Kitchen

Kitchen is an American adult animated black comedy series created by Ralf Hat for Kingson. The series follows juvenile delinquents – Vic, Pants, and Chuck, whose daily lives are involuntary caught up within several surreal predicaments, while they struggle to cope within the dysfunctional American City of New Sodom. Featuring a large ensemble cast of characters and continuity, Kitchen nonetheless offers vivid character-driven and plot-driven story lines which combine elements including surrealism, science fiction, slice-of-life, fantasy, farce, slapstick, and social satire. It is also the first original program on the network to be targeted towards a mature audience, and has ultimately helped change the face of the channel evermore. Having its debut on the network on June 7, 1999, the series became one of Kingson's most acclaimed and longest running programs. The result of its rise in popularity spawned a multimedia franchise including video games, a comic book series, and its own feature length film adaption. On September 14, 2016, the series concluded with its thirteen season and went on an extensive hiatus following the creator's decision to temporarily depart from the show.

It has been announced that Kitchen will make a comeback on the Hulu streaming service with a set premiere date of March 12, 2020. Only three new seasons have been currently reported. Reruns as well as new episodes of the revival series will still air frequently on Kingson.

Premise
The series locates itself in the fictional Pacific U.S state of Jefferson, and takes place in the fictional city of New Sodom (a tongue-in-cheek reference to the biblical setting of the same name). As its name would suggest, New Sodom is engulfed with vice, corruption, violence, and civil disobedience, all of which is seen as an everyday cultural occurrence to the city's dysfunctional residents. The show presents the city as the "Worst Place in America", being some kind of promise land for the rejects of the country, including: criminals, mentally disturbed lunatics, mutants, and other denizens who convey socially unacceptable behavior. Admist the total chaos which thrives rampantly throughout New Sodom, the series revolves around three preadolescent friends: Vic, Pants, and Chuck, who might as well be the sanest individuals in their entire city. Their daily lives are constantly intertwined by unconventional situations that they must use their street-smarts to evade. Following their antics, the three's interactions with the countless characters within New Sodom help pave the way for plenty of worldbuilding, character development, and storylines.

Main characters

 * Vic: The main protagonist, Vic is the everyman of the series. The awkward one of the bunch, Vic conveys a timorous, naive mindset overwhelmed by paranoia which gives him a presence of innocence. Having been sheltered in a safe upper middle household all his life, Vic is ignorant to his surroundings and the experiences he faces within the outside world. As a result, he solely relies on the guidance of his friends to survive, no matter how unreliable they (predominantly Pants) can be at times. Not pure, Vic also has his quirks, breaking points and unconventional behavior that can often drive him to insanity in which the atmosphere of the city displays.
 * Pants: The deuteragonist of the series, an unrestrained, irresponsible juvenile criminal and antihero. Born and raised as an orphan in the ghetto, Pants grew up in a life of crime and hostility, which has affected him pathologically. He is a greedy, short-tempered person who expresses a lack of discipline and respect for authority due to his underprivileged upbringing. Being the best friend of Vic, Pants obligates himself to aid and educate Vic how to live life in the "extreme", despite his knowledge and life lessons being heavily flawed. Much of his antics involve him using illegal ways necessary for material gain. He lives in a rundown orphanage with his brother, Tim, and roommate, Chuck.
 * Chuck: Chuck is the tritagonist of the series, who first appeared in the second season's finale. While he was originally intended to be a recurring character in the show, overtime he became apart of the main cast, maintaining a level of importance to the series.