The Ricky Gervais Show is a American cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO and Channel 4. The series is an animated model of the British podcasts and audio books of the identical name, which feature Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, along with friend and writer Karl Pilkington, talking about various subjects on the other side of the microphone. The TV show contains past sound recordings of these unscripted"pointless conversations," with animation drawn into a style similar to classic era Hanna Barbera animations, presenting events and events in a literal context. 39 episodes across three seasons have aired since it premiered in 2010. There were several plans to get a possible fourth summer which may purchased newly listed sound, but that is shelved in June 2012. Series 3 of this Ricky Gervais Show expired April 2012 on on 8 May 2012 on E4, also HBO.