Adult Swim has announced that Rick and Morty Season 6 will premiere globally and across the multiverse on September 4.
The long-awaited sixth season will premiere at 11 pm ET/PT on September 4, picking right up from where we left the anarchic duo at the end of the fifth season. According to the official logline for the new season, Rick and Morty will be "worse for wear and down on their luck," but "will they manage to bounce back for more adventures? Or will they get swept up in an ocean of piss!"
If you're wondering exactly what awaits Rick and Morty in the forthcoming episodes, the synopsis teases "Family! Intrigue!" and possibly even "A bunch of dinosaurs!" Whatever the case may be, Michael Ouweleen, the president of Adult Swim and Cartoon Network, has promised another "iconic season" following the intergalactic escapades of the show's titular characters.
"It's hard to overstate the impact of Rick and Morty. More than a hit show, it is truly a global phenomenon," Ouweleen said of the Emmy award-winning comedy series, which has now been viewed over 10 billion times globally, across linear, digital, and streaming. "As we prepare to launch this soon-to-be iconic season, we will be giving fans a unique way to be part of the fun – so keep your eyes peeled."
Adult Swim capped off Rick and Morty's fifth season with a two-part finale on September 5, 2021, which means that the upcoming sixth season is arriving almost a full year after the last time we caught up with the dimension-hopping duo. The last episode presented fans with Evil Morty and the Evil Morty Plan, The Rick and Morty Citadel, and a good look at what the larger multiverse is doing.
Created and executive produced by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, Rick and Morty stars the voice talents of Roiland as Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith, Sarah Chalke as Beth Smith, Chris Parnell as Jerry Smith, and Spencer Grammer as Summer Smith, plus many others that have been part of the story so far.
IGN's review of Rick and Morty's fifth season finale called it a "lore-stuffed bookend to one of the strongest seasons thus far." However, it also noted that the half-hour episode chucked canon material at viewers at "a breakneck and sometimes confusing pace," which ultimately made its rapidly advancing plot points "difficult to follow and decidedly rushed."
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.