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Adult Swim
Adult Swim (since 2001) is an American adult-oriented nightly programming block of the basic cable network Cartoon Network that is produced in-house by Williams Street. Adult Swim, marketed as a separate network for ratings purposes, airs nightly at 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. PT/ET. 1)
Family Guy
Adult Swim bought the syndication rights after FOX canceled the series in 2002. Three years later, FOX renewed Family Guy after great ratings. 2)
Robot Chicken Takes 11 Months To Make
One season of Robot Chicken takes 11 months to make from concept to screen due to the series' usage of stop-motion animation. 3)
The 'Samurai Jack' Pitch Was Only Two Sentences Long
Adult Swim creator Mike Lazzo recalled how Genndy Tartakovsky sold Samurai Jack to Genndy Tartakovsky.
“'Hey, remember David Carradine in Kung Fu?' said Tartakovsky. Wasn't that cool?' 'Yeah, that's really cool,' I said. That was the pitch, in a nutshell “Lazzo stated. 4)