Turner Broadcasting Brings Adult Swim to FX UK
3rd June 2010
Turner Broadcasting has announced an exciting new TV deal in the UK for its comedy brand Adult Swim, set to debut on FX UK today, on Thursday 3rd June.
FX UK is home to great drama and comedy entertainment and airs shows including Dexter, True Blood, NCIS, Family Guy and The Wire. Adult Swim programming will form part of the channel's comedy block every Saturday evening from 10pm.
Adult Swim shows included in the deal are Robot Chicken: Star Wars, Robot Chicken series four, Metalocalypse, Venture Bros and Titan Maximum. They will complement FX UK's existing Saturday evening line-up, airing alongside shows such as Family Guy and American Dad.
A full range of Adult Swim content will continue to be available via its newly revamped online portal : www.adultswim.co.uk
Long and short form content is also available on a dedicated Adult Swim YouTube channel.Sara Kern, Commercial Marketing Manager at Adult Swim says: "We're delighted to have secured this deal with FX UK to bring Adult Swim content to TV audiences in the UK. It's fantastic that content like Robot Chicken will air alongside the likes of Family Guy, which mirrors our US programme scheduling, that we know works so successfully."
FX UK is available on Sky 164 HD 193; Virgin 157 HD 158; TalkTalk 10 and UPC 126.
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ABOUT ADULT SWIM
Adult Swim launched in the UK as an online destination in 2006 -www.adultswim.co.uk. It features non-conformist programming aimed at adults 18-34 including a broad mix of humour and unconventional, surreal animation which has earned it a discerning and loyal following. It is available in the UK on YouTube, Mobix, Sky mobile and Orange Mobile and on VoD services BT Vision and Love Film.
Yinka Akindele, Turner Broadcasting, 020 7693 1105
