Toonami 2014 DBZKai Ratings!

[Lord Beerus]

TIME PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000)
11:00 Samurai Jack 1352 0.66 852
11:30 Dragon Ball Super 1066 0.51 652
12:00a Sand Whale and Me 1018 0.51 661
12:05a Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 1074 0.54 694
12:30a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 938 0.51 650
1:00a Tokyo Ghoul (p) 879 0.44 570
1:30a Hunter X Hunter 805 0.41 526
2:00a Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 720 0.38 487
2:30a Naruto: Shippuden 643 0.32 407
3:00a Ghost in the Shell (r) 499 0.24 302

[Dbzfan94]

Samurai Jack is KILLIN it. Lol all the people who drop off after that instead of watching Super. still insane ratings nonetheless.

[Theophrastus]

Kai got higher ratings than Super. Huh. Pretty decent debut for Tokyo Ghoul.

[sintzu]

It's nice to see Kai doing so well cause it puts an end to the whole "no one cares about Kai" that was going around.

[TheMikado]

It's nice to see Kai doing so well cause it puts an end to the whole "no one cares about Kai" that was going around.

Exactly. Kai beating Super is no accident. They even put a buffer in between to two shows that made ratings drop and people still literally came back just for Kai. You can't solely attribute that to Super leading, especially when more people come back at a later time.

Anyway, this may be anecdotal but after watching the first few episodes of Kai, I couldn't wait week to week anymore so I ended up subscribing to funimation just to watch it lol. I've dropped the Super dub and may pick it up again during the slice of life and RoF arc.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

TIME PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000)
11:00 Samurai Jack 1352 0.66 852
11:30 Dragon Ball Super 1066 0.51 652
12:00a Sand Whale and Me 1018 0.51 661
12:05a Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 1074 0.54 694
12:30a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 938 0.51 650
1:00a Tokyo Ghoul (p) 879 0.44 570
1:30a Hunter X Hunter 805 0.41 526
2:00a Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 720 0.38 487
2:30a Naruto: Shippuden 643 0.32 407
3:00a Ghost in the Shell (r) 499 0.24 302

What the heck is Sand Whale and Me...?

[Lord Beerus]

TIME PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000)
11:00 Samurai Jack 1352 0.66 852
11:30 Dragon Ball Super 1066 0.51 652
12:00a Sand Whale and Me 1018 0.51 661
12:05a Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 1074 0.54 694
12:30a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 938 0.51 650
1:00a Tokyo Ghoul (p) 879 0.44 570
1:30a Hunter X Hunter 805 0.41 526
2:00a Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 720 0.38 487
2:30a Naruto: Shippuden 643 0.32 407
3:00a Ghost in the Shell (r) 499 0.24 302

What the heck is Sand Whale and Me...?

Sand Whale and Me is a 25 minute, 5-part micro-series from legendary director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor) and Japanese animation studio, Production I.G. The series is a hybrid of live action and CG animation.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

TIME PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000)
11:00 Samurai Jack 1352 0.66 852
11:30 Dragon Ball Super 1066 0.51 652
12:00a Sand Whale and Me 1018 0.51 661
12:05a Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 1074 0.54 694
12:30a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 938 0.51 650
1:00a Tokyo Ghoul (p) 879 0.44 570
1:30a Hunter X Hunter 805 0.41 526
2:00a Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 720 0.38 487
2:30a Naruto: Shippuden 643 0.32 407
3:00a Ghost in the Shell (r) 499 0.24 302

What the heck is Sand Whale and Me...?

Sand Whale and Me is a 25 minute, 5-part micro-series from legendary director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor) and Japanese animation studio, Production I.G. The series is a hybrid of live action and CG animation.

Hmm interesting, thanks!

[Lord Beerus]

TIME PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000)
12:00a Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 864 0.40 511
12:25a Sand Whale and Me 826 0.41 520
12:30a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 679 0.32 416
1:00a Tokyo Ghoul 601 0.29 368
1:30a Hunter X Hunter 593 0.29 372
2:00a Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 548 0.27 352
2:30a Naruto: Shippuden 583 0.28 359
3:00a Ghost in the Shell (r) 492 0.25 326

[Cure Dragon 255]

I know its not really important but could you tell us the ratings for Rick And Morty? Because this low ratings may be explained if they were lowered by Rick and Morty.

[Lord Beerus]

I know its not really important but could you tell us the ratings for Rick And Morty? Because this low ratings may be explained if they were lowered by Rick and Morty.

Sure:

TIME PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000)
8:00 Rick & Morty 676 0.24 309
8:30 Rick & Morty 654 0.26 331
9:00 Rick & Morty 693 0.30 386
9:30 Rick & Morty 677 0.26 338
10:00 Rick & Morty 809 0.30 448
10:30 Rick & Morty 865 0.35 509
11:00 Rick & Morty 949 0.44 564
11:30 Rick & Morty 818 0.39 505

[Baggie_Saiyan]

I know its not really important but could you tell us the ratings for Rick And Morty? Because this low ratings may be explained if they were lowered by Rick and Morty.

Sure:

TIME PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000)
8:00 Rick & Morty 676 0.24 309
8:30 Rick & Morty 654 0.26 331
9:00 Rick & Morty 693 0.30 386
9:30 Rick & Morty 677 0.26 338
10:00 Rick & Morty 809 0.30 448
10:30 Rick & Morty 865 0.35 509
11:00 Rick & Morty 949 0.44 564
11:30 Rick & Morty 818 0.39 505

A few people said that these were all the same episode, is that true?

[Lord Beerus]

I know its not really important but could you tell us the ratings for Rick And Morty? Because this low ratings may be explained if they were lowered by Rick and Morty.

Sure:

TIME PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000)
8:00 Rick & Morty 676 0.24 309
8:30 Rick & Morty 654 0.26 331
9:00 Rick & Morty 693 0.30 386
9:30 Rick & Morty 677 0.26 338
10:00 Rick & Morty 809 0.30 448
10:30 Rick & Morty 865 0.35 509
11:00 Rick & Morty 949 0.44 564
11:30 Rick & Morty 818 0.39 505

A few people said that these were all the same episode, is that true?

I'm not really sure.

[IAmTheMilkMan]

Yes, they were all the same episode (the season 3 premiere).

[Baggie_Saiyan]

Wow then it was pretty excessive they should have at least stopped before 11 and let Toonami continue as normal and now we're stuck with Buu Kai being ahead of Super broadcast wise which is the last thing we need when Buu Kai is gonna be ahead anyway this month via the BDs.

Or maybe Toonami could have shifted the block an hour and had Jack start at 12, sacrificing the last hour of the block. GitS is a repeat anyway and doesn't look like much people care for Shippuden for it to miss a week.

[VejituhTheWarriorGuy]

I'm more surprised by how poorly Naruto has been doing. It's been decreasing week after week after being pushed to 2:30am which means it'll likely be the next show to get kicked off the block

[Baggie_Saiyan]

I'm more surprised by how poorly Naruto has been doing. It's been decreasing week after week after being pushed to 2:30am which means it'll likely be the next show to get kicked off the block

From what I hear Shipuuden is a pretty bad adaptation & from what I hear the show is near like 50% filler, One Piece which is almost 300 episodes longer only has a fraction amount of filler which is pretty surprising when I found out!

[Son Goku]

I'm more surprised by how poorly Naruto has been doing. It's been decreasing week after week after being pushed to 2:30am which means it'll likely be the next show to get kicked off the block

From what I hear Shipuuden is a pretty bad adaptation & from what I hear the show is near like 50% filler, One Piece which is almost 300 episodes longer only has a fraction amount of filler which is pretty surprising when I found out!

Shippuden and One Piece take different approaches to making sure they don't catch up with their manga counterparts. Shippuden takes the traditional approach, with filler arcs between the canon ones (or during) and random one-shots sprinkled into the canon. One Piece, on the other hand, takes the DBZ approach where, while it may have a filler arc once in a very long while, the canon material is stretched out to roughly 1 episode = 1 chapter via padding (extended reactions/stare-downs, long recaps, filler scenes, etc). So while One Piece has far less filler episodes, its filler is interwoven with the canon scenes. In theory this is a good idea, but in practice it makes watching One Piece at a once a week pace incredibly painful because it can sometimes take weeks for anything to actually happen, which may be part of why Toonami viewers lost interest in it.

I think the real issue with Shippuden here is that these episodes have been available dubbed for over 4 years now. Pretty much anyone who wanted to see this part of the series in English has had since a year before Shippuden even got on Toonami to watch the episodes. If Toonami wants to stay relevant, they need to air world premiere dubs, which they do currently have with Super, Kai (until the sets come out), Attack on Titan Season 2, and Hunter x Hunter (and will eventually have with Iron Blooded Orphans Season 2 and Stardust Crusaders). Shippuden, by comparison, is week old bread with a bit of mold on it.

[Lord Beerus]

TIME PROGRAM Viewers (000) A1849 rating A1849 (000)
11:00 Samurai Jack 1335 0.66 841
11:30 Dragon Ball Super (r) 1132 0.56 719
12:00a Sand Whale and Me 1036 0.51 657
12:05a Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 1012 0.49 629
12:30a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 783 0.39 499
1:00a Tokyo Ghoul 820 0.40 508
1:30a Hunter X Hunter 715 0.36 457
2:00a Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 576 0.30 388
2:30a Naruto: Shippuden 514 0.26 333
3:00a Ghost in the Shell (r) 508 0.27 340

[Lord Beerus]

Time Show Viewers 18-49 Rating 18-49 Views
11:00 Samurai Jack 1297 0.66 848
11:30 Dragon Ball Super 1000 0.50 647
12:00a Sand Whale and Me 881 0.43 549
12:05a Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 924 0.45 577
12:30a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 829 0.42 535
1:00a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 747 0.36 464
1:30a Hunter X Hunter 687 0.33 422
2:00a Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 555 0.26 338
2:30a Naruto: Shippuden 562 0.26 339
3:00a Ghost in the Shell (r) 510 0.25 337

I was really late with this. Apologies. I'll be on time next week.