User blog:AceAttorney9000/Adored by the Network?

Over on TV Tropes.com, the phrase "Adored By The Network" refers to a show that a television network treats extremely positively, usually (though not always) to the detriment of the other shows airing on the channel.

Have there been any shows that you Toonami has "adored" and treated more positively than other shows ever since it came back? I can think of 3...

- Naruto. Not only has this show stayed on the block when it was announced that it would be leaving to make room for Shippuden, but it has also stayed to the detriment of three shows (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, InuYasha, and Samurai Jack). It doesn't help that while Toonami currently only plans on rerunning the first 52 episodes, there's a chance that they'll also air past episode 53.

-Cowboy Bebop. Regardless of what the Toonami crew or anyone else thinks of the show itself, even it is still a textbook example of a show treated with possibly a little too much love from the network. It aired ever since Toonami returned, and while it did leave to make room for Eureka 7, it came back when Toonami expanded to 6 hours. It then continued to air, to the point where it started to bring in lower and lower ratings, until Toonami finally replaced it with Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. due to them losing the rights to Cowboy Bebop. Even now that it's been removed, Toonami has still teased at getting the rights back and airing the show in HD, and it was brought back for a one-night best-of marathon on the night that Trigun: Badlands Rumble aired to help promote the world premiere of Space Dandy.

- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. This show has somehow managed to stay on the block ever since Toonami came back in 2012, and unlike Cowboy Bebop, it hasn't been off the block for more than one night (it was taken off for Daylight Savings Time 2014).