In what year did 'Rick and Morty' first air?

Rick and Morty first aired in 2013, premiering on Adult Swim on December 2 of that year. The first episode was titled “Pilot.”

The series was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Adult Swim, Cartoon Network’s late-night programming block. Its premise follows the reckless scientist Rick Sanchez and his anxious grandson Morty Smith as they move between family life, alien worlds, and alternate dimensions.

Before the premiere, Adult Swim announced a development slate featuring a Rick and Morty pilot in May 2012. The network ordered the show to series in October 2012, and its first season eventually ran for 11 episodes, concluding in April 2014.

A common mix-up is confusing the show’s development and production dates with its broadcast debut. The project was developed and commissioned before 2013, but the series itself first aired in December 2013. The show’s deliberately simple premise became a foundation for increasingly complex continuity involving multiple realities, the Citadel, and the Central Finite Curve.