Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has additionally sent over a press release officially announcing and detailing ‘Mike Tyson Mysteries: The Complete First Season’ which is set to arrive home on DVD October 20, 2015 and it appears to be a DVD only release. Hit the jump to read the full announcement detailing the release of this popular Adult Swim series.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TIME TO KNOCK OUT SOME MYSTERIES WITH MIKE TYSON AND HIS TEAM AS WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON ON DVD ON OCTOBER 20, 2015
Adult Swim hit series Stars Pop-Culture Icon and Boxing Legend Mike Tyson
BURBANK, CA (July 1, 2015) – Iron Mike is taking the fight from the boxing ring to the streets when Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Mike Tyson Mysteries: The Complete First Season. In the animated adult comedy series, starring Mike Tyson himself, the former heavyweight champ is solving mysteries left and right with a little help from the Mike Tyson Mystery Team. This crime fighting team includes the ghost of the Marquess of Queensberry; Mike’s adopted Korean daughter, Yung Hee; and a pigeon who was once a man. The gloves come off as the former heavyweight champ and his team gear up for weekly adventures and put unsolved mysteries down for the count!
Mike Tyson Mysteries has become a new fan favorite, holding a spot amongst the top five shows on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim and is up for a nomination at the 2015 Annie Awards. Averaging 1.5 million viewers over its 10-episode run, the series is renewed for a second season, premiering this fall. Now fans can bring home the mystery-solving team, as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Mike Tyson Mysteries: The Complete First Season on DVD October 20, 2015 for $14.98 SRP.
Mike Tyson Mysteries is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and, in addition to Tyson, the series features the vocal talents of Norm Macdonald (Saturday Night Live), Rachel Ramras (The Looney Tunes Show) and Oscar® winner Jim Rash (Community). Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!, MAD, The Looney Tunes Show) serves as executive producer with Hugh Davidson (MAD, The Looney Tunes Show, Robot Chicken) as producer.
“Mike Tyson Mysteries has taken the genre of animated mysteries to hilarious and outlandish new places,” said Rosemary Markson, WBHE Senior Vice President, Television Marketing. “Number one in its timeslot for Adults 18-34, the show gained fans throughout the season, with viewership for the finale an astounding 46% higher than the premiere! We’re excited to give these fans the chance to enjoy their new favorite show anytime they want with the Complete First Season on DVD.”
10 Quarter-Hour Episodes
- The End
- Ultimate Judgment Day
- Heavyweight Champion of the Moon
- Is Magic Real?
- Mite Tyson
- A River Runs Through It into a Heart of Darkness
- Kidnapped!
- House Haunters
- Night Moves
- Ty-Stunned
About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment’s home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees.
About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing both CG and traditionally animated projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s TV series include Teen Titans Go! and The Tom and Jerry Show for Cartoon Network; the upcoming Be Cool Scooby-Doo! and Wabbit – A Looney Tunes Production for Cartoon Network; Mike Tyson Mysteries for Adult Swim; and the forthcoming Green Eggs and Ham for Netflix. As the home of the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films — including the DC Universe Animated Original Movies — for DVD. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has won six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).
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