Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWith their animated series Solar Opposites, Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan injected aliens into a world of mundane human squabbles, in hopes of turning a classic TV form on its head.Starring Roiland, Thomas Middleditch and Andrew Daly, the series centers on a family of extraterrestrials who are forced to take refuge in Middle America, where they weigh the virtues of life on planet Earth.Perhaps best known as two of the creatives behind Rick and Morty, Roiland and McMahan met years ago, and connected as friends.
The idea for Solar Opposites would then emerge organically, as an extension of what they’d done with their aforementioned Emmy-winning series.
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