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This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations, series endings and other business ventures for Adult Swim in the year 2025.

January[]

1[]

  • Adult Swim started airing reruns of Family Guy after a new contract deal. The first 3 days was a 10 hour marathon of back-to-back episodes from 7pm-5am. After that, Family Guy now airs at it's normal timeslot at 10 pm, airing for an hour and a half on weekdays and 9:30 pm on weekends for an hour and a half.

3[]

  • Family Guy aired its 16th season with the premiere of the episodes "The D in Apartment 23 / Emmy-Winning Episode / Veteran Guy / The Woof of Wall Street / V is for Mystery / 100th Episode Special / 200 Episodes Later".

5[]

  • The American Dad! episode "Idiot Rich" premiered.
  • The Family Guy episode "Foxx Men in the House" premiered.

8[]

  • The Heart, She Holler episodes "Congroined Hearts / The Comening" aired in honor of Jimmy Carter's passing.

11[]

  • Naruto joins Toonami's lineup, airing at 2:30am.
    • Marks the first time it aired on the block since 2014.

12[]

  • The American Dad! episode "Killer Mimosa" premiered.
  • The Family Guy episodes "Nanny Goats / Follow the Money" premiered.

19[]

  • The American Dad! episode "The Legend of Mike Madonia, the Rototiller Man" premiered.
  • The Family Guy episode "Three Directors" premiered.

22[]

  • The Family Guy episodes "The Splendid Source / How the Griffin Stole Christmas" and the Robot Chicken episodes "Endgame / May Cause Season 11 to End" aired in honor of David Lynch's passing.

25[]

  • Sailor Moon returned to the main Toonami block at 3:00am, replacing Rick and Morty: The Anime.
    • This marks the first time Sailor Moon aired on the block since more than 20 years ago.

26[]

  • The American Dad! episode "The Clearview Motel" premiered.
  • The Family Guy episodes "Crimes and Meg's Demeanor / Don't Be a Dickens at Christmas" premiered.

February[]

2[]

  • The American Dad! episode "The Girl Who Cried Space Jam" premiered.
  • The Family Guy episodes "The Unkindest Cut / Dog Bites Bear" premiered. The episode "Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)" was originally going to premiere, but was pulled due to a recent plane crashed that occurred prior to this airing.
  • Common Side Effects aired as a series premiere.

8[]

  • A censored version of Naruto aired instead of the uncut version during Toonami's broadcast.

9[]

  • The American Dad! episode "Get Him to the Greek Lifestyle" premiered.
  • The Family Guy episode "Send in Stewie, Please" premiered.
  • The Common Side Effects episode "Hildy" premiered.

15[]

  • The season 1 finale of Mashle: Magic and Muscles aired on Toonami.

16[]

  • The American Dad! episode "The Mystery of the Missing Bazooka Shark Babe" premiered.
  • The Common Side Effects episode "Dumpsite" premiered.

17[]

  • The Cartoon Cartoon Show aired reruns on Checkered Past.
    • Several pilots made its first Debut ever in: High Quality & since between 1999-mid 2000s
    • This will be all week long with this and What a Cartoon from Feb 17-21 respectively

18[]

20[]

  • With What a Cartoon! turning 30 years old, it returned to Checkered Past, as well as having 1 pilot episode of Johnny Bravo & The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Meet the Reaper).
  • Robot Chicken celebrated its 20th anniversary.

22[]

  • FLCL: Grunge replaced Mashle: Magic and Muscles on Toonami.
  • Blue Exorcist replaced Invincible Fight Girl.
    • Doubles its airtime from 1:00a-1:30a to 12:30a-1:30a for this night only.

23[]

  • The American Dad! episode "Pork 'n Feelings" premiered.
  • The Family Guy episodes "'Family Guy' Through the Years / Switch the Flip" premiered.
  • The Common Side Effects episode "Star-Tel-Lite" premiered.

24[]

  • King of the Hill takes the 5am hour, repeating the whole 6pm hour every day
  • Bob's Burgers reruns get pushed back to 2:30-3:30am and 2:00am Fridays
  • American Dad loses its late night reruns
  • Rick & Morty gains the full 11pm hour Fridays & Saturdays
  • Family Guy gains 30 more minutes, expanding to 9:30-11:30pm Monday-Thursdays
  • Dexter's Laboratory & Courage the Cowardly Dog reruns return, until March 4 for Dexter's Laboratory.

28[]

March[]

1[]

  • Common Side Effects aired reruns on Toonami at 12:30a, replacing an episode of Blue Exorcist.

2[]

  • The American Dad! episode "Oh Brothel, Where Art Thou?" premiered.
  • The Family Guy episodes "HTTPete / Are You There God? It's Me, Peter" premiered.
  • The Common Side Effects episode "In the System" premiered.

3[]

  • The Robot Chicken episodes "Tipping a Hero / 3 2 1 2 333, 222, 3...66?" aired in honor of Michelle Trachenberg's passing.

4[]

  • Ed, Edd n Eddy reruns replace Dexter's Laboratory (starting 5:00p on Monday-Thursdays)
  • The Robot Chicken episodes "Saving Private Gigli / Fight Club Paradise" aired in honor of Michelle Trachenberg's passing.

5[]

  • The Robot Chicken episodes "Celebrity Rocket / Dragon Nuts" aired in honor of Michelle Trachenberg's passing.

6[]

  • An hour of Space Ghost Coast to Coast aired in honor of George Lowe's passing, replacing reruns of Smiling Friends, YOLO: Crystal Fantasy, and Robot Chicken.

7[]

  • Every Friday, Family Guy & American Dad Swap timeslots
    • Family Guy: 8:30-10pm
    • American Dad: 10-11pm
  • This was eventually reversed later on.

8[]

  • Daylight Savings starts, resulting in Futurama being skipped because this day being 23 hours.

9[]

  • The American Dad! episode "The Sickness" premiered.
  • The Family Guy episodes "Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog) / Bri, Robot" premiered.
  • The Common Side Effects episode "Blowfish" premiered.
  • YOLO aired its 3rd season, titled YOLO: Rainbow Trinity, with the premiere of the episode "<3 ¸,ø¤o°`°o¤ø, ¸ ¸,ø¤o° <3 Love Heart <3 fUn TiMes at the Festy Gong- Fest wooooo ̧ ̧,ø¤o°`°o¤ø yOu"lL alWaYs bE uNdeR mY uMbErEllA:):):)<3".
  • Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances aired as a series premiere.
  • The Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Antenna" and the Robot Chicken episodes "Suck It / Black Window Heat Stroke" aired in honor of George Lowe's passing.

10[]

  • Cartoon Planet replaces Ed, Edd n Eddy on Checkered Past for the entire week in honor of George Lowe's passing.

15[]

  • FLCL: Shoegaze replaces Grunge on Toonami

16[]

  • The American Dad! episode "Silicon Steve" premiered.
  • The Family Guy episodes "Married with Cancer / Dead Dog Walking" premiered.
  • The Common Side Effects episode "Amelia & Wyatt" premiered.
  • The YOLO: Rainbow Trinity episode "Winery Crawl Slip and Slide Ride (MMM YUMMY WINE LOL *KISSYS*)" premiered.
  • The Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances episode "Like Literally Eat Them?" premiered

20[]

  • The Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Fire Ant" aired in honor of George Lowe's passing.
    • The first time the full version of the episode aired since the 2023 April Fools stunt.

23[]

  • The American Dad! episode "Guardian" premiered.
  • The Family Guy episodes "Pal Stewie / Big Trouble in Little Quahog" premiered.
  • The Common Side Effects episode "Cliff's Edge" premiered.
  • The YOLO: Rainbow Trinity episode "hiiiii, watchu doinnn :) nm u?, thats gud, hahah, whatcya up tooooooo, nothing muuuch, haha same :) or FIGHT! Battle of Bubble Gum Park Rawrrr" premiered.
  • The Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances episode "Steel Ball Sounds Like a Very Dangerous Game" premiered.

29[]

30[]

  • The season 19 finale of American Dad! aired.
  • The Family Guy episodes "Regarding Carter / Stand by Meg" premiered.
  • The season 1 finale of Common Side Effects aired.
  • The YOLO: Rainbow Trinity episode "All Night Gaming 2" premiered.
  • The Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances episode "23 and Me and Me and Me and Me and Me" premiered.

31[]

  • As part of their annual April Fools stunt, a broadway version of Rick and Morty premiered, called Portal People, showcasing various genres including musical, ballet and mime, with performances of iconic moments from the series. It was then announced that season 8 will premiere on May 25th.

April[]

5[]

6[]

  • The Family Guy episodes "The Griffin Winter Games / Con Heiress" premiered.
  • The YOLO: Rainbow Trinity episode "SOMEONE BRING ME FOOD AND ENTERTAIN ME! (SNOW EP) (SPONSOR MONSTER EP)" premiered.
  • The Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances episode "A Beast a Broad and a Baker Whose Name is Warrenmacytom" premiered.

7[]

  • Family Guy & Bob's Burgers air unique or older episodes while they repeat from 1:30 - 3:30am respectively.

13[]

  • The Family Guy episodes "Pawtucket Pete / Hefty Shades of Gray" premiered.
  • The YOLO: Rainbow Trinity episode "Our Lovely Jubbly, Wovley, Bubbly, Zubbly, Lovely, Bubbly, Wubbly Tasmania :P" premiered.
  • The season 1 finale of Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances aired.

17[]

  • The last 4 episodes of My Adventures with Superman season 2 aired from 12:30am-2:30am, with encore episodes at the 4 am hour in honor of Superman Day.
    • The first rerun of My Adventures with Superman aired with split screen credits, likely on accident, for the first time since 2023.

20[]

  • The Family Guy episodes "Trans-Fat / Family Guy Lite" premiered.
  • The YOLO: Rainbow Trinity episode "The Wollongong Santa Pup Crawl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAWR!!!" premiered.

26[]

  • Ginger Root's SHINBANGUMI: A Music Movie premiered on Toonami.

27[]

  • The Family Guy episodes "No Giggity, No Doubt / You Can't Handle the Booth" premiered.
  • The season 3 finale of YOLO: Rainbow Trinity aired.

28[]

  • Sudden AS change on Monday[1]:
    • Royal Crackers takes 12:30a/4:00a weekdays
    • YOLO takes 1:00a/4:30a
    • Smiling 1:15a/4:45a

May[]

5[]

  • Less sudden AS changes[2]:
    • Lazarus Thursday repeat moves to 12:30a/4:00a
    • Common Side Effects takes 1:00a/4:30a
    • American Dad swaps places with Bob's Burgers on weekdays, Dad at 7:00p and Bob at 8:00p.
    • Common Side Effects replaces The Venture Bros. as the post-Toonami 3:30a show on Saturdays
    • Two hours of Futurama instead of one Saturday 4a
  • More AS changes include: Same-night repeats (same episodes twice a night) replaced unique episodes
    • 5:00a King of the Hill
    • 4:30a Robot Chicken
  • This leaves: 3:30a Rick and Morty, 4:00a YOLO, 4:15a OMG Yes as weekday repeats after their earlier airings.
    • Smiling Friends and Royal Crackers (recall April 28's events) suddenly replaced Robot Chicken and OMG Yes, reducing them to Sunday nights only.

9[]

  • Cartoon Planet left Checkered Past suddenly (and quietly without warning)
    • Ed Edd N Eddy & Courage reruns takeover Fridays.

10[]

  • The Lazarus episode "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" premiered on Toonami
  • Toonami marathoned Lazarus in "Half-season Marathon."

11[]

  • King of the Hill reruns will be Peggy-focused for Mother's Day
  • "Peggy the Bottle Champ" premieres on Adult Swim since 2022.
  • The Family Guy episodes "Petey IV / Island Adventure" will premiere.

17[]

  • Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War aired as a series premiere on Toonami.
  • Blue Exorcist aired its 2nd season, titled Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga, with the premiere of the episode "Small Beginnings" on Toonami.

18[]

  • The Family Guy episodes "Trump Guy / Throw It Away" premiered.

25[]

  • King of the Hill loses 6:30pm, pushing the 4 hours of FOX show Sundays 30 minutes earlier, leaving Rick & Morty reruns to air at 10:30pm
  • The season 17 finale of Family Guy aired.
  • Rick and Morty aired its 8th season with the premiere of the episode "Summer of All Fears".

June[]

1[]

  • The Rick and Morty episode "Valkyrick" premiered.

8[]

  • The King of the Hill episodes "Nancy Boys / Vision Quest / Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" aired in honor of Jonathan Joss' passing.
  • The Rick and Morty episode "The Rick, The Mort & The Ugly" premiered.

12[]

  • These are the following current and upcoming projects that were announced at the 2025 International Annecy Festival: Season 3 of Smiling Friends (plus Seasons 4 and 5 later on), 2 more seasons of Ninja Kamui, Heist Safari, Keeping Up with the Joneses (for 10 half-hour episodes), The Elephant (Special in 2026), and Women Wearing Shoulder Pads.

15[]

  • The Rick and Morty episode "The Last Temptation of Jerry" premiered.

19[]

27[]

28[]

  • The Lazarus series finale "The World is Yours" will premiere on Toonami.

July[]

1[]

  • Max will rebrand back to HBO Max.

4[]

  • The Adult Swim Smalls episodes "Mandal Takes an L/Boom Dude / Peter Hair/Munch Rexford / Squatters / Dewdge Center/The Fit" will premiere.

11[]

August[]

4[]

  • King of the Hill will premiere its revival on Hulu.

9[]

  • YOLO will celebrate its 5th anniversary.

17[]

29[]

September[]

1[]

October[]

16[]

November[]

6[]

28[]

December[]

31[]

  • Off the Air will celebrate its 15th anniversary.

Summer[]

  • The Robot Chicken episode "The Robot Chicken Self-Discovery Special" will premiere in honor of its 20th anniversary.

Fall[]

  • Season 3 of Smiling Friends will air.

TBA[]

  • Season 3 of My Adventures with Superman will air.