The Boondocks, Aaron McGruder’s award-winning animated comedy series from Sony Pictures Television, returns for its highly anticipated second season on Monday, October 8, 2007 at 11:30pm EST/PST on Adult Swim.

Based on McGruder’s award-winning comic strip of the same name, The Boondocks is a thought-provoking family-based comedy brimming with social relevance and satire. When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes the legal guardian of his rambunctious grandkids, he moves the family from the south side of Chicago to the quiet and safety of “The Boondocks” — AKA suburban Woodcrest — in hopes that he can ignore the kids altogether and enjoy the fourth quarter of his life in peace. But neither Huey, a ten-year-old leftist revolutionary nor his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley are thrilled about the new environment. Although the boys torture each other and provoke the neighborhood, they are still no match for Granddad, who is eccentric even by “crazy-ass-old-black-man” standards.

In 2007, the envelope-pushing series was recognized with prestigious Peabody Award for the episode titled, “Return of the King,” which was written by McGruder, and re-imagines Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. awakening from a coma and reacting to contemporary phenomena from gansta rap to the War on Terror. In 2005 the series was also nominated for a NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Comedy Series.

Regina King voices brothers Huey and Riley Freeman, the two characters central to the series, while John Witherspoon voices Robert Jebediah Freeman AKA Granddad, the boys’ cantankerous grandfather. Rounding out the cast are Gary Anthony Williams, Cedric Yarbrough, Jill Talley and Gabby Soleil. Williams voices several characters on the show including Granddad’s curmudgeonly associate Uncle Ruckus who has a fervent dislike of black people. He’s a mainstay in Woodcrest turning up ubiquitously as a valet, waiter, and hospital janitor, among other things. Cedric Yarbrough also voices several characters including Tom Dubois, an earnest do-good, law-abiding district attorney. Jill Talley voices the character of Sarah Dubois, Tom’s wife, among other characters, and Gabby Soleil voices Dubois’s daughter Jazmine, the adorable but naive girl next door.

The show’s second season brings a diverse group of rappers, recording artists, actors and media personalities to the guest voice mix, including: Busta Rhymes, Donald Faison, Snoop Dogg, Cee-Lo (Gnarls Barkley), Ghostface Killah, Lil Wayne, Tichina Arnold, Tavis Smiley, Cedric the Entertainer, Bill Duke, Monique and Fatman Scoop. Reprising their guest roles from last season are Mos Def, Xzibit, Charlie Murphy and Katt Williams, among others.

McGruder first brought Huey and Riley Freeman to life in April 1999. The Boondocks comic strip was published in over 150 newspapers, making it the second largest launch for a strip ever. Within its first few months in print, The Boondocks quickly made its way into 200 publications, and at its peak the groundbreaking strip was read in more than 300 newspapers nationwide. Through his adolescent characters, McGruder tackled topics such as race relations, interracial marriage, bi-racial identity and juvenile delinquency, in addition to political happenings and current events. Not surprisingly, it’s McGruder’s edgy take on these issues that often drew criticism and even resulted in the strip being pulled from newspapers or moved to their op-ed pages.

The Boondocks was created and is executive produced by Aaron McGruder. Reginald Hudlin also serves as an Executive Producer. The series is produced by Rebel Base in association with Sony Pictures Television.

-From The Boondocks - Official Site