God, the Devil and Bob

[AS_anime_watcher]

[episodenoin]

a) a cartoon show

b) a show when NBC thought that it could break into the animation market and place it in their beloved Thursday night lineup

[Xelrog_T_Apocalypse]

Another failed syndicated show with its fate left in [as]'s hilariously incapable hands, much like The Goode Family was to Comedy Central.

[Dark_Lord_Khrima]

An animated NBC sit com that only aired two episodes in America due to religious protesting. There's nothing to say it couldn't have been a popular show had it not been for over sensitive jerks, so I think it could do well on AS.

[PeaceLoveStedenko]

A show that was cancelled after the first season.

It was a fantastic cartoon starring an alcoholic pervert with honest intentions - Bob, a chill and relaxed Jerry Garcia - God, and smooth talking, sensitive eccentric - Satan. In the first episode, God makes a deal with the Devil. The Devil can pick anyone in the entire world to attempt to prove to God that the Earth is worth saving. Satan picks Bob, who at the time is stealing beer. Bob proves to God that the Earth is worth saving by the end of the first episode. Once that is out of the way, Bob becomes God's personal assistant for the remainder of the season.

This show had potential and it is a shame that it never joined the ranks of Adult Swim programming.

[Explosivo_420]

but it WILL join the ranks, january 1st.....

[ZorakFan3271]

You see, there's a guy named Bob and there's God and as well as the Devil.

There, that should clear that up 

[westpark]

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episodenoin wrote:

a) a cartoon show

b) a show when NBC thought that it could break into the animation market and place it in their beloved Thursday night lineup

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explained

[FullMental_Anti-ness]

That would be awesome.

[Xelrog_T_Apocalypse]

"Would be?" It's going to be a part of the new Saturday night schedule.

[FullMental_Anti-ness]

Or is it?

To be honest I don't actually watch TV anymore, I stream everything online.

[PeaceLoveStedenko]

That is the best news that you could have ever told me! I can now almost accept that Superjail! is no more.

[mgangel1124]

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PeaceLoveStedenko wrote:

That is the best news that you could have ever told me! I can now almost accept that Superjail! is no more.

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Then consider this a bonus! Season 2 is set to come out next year.

[BCMCCMMNX]

Why Saturday?

Why do they have to make their fans angry?

Couldn't they just put it on Friday, like all the other stuff that isn't Family Guy or a premiering original?

[Xelrog_T_Apocalypse]

Why not on Saturday?

[KnightStar]

From what every one in this thread has said, it sounds like more sh!t for my DVR to skip over till something remotly watchable hits the air.

Not to mention it's on Saturday, that is sure to anger all three of the anime fans that have stuck with this network till now.

[BCMCCMMNX]

The problem is they have many better time slots for it and for the saturday anime's health.

For example, Fridays were the place for premiering stuff that wasn't their main fare for years. For the longest time, saturday has been for anime. It should stay that way. I mean, the anime industry is suffering big-time because of their move from the sure-fire media of television, to the untamed, unsafe wilds of the internet. [Adult Swim] is one of the last places to have anime on TV.

If anything, this schedule change is probably a mix of trolling the fans, like they have done many times, and a test, to see if they have truly lost the anime-watching audience, giving them one more day to spam KoTH and Family Guy.

At the very least, anime saturdays was a part of [Adult Swim]'s novelty. It was one of the things that set it apart from the other networks. It showed adult-oriented animation, it had absurd and surreal comedy, big things for the college community (their original target), and it had anime, another thing that has been big in the college community. It's just having to see the [Adult Swim] I and many others knew die a little more is just depressing. It's having to see the possible birth of another MTV in our midst that makes me speak here.

Not only that, but anime-watchers usually stick with what they know. The average KoTH/Family Guy watching audience now are the fad-followers. They are the ones that say "ooh, another thing everybody else is watching, let's go there". Once Family Guy loses its clout, they will leave. But as long as they have Bebop, and just anime in general, they will have a dedicated audience.  

I know, I know, tl;dr

[Dark_Lord_Khrima]

Friday is going to be exactly like Monday through Wednesday, and they probably don't want it on Sunday because they don't expect it to do well. It's probably just something they got for cheap and decided to give a shot. The only other option that wouldn't obstruct the schedule or the Fox shows that AS doesn't seem to want disturbed would be Thursday at 1:00 since AS already has 12:00 - 12:45 different on Thursdays. But I'm thinking Saturday is a better day to air it so it can potentially boost ratings. It's not like it's going anywhere close to the anime block, it's just anther new show on a night associated with premiers.

[Xelrog_T_Apocalypse]

... God, the Devil, and Bob is airing at 10pm. Anime is starting at 12pm, just as it always has. Nothing has changed. It's just a fresh addition to the night's lineup to replace the comedic abortion known as King of the Hill. That's all.

[Jeebus201]

A midseason replacement NBC made years ago in an attempt to counterprogram Who Wants to be a Millionaire, which was at its peak.  Terrible ratings and protests from conservatives found the show being cancelled after a mere two episodes.  However, 13 episodes were made, which Adult Swim plans to show to supplement their newly expanded block.

[BCMCCMMNX]

Always has? Well, in terms of the status quo, sure.

Eh, it's just another step closer to being able to replace the anime with already-been-seen-hundreds-of-times comedy. Even if that's not their motive. It's being able to put non-anime premieres on saturday that irks me. If it were a show that premiered at another time, rerunning there, it wouldn't be nearly so bad.

[Xelrog_T_Apocalypse]

All it means is more viewers on Saturdays. If the recent additions of American Dad and Family Guy to the Saturday night lineup have proven anything, it's that anime carries ratings. The addition of ratings winners to the lineup have boosted anime's ratings by as much as 150% - Bleach has made it above 500k on most weeks as of late, with Kekkaishi right behind it. Things are going great for anime ratings-wise - and if [adult swim] stuck with it when ratings were REALLY in the toilet around 2008 or so, why obsess over their attitude now that it's doing well?

If anything, I think the addition proves [adult swim]'s growing faith in the Saturday night block.

[iLoveJohnny]

Yea it **pickle** it got canceled.

But I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEW SEASON NEXT YEAR.

If I hear what is suppose to be.

[N0cturnal]

I'm stoked. Show sounds awesome. BTW what's the name of the song from the commercial? Diggin it.

[Xelrog_T_Apocalypse]

Having just seen the premiere, I won't say I hated the show. The jokes were pretty hit-and-miss, though. Maybe it'll improve - if not, well, I can't say it's worse than most of the other shows on the block, so oh well.

I did like the song that played during the credits - wish it'd been longer. The melody sounded kind of like the Christmastime is Killing Us number from the Family Guy Christmas special.