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Home Movies season 4

season of television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ5888569 ↗
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The fourth and final season of the American animated sitcom Home Movies first aired in the United States on the Adult Swim programming block for the television network Cartoon Network from November 11, 2003 to April 4, 2004. Co-creators Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard, along with Tom Snyder, served as executive producers for the season.

The series followed the adventures of 8-year-old aspiring filmmaker, Brendon Small, who writes, directs, and stars in homemade film productions that he creates with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis. Brendon and Melissa's soccer coach, John McGuirk, is a selfish, short-tempered alcoholic who constantly gives the two bad advice. Brendon's divorced single mother, Paula must deal with juggling her children, her job as a creative writing teacher, and her romantic life.

Episodes

Home release

The DVD boxset for season four was released by Shout! Factory on May 16, 2006. Other than all thirteen episodes of the season, the DVD included several bonus features, including interviews with the cast and crew, animatics, an animation gallery, commentary tracks, and a bonus soundtrack CD.

Home Movies: Bonus CD

Home Movies: Bonus CD is a soundtrack album to the show Home Movies. It was released May 16, 2006, and includes fifty-two songs which were featured throughout the series. The CD comes packaged with the DVD release of the show's fourth season box set.

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“Home Movies season 4” enters the record as season of television series. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Home, Movies and season can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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