Season 1

The first season of 12 Oz. Mouse premiered on June 19th, 2005, and finished its run on January 1st, 2006. The first episode, "Hired", aired on [adult swim] as a special presentation during the summer of 2005. The series then returned to television on October 20th, 2005, and officially ended on New Years Day 2006. Over the span of six months, 7, 11-minute episodes were ultimately released.

Production & Development
The series was picked up by [adult swim] after Maiellaro pitched the concept to them during a table read. While pitching the series' scripts, Maeillero would state the budget roughly being "five dollars" and would "take some of the paper sitting in the copier." An obscure early pilot was produced but it has never been released and is now completely lost. Originally, the program was intended to lack a true plot, with each episode standing on its own. Though, while beginning to develop the second episode, Maiellaro "snapped into the serial thing" and introduced a story behind the series and world of 12 Oz. Mouse.

Home Video Releases:

 * Season 1 was released onto the shows first and only DVD titled "12 Oz. Mouse: The Movie" where the whole series was spliced together to create a movie, adding some new footage to the show as well.