Sam Connon Breaks Down Rick And Morty Season 9 Premiere at 11 p.m. ET
rick and morty season 9 starts with Episode 1 on Adult Swim at 11 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 24, and the premiere is titled There’s Something About Morty. The season opener runs around 22 minutes, then lands on HBO Max on Monday, May 25.
Adult Swim at 11 p.m. ET
Ten episodes make up Season 9, and Adult Swim is keeping the run on a weekly cadence from the premiere through the finale on Sunday, July 26. That means viewers who want the first airing need the cable channel; viewers who wait a day can stream each episode on HBO Max.
The schedule gives the season a clean rollout instead of a dump-and-binge release. For a series that has been running for more than 12 years, that weekly pattern keeps each episode in the conversation longer, especially once the next-day streaming window opens.
What Monday May 25 changes
By Monday, May 25, the premiere is no longer locked to Adult Swim. HBO Max gets the episode the day after broadcast, so the first week of Season 9 effectively splits the audience between live cable viewing and next-day streaming.
Sam Connon, a DraftKings Network writer, broke down the viewing details before the season launch, and the practical takeaway is simple: the earliest place to catch the new season is Adult Swim at 11 p.m. ET on May 24, while HBO Max becomes the fallback for anyone who misses the broadcast.
Season 10 and beyond
Adult Swim cut ties with co-creator and lead voice actor Justin Roiland in 2023, then renewed Rick and Morty for Season 10 that same year and through Season 12 in 2024. The show is expected to continue through at least 2029, and a President Curtis spinoff is slated for later in 2026.
That gives Season 9 a different feel from the early years, when the show leaned harder on long-running mythology. With the larger arc now largely in the rear-view mirror, the cleanest reason to tune in is the schedule itself: a fixed weekly release, a 10-episode run, and immediate next-day access on HBO Max for anyone who misses the cable premiere.
