Oh yeah, BTW, as of Early 2003, the following is the order in terms of popularity of the major kid/animation channels.
- Cartoon Network
- Disney Channel
- Fox Family
- Nickelodeon
- Animax
- Universal Kids
At this point, Cartoon Network is still airing all of their originals and the network is largely the same as around this time period in our world, but here, Toonami remains a three-hour block. This is the block's new schedule starting on March 17th ITTL:
4:00PM:
Reboot
4:30PM:
G Gundam
5:00PM:
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
5:30PM:
Dragon Ball Z
6:00PM:
Yu Yu Hakusho
6:30PM:
Desert Wrath
And Toonami will begin airing on Saturday nights starting March 15th from 7PM until 2AM with this schedule:
7:00PM:
Dragon Ball
7:30PM:
Yu-Gi-Oh!
8:00PM:
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
8:30PM:
The Zeta Project
9:00PM:
Reboot: Critical Saviors
9:30PM:
Samurai Jack
10:00PM:
Justice League
11:00PM:
.hack//SIGN
11:30PM:
G Gundam
12:00AM:
Batman: The Animated Series
12:30AM:
Superman: The Animated Series
1:00AM:
ThunderCats
1:30AM:
Superfriends
As for Adult Swim, it's still rising as in OTL, even with Futurama and Family Guy, but in terms of anime, other than
Cowboy Bebop and Saber Marionette J, Adult Swim is lacking a real anime staple, however, that's set to change when
Rurouni Kenshin premieres on March 17th.
Disney Channel is largely as is during this time period IOTL, but the network now has a new afterschool animation block being helmed by
Zoids,
Railpunchers is still expected to premiere this summer, while Playhouse Disney has experienced increased success due to
Hamtaro and XYZ is a surprise hit with
Inuyasha becoming the channel's most popular shows with teenagers despite initial thoughts it'd be edited to hell and back, the show has actually been kept at largely Adult Swim-level edits, but with a few edits here adn there in terms of violence and language.
Clone High has been warped in controversy over the depiction of Ghandi, however, it's been announced that
Clone High will still be renewed for a second season with Ghandi being revealed to be a different character completely. Jetix is largely still airing on weekend afternoons.
That's So Raven! recently premiered, and it's already a huge hit.
Fox Family has went through a recent surge in ratings and popularity with shows such as
Totally Spies!, Buffy: The Animated Slayer Chronicles and My Life as a Teenage Robot. In addition, the network is also expected to debut several new shows this year such as
Mina and the Count, Phineas and Ferb, Detective Conan and more. There are also rumors of Scott Fellows developing several new series for the network, as well as a deal for a new series starring former Nickelodeon stars Drake Bell and Josh Peck.
Nickelodeon, despite tanking ratings, relevancy and popularity, has had a bit of a ratings increase with
Jimmy Neutron, however, don't expect THAT to last long AT ALL!
Animax, which is just starting to find a audience, doesn't really have much "to see" content at the moment other than some anime that airs in a good timeslot, but in the next few years, expect this network to become a bigger name.
Universal Kids isn't up to much, of course, at the moment, both Disney and Universal are trying to reassess what to do with Vivendi already looking for other buyers of Universal, which includes General Electric, Comcast, TimeWarner, Sony, MGM and even DreamWorks.
Overall, it's a fight out here, but one that Universal Kids and Animax aren't really factored in much yet and Nickelodeon, once considering the king of ALL of cable TV, now fading out and Fox Family and Disney Channel finding new favor and Cartoon Network is taking full advantage of.
