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He'd probably say something about sequel seasons of popular shows that aired on Toonami don't count.

It might be best to just air the regular line-up leading into Jack's finale for ratings sake but then again, it might actually be a great idea to do a lead-in marathon to the finale. Lots of networks pull those kinds of stunts and plenty have found success in doing so. I think it's worth a shot. That said, it seems very likely they'll do a marathon of the whole season on Memorial Day weekend. I might even suggest they could fill all 10 hours with Jack that night and run all 10 episodes twice. Now that would be an event!

They really ought to have adjusted that promo to not imply they have not premiered Tokyo Ghoul yet if they were going to keep using it. I think it's pretty swell that they promoted the show for more than one week though, most Toonami shows don't get that luxury. They also ought to air the general line-up promos more often. I don't think Toonami is treating Tokyo Ghoul poorly at all. Had it premiered at 2AM, then you might have some grounds to feel they're just using it for a filler. They seem very intentional with where they air airing Tokyo Ghoul on the line-up particularly in light of it getting Attack on Titan as it's lead-in later this month. Yes it is taken off a week but I think that has more to do with the ease of taking it off for one week and not shifting the rest of the line-up then any lack of interest or faith in the show. Personally I feel they've given Tokyo Ghoul more than it deserves but if they're going to bother playing anything they shouldn't throw it under the rug on arrival. They certainly have not done that to Tokyo Ghoul and it's about to get the support of brand new Attack on Titan. You can't ask for a better lead-in for the edge lords that will want to watch Tokyo Ghoul.

IMO that would be soon enough, just a short break and then it can return before people completely forget about it.

JLA is an okay kids show with some amusing moments and decent action but it would not really fit in on Toonami even when you consider Dragon Ball Super (a show I'd certainly pair with JLA on CN daytime). It'd honestly be better off going to Hulu or Netflix if CN is going to cut it loose. I'd watch it if it some how ended up on Toonami but I really don't think it should air there. CN should air it in the daytime and give it adequate support rather than show it once a week unadvertised. It was pretty much dead on arrival because of CN refusing to acknowledge it's existence on their line-up.

It only just dawned on me the other day that The Flesh is probably a name intentionally similar to The Flash.

Geez did it really top 6 digits? Jack's premiere topped 5 IIRC. If they are the rights to do it I would highly recommend they stream all of season one of Attack on Titan and make a big deal out of it when they do like they did with Samurai Jack. Just quietly streaming it on the Toonami stream isn't gonna cut it.

Maybe it is because the first season is 12 episodes and the second season of 12 episodes, or series if you will, is called Tokyo Ghoul Root A and it deviates tremendously from the manga.

Lightly used Rick & Morty leading into Toonami could work out well IMO but the premieres probably should air on Sunday.

If these ratings were pretty much inevitable due to the Final Four then maybe it was better that Jack didn't air. http://programminginsider.com/ratings/final-nationals/saturday-final-nationals-cbs-delivers-second-best-ncaa-final-four-doubleheader-19-years/

It did excellent in premieres. They won't keep it at the front for reruns again.

Hey Adult Swim, don't pull that shit again. They tanked Toonami. I'm guessing people assumed the block was not even going to air. http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-1-2017.html

Wow even sooner. Having the new season of Titan on Toonami just 3 weeks behind Japan is pretty insane. I hope it does well for them. I can't help but feel they are missing a grand opportunity by not pairing up Jack and Attack on Titan premieres. DBS hasn't been holding Jack super great and I honestly think AoT could do better in that slot. Perhaps they'll shift Attack on Titan to 11pm when Jack ends but that's a bit of a jump from 12:30 and the show will only have seven episodes left at that point so I have my doubts they'll do that. Considering the goal is to stay just 3 weeks behind Japan they shouldn't preempt Attack on Titan on Memorial Day weekend or 4th of July weekend. That may play a factor in how it is scheduled once Jack leaves and all the more reason to move it to 11pm at that point but maybe they'll bite the bullet on those nights and air some if not all of the regular line-up. It's gonna be interesting to see how that all plays out in the coming months. I'm all about doubling up JoJo for the season finale. Tokyo Ghoul viewers are getting the shaft there but given Attack on Titan will be Ghoul's lead-in the week after, I'm sure it will be more than fine.

A schedule with Jack, AoT and the DB hour should last four weeks. Then Memorial Day weekend and then a new show can start in June.

I'm all for JoJo airing earlier though I don't think it will air earlier than Super if they are willing to split up the DBs it could possibly get midnight. With supposedly only 5 eps dubbed, Stardust may not be ready by June but it probably can be.

Blue Exorcist at 11:30? April fools was yesterday AL. It might air the week after Titan's season finale but I'd sooner expect it to replace Tokyo Ghoul.

There was also the business attire image.

I'm figuring 11:30 for AoT and the DB hour will move to 12-1am. That would make for an easier transition to having AoT at 11pm after Jack ends.

So Ben, how did you like this week's Showdown?

Yes PV is short for preview.

Waiting till after Memorial Day to start season 2 of AoT means being close to half a season behind Japan, that rather defeats the point of going to the effort of dubbing the show using broadcast masters. Adding weeks off for marathons and they'll get even more behind. Given that I'll make two bold predictions. Either they start AoT on April 29th and potentially do not give the 11pm hour a week off for most of the usual holidays (meaning no preempting Super those weeks either) or they start AoT on May 20th and do not preempt the 11pm hour on holidays until AoT ends.

Most things not called One-Punch Man lose about that many 18-49 viewers from DBZ. JoJo did not start that trend though it has arguably seen the worst drops from DBZ yet on prior weeks. It's an acquired taste. The old anime style visuals, over the top narration and accents and the overall bizarreness just don't appeal to a lot of the general audience. Add to that people could have seen the dub already and plenty of people are waiting for Stardust Crusaders to air as opposed two the first two arcs.

Hasn't the encore of Super retained Family Guy and Jack about as well as DBZ Kai retained Family Guy by percentage? I'm not convinced the 8pm airing is holding the 11:30 Super back from greater success. We all know starting Toonami earlier poses a risk of lower ratings and that's compounded by cable viewership declining. Jack's doing great so far. Hopefully everything else improves with the upcoming schedule shift but this week is already a nice improvement over the last one.

At this point, I figure it's mostly nostalgia for people who grew up watching the original Naruto series. Honestly I still think the original Naruto anime before 136 is holds up rather well. It has some painfully childish antics from time to time and young Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are more insufferable than their Shppuden counterparts but it's a pretty well constructed story that builds and interesting world and a lore and goes places at a reasonable pace. It's a pretty solid adaptation of a decent manga up to that point but Shippuden's long stretches of filler and slower pacing for canon in the first 70 or so episodes instantly killed my enthusiasm. People are invested enough to overlook Shippuden's downsides (excessive filler, obnoxious moody characters, how useless Sakura is). US TV viewers never got invested in One Piece to that degree because the dub was hot garbage for 104 episodes and then not long after Cartoon Network dumped all non-toyetic anime. One Piece fans and anyone who could stand watching subs watched it subbed and have continued to do so. A lot of people ditched Naruto dubs once it was taken off Cartoon Network if not before that but enough the general audience still like watching Naruto dubbed while considerably less viewers took a liking to One Piece. I figure a large percentage of the Adult Swim viewership rejected One Piece because it wasn't drawn like Bleach or Naruto Shippuden and I'm sure the Foxy arc and the filler right after it did not help make a good first impression. They saw it as the same goofy show that 4Kids dubbed in 2004. The Adult Swim viewers they did enjoy One Piece probably switched to watching it on Hulu at some point so they could watch the series at their own pace. For others, the episode count was simply too much to bother with. Naruto was only entirely off the air about one year IIRC and Dragon Ball was only off the air for about two years and got a HUGE push when it returned and didn't leave the air again since. Meanwhile One Piece was off for about 5 years and in that time people simply moved on to watching it however they prefer and had little reason to go back to watching it once a week on Toonami.

Putting Gundam Unicorn after Family Guy or Samurai Jack rather than having a Dragon Ball series there is asking for it to tank tremendously. I imagine Toonami is putting Gundam Unicorn at 2AM because it's time on Toonami will be short-lived anyway so no need to bury HxH even later just to finish Unicorn at 1:30AM.