The New Norm
The New Norm is an American adult animated sitcom web series created by Akiva and Sophia Prell, and developed by José Behar. Developed and marketed as "The First Animated Sit-Com on X", the series premiered with a three-minute pilot on June 25, 2024 and was released on the series' X account. JP Sears stars as the titular Norm, alongside a voice cast also including Dave Rubin and Larry Elder.
Synopsis
The series chronicles the life of Norm, a conservative man whose life is turned upside down when Chaz, a non-binary influencer, is sent to live with his family in an attempt to "re-educate" Norm.Cast and characters
Much of the series' voice cast is uncredited.Main
- JP Sears as Norm, a right-wing trophy shop worker who is opposed to the increasingly "woke" nature of America
- Dave Rubin as Chaz, a non-binary influencer who moves in with Norm and his family as a form of parole to re-educate him
- Larry Elder as Charlie, Norm's like-minded best friend and boss
- Chloe, Norm's left-wing daughter who immediately develops an infatuation for Chaz, uncredited
- Janice, Norm's pacifistic wife who attempts to keep peace during family arguments, uncredited
- OMNI, an AI robot in Norm's tracking anklet programmed to call out any of Norm's statements it judges to be offensive, uncredited
Guests
- Uncredited as Hillary Clinton
- Uncredited as Vladimir Putin
- Uncredited as an unnamed "DEI hire"
- Uncredited as Dave Portnoy
Episodes
Reception
Jacob Weindling of Splinter called it "bigoted babybrained bullshit" and "a perfect window into the low-grade conservative comedian mind".Writing for UnHerd, Gareth Roberts praised the "well designed" characters and "decent voice performances", but otherwise criticised the show, saying "it is not just terrible but flesh-creepingly awful. The jokes, such as they are, all crash like bags of tools being dropped down a lift shaft".