Regular Show Gears Up For Major Fan Event Ahead Of The Lost Tapes Premiere
After a long hiatus, Cartoon Network is reopening the park: Mordecai, Rigby, and the crew return in Regular Show: The Lost Tapes, a spin-off set during the original eight-season run, arriving next month.
Cartoon Network is pulling Mordecai and Rigby out of storage and dusting off the golf cart. After years of quiet, Regular Show is getting a new spin-off next month, and CN is setting the table with a throwback marathon to get everyone back in the park mindset.
The short version
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes drops in May and, from the way it is framed, it is not a sequel. Think unseen adventures that slide into the original run, not a continuation of that very final finale. To help jog your memory (or indoctrinate your friends), Cartoon Network is running a marathon that starts at the beginning and moves in release order.
- May 6: Regular Show marathon on Cartoon Network, starting from episode 1 and marching forward
- May 11: Regular Show: The Lost Tapes premieres on Cartoon Network
- Streaming catch-up: The full original series is on Hulu if the marathon schedule does not sync with your life
- Returning talent: Creator JG Quintel is back as showrunner and the voice of Mordecai; William Salyers (Rigby), Mark Hamill (Skips), Sam Marin (Muscleman), and Minty Lewis (Eileen) are all back too
- Episode count: The new spin-off is reportedly locked for 44 episodes, which is a very not-small order for a comeback
- Bonus project: Quintel also has SuperMutant Magic Academy in the works for later this year
Where The Lost Tapes fits
If you remember the original eight-season run, it ended with Pops sacrificing himself during that absolutely wild space arc. The finale then jumped ahead to show everyone older — Mordecai and Rigby included — and wrapped with a warm reunion that felt like a real goodbye. The tag at the end had Pops watching the show on a VHS labeled 'Regular Show', which pretty clearly tees up the premise here: these are 'lost' episodes that slot into the classic era, not stories from the post-finale future.
About that marathon
CN is starting from the top on May 6 and rolling in release order to refresh the lore and the chaos. There are nearly 250 episodes across eight seasons, so there is no way the entire thing finishes before the spin-off lands on May 11. If you want the full rewatch, Hulu has all of it ready to binge without waiting on linear TV.
Why this is a big swing
Forty-four episodes out of the gate for a revival is a hefty commitment, especially for a show that already stuck its landing. The creative team is intact, the voices you hear in your head are actually the voices you will hear on TV, and the concept leans into the show at its peak instead of trying to top the finale. That is smart, and frankly, kind of rare.
Bottom line: CN is revving up one of its biggest franchises with a nostalgia play that actually makes sense, and it will not take long to see if The Lost Tapes feels like the good stuff. Set your reminders for May 6 and May 11, and maybe clear a little space for a VHS-shaped wink from the universe.