2013

This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations, series endings and other business ventures for Adult Swim in the year 2013.

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January

5

• The Cleveland Show episode "A Bad Thanksgiving" premiered.

6

• The Cleveland Show episode "A Beer Walk" premiered.
• The Robot Chicken episode "Papercut to Aorta" premiered.

12

• The Cleveland Show episode "Ain't Nothing but Mutton Bustin'" premiered.

13

• The Cleveland Show episode "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta?" premiered.
• The Robot Chicken episode "Caffeine-Induced Aneurysm" premiered.

14

• The Family Guy episode "Space Cadet" premiered.

17

• Newsreaders aired as a series premiere.

19

• The Cleveland Show episode "Like a Boss" premiered.

20

• The Cleveland Show episode "A Short Story and a Tall Tale" premiered.
• The Robot Chicken episode "Eaten by Cats" premiered.

21

• The Family Guy episode "Brian's Play" premiered.

24

• The Newsreaders episode "Hedge Fun" premiered.

26

• The Cleveland Show episode "Terry Unmarried" premiered.

27

• The Cleveland Show episode "The Blue and the Gray and the Brown" premiered.
• The Robot Chicken episode "Botched Jewel Heist" premiered.

31

• The Newsreader episode "Hair Raizing" premiered.

February

2

• The Cleveland Show episode "The Way the Cookie Crumbles" premiered.

3

• The Cleveland Show episode "To Live and Die in VA" premiered.
• The Robot Chicken episode "Robot Fight Accident" premiered.

4

• The Family Guy episode "The Giggity Wife" premiered.

7

• The Newsreaders episode "CCSI: Boston" premiered.

9

• The Cleveland Show episode "The Essence of Cleveland premiered.
• The Samurai 7 series finale premiered on Toonami.

10

• The Cleveland Show episode "Ship'rect" premiered.
• The Robot Chicken episode "Choked on a Bottle Cap" premiered.

14

• The Newsreaders episode "Gay Camp" premiered.

16

• The Cleveland Show episode "Back to Cool" premiered.
• Soul Eater premiered on Toonami.

17

• The Cleveland Show episode "Your Show of Shows" premiered.
• The season 6 finale of Robot Chicken aired.

18

• The Family Guy episode "A Valentine's Day in Quahog" premiered.

21

• The Newsreaders episode "Fit Town, Fat Town" premiered.

23

• The season 2 finale of The Cleveland Show aired.

24

• The Cleveland Show aired its 3rd season with the premiere of the episode "BFFs".

28

• The Newsreaders episode "Unborn Again" premiered.

March

2

• The Cleveland Show episode "The Hurricane" premiered.

3

• The Cleveland Show episode "Nightmare on Grace Street" premiered.

7

• The Newsreaders episode "31-Up" premiered.
• The Delocated special "The Frrt Identity" premiered.

9

• The Cleveland Show episode "Skip Day" premiered.

10

• The Cleveland Show episode "Yemen Party" premiered.
• Loiter Squad aired its 2nd season with the premiere of the episode "Soul Eater".

14

• The Newsreaders episode "Epic Fail" premiered.

16

• The Cleveland Show episode "Sex and the Biddy" premiered.
• Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone premiered on Toonami.

17

• The Cleveland Show episode "Die Semi-Hard" premiered.
• The Loiter Squad episode "Waiting to Exhale" premiered.

18

• The American Dad! episode "For Black Eyes Only" premiered.
• The Family Guy episode "Call Girl" premiered.

21

• The season 1 finale of Newsreaders aired.

23

• The Cleveland Show episode "Y Tu Junior Tambien" premiered.

24

• The Cleveland Show episode "There Goes El Neighborhood" premiered.
• The Loiter Squad episode "Jason's Lyric" premiered.

25

• The Family Guy episode "Turban Cowboy" premiered.

31

• The Loiter Squad episode "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" premiered.
• For this years April Fool's prank, Adult Swim temporarily changes to [meow meow]. Cats invaded the block, and throughout the night, cat faces would be shown instead of human faces during the live action shows. The shows affected included Eagleheart, NTSF:SD:SUV::, Newsreaders, Childrens Hospital and Delocated. The bumps featured images and videos of cats as well.

April

1

• The American Dad! episode "Spelling Bee My Baby" premiered.

6

• The Cleveland Show episode "'Til Deaf" premiered.

7

• The Cleveland Show episode "Das Shrimp Boot" premiered.
• The Loiter Squad episode "Poetic Justice" premiered.

13

• The Cleveland Show episode "March Dadness" premiered.

14

• The Cleveland Show episode "The Men in Me" premiered.
• The Loiter Squad episode "Boyz in Da Hood" premiered.

18

• Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell officially aired as a series premiere.

20

• The Cleveland Show episode "Frapp Attack!" premiered.

21

• The Cleveland Show episode "American Prankster" premiered.

22

• The American Dad! episode "The Missing Kink" premiered.
• The Family Guy episode "Bigfat" premiered.

25

• The Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell episode "Bone Garden" premiered.

27

• The Cleveland Show episode "B.M.O.C." premiered.
• Toonami gets a rebrand. With the rebrand, the GPS Absolution Mk. III was introduced, TOM 3.5 was replaced with TOM 5, and SARA returned to Toonami.

28

• The Cleveland Show episode "Jesus Walks" premiered.
• The Loiter Squad episode "Set It Off" premiered.

May

2

• The Family Guy episodes "And Then There Were Fewer (Part 1) / And Then There Were Fewer (Part 2)" premiered.
• The Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell episode "Take Life by the Horns" premiered.

4

• The Cleveland Show episode "Flush of Genius" premiered.

5

• The Cleveland Show episode "Mama Drama" premiered.

6

• The Loiter Squad episode "Jungle Fever" premiered.

9

• The Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell episode "Schmickler83!" premiered.

11

• The season 3 finale of The Cleveland Show aired.
• Tenchi Muyo! series finale "Final Engagement" premiered on Toonami.

12

• The season 2 finale of Loiter Squad aired.

16

• This was the last day of the standard definition feed. Starting the next day, Adult Swim, along with Cartoon Network, would start to simulcast the high definition into the original standard definition space.
• The Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell episode "Devil in the Details" premiered.

18

• One Piece starts to air on Adult Swim. The show originally aired on Cartoon Network with the 4Kids dub, before transitioning into the Funimation / Crunchyroll dub when the 4Kids dub finished, starting with season 3. The rest of the season was left unaired, as well as the first episode of the 4th season. The first episode to air was "Great Adventure in Long Ring Long Land!"

20

• The season 8 finale of American Dad! aired.
• The Family Guy episode "Farmer Guy" premiered. Unfortunately this episode's scheduled to premiere was poorly timed, as it left a bad taste in viewers mouths due to the infamous 2013 Moore tornado that hit earlier, and the episode featuring a tornado that struck the farm. As a result, Adult Swim apologized for airing the episode, and pulled it from their lineup, as well as delaying future episodes of the season.

23

• The season 1 finale of Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell aired.

June

2

• The Venture Bros. aired its 5th season with the premiere of the episode "What Color Is Your Cleansuit?"

3

• The Family Guy episode "Roads to Vegas" premiered.

6

• The Greatest Event in Television History episode "Hart to Hart" premiered.

9

• The Cleveland Show episode "A Cleveland Brown Christmas" premiered.
• The Venture Bros. episode "Venture Libre" premiered.

13

• The season 2 finale of NTSF:SD:SUV:: aired.

16

• The Venture Bros. episode "SPHINX Rising" premiered.

23

• Bob's Burgers aired as a series premiere.
• The Venture Bros. episode "Spanakopita" premiered.

24

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Crawl Space" premiered.

30

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Sacred Cow" premiered.
• The Venture Bros. episode "O.S.I. Love You" premiered.

July

1

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Sexy Dance Fighting" premiered.

5

• The Off the Air episode "John Deacan: U.S.A." premiered.

7

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Hamburger Dinner Theater" premiered.
• The Venture Bros. episode "Momma's Boys" premiered.

8

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Sheesh! Bob, Cab?" premiered.

14

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Bed & Breakfast" premiered.
• The Venture Bros. episode "Bot Seeks Bot" premiered.

15

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Art Crawl" premiered.

21

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" premiered.
• The season 5 finale of The Venture Bros. aired.

22

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Burger War" premiered.

25

• Childrens Hospital aired its 5th season with the premiere of the episode "A New Hope".
• NTSF:SD:SUV:: aired its 3rd and final season with the premiere of the episode "Comic Con-Air".

27

• Sword Art Online premiered on Toonami.

28

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Weekend at Mort's" premiered.

29

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Lobsterfest" premiered.

August

1

• The Childrens Hospital episode "Triangles" premiered.
• The NTSF:SD:SUV:: episode "Hawaii Die-O" premiered.

4

• The season 1 finale of Bob's Burgers aired.

5

• Bob's Burgers aired its 2nd season with the premiere of the episode "The Belchies."

8

• The Childrens Hospital episode "The C-Word" premiered.

11

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Day Afternoon" premiered.
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force aired its 10th season, titled Aqua TV Show Show with the premiere of the episode "Muscles".
• Squidbillies aired its 8th season with the premiere of the episode "Granite Caverns".

12

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Synchronized Swimming" premiered.

15

• The Childrens Hospital episode "Country Weekend" premiered.
• The NTSF:SD:SUV:: episode "Burn After Killing" premiered.

18

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Burgerboss" premiered.
• Aqua TV Show Show episode "The Dudies" premiered.
• The Squidbillies episode "Ga-Ga-Ghost" premiered.

19

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Food Truckin'" premiered.

22

• The Childrens Hospital episode "Imaginary Friends" premiered.
• The NTSF:SD:SUV:: episode "TGI Murder" premiered.

25

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Dr. Yap" premiered.
• The Aqua TV Show Show episode "Merlo Sauvignon Blanco" premiered.
• The Squidbillies episode "The Inkubator Lives!" premiered.
• Ubermansion premiered.
• Mr. Pickles aired as a series premiere.

26

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Moody Foodie" premiered.

29

• The Childrens Hospital episode "The Gang Gets Sushi" premiered.
• The NTSF:SD:SUV:: episode "The Great Train Stoppery" premiered.

31

• Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance premiered on Toonami.
• Kick-Heart premiered on Toonami.

September

1

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Bad Tina" premiered.

2

• The season 2 finale of Bob's Burgers aired.

5

• The Childrens Hospital episode "Old Fashioned Day" premiered.
• The NTSF:SD:SUV:: episode "A Hard Drive to Swallow" premiered.

8

• The Aqua TV Show Show episode "Banana Planet" premiered.
• The Squidbillies episode "Drone to the Bone" premiered.

10

• The 2nd season of The Heart, She Holler aired with the premiere of the episode "Begend the Endginning".

11

• The Heart, She Holler episode "Proper Dental Care Is MURDER" premiered.

12

• The Childrens Hospital episode "Spoiler Alert: Owen Gets a Perm" premiered.
• The NTSF:SD:SUV:: episode "Unfrozen Agent Man" premiered.
• The Heart, She Holler episode "The Blue Lonegoon" premiered.

13

• The Heart, She Holler episode "The Telltale Butthole" premiered.

15

• The Aqua TV Show Show episode "Working Stiffs" premiered.
• The Squidbillies episode "A Jailhouse Divided" premiered.

16

• The Heart, She Holler episode "Muh-Muh-Muh-Murder" premiered.

17

• The Heart, She Holler episode "Pequiem for a Recker" premiered.

18

• The Heart, She Holler episode "An Emotional Can of Mommyworms" premiered.

19

• The Childrens Hospital episode "Wine Tasting" premiered.
• The NTSF:SD:SUV:: episode "Trading Faces" premiered.
• The Heart, She Holler episode "The Dearranged Marriage" premiered.

20

• The Heart, She Holler episode "Werelan" premiered.

21

• China, IL aired its 2nd season with the premiere of the episode "The Perfect Lecture".

22

• The Aqua TV Show Show episode "Skins" premiered.
• The Suidbillies episode "Stop. Jammertime!" premiered.

23

• The Heart, She Holler episode "Come Unity" premiered.

25

• The Heart, She Holler episode "Preverse Psychology" premiered.

26

• The NTSF:SD:SUV:: episode "U-KO'ed" premiered.
• The Heart, She Holler episode "Gamebored" premiered.

27

• The season 2 finale of The Heart, She Holler premiered.

28

• The season 14 finale of Bleach aired on Toonami.

29

• The China, IL episode "Is College Worth It?" premiered.
• The Aqua TV Show Show episode "Freda" premiered.
• The Squidbillies episode "Thou Shall Not Drill" premiered.

30

• The season 2 finale of Off the Air aired.

October

3

• The Childrens Hospital episode "Blaken" premiered.
• The NTSF:SD:SUV:: episode "How Piper Got Her Groove Initially" premiered.
• The Eric Andre Show aired its 2nd season with the premiere of the episode "Maria Menounos & Eric Balfour".
• Hot Package aired as a series premiere.

5

• Bleach aired its 15th episode with the premiere of the episode "Unusual Incident in Seireitei?! Gotei 13 Invading Army".

6

• Bob's Burgers aired its 3rd season with the premiere of the episode "Ear-sy Rider".
• The China, IL episode "Do You Know Who You Look Like?" premiered.
• The Aqua TV Show Show episode "Storage Zeebles" premiered.
• The Squidbillies episode "The Squid Stays in the Picture" premiered.

7

• The Cleveland Show aired its 4th and final season with the premiere of the episode "Escape from Goochland".
• The Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Fires the Kids" premiered.
• American Dad! aired its 9th season with the premiere of the episode "Steve and Snot's Test-Tubular Adventure".
• Family Guy aired its 12th season with the premiere of the episode "Finders Keepers".

10

• The Childrens Hospital episode "A Lot of Brouhaha Over Zilch" premiered.
• Filthy Sexy Teen$ premiered.
• The Eric Andre Show episode "Krysten Ritter & Dominic Monaghan" premiered.
• The Hot Package episode "Mens" premiered.

13

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Mutiny on the Windbreaker" premiered.
• The China, IL episode "The Diamond Castle" premiered.
• The Aqua TV Show Show episode "Piranha Germs" premiered.
• The season 8 finale of Squidbillies aired.

14

• The Cleveland Show episode "Menace II Secret Society" premiered.
• The Bob's Burgers episode "The Deepening" premiered.
• The American Dad! episode "Poltergasm" premiered.
• The Family Guy episode "Vestigial Peter" premiered.

17

• The Childrens Hospital episode "My Friend Falcon" premiered.
• The Eric Andre Show episode "Lou Ferrigno & Downtown Julie Brown" premiered.
• The Hot Package episode "Pilot" premiered.

20

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Tina-rannosaurus Wrecks" premiered.
• The China, IL episode "Kenny Winker Rules" premiered.
• The season 10 finale of Aqua Teen Hunger Force premiered.

21

• The Cleveland Show episode "A General Thanksgiving Episode" premiered.
• The Bob's Burgers episode "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" premiered.

24

• The season 5 finale of Childrens Hospital aired.
• The Eric Andre Show episode "Jodie Sweetin & Vivica A. Fox" premiered.
• The Hot Package episode "Bloopers" premiered.

27

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Mother Daughter Laser Razor" premiered.
• The China, IL episode "China-Man Begins" premiered.
• Metalocalypse - The Doomstar Reqiuem - A Klok Opera premiered.

28

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Full Bars" premiered.

31

• Tim & Eric Bedtime Stories aired as a series premiere.
• The Eric Andre Show episode "James Van Der Beek / Steve-O" premiered.
• The Hot Package episode "Drugs" premiered.

November

2

• The King Star King premiered on Toonami.

3

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Nude Beach" premiered.
• The China, IL episode "Total Validation" premiered.

4

• The Cleveland Show episode "Hustle 'n' Bros" premiered.
• The Bob's Burgers episode "Broadcast Wagstaff School News" premiered.
• You're Whole aired its 2nd and final season with the premiere of the episode "Droppin' the 'g' / Ancient Egypt / Puffy Paints".

7

• The Greatest Event in Television History episode "Comfort" premiered.
• The Eric Andre Show episode "Wink Martindatle / Sarah Burns" premiered.
• The season 1 finale of Hot Package aired.

10

• The Bob's Burgers episode "My Fuzzy Valentine" premiered.
• The China, IL episode "Surfer God" premiered.

11

• Adult Swim loses the 9pm hour. The block now runs for 8 hours; 10pm-6am.
• The Cleveland Show episode "Wide World of Cleveland Show" premiered.
• The Bob's Burgers episode "Lindapendent Woman" premiered.
• The Family Guy episode "Quagmire's Quagmire" premiered.

14

• The American Dad! episode "Buck, Wild" premiered.
• Eagleheart aired its 3rd and final season with the premiere of the episode "Moss".
• The Eric Andre Show episode "Lance Reddick / Larry Shum Jr." premiered.

17

• The Bob's Burgers episode "O.T. the Outside Toilet" premiered.
• The China, IL episode "Prank Week" premiered.

18

• The Cleveland Show episode "Turkey Pot Pie" premiered.
• The Bob's Burgers episode "Topsy" premiered.
• The Family Guy episode "A Fistful of Meg" premiered.
• The You're Whole episode "Finding Love" premiered.

21

• The American Dad! episode "Crotchwalkers" premiered.
• The Eagleheart episode "Whitley" premiered.
• The Eric Andre Show episode "Joey Fatone / Richard Hatch" premiered.

24

• The Bob's Burgers episode "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal" premiered.
• The season 2 finale of China, IL aired.

25

• The Family Guy episode "Boopa-Dee Bappa Dee" premiered.
• The You're Whole episode "Attitude" premiered.

28

• The Eagleheart episode "Bowsley" premiered.

30

• The Bob's Burgers episodes "Two for Tina / It Snakes a Village" premiered.

December

2

• Rick and Morty aired as a series premiere.
• The Family Guy episode "Life of Brian" premiered.
• The Cleveland Show episode "Here Comes the Bribe" premiered.
• The You're Whole series finale "Propofol, Telescopes, and Abraham Lincoln" premiered.

5

• The American Dad! episode "Kung Pao Turkey" premiered.
• The Eagleheart episode "Grandy" premiered.
• The Eric Andre Show episode "Chance the Rapper / Mel B" premiered.

7

• Akira premiered on Toonami.

8

• The Bob's Burgers episodes "Family Fracas / The Kids Run the Restaurant" premiered.

9

• The Rick and Morty episode "Lawnmower Dog" premiered.
• The Cleveland Show episode "When a Man (or a Freight Train) Loves His Cookie" premiered.
• The Infomercials episode "Broomshakalaka" premiered.

12

• The American Dad! episode "Independent Movie" premiered.
• The Eagleheart episode "America" premiered.
• The Eric Andre Show episode "Scott Porter / Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake" premiered.

14

• Summer Wars premiered on Toonami.

15

• The Bob's Burgers episodes "Boyz 4 Now / Carpe Museum" premiered.

16

• The Rick and Morty episode "Anatomy Park" premiered.
• The Family Guy episode "Into Harmony's Way" premiered.
• The Cleveland Show episode "'Tis the Cleveland to Be Sorry" premiered.
• The Robot Chicken special "Born Again Virgin Christmas Special" premiered.
• The Infomercials episode "For-Profit Online University" premiered.

19

• The American Dad! episode "Faking Bad" premiered.
• The Eagleheart episode "Joe" premiered.
• The NTSF:SD:SUV:: series finale "Wreck the Malls" premiered.

21

• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa premiered on Toonami.

22

• The Bob's Burgers episode "Bob Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" premiered.

23

• The Family Guy episode "Christmas Guy" premiered.
• The Infomercials episode "Live Forever as You Are Now with Alan Resnick" premiered.

24

• The American Dad! episode "Minstrel of Krampus" premiered.

26

• The Eagleheart episode "Quint" premiered.

28

• The Family Guy episode "No Country Club for Old Men" premiered.
• Trigun: Badlands Tumble premiered on Toonami.

29

• The season 3 finale of Bob's Burgers aired.

30

• Adult Swim permanently takes over the 9pm hour. The block now runs for 9 hours; 9pm-6am.
• Off the Air aired its 3rd season with the premiere of the episode "Nature".