Bionix

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Bionix
Bionix-logo.png
Launched September 10, 2004
Closed February 7, 2010
Owned by Corus Entertainment
Country Canada

Bionix was a late night anime program block on the Canadian television channel YTV. From September 2009-February 7, 2010,[1] it aired on Friday nights around 9:00pm to 2:00am and later Saturday from 8:00pm to 10:00am, and 12:00am to 2:00am, beginning on September 13, 2009.

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[edit] History

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Bionix breaks away from YTV's "Keep It Weird" style and has a more technological feel to it in an effort to appeal to a teenage and older audience. While visually similar to Cartoon Network's Toonami block, the lineup itself bears more similarity to the action portion of Adult Swim.

Although YTV had seen years of success with audiences under twelve, they had done very little to appeal to the older teen audience which, as a youth broadcaster, they were also obliged to cater to. Since YTV had become Canada's number one station for teens the year before, thanks mainly to the debut of InuYasha, Bionix was launched on September 10, 2004[2] specifically for this older youth audience, along with special disclaimers aired after commercial breaks.

Generally the programming is animated with series intended for older teen audiences, with a fair portion being anime. However, other programs are often included in order to ensure that Canadian content regulations are met, including reruns of older Mainframe Entertainment series, Beasties, ReBoot, and Shadow Raiders. Live action YTV productions have also been previously infused into the block.

Since Saturday, July 19, 2008, Bionix has been moved from Fridays to its new timeslot on Saturdays from 8 pm to 10 pm.[3] Starting March 7, 2009, Bionix became a one-hour block, airing from 10-11pm on Saturdays.[4] On May 16, 2009, the block was pushed further back to midnight, as the "Viewer Discretion Is Advised" promos were switched from the Bionix version to YTV's generic version.[5] But even though when Naruto was added to Tuesdays-Fridays 4am, the "Viewer Discretion Is Advised" promos came from Bionix, even though the reruns aren't part of that block. In June 2009, YTV's website removed their Bionix page, leading to speculation that the block will be canceled soon.[6] However, links to Bionix On Demand, as well as the Bionix forums, still remain.

In September 2009 Bionix once again became a 2-hour block airing at midnight and featured two episodes of both Naruto and Bleach. The Bionix promos and bugs were removed from the final year of the block.

YTV pulled the Bionix block, with the final episodes being the back-to-back reruns of Bleach at 1am on February 7, 2010. Bleach had been airing reruns since December 2009, after the finale of Naruto that month.

During its early years, the block ran Fridays from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m.(and later 2 a.m.), however, Starting in 2008, the block aired Saturdays from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.(and later 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.). It then aired Saturdays (technically Sundays) from 12 a.m. to 2 a.m. before even being taken off the air.

[edit] Bionix series and movies

This is a list of series and movies that are airing, will air, or have aired on Bionix, with their Canadian TV content ratings.

[edit] Current series

As of March 7, 2009:[7]

[edit] Past series and movies

[edit] Animated series

[edit] Live-action series

[edit] Specials

[edit] Movies

[edit] References

  1. ^ Canada's YTV channel removes Naruto & Bleach from schedule -- Anime News Network Retrieved February 7, 2010
  2. ^ a b c d e "YTV PROGRAMMING UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2004". Corus Entertainment. 2004-09-01. http://www.corusent.com/mediacentre/newsReleases/newsRelease.asp?newsid=682. Retrieved 2008-07-20. 
  3. ^ Corus Entertainment - Press_Corporate
  4. ^ Bionix officially listed as 10-11 pm only | Zannen, Canada
  5. ^ Bionix pushed back to midnight | Zannen, Canada
  6. ^ Bionix is Officially Done | Zannen, Canada
  7. ^ http://www.ytv.com/programming/bionix/
  8. ^ Corus Entertainment - Press_Corporate
  9. ^ "Bandai And YTV Bring Anime Programming to Canada" (Press release). Bandai Entertainment, YTV. 2004-09-10. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2004-09-10/bandai-and-ytv-bring-anime-programming-to-canada. Retrieved 2008-07-20. 
  10. ^ Corus Entertainment - Press_Corporate
  11. ^ Corus Entertainment - Press_Corporate
  12. ^ Corus Entertainment - Press_Corporate
  13. ^ Corus Entertainment - Press_Corporate
  14. ^ http://www.corusent.com/corporate/press_room/pressReleaseDetail.asp?id=1590
  15. ^ http://www.corusent.com/corporate/press_room/pressReleaseDetail.asp?id=1627

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