Teletoon at Night

For the Canadian French counterpart, see Télétoon la nuit.

Teletoon at Night was a late night programming block that aired on Teletoon. It primarily carried adult animation and other programming targeting teen and adult audiences.

Teletoon at Night

Network	Teletoon
Launched	September 2, 2002 (2002-09-02)
Closed	April 1, 2019 (2019-04-01)
Country of origin	Canada
Owner	Teletoon Canada, Inc. (Corus Entertainment)
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Running time	6 hours
Original language(s)	English

Teletoon had carried programming targeting teen and adult audiences during the prime time and late night hours since its inception. The channel eventually established formal brands for such programming—The Detour on Teletoon and Teletoon Unleashed—in 2001 and 2002; by 2004, the "Unleashed" block was dropped.

Teletoon at Night was similar in format to Adult Swim block of Cartoon Network, from which the block acquired most of its programming. A Canadian version of Adult Swim was launched as the late night block of the newly-launched Canadian Cartoon Network channel in 2012. The two blocks operated in parallel, with most Adult Swim original series eventually moving to the new channel, and Teletoon at Night focusing on other original and acquired adult animation series, as well as films.

In 2019, the block was discontinued; it was succeeded by the newly-launched Adult Swim channel. The block's French counterpart, Télétoon la nuit, continues to air on Télétoon.^[1]

History

Final Teletoon Detour logo, 2008 to 2009.

Since its launch, Teletoon had aired a lineup of adult-targeted programming (which were mixed alongside animated series aimed at teenagers) during the nighttime hours. Teletoon at Night's roots lie in two former programming blocks. The teenage-oriented block known as "The Detour" launched in 2002, joining the previously-launched adult-oriented block called "Teletoon Unleashed".^[2] Teletoon Unleashed was also known for airing every program with an 18+ content rating, so as to attract an adult audience, regardless of their actual content.^{[citation needed]} The Unleashed block was eventually dropped due to lack of new content.^{[citation needed]} Most of the series that aired on the block only ran for a single season of around 13 episodes, leading to frequent reruns.

In September 2004, the two blocks were amalgamated, with all-new branding created by Guru Studio.^[3] For the start of the 2006–2007 season, a new Friday night companion block, F-Night, debuted, featuring a slightly different lineup, mainly comedy series from Adult Swim (such as Tom Goes to the Mayor and Squidbillies).^[4] In 2009, the block was rebranded as Teletoon at Night.

With the launch of the Canadian version of Adult Swim (via the Canadian version of Cartoon Network) on July 4, 2012, most of the original programming from the American service eventually migrated to its Canadian counterpart.^[5]

In the Summer of 2014, Saturday film telecasts were branded as the "Saturday Night Funhouse Double Feature".^[6] Meanwhile, Teletoon acquired broadcast rights to The Awesomes, a Hulu original series.^[7] In October 2014, Bento Box Entertainment, the studio that produces The Awesomes, announced they would be producing a new slate of shows for Teletoon at Night.^[8] In the same month, Blue Ant Media, Mondo Media, and Corus announced that Teletoon at Night would air a new series featuring shorts from Bite on Mondo, a program in which content creators pitched ideas for several new TV series.^[9] It was later revealed on Adult Swim's Facebook page that the new series, dubbed Night Sweats, would air on Adult Swim instead.

During the week of September 1, 2015, it was announced on air that, on that date, several of the block's shows would move to Adult Swim.^[10][11][12] In a press release posted on September 3, 2015, it was announced that the block would now air Mondays through Thursdays starting at 10:00 p.m, with a film at 11:00 p.m. Teletoon's Superfan Friday block expanded in Teletoon at Night's place.^[10][13] It was later announced in December 2015 that, starting on January 4, 2016, Teletoon at Night would be adding more films to their schedule and their remaining shows moved over to Adult Swim.^[14]

In February 2016, several TV series that were airing on Adult Swim began airing on Teletoon at Night.^{[citation needed]} On February 24, 2016, it was announced in a press release that the seventh season of Archer would air on both blocks.^[15] In the same month, Teletoon at Night's website revealed that its Fred at Night segment would be discontinued after six years, with the final installment airing on February 25, 2016.^[14] On March 23, 2016, it was revealed that Archer's seventh season would instead air on Teletoon at Night, although the season premiere did air in simulcast on Adult Swim.^[16]

On March 4, 2019, along with the announcement that Action would relaunch as a full-time Adult Swim channel on April 1, 2019, it was also announced that Teletoon at Night would be discontinued.^[17] The block signed off for the final time on April 1, 2019, at 3:00 a.m..

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Cartoon Network (Canadian TV channel)

Original series

Title	Premiere date	End date	Reruns	Note(s)
Apollo's Pad	April 10, 2011		2011
Bromwell High	February 1, 2005	April 26, 2005	2005–07; 2009	UK co-production between Decode and Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4[18] (Episodes 1-6 (UK order)) and DVD (Region 2) (Episodes 7-13 (UK order))
Clone High	November 2, 2002	April 13, 2003	2003–07; 2009–10
Crash Canyon	September 18, 2011	March 3, 2013	2013–17
Daft Planet	September 2, 2002	December 23, 2002	2002–04	[19]
The Dating Guy	September 17, 2008	May 8, 2010	2010-13
Delta State	September 11, 2004	February 27, 2005	2005–07
Fugget About It	September 7, 2012	April 1, 2016	2016–19
John Callahan's Quads!	February 2, 2001	October 19, 2002	2002–06; 2016–19
Life's a Zoo	September 1, 2Acquired series 8, 2009	2009	[20]
Night Sweats	February 29, 2016		2016–18
Punch!	January 11, 2008	2008	Reruns
Sons of Butcher	August 5, 2005	January 12, 2007	2007–09; 2012
Station X	September 3, 2005	November 20, 2005	Reruns
Undergrads	April 1, 2001	August 12, 2001	2001–04; 2008; 2010–11; 2014	US co-production between Decode and MTV

Acquired series

Title	Premiere date	Reruns	Note(s)
12 oz. Mouse	September 1, 2006	2006–12	[4]
American Dad!	September 1, 2008	2008–19	[20]
Angry Kid	2008	2008–09
Aqua Teen Hunger Force	January 4, 2004	2004–12	[21]
Archer	October 17, 2010	2010–19	[22]
Assy McGee	September 3, 2007	2007–12	[23]
The Awesomes	September 4, 2014	2014–17	[24]
Axe Cop	Prime	Reruns
Bob's Burgers	September 7, 2015	2015–19	[25]
Baby Blues	September 8, 2002	2002-09
The Boondocks	February 17, 2006	2006-08	[26]
Brickleberry	March 29, 2015	2015–18
The Brak Show	September 12, 2004	2004–12	[27]
Captain Star	1997	1997-98
The Cleveland Show	September 1, 2018	2018–19
Code Monkeys	September 4, 2008	2008–09	[20]
The Critic	September 3, 2008	Reruns	[20]
Daft Planet	2002	2002-04
Evil Con Carne	2002	Reruns
Family Guy	January 2, 2003	2003–2007, 2011-2019
Father of the Pride	September 5, 2008	Reruns	[20]
Frisky Dingo	September 4, 2007	2007–12	[23]
Futurama	January 10, 2004	2004-2018
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	2002	Reruns
Grim & Evil	September 7, 2002	Reruns
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	March 7, 2003	2003–12	[28]
The Head	1998	1998-2002
Hey Joel	July 2006	Reruns
Homiez	2001	2001-02
Home Movies	September 1, 2003	2003–12
King of the Hill	September 7, 2009	2009–19	[29]
The Life & Times of Tim	August 2011	2011-18
Lolita Lolita	1998	1998-2001
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.	October 24, 2016	2016
Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil	September 3, 2008	2008–12	[20]
Major Lazer	October 24, 2016	2016
The Maxx	Prime	Reruns
Metalocalypse	September 3, 2007	2007–12	[23]
Minoriteam	September 6, 2007	2007–12	[23]
Mission Hill	2001	2001–08
Moral Orel	September 4, 2007	2007–12	[23]
Napoleon Dynamite	Prime	Reruns
The Oblongs	2001	2001–12
Perfect Hair Forever	September 5, 2007	2007–12	[23]
Pond Life	1997	1997-2002
The Ren and Stimpy Show	March 2, 1998	1998-2004
Rick and Morty	September 3, 2017	2017–19
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World	2007	Reruns
The Ripping Friends	2002	2002-04
Robot Chicken	September 1, 2006	2006–15; 2017–19	[4]
Saul of the Mole Men	May 16, 2009	2009–12	[30]
Sealab 2021	September 5, 2007	2007–12	[23]
The Simpsons	October 17, 1997	1997-99
The Smoking Gun	September 6, 2007	Reruns	[23]
Space Ghost Coast to Coast	September 1, 2006	2006–12	[4]
Spicy City	2002	2002
Spy Groove	2001	2001-02
Squidbillies	September 1, 2006	2006–12	[4]
Stroker & Hoop	September 1, 2006	2006–12	[4]
The Tick	2001	Reruns
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	June 1, 2012	2012	[31]
Time Squad	2002	Reruns
Todd McFarlane's Spawn	June 3, 2002	Reruns
Tom Goes to the Mayor	September 1, 2006	2006–12	[4]
Tripping the Rift	August 2006	Reruns	[32]
The Venture Bros.	March 13, 2005	2005–12; 2014	[33][34]
The Wrong Coast	Prime	Reruns
Xavier: Renegade Angel	May 17, 2009	2009–12	[30]

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