Netflix launches 'Mating Season' animated series
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- Mating Season debuted on Netflix this week with all 10 episodes released simultaneously.
- Nick Kroll co‑created the series with Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett, describing it as an adult‑focused extension of their earlier “Big Mouth” series.
- Netflix frames the show as a new animated comedy that follows four anthropomorphic forest friends—bear Josh (Zach Woods), raccoon Ray (Kroll), deer Fawn (June Diane Raphael) and fox Penelope (Sabrina Jalees)—as they navigate dating, breakups and weddings.
- The opening titles feature real wildlife footage of animals copulating, set to Elvin Bishop’s “Fooled Around and Fell in Love,” signaling the series’ blend of sex comedy and animal worldbuilding.
Why it matters: Netflix shareholders, under pressure after a 10% stock decline following Reed Hastings’ exit, now have a fresh animated series to bolster the platform’s content pipeline.
