Crude, controversial, outlandish and downright hilarious, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiered on August 4, 2005 and has aired for five seasons on FX. The half-hour series, starring

Charlie Day

,

Rob McElhenney

,

Glenn Howerton

,

Kaitlin Olson

and

Danny DeVito

, features the cast as self-centered owners of

Paddy's Irish Pub in Philadelphia

who will do just about anything, no matter how reprehensible, in an attempt to better their own situation. Serious issues such as

racism

,

abortion

,

underage drinking

,

molestation

,

gun control

,

cancer

and

death

somehow weave their way into the cockeyed universe of "The Gang." The characters are experts on every subject but actually possess expertise in nothing at all. They often use revisionist history to bolster their self-worth, which contrasts sharply with the true reality of their lives.

Initially shot by McElhenney, Howerton and Day on a hand-held digital camera and edited on a home computer for $200 – most of which went to pay for pizza and the cost of gasoline to drive to location shoots – FX picked up the show and re-shot the pilot (for a price significantly higher than that of the original $200). It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was created by McElhenney and is executive produced by McElhenney, Day and Howerton.

Michael Rotenberg

and

Nick Frenkel

are also executive producers. The series is produced by FX Productions and distributed by Twentieth Television.

The gang from Paddy's find a place on COMEDY CENTRAL as the critically-acclaimed comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia debuts on Monday, May 31 with back-to-back episodes from 9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. ET/PT. The series will air every Monday night in a two-hour block beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.