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| Adult Swim is a widely view "adult cartoon" program. By "adult" we mean, a program that shows cartoons that aren't quiet "cartoon-like". These "cartoons" show profanity and curses. This cartoon program started on September 2nd in 2001. on March 28th in 2005 there was a dispute based on the fact that adult swim show be removed from the cartoon network channel, due to the of ratings. It oringinally ran only on sundays. now it runs from saturday to thursday. the program ran oringinally at 11pm. buy now rans at 10:30pm. this was so because many children go to sleep by 10:30 in the past. but now many children are in the bed by 10pm. the program has the same shows to run on weekdays yet there are different eposides. the also show encore shows of thesame ones shown during the beginning of the program. | |||
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| '''Adult Swim''', usually rendered '''''' based on its logo, is the name for the adult-oriented ] block on ] in the ] and ], and ] in the ], featuring ] and often ] comedy in contrast to the more tame daytime Cartoon Network. It premiered on ], ]. On ], ], ]-based ], who runs the channel, split the network from Cartoon Network so that ] could treat Adult Swim as a separate channel from Cartoon Network for ratings purposes.<ref name=as_split>. ICv2. ], ].</ref> | |||
| Originally a Sunday-only block (that also re-ran on Thursdays), Adult Swim now airs (United States only:) | |||
| *Mondays-Thursdays at 10:30 p.m (9:30 Central.) The encore starts at 2:00 a.m. (1:00 Central) and at 5:30 a.m. (4:30 Central,) there is half an hour of older shows. | |||
| *Saturdays at 11:00 p.m. (10:00 Central.) The encore starts at 2:00 a.m. (1:00 Central) and at 5:00 a.m. (4:00 Central,) there is an hour of older shows. | |||
| *Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 Central.) The encore starts at 2:00 a.m. (1:00 Central.) This means it ends at 6:00 a.m. (5:00 Central,) leaving no time for older shows. | |||
| In the United States, Adult Swim programming may also be viewed online via ] on . | |||
| The block, programmed by ], the same group that created ] and ], plays ] ] and shorts geared towards adults, and a wide variety of ] ] series and ]. Promotions for Adult Swim have been targeted towards the college age group, which constitutes the majority of their viewers. According to a ], ] 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. | |||
| ==Stylistic history== | |||
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| Originally, all of the bumpers shown in between shows featured footage of senior citizens swimming in public pools eating, exercising, and doing other pool-related activities, with a ] shouting the words "all kids out of the pool" through a ]. The logo at that time was the words "adult swim" in red in a black circle with a yellow ]. The shows were announced by a ]. When the Saturday night block started in 2002, it originally featured clips from the various anime programs displayed on the block. | |||
| The original theme music for Adult Swim was ''D-Code'' by Dust Devil. | |||
| On ], ], the senior citizens were replaced by animated safety manuals featuring Adult Swim characters. | |||
| The current bumpers debuted on ], ] and feature black ] "cards" with white text on them, which discuss everything from news about the programming, to personal staff opinions on unrelated subjects. Fans get involved too as they've been asked to design their own cards and to submit questions for answering. In addition, the bumpers for the action shows are simply pictures of ] and a ]-esque ] style. | |||
| ==Adult Swim Fix== | |||
| {{main|Adult Swim Fix}} | |||
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| ''AdultSwim.com'' launched ''Friday Night Fix'' on Friday, ], ], as a way for Adult Swim fans to view programming on the one day of the week that the programming block does not currently air (the airtime currently being occupied by a rebroadcast of Cartoon Network's ] programming block), and was originally available only on Fridays during the hours that Adult Swim normally aired on weeknights. On ], ], Adult Swim changed Friday Night Fix into the Adult Swim Fix. Adult Swim Fix runs every hour of every day, with content ranging from older and current shows to premiere episodes of new shows from both the Comedy and Action blocks, updated every Friday at 6 p.m. ]. With the exception of anime premieres, which are removed 12 hours later (at 6 a.m. Saturday EST), every show is available until the next Friday update. Adult Swim Fix is presented in a ] browser applet requiring ] and is available only for the continental United States. | |||
| ==List of Adult Swim programs== | |||
| {{main|List of programs broadcast by Adult Swim}} | |||
| ==Video on demand== | |||
| In mid-2004, Adult Swim launched a ] channel on various cable TV providers. The comedy section features several episodes from various Adult Swim original series, while the action section shows only anime series and movies licensed by ], some of which have never been broadcast on Adult Swim or CN. The anime series '']'' initially premiered on demand before debuting on the regular block in ]. | |||
| Select series, including ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' and ''The Venture Brothers'', are also available for purchase on iTunes. | |||
| == TV content ratings == | |||
| The start of each hour of Adult Swim programming is easily identified by the "Parental Advisory: Mature Content" logo (which resembles the warning seen on explicit CDs though this says Parental Advisory:Mature Content not Parental Advisory:Explicit Content) followed by a warning that the shows contain material that may not be appropriate for viewers under the age of 17. The age "limit" was 14 until June 2006. Originally, there was no warning, but as the programming became more popular, a message was put up to alert parents. It stated that the appropriate age for viewers was 18 and older. It then went on to say that the viewer could expect intense violence, sexual situations, coarse language, and suggestive dialogue (similar to the one still used in Australia and New Zealand.) When Adult Swim changed to its current format, the description was dropped to shorten the message. Soon after, the warning logo was added and the age was changed to 14. Many saw this as more appropriate since nothing had been shown on the network higher than a TV-14 rating. Now Adult Swim has indeed changed the warning to the age of 17 because of the airing of shows rated TV-MA. Sometimes it will say "Inappropriate for under 14" or "Inappropriate for under 17" after midnight. In addition, on Adult Swim's first night on ], ], the "TV-14" bug was left on the screen for the entire duration of the block, excluding commercials and promos. | |||
| To date, Adult Swim has deemed episodes of three shows to contain levels of violence and graphic content necessitating their own disclaimer, above and beyond the disclaimer used for the block which states, "''Just in case that last disclaimer wasn't enough, this episode contains extreme violence. We would rather run this than cut the violence from the episode because we are American Cowboys.''" This disclaimer appears before episode 10 of '']'', ''Jungle Cruise'' and episode 51 of '']'', ''Laws and Promises'';<ref>This episode of Fullmetal Alchemist was originally untitled when broadcast in Japan; however, ], the distributor of the English dub in the United States, gave it the name "Laws and Promises" for the U.S. broadcast.</ref> recently, it has also appeared before '']'', beginning with episode 26, ''Morning Glory''. The appearance of the disclaimer before ''Eureka Seven'' marks the first time that any show on Adult Swim has had more than one episode necessitating the additional violence disclaimer.<ref>At present a total of seven Eureka Seven episodes have had the disclamier: Episode 26 (''Morning Glory''), Episode 27 (''Helter Skelter''), Episode 28 (''Memento Mori''), Episode 29 (''Keep On Movin<nowiki>'</nowiki>''), Episode 30 (''Change Of Life''), Episode 31 (''Animal Attack''), and Episode 32 (''Start It Up''). As the series has yet to conclude, more episodes may emerge with the additional violence disclaimer.</ref> | |||
| It should be noticed that since its broadcast began in late 2006, the anime series '']'' has been branded with a TV-MA rating on every episode due to its extreme graphic violence, with the exception of episode 9, "The Overcount I, The Belfry of Downfall", which has a TV-14 rating. | |||
| ==Podcast== | |||
| Adult Swim announced on ], ], a video podcast that they are offering on Apple's ]. The podcasts start off by featuring Behind the Scenes segments of shows, and they are working their way to new and exclusive content, like a look at Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha's new show ]. iTunes is required. | |||
| The Adult Swim ] ] reached number two in iTunes' ranking of most commonly downloaded Podcasts. | |||
| The podcast appears to have been canceled, the last episode was released on ] ]. | |||
| == Forum == | |||
| Adult Swim has an active message board at its official Web site. ] Studios staff frequents the board to answer viewer questions and address comments about Adult Swim programming. | |||
| ==Adult Swim worldwide== | |||
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| ===Australia and New Zealand=== | |||
| *In ] and ], Adult Swim airs Monday to Saturday at 10:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday feature an hour of anime, which is repeated at 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights feature 90 minutes of comedy (formerly 60 minutes,) this is repeated at midnight. | |||
| **Before an improvement in the local ] feed on ], ], Adult Swim, just like other programs on Cartoon Network, was pushed back (in New Zealand only) two hours from the time advertised due to ] differences, which meant that Adult Swim started at 12:30 a.m. | |||
| *Adult Swim Australia also airs notices from their noticeboard on Comedy nights. They have a tendency to only air certain notices during certain shows. | |||
| *'']'' can be seen intermittently during breaks. They have access to five episodes (namely Bowlinger vs Bowlinger, Tube Panic, Climber's High, My True Blue Car, and Bottle Trouble) which they repeat each week, sometimes playing an episode more than once on a certain night. On occasion, they have been aired on an Anime night. | |||
| *'']'', another popular Adult Swim show, currently airs in Australia on ] on Fridays at 9:00 p.m., not on Adult Swim or ]. Comedy Channel does not air in New Zealand, therefore, viewers in that country miss out. | |||
| *In 2006, New Zealand channel ] aired Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law on Wednesday nights at 9:30 p.m. Aqua Teen Hunger Force could also be seen on weeknights at 7:00 p.m. | |||
| ===United Kingdom=== | |||
| {{main|Adult Swim (UK)}} | |||
| *The UK network ] airs an Adult Swim block nightly, generally from midnight each night. It should be noted that the UK's Bravo channel is owned by ], unlike other parts of the world where Adult Swim is seen as a block on ]-owned Cartoon Network. Shows that are a part of the UK's Adult Swim block are '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' & '']''<ref name=AdultSwimUK>. Bravo (UK). Retrieved ] ].</ref> Non-Williams Street shows on the block include ] and ]. A Bravo original series ]. | |||
| *In addition to this, an online service, AdultSwim.co.uk, offers 24 hour access to about 4 episodes of various Adult Swim shows per month including (besides what is already available on Bravo, bar Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Non-Williams Street Shows) ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. Curently, a year long subscription to this service costs £9.99 as part of the promotional opening of the service. The cost will go up to £19.99 after the end of September. Unlike Adult Swim on Bravo UK the website service is owned by ]. | |||
| *Currently, the only Adult Swim action show airing in the UK is '']'' on ] on Tuesdays. Previously, '']'' aired every Thursday but was replaced with '']''. There are no content edits for any show aired on Rapture. However ] have not ruled out an action block shows such as ] have been touted. | |||
| ===Brazil and Latin America=== | |||
| In Brazil and Latin America, Adult Swim airs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. However, unlike Adult Swim USA, anime is not a part of the lineup. As of November 2006, all anime programming on Cartoon Network airs on the Toonami block. There's still much fan pressure to bring anime to Adult Swim in the region (pressure that is mocked constantly in Adult Swim's cards). | |||
| * ]-produced shows, such as '']'', '']'', and '']'', all air on ] in a similarly themed block called "Não Perturbe" (''Do not disturb'') on Mondays and Thursdays. | |||
| *In Chile, the cable company ], the biggest company of cable television, decided to censor the adult swim block from transmission, and doesn't show it at all, instead replacing it with a relatively short recording of "children's" cartoon episodes which repeats over and over. For some time, users could pay an extra fee to be able to watch the transmission along with VTR's "premium" channels. This situation was not well received by users, who even started a petition (at http://www.queremosadultswim.tk/ ). | |||
| ===Canada=== | |||
| *While they do not use the Adult Swim branding, Canada's ] has a teen/adult oriented block called ] that airs very similar programming every night. Adult Swim programs that are airing currently on The Detour include '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. | |||
| ===The Philippines=== | |||
| *The ] is the only country in Asia that airs Adult Swim. | |||
| *Adult Swim airs every weekday between 10:30 to 11:30pm, 10:30 to 11:00pm on weekends, shown right after ]. In the past, Adult Swim in the Philippine feed during late weekends night and only shows CN-made cartoons such as ], ], ] and ]. ] has later been inserted into the Adult Swim block. | |||
| ==Trivia== | |||
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| <!-- trivia added here should concern the Adult Swim block only - trivia about shows or their constituents should be added at the show page --> | |||
| *Adult Swim is notorious for their ] pranks (this only applies in the United States.) | |||
| **In 2004, every show that aired during the actual ] were shown with crudely drawn graffiti (moustaches, goatees, and glasses) on the characters' faces and other objects. | |||
| **In 2005, the unfinished pilot of '']'' and a moustache-filled episode of '']'' were shown unannounced. | |||
| **In 2006, the lineup was changed, unannounced, to include retro shows such as '']' ]'' while regular shows such as '']'' were intercut with fart sounds. | |||
| *On ], ], Adult Swim aired an angry fan letter about the showing of '']''. The fan letter stated that if they continue to air the program, they should change their name to "Crappy 1980's Live Action Television Show Network." Adult Swim complied and changed their logo to match the name with the formatting. All shows from that point on during the night aired with a logo in place of the regular one. From that moment on, nearly every showing of Saved By The Bell during the week aired with the changed station identification logo, while the other programming kept the regular one. Adult Swim went on to produce a rumor that the show was going back into production; unlike the airing, this was an actual hoax.<ref name=bell_return>. MTV. ] ].</ref> | |||
| *Adult Swim has been known to have a partnership with independent music label ] and a long-standing interest in the international televison series, ], whom they followed to the BRAVO channel in the UK. Many of Adult Swim's bumps and packaging have used music from artists such as ], ], and ]. In 2006, both Stones Throw and Adult Swim created a co-production album entitled '']''. The network was also part of an earlier studio LP with ], a musical collaboration between music producer ] and rapper ], entitled '']''. | |||
| ==Notes== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| * - Official website | |||
| * - Broadband VOD website for Adult Swim UK | |||
| * - Official website of the UK Adult Swim | |||
| * - Unofficial Adult Swim information and news website | |||
| * - Adult Swim promo and intro archive | |||
| * - Adult Swim's commercial bumps, including some from the pre-"card" era. | |||
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Revision as of 19:25, 19 January 2007
Adult Swim is a widely view "adult cartoon" program. By "adult" we mean, a program that shows cartoons that aren't quiet "cartoon-like". These "cartoons" show profanity and curses. This cartoon program started on September 2nd in 2001. on March 28th in 2005 there was a dispute based on the fact that adult swim show be removed from the cartoon network channel, due to the of ratings. It oringinally ran only on sundays. now it runs from saturday to thursday. the program ran oringinally at 11pm. buy now rans at 10:30pm. this was so because many children go to sleep by 10:30 in the past. but now many children are in the bed by 10pm. the program has the same shows to run on weekdays yet there are different eposides. the also show encore shows of thesame ones shown during the beginning of the program.