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DalekGriff t1_je69pho wrote

Reply to comment by ROBtimusPrime1995 in "My Adventures with Superman" Moves to Adult Swim; Debuting This Year by CrossXhunteR

IIRC they did the same thing to Beware the Batman after airing the first batch of episodes when that wasn’t renewed.

Wondering if this move has anything to do with the viewer demographics for the newer Young Justice seasons on HBOMax? I haven’t watched those, but it seems like those seasons are skewing to an older audience, and marketing this show as Adult Swim might draw in that crowd.

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WorkingRedditUser t1_je6dhhn wrote

You're probably right.

As someone who has watched the newest season of Young Justice... in one episode it is revealed casually that Lagoon Boy is in an inter-species throuple with two Atlanteans, one of which is pregnant.

Like... that's dope and I enjoyed the season, but the show is definitely skewing to a more mature audience.

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zakary3888 t1_je6js64 wrote

I’d think Beast Boy dealing with depression and PTSD half the season would’ve been the bigger clue

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WorkingRedditUser t1_je6s3lz wrote

Oooof I totally forgot that a ton of the episodes just had entire sequences about Beast Boy's depression and unrelated to the main plot of the episode. Wild stuff.

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Coolman_Rosso t1_je6s1w7 wrote

iirc Beware's case was a result of CN just scrapping their DC Nation block entirely, and AS airing them because they were already finished. The Teen Titans GO! shorts, as well the full series created subsequently, were the only real hit they had with that DC effort. Young Justice and GL: TAS were both infamously axed due to low merch demand.

So it might just be a case of shows skewing older like you said. CN has done this before back in 2004 when Toonami moved to Saturday nights, as demos were skewing a little older and concerns about violence were giving some folks at CN cold feet.

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MarcsterS t1_je99ysx wrote

> iirc Beware's case was a result of CN just scrapping their DC Nation block entirely

Oh that was a fun morning. Waking up wondering why Green Lantern(in the middle of an important troyline) wasn't on, then CN haphazardly tweeting that DC Nation is cancelled.

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