Animation Domination

Animation Domination (also called AniDom, Fox AD, and AD) is an American animated programming block that has aired in two iterations on the Fox broadcast network, featuring a lineup solely made up of prime-time animation and adult animation 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 pilot aired as a Super Bowl lead-out program on February 6, 2005. Rounding out the Animation Domination lineup alongside ''American Dad!'' were ''The Simpsons'' (the longest-running cartoon on Fox and the network's first primetime animated series, which predated the lineup by 16 years), ''King of the Hill'' (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 Fox 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 ''The Cleveland Show'' 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 ''Bob's Burgers'' on January 9, 2011.

From the fall of 2014 to the summer of 2017, the Animation Domination block was replaced by the '' Sunday Funday'' block, with the addition of live-action comedies ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (which moved to Sunday night for its second season), freshman series '' Mulaney'' (which was canceled in early 2015), and the Will Forte sitcom, '' The Last Man on Earth''. This marked the first time that the network has regularly aired live-action comedies on Sundays (outside of burn-offs of failed weeknight series) since 2005. From fall of 2017 to the summer of 2019, the Sunday night lineup was simply referred to as '' Fox Sunday Night'', also with the addition of live-action comedies.

Return

The block returned on September 29, 2019, with previous ''AD'' series ''The Simpsons'', ''Bob's Burgers'', ''Family Guy'' and the new series '' Bless the Harts''. '' Duncanville'' debuted on February 16, 2020.

In April 2020, Fox Entertainment announced their partnership with Caffeine to produce the ''AniDom Beyond Show'', a recap show hosted by Andy Richter. The show aired its finale on May 18, 2020, and it is unknown whether it will return in the future.

'' The Great North'' 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'' – were originally set to premiere in the 2022–23 season, but were pushed back to the 2023–24 season. They were each renewed for a second in October 2022.

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.

''The Simpsons'', ''Family Guy'' and ''Bob's Burgers'' were each renewed for two more seasons through 2025 on January 26, 2023.

On March 1, 2023, ''Krapopolis'' was renewed for a third season ahead of its premiere on September 24. ''Grimsburg'' premiered on January 7, 2024. ''HouseBroken'' was canceled on May 10, 2024, after two seasons. On May 13, 2024, '' Universal Basic Guys'' was renewed for a second season ahead of its debut on September 8. On July 25, 2024, ''Krapopolis'' was renewed for a fourth season, ahead of the show's second-season premiere.

On February 16, 2025, the whole lineup was delayed by two hours due to rain delays during the 2025 Daytona 500 and ''The Great North'' aired a repeat of its fifth-season premiere.

On March 21, 2025, it was announced that plans were being made to return ''American Dad!'', which moved to TBS in 2014, back to Fox's Animation Domination lineup, where it would air alongside ''The Simpsons'', ''Family Guy'' and ''Bob's Burgers''. On April 2, 2025, ''The Simpsons'', ''Family Guy'' and ''Bob's Burgers'' were each renewed for four seasons and ''American Dad!'' was confirmed to be returning to Fox, also for four seasons.

On May 10, 2025, Fox renewed ''Grimsburg'', ''Krapopolis'' and ''Universal Basic Guys''.

Programming

Current programming

Former programming

Schedules

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

; Sunday

; Saturday

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2019/20

2020/21

;Sunday

; Monday

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

; Sunday

; Wednesday

Current lineup

;Sunday

;Thursday

Notes:
* The 7 p.m. hour was preempted for the network's coverage of the NFL and '' The OT'' on the following Sundays:
** September 8, 2024
** September 22, 2024
** October 20, 2024
** November 3, 2024
** November 24, 2024
** December 8, 2024
** December 15, 2024
** December 29, 2024
** January 5, 2025
** January 12, 2025
* ''Universal Basic Guys'' aired its first two episodes at 8 p.m. on September 8 and 15, 2024, and its third episode at 9 p.m. on September 22, 2024, before moving to its regular time slot on September 29, 2024.
* The whole lineup was preempted for the first game of the National League Championship Series on October 13, 2024, at 8 p.m.
* ''The Simpsons'' and ''Universal Basic Guys'' switched time slots on October 20, December 8, and December 15, 2024.
* The whole lineup aired repeats on November 17 and December 1, 2024.
* ''Universal Basic Guys'' and ''Krapopolis'' aired repeats on December 22, 2024.
* ''Bob's Burgers'' was preempted by the season five premiere of ''The Great North'' on December 22, 2024.
* ''Krapopolis'' was preempted by ''The FOX Winter Preview'' on December 29, 2024.
* On January 5, 2025, ''The Simpsons'' was preempted by a repeat of the '' Going Dutch'' premiere and ''Bob's Burgers'' was preempted by a repeat of ''Krapopolis'', which was preempted by a repeat of ''Universal Basic Guys'', which was preempted by a repeat of the '' Animal Control'' season 3 premiere.
* The whole lineup was preempted by repeats of ''Doc'', ''Animal Control'', and ''Going Dutch'' on January 12, 2025.
* On January 19, 2025, the 7 p.m. hour was preempted by a repeat of ''Kitchen Nightmares'', while ''The Simpsons'' and ''Universal Basic Guys'' aired repeats, and the 9 p.m. hour was preempted by repeats of ''Animal Control'' and ''Going Dutch''.
* On January 26, 2025, ''The Simpsons'', ''Universal Basic Guys'' and ''Krapopolis'' aired repeats, while ''Bob's Burgers'' was preempted by a repeat of ''The Great North'' season five premiere.
* The whole lineup was preempted for the 2025 Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on February 2, 2025, at 8 p.m.
* The whole lineup was preempted for Super Bowl LIX on February 9, 2025, at 7 p.m.
* The whole lineup for February 16, 2025 was delayed by two hours due to rain delays during the 2025 Daytona 500 and ''The Great North'' repeated the first episode of its fifth season, pushing the new episode scheduled for that night to the following week.
* The whole lineup aired repeats on April 20, 2025.
* ''Krapopolis'' aired a repeat on April 27, 2025.
* ''Krapopolis'' and ''Grimsburg'' aired new episodes on April 30, 2025.
* ''The Great North'' was preempted by a new episode of ''Bob's Burgers'' on May 18, 2025.
* The whole Sunday lineup was preempted by repeats of '' Lego Masters'' and '' Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service'' on May 25, 2025.
* The whole Sunday lineup was preempted by a presentation of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series and a repeat of ''Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service'' on June 1, 2025.
* The whole Sunday lineup was preempted for a 2025 UFL Conference Championship Game on June 8, 2025, at 7 p.m.
* ''Family Guy'' aired a repeat on June 12, 2025.
* The whole Sunday lineup is being preempted for 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup matches on June 15, 22, 29 and July 6, 2025 at 7 p.m.
* The whole Sunday lineup was be preempted for the IndyCar Bommarito Automotive Group 500 from Madison, Illinois on June 15, 2025 at 8 p.m.
* ''Family Guy'' will be preempted by an extra episode of ''The Great North'' on June 19, 2025.
* The whole Thursday lineup will air repeats on June 26, 2025.
* The whole Thursday lineup will be preempted by repeats of '' The 1% Club'' and '' The Quiz with Balls'' on July 24, 2025.
* The whole Sunday lineup will be preempted for a primetime NFL preseason game on August 17, 2025 at 8 p.m.

Animation Domination High-Def

On January 8, 2013, Fox announced that it would launch an adult animation 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 Lonely Island sketch comedy series '' Party Over Here'' to premiere in the slot on March 12.

See also

* List of programs broadcast by Fox
* Animation on Fox
* Fox Sunday Night
* 20th Television Animation
* Bento Box Entertainment
* '' Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards''
* '' Warped Kart Racers''
* '' Night of the Hurricane'' – the first (and, as of 2011, only) Animation Domination crossover event

References

Informational notes

External links

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Television programming blocks in the United States
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