due to low ratings on May 20, leaving the last five episodes unaired.
[2] Three networks had a bidding war to win the rights to turn Angus Oblong's characters into a series: Fox, the WB, and ABC.
In Australia, the show premiered on the Nine Network on December 8, 2001,[26] however due to insufficient ratings, it was withdrawn after one episode,[27] but was eventually shown in a late-night/early morning time slot.
The series aired from November 5, 2004 to September 29, 2006, on TBS's late-night programming block, Too Funny To Sleep.
The Oblongs won the Artios award in 2001 for Best Casting for Animated Voiceover – Television Mary V. Buck Susan Edelman.