New Action Lineup Effective June 25th

[KnightusMaximus]

From SwimBuddha on the ASMB:

So, like, hey...yeah.

We changed stuff. Here's the new Saturday lineup, effective on June 25.

11 p.m. Futurama
11:30 p.m. Samurai Champloo
Midnight InuYasha
12:30 a.m. S-CRY-ed
1 a.m. Paranoia Agent
1:30 a.m. FLCL
5 a.m. Lupin
5:30 a.m. Case Closed

Please enjoy this virtual lozenge.

*lozenge*

[Scirel]

Heh, looks like they took a bit of everyone`s suggestions.

Putting Champloo before Inuyasha, leading off with comedy(thugh everyone was expecting FG or AD), Putting Scryed before PA.

[Tienshin]

Well, that was quick.

Completely understandable though.

[Swordfish_II]

Argh, why can't they flip PA and s.Crap.ed?

[The Landstander]

Heh, didn't waste much time.
Argh, why can't they flip PA and s.Crap.ed?Ratings.

[Youko Recca]

Yeah, that was coming. Would prefer Paranoia Agent before Scryed but I've seen it already so it doesn't personally hurt. But I want everyone else watching it though.

[Swordfish_II]

Ratings.
I know. But still, argh!

[jbanks97]

Crap Crap Crap Crap Crap

I dunno if I can sit through Inuyasha and Scrap just to get to PA
Dare I try SNL reruns?

[Cyporiean]

well ****.. I could stand staying up for Paranoia at 12:30, but not 1am.

oh well.. good thing I ordered the DVDs..

[Demonic Raven]

I guess we all kind of saw this coming. Still sort of sucks though. We'll never get a working 100% action line-up, will we?

Whatever ratings PA was getting will just drop further at 1 AM. Not the best idea ever....

[RD!]

oh well, this makes it easier, when you think about it, to skip all the crap and just watch PA and FLCL.

[beren]

The reason the ratings are down is because they aired 6 totally new shows, they need to let they shows build a following before the switch the times around. I expected ASA to have more of a shot, honestly the ratings are fantastic, even at 300k, compared to virtually every other cable network at that time.

What is on tv between 10 and 10:30? Because I sure as hell am not watching futurama, meh maybe ill just ship the whole block. I don't watch 12th peats.

[Swordfish_II]

They should've premiered s.CRY.ed on weeknights since it's already dubbed, but they'd never move Inuyasha from there.

[Beat]

You smell that? Them be good ratings, and the death of Paranoia Agent. I doubt it will even finish its first run.

[Discloner]

You smell that? Them be good ratings, and the death of Paranoia Agent. I doubt it will even finish its first run. Hey! Lets find a show you like and trounce it every post made on this forum. :)

[Timmay]

Well there goes Trigun *waves* guess there won't be a final final run.

[Sailor Namek]

ugh why doesn't the CN schedule change with this info...or even cover more than 4 or 5 days in advance? This really annoys me (unless I'm missing something, which is entirely possible).I hope this time is right because I'm leaving on vacation and I want to tape Inu Yasha:sweat:

[Sketch]

Gah... this sucks.

AIR FMA!!!!!!!!!!!

They might as well air s-CRY-ed at 1AM on weekdays for summer. Poor PA it's the most interesting thing they've aired since Kikaider.

Gah... Inuyasha should premire new episodes on weekdays instead of this.

I'm so freak'n sick of Futurama. I'd much rather have American Dad (which is a proven hit).

Perviously I watched the whole thing. Now... I'll skip Futurama and either tape everything else or watch Champloo and Inuyasha and tape Paranoia Agent and maybe s-CRY-ed.

I believe something HAD to be done but I didn't want it to be Futurama.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/usadahikaru/TZ/chicken.gif

Gah... Inuyasha should premire new episodes on weekdays instead of this.

yes

[livingfruitvirus]

Yup. I think anime has forever lost its privilidges to have its own night.

[Zero Kagayaki]

how can i stay up till 1 to just watch Paranoia Agent? i will get sleeply darn it all

[Sketch]

It's summer afterall. Actually if they want to get REALLY good ratings out of Inuyasha they should put it first on weekdays next to Dragonball Z Uncut. That'd probably get it better ratings than it has ever gotten.

[livingfruitvirus]

It's summer afterall. Actually if they want to get REALLY good ratings out of Inuyasha they should put it first on weekdays next to Dragonball Z Uncut. That'd probably get it better ratings than it has ever gotten.Sounds like a recipe for failure.

[Beat]

Yup. I think anime has forever lost its privilidges to have its own night.
Venture Brothers proved what Inu-Yasha proved now, that without the holy pop culutre trinity of Futurama, Family Guy, and American Dad (and I suppose you could add Robot Chicken for a quartet) nothing on Adult Swim would register even the tiniest blip in ratings.

That and Saturday is just a horrible night for TV.

[Scirel]

LOL. Like they`d EVER put anything but Family Guy/ American Dad/ Futurama on the weekday 11:00 hour.

I think futurama fits there better than any other show, because even though it is very clearly a comedy show, it`s the only one AS has with a continuity and some action.

IMO Scryed in`t that bad a show if you don`t take it seriously, which it isn`t meant to be( at least, any more seriously than DBZ). It`s like DBZ for me, a show you can watch to relax, have some good fights, a few laughs, and not get psychobabbled to death(NOT a shot a PA, I`m referring to the many other shows like that ASA has aired).

[livingfruitvirus]

Venture Brothers proved what Inu-Yasha proved now, that without the holy pop culutre trinity of Futurama, Family Guy, and American Dad (and I suppose you could add Robot Chicken for a quartet) nothing on Adult Swim would register even the tiniest blip in ratings.Yup. Unfortunate but true. That's TV though. One hit show will create popularity for the entire network.

That and Saturday is just a horrible night for TV.Saturday ain't no Thursday but it can do better than god damn 300,000. Adult Swim has always seemed content with the top 3 being above 450,000.

[NewLib]

You smell that? Them be good ratings, and the death of Paranoia Agent. I doubt it will even finish its first run.
I think it will atleast get through the first run.

After all, this is the first GREAT anime that AS has had since FLCL and the only other one besides those two is Cowboy Bebop.

[Scirel]

I think it will atleast get through the first run.

After all, this is the first GREAT anime that AS has had since FLCL and the only other one besides those two is Cowboy Bebop.
It`ll defintiely get at least one run. AS has never cut any anime short, except for Detective Conan, which has 300+ episodes.

[Sketch]

Sounds like a recipe for failure.
How so?

And I would have MUCH prefered American Dad over Futurama. I'm really getting sick of Futurama.

[MegaJ]

This makes me very angry. I guess the rest of the anime fans can't sit still through PA. I never found it to be confusing or "psychobabble," it's just a very interesting anime.

[PaQ]

loo PA got buried. Not too surprising that AS shifted around their Saturday lineup and brought back Futurama, I'm just surprised that they moved so fast.

[Scirel]

How so?

And I would have MUCH prefered American Dad over Futurama. I'm really getting sick of Futurama.Remember when Home movies replaced Futurama for a week, and the ratings died? Think that, but 100 times worse.

I also would have preferred AD, but IMO, futurama fits better.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I would've prefered FMA(come on, it got great ratings, and even beat out Futurama on a couple of occasions), but Futurama works.

It may be a comedy, but it fits in more with the action shows then any of the other comedies do, because it actually has plot and character development, and episodes that aren't all about the laughs.

[Sketch]

Don't you think DBZ Uncut would make a difference. It's one of the only animes casual viewers will watch and enjoy.

[Beat]

Remember when Home movies replaced Futurama for a week, and the ratings died? Think that, but 100 times worse.

I also would have preferred AD, but IMO, futurama fits better.
American Dad has WAY more mainstream appeal than Home Movies ever did. But considering Futurama is no longer on Sundays...

[Yash]

Ugh. Even DBZ would be better than another timeslot for Futurama[/pointless exaggerating].

Why not move new Family Guy over?

[Sketch]

It's just so freak'n bothersome to have a half hour of comedy before an otherwise anime only line-up.

[Scirel]

American Dad has WAY more mainstream appeal than Home Movies ever did. But considering Futurama is no longer on Sundays...
Gah, My response was unclear. I was actually talking about Sketch`s suggestion to put Inuyasha on after DBZ uncut, not AD on saturdays(Which, IMO would have been a good idea, but as said before in this thread, Futurama fits better).

[Sketch]

Not really. American Dad has joyus senseless violence!

But the main reason I'd MUCH rather have it than Futurama is that American Dad is fresh material and Futurama is anything but that. I'm really sick of Futurama on Saturday. REALLY sick of it. I was hoping it would never ever come back but my hopes are dashed as usual.

[Sketch]

No.

And the day Inuyasha scores over a million 18-34 viewers that wasn't without a shadow of a doubt the result of surrounding programming, I'll ban myself from the boards.
Fair enough... But I think DBZ would help it succeed. But why mess with success right?

It is very apparent than Inuyasha's success is rather fabricated and wouldn't be present without solid programing around it.

[livingfruitvirus]

American Dad has WAY more mainstream appeal than Home Movies ever did. But considering Futurama is no longer on Sundays...I wouldn't be surprised if due to some big advertising deals AS made for companies to advertise within the American Dad/Family Guy power hours, they're not allowed to separate the two now. Or if they can only air it on 2 nights a week due to some dumb Fox clause. And let's say they could put Dad on Saturday. What'll replace it when its season ends?

It's just so freak'n bothersome to have a half hour of comedy before an otherwise anime only line-up.Gee. Didn't realize it was such a physical issue. Some aspirin might help.

[Master Moron]

The reason the ratings are down is because they aired 6 totally new shows, they need to let they shows build a following before the switch the times around. I expected ASA to have more of a shot, honestly the ratings are fantastic, even at 300k, compared to virtually every other cable network at that time.


I agree. Changing every slot around all at once is ridiculous. They should do what Toonami does and change one slot around at a time. I mean, Toonami almost never changes more than one slot at a time to ensure that they don't lose the ratings they already have.

Anyway, I'm really not that dissappointed at all in the change. I mean, at least this way the anime will actually get some ratings. I mean, if this were on a major network Paranoia Agent would probably already be cancelled. At least Adult Swim is willing to do schedule changes in order to give shows a chance.

And I personally, would rather watch Paranoia Agent after S-cry-ed anyway. I mean, S-cry-ed is a pretty crappy show to end the night on. I kind of had to force myself to stay up to watch it, but now that I have Paranoia Agent to look forward to it will be easier to watch. Of course, it does kind of suck that Paranoia Agent gets shafted till 1:00 where it will barely get any ratings, but I'm guessing Adult Swim really didn't really expect this show to be too much of a hit anyway considering how rare the ads for it were. I mean, considering how much more ad time they gave S-cry-ed than Paranoia Agent I'm surprised they didn't air S-cry-ed before Paranoia Agent to begin with.

As for Futurama at 11, well I'll probably end up shutting off my TV during One Piece anyway, so now I have an hour and a half to do stuff in between Toonami and Adult Swim....hmmmm...what should I do with that hour and a half?

[Sketch]

Read a book? Nah...

Watch a DVD? Nah...

Come here and do nothing.... We'll you'd do that too but not specificaly just that.

Trim your nose hair? ... I think we've got a winner!

[Matt Hazuda]

IY just ruins the flow of the block I think. Move new eps back to weekdays where no one will be bothered by it.

My guess why it's doing so horribly now is that US viewers finally realized how pretentious the show really is, and the fact that it has a non-ending final ep. It's just easier to do a huge show like it on weekdays anyways.

[Captain Harlock]

Extremely disappointing. I think they should have kept the current schedule just with the addition of Futurama to see how things went and then took damage control from there. I don't know what the expectations they have for anime ratings is. They vary so much from week to week with no concrete reason as to why. Maybe it's just the fact that it's Saturday? I'd like to see a whole revamp to see what happens. Switch all-anime Saturday with Thursday. If it doesn't work, then maybe anime is just doomed on cable television.

[Beat]

Anime doomed? Probably not.

The kinds of shows Williams Street prefers for anime? Probably so.

[beren]

Does anyone actually watch AS on weeknights? I know I don't, I don't even watch sundays, I don't want to sit through an hour of crap I have seen before 100 times to watch Robot Chicken or Tom, the only night I watch is saturday, someone should make a poll like that, when do you watch Adult Swim?

[Tienshin]

Anime doomed? Probably not.

The kinds of shows Williams Street prefers for anime? Probably so.

You mean the kind of shows the fans prefer for anime? :confused:

[The Landstander]

Does anyone actually watch AS on weeknights? Here? Probably not many.

In general? Yeah.
The kinds of shows Williams Street prefers for anime? Probably so. As I said in the other thread, I think Inuyasha, Champloo, Scryed and PA shows a bit of variety in what they prefer to air.

[Don_East]

Why can't they put something else than "Futurama"? I mean WS should experiment first.

First I would try to keep it all Anime with this line up:

11 p.m. Full Metal Alchemist
11:30 p.m. Samurai Champloo
Midnight InuYasha
12:30 a.m. S-CRY-ed
1 a.m. Paranoia Agent
1:30 a.m. FLCL
5 a.m. Lupin
5:30 a.m. Case Closed


If that's doesn't work this I would use this schedule:

11 p.m. The Venture Bros.
11:30 p.m. Samurai Champloo
Midnight InuYasha
12:30 a.m. S-CRY-ed
1 a.m. Paranoia Agent
1:30 a.m. FLCL
5 a.m. Lupin
5:30 a.m. Case Closed


If all else fails I would use the Futurama option.



[Don_East]

[Ben]

Anime doomed? Probably not.

The kinds of shows Williams Street prefers for anime? Probably so.

What are you talking about? Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop, FMA and GitS:SAC all did very well, and there are others that did decently.

[herbkir]

It's safe to predict that when we see the ratings report for Saturday June 11, the numbers will suck the big one. The schedule reshuffle looks like emergency damage control. (I think they would have made the move this Saturday if they could have, but they've probably got the tapes for June 18 already prepped in broadcast operations.)

Anyway, they'll probably pick up with Trigun again after FLCL's brief run ends. And I guess the reshuffled order of the premieres is a fair reflection of how well they've done as a viewer draw.

PA appears to have done the worst, which is a real pity because it is one intriguing show. It's easily the most "adult" anime in the block right now, if not in the entire AS inventory. PA's problem is that it's just not the kind of thing to watch when all you want is mindless entertainment to accompany your games, postings, snacks and beverages.

I was hoping they'd put American Dad in as the Saturday comedy lead. It's fresh and arguably could fit in, what with its space alien and CIA plotting gone mad. But no, it's another run of Futurama. Oh well, there are still one or two that I've never managed to see. (^_*)

[Malex]

Well, all-anime Action Saturday was good while it lasted.

Too bad I'll be missing about 6 episodes since I'll be at a summer program and be too busy studying/partying to watch AS. Thank goodness for DVR!

They REALLY should have brought back FMA.

[ToliverChap]

I still can't believe how the old Futurama reruns bring em in. The numbers don't lie but damn. Champloo before Inuyasha is smart but Venture Bros. at 11 would be a better way to tie in the Toonami action with Adult Swim.

[KnightusMaximus]

I assume this also means that S-cry-ed will air earlier on Thursdays as well (at 1AM).

[silverwings]

It was hard enough staying up til 1 to get to the end of Scryed. Now 1:30 to watch all of PA (which I actually like)? :sad:

I'm also dissapointed with the selection of Futurama. It's had its run. I'd rather see American Dad, which is still new (to me and in general) or better yet, FMA.

Also agree with the opinion that Inuyasha should be weekdays only. That, or they could at least go back and show episodes 1-50, which were you know, actually good.:shrug:

[Master Moron]

Does anyone actually watch AS on weeknights? I know I don't, I don't even watch sundays, I don't want to sit through an hour of crap I have seen before 100 times to watch Robot Chicken or Tom, the only night I watch is saturday, someone should make a poll like that, when do you watch Adult Swim?

Unless you've taped the episodes off of Fox and watched them over and over again, I don't see how you could have seen American Dad and the new season of Family Guy 100 times.

[livingfruitvirus]

I still can't believe how the old Futurama reruns bring em in. The numbers don't lie but damn. Champloo before Inuyasha is smart but Venture Bros. at 11 would be a better way to tie in the Toonami action with Adult Swim.That's great if you watch both Toonami and Adult Swim. For those of us who don't, or who watch maybe that Justice League or Teen Titans premiere, it won't make a difference that the night starts off with a comedy. To the network, the spot between those blocks is where the audience pattern completely flips.

I'm surprised Futurama brings in the viewers too, but judging from simple social interaction, there are still people out there jumping on the Futurama fanwagon. Just a little late in the game.

[pabcool]

****. well, I guess it's "rent anime from netflix" during midnight now... Is there a Paranoia Agent boxset?

[Captain Harlock]

****. well, I guess it's "rent anime from netflix" during midnight now... Is there a Paranoia Agent boxset?

One is coming out next month, but the show is only 4 volumes anyways.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

for rerun night now with this new lineup does that mean PA and Scryed will be flipped on thursdays to?

[Pizzaguy24]

Man...most you guys sound like ya'll don't know how to program a VCR or something. :shrug:
[AS] can still get ratings from that you know...

[livingfruitvirus]

[AS] can still get ratings from that you know...Unless you're a Nielsen home, AS can't track your viewership.

[Mr_Millions]

One is coming out next month, but the show is only 4 volumes anyways.

So, is that 13 eps or so?

I've got to be perfectly honest, the last two weeks I've been catching my anime on the thurday slot, and PA is on at 12:00 (central) anyway. I'm a leech on society's resources, so I don't need to worry about the next morning.

And there's always recording...

I sometimes like to believe that Nielsen just does a really crappy job picking sample homes, and that in reality, the anime on AS is insanely popular. But living in a dream world is unheathly. DARN YOU POPULATION AT LARGE! DON'T YOU KNOW THERE GOOD STUFF ON TV!?

[Duke]

Thanks for the b-day present, AS. -_-

Eh, at least it ain't FG or AD, since I can't stand Seth McFarlane (of course, it's not like I'm actually gonna watch Futurama, but still).

[Zyzzybalubah]

Yup. I think anime has forever lost its privilidges to have its own night. Hahaha, yeah so true, I honestly don't see why they felt it could do it without Futurama and with InuYasha as an opener. The only way I would understand a move like that is if they were opening up the night with a completely original action show (whether American made or anime like Big O season 2.) I would have understood FMA, you know, because it proved to get HIGH ratings on Saturday (then again that could be argued it did that because of the Futurama lead-in.)

Well that was quick, and hopefully Saturday ratings should be back to normal (maybe better?) when June 25th hits. Overall the schedule is reasonable and I like how Champloo is on before InuYasha and s-CRY-ed. Unfortunately Paranoia Agent is later (for me at least, I want it earlier, at least for repeat purposes. :()

[SirLemming]

Crap, man. Saturday nights were tight enough when everything new ended at 1 AM... Guess maybe I'll have to get ready for bed during Scryed now, instead of glancing over my shoulder at it while talkbacking.

[Wounded_Dragon]

I think airing PA later is a good move. Not just because of the ratings; for me, shows like PA feel better late(r) at night. That's the time when people (or at least I) start pondering stuff. Creepy stuff feels more real then (I have a problem enjoying Twilight Zone before midnight, and I love Twilight Zone).

Too bad I won't have Scryed to look forward to after PA though.

[William C. Maune]

Hahaha, yeah so true, I honestly don't see why they felt it could do it without Futurama and with InuYasha as an opener.

I don't think an all-action Saturday is lost quite yet. Considering how well the FMA/GitS combo did compared to the current line-up, there is the chance FMA will get the lead-off slot when it returns later this year.

[EightOh]

That sucks massive moose hoodiddle.

Thank you, Tivo.

[bigddan11]

We all know that FMA has 25 episodes left, but I've never seen an announcement saying ASA has aquired them yet. I'm just surprised they didn't decide to start Ghost in the Shell: Second Gig earlier, but maybe they just want all of Stand Alone Complex to be on DVD before they start Second Gig. I think they'll let the FMA DVD's catch up before they begin airing new episodes. I've always felt it would probably replace Samurai Champloo after Champloo finished it's 26 episodes.


Paranoia Agent is only 13 episodes. Second Gig is a virtual lock to replace it. As for the other series, S-Cry-Ed is 26 episodes as is Champloo. We all know Inuyasha is never ending, but I wonder if AS ever stopped to think that the ratings decline was due to it being summer. People leave home and can't watch their regular programs during the summer.

[Swordfish_II]

We all know that FMA has 25 episodes left, but I've never seen an announcement saying ASA has aquired them yet.
I'm pretty sure they have the whole series, they're just waiting for FUNi to finish the last 20 or so episodes.

[Sketch]

That's great if you watch both Toonami and Adult Swim. For those of us who don't, or who watch maybe that Justice League or Teen Titans premiere, it won't make a difference that the night starts off with a comedy. To the network, the spot between those blocks is where the audience pattern completely flips.
I can't blame anyone for not watching 4kids One Piece but they dang better watch Naruto and BoBoBo this fall because both shows are awesome. (and hopefully will not get bad treatment - but I don't believe they will).

[Crimefighter]

If they were gonna do this they should had waited until FLCL finished. Geez, Inuyasha wasn't pulling in enough ratings to warrant the return of Futurama?

[Sketch]

Nothing was pulling in enough ratings. If it was just Inuyasha then it would have been a simple move of Inuyasha not the rest of the line-up. PA was doing particuallarly bad so it got the shaft so s-CRY-ed (which did better).

[NewLib]

I can't blame anyone for not watching 4kids One Piece but they dang better watch Naruto and BoBoBo this fall because both shows are awesome. (and hopefully will not get bad treatment - but I don't believe they will).
With Naruto, its been hyped up so much that I am expecting the best anime ever created and one of the top 5 best TV shows I have ever seen. (Im talking Seinfeld level here.) If it isnt that, I dont think I can ever get into the show. The fans have really overhyped this show.

[Sketch]

Naruto is indeed overhyped but it's a great show and deserves respect. I think it could get DBZ level ratings.

[livingfruitvirus]

I can't blame anyone for not watching 4kids One Piece but they dang better watch Naruto and BoBoBo this fall because both shows are awesome. (and hopefully will not get bad treatment - but I don't believe they will).Isn't Bobobo pretty tame?

[NewLib]

Naruto is indeed overhyped but it's a great show and deserves respect. I think it could get DBZ level ratings.
Yeah, but DBZ also becomes a fairly awful show halfway through. Not the best comparision if you think about it that way.

[guinaevere]

I'm happy to see they're keeping Lupin & Conan around for a while longer. That's happy news.

You smell that? Them be good ratings, and the death of Paranoia Agent. I doubt it will even finish its first run. That is so frustrating. PA is one of the best quality shows they've brought to the line up in ages.

Isn't Bobobo pretty tame? It's not a great show by any stretch, but is is terribly amusing.

[Lord Dalek]

Somehow I saw this coming. Mousou just didn't cut it with the general populace I guess. :sad:

[Sketch]

Isn't Bobobo pretty tame?
Very. It's Y7-FV without any hang ups from what I've seen. However... I think it may appeal to older viewers that enjoy strange stuff. But I could be wrong.

[TnAdct1]

Isn't Bobobo pretty tame? Depends on your definition of "tame". :anime:

[Beat]

Isn't Bobobo pretty tame?
If it wasn't, Williams Street wouldn't making an in-house parody for Adult Swim on the same concept.

[Sketch]

You mean Perfect Hair Forever right?

BoBoBo is MUCH wierder than that.

[cetuskun]

I’ve been checking all over the place and I still can’t find anywhere with the updated schedule aside from the AS Message Boards. I’ve checked the schedules on both Cartoon Network and Adult Swim’s official sites and the changes still aren’t listed up. I hope they finalize it before the weekend because I need to go to a christening on Saturday and I’m leaving on vacation the next day. I need to know when to set my VCR’s timer for so I don’t miss anything that won’t be aired as an encore the Thursday after I return :sad:

[bigddan11]

Well, something that's not acknowledged is that Saturday night/ Sunday morning is the premeire of Case Closed episode 48 as well. :)

New Conan returns to the air after how long? Granted, it's only one episode, but imagine if it got some monster ratings. CN may be tempted to get more new episodes, or at least air episodes 50 & 51 (which they've supposedly aquired).

[Sketch]

There is no way it's going to get good ratings at 5:30AM on Sunday morning. I mean even on weekdays it would have a better chance. Case Closed deserves much better.

[cetuskun]

I just checked my DirectTV schedule and it‘s been updated with the changes. No need for me to worry anymore :D

[Brent Long]

I'm happy to see they're keeping Lupin & Conan around for a while longer. That's happy news.

Consdiering that next week both shows will be beginning another run Lupin beginning it's third run in this timeslot and Case Closed beginning it's second and considering that Adult Swim doesn't typically interrupt a show mid-run they will probably remain at this time slot for a very long time. Besides, what else do they have to run here anyway? About the only other possibilities would be InuYasha from the beginning (which is already in progress on weekdays so that's pretty much shot down), Kikaider, Big O, Wolf's Rain, and Witch Hunter Robin.

Case Closed will definitely stay here for a while because it has only had three full runs (he third coming to a close next week) and its a long series. Lupin has had it's fair share of runs besides the TV liscense will probably soon expire. I sure hope both finish their next run because I still have episodes missing from my tapes of both (for future edit listing purposes).