Adult Swim (Canada)

Adult Swim
CountryCanada
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Programming
LanguageEnglish
Picture format1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner
(branding licensed from Warner Bros. Discovery)
ParentShowcase Television, Inc.
Sister channels
History
LaunchedSeptember 7, 2001 (2001-09-07)
Former names
  • Showcase Action (2001–09)
  • Action (2009–19)
Links
Websitewww.adultswim.ca

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 Cartoon Network in the United States; it is the first full-time television channel to use the "Adult Swim" brand.

The channel was originally launched in 2001 by Alliance Atlantis 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 (now known as Boomerang), and the Teletoon at Night block that had aired on Teletoon (now Cartoon Network).