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From my current understanding though it’s not conclusive, Cartoon Network Studios under WB Animation owns all the shows made for CN and AS including the Williams Street shows but Cartoon Network Incorporated which will be part of the dumping ground owns the brands Adult Swim, Boomerang and Toonami and the channel can keep the name Cartoon Network despite losing the studio to WB. So if they can keep their heads above water and if Discovery Global sees fit to keep them funded, then Adult Swim and even Toonami can continue after this sale clears. So we’re basically back to the clock ticking down to the ultimate demise of cable but the deal itself won’t necessarily kill the network faster. However, they will have to pay to keep playing their current breadwinning original series. Whether or not they can do that largely depends on money and if Netflix will play ball in 2027 and onwards.

Everything I’m hearing about Ellison now makes me glad Skydance didn’t get WB. They certainly would have a ton of redundancy so CN was doomed either way and now we avoid Rick & Morty simultaneously on Comedy Central and Adult Swim. But can Adult Swim even keep using that brand without licensing it? Is the Toonami brand going to be locked away now because Netflix owns it and doesn’t want to use it? Or are those particular brands owned by the Discovery half now?

His resume looks considerably worse after the string of flops he co-produced so best of luck to him… Really wondering what this means for all of the WB owned CN and AS programming currently on the network. They always had to pay Warner for WBA productions, Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, DC shows and the like but now will they have to license Smiling Friends, Rick & Morty and Primal? Even stuff like Aqua Teen, Squidbillies, Metalocalypse, Venture Bros, Samurai Jack, Billy and Mandy, Dexter, PPG, Courage, Adventure Time, Regular Show and Gumball? Or do those remain in the channel library at no additional cost? If they have to pay Netflix in order to air those shows then they’ll let most of them go. If you think the AS schedule lacks variety now, just you wait. What will the CN side even do if they have to pay to play Gumball reruns? That’s like half their hours.

Oh man… Netflix is winning Cartoon Network (probably not AS) is so screwed

Not for a second when I saw that after credits bit did I think "that's kinda transphobic" because of the cross-play. It's skewering inappropriate behavior at anime conventions which is all too common.

I was also pondering the logistics of airing Call of the Night if this is a contractual mandate.

There might be a contractual obligation for not editing Creepy Nuts songs.

Well hot dang. They actually got three cours of Bleach right out of the gate and no break on 11/29. 12/20 is a bit early for Christmas so maybe they will run a normal lineup that night as well. 12/27 is definitely a break and probably 01/03. I’m gonna guess Primal starts the 2nd week of January.

December 1st (a Monday) has Futurama at 5pm-6pm too followed by Bob's Burgers and Family Guy blocks. I"m all for seeing Futurama in the daylight again but have they really just been keeping it in reserves and intend to use it effectively now that King of the Hill is gone? I guess we'll see and perhaps they'll air American Dad before 1am again as well.

They missed out on Solo Leveling and now they get what's left I guess. Gotta figure all of these will be animated outside of the US as the latest way to produce cheap programming for HBO Max. Maybe some will show up on Toonami eventually depending on who owns the network by then.

With the amount of Family Guy airing on Thanksgiving weekend, it's making some folks wonder if Family Guy is leaving before 2026 and Futurama probably would too. Can you imagine an AS with only Bob's Burgers and American Dad to rely on before 11pm? It really would be time to consider ending the network.

I think whether or not they have more Bleach or another show or nothing they will take that weekend off so they can extent what they currently have 1 more week.

Blank schedule after midnight on Thanksgiving day weekend. Probably a marathon.

GOOD. I was looking forward to being able to watch One Piece live again and if it was still at 2am EST I probably would not have been able to stay up that extra half hour to watch it when I work early on Sundays. I guess Bleach really could continue but I don't see it moving up as a definitive sign that was the plan. Maybe they just had nothing better to do and didn't want to stick Primal season 2 on the top for 2 full months (not that they aren't above doing that). Really solid line-up if Bleach continues though, even if it crushes my hopes for OPM S3's dub premiering on Toonami in December.

Well if you think they won’t put Mash at midnight again then what do you suppose they will do if Bleach doesn’t continue into December? Double up Blue Ex at midnight for 3-4 weeks? I’m sure we all would prefer to avoid Primal season 2 reruns at midnight in December. If they don’t have a good headliner to fill till Primal season 3 then that’s all the more reason to take Thanksgiving weekend off since it’s the weekend after Bleach TYBW’s 2nd part ends.