SummaryBrothers Mark and Hank Hoagies (both voiced by Adam Malamut) have a lot of free time and no money worries after losing their jobs and getting $3,000 per month as part of a basic income program in the animated comedy created by Adam and Craig Malamut.
Created By:Adam Malamut, Craig Malamut
Universal Basic Guys
Season 1 Premiere:
Sep 8, 2024
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Mixed or Average
41
User score
Generally Favorable
6.4
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Sep 6, 2024
55
Fans of Fox’s existing male-skewing animated comedy lineup will likely welcome “UBG,” which offers a similar comedic point of view: dumb dudes doing dumb things designed to make viewers laugh.
Sep 9, 2024
50
The series, created by Adam and Craig Malamut, does reveal occasional glimmers of a potential to become something more distinctive — typically in moments when it ditches the road well-traveled for stranger, more outlandish and often downright fantastical detours. But such moments are spread too thin over the course of a 13-episode first season better described as fine than fun.
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Generally Favorable
61% Positive
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9 Ratings
Sep 14, 2024
10
Best animated show on Fox since the Simpsons in my view! Really nice mix of comedic and heartwarming.
Nov 8, 2025
9
One of the only animated shows on TV that isn't all soft like the rest. Bob's Burgers has become pretty tame compared to what it used to be and Universal Basic guys is picking up the slack. The show is hilarious.
Sep 9, 2024
30
While the premise is interesting enough, the show is stuffed with tiresome jokes that fail to pack a punch.
Sep 4, 2024
25
Overall, its aggressively bro tone—especially as it’s often presented in quotation marks, winking at you that it knows what it’s doing even as it offers no commentary on which to hang that ironic posturing—remains strident and borderline obnoxious throughout.
Sep 9, 2024
20
Simply put: Universal Basic Guys is a deeply unfunny show. And when it’s not funny, then all of the other problems the show has are amplified.
Mar 24, 2025
1
The worst fox animated series since bordertown, not funny or enjoyable to watch. There are better alternatives although some of them are already cancelled on fox.
Sep 20, 2024
0
The "adult humor" cartoon that is being made about twice a year to fail miserably. Why people do this to themselves?You can't even add working on that to your resume, because it would lower your chances of getting a real job.
