From the Turner Press Release: Kicking off Adult Swim’s popular TOONAMI block in 2014 on Saturday night, Bleach (12 a.m.), One Piece (1 a.m.), and Soul Eater (1:30 a.m.) each ranked #1 in their respective timeslots among adults 18-24 and men 18-24 & 18-34. The series premiere of Space Dandy (11:30 p.m.) ranked #1 in its time period with men 18-24 & 18-34. Naruto (12:30 a.m.) and Sword Art Online (2 a.m.) ranked #1 in their respective timeslots among men 18-24.

Time Slot Show Slot Rating Slot Household #s
11:30p Space Dandy
1,153,000 0.8
12:00a Bleach
1,084,000 0.8
12:30a Naruto Shippuden
933,000 0.7
1:00a One Piece
856,000 0.6
1:30a Soul Eater
866,000 0.6
2:00a Sword Art Online
773,000 0.6
2:30a FLCL
605,000 0.5
3:00a Naruto
685,000 0.5
3:30a FMA Brotherhood
532,000 0.4
4:00a Ghost In The Shell
500,000 0.4
4:30a IGPX
462,000 0.4
5:00a Star Wars TCW
531,000 0.4
5:30a InuYasha
547,000 0.4

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January 5th, 2013

 

Time
Show
Ratings
Household
11:30pm
Boondocks
1,311,000
0.9
12:00am
Bleach
1,164,000
0.8
12:30am
Naruto
1,235,000
0.8
1:00am
Thundercats
951,000
0.7
1:30am
Samurai 7
929,000
0.7
2:00am
SymBionic Titan
814,000
0.6
2:30am
Eureka 7
704,000
0.5
3:00am
Tenchi Muyo GXP
722,000
0.6
3:30am
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
728,000
0.5
4:00am
Cowboy Bebop
730,000
0.5
4:30am
Cowboy Bebop
701,000
0.5
5:00am
InuYasha
719,000
0.6
5:30am
InuYasha
688,000
0.6

Per Week Differences:

 

Time
Difference
12:00am
-88,000
2:00am
9,000
2:30am
-70,000
3:00am
75,000
3:30am
-21,000
4:00am
-32,000
4:30am
-81,000
5:00am
-16,000
5:30am
44,000

Source: Son of the Bronx/TV Media Insights

Editor’s Note: First Nielsen numbers of the year, folks. Do note that Toonami was coming off the heels of Saturday’s NFL Wild Card matches, so keep that in mind for those concerned. Otherwise, is Space Dandy and Shippuden off to a good start, ratings wise? Let us know in the comments below.