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To be fair, I think the block was doing better with the Fena/MHA combo than the recent Black Lotus/Ass Class combo. Or pretty much whatever came after BL in November and December. But if AOT is indeed coming and taking the Midnight slot from BL to lead into Shenmue, that just might produce the best ratings so far of 2022. Man are we EVER missing Family Guy though!

Hey, One Piece is back, and who in the hell saw THAT coming? And remember how glib he was about Netflix's Cowboy Bebop failure? Never say never!

Not unless something changes. And if it does, you can bet this time Toonami will be smart and lock in a rate for Season 3 and beyond! DeMarco always gets the last laugh!

And this is right after they ditched 4 AM Pop Team Epic (finished 2nd run) and 4:30 Gundam IBO Season 2 (got booted prematurely).

Good point, this. Ironically, this past weekend was the first time in months the schedule week-to-week was exactly the same--seriously, that hasn't happened since 9/25-10/2--and while I have actually enjoyed the chaos, that is NOT how to grow an audience for a block despite the fact that the 2 originals so far have been consistent no matter what other chaos could be seen deeper in the block. But now Shenmue seems set to upset even THAT--OR DOES IT!? Yes, there will be the knee-jerk moving everything half an hour later this Saturday, but then what happens the week after that? Does a new show replace Black Lotus, leaving Shenmue at 12:30, or does Shenmue move up to midnight? And if the latter, then why not just debut it on 2/12 at Midnight instead? This is what leads me to believe it's the former, and even if the lowest of the low-hanging fruit (AOT) hasn't been announced yet, I gotta believe it's coming. But then again, that would render the One Piece "shanty" promo obsolete after just one week, unless they recorded an alternate version which replaces "1:30" with "2 AM!"

I think it's College Basketball. There will be all-star games, but that's all until August. Janet Jackson's documentary was a fluke and all those don't deserve to be on there since they were reruns except for two. Same goes for the Giligan's Island marathon, obviously. Here's hoping this was just a freakishly bad week for ratings and next week things improve back to 2022 baseline.

Hey, that's actually pretty cool! Good work on that spreadsheet! Only thing is, do we really know for sure Attack on Titan is coming on February 12th? Not that I can see. I think it's a bit more likely that Blade Runner ends up in the 3 AM timeslot, jarring everything BACK up 30 minutes. This makes sense for 2 reasons: 1. Despite obvious differences in animation, Blade Runner and Bebop have some similar sensibilities. I think it's only natural they air reruns back-to-back for a while. 2. It makes that 45-second "shanty" from last week more durable. I wouldn't be surprised if we see it outside Toonami more often after this week's outlier lineup. Now that's not to say that we might not end up seeing AOT on the block soon, but I'm going with it being an 11:30 PM expansion show later in February or perhaps even early March. However, these ratings don't really inspire much confidence in Toonami. I can sum this report up in 2 words: "DAMMIT, JANET!" https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-saturday-1-29-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html Some kind of all-day Janet Jackson special on both A&E and Lifetime shut Toonami completely out of the Top 50 as Blade Runner checked in at #81 with 141K and a 0.05 in Adults 18-49 and it just got worse from there. Naruto Shippuden's final low power hour didn't even crack the top 150. Toonami needs a heavy hitter as a lead-in now more than ever; could AOT do it? Maybe Shenmue has what it takes? Some sort of crossover event with AEW seems natural after Sasha Banks pimped Sailor Moon at the Royal Rumble. Hopefully Rampage at least airs a short-form promo this Friday night.

According to my DVR, this was already Season 18. I thought Season 16 was short at only 13 episodes long, but Season 17 was even shorter at just 11!

You're right!!

Boy, it's a good thing the 10-tails doesn't have a giant salt shaker!

Well, I've managed to stay up THIS late. 3/4 of the way through Toonami! Now, bring on Episode 374!

TOAD! And yes, we'll continue this after the break!

Can't do 64 palms?

She had a moment in Season 15 where she kicked a little ass, IIRC. Her battle then was with another kunoichi.

Sakura Kicks Ass! ...surprisingly!

When Sakura first stood up to Tsunade...

Well, folks, I can FINALLY post this! https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/made-in-abyss/episodes-1-3/.119180 Grade: A.

Were the Thriller Bark episodes which introduced him dubbed after this episode came out in Japan? Chances are that's pretty likely, but it's not certain. From what I understand, Seasons 4-6 were dubbed long before they showed up on Toonami from 2013-2017!

One Piece is kind of a musical!

Franky is totally this series' Inspector Gadget!

The skeleton jokes are too much! He pulled the plug?

Luffy is confused!

EPISODE 520 It's just absolutely NUTS that we get this intro and OP TWICE a night!

This show is goofy as hell! That said, I do enjoy the silliness!

And finally, Chopper learns the truth!