Adult Swim (Canadian TV channel)

Adult Swim is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by Showcase Television, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. The channel primarily airs animated and live-action comedies targeting a teenage and young adult audience. Its branding is licensed from the Adult Swim programming block broadcast by Warner Bros. Discovery's Cartoon Network; it is the first full-time television channel to use the "Adult Swim" brand.

The channel was originally launched in 2001 as Showcase Action (later known as simply Action), a digital cable spin-off of Showcase focused on action series and films. The channel was re-launched under its current branding on April 1, 2019; it subsumed the Adult Swim block that had aired on the Canadian version of Cartoon Network, and the Teletoon at Night block that had aired on Teletoon.

As Showcase Action/Action (2001–2019)
In November 2000, Alliance Atlantis was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a new category 2 specialty service named "Action Television", which would be devoted to entertainment programming in the action genre. The channel launched on September 7, 2001, as Showcase Action, a spin-off of its analog specialty channel Showcase.

On January 18, 2008, Alliance Atlantis's broadcasting assets were acquired by CW Media, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. The channel was renamed Action on August 31, 2009. On October 27, 2010, the channel was acquired by Shaw Media as part of its acquisition of Canwest. By 2011, Action had begun to diverge from its original format, shifting more towards general entertainment and reality shows targeting male audiences.

On May 1, 2015, a high definition feed of Action was launched. In 2016, Shaw Media was acquired by its sister company Corus Entertainment.

As Adult Swim (2019–present)
Much like its U.S counterpart, Adult Swim previously operated as a block on the Canadian version of Cartoon Network, which launched on July 4, 2012. Its sibling channel, Teletoon, carried the similarly-positioned Teletoon at Night block—which had historically acquired programs from Adult Swim.

From March 2016 through November 2018, Time Warner had also operated an Adult Swim subscription video on demand service for Android and iOS devices via Adult Swim Games, which streamed some of Adult Swim's original programming in Canada. New episodes were added to the app following their U.S. airings, Originally, Rick and Morty and Robot Chicken premieres were only added after they aired in Canada. Beginning with its third season, new episodes of Rick and Morty were added the next day after their U.S. premiere. In 2017, new episodes from Samurai Jack's fifth season were added two days after they premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami block.

On March 4, 2019, it was announced that Action would be relaunched as a standalone Adult Swim channel on April 1, 2019, marking the first time that the brand would be used for a 24-hour channel. Both the Teletoon at Night and the Adult Swim blocks were discontinued as part of the channel's launch. The network would launch with a two-month free preview, while full episodes of the channel's programming were made free to watch on-demand until January 2020. Shows announced for the channel's launch included Rick and Morty, Robot Chicken, Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories, The Eric Andre Show, and Lazor Wulf, the latter of which was announced to premiere day-and-date with the U.S service.

During Corus Entertainment's 2022 upfronts presentation, the company announced a new original series for Adult Swim called Psi Cops, and an animated adaptation of the Québécois comic book Red Ketchup that was co-commissioned for Télétoon la nuit.

Programming
The channel primarily airs original productions from Adult Swim in the U.S, including adult animation series, live-action comedies, and anime series that were co-produced or commissioned for its Toonami block (such as Blade Runner: Black Lotus and Housing Complex C). The channel has also acquired original animated series from the sibling Max streaming service (such as Harley Quinn), and off-network reruns of animated sitcoms.

Most of the channel's domestic, first-run programs are English dubs of series commissioned by the French-language Télétoon's late-night block, Télétoon la nuit (including The Bizarre Stories of Professor Zarbi, Doomsday Brothers, and Red Ketchup). In order to fulfill Canadian content requirements, the channel also carries reruns of library content (including original series that had been produced for the Teletoon at Night, Télétoon la nuit, and Canadian Adult Swim blocks), and airs made-for-TV films on Monday mornings (a holdover from Action).

As Showcase Action, the channel initially aired programming within the action genre. By 2011, Action had begun to drift towards airing general entertainment programming targeting a male audience, including acquiring reality shows from the U.S. network TruTV (such as Impractical Jokers). In 2011, Action would begin airing two original comedy programs, The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour and Kenny Hotz's Triumph of the Will, both of which were cancelled after one season. Another original series, But I'm Chris Jericho!, starring Canadian-born professional wrestler Chris Jericho, premiered as a webseries in 2013 on Action's YouTube channel, and was later acquired for a second season by CBC Television's digital outlet CBC Comedy.

Current programming
As of July 2024:
 * American Dad!
 * Archer
 * The Bizarre Stories of Professor Zarbi
 * Bob and Margaret
 * Bob's Burgers
 * Delta State
 * The Eric Andre Show
 * Family Guy
 * Fugget About It
 * Harley Quinn
 * Joe Pera Talks with You
 * King of the Hill
 * Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
 * My Adventures with Superman
 * Ninja Kamui
 * Pelswick
 * Primal
 * PSI Cops
 * Rick and Morty
 * Robot Chicken
 * Royal Crackers
 * Samurai Jack
 * Smiling Friends
 * The Super Dave Osborne Show
 * T. and T.
 * Teenage Euthanasia
 * YOLO

Upcoming programming

 * Common Side Effects (2024)
 * Creature Commandos (2024)
 * Invincible Fight Girl (2024)
 * Rick and Morty: The Anime (2024)
 * Uzumaki (2024)

As a channel

 * 12 oz. Mouse
 * 2 Nuts and a Richard!
 * Apollo Gauntlet
 * Aqua Teen Hunger Force
 * Assy McGee
 * Ballmastrz: 9009
 * Batman: The Animated Series
 * Beef House
 * Birdgirl
 * Black Dynamite
 * Black Jesus
 * Blade Runner: Black Lotus
 * The Brak Show
 * Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule
 * China, IL
 * The Cleveland Show
 * Clone High
 * Decker
 * Delocated
 * Doomsday Brothers
 * Dream Corp LLC
 * The Drinky Crow Show
 * Eagleheart
 * FLCL
 * Frisky Dingo
 * Gēmusetto
 * The Greatest Event in Television History
 * Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
 * The Heart, She Holler
 * Home Movies
 * Hot Package
 * Hot Streets
 * Housing Complex C
 * In the Know
 * Infomercials
 * The Jellies!
 * JJ Villard's Fairy Tales
 * Knuckleheads
 * Lazor Wulf
 * Loiter Squad
 * Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
 * Metalocalypse
 * Minoriteam
 * Momma Named Me Sheriff
 * Moral Orel
 * Mostly 4 Millennials
 * Mr. Pickles
 * Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter
 * NTSF:SD:SUV::
 * Off the Air
 * Red Ketchup
 * Saul of the Mole Men
 * Scavengers Reign
 * Sealab 2021
 * The Shivering Truth
 * Space Ghost Coast to Coast
 * Squidbillies
 * Stroker and Hoop
 * Superjail
 * Ted
 * Tender Touches
 * Three Busy Debras
 * Tigtone
 * Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
 * Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories
 * Titan Maximum
 * Tom Goes to the Mayor
 * Tropical Cop Tales
 * Tuca & Bertie
 * Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
 * The Venture Bros.
 * Young Justice
 * Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell

As a programming block

 * The Awesomes
 * Axe Cop
 * Crash Canyon
 * Fat Guy Stuck in Internet
 * Futurama
 * Golan the Insatiable
 * Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil
 * Napoleon Dynamite
 * Night Sweats
 * Perfect Hair Forever
 * Stone Quackers
 * Undergrads
 * Xavier: Renegade Angel