Adult Swim Ratings Skyrocket !!! [Archive]

dmr456

01-28-2003, 05:04 PM

Source: Anime News Network

Cartoon Network's four show programming block has thrived in its new format. Adult Swim is the most popular block of programming for adult males 18-34 in its timeslot. Its audience has grown as well, with 67% more adults 18-34 watching. The number of men of that age watching has doubled.

Killtacular

01-28-2003, 05:22 PM

That demographic scored a 1.4, btw.

Expect to see Futurama within the top.. 60 or 70 Telecasts, I'd say.

Masamune2052

01-28-2003, 08:33 PM

So Adult Swim is kicking some ass in the charts, that's some good news indeed.

Ayumi

01-28-2003, 08:34 PM

Are they saying anything about us girls? I watch if every night. I can't miss Futurama, Lupin and especially Inuyasha. ^_^

livingfruitvirus

01-28-2003, 09:55 PM

Originally posted by Ayumi
Are they saying anything about us girls? I watch if every night. I can't miss Futurama, Lupin and especially Inuyasha. ^_^

Well, Inuyasha in particular is doing great with girls 18-34.

JeffTMBG

01-28-2003, 10:22 PM

Originally posted by livingfruitvirus
Well, Inuyasha in particular is doing great with girls 18-34.
Oh, well, good thing it'll be going away soon!

Sango

01-29-2003, 01:14 AM

I always watch Inu Yasha every night and now I'm addicted to Lupin so I watch that every night, too... :p I'm glad to know there's at least a few other girls besides me who watch Adult Swim...hehe

Ayumi

01-29-2003, 07:07 AM

hai there's a few of us. ^_^ And I have two girlfriends who love AS as well. The only guys I know that watch it actually, are on the net here. **Shrug** ^_^

kaori4iy

01-29-2003, 10:58 AM

I've noticed that Inuyasha especially is appealing to both guys and girls, even though it is passed off as a 'guy' show.

Mitsuko

01-29-2003, 11:14 AM

Glad to hear Adult Swim is doing so well!

Originally posted by Sango
I'm glad to know there's at least a few other girls besides me who watch Adult Swim...hehe

I watch AS all the time! Mostly the Action shows, especially Inu Yasha! :D

-Mitsuko

MothMonsterMan

01-29-2003, 03:15 PM

Originally posted by Ayumi
hai there's a few of us. ^_^ And I have two girlfriends who love AS as well. The only guys I know that watch it actually, are on the net here. **Shrug** ^_^

I know about 20+ assorted people, male and female, who watch Adult Swim.

Sango

01-29-2003, 04:21 PM

Well, here where I live I've never known of any girls to ever watch AS or anything remotely like it...I'm an odd person! :cool:

EscaflownePilot

01-29-2003, 05:01 PM

Any word on how well the action shows are doing? It's becoming a given fact that the comedy programming does well, and will continue to do better and improve all the time - it's the action stuff that worries me, with the lack of advertising and all.

Ombaoojiebaseo

01-29-2003, 05:34 PM

I can't wait for DST to end... it has been impossible for me to stay up past Futurama, and rarely home movies, so there's probably not a lot of ratings in my region because people who have jobs can not stay up till Lupin or Inuyasha without the aide of a bucket of coffee in the morning.

Lord Trunks

01-29-2003, 07:24 PM

I think ratings might jump even more by June when High Schools and Colleges are out for Summer since more people will be able to watch without really having to worry about being somewhere the next day, unless you work or go to summer school

dogboyfan

01-29-2003, 07:58 PM

Is Inuyasha being pulled from Cartoon Network for good, or will it be brought back on after a while?

Sandro

01-29-2003, 08:52 PM

It's good to hear AS's ratings are going through the roof, especially with both genders.

Moonbay

01-29-2003, 09:05 PM

Hooray for Adult Swim!! I knew it would be big, I just knew it. This is cool.... AS is pretty much set for the future...

JeffTMBG

01-29-2003, 09:06 PM

Originally posted by dogboyfan
Is Inuyasha being pulled from Cartoon Network for good, or will it be brought back on after a while?
It will almost definetely be back, though CN has been known to make some pretty ****** decisions, so....

JetMaster5

01-29-2003, 09:48 PM

But they're also aware of what the fans want.

Zorak

01-29-2003, 09:58 PM

AND SO WILL SG!! I hope. :D

Zara

01-29-2003, 10:07 PM

Originally posted by Sango
I'm glad to know there's at least a few other girls besides me who watch Adult Swim...hehe

Glad to know there's a few of us out there. I'm the only female at work who watches it, but I'm bit of an animation junkie than most girls my age anyway. :harley:

I'm glad to hear that Adult Swim is doing well in the ratings. It's nice to have something to look forward to in the evenings after a busy day on the job.

OK -- sorry, I know I'm coming in on this one a little late and it's off topic, but just wanted to put a quick blurb.

hyprlynx

01-29-2003, 11:11 PM

Me too, I don't know any other females who watch AS besides me. :(

Nice to know I'm not alone! :D

I love Lupin and IY.

jeffrey 228

01-30-2003, 08:49 AM

Well IY seems to have my vote, and I hope it will stay like this.

Ayumi

01-30-2003, 09:10 AM

Well, outside of the forum, it seems it's hard for us to find other girls that watch Adult Swim. Being so into videogames & anime fits me well as Japanese, but in the states, most guys drool over that quality in a girl it seems. ^_^

Conekiller

01-30-2003, 01:23 PM

is there a way I can guarantee that I be counted as part of the ratings, i lways fear that some losers that watch ESPN all day are the ones that have those.

dogboyfan

01-30-2003, 01:27 PM

I don't know for sure how it works, but I think if you have an addressable or digital cable box, what you watch is counted in the ratings.

The Landstander

01-30-2003, 03:09 PM

livingfruitvirus

01-30-2003, 03:27 PM

Originally posted by DrWeird
my sister once got a thing involving cable ratings. it was a little chart type thing and you marked down whatever shows you watch. i don't know if this was something special, but, well...um...i cant think of a way to end this reply. so ill just stop. now.

she got a Nielsen box?

EscaflownePilot

01-30-2003, 05:04 PM

my sister once got a thing involving cable ratings. it was a little chart type thing and you marked down whatever shows you watch. i don't know if this was something special, but, well...um...i cant think of a way to end this reply. so ill just stop. now. I was fortunate enough to get one of these surveys (you basically mark on a graph sheet what you watched, when it was on, and what channel it was aired on) the same week AS weekdays started. Of course, I gladly marked down every single time AS was on (aside from Ripping Friends - don't want to support that!).

It only lasts one week.

dogboyfan

01-30-2003, 05:27 PM

Maybe if no one watches Ripping Friends, they'll cancel that and air Inuyasha reruns in its place.

The Landstander

01-30-2003, 07:23 PM

i was looking on fark.com and thought this was relevant to the conversation. the article itself has nothing to do with adult swim, but if you read the comments you'll notice a few references to yesterday's futurama.

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=423301

i just thought it was interesting...

Ikwig

01-31-2003, 09:26 AM

Originally posted by EscaflownePilot
Any word on how well the action shows are doing? It's becoming a given fact that the comedy programming does well, and will continue to do better and improve all the time - it's the action stuff that worries me, with the lack of advertising and all.

Yeah, I hope that the action stuff is also getting good ratings. Mind you, the three people I know who picked up Adult Swim once the new weeknight schedule started are ONLY watching the action stuff (with IY and YYH being the favorite shows). So in my small world at least, the action shows are definitely hits! :D

And please put me on the list of girls who watch AS too!;)