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Universal Basic Guys

American adult animated sitcom

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Universal Basic Guys is an American animated sitcom created by Adam and Craig Malamut that premiered on September 8, 2024, on Fox. The show centers on a group of South Jersey factory workers who are enrolled in a universal basic income pilot program when their jobs are taken over by AI-powered robots, and left with a monthly income and a lot of free time to get into trouble. In May 2025, ahead of the second season premiere, the series was renewed for a third season. The second season premiered on September 28, 2025. The third season is slated to premiere on September 27, 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from “Universal Basic Guys” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.