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From: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/turner-broadcasting-announces-strategic-changesexpansions-to-its-portfolio-of-animation-kids-and-young-adult-networks-243497081.html

In response to overwhelming demand for branded and original entertainment both on-air and on its digital platforms, Turner Broadcasting's Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media (AYAKM) has announced key expansions and strategic changes that will affect each of its three entertainment networks, it was announced today by Stuart Snyder, president and COO of AYAKM. As a result, Adult Swim will expand its programming hours to 8 p.m. Monday-Sunday starting March 31.

Cartoon Network will continue to run its two-hour 'early prime' schedule of exclusive animated programming—which includes its Primetime Emmy-winning original series Regular Show and the pop-culture global hit Adventure Time—from 6-8 p.m.

Discuss.

With this change coming, it will undoubtedly lead to some more changes in the channels schedule, including Monday's premiere block with RS. Although it's not known what time slot RS will take on after this, although I'd likely say 6:30, if the shows still are scheduled to premiere in the same pattern after the 31st. And I'd think so, since AT and RS have been the lead-ins for Monday for a while now because their popularity pulls in most of the viewers, and I don't see that changing.

I'm really not that happy that they've decided to do this though, because now RS could premiere even earlier than it did before, and trust me, it'll probably take a longer time to get used to than the 7:30 change. If it is 6:30, well, that is around the time most kids eat dinner (including me), and even when you're eating in the TV room, what if Mom or Dad don't want to watch RS at the moment and would rather watch something else, and you can't just leave the table and go in another room to watch it until you've finished? I don't have a DVR anymore either... *sad face*

But in all seriousness, that's why I won't really support the show moving to an even earlier slot, if it does, and I'm assuming it will. And it's not just RS, but I think this is a really big step down for CN itself. And it's unfortunately what we'll all have to deal with pretty soon, so everyone brace yourselves... for the 31st. 