Animated Comedy Series 'Final Space' Coming to TBS in 2018: Watch the Trailer

A new comedy series called "Final Space" is coming to TBS in 2018, and the network released a sneak peek at what's in store for the animated space opera. 

Created by indie filmmaker Olan Rogers, "Final Space" features an astronaut named Gary Space and his adorable extraterrestrial sidekick, Mooncake. Gary journeys through space on a mission to find the edge of the universe

Rogers stars as the voice of Gary Space, and David Tennant of "Doctor Who" will play the role of the evil Lord Commander. Other celebrity voices you can expect to hear in "Final Space" include TV host Conan O'Brien, Fred Armisen of "Saturday Night Live" and Steven Yeun of "The Walking Dead." [Top 10 Space-Faring Superheroes]

Complete with rockets, asteroids, lasers, little green aliens and a spacesuit-wearing anthropomorphic cat, "Final Space" looks like it's going to be a pretty epic space adventure. TBS has not yet announced an air date for the premiere, but the network plans to air it sometime in early 2018. 

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Hanneke Weitering
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Hanneke Weitering is a multimedia journalist in the Pacific Northwest reporting on the future of aviation at FutureFlight.aero and Aviation International News and was previously the Editor for Spaceflight and Astronomy news here at Space.com. As an editor with over 10 years of experience in science journalism she has previously written for Scholastic Classroom Magazines, MedPage Today and The Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After studying physics at the University of Tennessee in her hometown of Knoxville, she earned her graduate degree in Science, Health and Environmental Reporting (SHERP) from New York University. Hanneke joined the Space.com team in 2016 as a staff writer and producer, covering topics including spaceflight and astronomy. She currently lives in Seattle, home of the Space Needle, with her cat and two snakes. In her spare time, Hanneke enjoys exploring the Rocky Mountains, basking in nature and looking for dark skies to gaze at the cosmos.