rocko's modern life first aired on september 18, 1993.
when did rocko's modern life first air?
september 18 , 1993
murray said that the cartoon "resonated" with people because the scenarios depicted in the cartoon involving "the neurosis, the daily chores of everyday life" were based on murray's own experiences "breaking out into the world" after leaving school. the show was debuted in a preview on september 18, 1993, and officially premiered the following morning, to join nickelodeon's sunday morning animation block. on september 18, the series' first night of airing, "rocko's modern life" received a 3.0 in ratings. by january 31, 1994 the series' audience grew by 65%. "rocko's modern life" was at the time the network's highest-rated cartoon launch ever. there was a brief period in 1993 when the network received numerous complaints from members of a religious group that "ren & stimpy" and "rocko's modern life" were too adult-oriented to be shown to kids on sunday mornings. they wanted the shows moved to a different time slot. the network was polite but did not make the programming change.
rocko's modern life
in march 2011, shout! factory announced that they would release season 1 in an official box set on june 21, 2011. the two-disc set received relatively positive reviews, only receiving criticism for video quality and the lack of bonus features. according to joe murray's website, he struck a deal with shout! factory to create the artwork for the season 2 set; the special features were yet to be announced when he wrote the entry. season 2 was released on february 7, 2012, with season 3 following on july 3, 2012. on december 3, 2012, creator joe murray announced due to strong dvd sales of the first three seasons, shout! factory would release "rocko's modern life: the complete series" on dvd on february 26, 2013, along with bonus material from the rocko's live event from october 2012; murray also mentioned that season 4 would be released individually soon after the complete series set was released. on february 26, 2013, "rocko's modern life: the complete series" was released by shout! factory. the fourth and final season was released on october 15, 2013. on november 20, 2018, "rocko's modern life: the complete series" was re-released by paramount home media distribution.
rocko's modern life