Ricky Gervais’ Alley Cats lands Netflix August 7 — foul-mouthed animated feline chaos

The litter box gets a writers’ room. Ricky Gervais’ Alley Cats — Netflix’s animated series about a gang of foul-mouthed felines and their feral misadventures — arrives August 7, 2026, the same day as The Last House. Tudum has been pitching it as one of August’s personality pieces: adult animation with Gervais’ deadpan cruelty aimed at alley politics instead of office parks.

Tone and slot

Expect After Life bleakness crossed with cartoon violence, not a kids’ spin-off. August 7 is a stacked Netflix day (sci-fi siege film + animated comedy), so Alley Cats is the palate cleanser between prestige dread and weekend scrolling. Episode count and exact rating land on the title page at drop.

Who it is for

Gervais stans and adult-animation hunters (think BoJack’s bitterness without the horseman prestige). Skip if you wanted cuddly cat content for the algorithm’s “pet” row — these cats would roast that thumbnail.

Three days out. Bring headphones. The neighbors do not need the meow track.