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Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? RIP Harley Quinn's Arleen Sorkin & The Price Is Right's Bob Barker, ABC's The Rookie, Amazon's Reacher, Netflix's Stranger Things 5, Disney+'s Ahsoka, FX's American Horror Story/Margot Robbie, Adult Swim's "Checkered Past," AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Disney+'s The Spiderwick Chronicles, BBC's Doctor Who, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, Netflix's One Piece,[...]

We bought into the whole concept behind "Checkered Past" the moment Cartoon Network & Adult Swim first announced it Beginning this Monday, August 28th, at 5 pm ET (and running Monday through Friday from this point forward), viewers will be getting the perfect handoff from Cartoon Network to Adult Swim with a spotlight on edgy CN[...]

When it comes to a new season of Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty, the Adult Swim series doesn't need any more fuel dumped on "The Raging Dumpster Fires of Random Speculation." The mere fact that the Emmy Award-winning series was returning with another season – and all the things that come with[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Channel 4's How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, MTV's RuPaul's Drag Race, John Cena, Adult Swim's "Checkered Past," The CW's Riverdale, The CW's Nancy Drew, James Gunn/DCU, Disney+'s Ahsoka, WWE WrestleMania, Shudder's Creepshow, BBC's Doctor Who, FX's American Horror Story: Delicate, USA Network's Suits, HBO's Westworld,[...]

First, it's getting pretty clear that today won't be the day that we learn when the Adult Swim series will return this fall Second, we can say with complete confidence that we're going to learn something within the next five days – but that has less to do with keen deductive skills and more to[...]

By this time next week, Adult Swim will be laying bare our "Checkered Past" for all of the world to see In fact, they'll be doing it Monday through Friday, beginning at 5 pm – and we're actually excited about it The earlier start time for the late-night programming block looks to be the perfect[...]

Okay, so we're now officially in the week that we get word on when the seventh season of Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty will be hitting Adult Swim screens The word came down last week in a music video that was released focusing on the growing war between Rick and Rick Prime –[...]

If you're reading this, then you know what the deal has been this year with Justin Roiland (Adult Swim's Rick and Morty; Hulu's Solar Opposites, Koala Man) Back in January, the news hit that Roiland was charged with one felony count of domestic battery with corporal injury & one felony count of false imprisonment by[...]

That sound you hear? That's the sound of Adult Swim, Brendon Small & Tommy Blacha's Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar getting ready to unleash itself upon us in less than a week The full-length, series-continuing film kicks off after the heroic rescue of Toki Wartooth, with DETHKLOK frontman Nathan Explosion finding himself traumatized by a brutal[...]

We thought it was another impressive compilation video for Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty from Adult Swim to keep us distracted until news on Season 7 dropped Well, it turns out that the video was the news, with the seventh season not only confirmed for this fall but also a social media[...]

And that includes Adult Swim's Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland-created Rick and Morty, with Spencer Grammer (Summer Smith) sharing how being attached to two popular series wasn't enough to qualify for health insurance From there, Resident Alien & Firefly star Alan Tudyk (who voice-acted on the Emmy Award-winning animated series in Season 2 and twice[...]

With only nine days to go until Adult Swim, Brendon Small & Tommy Blacha's Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar gets unleashed upon the universe, how about another sneak preview of the chaos that's about to reign? We thought you would approve – but first, a refresher! The full-length, series-continuing film kicks off after the heroic rescue[...]

This happened in the seventh episode, "Kiss Kiss Fall in Portal," where the show introduces the concept of the multiverse at a time when we're getting tired of multiverses because they're becoming a dime-a-dozen. Image: Adult Swim Screencaps The plot is simple: Clark asks Lois out on a date, but it's interrupted by an adventure[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? AEW Collision/CM Punk, Greg Weisman (Young Justice, Star Wars Rebels, Gargoyles), Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Disney+'s Andor, Netflix's 3 Body Problem, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, Apple TV+'s For All Mankind, Crunchyroll's Jujutsu Kaisen, Disney+'s Ms[...]

For this go-around, Levy turns his attention to the Rob Schrab-written and Jacob Hair-directed Season 6 episode "Night Family." The Emmy-nominated episode is representing the Adult Swim series in the category of Best Animated Series (alongside FOX's Bob's Burgers, Netflix's Entergalactic, Adult Swim's Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal, and FOX's The Simpsons) Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, Levy[...]

As we learned last month, viewers are going to be getting even more Adult Swim in their daily programming lives Beginning on Monday, August 28th, the programming day officially kicks off at 5 pm with a start-up block entitled "Checkered Past." And with its focus being on Cartoon Network originals that have had staying power over[...]

The last time we checked in to see how things were going with Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Executive Producer Steve Levy explained why the show's writing was so important in offering a different family dynamic and how the writers & artists continue to rise to the occasion time and again In addition, Levy addressed[...]

Just when we started getting used to having more slices of Adult Swim in our lives, it looks like we're gonna have to loosen our belts or start rockin' sweats beginning Monday, August 28th Because that's when the programming day begins officially kicking off at 5 pm – and they're going to it by revealing[...]

Set to be unleashed on August 22nd, Adult Swim, Brendon Small & Tommy Blacha's full-length, series-continuing film Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar begins after the heroic rescue of Toki Wartooth DETHKLOK frontman Nathan Explosion finds himself traumatized in a brutal professional & romantic flat-spin – all while he is tasked with fulfilling the prophecy and confronting[...]

As we await word on when the seventh season of Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty will debut (and who will be replacing Roiland as our dimension-hopping duo) and a premiere date for Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime, let's not lose sight of the show's huge honor Written by Rob Schrab[...]

Never mind that it's a cartoon for kids and a superhero story, its writing is so sharp, clear, and deceptively simple that it should be a lesson to every writer who wants to tell stories. "My Adventures with Superman" Image: Adult Swim Screencap "My Adventures with Superman" Makes Everything Feel New  Every story should feel like you're hearing[...]

With six episodes down, it's time to check in with Adult Swim's Jack Quaid (The Boys, Star Trek: Lower Decks), Alice Lee (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) & Ishmael Sahid (Cousins for Life)-voiced My Adventures with Superman to see what's on tap next for the animated adventure In S01E07: "Kiss Kiss Fall in Portal," Clark is Superman-proofing his[...]

In honor of the news (and because it's Sunday, and we're lacking in new The Walking Dead and Rick and Morty content), we wanted to pass along a look at what's ahead while also sharing the video roadmap to how we got here with a look back at the popular anime-themed shorts that were released[...]

Then, in May 2021, Adult Swim announced that "The Venture Bros." would return – not for Season 8 but for a "long-form special" (as Publick described it) Previously, the duo addressed changes that they made from what was expected to be a season to be able to fit the film Now, Publick offers some additional[...]

Back when Adult Swim Festival on the Green first kicked off at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2023, Cartoon Network's ever-growing late-night programming block made some big anime news That's when viewers learned that Adult Swim was currently in production with acclaimed director Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Kids on the Slope) on the new Toonami[...]

It's been a very long journey bringing Junji Ito's Japanese horror manga Uzumaki from the page to the small screen, but a sign of hope was shared this evening – coming out of Adult Swim's Toonami-themed event during San Diego Comic-Con First announced during 2019's Crunchyroll Expo, the 4-episode anime adaptation is being animated by Studio[...]

With Adult Swim Festival on the Green officially underway as part of the overall San Diego Comic-Con experience, we've been playing the speculation game when it comes to what we're going to learn about Dan Harmon & Justin Roiland's Rick and Morty The event teased learning at least something about the upcoming season – could[...]

With the series finale film set to hit digital on Friday, we have another sneak preview of what we can expect from the animated series's film finale. Image: Adult Swim Screencap In the following scene, Dr Mrs The Monarch realizes that The Guild of Calamitous Intent has a serious Brick Frog problem on their hands after the unlicensed[...]

With Adult Swim Festival on the Green set to get underway today at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2023, it was time for Cartoon Network's ever-growing late-night programming block to make some news. Adult Swim is currently in production with acclaimed director Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Kids on the Slope) on the new Toonami original[...]

While we await word on what the final post-SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes line-up will be for Adult Swim Festival on the Green, we had a chance to check out how things are looking with the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) event after yesterday's start And while a number of things won't be in play until things[...]