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Adult Swim/Program Listing
From The TV IV
This article lists all programs broadcast on the Adult Swim animation block, regardless of whether or not it is an original program. Also included are shorts, one-off airings and pilots which may or may not have been aired on the block. It does not include series which aired on precursors to Adult Swim unless, like in the case of Outlaw Star, they were later broadcast on the block.
Contents |
Adult Swim Programming
Title | Begin | End | Notes |
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Original Programming | |||
Current | |||
The Boondocks | 2005 | 2014 | |
Squidbillies | 2005 | 2013 | |
Greenlit / Renewed | |||
Check It Out!, with Dr Steve Brule | 2010 | — | Six-episode spin-off miniseries of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! starring John C. Reilly. Set to premiere on May 16, 2010. |
Childrens Hospital | 2010 | — | Live action parody of hospital dramas, 17 episodes are being produced for a Summer 2010 premiere. |
Delocated | 2009 | — | First season (6 episodes) finished airing March 29, 2009. 6 episodes are in production for season two. |
Frankenhole | 2010 | — | A new stop-motion animation series created by Moral Orel creator Dino Stamatopoulos, "Frankenstein hangs out with famous people." Premieres February 2010. |
The Galaxy Wrestling Alliance | 2010 | — | A new series created by Metalocalypse co-creator Tony Blacha, "The Wrestler meets Metalocalypse" or "Metalocalypse in tights." Premieres Fall 2010. |
Metalocalypse | 2006 | — | Third season (20 episodes) premiered November 8, 2009. |
Robot Chicken | 2005 | — | Fourth season (20 episodes) premiered December 7, 2008. |
Superjail | 2008 | — | First season (10 episodes) finished airing December 7, 2008. Future episodes will reportedly be produced by a new studio. |
The Venture Bros. | 2003 | — | Fourth season (13 episodes) premiered October 18, 2009. The second half of the season will begin airing in Summer 2010. |
Tight Bros | 2009 | — | "Two Jersey guidos trying to live the lifestyle of Entourage, but without the money." Due to premiere sometime in the 2009/2010 season. |
On Hiatus | |||
Paid Programming: Icelandic Ultra Blue | 2009 | — | A parody of informercials airing exclusively at 4:30 a.m. with no promotion whatsoever, similar to the The Rising Son. Only the pilot episode aired, which ended on a cliffhanger. |
The Rising Son | 2009 | — | A 15-minute show that was not advertised, did not appear on Adult Swim Video and only ran four episodes at 5:00AM on Saturdays. |
Titan Maximum | 2009 | — | First season (10 episodes) finished airing November 22, 2009. |
Xavier: Renegade Angel | 2007 | — | Second season (10 episodes) premiered April 16, 2009. |
Cancelled/Ended | |||
12 Oz. Mouse | 2005 | 2006 | Additional episodes were planned for AdultSwim.com, but only one was animated. |
Assy McGee | 2006 | 2008 | |
The Brak Show | 2000 | 2003 | Additional episodes were planned for AdultSwim.com, but only one was animated. |
The Drinky Crow Show | 2008 | 2009 | The series was quietly cancelled after one season, with only a single panel in a Maakies comic strip announcing the fate of the show. |
Fat Guy Stuck in Internet | 2008 | ||
Frisky Dingo | 2006 | 2008 | A third season was left in jeopardy when Adam Reed took a sabbatical to deal with family issues. A potential successor, The Xtacles, produced two episodes which were met with dismal ratings. In the end, Frisky Dingo was cancelled as a result of 70-30 Productions shuttering. |
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | 2000 | 2007 | |
Home Movies | 1999 | 2004 | Originally aired for one season on UPN before being picked back up for three more seasons on Adult Swim. |
Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil | 2005 | 2007 | Series creator Loren Bouchard had hoped to revive the series with a new pilot in a direction more along the lines of what Adult Swim was looking for, but the series was eventually canned entirely in August 2009. |
Minoriteam | 2005 | 2006 | |
Moral Orel | 2005 | 2008 | |
Perfect Hair Forever | 2004 | 2007 | An additional season of 16 episodes was planned for AdultSwim.com, but income from the broadband service was not sufficient enough to support an online exclusive series. Only one episode was animated from the "second season". |
Saul of the Mole Men | 2007 | Spun-off into the two episode miniseries, Young Persons Guide to History. | |
Sealab 2021 | 2000 | 2005 | |
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | 1994 | 2004 | Exclusive shorts aired on GameTap between 2006 and 2007 until the series was cancelled from that service as well. None of the shorts were broadcast on television. |
Stroker and Hoop | 2004 | 2005 | |
Tom Goes to the Mayor | 2004 | 2006 | |
Young Person's Guide to History | 2008 | Two-episode spin-off miniseries of Saul of the Mole Men. | |
In Production | |||
Battle Hi | — | Concept being developed by mc chris. | |
Black Dynamite | — | "Anime blaxploitation" by the creators of The Boondocks. | |
Duckworth | 2010 | ||
Eagleheart | — | Produced by Conan O'Brien and inspired by Walker, Texas Ranger. Will also include some talent from The Colbert Report. | |
Neil Hamburger's Big Ball | — | A game show style series being developed by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim for comedian Neil Hamburger. | |
Neon Knome | 2010 | A series by animator Ben Jones, who previously found fame doing animation for music videos by M.I.A. and Beck. | |
Snake N Bacon | 2009 | A combination of animation and live-action sketches based on the comics by Michael Kupperman. | |
Soul Quest Overdrive | 2010 | A series by the creators of Aqua Teen Hunger Force starring David Cross and H. Jon Benjamin. | |
Southies | 2010 | "A family comedy about a bunch of idiots from South Boston." | |
Totally 4 Teens | 2009 | Several segments of this PFFR series were put on Adult Swim Online, but it was reportedly not picked up for further episodes despite its pilot never airing on television. The pilot was later resurrected for the "Burger King Big Uber Network Sampling" competition. | |
Thunderstruck | — | A series featuring an "animated white trash superhero" by the producers of King of the Hill. | |
Untitled Clown Show | — | A Bozo the Clown spoof created by Robert Smigel. | |
Untitled Kind of Like Sherlock Holmes Project | — | A spoof of Doctor Who starring Rich Fulcher and Matt Berry. | |
Untitled Michael Ouweleen/Erik Richter Project | — | Untitled series in development by the creators of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. At one time the project went under the name I Know - Let's Blow up the Moon. | |
Yappy Broads | 2010 | A live-action parody of talk shows like The View starring Earthquake, Dino Stamatopoulos and others in drag. | |
Anime | |||
Current & Future | |||
Bleach | 2006 | — | |
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | 2010 | — | A remake of the original series which follows the manga series more closely. |
Kekkaishi | 2010 | — | |
On Hiatus | |||
Finished | |||
Astro Boy | 2007 | — | |
The Big O | 2003 | — | Originally broadcast on Toonami in an edited fashion but later aired on Adult Swim uncut. |
Code Geass | 2008 | — | |
Cowboy Bebop | 2001 | — | The first anime series acquired specifically for Adult Swim. |
Fullmetal Alchemist | 2004 | — | |
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | 2004 | — | |
InuYasha | 2001 | — | The longest running anime series on Adult Swim. |
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit | 2008 | — | 10 episodes were aired in 2008 before the series was pulled from the schedule. According to Media Blasters President John Sirabella, the English dub licensing rights reverted back to Production IG in Japan following the collapse of Geneon and Media Blasters was only able to secure DVD distribution. The series returned in summer 2009 to air the entire series. |
Expired | |||
Blood+ | 2007 | 2009 | |
Blue Gender | 2003 | 2004 | |
Death Note | 2007 | 2010 | |
Eureka Seven | 2006 | 2008 | |
FLCL | 2003 | 2009 | |
Gigantor | 2005 | 2006 | |
Kikaider | 2003 | 2004 | Episode 8, a recap episode, did not air. |
Reign: The Conqueror | 2003 | 2004 | |
Case Closed | 2004 | 2005 | Only the first 50 episodes of the series, out of 130 dubbed into English, were aired before it was pulled from air. |
Lupin the 3rd | 2003 | 2005 | Episode 3 was not aired at the request of Geneon due to Nazi references in a comedic setting. However, the preceding episode does still include the preview for "To Be or Nazi Be". |
Mobile Suit Gundam | 2003 | 2004 | An edited version was originally broadcast on Toonami before Adult Swim picked the series up. In both cases, the full series was never completed. In addition, the OAV series Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket and Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, both intended for Toonami, were broadcast on Adult Swim. |
Neon Genesis Evangelion | 2005 | 2007 | |
Outlaw Star | 2002 | Originally broadcast on Toonami's "Midnight Run" precursor to Adult Swim. | |
Paranoia Agent | 2005 | 2007 | |
Pilot Candidate | 2002 | 2003 | Originally broadcast on Toonami. |
Samurai Champloo | 2005 | 2008 | |
s-CRY-ed | 2005 | 2007 | |
Shin Chan | 2006 | 2009 | Redubbed and reconfigured specifically for the English/Adult Swim dub. |
The Super Milk-Chan Show | 2004 | 2005 | |
Tenchi Muyo! | 2002 | 2004 | Originally broadcast on Toonami. Technically, Tenchi Muyo! consists of several OVA specials and TV series. All of the episodes were aired, excluding films, on Adult Swim and Cartoon Network up until Tenchi Muyo! GXP. |
Trigun | 2003 | 2007 | |
Trinity Blood | 2006 | 2008 | |
Voltron | 2006 | 2007 | Originally broadcast on Toonami. |
Witch Hunter Robin | 2004 | 2005 | |
Wolf's Rain | 2004 | 2005 | The last four OVA episodes were not aired. |
YuYu Hakusho | 2002 | 2003 | Only the first 21 episodes were broadcast on Adult Swim before the series was edited for content and moved to Toonami. |
Non-Anime Acquired Series | |||
Current & Future | |||
American Dad | 2005 | — | New episodes air Sundays on FOX. |
Family Guy | 1999 | — | New episodes air Sundays on FOX. Often, content edited for network broadcast is reinserted into the reruns on Adult Swim. |
King of the Hill | 2009 | — | Another acquired series from FOX, King of the Hill airs weeknights at 10PM in 2009 due to the hour added to the block. New episodes will air Sundays on FOX until the show ends after the next season. Rumors have circulated that ABC may pick the series up for additional new seasons. |
The Mighty Boosh | 2009 | — | Adult Swim showed the third season of this series first before broadcasting the first. All three seasons were acquired. |
The Office (UK) | 2009 | — | Both seasons of the original British Office, plus the Christmas Special, will begin airing in summer 2009. The series was previously broadcast in the United States on BBC America. |
The PJs | 2008 | — | A defunct claymation series originally broadcast on FOX starring Eddie Murphy as the super of a housing project. |
Star Wars: The Clone Wars | 2009 | — | This ambitious continuation of the Star Wars film series first premiered on Cartoon Network in the You Are Here block which precedes Adult Swim on Fridays. |
Completed | |||
Baby Blues | 2002 | 2004 | Originally broadcast on The WB. |
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos | 2006 | ||
Clerks | 2008 | Six episode series based on the Kevin Smith written/directed cult film of the same name, originally broadcast by ABC until it was quickly cancelled. Cable broadcast rights were last owned by Comedy Central. | |
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace | 2007 | 2008 | |
The Gary Coleman Show | 2006 | ||
Look Around You | 2009 | ||
Mission Hill | 2002 | Originally broadcast on The WB. | |
Mister T | 2006 | Originally aired as part of a 2006 April Fools joke. | |
The Oblongs | 2002 | Originally broadcast on The WB. | |
Saved by the Bell | 2006 | Eight episodes were shown over the course of two weeks. During each episode, the network bug was changed from "[adult swim]" to "[crappy 1980s live action tv show network]" in response to a message board post. | |
The Smoking Gun | 2006 | Originally broadcast on Court TV. Similarly to Shin Chan, the series was test run for a possible future pick-up on Adult Swim but it ultimately failed to gain an audience. | |
The Super Globetrotters | 2006 | ||
Expired | |||
Futurama | 2002 | 2007 | One of two, along with Family Guy, FOX animated series to be acquired by Adult Swim. Futurama was a reliable ratings winner for Adult Swim until they were outbid for broadcasting rights by Comedy Central in 2005. |
Pee Wee's Playhouse | 2006 | ||
The Ripping Friends | 2002 | 2003 | Originally broadcast on FOX. |
Specials | |||
Pilots | |||
Failed Pilots | |||
Captain Sturdy: The Originals | 2003 | ||
The Finkel Files | 2002 | ||
The Groovenians | 2002 | ||
Korgoth of Barbaria | 2006 | Created by Aaron Springer and executive produced by Genndy Tartakovsky, Korgoth was aired several times in 2006 to popular acclaim. Two additional storyboards were ordered, but despite both network and public interest, the series was ultimately not greenlight due to lack of funds. | |
Let's Fish | 2007 | Created by Mark Rivers and starring Scott Adsit and Brendon Small in an animation/live-action hybrid about being lost at sea. The pilot was broadcast on the "night of a thousand pilots" but was the only one to not get picked up. | |
The Lewis Lectures | 2002 | ||
Stiff | 2007 | Live-action horror/comedy developed by Matt Maiellaro and aired on Halloween. | |
That Crook'd 'Sipp | 2007 | Pilot aired May 13, 2007 and six episodes were greenlit for broadcast in 2008 but never aired. After sitting in limbo until mid 2009, the series has apparently been scrapped and reworked as a 60-minute special airing in March 2010 called Freaknik: The Musical. | |
Tyrone's Inferno | 2008 | A series bible was written and much of the series developed by creator Evan Dorkin before the plug was pulled for budgetary reasons before a pilot was animated. | |
Welcome to Eltingville | 2002 | Adapted from the Dork comic anthology by former Space Ghost: Coast to Coast writer and cartoonist Evan Dorkin. | |
The Xtacles | 2008 | Two episodes of the potential Frisky Dingo spin-off were produced and broadcast on Adult Swim (along with a prequel short on the Frisky Dingo season 2 DVD), but dismal ratings and the closing of 70-30 Productions led to it being shelved. | |
Stand-Alone Specials | |||
Anime Talk Show | 2004 | Aired following the unexpected premiere of Perfect Hair Forever (despite advertising indicating that Squidbillies would finally premiere at that night) as a response to what was just seen. The short starred Space Ghost, Meatwad, Early Cuyler and Sharko. | |
Billy's Balloon | 2005 | Animated short by Don Hertzfeldt. | |
China, IL | 2008 | Miniseries featuring characters created by Brad Neely for SuperDeluxe.com before the website folded. The online shorts were combined into one episode for broadcast. | |
Freaknik: The Musical | 2010 | "A 60-minute special starring T-Pain with Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Andy Samberg and other special guests." The special was announced in an online promo for the network's 2009-2010 season schedule. It is expected to premiere on March 21, 2010. | |
Intermission in the Third Dimension | 2005 | Animated short by Don Hertzfeldt, the second in a trilogy of shorts which appeared during the first Animation Show in 2003. | |
The Jetsons: Father & Son Day | 2002 | Short based on The Jetsons made by Spumco. | |
The Jetsons: The Best Son | 2002 | Short based on The Jetsons made by Spumco. | |
Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek | 2005 | A Japanese anime short that was aired on Halloween 2005. | |
Mike's Pencil Test | 2005 | A collection of pencil tests by animator Mike Judge. | |
Night of the Living Doo | 2002 | Originally broadcast on Cartoon Network during their "The Scooby Doo Project" series of specials. | |
Penguins Behind Bars | 2002 | ||
Ranger Smith: A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith | 2002 | Short based on characters from Yogi Bear made by Spumco, originally aired on Cartoon Network in 1999. | |
Ranger Smith: Boo Boo Runs Wild | 2002 | Short based on characters from Yogi Bear made by Spumco, originally aired on Cartoon Network in 1999. This short infamously was aired every Sunday, in the same timeslot, for a period of two months in 2006 without any explanation. | |
Rejected | Although this Academy Award nominated short by Don Hertzfeldt was licensed for broadcast, network censors objected to some of the content and requested that it be edited for television audiences (likely due to the phrase "Sweet Jesus" and Turner Networks then routine objection to using Jesus' name in vain). The short was never broadcast despite two attempts to make it happen. | ||
Movies | |||
The Animatrix | 2004 | An anthology of animated shorts by a variety of animation directors from Japan, Korea and America that served as a prequel to the second Matrix movie. | |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force colon Movie Film for Theaters | 2007 | The first feature production by Williams Street. After a theatrical run (and one joke miniature screen run on April 1) and release on DVD, an edited version of the movie made its cable premiere on March 30, 2008. | |
Bleach: Memories of Nobody | 2009 | The first in a series of Bleach feature films. | |
Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion | 2009 | The second in a series of Bleach feature films. | |
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | 2005 | The R-Rated feature film continuation of Cowboy Bebop. | |
Escaflowne: The Movie | 2005 | ||
G.I. Joe: Resolute | 2009 | Originally created for online by Warren Ellis, the Adult Swim version compiles all of the shorts into one 90-minute special. The show was created in coordination for the G.I. Joe live action movie. | |
InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time | 2005 | Also known as InuYasha: The Love That Transcends Time. | |
InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass | 2005 | ||
InuYasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler | 2006 | ||
InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island | 2006 | ||
Metropolis | 2005 | Based on the manga by Osamu Tezuka, which in turn was based on the 1920s German silent film of the same name. | |
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack | 2003 | ||
Read or Die | 2004 | A three-episode OVA combined to make on feature production. | |
The Room | 2009 | The notoriously bad independent film by Tommy Wiseau aired as part of a night of April Fools programming. Wiseau previously appeared in an episode of Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. |