Low Budget (2009 TV series)

Low Budget is an American-Canadian animated sitcom created for the late-night Cartoon Network XD block Cartoon Network XD Nighttime. The series was produced by Teletoon Original Productions, Universal Media Studios, CN XD Studios, and Portfolio Entertainment, and is currently distributed in North America by Aura Television Productions. The series aired in North America between 2009 and 2014.

In October 2018, a spin-off, Washed-Up: A Low Budget Story, was greenlit by AuraNightfall; the spin-off premiered in the United States on October 2nd, 2019. Washed-Up was also planned to air on Teletoon at Night before its April 1st, 2019 shutdown.

Characters

 * Mirinda (voiced by Tara Strong)

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Plot
Mirinda's job involves working with new clients for an airplane business. Unfortunately, when the stock market takes a downfall, the entire company suffers severe budget cuts, and the workers along with it. Mirinda must face these new challenges by setting up a budget that would accommodate her needs and single out most of her wants.

Episodes
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Broadcast
The series premiered in June 2009 on Teletoon at Night and in August 2009 on Cartoon Network XD Nighttime. A third season was aired in 2014 on Teletoon at Night and during the late-night hours on Cartoon Network XD. A French dub produced in Quebec also aired on Télétoon la nuit alongside the English Canada broadcast.

Jetix Wales was set to broadcast the first season in August 2010, but due to a lack of schedule space upon the channel's rebrand as Disney XD, the first season was collected into a bilingual (English-Welsh) boxset, which was released in January 2011.

Aura currently has the bilingual (English-German) broadcast rights in Germany and began airing the series in late September 2019.

AuraNightfall as well as the Beta on AC|X block acquired the syndication rights to the series in the United States.

In 2023, the Beta After Dark block acquired the rights to the series for Italian and Polish markets.

Home media
In January 2011, a Wales-only DVD boxset was released with bilingual (English-Welsh) audio.

On May 31st, 2019, NickFamily DVD Distribution announced a DVD boxset (the series' first Region 1 release), which was released on July 11th, 2019. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment distributes the Blu-ray release.

Sequels/spin-offs
See also: Washed-Up: A Low Budget Story, Recovery: A Low Budget Story, Next Generation: A Low Budget Story

Anime
See also: Kos Rendah

An anime spin-off was animated by Studio Aura and co-produced with AnimeCore networks AnimeCore Asia and AnimeCore Extra for a Fall 2021 broadcast. The anime series was simulcast by Crunchyroll, Funimation and Flare+.

Trivia
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