Static Shock is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It premiered in September 2000 on the Kids' WB! block and ran for four seasons, with a total of 52 half-hour episodes. The series centers around the adventures of DC Comics superhero Virgil Ovid Hawkins/Static and is loosely based on the original Static comics, which tended to be more violent and dealt with more mature themes. The series predates the re-appearance of Static in the main DC continuity by several years. After the show's initial run on The WB it was later picked up for rebroadcast by... Cartoon Network, airing initially during the Miguzi block. Disney XD began airing reruns of the series in February 2009 in the United States. Currently, Warner Bros. has no plans to release the series on DVD. However the company has stated that it wishes to eventually release all of the DC animated universe on DVD. As of 2011, the first season is currently available for download on iTunes. AJ McLean and Neil Patrick Harris were special guests on the show. Virgil was a simple fourteen-year-old trying to survive high school.
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| On the air: | September 23, 2000-May 22, 2004 |
| Number of seasons: | 4 |
| Network: | Kids' WB |
| Writers: | Paul Dini, Adam Beechen, John Ridley |
| Genre: | Animation |