Tarantula is an American adult animated sitcom. It is adapted from a web series of the same name, which was released on YouTube by its creator, Carson Mell, from 2012 to 2015. It aired on TBS from December 4 until December 25, 2017. On March 19, 2018, TBS canceled the series after one season. Mell has since revived and continued the original web series that the TV series was based on.