TBS To Get “Close Enough” To “Regular Show” Creator J.G. Quintel In New Series

This is the network’s fifth animated series ordered.

Turner’s TBS has greenlit Close Enough, a new animated series from Regular Show creator J.G. Quintel. The surreal comedy about a family growing up without getting old marks the first collaboration between Cartoon Network Studios and Studio T, both divisions of Turner. It also marks Quintel’s first project for the company since his Emmy®-winning work on Cartoon Network’s long-running Regular Show. TBS has ordered 13 episodes of Close Enough, which is slated to launch next year.

Close Enough is a surreal take on transitioning from 20-something to 30-something. The show centers on a married couple juggling such everyday challenges as parenthood, friendship, ham theft, stripper clowns and choosing the right day care.

On the animation front, Close Enough joins TBS’s iconic hit American Dad!, from Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman, which will return with new episodes this summer; The Cops, a buddy comedy created by and starring Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks; Tarantula, a dark comedy about the residents of a seedy hotel from Carson Mell, scheduled to launch this year; and Final Space, an interstellar comedy created by independent filmmaker, actor, comedian and entrepreneur Olan Rogers. Here’s a teaser for all of the aforementioned shows from TBS.

Our Take

Having interviewed J.G. Quintel for a number of years, I know that he’s been wanting to do something closer to The Simpsons for a long time, and I think this is just the start of J.G.’s career in the older animated comedy-skewing arena. Don’t be surprised if J.G. does a bit of Seth MacFarlane and decides to produce a couple of more projects at the same time before it’s all said and done.

I’ll be curious to see if J.G. casts himself in the upcoming series ala his dual roles as both “High Five Guy” and “Mordecai” in the hit series, Regular Show. 

In other TBS news, American Dad! returns with new episodes on the 29th, and the network had ordered a pilot presentation for Halal in the Family.