====== Adult Swim ======
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|  <WRAP classicinfobox>**Adult Swim**</WRAP>  ||
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**Adult Swim** is an American television network, the nighttime counterpart to Cartoon Network. Adult Swim is known for its wide assortment of shows, ranging from acquired animated comedies like //Family Guy//, dubbed anime like //Cowboy Bebop//, original animated series like //Aqua Teen Hunger Force//, and original live-action series like //The Eric Andre Show//. Many of Adult Swim's originals come with an absurdist bent that is uncommon on the rest of cable television.

Following the swift absorption of [[thingx]], Adult Swim's lifestyle and content aggregation website, into Adult Swim's own website in 2013,[(cite:vulture>[[https://www.vulture.com/2013/06/thing-x-is-shutting-down-and-moving-to-adultswim-com.html|Thing X Is Shutting Down and Moving to AdultSwim.com. Vulture.]])] //[[ocatc]]// continued on the network's website and YouTube page for years as the network's premiere movie review show. Because of his connection to the network, //[[oncinema|On Cinema]]// creator [[tim]] convinced the network to air the //[[decker]]// series online, eventually becoming a full network television show. Following the launch of the Adult Swim Streams, which consisted of live streaming shows such as //FishCenter Live//, //On Cinema at the Cinema// began airing on the website first starting 2017, appearing on YouTube a week later. The streams also carried live coverage of [[trial]].

In 2020, Heidecker's company [[hei_inc]] launched the [[heinetwork]], and brought //On Cinema at the Cinema// on as the new network's flagship program, ending the show's tenure on Adult Swim.

===== [META] History =====
Adult Swim is the network that gave online comedy duo Tim & Eric their first big break, creating //Tom Goes to the Mayor// for the network in 2004. This was followed up with //Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!// in 2007, one of the network's first live-action programs and also one of its most iconic. Tim & Eric have created or produced various other series for the network since, and, with the help of Adult Swim's Thing X website, launched //On Cinema at the Cinema// as a web series in 2012.

During [[season11|Season 11]], Adult Swim ran an //On Cinema// fan show called //[[bigunhappyfamily]]//.

Tim and the network didn't always see eye-to-eye on //On Cinema//. Adult Swim had funded the first four Oscar specials, but later backed out of funding the 2017 special, which led to a hastily done //[[oscarour]]// as a replacement and a [[patreon]] being launched to fund later specials. Tim frequently broke character on [[twitter|Twitter]] to lament the lack of promotion for certain //On Cinema// events. Nevertheless, the network still continued to produce at least a season every year, while also funding programs like The Trial and //[[misteramerica]]//. All of this came to a sudden halt in 2020, following the COVID-19 pandemic and company restructuring at then-parent WarnerMedia that led to the dissolution of the Adult Swim Streams. Almost all of the network's online originals were cancelled at once, including //On Cinema//. This led to the creation of the HEI Network, a new independent subscription service, that is the current home of //On Cinema//.
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