HBO has ordered two seasons of the new half-hour animated comedy series “Merrick & Treves.” The project comes from “Archer” co-creator Adam Reed along with Casey Willis and Lucky Yates, who serve as co-creators and executive producers.
The series is set inside Queen Victoria’s top-secret “Royal Temporal Constabulary,” and follows a team of unlikely heroes. Across the outlets, the same premise is emphasized: the characters travel through time as part of a covert unit tied to historical authority figures. Coverage focuses on HBO’s return to animated comedy and frames the order as coming from creative talent already associated with long-running FX animation.
While each outlet presents the announcement similarly, the reporting differs mainly in emphasis—some highlight HBO’s broader animated strategy, while others focus more on the creators’ “Archer” pedigree and the show’s logline and setting. All describe the order as for two seasons and position it as a new animated comedy for HBO’s schedule.
