<P> McCracken conceived the series after adopting two dogs from an animal shelter and applying the concept to imaginary friends . The show first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13 , 2004 , as a 90 - minute television film . On August 20 , it began its normal run of twenty - to - thirty - minute episodes on Fridays , at 7 p.m. The series finished its run on May 3 , 2009 , with a total of six seasons and seventy - nine episodes . McCracken left Cartoon Network shortly after the series ended . Reruns air on Boomerang . </P>
<P> McCracken conceived the series after adopting two dogs from an animal shelter and applying the concept to imaginary friends . The show first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13 , 2004 , as a 90 - minute television film . On August 20 , it began its normal run of twenty - to - thirty - minute episodes on Fridays , at 7 p.m. The series finished its run on May 3 , 2009 , with a total of six seasons and seventy - nine episodes . McCracken left Cartoon Network shortly after the series ended . Reruns air on Boomerang . </P>
when did fosters home for imaginary friends end
when did fosters home for imaginary friends end
May 3 , 2009
May 3 , 2009