| Fairfax | |
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| Directed by | Angelo Hatgistavrou |
| Voices of | |
| Composer | Joseph Shirley |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Robbee Jones |
| Editor | Megan Love |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29) – June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10) |
Fairfax is an Americanadult animatedcomedy television series created by Matt Hausfater, Aaron Buchsbaum, and Teddy Riley. The series is voiced bySkyler Gisondo,Kiersey Clemons, Peter S. Kim, andJaboukie Young-White. It was released onAmazon Prime Video on October 29, 2021.
Fourmiddle school best friends embark on a never-ending quest for popularity onFairfax Avenue – Los Angeles' pulsing heart ofhypebeast culture.[1]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Matt Taylor | Teddy Riley, Aaron Buchsbaum, Matthew Hausfater | October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29) |
| 2 | 2 | "Big Peens" | Douglas Einar Olsen | Teddy Riley, Aaron Buchsbaum, Matthew Hausfater | October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29) |
| 3 | 3 | "Fairfolks" | Matt Taylor | Laura Pollak | October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29) |
| 4 | 4 | "Dale Hates His Dad" | Erica Hayes | Evan Waite | October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29) |
| 5 | 5 | "Chernobylfest" | Douglas Einar Olsen | Shana Gohd | October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29) |
| 6 | 6 | "Smells Like E-Spirit" | Erica Hayes | Evan Waite | October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29) |
| 7 | 7 | "Secure the Bag" | Matt Taylor, Patrick Kochakji | Connie Shin | October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29) |
| 8 | 8 | "Belly of the Hypebeast" | Doug Einar Olsen | Aaron Buchsbaum, Teddy Riley, Matthew Hausfater | October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29) |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 9 | 1 | "Fairfax at Night" | Erica Hayes | Aaron Buchsbaum, Teddy Riley, Matthew Hausfater | June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10) |
| 10 | 2 | "So You Think You Can Grieve?" | Patrick Kochakji | Shaun Diston | June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10) |
| 11 | 3 | "The Circle of Hype" | Douglas Einar Olsen | Laura Pollak | June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10) |
| 12 | 4 | "Career Day" | Erica Hayes, Becks Wallace | Marlena Rodriguez | June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10) |
| 13 | 5 | "This Binch is on Fire" | Patrick Kochakji | Michael Liebenson | June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10) |
| 14 | 6 | "Clout 9" | Douglas Einar Olsen | Jen Kim | June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10) |
| 15 | 7 | "Big Little Al's" | Erica Hayes, Becks Wallace | Ariel Ladensohn | June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10) |
| 16 | 8 | "Fashion War" | Patrick Kochakji | Aaron Buchsbaum, Matthew Hausfater, Teddy Riley | June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10) |
The project was first announced to be in development atAmazon Studios on December 19, 2019, with Matt Hausfater attached as co-creator.[2] On January 29, 2020,Amazon Prime Video gave the project a 2-season order consisting of 8 half-hour episodes per season, with Aaron Buchsbaum and Teddy Riley joining as co-creators and executive producing the project alongside Hausfater. It was also announced thatChris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, and Ben Kalina ofTitmouse, Inc. were set to also executive produce the series alongside Serious Business. The characters for the series were designed by graphic designer Somehoodlum.[1]
On September 29, 2021, it was announced thatSkyler Gisondo,Kiersey Clemons, Peter S. Kim, andJaboukie Young-White would make up the main voice cast withPamela Adlon,Yvette Nicole Brown,Rob Delaney,Zoey Deutch,John Leguizamo,Camila Mendes,Billy Porter, andBen Schwartz among the guest stars.[3]
All eight episodes of the first season premiered onAmazon Prime Video on October 29, 2021.[3] Season 2 was released on June 10, 2022.[4]
The first season holds an 83% approval rating on review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, based on 12 critic reviews.[5] Daniel Fienberg ofThe Hollywood Reporter called the series "...a fittingly ephemeral thing, more amusingly silly than deeply funny. It’s visually energetic, humorously frantic and populated by an exceptional voice cast. It’s much more invested in endless name-dropping than in being consistently substantive, but it does a good job of simultaneously respecting and mocking the world it’s depicting."[6] In a negative review, Megan Kirby ofThe A.V. Club wrote, "Fairfax presents itself as a show for the terminally online. But somehow, it only scratches the surface of the internet culture that makes up its whole premise."[7]
