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If you're like us then you were pretty excited when news dropped that The Eric Andre Show was returning to Adult Swim for the fifth season, and to say it hasn't disappointed would be an understatement That said, we can't say that our heart's not feeling stomped on a bit with Hannibal Burress (and his clone)[...]

Just because the first night of Adult Swim Fest might be coming to an end (with a killer line-up set for Saturday, but more of that in a minute) doesn't mean things are going to end quietly. Run The Jewels (Killer Mike and El-P) debuted the Cyberpunk 2077 music video for the song "No Save Point"[...]

With Adult Swim Fest set to go live and virtual in only a few hours (running Friday, November 13, and Saturday, November 14), Cartoon Network's late-night alter-ego has released a full rundown on what viewers can take a deep-dive into on the first day, starting at 2 pm ET (with a line-up of artists that[...]

Adult Swim Fest goes virtual starting this Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14, and when it does? Attendees will have a chance to check out a ton of never-before-seen performances (including Mastodon, Robyn from Club DOMO, and Kaytranada), live-stream watch parties (like Three Busy Debras and Space Ghost Coast to Coast), Run The Jewels (Killer[...]

Over the past few weeks, Adult Swim viewers have been getting teases here and there about what they can expect from Adult Swim Fest when it goes virtual this Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14 Along with the ongoing #ASFestChallenge (still currently underway, with rules and info below), the weekend includes a ton of[...]

The last time we checked in with Adult Swim Fest, we were reporting on the costume contest rules for the virtual event's #ASFestChallenge (still currently underway, with rules and info below) Set for November 13-14, the weekend also includes a ton of never-before-seen performances (including Mastodon, Robyn from Club DOMO, and Kaytranada), live-streams (including Rick[...]

Calling all cosplayers! Just because Adult Swim Fest isn't until November 13-14 doesn't mean it's too early to kick off the festivities in style In conjunction with the folks at IHEARTCOMIX, the #ASFestChallenge kicks off this Wednesday, November 4, with an opportunity for 16 talented fans to walk away with an AS Festival merch bundle-[...]

One show panel in particular that caught our eyeballs was Adult Swim's look behind the scenes of the two-time Emmy Award-winning series Rick and Morty Cast members Chris Parnell (Jerry Smith), Sarah Chalke (Beth Smith), and Spencer Grammer (Summer Smith), as well as series co-creator Dan Harmon, joined panel moderator Mike Schneider (Senior Editor, Variety) to[...]

But since you read the headline and hit the link, we know you're here for some intel on the immediate future of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty– and the panel didn't disappoint. Rick and Morty at PaleyFest NY discussing Season 5 and more | adult swim Joined by voice cast members Chris Parnell (Jerry Smith), Sarah Chalke[...]

With The Eric Andre Show returning to Adult Swim on Sunday, October 25, at midnight (Sunday-Monday) for the fifth season, the main man himself has been making the rounds to promote a new season of things we've run out of adjectives we can use to describe Spending some time with Jimmy Kimmel on his ABC[...]

Last weekend, Run The Jewels (Killer Mike and El-P) took over Adult Swim's Toonami and tore down the late-night anime block with a raging performance of their latest album RTJ4 Not only that but we also learned that Adult Swim Fest will be running from November 13th-14th on YouTube, and the duo will be debuting their[...]

Sponsored by Citi and Verizon, the three-day virtual fest will feature conversations with the cast and creative teams from All American (The CW), The Boys (Amazon Prime Video), Eli Roth's History of Horror (AMC), Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS), the 20th Anniversary of Girlfriends (Netflix), A Million Little Things (ABC), Rick and Morty (Adult[...]

After 7 seasons, 81 episodes, and 16+ years, Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer announced in early September that Adult Swim had notified them "a few months ago" that the series would not be returning for the eighth season (though work on the season was already underway) Now, the co-creators are opening up to NPR about[...]

That's the case this Saturday, October 17th, at 12 midnight ET, when activist ice cream company Ben & Jerry's and Adult Swim hand over an hour of Toonami time to Killer Mike and El-P aka Run The Jewels to help boost voter registration and election turnout. Adult Swim x Ben & Jerry's Present Holy Calamavote: A[...]

To celebrate the home release of the most recent season on Blu-ray and it's upcoming debut on HBO Max on November 1st, we have some cool new extras worth checking out. Samurai & Shogun (Rick and Morty) | adult swim First up, "Samurai & Shogun" director Kaichi Sato shared some of the original designs he pitched to[...]

The Daily Beast is reporting that Adult Swim has "permanently retired" several series' episodes "due to cultural sensitivities," including episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and The Boondocks "When Adult Swim transitions series to a new platform, we determine what episodes are selected through creative and cultural filters and our standards and practices policies," the[...]

Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty has had an interesting Emmys run this year, Obviously, the biggest news is that the Adult Swim series made it two years in a row when it comes to winning the award for Outstanding Animated Program Then came the animated duo's guest appearance during the Emmy Awards[...]

Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty had its moment in the sun Friday night, making it two years in a row that the Adult Swim series walked away with Emmy award for Outstanding Animated Program at the virtual Creative Arts Emmys 2020 awards ceremony Directed by Jacob Hair and written by Jeff Loveness[...]

Rick and Morty creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, and "The Vat of Acid Episode" writer Jeff Loveness responded to the show's Emmys win.

Following up on last year's award-winning "Pickle Rick," this year saw "The Vat of Acid Episode" walk away with the gold. Directed by Jacob Hair and written by Jeff Loveness and Albro Lundy, the episode was joined in the category by Big Mouth's "Disclosure The Movie: The Musical!," Bob's Burgers' "Pig Trouble In Little Tina," BoJack[...]

Spear and Fang's journey together has only just begun, with Adult Swim announcing on Tuesday that critically-acclaimed animated series Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal will premiere five new episodes starting Sunday, October 4th at 11:30 pm ET/PT Genndy Tartakovsky's (Adult Swim's Samurai Jack) creative vision was recently renewed for a second season of ten new episodes, with[...]

In this week's edition of BCTV Sunday Slices, we look at Supernatural, The Walking Dead, Matt Hardy, American Gods, Joe Exotic, and more.

had been canceled by Adult Swim Except we're not sure anyone told Adult Swim Though Publick revealed that he was notified of the decision "a few months ago" by Cartoon Network's late-night animation block, it sure sounded like Adult Swim was having some kind of second thoughts As more cable networks and streaming services look[...]

In fact, you can let me know in the comments section below (just make sure to be respectful to each other, but don't work about me since I don't read the comments anyway). A look at TOM from Toonami (BCTV Image: Adult Swim) So once again this week, we are all over the pop culture map[...]

The Boys showrunner/EP Eric Kripke did what we thought would be near-impossible: tied Rick and Morty for best universal response line ever.

The anime streaming service announced on Friday that it is partnering with Adult Swim on Shenmue, a 13-episode original anime series set to stream outside of Japan and mainland China on Crunchyroll and on Adult Swim's weekend late-night anime block Toonami in the domestic United States "The world of Shenmue is fascinating and unique, and we[...]

While we still have a couple of more weeks to go before the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Adult Swim's Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal, FXX/FX on Hulu's Archer, NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt's HITRECORD can count themselves "winners" already On Tuesday, the Television Academy announced juried award winners, with juried categories different from the[...]

Viewers of Adult Swim's late-night block of anime programming got more than they expected Saturday night when Toonami host and our resident robotic champion TOM (voiced for the past twenty years by Cowboy Bebop voice actor Steve Blum) voiced his support on behalf of all of Toonami of the Black Lives Matter message and movement. A[...]

On Thursday, Roiland returned to Instagram to reveal that the tumor was malignant: "Going to do whatever I can to fight it and make him as comfortable and loved as possible for as long as I can." A look at Snowball from Rick and Morty (Image: Adult Swim) As 2020 continues to be one of the most[...]

Image courtesy Cartoon Network and [adult swim] All Rights Reserved. "Futurama" While this show ended in so many ways perfectly, it doesn't mean that it might not be time to go back to the well After all, as a previously canceled animated show, Futurama created several classic feature-length films that later got parsed into multiple ready-for-syndication episodes[...]