This might *actually* be the new weekday schedule for Adult Swim, starting 12/1, with King of the Hill leaving the week before: 5:00p - Futurama 6:00p - Bob's Burgers 8:30p - Family Guy 11:00p - Rick and Morty 12:30a - TBD

Now on Tubi: Childrens Hospital and its often forgotten spinoff Newsreaders.

Adult Swim has a Family Guy marathon on Thanksgiving, running from 6:00p to 11:30p. Includes the Thanksgiving episodes they have the rights to air, Stewie Kills Lois/Lois Kills Stewie, I Dream of Jesus, and so on.

CN has an all-day Teen Titans Go! marathon on Thanksgiving, notably repeating the "King Shark Week" miniseries three times in the day.

Comcast is exploring a bid for some of Warner Bros. Discovery, almost definitely the streaming and studios part rather than the cable networks part. Netflix is also exploring a bid for the S&S part while Paramount Skydance wants the whole thing. variety.com/2025/biz/new...

R.I.P. Curtis Webster, the man who played Judge Edward Szymczyk during the 2017 murder trial against Tim Heidecker that aired on the Adult Swim Streams.

This year is definitely the year Adult Swim gave in to the current cable climate and started scheduling the network pretty similarly to any other cable network these days. Sad to see but it did take its damn time. Comedy Central's schedule was shit before COVID.

King of the Hill coming back in late 2021 helped Adult Swim weather the rating troubles that came from FXX taking Family Guy... at least until Disney and Spectrum agreed to shoot FXX in the spine and leave it in a 2 year coma. Then we were winning again.

Calling it: King of the Hill leaves Adult Swim for a second time on Friday, November 21. Follows two weeks of dramatically increased reruns (up to 6 hours a night by the end of it) showcasing 92 memorable episodes from the series.

Mighty Mouse and his Terrytoon friends are now on MeTV Toons! Every Sunday from 3p - 5p. The Terrytoons shorts don't look superb (they're sourced from the 50s-60s CBS Saturday morning show iirc) but the Ralph Bakshi 80s series segments look great:

The aggressive rerunning of King of the Hill the week of 11/17 (6 hours a night!) seems to come to a stop after Friday, after the show airs its series finale at 5:00a. The show is absent on Saturday, with 7 straight episodes of Bob's Burgers at 5:00p.

TCM will be playing Hanna-Barbera productions on December 3: 8:00p - Hey There, It's Yogi Bear 9:45p - The Man Called Flintstone 11:00p - A Christmas Story (1972) 11:45p - Anchors Aweigh 2:15a - Dangerous When Wet 4:00a - Invitation to the Dance

Today in unrelated news: MTV has cancelled Ridiculousness after 14 years, 46 seasons, and 1,689+ episodes. First run episodes will end in 2026. Paramount Skydance wants to reinvigorate MTV by "exploring fresh formats, different creative voices, and refreshed programming".

Netflix is exploring a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, specifically the Warner Bros. streaming and studios part of the impending split, not the Discovery Global cable networks part. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/n...

Vishnu Athreya, the WB Animation / CN Studios exec that was previously the head of programming at Cartoon Network when Teen Titans Go! spam was at its most excessive, appears as himself in the newest episode of Teen Titans Go!

Adult Swim Monday 11/17: 5:00p - King of the Hill (2 hours) ... 12:30a - Momma Named Me Sheriff 12:45a - Mr. Pickles 1:00a - King of the Hill??? 3:00a - Haha, You Clowns 3:15a - Smiling Friends 3:30a - Rick and Morty (repeat) 4:00a - KOTH (2 hours) What the hell is going on?

Paramount Skydance pwomises that **IF** Warner Bros. Discovery and them merge, they will keep the creative teams at both Paramount Pictures and WB Pictures intact, while streamlining marketing and distribution. HBO Max and Paramount+ would also merge. finance.yahoo.com/news/paramou...

Public domain cartoons remastered by Thunderbean have started appearing on MeTV Toons, starting with this 1931 Tom and Jerry short (the Van Beuren series) on Sunday Night Cartoon All-Stars.

The CW's holiday special schedule includes, as always, Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, airing 11/28 and 12/10 at 8:00p, but, more interestingly, they'll also be airing Yogi's First Christmas on 12/19 at 8:00p.

Cartoon Network Studios has released four shorts made in collaboration with Exceptional Minds, a non-profit Los Angeles-based academy and studio preparing young adults on the autism spectrum for careers in Hollywood. Watch em here: youtu.be/O_BWCiKUbsY

MeTV Toons is now available on Dish Network, though you'll need an internet-connected receiver and a subscription to either the Top 120, Flex, Smart, or Welcome Packs. It's on channel 376.

DVR Theater dies again on Monday, November 10, with the 4:30a slot going to another King of the Hill repeat. Yay.

Warner Bros. Discovery has rejected a second bid by Paramount Skydance. This one was at $24 a share compared to $20, and the rejection is what led WBD to announce today it was indeed for sale. deadline.com/2025/10/para...

Meanwhile in the UK: TLC is relaunching as a free-to-air entertainment channel in January, airing sitcoms like The Big Bang Theory, originals like a revival of Mock the Week, and the reality stuff you'd expect from TLC like 90 Day Fiance. www.broadbandtvnews.com/2025/10/20/t...

HBO Max is raising prices. Effective immediately for new customers, November 20 for existing customers. Ad supported: $10 -> $11 Ad-free: $17 -> $18.49 Ad-free 4K: $21 -> $23 Yearly with ads: $100 -> $110 Yearly ad-free: $170 -> $185 Yearly ad-free 4K: $210 -> $230

Warner Bros. Discovery has expressed interest in selling itself to another company, either for part (they're still intending to split if no buyer emerges) or all of WBD. Comes after rumored interest from Paramount Skydance, Comcast, and Netflix. www.nbcnews.com/business/med...

MeTV Toons is getting straight into the holiday spirit the day after Halloween: Saturday, November 1 6:00p - The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't 6:30p - A Flintstones Christmas Carol

Adult Swim is, for once, playing the earliest seasons of King of the Hill, season 1 and (presumably) 2, weekdays starting Monday, November 9 at 5:00p.

Season 14 of Bob's Burgers premieres on Adult Swim Sunday, November 9 at 7:00p. Comes after they've already started airing seasons 13 and 15.

Thunderbean Animation, a home video label focused on great restorations of public domain cartoons, now has a deal with MeTV Toons to showcase their restorations on the network. cartoonresearch.com/index.php/fl...

Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, and other shorts from the Terrytoons studio join the MeTV Toons lineup every Sunday afternoon starting 11/2 from 3p-5p. Includes the classic Terrytoons shorts and the Ralph Bakshi produced 80s Mighty Mouse series. animationscoop.com/terrytoons-m...

Adult Swim has a big ol' 6 hour Bob's Burgers marathon on Halloween, running from 5:00p - 11:00p. After that it's the regular schedule, though with Halloween episodes for all but Smiling Friends and Haha You Clowns (repeating new episodes takes priority).

CN Halloween lineup: 11:00a - Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King 12:30p - SCOOB! 2:30p - Over the Garden Wall Regular Show: Terror Tales of the Park 1 - 6 air at 4:00p 10/28 - 10/30, and 6:00a 10/29 - 10/31.

Warner Bros. Discovery has rebuffed Paramount Skydance's first bid of around $20 per share for a merger, calling it "too low". Don't think Paramount won't try again, though. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A lot of guest stars will appear on The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza, Adult Swim's first new live-action series in 5 years, including Steve Buscemi, Fred Armisen, Marc Maron, Gregg Turkington, Mark Prooksh, Thomas Lennon, Wanda Sykes, and even more.

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake season 2 premieres Thursday, October 23, and will air weekly through Christmas Day. Ten episode season again. Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSby...

Primal season 3, which premieres in January, still focuses on Spear, who is now a zombie. Genndy: "I just spent 20 episodes having people care [about Spear], and then I kill off the main character, which is okay, but then, what are my options?"

Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal season 3 premieres in January.

Catch a first look at season 3 of Primal in two hours on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nXU...

The heads of Warner Bros. Pictures, Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, have re-upped their contracts to stay as heads of the film studio. deadline.com/2025/10/warn...

Adult Swim shows will be leaving the Channel 4 app in the UK in just over a week. The few AS shows that air on E4 and E4 Extra will also stop airing after Thursday and Sunday, respectively. It's very likely that the AS library will join HBO Max when it launches in early 2026.

RIP Kimberly Hébert Gregory, who played Craig's mom, Nicole Williams, on Craig of the Creek and Dr. Belinda Brown on HBO's Vice Principals. She was 52.

Fox has officially confirmed that The Great North has been cancelled after 5 seasons.

Zach Hadel, Michael Cusack, and Smiling Friends producer/director Aron Fromm have launched Zam Studios, a new animation studio based in LA focusing on animation, VFX, production, and post-production of all types. deadline.com/2025/10/smil...

Today in unrelated news: Apple TV+ will remain the home for Peanuts through 2030, as Apple has renewed their partnership with WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide, and Lee Mendelson Film Productions. More specials will be made and the production on a new feature film continues.

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake season 2 premieres October 23 on HBO Max.

The Cartoon Network Hotel near Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster County, PA is closing in January and will be rethemed as the Dutch Wonderland Inn in March. lancasteronline.com/news/local/t...

Hulu has removed Teen Titans Go early... but will be adding it back Wednesday at 3:00a. Odd. Looks like the show will still stream on Hulu, though, despite this odd approach to renewing the license.

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake season 2 supposedly premieres October 23, although the source (HBO Max putting a notice up on the show page) seems to be missing now.

Bruce Taylor, the "CEO of Adult Swim" (as seen in dozens of bumpers over the years), died on September 9, just a few weeks shy of his 89th birthday. Adult Swim paid tribute with an in memoriam bump last night.