RIOTUS

If we do a roll call of the names Maya Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne, Keke Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Kieran Culkin, and Sam Smith, would that make you sit up? How about now that we’re adding Tracee Ellis Ross, Bowen Yang, Abbi Jacobson, Jay Ellis, Andrew Dismukes, Lennon Parham, Gary Anthony Williams, and John Waters. Is that doing something for you?

Then prepare to get happy, Prime Video has announced the cast and guest stars; and released the official trailer for their new adult animated comedy series The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, from creator Cirocco Dunlap. The animated series, brought to life by Amazon MGM Studios and Titmouse Studios, has been greenlit for two seasons. It will make its exclusive debut on Prime Video on February 23, 2024, reaching audiences in over 240 countries and territories around the globe.

From Prime Video:

The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy follows Dr. Sleech and Dr. Klak—aliens, best friends, and intergalactically renowned surgeons—as they tackle anxiety-eating parasites, illegal time loops, and deep-space STIs. In Season One, doctors Sleech and Klak take on a highly dangerous and potentially groundbreaking case and, in doing so, put existence itself in jeopardy. Although considering their dismal personal lives, oblivion might be an improvement.

And there’s a Culkin Family Reunion in store as Kieran, the voice behind Plowp, teams up with his actual brothers: Macaulay, Rory, Christian, and Shane. We love a Full-talent Brotherhood. The brothers join the previously announced series regulars (see the first line of this post). If you like the sound of that, scroll down to watch the trailer and keep scrolling for a note from the creator (not of the universe, of the series).

The Second Best Hospital in The Galaxy will premiere all eight episodes on February 23, 2024

Hello!

My name is Cirocco Dunlap and I created “The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy,” a sci-fi
animated half-hour comedy produced by Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne. Like a traditional
procedural, every episode introduces a new sci-fi illness (e.g. run-of-the-mill diseases like getting
stuck in a time loop, or an STI that turns you into the last person you slept with). While this show
is funny and absurd, a sci-fi hospital is also a natural place to explore deeper emotional themes
like mental illness, chosen & rejected family, and – of course – how to find clothes that fit when
you turn into the last person you slept with.

Mental illness, untimely death, and short legs run in my family, and you’ll find all of these at play
throughout the first season. Additionally, you’ll watch extremely driven characters who are
passionate about their careers as they try (and fail, and try, and fail) to love each other. I hope
they offer some warmth, comfort, and laughter in the face of life’s greatest joke: the ever-present
nearness of death.

Thank you for your Sme! Now let’s focus on unsexy alien sex.

Cirocco