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The fourth season of the animated sitcom Home Movies originally began airing in the United States on the television network Cartoon Network on November 11, 2003, with the episode "Everyone's Entitled To My Opinion." The season was broadcast every Sunday night at 11:00 p.m. on the network's Adult Swim programming block. Series co-founders Brendon Small and Loren Bouchard, along with Tom Sydner, served as executive producers for the season. Small and Bill Braudis acted as writers for the season, while Bouchard was director throughout.

The series follows the life of 8-year-old Brendon Small, who writes, directs, and stars in several homemade film productions that he creates with his friend Melissa and Jason. Brendon and Melissa's soccer coach, John McGuirk, is an alcoholic who constantly becomes involved with the kids' lives and gives them bad advice on life. Brendon's mother, Paula, meanwhile, is divorced and jugging her children, her job as a creative writing teacher, and romantic life.

The main cast for the season consisted of Small, Janine Ditullio, H. Jon Benjamin, and Melissa Bardin Galsky. As noted by reviewer Jesse Hassenger of Pop Matters, the season explored several different themes other then generally filmmaking, including film reviewing and theater productions. Music also plays a prominent part throughout the season. The episode "Camp" featured guest performances from John Linnell and John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants. The "Bye Bye Greasy" episode satirizes musicals such as Grease and Bye Bye Birdie. "Temporary Blindness" featured countless cultural references to rock operas performed by band The Who.

The fourth season also served as the final of the series' broadcast run; the last episode of the season, "Focus Grill," acted as the series finale. Mike Lazzo, executive vice president of Adult Swim, informed the crew of the series' cancellation, simply remarking—as Small puts it—"No matter what the numbers are, no matter what happens – we're not going to bring the show back." Small decided to write "Focus Grill" with the idea that it was a finale in mind, knowing that "nothing positive happening." After the episode's broadcast, he received several e-mails from fans, informing him that they cried watching it.

The complete season DVD was released by Shout! Factory on November 15, 2005, a few months after the release of the first season DVD. It contained all thirteen episodes along with an assortment of bonus features, along with a special bonus CD.