The Future of Adult Swim is BLEAK

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Published 2022-09-30
Last year for its 20th anniversary I made a video about all the things I love about Adult Swim. Earlier this year I made a video talking about some of my favorite HBOmax original shows. A lot has happened since then, some good, some bad. The best we can do is figure out what this means for the future.

I normally hate doomer culture and try and look for positives in a situation, but it really does feel like we’re reaching the end of an era.

P.S. I just though the logo looked cool. I'm not a cop

Season 8

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0:00 Intro
3:11 Family Guy Leaves, Futurama and King of the Hill Return
8:08 Come and Learn With Pibby
17:04 Great Job
19:30 Smiling Friends
24:02 The Bad Stuff
33:24 What is Adult Swims Future

All Comments (21)
  • @lparry9004
    Smiling Friends is carrying this entire network on its back
  • @David-fx7fm
    Sometimes, piracy is necessary to preserve media and art that these creators have poured years of their life into. I hope people start pirating these shows as they get de-listed to keep them alive. I've even seen some of these artists tell their fans and supporters to do so
  • I always find it funny when companies don't want you to pirate, but yet they won't sell their products that you would gladly pay for.
  • Pibby to me seems to me as a sorta way to make a zombie apocalypse story out of the concept of cancelled shows that are trapped forever in reruns? Very interesting way for that show to go if it's been canned by the merger I'd say.
  • My inner Sonic fan was just dying inside when you said the kid thought Shadow was Sonic Exe
  • @jackyl5243
    As someone who literally watched regular show from the moment it aired to the ending it upsets me they cancelled ‘Close Enough’. I love J.G. Quintel’s stuff and it was really cool to watch his stuff from the age of nine all the way up to 21.
  • @KayBbyXOXOXO
    “I am only twenty-one” what … I’m older than you?? I’VE NEVER BEEN OLDER THAN ANYONE BEFORE
  • @hatsunemissie
    im tired of big companies being so deaf to their audience, people LOVE fandom shows these days. it seems like with every passing day people value a good and creative story more and more. people want interesting new stories that actually have something to say, not another shitty reality drama where producers force conflict when the cameras are off.
  • @ddl3718
    I think smiling friends is potentially a new age for adult swim. It truly proves that internet/YouTube writers and comedians can make actual television shows. If AS takes advantage of that we could see some popular NG animators make shorts to air, or even deeper/darker shows by short film writers on yt. Not like a rush or anything, but maybe give another creator a chance to air a short and see how it goes.
  • That's bull, cause as a girl I like cartoons. And I was pissed off when they got rid of Close Enough. I would say grandma's only watch reality shows, but since I'll become a elder millennial in my 30s so it's basically just random people who like reality shows cause they think that's mature to watch. But I'll never get old from watching cartoons and other awesome animation. Also they just announced that Tuca and Bertie has been cancelled. And now I'm sad. 😿
  • @81ECM
    ATHF, Sea Lab 2021, Home Movies, Trigun, InuYasha, Samurai Shamploo, and Paranoia Agent are just a few of the shows I used to watch on AS.
  • @ald7282
    i have never been more sad that a show got canceled than Joe Pera Talks With You. that just sucks
  • Adult swim was the underground channel for us in the youth and people who wanted to relax and watch adult content at night before bed. Now you can watch this anywhere so adult swim needs to come up with new ideas and original content in order to continue if they want to succeed. High as fuck by the way posting this. PS: I always wanted to be the CEO of adult swim. Don’t want to see them die.
  • @four-en-tee
    Lets be honest: this is lowkey Rick and Morty's fault. The show has clearly shifted corporate's goals for the network as far as the minimum bar for "quality" goes on the network. Also, i love how this started as just an Adult Swim video, and then quickly spiraled out of control into a video addressing the state of Warner Media.
  • That kid who yelled is “that sonic exe” made me kinda die inside. I feel old now……..
  • @aunder3277
    It, legitimately, breaks my heart to see that Joe Pera Talks With You and Three Busy Debras have been canceled.
  • Joe Pera Talks With You being cancelled broke my heart. It was the one show that, to me at least, kick started everything that came after. Ballmastrz, The Shivering Truth, Primal, etc. Even Smiling Friends. For a while the channel block felt like a breath of fresh air.