<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network Studios . The series, set in a world in which imaginary friends coexist with humans, centers on an eight - year - old boy, Mac, who is pressured by his mother to abandon his imaginary friend, Bloo . After Mac discovers an orphanage dedicated to housing abandoned imaginary friends, Bloo moves into the home and is kept from adoption so long as Mac visits him daily . The episodes revolve around Mac and Bloo as they interact with other imaginary friends and house staff and live out their day - to - day adventures, often getting caught up in various predicaments . </P> <P> McCracken conceived the series after adopting two dogs from an animal shelter and applying the concept to imaginary friends . The show first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004, as a 90 - minute television film . On August 20, it began its normal run of twenty - to - thirty - minute episodes on Fridays, at 7 p.m. The series finished its run on May 3, 2009, with a total of six seasons and seventy - nine episodes . McCracken left Cartoon Network shortly after the series ended . Reruns air on Boomerang . </P>

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