Though Adult Swim has not yet given any official announcement as to when popular animated science fiction comedy television series "Rick and Morty" would be returning with its third season, fans are still hoping that series creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon would be keeping true to their word by airing the new season before the year ends. Though the network's silence has caused a number of fans to worry that "Rick and Morty" season 3 would see a delay in its release, new reports indicate that the show could make its expected airing in December.

According to a report by Game N Guide, despite its rumored delay, "Rick and Morty" could very well air its third season this December. Some of the series' new writers Sarah Carbiener and Erica Rosbe revealed in a podcast with Chicks Who Script that they have completed their work on the show and the series was making its way for its 2016 release. Though there wasn't any specific date mentioned, speculation has it that Adult Swim could air season 3 of "Rick and Morty" during the early weeks of December.

The very first season of the brassy and improvisational animated series made its big debut on Dec. 2 and if the network were to follow the trend, it could mean that "Rick and Morty" season 3 would premiere around the same time as well.

Meanwhile, in other "Rick and Morty" news, it looks like season 3 of the series won't be holding Rick in prison for very long.

Though the dramatic season 2 finale of "Rick and Morty" ended with Rick giving himself up to the Intergalactic Federation for the sake of his family, Den of Geek reports that the series would be dealing with Rick's imprisonment directly in season 3.

"I don't think anybody wants to do a third season that simply spends a whole bunch of episodes dealing with a situation that we created at the end of the second season. So I think that's a non-spoiler way of saying things should be okay pretty quickly," Harmon said in an interview with the publication.