For patient Rick and Morty fans, the long wait for new multigenerational universe-hopping adventures is nearly over. In May 2019, WarnerMedia (parent company of Adult Swim) held its "upfront" presentation in New York. Most networks do this, presenting their upcoming slate of new and returning series so as to attract advertisers and generate buzz. When Warner's talk turned to their late-night mature-and-strange programming block, fans hoped against hope that there'd be some good news about the long-awaited fourth season of Rick and Morty, Adult Swim's most significant cultural phenomenon and biggest hit in a long time.
Warner delivered, announcing that Rick and Morty would return to cable television in November 2019. But when, exactly, in November 2019? Warner didn't say, only that the series would show up sometime in the weeks or days before or after Thanksgiving. Speculation ran rampant that the exact date just might fall around the 19th. That's the date a Rick and Morty-themed Dungeons & Dragons book hits stores, and it would stand to reason that the show and book would have similar release dates, for cross-promotional purposes.
Indeed, on October 6, 2019, the Adult Swim Twitter account revealed that Rick and Morty season 4 will debut on Sunday, November 10, at 11:30 p.m.
