Bless the Harts is an American adult animated sitcom created by Emily Spivey for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Debuting on September 29, 2019, the series is executive produced by Spivey, Andy Bobrow, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Seth Cohen. The series is a joint production between Fox Entertainment, 20th Television and Titmouse, Inc.. The animation production is handled by 20th Television Animation, with overseas animation services by Yearim and Digital eMation in Seoul, South Korea. The show's title is based on the Southern phrase "Bless your heart". In October 2019, the series was renewed for a second season which had a 21-episode order. The second season premiered on September 27, 2020.
Spivey and Bobrow served as co-showrunners for the series' run. In April 2021, it was announced that the second season would be the final season of the series
Bless the Harts follows a working-class family living in North Carolina. The main protagonist, waitress Jenny Hart, struggles to make ends meet. Her artistically talented daughter Violet Hart and mother Betty Hart live with her along with her boyfriend Wayne, and there are other recurring characters also in the series. The show's creator Emily Spivey has stated that it is based on her life growing up in High Point, North Carolina and is set in the state's Triad region. The name of the show's fictional town, Greenpoint, is a portmanteau of Greensboro and High Point; a map in the episode "The Last Supper" shows Greenpoint in northeast Forsyth County in the region.
Bless the Harts loosely shares a universe with the Fox series King of the Hill, which ran from 1997 to 2010. Spivey cites King of the Hill as her major influence for creating Bless the Harts. The fictional superstore Mega Lo Mart, first introduced in King of the Hill, makes several appearances in Bless the Harts