When was the exact moment Adult Swim lost its countercultural energy?
>>154225822Can't be counterculture when there's nothing to counter.
June 6, 2015
>>154225822Realistically, probably the aftermath of the Mooninite bomb scare.
Rick & Morty was the first Adult Swim show to really blow up in popularity among a mainstream normie audience, you can’t convince that show didn’t cause the networks downfall.
>>154225836FPBP, modern 'culture' is a grey blob.
>>154225822The 07-08 WGA strike
>>154225966This
AT&T mergerThe end of the Turner fiefdom and further movement of Turner assets out of Atlanta into either LA or NY in the name of vague "corporate synergy"The AT&T buyout wasn't as devastating as the AOL merger but it was pretty fucking close
>>154225822 (OP)>Harvey Birdman>1990sEven if you count 2000 as part of the 90s, it premiered at the near tail end of December. And even though Home Movies started in '99, it didn't migrate to [as] until 2001. Furthermore, [as] officially didn't launch until 2001. What a stupid chart.
>>154227080Yea, this would work better with half-decade intervals.>2000-2005ATHF and Harvey Birdman up top, Space Ghost and Home Movies below>2005-2010Squidbillies, Robot Chicken, and Boondocks up top, Moral Orel, Superjail, and Frisky Dingoes below>2010-2015Rick and Morty and China IL up top, Mike Tyson Mysteries and Mr. Pickles below>2015-2020Final Space up top, Ballmasterz 9009 below>2020-2025Smiling Friends up top, YOLO belowHonestly, the less said about 2015-2025, the better.
>>154225822It was never "countercultural" to begin with. You just have rose-tinted glasses
