Long Live the Royals

Did You Know?

• Long Live the Royals premiered on Cartoon Network channels in Africa on December 19, 2015.
• It premiered in Australia and New Zealand on January 26, 2016.
• The miniseries premiered on Cartoon Network UK and Ireland on September 6, 2016.

Production

Long Live the Royals was created by Sean Szeles and announced in February 2015 as a production from Cartoon Network Studios. It is the third miniseries to air on Cartoon Network, following Over the Garden Wall in November 2014 and Stakes earlier in November 2015. The miniseries was adapted from a pilot released online in May 2014, which Szeles developed through the studio's developmental program for animated series. That pilot won him an Emmy Award at the sixty-sixth annual Primetime Creative Arts ceremony. Before this, Szeles had worked as a supervising producer on Regular Show. Four episodes were produced, each lasting eleven minutes, set at night and following a different character individually. Chief marketing officer Michael Ouweleen noted that the miniseries format allows for different artistic qualities in the shorts program and for existing pilots to be realized. Comedians provided voices: Jon Daly, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Gillian Jacobs, and Nicki Rapp reprised their pilot roles as King Rufus, Queen Eleanor, Rosalind, and Alex respectively, while Kieran Culkin replaced Jeremy Redleaf as Peter. Additional voices came from Fred Armisen, Ellie Kemper, Ken Marino, Alfred Molina, Horatio Sanz, and Peter Serafinowicz.