High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first season of the animated sitcom Home Movies originally began airing in the United States on the television network UPN on April 26, 1999, with the episode "Get Away From My Mom." Co-founders Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard, along with Tom Sydner, served as writers, executive producers, and directors for the season. The season utilized Sydner`s signature "squigglevision" animation style, though it would change to a more "conventional" style in subsequent seasons.