Ricky Gervais Says He Is 'Never So Happy' As Netflix Series Alley Cats Tops Chart Despite One-star Reviews'

The six-part animated series, which marks Gervais’ first TV comedy since the conclusion of his hit Netflix drama After Life in 2022, follows a gang of foul-mouthed feral cats as they attempt to help a lost kitten find its way home. Gervais voices Gus, a cynical orange tabby, and is joined by frequent collaborators including Tom Basden, Diane Morgan, David Earl and Andrew Brooke. The series has been widely panned by critics, with The Independent’s Louis Chilton giving it just one star in his review.

For the past two decades, the increasingly futile question hanging over Gervais’s career has been whether he will ever make something as brilliant as The Office again, he wrote. Alley Cats makes me wonder if he even has it in him to make another Life’s Too Short. The 65-year-old comedian, however, seemed defiant as he celebrated the cartoon’s Netflix success.

Oh. My. God, he wrote on Instagram, alongside a picture of the show occupying the top spot in Netflix’s chart.