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Daos said it right. There is an issue with the programming. These shows just aren't appealing to a wide audience. That's our main issue.

Some people don't even care if it's in English. Just the sub being readily available can hinder viewership. It's a tricky time we live in.

I think Jojo has a place on the block, but further down. We can't have numbers like this in the 12am hour for a whole year. Personally I think they went the wrong direction and the block should be at midnight again with 10pm American Dad and 11pm Family Guy to at least give it a decent start. Next, they need to stop letting TOEI program the night.

Yeah it was requested back in 2015 originally. At the Momocon panel, Jason remarked at how people were still requesting more Jojo even as they were airing it.

There was a promo, but I only saw it on Facebook Saturday night. Too late

Maybe, but we've seen a downward trend over the last year and their have been several schedule changes this month to indicate thstvthey aren't exactly thrilled with the numbers.

I know it's not exactly the same thing, I was just making the point that when you put something on TV that people are excited about then you will get the viewers. Rick and Morty is like Jack though in the aspect that not a lot of people hung around for the shows after it. Jojo despite being heavily requested and being at "the part" that people like does not get the viewers excited to bring them in. Super has its split viewer problem but at this point I think a premiere would only bring modest gains to the rest of the block as DB fans go away as soon as their show is over if they aren't into what's next. I'm sure they'll give it the month of August, but I don't think Jojo is going to cut it there for a whole year. I'd love to be wrong about that. Gundam coming back in October isn't really going to help much either. They really need to rethink their approach about what to pick up moving foward. Requests are not going to always yield good results.

People ditching cable doesn't stop Rick and Morty from getting almost 3 million viewers. People just aren't excited about Toonami anymore. Or they aren't generating enough hype themselves

At this point, I just hope they finish the shows they have.

Maybe, but all the crazy action happens on Saturday night! I wish they could've given 11:30 Super premieres more of a chance. I seriously hate TOEI

Totally called it. Our highly requested show Jojo, the one everyone has been waiting for: 638,000 total viewers 0.28 18-49 .At midnight. What a joke. The night started out low again with Kai at 11:30 doing something in the 700s at 11:30. It goes all the way down to Lupin getting 475,000 at 1:30 AM. Meanwhile on Sunday. Rick and Morty gets 2.8 million viewers. What is happening guys?

I should ask the guy from that site if he knows what the deal is

One thing to note. On my cable guide, it listed JJBA as having an OAD of sometime in '14 (when the test dub came out). There's a chance it won't show up in SBD's cable original report tommorow. HxH uses the Japanese dates so it's the same way. I'm predicting something in the range of 600k total for Jojo

They have enough things to maintain a back end at this point. Jack could be a permanent slot at the end if they run it from the start.

Could be. This is probably the thing they couldn't talk about at Comicon whatever it is. I'd welcome it.

http://adultswim.x10.mx The schedule (11:00-4:00) is missing. There could be something interesting happening here. This is the week after GiTS ends its first season. Also of not is that Jack is missing despite it being part of regular AS.

It's not really Demarcos fault that he picks up what the fans ask for.

I think they better route would've been to let Super fail on a kids network just in time for Kai to end. Then Toonami could have had it with no restrictions. I still wish they could use Super to build something in prime time .

That schedule shift did create some interesting possibilities. Considering the trouble Funimation had with getting Outlaw Star, they may be making them hold off a bit to protect sales of the Blu-Ray. Hell, we may even be getting something else at 3:30 once Jack ends.

Get used to these ratings as long as the let Super premiere in prime time and lead the block off with a repeat. Thanks a bunch TOEI

I despise TOEI. There goes any chance of the block having better ratings. Family Guy always does worse in the 10pm hour. Why can't TOEI just let Toonami premiere it at 11!!??

With the news that Toonami is shifting back to 11 this week, we'll be in for a period of adjustment again.

The guides were all wrong. Not many people knew the new episode was at 11:30. They assumed it was a rerun. Plus people's DVRs recorded the wrong episode as well.

Do you suppose Toonami can do anything to break out of this cycle or is it just a sign of the times?

Yeah that makes sense because it's a double "premiere " if you didn't catch it in April. The next week will be interesting because they'll only have one season 3 episode to encore . So we may be down a Rick the next week!