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Animation Domination (also called AniDom, Fox AD, and AD) is an American
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which has aired in two iterations on the
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broadcast network, featuring a lineup solely made up of prime-time animation and
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carried as a majority of, or the whole of, the network's Sunday evening schedule (outside of sports pre-emptions and early hour programming burn offs). It originally ran from May 1, 2005, until September 21, 2014, before returning on September 29, 2019.


History


Original run

Animation Domination debuted on Fox on May 1, 2005, in time for the last sweeps period of the 2004–05 television season. The first program to originate on the block was '' American Dad!'', although its "
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" aired as a Super Bowl lead-out program on February 6, 2005. Rounding out the Animation Domination lineup alongside ''American Dad!'' were ''
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'' (the longest-running cartoon on Fox and the network's first primetime animated series, which predated the lineup by 16 years), ''
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'' (which predated the lineup by eight years) and '' Family Guy'' (which predated the lineup by six years, and was revived as a series three years after its 2002 cancellation as a result of newfound popularity through reruns on
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lineup and sales of the first, second, and third-season episodes on DVD). Until spring 2010, when Animation Domination only reprised of animated series, live-action programming would commonly occur within the block, including shows like '' Malcolm in the Middle'' and '' The War at Home''. ''King of the Hill'' later ended on September 13, 2009 on Fox, and was replaced by the ''Family Guy '' spin-off ''
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'' for the 2009-10 television season, with the former’s time slot of 8:30 PM. Four episodes of the series remained, but Fox opted not to air them, later being burn-offed in syndication from May 3-6, 2010. Fox would later premiere ''
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'' on January 9, 2011. Beginning in the fall of 2014, the Animation Domination block was replaced by the ''
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'' block, with the addition of live-action comedies '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (which moved to Sunday night for its second season), freshman series ''
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'' (which was canceled in early 2015), and, as of March 2015, the
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sitcom, '' The Last Man on Earth''. This marks the first time that the network has regularly aired live-action comedies on Sundays (outside of burn-offs of failed weeknight series) since 2005.


Return

The block returned on September 29, 2019, with previous ''AD'' series ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Family Guy'', and the new series ''
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''. '' Duncanville'' debuted on February 16, 2020. In April 2020,
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announced their partnership with
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to produce the ''AniDom Beyond Show'', a recap show hosted by
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. The show aired its finale on May 18, 2020 and it is unknown whether it will return in the future. ''
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'' debuted on January 3, 2021. On May 31, 2021, Animation Domination temporarily expanded into Mondays with ''Duncanville'' and the new series '' HouseBroken''. Two new animated series, '' Krapopolis'' and '' Grimsburg'', will premiere in the 2022–23 season. On January 18, 2022, Fox announced they would be eyeing a two-hour Monday block in May 2023. ''Bless the Harts'' ended after two seasons on June 20, 2021. A year later, on June 30, 2022, Fox cancelled '' Duncanville'' after three seasons, and the series concluded on October 18, 2022 with its final six episodes on Hulu. ''Universal Basic Guys/The Hoagie Bros.'' will premiere in 2024. ''The Simpsons'', ''Family Guy'' and ''Bob's Burgers'' were each renewed for two more seasons through 2025 on January 26, 2023.


Programming


Current programming


Upcoming programming


Former programming


Schedules


2004/05


2005/06


2006/07


2007/08


2008/09


2009/10


2010/11


2011/12


2012/13


2013/14


2019/20


2020/21

;Sunday ; Monday


2021/22


Current lineup

Notes: * The 7:00 p.m. hour is scheduled to be preempted every second, fourth and fifth Sunday from September 11, 2022, to January 8, 2023 (except December 25, 2022) due to the network's coverage of '' Fox NFL'' and ''The OT''. * The whole lineup was preempted on November 6, 2022, due to new episodes of ''
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''. * ''Family Guy'' was preempted on November 27, 2022, due to an episode of ''
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'' at 8:00 p.m. In addition, ''The Simpsons'' aired at 8:30 p.m. and ''The Great North'' aired at 9:30 p.m. * ''The Great North'' and ''Bob's Burgers'' were preempted on December 4, 2022, due to the first two episodes of ''HouseBroken'' season 2.


Animation Domination High-Def

On January 8, 2013, Fox announced that it would launch an
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spin-off to its Sunday evening block called Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD). It originally broadcast on Saturday evenings for 90 minutes from 11:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. local time in most markets. It was later reduced to 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. on September 7, 2013, with the 12:00 a.m. half-hour being given back to its owned-and-operated stations and affiliates to carry other programming. Some of its affiliates delayed the block by 30 minutes to an hour to run late evening newscasts (sports overruns occasionally caused further delays). The last edition of ''ADHD'' on Fox aired on March 5, 2016, with the new
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sketch comedy series ''
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'' to premiere in the slot on March 12.


See also

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* Animation on Fox *
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*
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*
20th Television Animation 20th Television Animation (formerly Fox Television Animation) is an American animation studio that creates, develops and produces adult animated television series and specials. It is a unit of Disney Television Studios, a subsidiary of Walt Disn ...
* Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards *
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- the first (and as of 2011, only) Animation Domination crossover event


References

Informational notes


External links

* {{Portal bar, Animation, Comedy, Television, United States, The Simpsons Television programming blocks in the United States Fox Broadcasting Company 2005 introductions Fox animation