Kevin is an American adult animated sitcom created by Joe Wengert and Aubrey Plaza for Amazon Prime Video. The show depicts Kevin, the titular anthropomorphic cat, adjusting to life on his own following the separation of his two owners in a fictional version of New York City. The series was released on April 20, 2026. On June 19, 2026, it was announced that the series was canceled after one season.
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Premise
After his owners separate from each other, Kevin, an anthropomorphic cat living in New York City, moves into a pet rescue in Astoria, Queens with a group of misfit animals.
Voice cast and characters
Main
Jason Schwartzman as Kevin, a neurotic tuxedo cat exploring life on his own.
Amy Sedaris as Brandi, Seth's pet Shih Tzu.
Aparna Nancherla as Judy, a sickly Scottish Fold kitten.
Gil Ozeri as Seth, the human owner of "Furrever Friends" pet rescue.
Aubrey Plaza as Dana, Kevin's former human owner.
John Waters as Armando, a Persian cat.
Whoopi Goldberg as Cupcake, a feral hairless cat.
Guest
Quinta Brunson
Neil Casey
Mike Mitchell
Pam Murphy
Jim O'Heir
Ben Rogers
Carl Tart
Lamar Woods
John Milhiser
Debby Ryan
Maria Bamford
Joe Wengert
Nick Wiger
Joe Locke
Patti LuPone
Charles Melton
Addison Rae
Seth Kirschner
Stephen Malkmus
Lennon Parham
Stephanie Allynne
Aaron Jackson
Tig Notaro
Eugene Cordero
Cary Elwes
Production
The series was produced through co-creator Aubrey Plaza's Evil Hag Productions banner in collaboration with Titmouse, Inc., and Amazon MGM Studios.
On June 19, 2026, co-creator Joe Wengert revealed on his Instagram account that Amazon Prime Video had canceled the series after one season.
Release
On March 2, 2026, Amazon MGM Studios revealed the series' title sequence. The first episode was shown on April 16, 2026, at Metrograph in New York City. All eight episodes of the series were released on April 20, 2026, on Amazon Prime Video.
Music
Music for the series was composed by Dan Romer. The opening title song "I'm Coming Home" was performed by Schwartzman, who co-wrote the song with Romer.
Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 64% approval rating based on 11 critic reviews. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 62 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
In a positive review for Variety, Alison Herman praised the show's "enjoyable chaos", noting the similarities of the series to other shows like Big Mouth and Broad City.
In a negative review for The Guardian, critic Sarah Dempster described the series as being "so irretrievably bad it must never be allowed to happen again", giving the show one-star out of five. Clint Worthington for RogerEbert.com found it inferior to its stylistic influences, namely Bojack Horseman and Tuca & Bertie, and criticized the quality of the show's animation as well as its repetitive humour.
