The pilot episode aired on October 31, 2013, and the series officially premiered on September 18, 2014.

[2] According to the network, the series would mark a stylistic departure from the duo's previous Adult Swim show, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, instead being formatted as an anthology series.

[3][4] Reviewers, the network and Heidecker have commented that the series is inspired by The Twilight Zone,[1][2][5] with the latter stating they will explore "different genres and different tropes" in the anthology format.

[1] The series' pilot aired midnight, October 31, 2013, as a Halloween special.

On June 16, 2016 Tim Heidecker announced in an interview that Season 2, consisting of at least six full 30 minute episodes, would be aired in 2017.