Comedy Central advertises it as the first animated reality show, though technically, it is an animated sitcom set on a fictitious TV reality show. The show's eight cartoon characters (mostly recognizable parodies of cartoon archetypes, but which also double as parodies of the general personality types that inhabit TV reality shows) agreed to live in a house together in a setup similar to that of The Real World.

In some episodes, characters participate in challenges that are based on reality TV challenges. The show is made by Rough Draft Studios in Glendale, California, with much of the animation done at the studio's facilities in Korea.

Two seasons have been completed to date. Season 3 began airing on Thursday, October 5, 2006, and is taking a mid-season break which started on November 15, 2006. The show's status is currently in limbo. Comedy Central has not ordered a fourth season, but the show has not been officially cancelled. In emails sent to fans by co-creator Matt Silverstein, he states that Comedy Central considers the show "way too dirty and way too expensive" for the network, but has indicated that there is a chance the show could return if the network's upcoming new shows fail. Sales figures for the upcoming Season Two DVD release, along with television ratings for the second half of Season Three, are also expected to play a role in determining whether or not the show continues. The DVD is scheduled for release on September 25, 2007, with the second half of Season Three to begin airing on Thursday, October 4.

In March 2007, it was announced that creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein have left Comedy Central and signed a two year contract with Fox Broadcasting Company to create new series and/or work on the network's existing ones. A fourth season for Drawn Together remains a possibility; however, Jeser and Silverstein would no longer be involved with the show on a day-to-day basis.

Comedy Central's original tagline for the show was "Find out what happens when cartoon characters stop being polite - and start making out in hot tubs," referring to Clara and Foxxy's kiss in the pilot episode. The line is a parody of The Real World's tagline, "Find out what happens when people stop being polite - and start getting real." The aforementioned hot tub kiss is considered one of the show's defining images; Comedy Central based nearly all of its first-season promotional material for Drawn Together on it.

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