As the show continues to garner rave reviews, Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon addresses the show's future after its 70-episode order. Since its premiere in late 2013, Harmon and Justin Roiland's adult animated comedy has become a pop culture sensation, scoring widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike for its unique humor, in-depth writing and performances from its voice cast, namely Roiland in his titular double role. In addition to garnering two Primetime Emmy wins, Rick and Morty has spawned a multimedia franchise that includes various comic books, video games and TV spinoffs, including the recently released The Vindicators 2.

The show's popularity nearly came to a head when Adult Swim and Harmon and Roiland began negotiating new contracts for its future after season 3, resulting in a major Rick and Morty 70-episode order split over an unspecified number of seasons. Four years since the deal was first drafted, two seasons of Rick and Morty have aired, with season 6 currently set to begin airing in September and expected to consist of 10 episodes in the same vein of seasons 4 and 5. Though 40 more episodes are yet to be produced for the show, one creative is already looking to Rick and Morty's future.

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While speaking in a roundtable interview with Screen Rant for the show's next season, Dan Harmon addressed Rick and Morty's future after its 70-episode order. The creator confirmed that there are hopes from him and his team to keep the animated comedy going and shared how the major renewal from Adult Swim improved the show. See what Harmon said below:

Well, in my opinion, yeah, I very much expect the show to go beyond that [70-episode] order. I don’t think that’s jinxing it, I mean, it just seems like, “Okay, we’ve got a certain amount of momentum here.” The 70-episode order, to me, was like, “Well, how much can we commit to?” It was a two-way street between us and the network saying we’re going to take this very seriously, right? We’re not going to go develop a bunch of stuff unless we hire like a Scott Marder to run the shop. But in any case, it’s a commitment to professionalism and stuff, and it was an important one. It’s like, “Oh, we got tenure, we’re told that we have a job tomorrow no matter what we do.” The result of that a couple of steps later is now Scott has got the show on such a schedule that, for the first time in the show’s life, we’re looking at doing a season every year. It worked great, getting that order was exactly what we needed to grow up.

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If Harmon, Roiland and their writing team continue to craft 10-episode seasons, the Rick and Morty 70-episode order would see the show run to at least season 10, an impressive feat by any means, let alone an adult animated series. Previously, fellow Adult Swim series The Venture Bros. held the record for the network's longest-running original show and for the fewest seasons produced of any scripted show per year, running for seven seasons over 15 years. With Rick and Morty set to consist of 100 episodes, it will easily surpass The Venture Bros., namely as the Jonny Quest-spoofing series was canceled in 2020, but will conclude with a feature-length finale.

Though he may not directly confirm whether the show is continuing, Harmon's assurance that he, Roiland and their team have a future in mind for Rick and Morty after its 70-episode order should come as exciting insight for fans of the show. Roiland and Marder have previously teased ideas for a Rick and Morty movie, which some have held out hopes for with the live-action commercials featuring Christopher Lloyd and Jaeden Martell as the titular duo, while multiple spinoffs are currently in the works, including an anime series. While audiences await news on the show's future, they can revisit the first five seasons of Rick and Morty streaming on Hulu and HBO Max now and season 6 set to premiere on September 4.