General Comedy Discussion

[itsacoaster]

This is a new thread for general comedy schedule discussion, cheers and jeers, bickering, praise, hope, and disappointment.

New stuff effective the 22nd of June (but probably not for long):

NTSFDUV is still on track to premiere Thursday, July 21 at 12:15 ET right after Childrens Hospital, replacing Eagleheart, and continuing the trend of Live Action Premiere Thursdays. Repeats of NTSF air Sunday at 9:45, also replacing Eagleheart. I wish they could find a spot on the schedule for Eagleheart repeats, but alas that's not the case.

Look Around You and The Office are both slated for future DVR Theater appearances.

Click the spoiler bar for an archive of all previous updates:

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New stuff effective the 1st of March (but probably not for long):

Premieres for the impatient comedy fan:

• Eagleheart continues its Thursday midnight premieres through March 31.  It will be 9 episodes into its run.


• Robot Chicken's 10th episode of its 5th season airs March 6 at 11:45, then it takes a break.


• Superjail's second season premieres Sunday, April 3 at midnight

DVR Theater for the insomniac comedy fan (or those with expensive cable subscriptions):

• On March 7, Sealab 2021 and Space Ghost Coast to Coast begin.
  
  
  
  • OMG SPACE GHOST
  
  
  
  

Other changes/tidbits for the obsessive comedy fan:

• On Monday, March 7 at 1 am, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job and Tom Goes to the Mayor play back to back.


• Family Guy continues airing "Adult Swim World Premieres" every other Monday.

New stuff effective the 24th of January (but probably not for long):

Episodes made from new freshness

• Eagleheart still premieres Thursday, Feb. 3 at midnight.


• Mongo Wrestling Alliance will air four episodes then take a break.


• Robot Chicken premieres continue through February.

DVR Theater

• Drinky Crow and Perfect Hair Forever air this week


• Space Ghost Coast to Coast and The Brak Show make an appearance Feb 2-3, presumably for Ant Week.


• Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil and Frisky Dingo begin Feb. 7

Other Changes

• Double Venture Bros. Sundays at 9 get replaced with Baby Blues and The Oblongs, and King of the Hill replaces double Squidbillies starting January 30.


• Venture Bros. moves to Saturdays at 11:30, replacing the second Boondocks episode


• Childrens Hospital will begin airing on Thursdays after Eagleheart premieres.

New stuff effective the 17th of December (but probably not for long):

Brand New Episodes

• Robot Chicken begins its fifth season on Sunday January 9 at 11:45.


• Tommy Blacha's Mongo Wrestling Alliance premieres Sunday January 23 at midnight.


• Eagleheart, produced by Conan O'Brien's production company Conaco, premieres on Thursday nights at midnight starting February 3.

Brand Old Episodes

• God the Devil and Bob still set for its Adult Swim premiere Saturday January 1 at 10.


• Family Guy eighth season continues on Mondays starting January 17.


• American Dad fifth season continues on Fridays starting January 28

Other Notes

• Repeat Thursdays seem to be making a comeback beginning January 27.  MWA and Robot Chicken will repeat at 12:30.


• Oblongs triumphantly returns Sundays at 2am on January 2.

[TheHafk]

It seems that The Oblongs returns at the beginning of every year.

I approve of it this time, though. Way better than throwing it on weeknights, where it gets run through 10-20 billion times and stops being funny.

[Majikthise]

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• Robot Chicken begins its fifth season on Sunday January 9 at 11:45.

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Oh... boy?

Are people really excited about the return of this show?

[Explosivo_420]

I'm sure there are loads of people ready for more of the same.

[ZorakFan3271]

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Majikthise wrote:

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• Robot Chicken begins its fifth season on Sunday January 9 at 11:45.

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Oh... boy?

Are people really excited about the return of this show?

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Yes.

I know it's stupid humor - but I like it. 

[itsacoaster]

New stuff effective the 24th of January (but probably not for long):

Episodes made from new freshness

• Eagleheart still premieres Thursday, Feb. 3 at midnight.
• Mongo Wrestling Alliance will air four episodes then take a break.
• Robot Chicken premieres continue through February.

DVR Theater

• Drinky Crow and Perfect Hair Forever air this week
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast and The Brak Show make an appearance Feb 2-3, presumably for Ant Week.
• Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil and Frisky Dingo begin Feb. 7

Other Changes

• Double Venture Bros. Sundays at 9 get replaced with Baby Blues and The Oblongs, and King of the Hill replaces double Squidbillies starting January 30.
• Venture Bros. moves to Saturdays at 11:30, replacing the second Boondocks episode
• Childrens Hospital will begin airing on Thursdays after Eagleheart premieres.

[Majikthise]

Hardly seemed like The Venture Bros. had a chance to settle in at 9 p.m. Do they really think Baby Blues and The Oblongs will do better at that hour?

[BonGrips]

They better improve fast, adult swim can only stand to give out a two-three week run at a time.

[itsacoaster]

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Majikthise wrote:
Hardly seemed like The Venture Bros. had a chance to settle in at 9 p.m. Do they really think Baby Blues and The Oblongs will do better at that hour?

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I wonder if it has anything to do with putting a frequently TV-MA show at 9pm. Usually AS tries to avoid doing this, and it was kind of surprising that they scheduled VB for 9pm. Cable networks aren't bound by FCC's regulations, but a couple angry phone calls could probably get them to change their mind.

[scrapyard]

is god the dev & b still on

cuz like idk cartoons lately w/bob in the title seem 2stink

[itsacoaster]

Yes it is.

[Explosivo_420]

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itsacoaster wrote:

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Majikthise wrote:
Hardly seemed like The Venture Bros. had a chance to settle in at 9 p.m. Do they really think Baby Blues and The Oblongs will do better at that hour?

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I wonder if it has anything to do with putting a frequently TV-MA show at 9pm. Usually AS tries to avoid doing this, and it was kind of surprising that they scheduled VB for 9pm. Cable networks aren't bound by FCC's regulations, but a couple angry phone calls could probably get them to change their mind.

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yeah imagine them getting into season 4 territory with all the homosexual characters

I'm not saying that kids shouldn't be exposed to it, more that it would seem to anger parents who just turn on the "cartoon network" for their kid and see VB with all of its violence and sexual humor, followed by dam Squidbillies on a sunday!


Wow....I mean, this is definitely a new generation of TV when this stuff is on what most elderly christian folks think of as a kids channel. Of course they'd pull out their ancient rotary phones and buzz the Laz-hole's ear of about it, but c'mon LAZINATOR who are really trying to market towards? Controversy would be good for this **grok** channel.

[Dark_Lord_Khrima]

To be fair, all the elderly Christian folk are either in bed or watching The Cosby show on Nick at Nite (or whatever airs there), so they probably don't even know AS exists.

[Explosivo_420]

Well, I am saying their kids would be like crying or something and they turn on CN and see Dean punching out Hank's flaming crotch and go WTF?!


but I see what you're saying. And I agree, that's why they'd be so surprised.

[itsacoaster]

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Dark_Lord_Khrima wrote:
To be fair, all the elderly Christian folk are either in bed or watching The Cosby show on Nick at Nite (or whatever airs there), so they probably don't even know AS exists.

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It's not the elderly Christian folk I'm worried about, it's the suburban soccer moms who are aghast that animated programs could possibly have adult content.

[Dark_Lord_Khrima]

My theory on them is that they're all secretly extremely perverted vilolent alchoholics that want to abolish anything that even remotely involves any of that so they don't surcome to their surpressed urges. It's the only way anything they do makes any sense. Plus you'd have to be pretty perverted to think that half the things they feel are overly sexual are even remotely sexy.

[Majikthise]

And they're all closet homosexuals. Don't forget that.

[itsacoaster]

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Dark_Lord_Khrima wrote:

My theory on them is that they're all secretly extremely perverted vilolent alchoholics that want to abolish anything that even remotely involves any of that so they don't surcome to their surpressed urges. It's the only way anything they do makes any sense. Plus you'd have to be pretty perverted to think that half the things they feel are overly sexual are even remotely sexy.

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Well, while we're sharing theories.....

The kind of people I'm talking about are the ones that choose to live in the sprawly, cookie-cutter neighborhoods in fake dream houses that aren't built to last 25 years, paying to neighborhood associations for a false sense of security. They expect society to do their parenting for them, apparently ignoring the tools that already exist to protect children from overly violent or sexual content (like the V-chip and web filters), and instead raising a big ruckus about how their children are being exposed to such and such. They've discarded the realities of living on this planet and choose to live in some kind of fantasy utopian world where children raise themselves and crime doesn't exist.

I don't know whether it's a generational thing or just the start of a pattern, but it certainly disturbs me.

[ZorakFan3271]

Let's combine those two theories into one super theory

Besides, they should've just kept Venture Bros and Squidbillies on - screw the ratings, I doubt anyone would care. And if they do, I doubt anyone would care that they care. 

[itsacoaster]

Some of this stuff is already known, but I didn't want to post an update before the big schedule grid was updated.

New stuff effective the 1st of March (but probably not for long):

Premieres for the impatient comedy fan:

• Eagleheart continues its Thursday midnight premieres through March 31.  It will be 9 episodes into its run.
• Robot Chicken's 10th episode of its 5th season airs March 6 at 11:45, then it takes a break.
• Superjail's second season premieres Sunday, April 3 at midnight

DVR Theater for the insomniac comedy fan (or those with expensive cable subscriptions):

• On March 7, Sealab 2021 and Space Ghost Coast to Coast begin.
  • OMG SPACE GHOST

Other changes/tidbits for the obsessive comedy fan:

• On Monday, March 7 at 1 am, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job and Tom Goes to the Mayor play back to back.
• Family Guy continues airing "Adult Swim World Premieres" every other Monday.

[TheHafk]

I don't know why Adult Swim didn't premiere the last 2 episodes of American dad "A Piñata Named Desire" and "Your Debt Your Life".

However, due to Adult Swim airing the series in production order, "A Piñata Named Desire" is airing on Thursday in the regular rotation (They must have really held on to the episode for a long time before airing it on Fox). "Your Debt Your Life" would air the next day in a regular rotation....but for some strange reason, Adult Swim is rolling back to episode 1 on Friday.

That's quite strange. And unfortunate, because I missed some of the American Dad episodes in the fall when they premiered, and I'm guessing they won't be airing them until the next runthrough.

[yummy11]

I'm sure there are loads of people ready for more of the same.

[itsacoaster]

Just thought I'd bump this thread to say: NTSFDUV is still on track to premiere Thursday, July 21 at 12:15 ET right after Childrens Hospital, replacing Eagleheart, and continuing the trend of Live Action Premiere Thursdays. Repeats of NTSF air Sunday at 9:45, also replacing Eagleheart. I wish they could find a spot on the schedule for Eagleheart repeats, but alas that's not the case.

Look Around You and The Office are both slated for future DVR Theater appearances.

[scrapyard]

awesome i was just thikjn bout lok around u the other day

but wait whats ntsfdsdvuv wat

am i tarded i cant think of what that is

but whens milk chan com'n back on lololomlomg

[Majikthise]

NTSFDUV is a Childrens Hospital spinoff.