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http://www.adultswim.com/adultswimdynsched/asXml/7.EST.xml Schedule for 4/7 is blanked out. This most likely means double Bebop isn’t a permanent thing Hopefully it’s not just an FLCL rerun, but if it is, it replaces Bebop and we get something else new!

Whatever they do, I hope it is something that adds value to the block Whether its a surprise premiere of a new show or them trying out a new genre like Jason has been talking about. In that regard, I think it will make up for the lack of the other premieres. If its something, for instance, like a Hamtaro marathon that's only a joke and doesn't add anything, that would be a huge waste of opportunity.

I hope they have something good planned AND new shows after this. If double Bebop is still the schedule after this and they still haven’t secured a real replacement for Outlaw Star, they are probably going to lose a lot of good will with the fans. I don’t think it’s going to go that way though

http://www.adultswim.com/adultswimdynsched/asXml/31.EST.xml So going off of what Korosu just said, 3/31 indeed says that Cowboy Bebop will be restarting with episode 1 and 2 on 3/31. I'm pretty certain this is a dummy schedule to set us up for the April Fools gag. The people at AS have to plug something in that schedule to at least make it seem a normal night.

To clarify, The final Outlaw Star is this Saturday 3/17 Double Bebop is on 3/24. Beyond that, we don’t know what’s happening!

Bebops gone after this. No point in doubling up the finale, just to rerun it again. They could’ve doubled up on something else that isn’t ending instead, like Dandy.

Possibly, I'm only going off of the language "Starting next Saturday, Dandy is on at 2:00"

They aree talking like Space Dandy is at 2 from now on. The only way I see it working (if we are getting a real new show and not another rerun) is expanding to 10. I'm thinking we get a FLCL rerun at 2:30 and another library title at 3:00. Lets hope we are also getting a new show after all this time!

Lets see... 2:30 and 3:00 AM will open up after 3/24. 3/31 will not have the normal stuff after midnight probably From the language, it seems that Space Dandy will be on at 2:00 moving forward.I don't know if they will immediately shift it back again. Trying to see where they would put ReZero. It really should be before midnight. But I don't know what they are going to do without having to shift the whole lineup again.

Maybe this strange behavior is leading to something, maybe the prank has already started. This secrecy, the strange lack of a topical for DBS, the silence from Demarco is them screwing with us already. All leading up to : Watch this week, for an announcement of a show of some kind. A random promo will air this week for it. It will be something very devisive and maybe hated. It will send fandom into a frenzy. They will either say nothing or act like it’s a slam dunk highly requested pickup. They actually go and air it on 3/24 and 3/31 with the announcement of the real new show and a new schedule following its 2nd airing. Haha, probably not. I was just throwing my conspiracy hat on for a second. It is very strange indeeed that Demarco hasn’t said anything about the schedule or the topical situation yet though

Super tied with Family Guy in total viewers and beat it in both 18-49 and 18-34. It also was the #4 show on cable prime time!

Actually, in the old days, we’d find out about new shows from Toonami MONTHS ahead of when they aired. Gundam Wing, Tenchi, Outlaw Star, Big O, ect were announced at least 3-4 months ahead of when they aired. That have them plenty of time to have weeks of promotion with character bios and a few different trailers! That was under Sean Akins, who also screwed many potential deals because he would say in interviews what they were looking at getting and then FOX KIDS or someone would snag it first. It seems Demarco operates the opposite way and likes to play things REALLY close to the best because of how much more vulnerable Toonami is to competition than before. But still, the last 3 years we got shows announced for October in the Summer. It must be that they don’t secure the rights to things until the last minute. I just don’t see the point in “secret schedules” for things like marathons and reruns unless those are also 11th your decisions

What advantage is it to them to hold things back until the last second? The only thing I can think of is if they don’t even officially “have the show” under contract until right before air. But for things like marathons and reruns, what’s the point in holding it back from the online schedules ?

Still makes me wonder about the delay in telling us that by now. There’s no reason to be secretive about double Bebop! On Twitter Paul Pescrillo was speculating that they may have had some last minute thing set up for THIS Saturday the anniversary (a movie or something) which also accounts for the lack of Super topical. Obviously, that would push things back as well. I just don’t think it’s wise to do that and then do a stunt 2 weeks later. We’ll see, it’s just really weird we’ve gotten no word on ANYTHING past this Saturday!

Yeah I’d like to see this too. It would pretty much confirm it since only one network airs anime

Unfortunately I can’t see them passing up the opportunity. Although, I’ve been of the mindset that they should just mess with the packaging instead of the shows so as not to get people angry like they did last year.

That’s what they’re talking about. I think everyone had this expectation that it would line up with ReZero being announced. Since this isn’t sanctioned with Toonami, I don’t see them giving her permission to announce it or anything on the AMA, but who knows?

That would be interesting. I just hope nobody bombards Sarah with questions about that because it’s not something she would even know anything about. Could still be an on air announcement.

There must be something wrong with the intended replacement if they still haven’t said anything. If it’s somethings brand new they usually would want to start promoting by now. Couple of theories: 1. They could have still been trying to get Lupins replacement on the lineup and it’s being held up still. If that’s the case, we might be getting another rerun at 2:00 AM. They may still not know if its going to be able to happen but are still holding out hope. 2. They aren’t going to run this new show until after April Fools if whatever gag they do preempts the post midnight portion of the block. In that case, they may just air both parts of the Bebop finale on 3/24 and we get a whole new schedule on 4/7. I still think they should give us some idea about what’s going on though at this point.

This is such a big deal and proves Toonami (or at least DBS) can survive in prime time (which I’m sure commands a higher advertising rate than late night ). Super has actually been #2 and at one point as well. AS as a whole is doing really well there too! Can something else survive there as well? We’ll see!

Even more so for the 18-34 and the male categories. That’s how the advertisers know where they should spend their money. Plus with Toonami having the #4 show in prime time with 18-34, that has even more value for the block. If they expand even further into prime time, they have the potential to get even more ad dollars!

I think those totals you have are from 2 weeks ago. Last week Kai did in the 900ks and Clover the 700ks

Demarco actually name dropped them on Preflight when talking about it “From Funimation and Crunchyroll “ was how I believe he put it

This could be a case where the people behind the show really want it on TV (like Clover) and they go to them with it. Maybe Clover was also a testing ground for more of a partnership with Crunchyroll

Lining up pretty good timing wise for a possible announcement. That would be pretty cool