The Detour on Teletoon
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| Network | Teletoon |
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| Launched | September 16, 2002 |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Format | Teen and adult-oriented animated/live-action block |
| Running time | Mon-Thurs from 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Friday 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Saturday & Sunday 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time |
| Official website | Teletoon at Night |
Teletoon at Night (formally The Detour) is a late night program block airing on the Canadian cable and satellite television specialty channel Teletoon, which is owned by Corus Entertainment. The block features programming targeted towards older teen and adult audiences.
It is similar in format to Adult Swim, the late night block on Cartoon Network. The block's French counterpart, Télétoon la nuit, airs on Teletoon's French-language channel, Télétoon.
Teletoon at Night's roots lie in two former program blocks that aired on Teletoon: the teenage-oriented block formally known as "The Detour," and the adult-oriented "Teletoon Unleashed" block, which had been dropped due to lack of new content. In September 2004, the two blocks were amalgamated, with all-new branding created by Guru Studio. For the start of the 2006–07 season, a new Friday night companion block, F-Night, debuted, featuring a slightly different lineup, mainly comedy series from Adult Swim (such as Tom Goes to the Mayor and Squidbillies).
From 2007 to 2010, most of the shows that were featured on "F-Night" were removed to make room for the "Fred at Night" segment, which began airing on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. EST, followed by a repeat of the earlier movie telecast. Movies shown during this block were mostly animated or were derived from comic books (such as Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) and other animated series. A majority of the films were designed to target an older teenage or adult audience, which was the intended target and purpose of the block. If the movie did not fill the entire two- to 2 1⁄2-hour block, animated shorts (such as short films from The Animatrix) were used to fill the remaining time.
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