Home Movies: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

TV series about the life of Brendon Small, an eight-year-old visionary who, using his friends Jason and Mellisa as actors, have managed to direct over a thousand homemade films. His parents are divorced, but it doesn't feel strange since so many other kids' parents are divorced. His friend Jason actually feels upset because his parents are still together. At school, he is taught soccer by his coach John McGirk, or as he calls him, "that weird Irish guy".

Series details

• Title: Home Movies
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 1999-04-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 2004-04-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Adult Swim
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 7760
• IMDb ID: tt0197159
• TVDB ID: 75318

Cast and credited roles

• H. Jon Benjamin — Coach John McGuirk, Jason Penopolis
• Brendon Small — Brendon Small
• Melissa Bardin Galsky — Melissa Robbins
• Janine Ditullio — Paula Small
• Loren Bouchard — Josie Small
• Paula Poundstone — Paula Small
• Ron Lynch — Ronald Lynch

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1999-04-26; final listed air date 2001-10-07.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-01-06; final listed air date 2002-03-31.
• Season 3: premiered 2002-08-04; final listed air date 2003-05-25.
• Season 4: premiered 2003-11-11; final listed air date 2004-04-04.

Source and licence

Adapted from Home Movies on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.