Schedule Changes (11/26/08) - 10PM, KotH, PJs, Delocated, Moribito, and More

[Zach Logan]

http://www.adultswim.com/schedule/index.html

The big changes we already knew about, plus the PJs:

Weekdays Rundown:
Christmas Marathon (12/19)
Moral Orel New Years Marathon (New Years, Midnight on)
The PJs (One Week Only: 12/29-31)
KOTH (Weeknights 01/01 10PM)
American Dad Premieres (Fridays Beginning 02/02)
Clerks: TAS (Move to Fridays at 12:00am)
Delocated (New Series, Premieres Thursday 02/12 at 10:30)
Xavier (Season 2, Premieres Thursday 02/12 at 12:15)

From December 29th - 31st
NOW AT 10PM!

10:00 The PJs
10:30 The Venture Brothers

From January 1st, and so on...
10:00 King of the Hill
10:30 King of the Hill
11:00 Family Guy (American Dad on Fridays)
11:30 Family Guy
12:00 Robot Chicken/Super Jail (Clerks on Fridays
12:30 ATHF/Squidbillies
1:00 Tim and Eric/TGTTM
1:30 The Oblongs
5:30 Home Movies

Thursdays Beginning 02/12
10:00 King of the Hill
10:30 Delocated/Robot Chicken
11:00 Family Guy
11:30 Family Guy
12:00 Robot Chicken/Xavier
12:30 King of the Hill
1:00 Squidbillies
1:30 Mission Hill
5:30 Home Movies

Saturdays (As of 01/03)
NOW AT 10PM!

10:00 King of the Hill x2
11:00 Robot Chicken x2
11:30 ATHF x2
12:00 PJs
12:30 Boondocks
1:00 Bleach
1:30 Moribito (NEW after 01/17)
2:00 Code Geass
2:30 Shin Chan
3:00 Fullmetal Alchemist
3:30 Death Note
4:00 GitS
4:30 Cowboy Bebop
5:00 The Big O
5:30 Inuyasha

Robot Chicken Xmas (Airs 12/13 at 11PM)

Sundays (As of 01/04)
10:00 King of the Hill x2
11:00 Family Guy
11:30 Robot Chicken (Delocated Reruns on 02/15)
11:45 ATHF
12:00 Superjail
12:15 Drinky Crow (Metalocalypse Reruns on 02/08)
12:30 Metalocalypse (Tim and Eric Premiere on 02/08)
12:45 Xavier (Lucy: DotD Reruns on 02/15)
1:00 Mission Hill (The Mighty Boosh Premieres 01/18)
1:30 The Oblongs

The Mighty Boosh Premieres 01/18
Drinky Crow Premieres Continue
Tim and Eric Premieres on 02/08

[chdr]

My Opinions Through Smileys

:eek: at The PJs. I've never seen it, so it should be an interesting ride.
:yawn: at Delocated. Once again, didn't get to see it, but it doesn't sound too good, despite it being by PFFR.
:D at Xavier. Wish it would premiere on Sundays but what can you do.
:confused: at Mighty Boosh. Never seen this one, it looks okay at best. Still waiting for Look Around You.
:) at Tim and Eric. I don't care what anyone says, I still like it.

[Beat]

The PJ's?! Eddie Murphy's PJ's? Wow. I did NOT see that coming.

KOTH on Saturday? I thought they'd give it similar restrictions like Family Guy.

Tim and Eric/TGGTM- the lowest rated, most painful 30 minutes on the Swim.

Also, Bleach gets the short end of the stick and Moribito continues to fail.[/dead horse]

[ShadowGUN]

Whoa :eek: The PJ? That was unexpected. I wonder why 3 days only?

[Sketch]

KotH, then Clerks and now The PJs. Man... Adult Swim sure wants to bolster their animated sitcom backlong don't they? Dilbert can't be too far behind.

I'm hoping they'll give anime 12AM-6AM come January if the numbers remain good enough but at least we're no worse off. Oh wait no more weekday Inuyasha... burn.

KotH an hour most nights, I expected as much.

A few rather random show placements such as Delocated on Thursdays at 10:30PM. I guess it must not be TV-MA... or at least I hope it isn't if it's in the 10:30 slot.

Darn it they just keep choking anime out of existance by keeping it in the wee hours on AS and taking more and more time from CN which they would at least occasionally use to play anime like Naruto. Of course I'm not worried about Naruto but CN lacking any watershed hours will further limit airings of anime besides Pokemon and Bakugan. Gah!

[J'onn J'onzz]

My Opinions Through Smileys

:eek: at The PJs. I've never seen it, so it should be an interesting ride.
I haven't seen it either... from what I've heard, that's a good thing.
:yawn: at Delocated. Once again, didn't get to see it, but it doesn't sound too good, despite it being by PFFR.Delocated was pretty bad when they aired it on April Fool's Day.
:D at Xavier. Wish it would premiere on Sundays but what can you do.I find it pretty weird that they're doing premiers on Thursdays... Do they think that will get them better weekday ratings?
:confused: at Mighty Boosh. Never seen this one, it looks okay at best. Still waiting for Look Around You.I've only seen the Old Greg episode of Mighty Boosh, but it was really funny.
:) at Tim and Eric. I don't care what anyone says, I still like it.So... is Tim and Eric getting a fourth season? It gets pretty poor ratings. How can they afford that?

[chdr]

So... is Tim and Eric getting a fourth season? It gets pretty poor ratings. How can they afford that?


They didn't order any new episodes, this is just one large 30-episode order split up into three "seasons". And from what I've heard, Awesome Show is pretty cheap to produce.

[Mugen]

They didn't order any new episodes, this is just one large 30-episode order split up into three "seasons". And from what I've heard, Awesome Show is pretty cheap to produce.

Well, this would be Season 4, which means that it will bring the episode count for the show up to 40 episodes.

[chdr]

Yes, an additional 30 episode order after the first 10 episodes.

[Jayngfet]

I'm actually going to miss inuyasha. Some nights I have off from school or weekends I would sit up all knight and watch whatever episode was playing. Oh well, least there's still staurdays.

And I love the saturday lineup.

[Beat]

Well, this would be Season 4, which means that it will bring the episode count for the show up to 40 episodes.

Then soon our nightmare will be over.

Also, Sci-Fi. Yeah, AS figures why even bother when someone else is giving effort.

[chdr]

Then soon our nightmare will be over.

Tim and Eric said they want to end the show at the 4th season...

...to make another show for Adult Swim.

[Beat]

Tim and Eric said they want to end the show at the 4th season...

...to make another show for Adult Swim.

Then I hope they refuse for the sake of quality and ratings.

[Zach Logan]

Then I hope they refuse for the sake of quality and ratings.
I wouldn't count on that.

[Gilder]

Just a quick correction concerning The PJs:

The PJs are apparently premiering on December 29-31, but then has a permanent time of midnight on Saturdays instead of just showing for one week.

I loved the show when it was originally on, even though I find Eddie Murphy's voice grating. I wonder if as got the rights to just the FOX seasons of the show or are the also going to show the WB showings (with some of them being unaired)?

[MegaJ]

Tom Goes to the Mayor is coming back? F--k you, [as].

[Draft]

Hmm, interesting accquasisitons

PJ's seems like the perfect fit for the overrun Boondocks, and is a neat accquasisition

I'm so happy Delocated and Xavier will be the testers for Thursday Night, because they will hopefully burn and crash and be sent to the trash (I should give Delocated benefit of the doubt tho)

Was wondering what happened to The Mighty Boosh, since Look Around You (Something like that), was suppossed to debut in October.

Wow at only Tim and Eric premires in February on Sunday, though Xavier/Delocated will be on Thursdays I guess

American Dad seems to have gotten the big shaft from [AS], not only losing the prime Sunday slot wedged between Family Guy, but gets shunend for a weekday slot with the added hour, and gets relegated to Sunday..

Oh, and I want Clone High next Adult Swim

[JTurner954]

Since AS.com has aired new episodes of shows, it looks like I have no reason to watch Adult Swim next year (staying up past 1:00 a.m. to watch Bleach is becoming a chore). When King of the Hill airs on MyNetworkTV, it's a reminder for me to switch over to Late Night with Conan; now I guess I can switch it over to UFC or SNL.

I tried watching The PJ's but I just can't get into it so pass for me. I'm happy to see continued Drinky Crow and Tim and Eric episodes, but I'll catch it online.

[Jtaylor1]

Thank you, Adult Swim!

I'm glad they're getting rid of Inuyasha.

First they've got rights to King of the Hill, and now the PJs?

Next thing we'll know, they'll try to get rights to The Critic and South Park.

If Tim and Eric wants to end their show, let them.

[Master Moron]

So, is Adult Swim at least going to finish season 2 of American Dad before they take it off? I still don't think I've seen all of the season 2 episodes.

[{Shadow}]

So, is Adult Swim at least going to finish season 2 of American Dad before they take it off? I still don't think I've seen all of the season 2 episodes.
They're going to finish off season 2 when it moves to Fridays in January.

[Baby Naruto]

Weekdays Rundown:
KOTH (Weeknights 01/01 10PM)
American Dad Premieres (Fridays Beginning 02/02)
Clerks: TAS (Move to Fridays at 12:00am)

From December 29th - 31st
NOW AT 10PM!

10:30 The Venture Brothers

From January 1st, and so on...
10:00 King of the Hill
10:30 King of the Hill
11:00 Family Guy (American Dad on Fridays)
11:30 Family Guy
12:00 Robot Chicken (Clerks on Fridays)
12:30 ATHF
1:30 The Oblongs
5:30 Home Movies

Thursdays Beginning 02/12
10:00 King of the Hill
10:30 Robot Chicken
11:00 Family Guy
11:30 Family Guy
12:00 Robot Chicken
12:30 King of the Hill
1:30 Mission Hill
5:30 Home Movies

Saturdays (As of 01/03)
NOW AT 10PM!

10:00 King of the Hill x2
11:00 Robot Chicken x2
11:30 ATHF x2
12:30 Boondocks
1:00 Bleach
1:30 Moribito (NEW after 01/17)
2:00 Code Geass
2:30 Shin Chan

Robot Chicken Xmas (Airs 12/13 at 11PM)

Sundays (As of 01/04)
10:00 King of the Hill x2
11:00 Family Guy
11:30 Robot Chicken
11:45 ATHF
(Metalocalypse Reruns on 02/08)
12:30 Metalocalypse
1:00 Mission Hill
1:30 The Oblongs

These/The above are the only shows that I care about and watch.

[Gamaoi]

Man, I can't wait for new Awesome Shows. They actually rank fairly high in the ratings, so I can see why [as] keeps giving them new shows. After this last season of T&E I think Dr. Steve Bruel's getting his own show.

Also, the Moral Orel New Year's Eve marathon sounds awesome.

As much as there is hate for Delocated around here (I haven't seen it), I heard it involves a bunch of semi-famous comedians and other guys, and PFFR, who also make Xavier (which I cannot wait for the premere of the second season), and obviously [as] are pretty assured of it, since they're premering it at 10:30, AHEAD of the Robot Chicken reruns, and taking up space of the holy Family Guy slot.

I'm glad [as] is really taking some chances with the schedule, glad to see Xavier and Tim and Eric returning, as well as Tom, Squids, T&E, and Superjail/Drinky Crow (relatively new shows) reruns.

[Beat]

Man, I can't wait for new Awesome Shows. They actually rank fairly high in the ratings, so I can see why [as] keeps giving them new shows. After this last season of T&E I think Dr. Steve Bruel's getting his own show.

Also, the Moral Orel New Year's Eve marathon sounds awesome.

As much as there is hate for Delocated around here (I haven't seen it), I heard it involves a bunch of semi-famous comedians and other guys

1. No they don't. Have you seen the ratings cards? Bleach runs on Saturday were outdoing Sunday runs of Awful Show. People go out of their way to avoid it. I pray this is the end of Tim and Eric on TV for good.

2. The seven (!) Unproduced shows are something I'd rather see than a marathon. But going through all of Season
3, not too bad a catch.

3. Famous people do not a good show make.

[chdr]

2. The seven (!) Unproduced shows are something I'd rather see than a marathon. But going through all of Season
3, not too bad a catch.


To be honest, I hope AS puts the seven other scripts/animatics/summaries online. I bet one of them was a Figurelli episode, considering he was the only character not to have his own episode this season.

[Beat]

To be honest, I hope AS puts the seven other scripts/animatics/summaries online. I bet one of them was a Figurelli episode, considering he was the only character not to have his own episode this season.

I would not be surprised to see them become DVD extras. I hope they visit AS.com first.

[Kitschensyngk]

Mighty Boosh, then King of the Hill, then Clerks, and now The PJs?

Any other high-profile acquisitions you'd like to spring on us?

At least Saturday anime remains unaltered for the time being.

[Gamaoi]

1. No they don't. Have you seen the ratings cards? Bleach runs on Saturday were outdoing Sunday runs of Awful Show. People go out of their way to avoid it. I pray this is the end of Tim and Eric on TV for good.

2. The seven (!) Unproduced shows are something I'd rather see than a marathon. But going through all of Season
3, not too bad a catch.

3. Famous people do not a good show make.

1. well T&E have a huge fanbase that [as] knows will eat up anything they make, me included.

3. again, I haven't seen Delocated, but I heard it has PFFR involved and thats the main reason why I'm interested in it

[chdr]

I would not be surprised to see them become DVD extras. I hope they visit AS.com first.

...if there's a DVD. There's a rumor going around saying that MO vol. 2 might not be made because of dismal DVD sales.

[Beat]

...if there's a DVD. There's a rumor going around saying that MO vol. 2 might not be made because of dismal DVD sales.

This makes me sad. Hopefully the unaired episodes can show up in some format somewhere. It'd be infinitely preferable to the leftover refuse of Superdeluxe. I mean, it can't be that expensive to get scripts.

And the Awful Show's ratings are bad. So what if they have a hardcore fanbase? Death Note has a hardcore fanbase three times the size of the Awful Show's, (the show was referenced in the Simpsons Halloween comic) but that didn't translate to good ratings. Hence, it was dumped. Tim and Eric should suffer a similar fate.

[veemonjosh]

The funny thing is that I used to make jokes about how Adult Swim should get the PJs...

And now they've sadly followed my joke. I haven't seen it in years, but it was a pretty bad show. Only reasons I'd suggest watching it is if you REALLY like Eddie Murphy, want to check it out to see for yourself, or if you want to try and find the episode with Fry (from Futurama) on a milk carton.

[Beat]

Only reasons I'd suggest watching it is if you REALLY like Eddie Murphy, want to check it out to see for yourself, or if you want to try and find the episode with Fry (from Futurama) on a milk carton.

Oh, so they did have an answer to all those Futurama episodes with The PJ's logo on the sewer covers.

[Master Moron]

(Edit by Daikun: That was rude and unnecessary.)

I'm glad [as] is really taking some chances with the schedule, glad to see Xavier and Tim and Eric returning, as well as Tom, Squids, T&E, and Superjail/Drinky Crow (relatively new shows) reruns.

What chances? If they were taking chances they would air some anime on weekdays.

1. well T&E have a small fanbase that [as] knows will eat up anything they make, me included.


Corrected.

[chdr]

If shows like Xavier and T&E didn't have a fanbase, they wouldn't be in this position.

Personal opinion =/= world opinion

[Beat]

If shows like Xavier and T&E didn't cost pennies on the dollar, they wouldn't be in this position.

Personal opinion =/= world opinion

A cliche, but fixed.

And we've seen the ratings. The T&E are uber-popular excuse doesn't hold water anymore.

[Draft]

Meh, I think Tim and Eric holds well, though I do indeed dislike it. But I cannot understand how Xavier: Renegade Angel got renewed at all.., cause I remember it's ratings were definatly worse than Tim and ric (and probably costs more than the other series due to semi-decent animation)

[J'onn J'onzz]

12 oz Mouse got a second season.

Its fanbase consisted of, what, The Myst and Lutochris?

[chdr]

i liked ozmo

That and it probably cost only $5 total the produce the series.

[Beat]

12 oz Mouse got a second season.

Its fanbase consisted of, what, The Myst and Lutochris?

No, it was one order split into two halves. They actually put up the question of its renewal to a vote on the ASMB and the "No" vote won by 70% or so.

Then again, AS had a vote about what anime to air, with Paranoia Agent finishing dead last (Gungrave won) and it aired, so take that with a grain of salt.

[macattack]

Meh, I think Tim and Eric holds well, though I do indeed dislike it. But I cannot understand how Xavier: Renegade Angel got renewed at all.., cause I remember it's ratings were definatly worse than Tim and ric (and probably costs more than the other series due to semi-decent animation)


Adult Swim wuvs Xavier's creators because they created Wonder Shozen.

Anyone notice that all of the acquisitions they're picking up are all comedy? The acquisition budget, which is usually used to pick up anime, is being used instead to acquire canceled comedy series. I do not find that a good sign at all for anime's future on AS.

[gtadbzman]

I still wish the anime started earlier but o well. :sad:

[Beat]

Adult Swim wuvs Xavier's creators because they created Wonder Shozen.

Anyone notice that all of the acquisitions they're picking up are all comedy? The acquisition budget, which is usually used to pick up anime, is being used instead to acquire canceled comedy series. I do not find that a good sign at all for anime's future on AS.

You know, I hadn't picked up on that until now. It is a bit discerting that ASA will end its run with nothing but Moribito, Code Geass, and Bleach. A sad shell.

[Master Moron]

If shows like Xavier and T&E didn't have a fanbase, they wouldn't be in this position.

Personal opinion =/= world opinion

No one's saying that Tim and Eric doesn't have a fanbase, we're just saying that it's not a very large fanbase. It's probably not any bigger than the fanbases for most of the anime they've aired.

Adult Swim wuvs Xavier's creators because they created Wonder Shozen.

Anyone notice that all of the acquisitions they're picking up are all comedy? The acquisition budget, which is usually used to pick up anime, is being used instead to acquire canceled comedy series. I do not find that a good sign at all for anime's future on AS.

I would be ecstatic if all their new acquisitions bombed horribly.

[gtadbzman]

AS should get D. Gray-man. That could help out there anime a little bit. I hope we get a AS schedule like this on Saturday.

10.0 King of the Hill
10.5 The PJs
11.0 D. Gray-man
11.5 Bleach
12.0 Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
12.5 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
1.0 Shin Chan
1.5 Dragon Ball
2.0 Death Note
2.5 InuYasha
3.0 Cowboy Bebop
3.5 Big O
4.0 FLCL
4.5 Ghost in the Shell

[macattack]

You know, I hadn't picked up on that until now. It is a bit discerting that ASA will end its run with nothing but Moribito, Code Geass, and Bleach. A sad shell.

The other discerting thing I've noticed is that Clerks: TAS is precisely the same length as FLCL, which oh-so coincedentally is going to expire soon (in fact its current Saturday run may be its final stand). It's hard not to think that AS used the money they normally use to renew FLCL to pick up Clerks.

[chdr]

The other discerting thing I've noticed is that Clerks: TAS is precisely the same length as FLCL, which oh-so coincedentally is going to expire soon (in fact its current Saturday run may be its final stand). It's hard not to think that AS used the money they normally use to renew FLCL to pick up Clerks.

Who knows, considering WS loves FLCL, they might pull a Bebop and renew it again.

[macattack]

Who knows, considering WS loves FLCL, they might pull a Bebop and renew it again.

Who says they love FLCL anymore? Their last admission that they loved it was years ago. The only reason why they hold onto Bebop is for sentimental value as well.

Considering it's quite possible that they dropped the 1st Big O season even though they produced the 2nd season themselves, I'm skeptical that they are willing to hold onto their remaining anime licenses that completed on the network no matter how much sentimental value they hold . . . especially since, come April, Bleach's order will be finished, and R2 and Moribito will both wrap up at the same time. It could be over with for anime after April. When Bandai has to twist AS' arm to get Geass moved up to 2 a.m., something is wrong.

Adult Swim's heads have become suits, and like all suits they salivate for high ratings and the cheapest way to get high ratings possible. Sentimental value and traditions don't mean much to AS anymore (look at what happened to the Friday retro night).

[chdr]

To be honest, I'm suprised retro night even lasted that long. Prior to that, any "retro" events were usually a day/week only.

[J'onn J'onzz]

Wow, you guys are pessimistic. I remember AS saying about a year ago that FLCL was the best thing they ever aired. They've kept onto it for like five years now. I doubt they'd let it expire. They've aired it fairly consistently for the time that they've owned it... I mean, yes, they loved Lupin as well, and they seem to have let it expiirie, but they were fairly open about not getting good ratings iwth that show. I've never seen them complain about FLCL's ratings. Plus, the cost of an (unsuccessful, channel-hopping) American acquisition and a (prestigious, Gainax made, popular) anime like FLCL are most likely not the same. I'm sure they were able to afford Clerks, even with renewing FLCL.

[Scythemantis]

I haven't seen it either... from what I've heard, that's a good thing.

Not sure what exactly you heard, I've only seen positive reviews and the episodes I saw had perfectly decent writing and characterization. Not particularly hilarious, but not a bad show at all.

[MegaJ]

No one's saying that Tim and Eric doesn't have a fanbase, we're just saying that it's not a very large fanbase. It's probably not any bigger than the fanbases for most of the anime they've aired.
I think when they moved to anime to a decent hour on Saturdays, that their ratings were higher than Tim and Eric, I think even Moribito beat it.

Wow, you guys are pessimistic.
It's hard not to be. Anime has been completely taken off the weekdays, shunted to 5 A.M. and gets zero promotion. It's being slowly phased out and I haven't heard any annoucements of any new pickups. I'm pretty much expecting [as] to turn all comedy once Bleach, Code Geass and Moribito are done. It's sad, but I'll take failed comedy series over more shows like Tim and Eric anyday.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Originally posted by J'onn J'onzz
Plus, the cost of an (unsuccessful, channel-hopping) American acquisition and a (prestigious, Gainax made, popular) anime like FLCL are most likely not the same. I'm sure they were able to afford Clerks, even with renewing FLCL.

You know something I always hoped they'd do after FLCL aired was somehow getting Clerks and airing both of those series back to back. Now that they have Clerks they have a shot of doing that. That'd make for a pretty good night of TV watching. Two short lived six episode run series back to back full of comedic insanity and refrences up the wazoo.

I saw a couple of episodes of the PJs and uh... well wasn't that good but I'll give it another shot when AS airs it. The rest of the schedule dosen't seem too surprising since we already heard about the new shows coming down the pike and stuff.

[Emperor Fred]

AS should get D. Gray-man. That could help out there anime a little bit.I haven't seen D.Gray-man, but I do remember anime fanboys saying the exact same thing about Death Note when that show was new and hot...

[Draft]

I haven't seen D.Gray-man, but I do remember anime fanboys saying the exact same thing about Death Note when that show was new and hot...
But Death Note is a slow paced show with truely little action and is mostly dialogue driven. D-Gray Man is not, and would definatly compliment Bleach

[Rabi~en~Rose]

an hour of F-Guy is bad but an hour of KotH every night is a hundred times worse :eek: why oh why can't American Dad get a daily weeknight spot why can't it even hold its sunday spot? :(

Moral Orel New Years Marathon (New Years, Midnight on)

I missed the whole third season so I'll be sure to tape this and catch it all in one shot :)

The PJs
Delocated
The Mighty Boosh

I have no idea what any of these are :confused: none of its live action is it?

[chdr]

Delocated and The Mighty Boosh are live-action.

[Beat]

You know, I predicted Death Note's epic ratings fail before it aired, and I was called pessimistic for that prediciton.

People just don't like exposition heavy anime on a block promising action.

PJ's is claymation Rabi. And it was nominated for an Emmy. (Apparently, it's also canoical with Futurama if those references are to be believed)

[Speedy Boris]

PJs was an all right show, but I always liked Futurama and Family Guy better back in '99. Still, it seems that AS is regressing to its pre-2003 days, when they picked up a lot of cancelled programs as they came up with original ideas.

Anyway, the schedule looks pretty good. Debut anime is still out of the death slot (although it could still stand to be an hour earlier; if I still had cable, I'd hate to stay up until 1 AM to see Geass), and we get a double dose of KOTH. I'd swap Oblongs with T&E/TGTTM, but otherwise not bad.

[Master Moron]

I haven't seen D.Gray-man, but I do remember anime fanboys saying the exact same thing about Death Note when that show was new and hot...

Well, it might have helped if they advertised Death Note prior to it premiering. I don't think any anime can save Adult Swim action at this point because of the simple fact that Adult Swim won't advertise it. They could air hentai and it would still bomb because no one would know it was on.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

Delocated and The Mighty Boosh are live-action.

booooo! :mad:

PJ's is claymation Rabi. And it was nominated for an Emmy. (Apparently, it's also canoical with Futurama if those references are to be believed)

claymation like Orel (or not since PJs came first I guess)? thats fine then!

[warnerbroman]

i liked ozmo.makes since for a guy named cheddar, boosh!

[Draft]

booooo! :mad:
However, The Might Boosh is one of the most popular and well known British Comedies..

Well, it might have helped if they advertised Death Note prior to it premiering. I don't think any anime can save Adult Swim action at this point because of the simple fact that Adult Swim won't advertise it. They could air hentai and it would still bomb because no one would know it was on.

But ya, since it's been said before, try following Death Note's plot at 1AM or 2AM in the morning and tell me that you can actually understand everything that is going on. Not to mention the lack of action, that is why it failed on Adult Swim (Though got really good streaming numbers, like Geass).

[MegaJ]

But ya, since it's been said before, try following Death Note's plot at 1AM or 2AM in the morning and tell me that you can actually understand everything that is going on. Not to mention the lack of action, that is why it failed on Adult Swim (Though got really good streaming numbers, like Geass).

I don't really understand the "Death Note is a slow show" mantra. The dialouge is amusing and pretty concise (for an anime) and filled with brilliant performances with different kinds of voices and pretty animation unlike say, Witch Hunter Robin in which had everyone speaking in monotone and uninspired animation. Death Note was a good choice, not just because it's popular on the internet but it can sell a lot of manga and it had quite a lot of buzz behind it before it hit here. Just because Death Note has a lot of talking doesn't mean it's the same as WHR or the other slow animes of the past. Like I said before there is ROOM for them on ASA, but the whole block does not need to be full of these shows.

And yes, the promotion thing needs to be brought up again. Adult Swim just proved to be major hypocrites with this. They say "We only promote things that do well," yet Bleach brings in the numbers almost every Saturday and gets no promo whereas Tim and Eric Fellate The Execs gets advertising and the show completely sinks the block.

[Master Moron]

But ya, since it's been said before, try following Death Note's plot at 1AM or 2AM in the morning and tell me that you can actually understand everything that is going on. Not to mention the lack of action, that is why it failed on Adult Swim (Though got really good streaming numbers, like Geass).

You could say the same thing about a lot of popular shows though, Lost for instance. Who would really be able to understand those plots if they didn't go to the internet to find answers?

[Fool's Gil]

I'm pretty much feeling positive at how diverse the line up has become. It could use more anime, but it's better than the death slot. I'm not top keen on live action Mighty Boosh or crappy Tim and Eric, but I liked TGTTM and I can barely stomach through ozmo. All they need now is Perfect Hair and I'd be gravy

[Draft]

You could say the same thing about a lot of popular shows though, Lost for instance. Who would really be able to understand those plots if they didn't go to the internet to find answers?
Lost barely gets any viewers as it is, besides its loyal and obbsessed fanbase; which truthfully is the same for Death Note, but Lost has an unbelievably huge fanbase. Plus the episodes already aired in Japan, and hardcore fans would've already seen by now. Combined with the time difference (has Lost ever premired an episode past midnight?) and Death Note streaming online, it's not a fair comparison..

Most Lost fans actually can tell what's going on without going online too..

I don't really understand the "Death Note is a slow show" mantra. The dialouge is amusing and pretty concise (for an anime) and filled with brilliant performances with different kinds of voices and pretty animation unlike say, Witch Hunter Robin in which had everyone speaking in monotone and uninspired animation. Death Note was a good choice, not just because it's popular on the internet but it can sell a lot of manga and it had quite a lot of buzz behind it before it hit here. Just because Death Note has a lot of talking doesn't mean it's the same as WHR or the other slow animes of the past. Like I said before there is ROOM for them on ASA, but the whole block does not need to be full of these shows.

And yes, the promotion thing needs to be brought up again. Adult Swim just proved to be major hypocrites with this. They say "We only promote things that do well," yet Bleach brings in the numbers almost every Saturday and gets no promo whereas Tim and Eric Fellate The Execs gets advertising and the show completely sinks the block.

It really depends on the episode. Some episodes had plenty of action, while some went almost nowhere, especially during the second arc which I gave up on myself. But the show is very plot heavy, and it's a serial (and those shows tend not to do well in the ratings, but have cult followings). Like I said, try watching Death Note at 2AM in the morning and tell me you get everything (and for the true Adult Swim fan experience, drink 10 beers and smoke 2 joints).

If I remember correctly, Tim and Eric get very good ratings premire wise. I think they were doing better than Superjail is currently doing (and it's also cheaper and often expands on lead in/out, though they are usually reruns)

[gtadbzman]

Does anyone think that Adult Swim will get The Clevland Show? That would be super awesome!

[J'onn J'onzz]

Does anyone think that Adult Swim will get The Clevland Show? That would be super awesome!
I'm pretty sure they will. After all, Seth MacFarlane did make it, and Seth=instant ratings.

[KZK]

Like I said, try watching Death Note at 2AM in the morning and tell me you get everything.


Speak for yourself. There was nothing in Death note that was difficult to understand, it's pretty straightforward. It's not like shows that make all kinds of weird references (Lucky Star), or have heavy symbolism (Twin Peaks), it's a thriller.

[Master Moron]

Speak for yourself. There was nothing in Death note that was difficult to understand, it's pretty straightforward. It's not like shows that make all kinds of weird references (Lucky Star), or have heavy symbolism (Twin Peaks), it's a thriller.

Well, all the rules and notebook switching did get kind of confusing. I mean, I understood it all, but that's because of this board. If I didn't go to a discussion thread with people clarifying things, I'm not sure if I would have understood everything.

[creativerealms]

No one's saying that Tim and Eric doesn't have a fanbase, we're just saying that it's not a very large fanbase. It's probably not any bigger than the fanbases for most of the anime they've aired.



I would be ecstatic if all their new acquisitions bombed horribly.

Yeah adult swim dying is what everyone wants. They are not going to pick up anime again if they these acqusitions fail, they will just stop picking up third party titles all together and AS would be in worse shape then it is now.

Maybe instead of wishing for doom for the replacements of anime get more people to watch the anime increaseing the rating and getting them to pick up more anime. But no instead you guys think that the comedies failing will make AS focus on something else that failed. Not going to happen.

They have been picking up american comedy shows from the beginning people.

[Jayngfet]

Yeah adult swim dying is what everyone wants. They are not going to pick up anime again if they these acqusitions fail, they will just stop picking up third party titles all together and AS would be in worse shape then it is now.

Maybe instead of wishing for doom for the replacements of anime get more people to watch the anime increaseing the rating and getting them to pick up more anime. But no instead you guys think that the comedies failing will make AS focus on something else that failed. Not going to happen.

They have been picking up american comedy shows from the beginning people.

Except none of us have Nielsen boxes, meaning we could watch all day and they wouldn't care.

[Gmfox8@cox.net]

The P.J. are on TV One at 4:30 pm 11:30 pm and 3:00 am

[The Collector]

Yeah adult swim dying is what everyone wants. They are not going to pick up anime again if they these acqusitions fail, they will just stop picking up third party titles all together and AS would be in worse shape then it is now.

If all AS aired was comedy then it'd already be dead to me, so what would I care if it failed horribly and disappeared.

[Draft]

Speak for yourself. There was nothing in Death note that was difficult to understand, it's pretty straightforward. It's not like shows that make all kinds of weird references (Lucky Star), or have heavy symbolism (Twin Peaks), it's a thriller.
For the average Adult Swim viewer, it probably isn't. I watched the show on the Fix and near the end of the 1st arc i got a little bit lost. And again, it's a change of pace from other shows on the block...

[Master Moron]

Yeah adult swim dying is what everyone wants. They are not going to pick up anime again if they these acqusitions fail, they will just stop picking up third party titles all together and AS would be in worse shape then it is now.

Maybe instead of wishing for doom for the replacements of anime get more people to watch the anime increaseing the rating and getting them to pick up more anime. But no instead you guys think that the comedies failing will make AS focus on something else that failed. Not going to happen.

They have been picking up american comedy shows from the beginning people.

No, I think that comedies failing will make Adult Swim fail and eventually disappear forever. I couldn't care what they do. I just want them to fail.

[Eddy]

King of the Hill and The PJs? Did not see that coming.

[Cheetatron]

PJ's seems like the perfect fit for the overrun Boondocks, and is a neat acquisitionAnd about time I have felt that the PJs were a perfect fit for Adult Swim since its inception back when they only aired the failed WB sitcoms