Overview

• Long Story Short premiered on Netflix on Aug. 22, 2025, introducing an adult animated series centered on one family across decades.
• Created by BoJack Horseman’s Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the show adopts a gentler tone that foregrounds human relationships over satire.
• Critics praise its non-linear structure that hops from the 1990s to the 2020s (with a 1959 glimpse) to reveal character growth and connections.
• The series focuses on a modern Jewish American family and their cultural, religious, and generational experiences, with a Bay Area backdrop.
• Featuring Lisa Edelstein, Ben Feldman, Abbi Jacobson, Max Greenfield, Paul Reiser, and guest voices like Dave Franco and Nicole Byer, the show was renewed for Season 2 before launch, though outlets disagree on whether Season 1 has eight or ten episodes.