Fanboy & Chum Chum is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by Eric Robles for Nickelodeon. It is based on Fanboy, an animated short created by Robles for Nicktoons and Frederator Studios, which was broadcast on Random! Cartoons. The series was first broadcast October 12, 2009 on Nickelodeon as a preview, then officially premiered on November 6, 2009 after SpongeBob's Truth or Square. In the show, two slow-witted would-be superheroes attempt to rid their town of Galaxy Hills of evil, while annoying everyone around them.[1] The series premiere drew 5.8 million viewers.[2] The second episode was watched by 5.4 million viewers.[2] The series won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program at the 38th Daytime Emmy Awards.[3] The series initial release finished November 2, 2012, with one episode, "Brain Freeze", being released only on DVD in 2011, instead of being broadcast until it was finally aired on television on July 12, 2014.[4] The theme song was written by Brad Joseph Breeck and performed by experimental punk band The Mae Shi.[5]