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Adult Swim

May 04, 2024

Adult Swim (stylized as [adult swim] since 2003, and also abbreviated as [as]) is an American programming block broadcast by the American basic cable channel Cartoon Network during the evening, prime time, and late-night dayparts. The block features stylistically varied animated and live-action series targeting an adult audience. The content includes original programming (particularly comedies and action series), syndicated series, and short films with generally minimal or no editing for content. Adult Swim is programmed by Williams Street, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Television Studios that also produces much of the block's original programming.

Adult Swim
Logo used since May 25, 2003
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
Network
Headquarters
Programming
Language(s)
  • English
  • Spanish[b]
Picture format1080i HDTV[c]
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery (through Warner Bros. Discovery Networks)
ParentThe Cartoon Network, Inc.
Sister channels
List
History
LaunchedSeptember 2, 2001; 22 years ago (2001-09-02)
Founder
Links
WebcastLive Simulcast[d]
Websitewww.adultswim.com

Launched on September 2, 2001, Adult Swim has frequently aired animated sitcoms, adult animation features, parody, satire, mockumentaries, sketch comedy, and pilots, with many of its programs being aesthetically experimental, transgressive, improvised, and surrealist in nature. Adult Swim has contracted with various studios known for their productions in absurd and shock comedy.[1] In addition to comedy, Adult Swim also broadcasts Japanese anime and American action animation, and since May 2012 this type of programming has generally been aired on its Saturday night Toonami block, which itself is a relaunch of the original block of the same name that ran on Cartoon Network from March 1997 to September 2008.

Adult Swim initially ran in the late night hours.[2] It began to expand into prime time in 2008, and moved its start time to 8:00 p.m. ET/PT in 2014.[3][4] To take advantage of young adult viewership of Cartoon Network in the daypart, Adult Swim expanded further to 7:00 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays beginning in May 2023.[5] After experiencing success with the changes, Adult Swim further expanded to 5:00 p.m. on August 28, 2023; on weekdays, the expanded runtime is filled by "Checkered Past", a sub-block that features classic Cartoon Network original series from the 1990s and 2000s.[6]

Due to its differing demographics, Adult Swim is usually promoted by Warner Bros. Discovery as being a separate network time-sharing with Cartoon Network on its channel allotments, with its viewership being measured separately by Nielsen from the youth-oriented daytime and afternoon programming carried under the Cartoon Network branding.

History edit

Creation and development (1994–2001) edit

See also: Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Cartoon Network's original head programmer, Mike Lazzo, conceived Adult Swim.[7] The block grew out of Cartoon Network's previous attempts at airing content appropriate for adults who might be watching the channel after 11 pm (ET/PT). The network began experimenting with its late-night programming by airing anthology shows that presented uncensored classic cartoon shorts, such as ToonHeads, The Bob Clampett Show, The Tex Avery Show, Late Night Black and White, and O Canada. Another block, Toonami's "Midnight Run", aired the network's action programming uncut with minimal edits. At that time, one third of Cartoon Network's audience were adults.[8][9]

During the 1990s, prime time animation geared toward adults started growing popular due to the success of Fox's hit show The Simpsons.[10][11][12] This was followed by a trend of other adult-oriented animated shows throughout the decade, as well as more general-oriented animated series that garnered strong adult followings.

Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Network's first foray into original programming, was created in 1994 specifically for late-night adult audiences. The series was created by Mike Lazzo's Ghost Planet Industries, which eventually became Williams Street Studios, the producers and programmers of Adult Swim.

Between 4:00 am and 5:00 am on December 21, and December 30, 2000 (while Space Ghost Coast to Coast was on hiatus), several new Williams Street series made unannounced "stealth" premieres. Sealab 2021; Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law; Aqua Teen Hunger Force; and The Brak Show all premiered unannounced;[13] the official schedules listed the shows as "Special Programming".[14] Prior to that, in Entertainment Weekly, it was stated that Michael Ouweleen's next project was working on the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Pilot with J. J. Sedelmaier.[15] In a 1999 interview, the indie pop rock band Calamine stated they had recorded the theme song for Sealab 2021.[16] While entertaining pitches for a variety of adult cartoons, Lazzo realized the potential for packaging them as a complete adult-focused block. Different names were considered, including "ibiso", which was said to be Spanish for "stop", "Parental Warning" and "Parental Block" but he eventually settled on "Adult Swim" (a reference to the common policy at public swimming pools to have time intervals during the day when only adults are allowed in the pool[17]).

Cartoon Network originally intended to launch the adult animation block on April 1, 2001, but was delayed five months.[18] In June 2001, TV Guide had recorded an interview with Cartoon Network's former president, Betty Cohen. She stated there was a new programming block coming out in September that was aimed for an adult audience.[19][20] During this month at the Cartoon Network Confidential, "Cartoon Network's best originals and outrageous animated shorts for discriminating adults" in New York City, an upcoming episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast titled "Kentucky Nightmare", the stealth pilots from December, Captain Linger, and an episode of Home Movies were screened for free. The screening was part of the Toyota Comedy Festival.[21] On Saturday, July 21, 2001, the Space Ghost Coast to Coast panel at San Diego Comic Con had a trivia game in which the winners won a promotional CD that had the theme songs to the upcoming Adult Swim Shows.[22][23] Everybody who attended got a free Adult Swim t-shirt that was packaged to look like a roll of bandages that a lifeguard might carry.[24]

At the Comic Con, audiences got to see clips of the upcoming shows and vote for what show they wanted to see as a sneak peek. Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law was the winner and the pilot was screened. The Leave It to Brak episode "Mr. Bawk Ba Gawk" and Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "The Justice Hole" were also screened, as well as clips to the episode "Sweet for Brak".[22] On August 12, the first commercial advertising the new block aired on Cartoon Network.[25] Around this time a press kit came out that featured towels and a promotional CD.[26][27][28][29] Another press kit that was designed as a first aid kit came with a promo VHS with info on all the shows.[30][31][32] Access Hollywood also highlighted the upcoming premieres.[33] Print ads were shown in an August issue of Entertainment Weekly. On August 31, adultswim.com officially launched.[22]

2001–2003 edit

 
The first Adult Swim logo, used from September 2, 2001, to February 23, 2002

Adult Swim officially launched on September 2, 2001, at 10 p.m. ET, with the original debut airing of the Home Movies episode "Director's Cut",[34] which had been shelved before airing on its original network, UPN. According to Linda Simensky, "We had a bunch of episodes to screen for Mike Lazzo and by only the second episode, he yelled, "Buy it!" Cartoon Network bought the original five UPN episodes and ordered eight more to complete the season.[35][36] The series' first season was animated in Squigglevision; later seasons were done in flash animation. The first anime broadcast on the block also aired on the night of its launch, Cowboy Bebop.[37][38] Aqua Teen Hunger Force debuted on the block on September 9, with the episode "Escape from Leprechaupolis". The block initially aired on Sunday nights from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am ET, with a repeat of the same block on Thursday nights.

Adult Swim's original bumpers shown in-between the shows featured footage of elderly people swimming in public pools, eating, exercising, and doing other pool-related activities. It would show signs all around the pool saying things like "Warning Potential Violence", "Warning Strong Language in use", "Caution Sexual Innuendo", "Caution Limited Animation", "No Diving", "No Kids", "Warning Adult Situations",[39] and more. Some of these bumpers were narrated by a lifeguard who spoke through a megaphone. Most notably, he would shout "All kids out of the pool!". The logo was the words "Adult Swim" in all capital letters (or often an alternate version of the logo featured the block's name rendered in red and a black circle with a yellow penumbra, also used as the main logo from 2002 to 2003), shown after a freeze frame of the footage.[40] Sometimes they were even shown in reverse. The block's original theme music, titled "D-Code," was a remix of "Mambo Gallego" done by the Melbourne musician Dust Devil, originally played by Latin jazz musician Tito Puente Sr.[41]

Some of the bumps on the block included Aquaman Dance Party that featured a cartoon Aquaman dancing in front of live action landfill footage,[42] Captain Linger, a series of shorts created by J. J. Sedelmaier,[43] Watering Hole, a series of shorts about animals talking in a bar created by Soup2Nuts,[44] 1960s Hanna-Barbera action cartoons dubbed with the voices of children,[45] a series of shorts called Not for Air that had the speech of Hanna-Barbera characters bleeped to make it seem like the characters were swearing,[46] The New Adventures of The Wonder Twins,[47] What They're Really Thinking, which had a voice narrate a character's thoughts in a comedic way, and Brak Puppet Party, a puppet show featuring classic Hanna-Barbera characters.[48][49]

Commercials starring characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Brak Show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law, and Sealab 2021 started to appear as well, such as 1-800-CALL-ATT,[50] Nestea,[51] Dr Pepper,[52] Coca-Cola,[53] Dodge Ram,[54] Quizno's Sub,[55] Maximum Hair Dye, Verizon Wireless,[56] and movie promos for Austin Powers in Goldmember,[57] Kung Pow! Enter the Fist, Jackass: The Movie, Eight Legged Freaks,[58] and The Powerpuff Girls Movie.[59] Brak would also host a segment called Adult Swim News.[60] Due to the September 11 attacks, episodes of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Cowboy Bebop, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force were delayed.[61][62][63] In the winter of 2001 another Adult Swim CD was made available for free to anyone who purchased issue 28 of Hitch Magazine and the same CD came with issue 29.[64][65]

When the Saturday night block debuted on February 23, 2002, it was known as Adult Swim Action, with various anime programs displayed on the block from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am ET. Thus, programming on the block was divided between Adult Swim Action and Adult Swim Comedy.[66] Adult Swim Comedy was Sunday nights and ran from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am ET. Two days prior, on February 21, Adult Swim stopped airing on Thursday nights. The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and The Popeye Show took Cowboy Bebop's place for 12:00 am and 12:30 am ET. On June 15, 2002, Adult Swim had their first contest called "Adult Swim Happiness Sweepstakes" where winners could win a Master Shake air freshener.[67]

 
Second logo of Adult Swim, used from February 23, 2002, to May 25, 2003

It became increasingly common for Adult Swim to act as a home for reruns of animated series that had been canceled prematurely, such as Home Movies, Baby Blues, Mission Hill, The Oblongs, The Ripping Friends, Futurama, Family Guy, and God, the Devil and Bob, as well as burn off remaining episodes of said shows that never aired on their original networks, as a result of their premature cancellation. The block obtained Futurama's exclusive pay-TV syndication rights in September 2002 for a reported $10 million,[68] and the series first aired on the network on January 12, 2003.[69][70] Family Guy made its debut on April 20 of that year with the episode "Brian in Love", and immediately became the block's top-rated program, dominating late night viewing in its time period vs. pay-television and free-to-air competition and boosting viewership of both the block, and Cartoon Network itself, by 239 percent.[71][72] Seth MacFarlane had previously created Larry & Steve, a cartoon predecessor to Family Guy, that was aired on Cartoon Network's What a Cartoon! Show in 1997. MacFarlane had also worked on several Cartoon Network shows, such as Johnny Bravo and Dexter's Laboratory.

On New Year's Eve 2002, Brak from The Brak Show and Carl Brutananadilewski from Aqua Teen Hunger Force hosted a New Year's Eve special from 11:00 pm to 3:00 am.[73][74] This was the first time Adult Swim aired on a Tuesday night.

Beginning on January 13, 2003, Adult Swim was airing five nights a week, Sundays through Thursdays from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am. Saturday Nights were dropped. On February 9, 2003, after the NBA All-Star game, Adult Swim aired on TNT on a block called "Adult Swim All Star Extravaganza" as a one time special from 11:00 pm to 12:15 am ET.[75][76][77]

2003–2012 edit

 
Several creators and writers of Adult Swim shows at the San Diego Comic Con 2006 Adult Swim panel. From left to right: Keith Crofford, Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Scott Adsit, Dino Stamatopoulos, Tommy Blacha, Brendon Small, Jackson Publick, and Doc Hammer.

On October 5, 2003, Adult Swim was on from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. ET. On October 26, 2003, Brak's Dad from The Brak Show hosted Halloween-themed bumps.[78] That same night, Adult Swim hosted a live webcam show on its website, featuring the Adult Swim staff having a party. The Big O series finale episode "The Show Must Go On", was supposed to premiere that night at 11:00 pm; however, Adult Swim had to reschedule the episode for the next week, on Sunday, November 2, taking the place of the scheduled previously unaired episode of Family Guy, "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", to air on November 9.[79] When Big O premiered on November 2, a rerun episode, "Stripes" was airing but then Adult Swim said it was just a joke and they finally aired the correct episode.

Adult Swim had another New Year's Eve special, this time featuring some of the Adult Swim characters having a party at Brak's house celebrating New Year's Eve. It was on this night when The Brak Show was officially canceled.[80] On June 15, 2004, Adult Swim launched a Video on Demand. On July 19, 2004, Adult Swim had a publicity stunt telling viewers that they needed 1,000,000 people to go to their website so they could "Free Hockey Chicken". An employee was dressed as a chicken in front of a webcam being watched by viewers, and he could not leave the studio until they reached their goal.[81] That same year Adult Swim hyped viewers by asking them to vote which would win in a fight: a "Flying Shark or a Flying Crocodile".[82]

In late 2004, Adult Swim started a course at Kent State University with lessons by film professor Ron Russo, author of the book "Adult Swim and Comedy".[83][84][85][86] On Halloween night in 2004, Phantasm actor Angus Scrimm hosted an Aqua Teen Hunger Force marathon.[87][88] On November 2, 2004, Adult Swim ran a marathon of the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Guitar Control" all through the night, until 2 a.m.. The episode replayed 24 times to celebrate Election Day.[89][90] On November 28, Adult Swim had a week showing off classic bumps from previous years. On March 28, 2005, Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting System began recording Adult Swim Nielsen ratings separately from Cartoon Network for demographic purposes.[91] Promotions for Adult Swim are targeted towards the college age and those in their 20s and 30s, constituting the majority of their viewers. According to a September 1, 2004, article in Promo magazine, representatives travel to 30 universities across the U.S. to promote the Adult Swim lineup, including handing out posters for students' dorm rooms.[92] On April 17, 2004, Adult Swim regained Saturday nights, making Friday the only night where Adult Swim did not air. On March 28, 2005, Adult Swim gained an extra hour, now ending at 6 a.m. ET. On October 2, 2005, Adult Swim regained the 10 p.m. hour on Sundays, continuing to start at 11 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays, and Saturdays.

Adult Swim had a direct and important role in the revival of Family Guy. Due to the series' popularity in reruns, the block burned off "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", an episode of the series that had been banned from airing on Fox, in 2003.[93] On September 21, 2003, Seth MacFarlane guest voiced on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Super Trivia". In 2004, from July 26 through July 29, Adult Swim had a week dedicated to Seth MacFarlane where it had him host a Family Guy marathon showing select episodes.[94][95] On March 29, 2004, less than one year after beginning reruns on Adult Swim, Fox announced it would be renewing Family Guy for a fourth season and reviving it from cancellation.[71] Shortly after the announcement, Jim Samples, then-general manager and executive vice president of Cartoon Network, commented, "Bringing Family Guy to the Adult Swim lineup last April really helped turn the block into a cultural phenomenon with young adults."[72]

Futurama was also revived in 2007 by Comedy Central for similar reasons: impressive viewership in syndication as well as high DVD sales.[96] In 2006, 20th Century Fox struck a deal to produce four direct-to-video animated features based on Futurama, and, in 2009, the series was revived in normal half-hour installments beginning in 2010 on Comedy Central.[96] In a 2006 interview, Futurama creator Matt Groening explained "There's a long, regal history of misunderstood TV shows, and to Fox's credit, the studio looked at the ratings on the Cartoon Network and how the show does overseas, and saw that there was more money to be made."[97] Before Adult Swim lost the rights to Futurama reruns, they aired an all-night marathon from December 26–30, 2007, with the final reruns airing on December 31, thus, marking Futurama's last airing on the block until 2021. On New Year's Eve 2005, Adult Swim had a countdown for the new year featuring characters from their shows.[98][99] Beginning on March 27, 2006, Adult Swim's time began at 10:30 pm ET weekdays.[100]

In 2007, Adult Swim announced it would expand to seven nights a week and begin airing on Fridays, starting July 6. On December 29, 2008, Adult Swim moved its start time to 10 p.m. ET every night, with reruns of King of the Hill being broadcast in the hour starting January 1, 2009.[101] On December 27, 2010, Adult Swim moved its start time from 10 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET, extending the network's daily schedule to nine hours.[102]

2007 Boston Mooninite panic edit

Main article: 2007 Boston Mooninite panic

On January 31, 2007, Adult Swim attracted national media attention as part of the 2007 Boston Mooninite panic. Both the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards resembling The Mooninites, characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, as improvised explosive devices. These devices were in fact part of a guerrilla marketing campaign for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters. The next day, Boston authorities arrested two men involved with the incident. Peter Berdovsky (a freelance video artist from Arlington, Massachusetts) and Sean Stevens were facing charges of placing a hoax device to incite panic, as well as one count of disorderly conduct, according to CNN.[103]

On February 5, Turner Broadcasting and marketer Interference, Inc. announced that they would pay $2 million in amends: one million to the city of Boston, and one million in goodwill funds.[104] Four days later, on February 9, Jim Samples, general manager and Executive Vice President of Cartoon Network since 2001, resigned.[105] Turner Broadcasting later issued an apology for the ad campaign that caused the bomb scares. A statement emailed to The Boston Globe from Turner Broadcasting said:

"The 'packages' in question are magnetic lights that pose no danger. They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult Swim's animated television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. They had been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards. We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger."

2012–2019 edit

 
Adult Swim headquarters

On April 1, 2012, as part of their annual April Fools' Day stunt, Adult Swim revived Toonami, the defunct Cartoon Network programming block that primarily aired anime and action cartoons.[106] Following positive reception, Toonami would return full-time as a rebrand of Adult Swim's Saturday night action block on May 26, 2012.[107][108]

On March 31, 2014, Adult Swim's start time moved up to 8:00 p.m. ET, further extending its nightly schedule to ten hours.[109] Between 2014 and 2022, Cartoon Network would take back the 8:00 p.m. hour, primarily during the months leading up to Christmas, making Adult Swim start at 9:00 p.m. again.

In 2015, Adult Swim launched The Virtual Brainload, the first animated VR experience from a TV network.[110]

On May 7, 2015, it was announced that Adult Swim had ordered an untitled pilot by Million Dollar Extreme described as a "sketch show in an almost present day post apocalyptic nightmare world".[111] Based on that pilot, it was announced on March 3, 2016, that it would go to series with the group presenting it under the additional subtitle World Peace, and the first season consisting of six episodes under Adult Swim's traditional eleven-minute episode structure.[112] Adult Swim announced on December 5, 2016, that it would not be renewed for a second season; Adult Swim faced internal opposition to its continuation, mainly regarding accusations of MDE being connected to the alt-right and that the show promoted racism, sexism and bigotry. While the show did not predominantly deal with political themes, Sam Hyde's Twitter feed containing political references and his other controversies like crashing a TEDx talk, added to the suspicion.[113] Buzzfeed writer, Joseph Bernstein, was active in criticizing the show after a heated interview with creator Sam Hyde. He wrote that a source told him the Adult Swim's standards departments repeatedly discovered and removed coded racist messages, including hidden swastikas.[114] When asked, Hyde explained that despite Adult Swim executives' interest to pick up the show for a second season, Turner Broadcasting ultimately decided to cancel the show.[115]

On September 28, 2017, Pete Smith, a long-time producer at the studio and co-creator of The Brak Show, retired from the company.[116] On that night, Adult Swim celebrated his career with an all-night marathon of Bob's Burgers (consisting of episodes that his daughter, Nora Smith, wrote) and The Brak Show, with promos and bumpers made by Pete Smith airing during breaks.[117] This became an annual event, running anywhere from 1 hour to 10 hours. The following events also added newly produced shorts, interstitials from Cartoon Planet which Pete wrote for, and episodes of Squidbillies where Smith played the character Boyd.

Adult Swim began losing the syndication rights to various 20th Television animated series in 2018; Comedy Central acquired the syndication rights to King of the Hill and The Cleveland Show that year.[118] On April 8, 2019, it was announced that FXX would acquire the rights to season 16 and beyond of Family Guy (sharing those rights with sister networks Freeform and FX) and season 9 and beyond of Bob's Burgers, with rights to the seasons currently airing on Adult Swim and sister network TBS set to transfer over to the Disney-owned networks.[119] Family Guy left on September 18, 2021, with Bob's Burgers initially planned follow in 2023; the deal was adjusted in 2023 to have Adult Swim and FXX (but not TBS) share the show, with later seasons first appearing on October 2, 2023.[120] American Dad!, which has been a TBS original series since 2014, is set to remain.

On March 4, 2019, AT&T announced a major reorganization of WarnerMedia's Turner Broadcasting division, which involves Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, and Turner Classic Movies being transferred to Warner Bros. Entertainment under a new Kids, Young Adults, and Classics division. Although AT&T did not specify any timetable for the changes to take effect, WarnerMedia had begun to remove all Turner references in corporate communications and press releases, referring to that unit's networks as "divisions of WarnerMedia".[121][122][123][124]

2019–present edit

In December 2019, Mike Lazzo retired from the company, which was announced by a bumper that aired on Adult Swim that month.[125] On April 29, 2020, Michael Ouweleen, previously the chief marketing officer of Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Boomerang and the co-creator of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, was named the President of Adult Swim, a new position that gives Ouweleen responsibility for all aspects of Adult Swim and its properties.[126] Adult Swim faced layoffs in November 2020, resulting in the closing of Pocket Mortys developer Big Pixel Studios and the cancellation of all of Adult Swim's online live stream series.[127] Keith Crofford retired from the company in December 2020, which was celebrated with two bumpers featuring Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Seth Green and Matthew Senreich from Robot Chicken.[128] On April 23, 2021, WarnerMedia announced that HBO Max's adult animation development team would merge with Adult Swim, under the leadership of Suzanna Makkos.[129]

Family Guy left Adult Swim on September 18, 2021, after an 18-year long run. The block noted the occasion with a special bumper featuring various Adult Swim characters waving goodbye to the Griffin family. The network then reacquired the rights to King of the Hill and Futurama on November 22, 2021, and December 27, 2021, respectively.[130][131] From October 18, 2021, onward, Adult Swim began airing certain programs in a compressed format, speeding up programs to accommodate additional time slots for advertising sales and airing credits in a split-screen format, similar to sister network TBS; the split-screen credits tactic ceased in 2024.

In May 2022, following WarnerMedia's divestment by AT&T and merger with Discovery Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery, the Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults, and Classics division was dissolved. Adult Swim was moved under Warner Bros. Discovery Networks, while Williams Street moved under Warner Bros. Television.[132] Ouweleen still oversees both units, while also gaining oversight to Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and Discovery Family.[133] Several Adult Swim shows, including Tigtone, and Lazor Wulf, were removed from Adult Swim's website and HBO Max that year as a part of massive cost-cutting moves at WBD. Some other series, like Final Space, were written off as a loss for tax purposes and removed from digital stores.[134] On January 24, 2023, it was announced that Adult Swim had severed ties with Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland after he was charged with felony domestic abuse.[135]

On May 1, 2023, Adult Swim's start time moved up to 7:00 p.m. ET/PT on weekdays and Saturdays, extending the block to eleven hours. Ratings data found that 68% of Cartoon Network's overall viewership between the 6 and 8 p.m. hours had been over the age of 18, thus justifying a further expansion of the block.[136] The first two weeks of the new schedule—which was anchored by the premiere of Unicorn: Warriors Eternal—brought the hour a 24% increase in overall viewership, and a 38% increase among viewers 18–34.[137]

On May 17, 2023, Kathleen Finch, CCO of Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group, announced that a further expansion to the 6:00 p.m. ET hour would occur later in the year.[138] The change was officially announced on June 7, 2023, and took effect on August 28, 2023: on weekdays, the hour would feature the new block Checkered Past—which features reruns of classic Cartoon Network original series.[137] It was later announced on August 8, 2023, that Adult Swim would instead begin at 5:00 p.m., expanding the block to 13 hours.[139] ACME Night, a Sunday night movie block, moved from Cartoon Network to Adult Swim following the expansion, starting an hour earlier at 5:00 p.m.

Special events edit

Death tributes edit

Adult Swim occasionally airs bumpers that pay tribute to a recent celebrity death. These bumpers have no music or sound effects, but only a fade-in, showing the person's name, year of birth, and year of death, followed by a fade-out. This has been done for many people over the years, including celebrities such as Steve Jobs, Kobe Bryant, Chadwick Boseman, and MF Doom, and Adult Swim cast and crew such as Harry Goz.[140][141][142][143][144] Some tribute bumpers have been made jokingly, such as one mocking the declining quality of Game of Thrones in 2017, one marking the lifespan of NFTs as 2021 - 2021, and one for Sherman Hemsley done in 2014, a full 2 years after his death (adding "Sorry, we just found out. That shit sucks").[145][146]

Following the death of Space Ghost Coast to Coast animator and voice actor C. Martin Croker on September 17, 2016, Adult Swim paid tribute to him the following night, playing the first produced episode of the show ("Elevator") with tribute bumpers bookending the rerun.[147] Toonami also paid tribute to Croker the following Saturday, with T.O.M. and S.A.R.A. saying farewell to former host Moltar (voiced by Croker) in a special intro.[148]

Following the death of Norm Macdonald on September 14, 2021, Adult Swim aired an hour of Mike Tyson Mysteries (on which he voiced Pigeon) on the 14th and the 15th.[149][150] Similar tributes where the network played special reruns have also occurred for celebrities such as Gilbert Gottfried, Akira Toriyama, and Paul Reubens.[151][152][153]

April Fools' Day stunts edit

Since 2004, Adult Swim has had an annual tradition of celebrating April Fools' Day by tricking and fooling their audience by altering programs or airing different and obscure programs.[154] The pranks generally start at 12 a.m. ET on April 1, technically considered part of the March 31 schedule, with an additional prank on the April 1 schedule rarely. Since its launch in 2019, the annual pranks have been simulcast on the Adult Swim network in Canada. Since 2021, the pranks have also been streamed to Adult Swim's YouTube.[155]

  • Starting in 2004, all of the regularly scheduled episodes were aired with random mustaches drawn on the characters; however, the next night the episodes were aired again this time without the random mustaches.[156]
  • In 2005, Adult Swim aired an early, unfinished version of the Squidbillies pilot, instead of Robot Chicken. Right after the rough cut, it was announced that the animated series would premiere later in October 2005.[157]
  • In 2006, Adult Swim aired old re-runs of Mr. T and Karate Kommandos, and then aired episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex with fart noises added to the dialog.[158][159]
  • On March 31, 2007, Adult Swim aired all 6 episodes of Perfect Hair Forever that existed at the time, alongside a new episode in reverse order, and edited to look like they were being played from degraded videotapes with poorly-done fansubs (either containing grammatically incorrect English, or dialogue from completely different shows such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force).[160][better source needed]
  • On April 1, 2007, Adult Swim promoted a television premiere of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters ahead of its theatrical release that occurred 9 to 12 days later, but only showed the first two minutes (which had long been available on the film's official website) before minimizing it into a comically small picture-in-picture display over regularly-scheduled programming.[161]
  • In 2008, Adult Swim aired a night of unfinished sneak peeks, pilots and stealth premieres of future upcoming shows in place of its regularly scheduled programming, featuring Fat Guy Stuck in Internet, The Venture Bros., Delocated, Superjail!, Young Person's Guide to History, Metalocalypse, Robot Chicken, and Moral Orel.[158] Some of these premieres included introductory segments hosted by Robert Osborne from Turner Classic Movies.[162] The repeat block did air the scheduled ATHF movie, with bumps teasing the viewer about missing the premieres.[163]
  • In 2009, Adult Swim aired The Room, a critically panned 2003 independent film that was considered a cult classic, with sex scenes obscured with black boxes and with a TV-14 rating. It was followed by the Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! episode "Tommy", which featured the star and director of the film Tommy Wiseau.
  • In 2010, Adult Swim re-aired The Room for a second year in a row, with bumps featuring Tommy Wiseau being interviewed on Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Sex scenes remained censored, but the parental rating was raised to TV-MA.
  • In 2011, The Room was aired once again with the TV-MA rating and was followed by a 15-minute special titled Earth Ghost, a CGI version of the Lowe Country pilot shown on Adult Swim's website in 2007.
  • In 2012, Adult Swim replaced its lineup with Toonami, a former programming block from Cartoon Network. After first playing the opening sequence of The Room, the scene switched to the Toonami host T.O.M. noting that it was April Fools' Day before introducing that week's scheduled episode of Bleach. The Toonami bumps and programming would continue throughout the night, featuring Dragon Ball Z, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo!, Outlaw Star, The Big O season 1, Yu Yu Hakusho, Blue Submarine No. 6, Trigun, the original version of Astro Boy, and Gigantor. T.O.M. also presented a review of Mass Effect 3 and promoted the recent DVD releases of the series featured. Subsequently, on May 16, 2012, Adult Swim announced via Twitter and later by a press release that Toonami would return to Adult Swim on May 26, 2012, as a regular weekly Saturday night programming block.[164][165]
  • In 2013, Adult Swim featured images of cats throughout much of its programming. All of the bumps contained videos and images of cats, while the episodes of the live-action shows aired that night had cat faces covering up the faces of the actors. The [adult swim] logo was replaced with "[meow meow]".[166]
  • In 2014, Adult Swim premiered an eighth and ninth two-part episode of Perfect Hair Forever, exactly seven years following the second series finale during the 2007 April Fools stunt and about 9 years after the first series finale in 2005. This was followed by an unannounced Space Ghost Coast to Coast marathon featuring creator-chosen episodes (including the full version of "Fire Ant", which has rarely been aired on TV). During the marathon, bumps were included between episodes showing outtakes and commentary from the writers and staff.[167] The prank streamed on a loop on Adult Swim's website the next day.
  • In 2015, Adult Swim aired a 6-hour marathon of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, with superimposed coins on the screen, replicating the "Coin Hunt" game from Adult Swim's online live stream show FishCenter. The main characters of the show collected points by hovering over the coins during the episodes, with the points counted and tabulated throughout the night.[168] Master Shake was ultimately declared the winner.[169] FishCenter streamed live during the whole event, featuring special guest Trixie Mattel, Zach White, a guitar music performance from Jared Hill, and several confused call-ins.
  • In 2016, advertisements were shown for the April Fools' broadcast, recapping their 12-year history of pranks and hyping up that year's prank.[157] When midnight did occur, regular programming played, with the implication being that the prank for 2016 was that there was no prank.
  • On the broadcast night of March 31, 2017, all the regularly scheduled episodes after midnight had a weird audio mix, including added laugh tracks, Seinfeld stings, robotic and pitch-shifted filters added to particular voices, various sound effects and alternate musical pieces.[170]
  • On April 1, 2017, the evening portion of Adult Swim was replaced with the unannounced Rick and Morty Season 3 premiere, "The Rickshank Rickdemption". It aired repeatedly from 8:00 p.m. until midnight on TV, shortening Toonami in the process, and streamed on a loop on Adult Swim's website. Newly commissioned Rick and Morty idents and announcement promos for upcoming shows and seasons aired during the prank. The episode then repeated every night at 10:00 p.m. until April 7.[171]
  • On the broadcast night of March 31, 2018, Toonami aired its anime after midnight in Japanese with English subtitles, breaking the block's policy of only playing dubbed anime. The subbed anime included the stealth premiere of FLCL Alternative, the 2004 film Mind Game, and most of Toonami's scheduled programming for that night. The short Scavengers finished off the block at 5:45 a.m. The block aired special bumpers with T.O.M. and S.A.R.A. and a game review of Nier: Automata, all dubbed to Japanese with English subtitles. The Adult Swim logo was also changed to Japanese (stylized as [アダルトスイム]). The originally scheduled programming affected by the prank aired normally the following week.[172]
  • On April 1, 2018, Adult Swim aired an animated parody of Rick and Morty titled "Bushworld Adventures", created by Michael Cusack, at 11:00 p.m., instead of Rick and Morty and Mike Tyson Mysteries.[173] It follows Rick and Morty in Australia going on wild adventures in search to find the green cube that was left at Bendigo. All of Adult Swim's nature-themed bumpers that aired throughout the hour were Australian-themed. The short also streamed on a loop on Adult Swim's website.
  • In 2019, Adult Swim aired Gēmusetto Machu Picchu, an anime parody that ran continuously from midnight to 5:45 a.m. It was simulcast both on TV and on Adult Swim's online live stream, with a live Q&A with creator Maxime Simonet airing after the program on the live stream. The special was simulcast on Action in Canada as its second-to-last program ever before its relaunch as a new 24/7 Adult Swim network at 6:00 a.m.[174]
  • In 2020, Adult Swim aired "Post's Game", a night of sneak peek programming hosted by Post Malone and friends, playing casual games during the broadcast. The prank started with a tease to a new season of Gēmusetto (which debuted later in the year), only to be interrupted by Malone. New episodes of Primal, Dream Corp LLC, Tigtone, The Shivering Truth, Robot Chicken, Lazor Wulf, 12 oz. Mouse, and Tender Touches aired. The series premieres to YOLO: Crystal Fantasy and JJ Villard's Fairy Tales were also shown, along with the pilot for Smiling Friends, a Rick and Morty short by Studio Deen, and a new trailer for the second half of Rick and Morty season 4. Malone made silent cameos on each show (aside from Primal and Smiling Friends) via green screen.[175] Smiling Friends was quickly uploaded to the website due to popular demand, and got picked up for a full series a year later.[176] FishCenter streamed live during the event on the website, taking calls from viewers.
  • In 2021, Adult Swim became "Adult Swim Junior",[177] airing versions of the Rick and Morty episode "Total Rickall" (retitled Rick and Morty Babies) and the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Revenge of the Mooninites" (retitled Aqua Child Hunger Force) that had been overdubbed by children with edited scripts to make them age-appropriate; promos aired during the event featured other Adult Swim programs being made "family-friendly".[178][177]
  • In 2022, Pibby and Bun Bun, the main characters from the Come and Learn with Pibby proof-of-concept short, appeared in Adult Swim's programming and bumpers from midnight to 2:00 a.m., occasionally having characters and the environment be visually corrupted.[179] The prank repeated from 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., and Adult Swim later posted a compilation of all the corruptions done in the night's prank.[180] A Pibby-related song played over the network sign-off at 5:59 a.m.[181] HBO Max added the short, and themed the Adult Swim hub around the prank for the following week. Pibby was later not greenlit into a full TV series.[182]
  • In 2023, Adult Swim announced that the block would be taken over by AI, followed by a short clip of a Smiling Friends episode reanimated through generative artificial intelligence. It was quickly cut off due to its uncanniness, only for the channel to lose its "remote" and start "fast forwarding", showing previews of the new series Royal Crackers, and the upcoming seasons of The Eric Andre Show and Teenage Euthanasia. The network then "rewound" to an airing of the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Fire Ant". At 1:00 a.m. ET, Adult Swim then aired the Infomercials shorts Unedited Footage of a Bear and Broomshakalaka! as "[as-]" ("Adult Swim Minus"; "all the commercials you love minus all the annoying shows"). Afterward, to provide "something meditative" as an apology for the previous 90 minutes, a half hour of footage of a train traveling through Norway was aired under the title Ambient Swim.[183]
  • In 2024, a week before the prank, Adult Swim promoted season 2 of Smiling Friends as premiering March 31 at midnight, with various online shorts and an appearance on the exterior of the Sphere in Las Vegas. When midnight did occur, Adult Swim instead aired various episodes of season 1 redone with puppets: "Mr. Frog" was redone with Muppet-esque puppets, "Shrimp's Odyssey" was redone with sock puppets and live-action humans, and "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back" was redone with papier-mâché puppets. The first episode of season 2 followed after, with an announcement that the rest of season 2 will premiere starting May 12. The episodes were then played in reverse order the following hour.

Alternate reality games edit

 
Image from part of the ARG transmission that aired on August 27, 2017. All subsequent transmissions have followed the same basic format.

Adult Swim began an ARG campaign on August 27, 2017, by airing a cryptic bump "transmission" during a new episode of Rick and Morty.[184] The bump referred viewers to a Twitter account. Players were told that they were trying to rescue a stolen AI named Delilah. Weekly bumps provided puzzles to be solved by viewers with solutions submitted via Twitter. The solutions were then confirmed by both the Twitter account and subsequent bumps.[185] Later in the game, Delilah was forced to self-destruct to prevent a security breach.[186] The Twitter account then rebranded itself as a marketing company and claimed that the entire game was an experiment.[187][188] Soon after this, a new Twitter account followed all the previous account's existing followers. This new account informed everyone that they were searching for their missing sister named Amelia. The bump transmissions then started referring viewers to this new Twitter account as well as several new Instagram accounts, continuing to provide puzzles that required solving. Some players have used Discord to work together as a team in a dedicated server to solve the puzzles and share theories about the game.[189] The ARG has been consistently broadcasting new messages and puzzles every Sunday since the initial August 2017 broadcast, with only a short hiatus during the 2017 holiday break. On March 25, 2018, it was revealed that Amelia was safe and had been for quite some time. Players learned that Amelia's messages asking for help were actually sent 3 years prior and that their delay in being received was caused by time dilation. This revelation effectively completed the second chapter of the ARG, and alluded to the next phase, which started on June 2018. The following narratives explored the intricate connections between Delilah, Amelia, and the newly introduced character, Tristan, revealing layers of corporate and personal intrigue involving Proto-X and the shadowy organization known as Central Mgmt.

The ARG took another turn when it was revealed that Amelia was actually a project similar to Delilah, focusing on the development of human emotion through machine learning. This phase expanded to include concepts such as telepathy and metaphysical connections within digital realms. Players interacted with various digital platforms and solved puzzles that revealed more about the characters’ backstories and the sinister motives of the organizations involved.

The game's complexity grew as new transmissions from Amelia and other characters were interspersed with real-time interactions on Twitter and Instagram. The narrative hinted at a larger conspiracy involving data privacy, emotional manipulation, and the exploitation of AI for corporate gain.

In its later stages, the ARG seemed to merge reality with its fictional narrative, suggesting that the events players had been part of were part of a larger marketing experiment by the fictional Heart and Brain Corporation. This meta-narrative twist left many players questioning the reality of the events they had participated in.

As of April 2024, the ARG remains unfinished, with the last significant update occurring in early 2020, leaving the story unresolved. The ARG likely concluded prematurely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and significant layoffs at Adult Swim, which disrupted the continuation of the storyline.

Programming edit

Main articles: List of programs broadcast by Adult Swim and List of programs broadcast by Toonami

Original shows currently in-production and seen on Adult Swim include The Eric Andre Show, Rick and Morty, and Smiling Friends. Adult Swim is best known for its inaugural slate of programming, which were mainly parodies and remakes based on Hanna-Barbera cartoons (including Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and Sealab 2021).[190]

Adult Swim also airs syndicated programs from 20th Television (Bob's Burgers, Futurama, King of the Hill), which Adult Swim shares with FXX and Comedy Central, original series produced for TBS and Max (American Dad!, Ten Year Old Tom), and have acquired and co-produced various anime series.[190] Via Adult Swim, Cartoon Network is one of the few U.S. networks to carry anime, and the only network that airs such programming aimed at young adults and teens rather than children.[190]

Currently, most anime and action-genre programming air on Saturday nights as part of Toonami, a former Cartoon Network programming block that was relaunched by Adult Swim on May 26, 2012, as a "block-within-a-block".[165] Cartoon Network shows that have gained a following among older viewers have also aired on Toonami; in particular, Samurai Jack proved popular enough in reruns to warrant a revival in 2017.[191]

A nostalgia block, Checkered Past, was launched August 28, 2023. It airs classic Cartoon Network programming including Dexter's Laboratory, Grim & Evil, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed, Edd n Eddy, and Cow and Chicken weekdays from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.[137] ACME Night, a Sunday night block launched on Cartoon Network in September 2021, moved to Adult Swim on September 3, 2023.[192] The block airs movies intended for general audiences.

Merchandise and media offerings edit

Official website edit

Adult Swim's official website features full episodes of shows,[193] online streams and podcasts,[194][195] music streaming,[196] comics,[197] a programming schedule,[198] and a section dedicated to its Toonami programming block.[199]

User accounts could once be made on the site, initially for the site's messaging boards, which launched in May 2003 and shut down in October 2016. By 2018, the only main functionality for user accounts left was for creating profiles and participating in the live stream chatrooms. User accounts were permanently disabled in January 2021, following the removal of the chat function.[200]

A store was available on the site, although initially only through the main Cartoon Network store from 2001 to 2004. The store later spun-off into its own website, the Adult Swim Shop, in 2004, and ran until 2012. Another store, As Seen on Adult Swim, launched in 2013 and only sold a single item at a time until 2017, when a QVC-like show was launched with the same name on the Adult Swim streams.[201] The site later shut down in January 2021, following the end of the series in November.

Video on demand and online streaming edit

In mid-2004, Adult Swim launched a video on demand service on subscription television providers.[202] The service includes several episodes from various Adult Swim original series, syndicated series, and anime licensed for Toonami. The anime series s-CRY-ed initially premiered on demand before debuting on the regular block in May 2005. The video on demand service was added to DirecTV in October 2007, on channel 1886.[203]

Adult Swim introduced online video streaming in 2006, providing a free online video on demand service for recent and older episodes of select programming. Initially, some episodes premiered on the website early, although eventually episodes began appearing 1–3 days after broadcast. This became a week after broadcast in June 2010.

In August 2011, Adult Swim began requiring TV Everywhere authentication for most episodes on the site, greatly reducing the amount of free content.[204] This service was combined with the Adult Swim mobile app in 2014.[205] Around this time, Adult Swim began posting every episode of select series online for free viewing, although some of these were removed in 2015 when Hulu acquired the rights to multiple shows, and once again in 2020 when sibling service HBO Max, known as Max since May 2023, launched.[206]

Most of Adult Swim's library is available on Max, while select series are available on Hulu. As of March 2022, Adult Swim's current programming, excluding Rick and Morty (which is shared with Hulu), The Eric Andre Show (which is exclusive to Hulu), and Off the Air, is put on Max the day after new episodes air.[207]

Several Adult Swim shows are also available for purchase on iTunes, Google TV, Amazon, Microsoft Movies & TV, and Vudu.

Video games edit

Main article: Adult Swim Games

Adult Swim once had many Flash-based online games available on their website, including Robot Unicorn Attack and Five Minutes to Kill (Yourself), but all of the games were removed in 2020 following the discontinuation of Adobe Flash Player. Starting in 2005, Adult Swim began publishing mobile games, including those based on Adult Swim franchises and original content.[208] In 2011, the division Adult Swim Games was created to publish original indie game content, largely focusing on the hardcore gamer market.[209]

Music edit

See also: Williams Street Records

Adult Swim has partnerships with several independent music labels, and has co-produced and released compilation albums with Stones Throw Records,[210] Ghostly International, Definitive Jux, and Chocolate Industries through their own label, Williams Street Records. Many of Adult Swim's bumps and packaging make use of instrumental and electronic music. Various music is also often borrowed from artists signed onto a wide array of different labels, including Warp Records and Ninja Tune Records.

Live events edit

Adult Swim has held various live events throughout the years through its Adult Swim Presents division. Adult Swim frequently appears at San Diego Comic-Con, often holding sneak previews, games, musical performances, among other things.[211] Since 2018, it has held an annual Adult Swim Festival, with a mix of music, comedy, panels, and other festivities. 2018 and 2019's festivals took place in Los Angeles, and had select performances streamed live on the Adult Swim Streams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 and 2021's festivals were held online, through prerecorded videos and live streams on YouTube. The 2022 festival, known as the Adult Swim Festival Block Party, took place in Philadelphia, with highlight reels and select full performances being streamed to YouTube. The 2023 festival, known as the Adult Swim Festival On the Green, occurred at San Diego Comic-Con and had no online live stream.[212]

Podcast edit

Adult Swim offered a video podcast on iTunes from March 21 to September 19, 2006. The podcasts featured behind-the-scenes segments of shows and exclusive content; such as an interview with Saved by the Bell's Dennis Haskins and a look at Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha's Metalocalypse. The podcast reached number two in iTunes' ranking of most downloaded podcasts.

A new audio-only podcast, called the Adult Swim Podcast, was launched on July 11, 2019, hosted by Matt Harrigan.[213] In regular episodes, Harrigan interviews different Adult Swim contributors, show creators, and actors. Max Simonet was later added as a co-host, with interviews still done solo by Harrigan. The podcast also featured a few spin-offs, such as a companion podcast for season 4 of Rick and Morty, a tournament bracket competition for Adult Swim's original comedies, and a tournament bracket for Toonami programming; most episodes of these spin-offs aired live on the Adult Swim Streams. No new episodes of the Adult Swim Podcast have released since November 2020, and links to the podcast on the website were eventually removed. Adult Swim also teamed up with Abso Lutely Productions to produce season 2 of the This is Branchburg comedy podcast.[214]

Live streams and web series edit

On September 25, 2013, Adult Swim began simulcasting their channel through the Adult Swim mobile app[215][216] and website,[217] although TV Everywhere authentication is required. Both the East and West Coast feeds are available.

In late 2014, Adult Swim added several free 24/7 live streams to their website, most of them airing marathons of different shows on a loop. One of the live streams, a feed of the Williams Street office's fish tank, became its own series: FishCenter Live, and led to the creation of the Adult Swim Streams.[218]

The Adult Swim Streams consisted of several online-exclusive originals, usually broadcast live, and featured a chatroom, similar to that of Twitch. Many of the shows also accepted calls from viewers to interact with the hosts or change the course of a program.[219]

Select shows aired daily on the service, these included:

  • FishCenter Live: A parody of SportsCenter and the flagship series, consisting of Matt Harrigan, Max Simonet, Dave Bonawits, Andrew Choe, and Christina Loranger narrating over footage of the Williams Street fish tank. Fish scored points through games started by the hosts and games played by callers. Special guests, like musicians and comedians, often performed.[220]
  • Stupid Morning Bullshit: A morning (later, evenings) talk show hosted by Sally Skinner, discussing strange news stories and current events.[221]
  • Williams Street Swap Shop: A phone-in trading show in the vein of tradio programs hosted by Zachary White and Matt Hutchinson. A spin-off, Traveling Tuesdays, had Zach visit places around Atlanta.[221]
  • Bloodfeast: A crossword puzzle solving show hosted by Max Simonet and Dave Bonawits that frequently used surreal content intended to disturb viewers, including animations, poetry, and short films. The show received two animated TV spinoffs, Tender Touches in 2017, followed by Gēmusetto in 2019. A stream spin-off known as Bloodfeast Presents featured musical performances using the same special effects to create unique visuals.[222]
  • Desperate Losers: A show hosted by various Adult Swim employees that had them play with scratch-off tickets in an attempt to supplement their incomes. The show alternated recording between Atlanta, New York City, and Connecticut.[219]

Some shows aired weekly or on special occasions, these included:

  • Assembly Line Yeah! : An arts-and-crafts show hosted by Jiyoung Lee and Anca Vlasan.[218]
  • Last Stream on the Left: A podcast-style show hosted by Ben Kissel, Henry Zebrowski, and Marcus Parks. The hosts discuss dark or disturbing stories, conspiracy theories, and paranormal happenings.[223]
  • Digikiss: A live one-on-one video dating show where viewers could ask questions and watch the date unfold.[224]
  • Truthpoint: Darkweb Rising: A show hosted by dril and Derek Estevez-Olsen, a parody of InfoWars.[225]
  • As Seen on Adult Swim: A show hosted by Nick Gibbons, in the style of a home shopping program, selling Adult Swim merchandise and giving away a rare item as the last item every night to a winner of a contest.[226]
  • Development Meeting: A show hosted by development coordinators Walter Newman and Cameron Tang where viewers could pitch programs to Adult Swim. Unfinished sneak peeks to upcoming productions were also shown until 2019. One pitch, Skeleton Landlord, eventually made it on air as a part of Infomercials.[227]
  • Toonami Pre-Flight: A show hosted by Jason DeMarco and Gill Austin, where they discussed programming, took fan questions, and showed sneak peeks to upcoming promos and game reviews.[228]
  • Block or Charge: A comedy clip show hosted by Rex Chapman and David Helmers, based on Chapman's tweets.[229]
  • The Cry of Mann, The Call of Warr, and The Weather: Three series from Wham City, where viewers could call in and either play characters or change the story.[230]

Some of the live stream shows aired edited down versions of their shows on Fridays at 4:00 am, under the collective name Williams Stream.[231]

Several previously recorded web series are also available on demand on the website, including On Cinema at the Cinema and its spin-off Decker, which later became a TV series for Adult Swim.[232]

Almost all of Adult Swim's then ongoing web series, including the Adult Swim Streams as a whole, were cancelled by November 2020. Adult Swim Smalls, a shorts program produced by Off the Air's Dave Hughes, was the only web series to remain. Some series, like On Cinema, have continued on independently. New web series, including spin-offs of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Rick and Morty, started releasing in 2022.[233]

Currently, the website features several free live streams consisting of marathons of specific Adult Swim programming, with the mobile and OTT apps including a few more streams. Additionally, there is Channel 5, a live stream consisting of various Tim & Eric productions made for the network, along with original series made for the stream, TimAndEric.com sketches, content made for Jash, and the Super Deluxe series Tim and Eric Nite Live!. Some of the marathon streams had chatrooms similar to the live stream, though these were removed along with the live stream chatroom in January 2021.[200]

Mobile and OTT applications edit

Since its premiere in 2001, Adult Swim executives have worked extensively to extend the brand's reach to viewers in venues outside of the normal pay-television services. This includes the launch of the adultswim.com website and the release of apps for various mobile and over-the-top platforms providing access to current and past Adult Swim programming, live marathons, live and pre-recorded original programs and the nightly online simulcast of the Adult Swim broadcast. Currently apps are available in the U.S. only for Amazon Fire TV, Android (including Google Cast on Android TV), Apple TV, iOS, Chromecast, Roku, and Xbox One. Due to licensing agreements certain parts of the apps including access to its live simulcast and most episodes of their shows require the viewer to use their subscription-television provider or OTT-platform username and password to authenticate their right to access such content.

International edit

  Available
  Formerly available
  Not available, but programs available

Adult Swim has been actively expanding its reach across the world since 2005. Localized versions have aired in Australia, Russia, Brazil and the rest of Latin America. Adult Swim is usually not paired with Cartoon Network due to local market conditions or government content restrictions and regulations – such as Ofcom in the United Kingdom. In such markets, Adult Swim programming is licensed to other broadcasters instead.[234][235]

Africa edit

In November 2018, Adult Swim made its African debut in South Africa's MultiChoice's streaming service Showmax featuring shows such as Rick and Morty, Samurai Jack, Robot Chicken and Eagleheart at launch.[236] In June 2019, the brand was temporarily made available on TNT as a programming block.[237]

Australia and New Zealand edit

Main article: Adult Swim (Australian TV programming block)

The Australian and New Zealand version of Adult Swim was broadcast on Cartoon Network until December 31, 2007. Shows aired at that time were Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (which also aired on SBS), Tom Goes to the Mayor, Home Movies, The Venture Bros., and before its closure, Squidbillies. The comedy block aired every Friday and Saturday and an action block aired during the week, including mature anime like Cowboy Bebop, InuYasha, Bleach, Air Gear, Black Cat, and Ghost in the Shell.

Presently, original comedies have premiered on The Comedy Channel in Australia.[238] The block would return on The Comedy Channel in March 2008, with Aqua Teen Hunger Force joining the lineup on July 1.[239] The channel has also aired The Boondocks, but not under the Adult Swim banner. To date, Adult Swim has grown considerably with the block now airing every Saturday from 12 to 2 am AEST and 6:30 to 7:30 pm AEST to keep with the late night tradition of the former block.[240]

Adult Swim's programming has been released to Region 4 DVD by Madman Entertainment, including shows that have never been shown in Australia. Madman Entertainment has also released R4 exclusive DVDs not available in the United States, including Volume 2 and 3 of Moral Orel and complete collections of Minoriteam and Assy McGee. The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters has also been quietly released to DVD.[241]

After moving to The Comedy Channel in January 2008, Adult Swim stopped airing in New Zealand until 2021.[citation needed]

In October 2013, Turner Broadcasting in partnership with MCM Media and Movideo launched an Adult Swim video on demand service.[242]

In June 2016, Channel 9 signed a two-year deal with Turner Broadcasting to air a block of Adult Swim shows on 9Go!.[243] After the deal expired, 9Go! did not renew with Turner Broadcasting, and thus the block was shut down.

In February 2021, TVNZ began airing Adult Swim programming on TVNZ Duke in New Zealand.[244] Shows that are currently airing on the channel, such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Birdgirl, Eagleheart, Mr. Pickles, Primal, Robot Chicken, The Eric Andre Show, The Shivering Truth, The Venture Bros., and YOLO: Crystal Fantasy, are available to stream for free on TVNZ+.

As of December 2022, the streaming service Stan has Adult Swim shows such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken and Ballmastrz 9009 available for streaming in Australia.[245] Rick and Morty airs on the Foxtel channel Fox8.

Canada edit

Main articles: Adult Swim (Canadian TV channel), Teletoon at Night, and Télétoon la nuit

Teletoon's English and French-language service previously offered adult-oriented blocks that carried Adult Swim programming and aired similar shows: Teletoon at Night and Télétoon la nuit. On February 2, 2012, then-parent company TELETOON Canada Inc. announced that it would be launching a Canadian version of Adult Swim, sharing channel space with the Canadian version of Cartoon Network as one specialty channel just as its American counterpart does. The block launched on July 4, 2012.[246] From September 2015 – September 2017, all of Adult Swim's original series was aired exclusively on the block.

Meanwhile, YTV has aired anime series that premiered on Adult Swim in its Bionix block.[247] G4's Anime Current block, Razer's (now MTV2) Kamikaze block, the defunct Scream (later Dusk), and Super Channel have also aired various anime titles that were broadcast on Adult Swim. In June 2009, G4 Canada launched Adult Digital Distraction, programming that featured many Adult Swim shows. In late 2011, the block was discontinued due to pressure from the CRTC on account of the channel deviating from its original format (which was to air technology-related programming). The block would be briefly relaunched before being dropped again in 2012.

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! aired on Bell Media's CTV Comedy Channel (formerly The Comedy Network). In December 2013, sibling network Much began airing Childrens Hospital and, later, its spinoff, Newsreaders. They also aired the short-lived series The Jack and Triumph Show.

In October 2014, Netflix began streaming Mike Tyson Mysteries the day after its U.S. television premiere.

On February 25, 2016, Williams Street launched a Canada-specific subscription video-on-demand service for iOS and Android devices.[248][249] The app contains the majority of Adult Swim produced content, including programming not seen on Canadian television.[249] New premieres are added soon after their U.S. broadcast, with the exception of new episodes of Robot Chicken and, initially, Rick and Morty, which are added the day after its premiere on the Canadian block.[250] The app was discontinued in November 2018.[251]

On March 4, 2019, Teletoon and YTV's current parent company, Corus Entertainment, announced the launch of a full-time 24/7 Adult Swim network on April 1, 2019, as a rebrand of Action. This marks the first time an international version of Adult Swim was launched as its own television channel. With the channel's launch, the Canadian block, as well as Teletoon at Night, were both discontinued as both channels would now focus exclusively on age-appropriate programming.[252] The Canadian Adult Swim block was dropped on March 3, 2019, and Teletoon at Night closed on March 31, 2019.[253]

France edit

Main article: Warner TV Next § Adult Swim

The block was launched on March 4, 2011, and airs nightly from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Cartoon Network France. It has aired Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Metalocalypse, Moral Orel, Robot Chicken and Squidbillies.[254] Like most international Adult Swim blocks, it does not air Fox and action shows. Most of the block's programming is not dubbed and airs with English audio and French subtitles.

In the early 2000s, there was a late-night block called "DZAQC" (pronounced "Désaxé"), which carried the 2001 Adult Swim look but did not have any adult shows, except for Home Movies and Captain Linger. Case Closed was aired on Cartoon Network and Toonami. DZAQC aired random Cartoon Network shows and old promos in English with French subtitles.

A new Adult Swim block launched in March 2015 on L'Enôrme TV. The block stopped broadcasting in June 2016.[citation needed]

On May 15, 2019, WarnerMedia France announced that an Adult Swim block would launch in July that year, with season 4 of Rick and Morty exclusively airing on it in November.[255] The block launched on July 24, 2019, airing on Warner TV Next (formerly Toonami) between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. CET. On-demand services are available on French online TV and on-demand provider Molotov TV.[256]

Germany edit

The Adult Swim block was launched on January 28, 2009, on TNT Serie (now known as WarnerTV Serie). In 2016, TNT Glitz became TNT Comedy (now known as WarnerTV Comedy) and took over Adult Swim. Programs on the block include American Dad, Assy McGee, Lucy, The Daughter of the Devil, Metalocalypse, Moral Orel, Robot Chicken, Rick and Morty, Stroker and Hoop, The Brak Show, Venture Bros., Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and The Eric Andre Show.[257][258]

Italy edit

In Italy, several Adult Swim series such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Venture Bros., Robot Chicken, China, IL, NTSF:SD:SUV:: and Mr. Pickles are available on-demand via TIMvision.[259] Rick and Morty was also dubbed in Italian for release on Netflix,[260] The Boondocks aired on Comedy Central and MTV,[261] while The Oblongs aired on Italia Teen Television and All Music.[262] On Facebook, Adult Swim Italy has confirmed the possibility of airing on Cartoon Network and Boing.[263] In 2018, Robot Chicken and Rick and Morty were released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc from Eagle Pictures in that country.[264][265]

Latin America edit

Main article: Adult Swim (Latin American TV channel)

In Latin America, an Adult Swim block aired during the overnight hours on Cartoon Network beginning on October 7, 2005. It was originally carried on the regional version of the channel, when it was pulled off and picked up by I.Sat on November 19, 2007, another Turner Broadcasting System Latin America-owned-and-operated network.

The premiere of Adult Swim was received by a major backlash from at least a pay TV operator in Latin America. VTR, a Chilean cable TV company, unilaterally censored the block from its premiere until early 2007, due to editorial policies inherited from Ricardo Claro Valdés, one of the company's shareholders, infamously known for censoring programming on cable channels while he owned Metropolis Intercom, a company that was absorbed by VTR in 2005.

VTR's position was that Cartoon Network should be a children's channel and should not carry adult content whatsoever. According to a company study, the audience during Adult Swim's time slot was mostly children, which went against the company's policies.[266] VTR and Turner Broadcasting System agreed to broadcast Adult Swim on VTR's PPV movie service, available only in digital and in some parts of Chile, due to the fact that VTR had not updated its cable TV networks at the time.[267]

In early 2007, Adult Swim returned to the Cartoon Network grid until its first shutdown.

On December 1, 2010, I.Sat revealed that it was cutting Adult Swim programming due to low ratings, adding: "No matter if we add new shows, it would not work".[268]

In 2014, it was announced that Adult Swim would return to Latin America that same year.[269] Adult Swim premiered on the Brazilian feed of TBS on November 3, 2014.[270] Adult Swim relaunched in Latin America on April 3, 2015, on I.Sat, in English with Spanish subtitles, premiering Rick and Morty and many other shows for the first time on the region.[271]

On January 6, 2018, the block began broadcasting throughout Latin America on TBS. Unlike I.Sat, this block was being broadcast in Spanish.[272]

After ceasing broadcasts on I.Sat and TBS, Warner Channel began airing the block on May 2, 2020, for Latin America and Brazil, with new content, such as Final Space and the rest of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Robot Chicken series.[273][274]

The block lost the schedule from Monday to Thursday and Saturdays on September 14, airing only on Mondays at midnight, and the following month, it stopped releasing new bumpers. On November 15, Adult Swim dropped out of Warner Channel's programming, being its last broadcast on November 8, 2021.

On June 24, 2021, HBO Max announced a list of some original Adult Swim content that became available since the platform's launch, including: Rick and Morty, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Primal, Squidbillies, The Shivering Truth, and Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell. Its launch took place on June 29, 2021.

On August 22, 2023, it was announced that a 24-hour Adult Swim channel would launch in Latin America in October 2023.[275] On September 3, it was announced that Adult Swim would replace TruTV on October 31.[276]

Russia edit

From its relaunch in March 2007 to April 2023, 2x2, a Russian channel specializing in animation, aired Adult Swim's original series.[277] There was a separate Adult Swim block, and also an English-language block, where shows were broadcast in English without dubbing, both now being defunct.[278][better source needed] Adult Swim–produced shows that have aired include Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Moral Orel, Sealab 2021, 12 oz. Mouse, The Venture Bros., The Brak Show, Stroker and Hoop, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Squidbillies, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Frisky Dingo, Perfect Hair Forever, Metalocalypse, Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil, and others. 2x2 also broadcast many of the anime that premiered in the U.S. on Adult Swim, although not on 2x2's Adult Swim's schedule. Some shows including The Boondocks and Rick and Morty also premiered outside Adult Swim's block.

On November 1, 2019, 2x2 announced an addition of the Adult Swim section on its site[279] with library containing selected Adult Swim series broadcast earlier on the channel and also new series, like The Heart, She Holler, Off the Air, The Eric Andre Show, Dream Corp LLC, and Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter, premiering directly on the site uncut. In March 2021, the shows were removed from the site.

As of 2024, the broadcast rights to all Adult Swim shows were expired and, according to 2x2, could no longer be extended.[280]

Spain edit

In Spain, Adult Swim was a programming block that aired on Fridays from midnight on the TNT channel, between 2007 and 2012.[281] Despite the fact that the block no longer exists in Spain, several of its original series have their own section on the HBO streaming platform.[282]

In December 2020, Adult Swim returned alongside Toonami as a premium pack of the Orange TV service. In it, there are more than 600 episodes of 19 different series such as Rick and Morty, Metalocalypse, Robot Chicken, among others.[283]

United Kingdom and Ireland edit

Main article: Adult Swim (British and Irish TV programming block)

In 2002, CNX was launched in the United Kingdom as a spin-off of Cartoon Network. It featured much of the content found on Adult Swim and Toonami, anime shows and adult action films, but closed operations after a year in 2003.[284]

A nightly Adult Swim channel was launched on July 8, 2006, on the now defunct Bravo owned by Virgin Media Television, generally starting at midnight. Shows that were previously a part of the UK's Adult Swim block are Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, The Brak Show, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Squidbillies, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, 12 oz. Mouse, The Venture Bros., Moral Orel, and Metalocalypse,[285] The first "action" series was the anime Afro Samurai, which aired on May 4, 2007, alongside a new UK animated show Modern Toss. On July 7, 2008, Adult Swim ceased to broadcast on Bravo.[286]

Former Sony Pictures Television channel TruTV started airing Adult Swim shows every night from 11 pm to around 3 am in November and December 2016. It broadcast episodes of Rick and Morty, Robot Chicken, Mr. Pickles and Squidbillies.

The UK Adult Swim website offers free access to full episodes of shows including Squidbillies, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Minoriteam, Stroker and Hoop, Moral Orel, 12 oz. Mouse, Perfect Hair Forever, Metalocalypse, and Frisky Dingo. Revolver Entertainment began distributing original Adult Swim series on DVD in the UK and Ireland.[287]

FX aired Robot Chicken, Titan Maximum, Venture Brothers, and Metalocalypse. These shows were advertised with [adult swim] branding. They began airing on June 5, 2010, in conjunction with the channel's regular schedule and ended on November 27, 2010. On December 14, 2011, the Robot Chicken: Star Wars trilogy appeared on Syfy at 10 pm.[citation needed] The block began airing on TCM 2 starting on January 4, 2012.[288]

Adult Swim returned to UK and Irish television starting with a new block on the FOX channel on September 4, 2015.[289] This was discontinued in September 2017, and Adult Swim was then not broadcast on television, although Rick and Morty has since moved to Comedy Central and is available to stream on Netflix in the UK and Ireland.

Adult Swim once again returned to the UK with a new block on E4 in February 2019.[290] This block shows Adult Swim shows as well as some other shows being able to stream on Channel 4 such as Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Rick and Morty, and much more.[291] Rick and Morty reruns also air on E4 Extra.

High definition channels and service edit

A high-definition feed of Adult Swim is available on many subscription-television providers, and is shared with its daytime counterpart Cartoon Network. The high-definition feed broadcasts in 1080i high-definition on nearly all providers, and was launched on October 15, 2007, along with Cartoon Network HD.[292] From 2007 to 2023, standard-definition 4:3 content was stretched to 16:9 on the high definition feed to fill the 16:9 aspect ratio, although certain 4:3 content, usually high-definition restorations, were aired in their original aspect ratio with pillarboxing.[293] Starting September 25, 2023, this changed to airing 4:3 content zoomed and cropped to 14:9, before settling on airing all 4:3 content in its original aspect ratio as of October 18, 2023. Network bumpers and promos were still made in the 4:3 aspect ratio until 2010, and therefore also appeared stretched on the high-definition feed. Since May 2013, the high-definition feed is now the primary feed, with the standard-definition feed now just airing a letterboxed version of the high-definition feed.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Daily: 5 p.m. – 6 a.m. ET/PT
  2. ^ With SAP, a Spanish language simulcast of the channel is also available
  3. ^ Downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed
  4. ^ Available nightly during block's duration as listed above; U.S. pay-TV subscribers only

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adult, swim, stylized, adult, swim, since, 2003, also, abbreviated, american, programming, block, broadcast, american, basic, cable, channel, cartoon, network, during, evening, prime, time, late, night, dayparts, block, features, stylistically, varied, animate. Adult Swim stylized as adult swim since 2003 and also abbreviated as as is an American programming block broadcast by the American basic cable channel Cartoon Network during the evening prime time and late night dayparts The block features stylistically varied animated and live action series targeting an adult audience The content includes original programming particularly comedies and action series syndicated series and short films with generally minimal or no editing for content Adult Swim is programmed by Williams Street a subsidiary of Warner Bros Television Studios that also produces much of the block s original programming Adult SwimLogo used since May 25 2003CountryUnited StatesBroadcast areaNationwideNetworkCartoon Network a Headquarters1065 Williams Street NW Atlanta Georgia U S ProgrammingLanguage s English Spanish b Picture format1080i HDTV c OwnershipOwnerWarner Bros Discovery through Warner Bros Discovery Networks ParentThe Cartoon Network Inc Sister channelsList Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito American Heroes Channel Animal Planet Cinemax CNN Cooking Channel The CW Destination America Discovery Channel Discovery Familia Discovery Family Discovery Life Food Network HBO HGTV Investigation Discovery Magnolia Network Oprah Winfrey Network Science Channel TBS TLC TNT Travel Channel TruTV Turner Classic MoviesHistoryLaunchedSeptember 2 2001 22 years ago 2001 09 02 FounderMike Lazzo Keith Crofford Betty Cohen Jason DeMarco Michael OuweleenLinksWebcastLive Simulcast d Websitewww wbr adultswim wbr com Launched on September 2 2001 Adult Swim has frequently aired animated sitcoms adult animation features parody satire mockumentaries sketch comedy and pilots with many of its programs being aesthetically experimental transgressive improvised and surrealist in nature Adult Swim has contracted with various studios known for their productions in absurd and shock comedy 1 In addition to comedy Adult Swim also broadcasts Japanese anime and American action animation and since May 2012 this type of programming has generally been aired on its Saturday night Toonami block which itself is a relaunch of the original block of the same name that ran on Cartoon Network from March 1997 to September 2008 Adult Swim initially ran in the late night hours 2 It began to expand into prime time in 2008 and moved its start time to 8 00 p m ET PT in 2014 3 4 To take advantage of young adult viewership of Cartoon Network in the daypart Adult Swim expanded further to 7 00 p m on weekdays and Saturdays beginning in May 2023 5 After experiencing success with the changes Adult Swim further expanded to 5 00 p m on August 28 2023 on weekdays the expanded runtime is filled by Checkered Past a sub block that features classic Cartoon Network original series from the 1990s and 2000s 6 Due to its differing demographics Adult Swim is usually promoted by Warner Bros Discovery as being a separate network time sharing with Cartoon Network on its channel allotments with its viewership being measured separately by Nielsen from the youth oriented daytime and afternoon programming carried under the Cartoon Network branding Contents 1 History 1 1 Creation and development 1994 2001 1 2 2001 2003 1 3 2003 2012 1 3 1 2007 Boston Mooninite panic 1 4 2012 2019 1 5 2019 present 2 Special events 2 1 Death tributes 2 2 April Fools Day stunts 2 3 Alternate reality games 3 Programming 4 Merchandise and media offerings 4 1 Official website 4 2 Video on demand and online streaming 4 3 Video games 4 4 Music 4 5 Live events 4 6 Podcast 4 7 Live streams and web series 4 8 Mobile and OTT applications 5 International 5 1 Africa 5 2 Australia and New Zealand 5 3 Canada 5 4 France 5 5 Germany 5 6 Italy 5 7 Latin America 5 8 Russia 5 9 Spain 5 10 United Kingdom and Ireland 6 High definition channels and service 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksHistory editCreation and development 1994 2001 edit See also Space Ghost Coast to Coast Cartoon Network s original head programmer Mike Lazzo conceived Adult Swim 7 The block grew out of Cartoon Network s previous attempts at airing content appropriate for adults who might be watching the channel after 11 pm ET PT The network began experimenting with its late night programming by airing anthology shows that presented uncensored classic cartoon shorts such as ToonHeads The Bob Clampett Show The Tex Avery Show Late Night Black and White and O Canada Another block Toonami s Midnight Run aired the network s action programming uncut with minimal edits At that time one third of Cartoon Network s audience were adults 8 9 During the 1990s prime time animation geared toward adults started growing popular due to the success of Fox s hit show The Simpsons 10 11 12 This was followed by a trend of other adult oriented animated shows throughout the decade as well as more general oriented animated series that garnered strong adult followings Space Ghost Coast to Coast Cartoon Network s first foray into original programming was created in 1994 specifically for late night adult audiences The series was created by Mike Lazzo s Ghost Planet Industries which eventually became Williams Street Studios the producers and programmers of Adult Swim Between 4 00 am and 5 00 am on December 21 and December 30 2000 while Space Ghost Coast to Coast was on hiatus several new Williams Street series made unannounced stealth premieres Sealab 2021 Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law Aqua Teen Hunger Force and The Brak Show all premiered unannounced 13 the official schedules listed the shows as Special Programming 14 Prior to that in Entertainment Weekly it was stated that Michael Ouweleen s next project was working on the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law Pilot with J J Sedelmaier 15 In a 1999 interview the indie pop rock band Calamine stated they had recorded the theme song for Sealab 2021 16 While entertaining pitches for a variety of adult cartoons Lazzo realized the potential for packaging them as a complete adult focused block Different names were considered including ibiso which was said to be Spanish for stop Parental Warning and Parental Block but he eventually settled on Adult Swim a reference to the common policy at public swimming pools to have time intervals during the day when only adults are allowed in the pool 17 Cartoon Network originally intended to launch the adult animation block on April 1 2001 but was delayed five months 18 In June 2001 TV Guide had recorded an interview with Cartoon Network s former president Betty Cohen She stated there was a new programming block coming out in September that was aimed for an adult audience 19 20 During this month at the Cartoon Network Confidential Cartoon Network s best originals and outrageous animated shorts for discriminating adults in New York City an upcoming episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast titled Kentucky Nightmare the stealth pilots from December Captain Linger and an episode of Home Movies were screened for free The screening was part of the Toyota Comedy Festival 21 On Saturday July 21 2001 the Space Ghost Coast to Coast panel at San Diego Comic Con had a trivia game in which the winners won a promotional CD that had the theme songs to the upcoming Adult Swim Shows 22 23 Everybody who attended got a free Adult Swim t shirt that was packaged to look like a roll of bandages that a lifeguard might carry 24 At the Comic Con audiences got to see clips of the upcoming shows and vote for what show they wanted to see as a sneak peek Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law was the winner and the pilot was screened The Leave It to Brak episode Mr Bawk Ba Gawk and Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode The Justice Hole were also screened as well as clips to the episode Sweet for Brak 22 On August 12 the first commercial advertising the new block aired on Cartoon Network 25 Around this time a press kit came out that featured towels and a promotional CD 26 27 28 29 Another press kit that was designed as a first aid kit came with a promo VHS with info on all the shows 30 31 32 Access Hollywood also highlighted the upcoming premieres 33 Print ads were shown in an August issue of Entertainment Weekly On August 31 adultswim com officially launched 22 2001 2003 edit nbsp The first Adult Swim logo used from September 2 2001 to February 23 2002 Adult Swim officially launched on September 2 2001 at 10 p m ET with the original debut airing of the Home Movies episode Director s Cut 34 which had been shelved before airing on its original network UPN According to Linda Simensky We had a bunch of episodes to screen for Mike Lazzo and by only the second episode he yelled Buy it Cartoon Network bought the original five UPN episodes and ordered eight more to complete the season 35 36 The series first season was animated in Squigglevision later seasons were done in flash animation The first anime broadcast on the block also aired on the night of its launch Cowboy Bebop 37 38 Aqua Teen Hunger Force debuted on the block on September 9 with the episode Escape from Leprechaupolis The block initially aired on Sunday nights from 10 00 pm to 1 00 am ET with a repeat of the same block on Thursday nights Adult Swim s original bumpers shown in between the shows featured footage of elderly people swimming in public pools eating exercising and doing other pool related activities It would show signs all around the pool saying things like Warning Potential Violence Warning Strong Language in use Caution Sexual Innuendo Caution Limited Animation No Diving No Kids Warning Adult Situations 39 and more Some of these bumpers were narrated by a lifeguard who spoke through a megaphone Most notably he would shout All kids out of the pool The logo was the words Adult Swim in all capital letters or often an alternate version of the logo featured the block s name rendered in red and a black circle with a yellow penumbra also used as the main logo from 2002 to 2003 shown after a freeze frame of the footage 40 Sometimes they were even shown in reverse The block s original theme music titled D Code was a remix of Mambo Gallego done by the Melbourne musician Dust Devil originally played by Latin jazz musician Tito Puente Sr 41 Some of the bumps on the block included Aquaman Dance Party that featured a cartoon Aquaman dancing in front of live action landfill footage 42 Captain Linger a series of shorts created by J J Sedelmaier 43 Watering Hole a series of shorts about animals talking in a bar created by Soup2Nuts 44 1960s Hanna Barbera action cartoons dubbed with the voices of children 45 a series of shorts called Not for Air that had the speech of Hanna Barbera characters bleeped to make it seem like the characters were swearing 46 The New Adventures of The Wonder Twins 47 What They re Really Thinking which had a voice narrate a character s thoughts in a comedic way and Brak Puppet Party a puppet show featuring classic Hanna Barbera characters 48 49 Commercials starring characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force The Brak Show Space Ghost Coast to Coast Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law and Sealab 2021 started to appear as well such as 1 800 CALL ATT 50 Nestea 51 Dr Pepper 52 Coca Cola 53 Dodge Ram 54 Quizno s Sub 55 Maximum Hair Dye Verizon Wireless 56 and movie promos for Austin Powers in Goldmember 57 Kung Pow Enter the Fist Jackass The Movie Eight Legged Freaks 58 and The Powerpuff Girls Movie 59 Brak would also host a segment called Adult Swim News 60 Due to the September 11 attacks episodes of Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law Cowboy Bebop and Aqua Teen Hunger Force were delayed 61 62 63 In the winter of 2001 another Adult Swim CD was made available for free to anyone who purchased issue 28 of Hitch Magazine and the same CD came with issue 29 64 65 When the Saturday night block debuted on February 23 2002 it was known as Adult Swim Action with various anime programs displayed on the block from 11 00 pm to 2 00 am ET Thus programming on the block was divided between Adult Swim Action and Adult Swim Comedy 66 Adult Swim Comedy was Sunday nights and ran from 10 00 pm to 1 00 am ET Two days prior on February 21 Adult Swim stopped airing on Thursday nights The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and The Popeye Show took Cowboy Bebop s place for 12 00 am and 12 30 am ET On June 15 2002 Adult Swim had their first contest called Adult Swim Happiness Sweepstakes where winners could win a Master Shake air freshener 67 nbsp Second logo of Adult Swim used from February 23 2002 to May 25 2003 It became increasingly common for Adult Swim to act as a home for reruns of animated series that had been canceled prematurely such as Home Movies Baby Blues Mission Hill The Oblongs The Ripping Friends Futurama Family Guy and God the Devil and Bob as well as burn off remaining episodes of said shows that never aired on their original networks as a result of their premature cancellation The block obtained Futurama s exclusive pay TV syndication rights in September 2002 for a reported 10 million 68 and the series first aired on the network on January 12 2003 69 70 Family Guy made its debut on April 20 of that year with the episode Brian in Love and immediately became the block s top rated program dominating late night viewing in its time period vs pay television and free to air competition and boosting viewership of both the block and Cartoon Network itself by 239 percent 71 72 Seth MacFarlane had previously created Larry amp Steve a cartoon predecessor to Family Guy that was aired on Cartoon Network s What a Cartoon Show in 1997 MacFarlane had also worked on several Cartoon Network shows such as Johnny Bravo and Dexter s Laboratory On New Year s Eve 2002 Brak from The Brak Show and Carl Brutananadilewski from Aqua Teen Hunger Force hosted a New Year s Eve special from 11 00 pm to 3 00 am 73 74 This was the first time Adult Swim aired on a Tuesday night Beginning on January 13 2003 Adult Swim was airing five nights a week Sundays through Thursdays from 11 00 pm to 2 00 am Saturday Nights were dropped On February 9 2003 after the NBA All Star game Adult Swim aired on TNT on a block called Adult Swim All Star Extravaganza as a one time special from 11 00 pm to 12 15 am ET 75 76 77 2003 2012 edit nbsp Several creators and writers of Adult Swim shows at the San Diego Comic Con 2006 Adult Swim panel From left to right Keith Crofford Seth Green Matthew Senreich Scott Adsit Dino Stamatopoulos Tommy Blacha Brendon Small Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer On October 5 2003 Adult Swim was on from 11 00 p m to 5 00 a m ET On October 26 2003 Brak s Dad from The Brak Show hosted Halloween themed bumps 78 That same night Adult Swim hosted a live webcam show on its website featuring the Adult Swim staff having a party The Big O series finale episode The Show Must Go On was supposed to premiere that night at 11 00 pm however Adult Swim had to reschedule the episode for the next week on Sunday November 2 taking the place of the scheduled previously unaired episode of Family Guy When You Wish Upon a Weinstein to air on November 9 79 When Big O premiered on November 2 a rerun episode Stripes was airing but then Adult Swim said it was just a joke and they finally aired the correct episode Adult Swim had another New Year s Eve special this time featuring some of the Adult Swim characters having a party at Brak s house celebrating New Year s Eve It was on this night when The Brak Show was officially canceled 80 On June 15 2004 Adult Swim launched a Video on Demand On July 19 2004 Adult Swim had a publicity stunt telling viewers that they needed 1 000 000 people to go to their website so they could Free Hockey Chicken An employee was dressed as a chicken in front of a webcam being watched by viewers and he could not leave the studio until they reached their goal 81 That same year Adult Swim hyped viewers by asking them to vote which would win in a fight a Flying Shark or a Flying Crocodile 82 In late 2004 Adult Swim started a course at Kent State University with lessons by film professor Ron Russo author of the book Adult Swim and Comedy 83 84 85 86 On Halloween night in 2004 Phantasm actor Angus Scrimm hosted an Aqua Teen Hunger Force marathon 87 88 On November 2 2004 Adult Swim ran a marathon of the Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law episode Guitar Control all through the night until 2 a m The episode replayed 24 times to celebrate Election Day 89 90 On November 28 Adult Swim had a week showing off classic bumps from previous years On March 28 2005 Atlanta based Turner Broadcasting System began recording Adult Swim Nielsen ratings separately from Cartoon Network for demographic purposes 91 Promotions for Adult Swim are targeted towards the college age and those in their 20s and 30s constituting the majority of their viewers According to a September 1 2004 article in Promo magazine representatives travel to 30 universities across the U S to promote the Adult Swim lineup including handing out posters for students dorm rooms 92 On April 17 2004 Adult Swim regained Saturday nights making Friday the only night where Adult Swim did not air On March 28 2005 Adult Swim gained an extra hour now ending at 6 a m ET On October 2 2005 Adult Swim regained the 10 p m hour on Sundays continuing to start at 11 p m Mondays to Thursdays and Saturdays Adult Swim had a direct and important role in the revival of Family Guy Due to the series popularity in reruns the block burned off When You Wish Upon a Weinstein an episode of the series that had been banned from airing on Fox in 2003 93 On September 21 2003 Seth MacFarlane guest voiced on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode Super Trivia In 2004 from July 26 through July 29 Adult Swim had a week dedicated to Seth MacFarlane where it had him host a Family Guy marathon showing select episodes 94 95 On March 29 2004 less than one year after beginning reruns on Adult Swim Fox announced it would be renewing Family Guy for a fourth season and reviving it from cancellation 71 Shortly after the announcement Jim Samples then general manager and executive vice president of Cartoon Network commented Bringing Family Guy to the Adult Swim lineup last April really helped turn the block into a cultural phenomenon with young adults 72 Futurama was also revived in 2007 by Comedy Central for similar reasons impressive viewership in syndication as well as high DVD sales 96 In 2006 20th Century Fox struck a deal to produce four direct to video animated features based on Futurama and in 2009 the series was revived in normal half hour installments beginning in 2010 on Comedy Central 96 In a 2006 interview Futurama creator Matt Groening explained There s a long regal history of misunderstood TV shows and to Fox s credit the studio looked at the ratings on the Cartoon Network and how the show does overseas and saw that there was more money to be made 97 Before Adult Swim lost the rights to Futurama reruns they aired an all night marathon from December 26 30 2007 with the final reruns airing on December 31 thus marking Futurama s last airing on the block until 2021 On New Year s Eve 2005 Adult Swim had a countdown for the new year featuring characters from their shows 98 99 Beginning on March 27 2006 Adult Swim s time began at 10 30 pm ET weekdays 100 In 2007 Adult Swim announced it would expand to seven nights a week and begin airing on Fridays starting July 6 On December 29 2008 Adult Swim moved its start time to 10 p m ET every night with reruns of King of the Hill being broadcast in the hour starting January 1 2009 101 On December 27 2010 Adult Swim moved its start time from 10 p m to 9 p m ET extending the network s daily schedule to nine hours 102 2007 Boston Mooninite panic edit Main article 2007 Boston Mooninite panic On January 31 2007 Adult Swim attracted national media attention as part of the 2007 Boston Mooninite panic Both the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department mistakenly identified battery powered LED placards resembling The Mooninites characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force as improvised explosive devices These devices were in fact part of a guerrilla marketing campaign for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters The next day Boston authorities arrested two men involved with the incident Peter Berdovsky a freelance video artist from Arlington Massachusetts and Sean Stevens were facing charges of placing a hoax device to incite panic as well as one count of disorderly conduct according to CNN 103 On February 5 Turner Broadcasting and marketer Interference Inc announced that they would pay 2 million in amends one million to the city of Boston and one million in goodwill funds 104 Four days later on February 9 Jim Samples general manager and Executive Vice President of Cartoon Network since 2001 resigned 105 Turner Broadcasting later issued an apology for the ad campaign that caused the bomb scares A statement emailed to The Boston Globe from Turner Broadcasting said The packages in question are magnetic lights that pose no danger They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult Swim s animated television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force They had been in place for two to three weeks in Boston New York City Los Angeles Chicago Houston Atlanta Seattle Portland Austin San Francisco and Philadelphia Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger 2012 2019 edit nbsp Adult Swim headquarters On April 1 2012 as part of their annual April Fools Day stunt Adult Swim revived Toonami the defunct Cartoon Network programming block that primarily aired anime and action cartoons 106 Following positive reception Toonami would return full time as a rebrand of Adult Swim s Saturday night action block on May 26 2012 107 108 On March 31 2014 Adult Swim s start time moved up to 8 00 p m ET further extending its nightly schedule to ten hours 109 Between 2014 and 2022 Cartoon Network would take back the 8 00 p m hour primarily during the months leading up to Christmas making Adult Swim start at 9 00 p m again In 2015 Adult Swim launched The Virtual Brainload the first animated VR experience from a TV network 110 On May 7 2015 it was announced that Adult Swim had ordered an untitled pilot by Million Dollar Extreme described as a sketch show in an almost present day post apocalyptic nightmare world 111 Based on that pilot it was announced on March 3 2016 that it would go to series with the group presenting it under the additional subtitle World Peace and the first season consisting of six episodes under Adult Swim s traditional eleven minute episode structure 112 Adult Swim announced on December 5 2016 that it would not be renewed for a second season Adult Swim faced internal opposition to its continuation mainly regarding accusations of MDE being connected to the alt right and that the show promoted racism sexism and bigotry While the show did not predominantly deal with political themes Sam Hyde s Twitter feed containing political references and his other controversies like crashing a TEDx talk added to the suspicion 113 Buzzfeed writer Joseph Bernstein was active in criticizing the show after a heated interview with creator Sam Hyde He wrote that a source told him the Adult Swim s standards departments repeatedly discovered and removed coded racist messages including hidden swastikas 114 When asked Hyde explained that despite Adult Swim executives interest to pick up the show for a second season Turner Broadcasting ultimately decided to cancel the show 115 On September 28 2017 Pete Smith a long time producer at the studio and co creator of The Brak Show retired from the company 116 On that night Adult Swim celebrated his career with an all night marathon of Bob s Burgers consisting of episodes that his daughter Nora Smith wrote and The Brak Show with promos and bumpers made by Pete Smith airing during breaks 117 This became an annual event running anywhere from 1 hour to 10 hours The following events also added newly produced shorts interstitials from Cartoon Planet which Pete wrote for and episodes of Squidbillies where Smith played the character Boyd Adult Swim began losing the syndication rights to various 20th Television animated series in 2018 Comedy Central acquired the syndication rights to King of the Hill and The Cleveland Show that year 118 On April 8 2019 it was announced that FXX would acquire the rights to season 16 and beyond of Family Guy sharing those rights with sister networks Freeform and FX and season 9 and beyond of Bob s Burgers with rights to the seasons currently airing on Adult Swim and sister network TBS set to transfer over to the Disney owned networks 119 Family Guy left on September 18 2021 with Bob s Burgers initially planned follow in 2023 the deal was adjusted in 2023 to have Adult Swim and FXX but not TBS share the show with later seasons first appearing on October 2 2023 120 American Dad which has been a TBS original series since 2014 is set to remain On March 4 2019 AT amp T announced a major reorganization of WarnerMedia s Turner Broadcasting division which involves Cartoon Network Adult Swim Boomerang and Turner Classic Movies being transferred to Warner Bros Entertainment under a new Kids Young Adults and Classics division Although AT amp T did not specify any timetable for the changes to take effect WarnerMedia had begun to remove all Turner references in corporate communications and press releases referring to that unit s networks as divisions of WarnerMedia 121 122 123 124 2019 present edit In December 2019 Mike Lazzo retired from the company which was announced by a bumper that aired on Adult Swim that month 125 On April 29 2020 Michael Ouweleen previously the chief marketing officer of Cartoon Network Adult Swim and Boomerang and the co creator of Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law was named the President of Adult Swim a new position that gives Ouweleen responsibility for all aspects of Adult Swim and its properties 126 Adult Swim faced layoffs in November 2020 resulting in the closing of Pocket Mortys developer Big Pixel Studios and the cancellation of all of Adult Swim s online live stream series 127 Keith Crofford retired from the company in December 2020 which was celebrated with two bumpers featuring Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Seth Green and Matthew Senreich from Robot Chicken 128 On April 23 2021 WarnerMedia announced that HBO Max s adult animation development team would merge with Adult Swim under the leadership of Suzanna Makkos 129 Family Guy left Adult Swim on September 18 2021 after an 18 year long run The block noted the occasion with a special bumper featuring various Adult Swim characters waving goodbye to the Griffin family The network then reacquired the rights to King of the Hill and Futurama on November 22 2021 and December 27 2021 respectively 130 131 From October 18 2021 onward Adult Swim began airing certain programs in a compressed format speeding up programs to accommodate additional time slots for advertising sales and airing credits in a split screen format similar to sister network TBS the split screen credits tactic ceased in 2024 In May 2022 following WarnerMedia s divestment by AT amp T and merger with Discovery Inc to form Warner Bros Discovery the Warner Bros Global Kids Young Adults and Classics division was dissolved Adult Swim was moved under Warner Bros Discovery Networks while Williams Street moved under Warner Bros Television 132 Ouweleen still oversees both units while also gaining oversight to Cartoon Network Boomerang and Discovery Family 133 Several Adult Swim shows including Tigtone and Lazor Wulf were removed from Adult Swim s website and HBO Max that year as a part of massive cost cutting moves at WBD Some other series like Final Space were written off as a loss for tax purposes and removed from digital stores 134 On January 24 2023 it was announced that Adult Swim had severed ties with Rick and Morty co creator Justin Roiland after he was charged with felony domestic abuse 135 On May 1 2023 Adult Swim s start time moved up to 7 00 p m ET PT on weekdays and Saturdays extending the block to eleven hours Ratings data found that 68 of Cartoon Network s overall viewership between the 6 and 8 p m hours had been over the age of 18 thus justifying a further expansion of the block 136 The first two weeks of the new schedule which was anchored by the premiere of Unicorn Warriors Eternal brought the hour a 24 increase in overall viewership and a 38 increase among viewers 18 34 137 On May 17 2023 Kathleen Finch CCO of Warner Bros Discovery U S Networks Group announced that a further expansion to the 6 00 p m ET hour would occur later in the year 138 The change was officially announced on June 7 2023 and took effect on August 28 2023 on weekdays the hour would feature the new block Checkered Past which features reruns of classic Cartoon Network original series 137 It was later announced on August 8 2023 that Adult Swim would instead begin at 5 00 p m expanding the block to 13 hours 139 ACME Night a Sunday night movie block moved from Cartoon Network to Adult Swim following the expansion starting an hour earlier at 5 00 p m Special events editDeath tributes edit Adult Swim occasionally airs bumpers that pay tribute to a recent celebrity death These bumpers have no music or sound effects but only a fade in showing the person s name year of birth and year of death followed by a fade out This has been done for many people over the years including celebrities such as Steve Jobs Kobe Bryant Chadwick Boseman and MF Doom and Adult Swim cast and crew such as Harry Goz 140 141 142 143 144 Some tribute bumpers have been made jokingly such as one mocking the declining quality of Game of Thrones in 2017 one marking the lifespan of NFTs as 2021 2021 and one for Sherman Hemsley done in 2014 a full 2 years after his death adding Sorry we just found out That shit sucks 145 146 Following the death of Space Ghost Coast to Coast animator and voice actor C Martin Croker on September 17 2016 Adult Swim paid tribute to him the following night playing the first produced episode of the show Elevator with tribute bumpers bookending the rerun 147 Toonami also paid tribute to Croker the following Saturday with T O M and S A R A saying farewell to former host Moltar voiced by Croker in a special intro 148 Following the death of Norm Macdonald on September 14 2021 Adult Swim aired an hour of Mike Tyson Mysteries on which he voiced Pigeon on the 14th and the 15th 149 150 Similar tributes where the network played special reruns have also occurred for celebrities such as Gilbert Gottfried Akira Toriyama and Paul Reubens 151 152 153 April Fools Day stunts edit Since 2004 Adult Swim has had an annual tradition of celebrating April Fools Day by tricking and fooling their audience by altering programs or airing different and obscure programs 154 The pranks generally start at 12 a m ET on April 1 technically considered part of the March 31 schedule with an additional prank on the April 1 schedule rarely Since its launch in 2019 the annual pranks have been simulcast on the Adult Swim network in Canada Since 2021 the pranks have also been streamed to Adult Swim s YouTube 155 Starting in 2004 all of the regularly scheduled episodes were aired with random mustaches drawn on the characters however the next night the episodes were aired again this time without the random mustaches 156 In 2005 Adult Swim aired an early unfinished version of the Squidbillies pilot instead of Robot Chicken Right after the rough cut it was announced that the animated series would premiere later in October 2005 157 In 2006 Adult Swim aired old re runs of Mr T and Karate Kommandos and then aired episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex with fart noises added to the dialog 158 159 On March 31 2007 Adult Swim aired all 6 episodes of Perfect Hair Forever that existed at the time alongside a new episode in reverse order and edited to look like they were being played from degraded videotapes with poorly done fansubs either containing grammatically incorrect English or dialogue from completely different shows such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force 160 better source needed On April 1 2007 Adult Swim promoted a television premiere of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters ahead of its theatrical release that occurred 9 to 12 days later but only showed the first two minutes which had long been available on the film s official website before minimizing it into a comically small picture in picture display over regularly scheduled programming 161 In 2008 Adult Swim aired a night of unfinished sneak peeks pilots and stealth premieres of future upcoming shows in place of its regularly scheduled programming featuring Fat Guy Stuck in Internet The Venture Bros Delocated Superjail Young Person s Guide to History Metalocalypse Robot Chicken and Moral Orel 158 Some of these premieres included introductory segments hosted by Robert Osborne from Turner Classic Movies 162 The repeat block did air the scheduled ATHF movie with bumps teasing the viewer about missing the premieres 163 In 2009 Adult Swim aired The Room a critically panned 2003 independent film that was considered a cult classic with sex scenes obscured with black boxes and with a TV 14 rating It was followed by the Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job episode Tommy which featured the star and director of the film Tommy Wiseau In 2010 Adult Swim re aired The Room for a second year in a row with bumps featuring Tommy Wiseau being interviewed on Space Ghost Coast to Coast Sex scenes remained censored but the parental rating was raised to TV MA In 2011 The Room was aired once again with the TV MA rating and was followed by a 15 minute special titled Earth Ghost a CGI version of the Lowe Country pilot shown on Adult Swim s website in 2007 In 2012 Adult Swim replaced its lineup with Toonami a former programming block from Cartoon Network After first playing the opening sequence of The Room the scene switched to the Toonami host T O M noting that it was April Fools Day before introducing that week s scheduled episode of Bleach The Toonami bumps and programming would continue throughout the night featuring Dragon Ball Z Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Tenchi Muyo Outlaw Star The Big O season 1 Yu Yu Hakusho Blue Submarine No 6 Trigun the original version of Astro Boy and Gigantor T O M also presented a review of Mass Effect 3 and promoted the recent DVD releases of the series featured Subsequently on May 16 2012 Adult Swim announced via Twitter and later by a press release that Toonami would return to Adult Swim on May 26 2012 as a regular weekly Saturday night programming block 164 165 In 2013 Adult Swim featured images of cats throughout much of its programming All of the bumps contained videos and images of cats while the episodes of the live action shows aired that night had cat faces covering up the faces of the actors The adult swim logo was replaced with meow meow 166 In 2014 Adult Swim premiered an eighth and ninth two part episode of Perfect Hair Forever exactly seven years following the second series finale during the 2007 April Fools stunt and about 9 years after the first series finale in 2005 This was followed by an unannounced Space Ghost Coast to Coast marathon featuring creator chosen episodes including the full version of Fire Ant which has rarely been aired on TV During the marathon bumps were included between episodes showing outtakes and commentary from the writers and staff 167 The prank streamed on a loop on Adult Swim s website the next day In 2015 Adult Swim aired a 6 hour marathon of Aqua Teen Hunger Force with superimposed coins on the screen replicating the Coin Hunt game from Adult Swim s online live stream show FishCenter The main characters of the show collected points by hovering over the coins during the episodes with the points counted and tabulated throughout the night 168 Master Shake was ultimately declared the winner 169 FishCenter streamed live during the whole event featuring special guest Trixie Mattel Zach White a guitar music performance from Jared Hill and several confused call ins In 2016 advertisements were shown for the April Fools broadcast recapping their 12 year history of pranks and hyping up that year s prank 157 When midnight did occur regular programming played with the implication being that the prank for 2016 was that there was no prank On the broadcast night of March 31 2017 all the regularly scheduled episodes after midnight had a weird audio mix including added laugh tracks Seinfeld stings robotic and pitch shifted filters added to particular voices various sound effects and alternate musical pieces 170 On April 1 2017 the evening portion of Adult Swim was replaced with the unannounced Rick and Morty Season 3 premiere The Rickshank Rickdemption It aired repeatedly from 8 00 p m until midnight on TV shortening Toonami in the process and streamed on a loop on Adult Swim s website Newly commissioned Rick and Morty idents and announcement promos for upcoming shows and seasons aired during the prank The episode then repeated every night at 10 00 p m until April 7 171 On the broadcast night of March 31 2018 Toonami aired its anime after midnight in Japanese with English subtitles breaking the block s policy of only playing dubbed anime The subbed anime included the stealth premiere of FLCL Alternative the 2004 film Mind Game and most of Toonami s scheduled programming for that night The short Scavengers finished off the block at 5 45 a m The block aired special bumpers with T O M and S A R A and a game review of Nier Automata all dubbed to Japanese with English subtitles The Adult Swim logo was also changed to Japanese stylized as アダルトスイム The originally scheduled programming affected by the prank aired normally the following week 172 On April 1 2018 Adult Swim aired an animated parody of Rick and Morty titled Bushworld Adventures created by Michael Cusack at 11 00 p m instead of Rick and Morty and Mike Tyson Mysteries 173 It follows Rick and Morty in Australia going on wild adventures in search to find the green cube that was left at Bendigo All of Adult Swim s nature themed bumpers that aired throughout the hour were Australian themed The short also streamed on a loop on Adult Swim s website In 2019 Adult Swim aired Gemusetto Machu Picchu an anime parody that ran continuously from midnight to 5 45 a m It was simulcast both on TV and on Adult Swim s online live stream with a live Q amp A with creator Maxime Simonet airing after the program on the live stream The special was simulcast on Action in Canada as its second to last program ever before its relaunch as a new 24 7 Adult Swim network at 6 00 a m 174 In 2020 Adult Swim aired Post s Game a night of sneak peek programming hosted by Post Malone and friends playing casual games during the broadcast The prank started with a tease to a new season of Gemusetto which debuted later in the year only to be interrupted by Malone New episodes of Primal Dream Corp LLC Tigtone The Shivering Truth Robot Chicken Lazor Wulf 12 oz Mouse and Tender Touches aired The series premieres to YOLO Crystal Fantasy and JJ Villard s Fairy Tales were also shown along with the pilot for Smiling Friends a Rick and Morty short by Studio Deen and a new trailer for the second half of Rick and Morty season 4 Malone made silent cameos on each show aside from Primal and Smiling Friends via green screen 175 Smiling Friends was quickly uploaded to the website due to popular demand and got picked up for a full series a year later 176 FishCenter streamed live during the event on the website taking calls from viewers In 2021 Adult Swim became Adult Swim Junior 177 airing versions of the Rick and Morty episode Total Rickall retitled Rick and Morty Babies and the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode Revenge of the Mooninites retitled Aqua Child Hunger Force that had been overdubbed by children with edited scripts to make them age appropriate promos aired during the event featured other Adult Swim programs being made family friendly 178 177 In 2022 Pibby and Bun Bun the main characters from the Come and Learn with Pibby proof of concept short appeared in Adult Swim s programming and bumpers from midnight to 2 00 a m occasionally having characters and the environment be visually corrupted 179 The prank repeated from 3 00 a m to 5 00 a m and Adult Swim later posted a compilation of all the corruptions done in the night s prank 180 A Pibby related song played over the network sign off at 5 59 a m 181 HBO Max added the short and themed the Adult Swim hub around the prank for the following week Pibby was later not greenlit into a full TV series 182 In 2023 Adult Swim announced that the block would be taken over by AI followed by a short clip of a Smiling Friends episode reanimated through generative artificial intelligence It was quickly cut off due to its uncanniness only for the channel to lose its remote and start fast forwarding showing previews of the new series Royal Crackers and the upcoming seasons of The Eric Andre Show and Teenage Euthanasia The network then rewound to an airing of the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode Fire Ant At 1 00 a m ET Adult Swim then aired the Infomercials shorts Unedited Footage of a Bear and Broomshakalaka as as Adult Swim Minus all the commercials you love minus all the annoying shows Afterward to provide something meditative as an apology for the previous 90 minutes a half hour of footage of a train traveling through Norway was aired under the title Ambient Swim 183 In 2024 a week before the prank Adult Swim promoted season 2 of Smiling Friends as premiering March 31 at midnight with various online shorts and an appearance on the exterior of the Sphere in Las Vegas When midnight did occur Adult Swim instead aired various episodes of season 1 redone with puppets Mr Frog was redone with Muppet esque puppets Shrimp s Odyssey was redone with sock puppets and live action humans and Charlie Dies and Doesn t Come Back was redone with papier mache puppets The first episode of season 2 followed after with an announcement that the rest of season 2 will premiere starting May 12 The episodes were then played in reverse order the following hour Alternate reality games edit nbsp Image from part of the ARG transmission that aired on August 27 2017 All subsequent transmissions have followed the same basic format Adult Swim began an ARG campaign on August 27 2017 by airing a cryptic bump transmission during a new episode of Rick and Morty 184 The bump referred viewers to a Twitter account Players were told that they were trying to rescue a stolen AI named Delilah Weekly bumps provided puzzles to be solved by viewers with solutions submitted via Twitter The solutions were then confirmed by both the Twitter account and subsequent bumps 185 Later in the game Delilah was forced to self destruct to prevent a security breach 186 The Twitter account then rebranded itself as a marketing company and claimed that the entire game was an experiment 187 188 Soon after this a new Twitter account followed all the previous account s existing followers This new account informed everyone that they were searching for their missing sister named Amelia The bump transmissions then started referring viewers to this new Twitter account as well as several new Instagram accounts continuing to provide puzzles that required solving Some players have used Discord to work together as a team in a dedicated server to solve the puzzles and share theories about the game 189 The ARG has been consistently broadcasting new messages and puzzles every Sunday since the initial August 2017 broadcast with only a short hiatus during the 2017 holiday break On March 25 2018 it was revealed that Amelia was safe and had been for quite some time Players learned that Amelia s messages asking for help were actually sent 3 years prior and that their delay in being received was caused by time dilation This revelation effectively completed the second chapter of the ARG and alluded to the next phase which started on June 2018 The following narratives explored the intricate connections between Delilah Amelia and the newly introduced character Tristan revealing layers of corporate and personal intrigue involving Proto X and the shadowy organization known as Central Mgmt The ARG took another turn when it was revealed that Amelia was actually a project similar to Delilah focusing on the development of human emotion through machine learning This phase expanded to include concepts such as telepathy and metaphysical connections within digital realms Players interacted with various digital platforms and solved puzzles that revealed more about the characters backstories and the sinister motives of the organizations involved The game s complexity grew as new transmissions from Amelia and other characters were interspersed with real time interactions on Twitter and Instagram The narrative hinted at a larger conspiracy involving data privacy emotional manipulation and the exploitation of AI for corporate gain In its later stages the ARG seemed to merge reality with its fictional narrative suggesting that the events players had been part of were part of a larger marketing experiment by the fictional Heart and Brain Corporation This meta narrative twist left many players questioning the reality of the events they had participated in As of April 2024 the ARG remains unfinished with the last significant update occurring in early 2020 leaving the story unresolved The ARG likely concluded prematurely due to the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic and significant layoffs at Adult Swim which disrupted the continuation of the storyline Programming editMain articles List of programs broadcast by Adult Swim and List of programs broadcast by Toonami Original shows currently in production and seen on Adult Swim include The Eric Andre Show Rick and Morty and Smiling Friends Adult Swim is best known for its inaugural slate of programming which were mainly parodies and remakes based on Hanna Barbera cartoons including Space Ghost Coast to Coast Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law and Sealab 2021 190 Adult Swim also airs syndicated programs from 20th Television Bob s Burgers Futurama King of the Hill which Adult Swim shares with FXX and Comedy Central original series produced for TBS and Max American Dad Ten Year Old Tom and have acquired and co produced various anime series 190 Via Adult Swim Cartoon Network is one of the few U S networks to carry anime and the only network that airs such programming aimed at young adults and teens rather than children 190 Currently most anime and action genre programming air on Saturday nights as part of Toonami a former Cartoon Network programming block that was relaunched by Adult Swim on May 26 2012 as a block within a block 165 Cartoon Network shows that have gained a following among older viewers have also aired on Toonami in particular Samurai Jack proved popular enough in reruns to warrant a revival in 2017 191 A nostalgia block Checkered Past was launched August 28 2023 It airs classic Cartoon Network programming including Dexter s Laboratory Grim amp Evil Courage the Cowardly Dog Ed Edd n Eddy and Cow and Chicken weekdays from 5 00 p m to 7 00 p m 137 ACME Night a Sunday night block launched on Cartoon Network in September 2021 moved to Adult Swim on September 3 2023 192 The block airs movies intended for general audiences Merchandise and media offerings editOfficial website edit Adult Swim s official website features full episodes of shows 193 online streams and podcasts 194 195 music streaming 196 comics 197 a programming schedule 198 and a section dedicated to its Toonami programming block 199 User accounts could once be made on the site initially for the site s messaging boards which launched in May 2003 and shut down in October 2016 By 2018 the only main functionality for user accounts left was for creating profiles and participating in the live stream chatrooms User accounts were permanently disabled in January 2021 following the removal of the chat function 200 A store was available on the site although initially only through the main Cartoon Network store from 2001 to 2004 The store later spun off into its own website the Adult Swim Shop in 2004 and ran until 2012 Another store As Seen on Adult Swim launched in 2013 and only sold a single item at a time until 2017 when a QVC like show was launched with the same name on the Adult Swim streams 201 The site later shut down in January 2021 following the end of the series in November Video on demand and online streaming edit In mid 2004 Adult Swim launched a video on demand service on subscription television providers 202 The service includes several episodes from various Adult Swim original series syndicated series and anime licensed for Toonami The anime series s CRY ed initially premiered on demand before debuting on the regular block in May 2005 The video on demand service was added to DirecTV in October 2007 on channel 1886 203 Adult Swim introduced online video streaming in 2006 providing a free online video on demand service for recent and older episodes of select programming Initially some episodes premiered on the website early although eventually episodes began appearing 1 3 days after broadcast This became a week after broadcast in June 2010 In August 2011 Adult Swim began requiring TV Everywhere authentication for most episodes on the site greatly reducing the amount of free content 204 This service was combined with the Adult Swim mobile app in 2014 205 Around this time Adult Swim began posting every episode of select series online for free viewing although some of these were removed in 2015 when Hulu acquired the rights to multiple shows and once again in 2020 when sibling service HBO Max known as Max since May 2023 launched 206 Most of Adult Swim s library is available on Max while select series are available on Hulu As of March 2022 Adult Swim s current programming excluding Rick and Morty which is shared with Hulu The Eric Andre Show which is exclusive to Hulu and Off the Air is put on Max the day after new episodes air 207 Several Adult Swim shows are also available for purchase on iTunes Google TV Amazon Microsoft Movies amp TV and Vudu Video games edit Main article Adult Swim Games Adult Swim once had many Flash based online games available on their website including Robot Unicorn Attack and Five Minutes to Kill Yourself but all of the games were removed in 2020 following the discontinuation of Adobe Flash Player Starting in 2005 Adult Swim began publishing mobile games including those based on Adult Swim franchises and original content 208 In 2011 the division Adult Swim Games was created to publish original indie game content largely focusing on the hardcore gamer market 209 Music edit See also Williams Street Records Adult Swim has partnerships with several independent music labels and has co produced and released compilation albums with Stones Throw Records 210 Ghostly International Definitive Jux and Chocolate Industries through their own label Williams Street Records Many of Adult Swim s bumps and packaging make use of instrumental and electronic music Various music is also often borrowed from artists signed onto a wide array of different labels including Warp Records and Ninja Tune Records Live events edit Adult Swim has held various live events throughout the years through its Adult Swim Presents division Adult Swim frequently appears at San Diego Comic Con often holding sneak previews games musical performances among other things 211 Since 2018 it has held an annual Adult Swim Festival with a mix of music comedy panels and other festivities 2018 and 2019 s festivals took place in Los Angeles and had select performances streamed live on the Adult Swim Streams Due to the COVID 19 pandemic 2020 and 2021 s festivals were held online through prerecorded videos and live streams on YouTube The 2022 festival known as the Adult Swim Festival Block Party took place in Philadelphia with highlight reels and select full performances being streamed to YouTube The 2023 festival known as the Adult Swim Festival On the Green occurred at San Diego Comic Con and had no online live stream 212 Podcast edit Adult Swim offered a video podcast on iTunes from March 21 to September 19 2006 The podcasts featured behind the scenes segments of shows and exclusive content such as an interview with Saved by the Bell s Dennis Haskins and a look at Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha s Metalocalypse The podcast reached number two in iTunes ranking of most downloaded podcasts A new audio only podcast called the Adult Swim Podcast was launched on July 11 2019 hosted by Matt Harrigan 213 In regular episodes Harrigan interviews different Adult Swim contributors show creators and actors Max Simonet was later added as a co host with interviews still done solo by Harrigan The podcast also featured a few spin offs such as a companion podcast for season 4 of Rick and Morty a tournament bracket competition for Adult Swim s original comedies and a tournament bracket for Toonami programming most episodes of these spin offs aired live on the Adult Swim Streams No new episodes of the Adult Swim Podcast have released since November 2020 and links to the podcast on the website were eventually removed Adult Swim also teamed up with Abso Lutely Productions to produce season 2 of the This is Branchburg comedy podcast 214 Live streams and web series edit On September 25 2013 Adult Swim began simulcasting their channel through the Adult Swim mobile app 215 216 and website 217 although TV Everywhere authentication is required Both the East and West Coast feeds are available In late 2014 Adult Swim added several free 24 7 live streams to their website most of them airing marathons of different shows on a loop One of the live streams a feed of the Williams Street office s fish tank became its own series FishCenter Live and led to the creation of the Adult Swim Streams 218 The Adult Swim Streams consisted of several online exclusive originals usually broadcast live and featured a chatroom similar to that of Twitch Many of the shows also accepted calls from viewers to interact with the hosts or change the course of a program 219 Select shows aired daily on the service these included FishCenter Live A parody of SportsCenter and the flagship series consisting of Matt Harrigan Max Simonet Dave Bonawits Andrew Choe and Christina Loranger narrating over footage of the Williams Street fish tank Fish scored points through games started by the hosts and games played by callers Special guests like musicians and comedians often performed 220 Stupid Morning Bullshit A morning later evenings talk show hosted by Sally Skinner discussing strange news stories and current events 221 Williams Street Swap Shop A phone in trading show in the vein of tradio programs hosted by Zachary White and Matt Hutchinson A spin off Traveling Tuesdays had Zach visit places around Atlanta 221 Bloodfeast A crossword puzzle solving show hosted by Max Simonet and Dave Bonawits that frequently used surreal content intended to disturb viewers including animations poetry and short films The show received two animated TV spinoffs Tender Touches in 2017 followed by Gemusetto in 2019 A stream spin off known as Bloodfeast Presents featured musical performances using the same special effects to create unique visuals 222 Desperate Losers A show hosted by various Adult Swim employees that had them play with scratch off tickets in an attempt to supplement their incomes The show alternated recording between Atlanta New York City and Connecticut 219 Some shows aired weekly or on special occasions these included Assembly Line Yeah An arts and crafts show hosted by Jiyoung Lee and Anca Vlasan 218 Last Stream on the Left A podcast style show hosted by Ben Kissel Henry Zebrowski and Marcus Parks The hosts discuss dark or disturbing stories conspiracy theories and paranormal happenings 223 Digikiss A live one on one video dating show where viewers could ask questions and watch the date unfold 224 Truthpoint Darkweb Rising A show hosted by dril and Derek Estevez Olsen a parody of InfoWars 225 As Seen on Adult Swim A show hosted by Nick Gibbons in the style of a home shopping program selling Adult Swim merchandise and giving away a rare item as the last item every night to a winner of a contest 226 Development Meeting A show hosted by development coordinators Walter Newman and Cameron Tang where viewers could pitch programs to Adult Swim Unfinished sneak peeks to upcoming productions were also shown until 2019 One pitch Skeleton Landlord eventually made it on air as a part of Infomercials 227 Toonami Pre Flight A show hosted by Jason DeMarco and Gill Austin where they discussed programming took fan questions and showed sneak peeks to upcoming promos and game reviews 228 Block or Charge A comedy clip show hosted by Rex Chapman and David Helmers based on Chapman s tweets 229 The Cry of Mann The Call of Warr and The Weather Three series from Wham City where viewers could call in and either play characters or change the story 230 Some of the live stream shows aired edited down versions of their shows on Fridays at 4 00 am under the collective name Williams Stream 231 Several previously recorded web series are also available on demand on the website including On Cinema at the Cinema and its spin off Decker which later became a TV series for Adult Swim 232 Almost all of Adult Swim s then ongoing web series including the Adult Swim Streams as a whole were cancelled by November 2020 Adult Swim Smalls a shorts program produced by Off the Air s Dave Hughes was the only web series to remain Some series like On Cinema have continued on independently New web series including spin offs of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Rick and Morty started releasing in 2022 233 Currently the website features several free live streams consisting of marathons of specific Adult Swim programming with the mobile and OTT apps including a few more streams Additionally there is Channel 5 a live stream consisting of various Tim amp Eric productions made for the network along with original series made for the stream TimAndEric com sketches content made for Jash and the Super Deluxe series Tim and Eric Nite Live Some of the marathon streams had chatrooms similar to the live stream though these were removed along with the live stream chatroom in January 2021 200 Mobile and OTT applications edit Since its premiere in 2001 Adult Swim executives have worked extensively to extend the brand s reach to viewers in venues outside of the normal pay television services This includes the launch of the adultswim com website and the release of apps for various mobile and over the top platforms providing access to current and past Adult Swim programming live marathons live and pre recorded original programs and the nightly online simulcast of the Adult Swim broadcast Currently apps are available in the U S only for Amazon Fire TV Android including Google Cast on Android TV Apple TV iOS Chromecast Roku and Xbox One Due to licensing agreements certain parts of the apps including access to its live simulcast and most episodes of their shows require the viewer to use their subscription television provider or OTT platform username and password to authenticate their right to access such content International editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Available Formerly available Not available but programs available Adult Swim has been actively expanding its reach across the world since 2005 Localized versions have aired in Australia Russia Brazil and the rest of Latin America Adult Swim is usually not paired with Cartoon Network due to local market conditions or government content restrictions and regulations such as Ofcom in the United Kingdom In such markets Adult Swim programming is licensed to other broadcasters instead 234 235 Africa edit In November 2018 Adult Swim made its African debut in South Africa s MultiChoice s streaming service Showmax featuring shows such as Rick and Morty Samurai Jack Robot Chicken and Eagleheart at launch 236 In June 2019 the brand was temporarily made available on TNT as a programming block 237 Australia and New Zealand edit Main article Adult Swim Australian TV programming block The Australian and New Zealand version of Adult Swim was broadcast on Cartoon Network until December 31 2007 Shows aired at that time were Aqua Teen Hunger Force Sealab 2021 Space Ghost Coast to Coast Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law which also aired on SBS Tom Goes to the Mayor Home Movies The Venture Bros and before its closure Squidbillies The comedy block aired every Friday and Saturday and an action block aired during the week including mature anime like Cowboy Bebop InuYasha Bleach Air Gear Black Cat and Ghost in the Shell Presently original comedies have premiered on The Comedy Channel in Australia 238 The block would return on The Comedy Channel in March 2008 with Aqua Teen Hunger Force joining the lineup on July 1 239 The channel has also aired The Boondocks but not under the Adult Swim banner To date Adult Swim has grown considerably with the block now airing every Saturday from 12 to 2 am AEST and 6 30 to 7 30 pm AEST to keep with the late night tradition of the former block 240 Adult Swim s programming has been released to Region 4 DVD by Madman Entertainment including shows that have never been shown in Australia Madman Entertainment has also released R4 exclusive DVDs not available in the United States including Volume 2 and 3 of Moral Orel and complete collections of Minoriteam and Assy McGee The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters has also been quietly released to DVD 241 After moving to The Comedy Channel in January 2008 Adult Swim stopped airing in New Zealand until 2021 citation needed In October 2013 Turner Broadcasting in partnership with MCM Media and Movideo launched an Adult Swim video on demand service 242 In June 2016 Channel 9 signed a two year deal with Turner Broadcasting to air a block of Adult Swim shows on 9Go 243 After the deal expired 9Go did not renew with Turner Broadcasting and thus the block was shut down In February 2021 TVNZ began airing Adult Swim programming on TVNZ Duke in New Zealand 244 Shows that are currently airing on the channel such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force Birdgirl Eagleheart Mr Pickles Primal Robot Chicken The Eric Andre Show The Shivering Truth The Venture Bros and YOLO Crystal Fantasy are available to stream for free on TVNZ As of December 2022 the streaming service Stan has Adult Swim shows such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force Robot Chicken and Ballmastrz 9009 available for streaming in Australia 245 Rick and Morty airs on the Foxtel channel Fox8 Canada edit Main articles Adult Swim Canadian TV channel Teletoon at Night and Teletoon la nuit Teletoon s English and French language service previously offered adult oriented blocks that carried Adult Swim programming and aired similar shows Teletoon at Night and Teletoon la nuit On February 2 2012 then parent company TELETOON Canada Inc announced that it would be launching a Canadian version of Adult Swim sharing channel space with the Canadian version of Cartoon Network as one specialty channel just as its American counterpart does The block launched on July 4 2012 246 From September 2015 September 2017 all of Adult Swim s original series was aired exclusively on the block Meanwhile YTV has aired anime series that premiered on Adult Swim in its Bionix block 247 G4 s Anime Current block Razer s now MTV2 Kamikaze block the defunct Scream later Dusk and Super Channel have also aired various anime titles that were broadcast on Adult Swim In June 2009 G4 Canada launched Adult Digital Distraction programming that featured many Adult Swim shows In late 2011 the block was discontinued due to pressure from the CRTC on account of the channel deviating from its original format which was to air technology related programming The block would be briefly relaunched before being dropped again in 2012 Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job aired on Bell Media s CTV Comedy Channel formerly The Comedy Network In December 2013 sibling network Much began airing Childrens Hospital and later its spinoff Newsreaders They also aired the short lived series The Jack and Triumph Show In October 2014 Netflix began streaming Mike Tyson Mysteries the day after its U S television premiere On February 25 2016 Williams Street launched a Canada specific subscription video on demand service for iOS and Android devices 248 249 The app contains the majority of Adult Swim produced content including programming not seen on Canadian television 249 New premieres are added soon after their U S broadcast with the exception of new episodes of Robot Chicken and initially Rick and Morty which are added the day after its premiere on the Canadian block 250 The app was discontinued in November 2018 251 On March 4 2019 Teletoon and YTV s current parent company Corus Entertainment announced the launch of a full time 24 7 Adult Swim network on April 1 2019 as a rebrand of Action This marks the first time an international version of Adult Swim was launched as its own television channel With the channel s launch the Canadian block as well as Teletoon at Night were both discontinued as both channels would now focus exclusively on age appropriate programming 252 The Canadian Adult Swim block was dropped on March 3 2019 and Teletoon at Night closed on March 31 2019 253 France edit Main article Warner TV Next Adult Swim The block was launched on March 4 2011 and airs nightly from 11 p m to 6 a m on Cartoon Network France It has aired Aqua Teen Hunger Force Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law Metalocalypse Moral Orel Robot Chicken and Squidbillies 254 Like most international Adult Swim blocks it does not air Fox and action shows Most of the block s programming is not dubbed and airs with English audio and French subtitles In the early 2000s there was a late night block called DZAQC pronounced Desaxe which carried the 2001 Adult Swim look but did not have any adult shows except for Home Movies and Captain Linger Case Closed was aired on Cartoon Network and Toonami DZAQC aired random Cartoon Network shows and old promos in English with French subtitles A new Adult Swim block launched in March 2015 on L Enorme TV The block stopped broadcasting in June 2016 citation needed On May 15 2019 WarnerMedia France announced that an Adult Swim block would launch in July that year with season 4 of Rick and Morty exclusively airing on it in November 255 The block launched on July 24 2019 airing on Warner TV Next formerly Toonami between 11 p m and 2 a m CET On demand services are available on French online TV and on demand provider Molotov TV 256 Germany edit The Adult Swim block was launched on January 28 2009 on TNT Serie now known as WarnerTV Serie In 2016 TNT Glitz became TNT Comedy now known as WarnerTV Comedy and took over Adult Swim Programs on the block include American Dad Assy McGee Lucy The Daughter of the Devil Metalocalypse Moral Orel Robot Chicken Rick and Morty Stroker and Hoop The Brak Show Venture Bros Aqua Teen Hunger Force and The Eric Andre Show 257 258 Italy edit In Italy several Adult Swim series such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force The Venture Bros Robot Chicken China IL NTSF SD SUV and Mr Pickles are available on demand via TIMvision 259 Rick and Morty was also dubbed in Italian for release on Netflix 260 The Boondocks aired on Comedy Central and MTV 261 while The Oblongs aired on Italia Teen Television and All Music 262 On Facebook Adult Swim Italy has confirmed the possibility of airing on Cartoon Network and Boing 263 In 2018 Robot Chicken and Rick and Morty were released on DVD and Blu ray Disc from Eagle Pictures in that country 264 265 Latin America edit Main article Adult Swim Latin American TV channel In Latin America an Adult Swim block aired during the overnight hours on Cartoon Network beginning on October 7 2005 It was originally carried on the regional version of the channel when it was pulled off and picked up by I Sat on November 19 2007 another Turner Broadcasting System Latin America owned and operated network The premiere of Adult Swim was received by a major backlash from at least a pay TV operator in Latin America VTR a Chilean cable TV company unilaterally censored the block from its premiere until early 2007 due to editorial policies inherited from Ricardo Claro Valdes one of the company s shareholders infamously known for censoring programming on cable channels while he owned Metropolis Intercom a company that was absorbed by VTR in 2005 VTR s position was that Cartoon Network should be a children s channel and should not carry adult content whatsoever According to a company study the audience during Adult Swim s time slot was mostly children which went against the company s policies 266 VTR and Turner Broadcasting System agreed to broadcast Adult Swim on VTR s PPV movie service available only in digital and in some parts of Chile due to the fact that VTR had not updated its cable TV networks at the time 267 In early 2007 Adult Swim returned to the Cartoon Network grid until its first shutdown On December 1 2010 I Sat revealed that it was cutting Adult Swim programming due to low ratings adding No matter if we add new shows it would not work 268 In 2014 it was announced that Adult Swim would return to Latin America that same year 269 Adult Swim premiered on the Brazilian feed of TBS on November 3 2014 270 Adult Swim relaunched in Latin America on April 3 2015 on I Sat in English with Spanish subtitles premiering Rick and Morty and many other shows for the first time on the region 271 On January 6 2018 the block began broadcasting throughout Latin America on TBS Unlike I Sat this block was being broadcast in Spanish 272 After ceasing broadcasts on I Sat and TBS Warner Channel began airing the block on May 2 2020 for Latin America and Brazil with new content such as Final Space and the rest of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Robot Chicken series 273 274 The block lost the schedule from Monday to Thursday and Saturdays on September 14 airing only on Mondays at midnight and the following month it stopped releasing new bumpers On November 15 Adult Swim dropped out of Warner Channel s programming being its last broadcast on November 8 2021 On June 24 2021 HBO Max announced a list of some original Adult Swim content that became available since the platform s launch including Rick and Morty Aqua Teen Hunger Force Robot Chicken Primal Squidbillies The Shivering Truth and Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell Its launch took place on June 29 2021 On August 22 2023 it was announced that a 24 hour Adult Swim channel would launch in Latin America in October 2023 275 On September 3 it was announced that Adult Swim would replace TruTV on October 31 276 Russia edit From its relaunch in March 2007 to April 2023 2x2 a Russian channel specializing in animation aired Adult Swim s original series 277 There was a separate Adult Swim block and also an English language block where shows were broadcast in English without dubbing both now being defunct 278 better source needed Adult Swim produced shows that have aired include Aqua Teen Hunger Force Robot Chicken Moral Orel Sealab 2021 12 oz Mouse The Venture Bros The Brak Show Stroker and Hoop Tom Goes to the Mayor Squidbillies Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law Space Ghost Coast to Coast Frisky Dingo Perfect Hair Forever Metalocalypse Lucy the Daughter of the Devil and others 2x2 also broadcast many of the anime that premiered in the U S on Adult Swim although not on 2x2 s Adult Swim s schedule Some shows including The Boondocks and Rick and Morty also premiered outside Adult Swim s block On November 1 2019 2x2 announced an addition of the Adult Swim section on its site 279 with library containing selected Adult Swim series broadcast earlier on the channel and also new series like The Heart She Holler Off the Air The Eric Andre Show Dream Corp LLC and Neon Joe Werewolf Hunter premiering directly on the site uncut In March 2021 the shows were removed from the site As of 2024 the broadcast rights to all Adult Swim shows were expired and according to 2x2 could no longer be extended 280 Spain edit In Spain Adult Swim was a programming block that aired on Fridays from midnight on the TNT channel between 2007 and 2012 281 Despite the fact that the block no longer exists in Spain several of its original series have their own section on the HBO streaming platform 282 In December 2020 Adult Swim returned alongside Toonami as a premium pack of the Orange TV service In it there are more than 600 episodes of 19 different series such as Rick and Morty Metalocalypse Robot Chicken among others 283 United Kingdom and Ireland edit Main article Adult Swim British and Irish TV programming block In 2002 CNX was launched in the United Kingdom as a spin off of Cartoon Network It featured much of the content found on Adult Swim and Toonami anime shows and adult action films but closed operations after a year in 2003 284 A nightly Adult Swim channel was launched on July 8 2006 on the now defunct Bravo owned by Virgin Media Television generally starting at midnight Shows that were previously a part of the UK s Adult Swim block are Robot Chicken Aqua Teen Hunger Force Sealab 2021 The Brak Show Tom Goes to the Mayor Squidbillies Space Ghost Coast to Coast 12 oz Mouse The Venture Bros Moral Orel and Metalocalypse 285 The first action series was the anime Afro Samurai which aired on May 4 2007 alongside a new UK animated show Modern Toss On July 7 2008 Adult Swim ceased to broadcast on Bravo 286 Former Sony Pictures Television channel TruTV started airing Adult Swim shows every night from 11 pm to around 3 am in November and December 2016 It broadcast episodes of Rick and Morty Robot Chicken Mr Pickles and Squidbillies The UK Adult Swim website offers free access to full episodes of shows including Squidbillies Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law Tom Goes to the Mayor Minoriteam Stroker and Hoop Moral Orel 12 oz Mouse Perfect Hair Forever Metalocalypse and Frisky Dingo Revolver Entertainment began distributing original Adult Swim series on DVD in the UK and Ireland 287 FX aired Robot Chicken Titan Maximum Venture Brothers and Metalocalypse These shows were advertised with adult swim branding They began airing on June 5 2010 in conjunction with the channel s regular schedule and ended on November 27 2010 On December 14 2011 the Robot Chicken Star Wars trilogy appeared on Syfy at 10 pm citation needed The block began airing on TCM 2 starting on January 4 2012 288 Adult Swim returned to UK and Irish television starting with a new block on the FOX channel on September 4 2015 289 This was discontinued in September 2017 and Adult Swim was then not broadcast on television although Rick and Morty has since moved to Comedy Central and is available to stream on Netflix in the UK and Ireland Adult Swim once again returned to the UK with a new block on E4 in February 2019 290 This block shows Adult Swim shows as well as some other shows being able to stream on Channel 4 such as Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job Rick and Morty and much more 291 Rick and Morty reruns also air on E4 Extra High definition channels and service editA high definition feed of Adult Swim is available on many subscription television providers and is shared with its daytime counterpart Cartoon Network The high definition feed broadcasts in 1080i high definition on nearly all providers and was launched on October 15 2007 along with Cartoon Network HD 292 From 2007 to 2023 standard definition 4 3 content was stretched to 16 9 on the high definition feed to fill the 16 9 aspect ratio although certain 4 3 content usually high definition restorations were aired in their original aspect ratio with pillarboxing 293 Starting September 25 2023 this changed to airing 4 3 content zoomed and cropped to 14 9 before settling on airing all 4 3 content in its original aspect ratio as of October 18 2023 Network bumpers and promos were still made in the 4 3 aspect ratio until 2010 and therefore also appeared stretched on the high definition feed Since May 2013 the high definition feed is now the primary feed with the standard definition feed now just airing a letterboxed version of the high definition feed Notes edit Daily 5 p m 6 a m ET PT With SAP a Spanish language simulcast of the channel is also 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