In the Know explained

In the Know is an American adult stop-motion political satire television series developed by Zach Woods, Mike Judge and Brandon Gardner, and stars the voices of Woods, Judge, Caitlin Reilly, Carl Tart, J. Smith-Cameron, and Charlie Bushnell. The series is centered around the staff of an NPR program. It was released onto Peacock on January 25, 2024, and is notable for being the service's first original adult animated and stop-motion series.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Zach Woods as Lauren Caspian
• Caitlin Reilly as Fabian
• Carl Tart as Carl
• J. Smith-Cameron as Barb
• Charlie Bushnell as Chase
• Mike Judge as Sandy

Interviewees

• Jonathan Van Ness
• Kaia Gerber
• Ken Burns
• Finn Wolfhard
• Norah Jones
• Tegan and Sara
• Nicole Byer
• Roxane Gay
• Mike Tyson
• Jorge Masvidal
• Hugh Laurie

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 77% of thirteen critics' reviews are positive.^[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the first season a score of 69 out of 100, based on seven critics.^[4]

Melissa Camacho of Common Sense Media gave the series a 4 out of 5.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: 'In the Know' Review: This American Narcissist. Mike. Hale. The New York Times . January 24, 2024. NYTimes.com.
2. Web site: 'In the Know' Review: Peacock's Droll Stop-Motion NPR Send-Up From Mike Judge and Zach Woods. Angie. Han. . January 24, 2024.
3. Web site: In the Know . 2024-03-26 . Rotten Tomatoes . en.
4. Web site: In The Know . 2024-03-26 . Metacritic . en.
5. Web site: Movie & TV reviews for parents . In the Know TV Review . 2024-03-24 . www.commonsensemedia.org . en.