Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestA couple of roaches move in upstairs with the rodents and no one is happy, but Max and Berkeley convince the others to let them stay. They soon question that decision, however, when the roaches start multiplying and the entire upstairs becomes covered in wall-to-wall baby roaches!
Capitol Critters is an animated television series about the lives of mice, rats, and roaches who reside in the basement and walls of the White House in Washington, D.C. The series was produced by Steven Bochco Productions and Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC, which aired seven out of the show's 13 episodes from January 31, 1992 to March 14, 1992. Cartoon Network later aired all 13 episodes in 1995. The series was part of a spate of attempts by major networks to develop prime time animated shows to compete with the surprise success of Fox's The Simpsons, alongside CBS's Fish Police and Family Dog. All three proved unsuccessful and were quickly cancelled.
Acting
Neil Patrick Harris as a naive mouse before Doogie Howser ended.
Production
Hanna-Barbera + Steven Bochco = the unholy alliance nobody asked for.
Creators
Nat Mauldin, Steven Bochco, Michael I. Wagner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of a 1992 animated arms race where CBS, ABC and NBC all rushed out Simpsons clones. All died.
Steven Bochco was the king of gritty adult drama (Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue) and somehow thought 'mice in politics' was the logical next move.
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