So who can watch a show like this when it airs at midnight?
An animated cartoon that airs during nighttime, as opposed to a Saturday-Morning Cartoon which airs during Saturday morning.
Most of the series/specials on this list are aimed only at adults, but some are aimed at kids and families. Child-targeted kids networks such as Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network premiere a significant amount of their original series in primetime.
Examples:
- The animated shows on [adult swim], which includes:
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Assy McGee
- Ballmastrz: 9009
- Black Dynamite
- The Boondocks
- The Brak Show
- China, IL
- The Drinky Crow Show
- Frisky Dingo
- G.I. Joe: Resolute
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
- Home Movies
- King Star King
- Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil
- Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
- Metalocalypse
- Minoriteam
- Mike Tyson Mysteries
- Mongo Wrestling Alliance
- Moral Orel
- Mr. Pickles
- Perfect Hair Forever
- Pickle and Peanut
- Rick and Morty
- Robot Chicken
- The Shivering Truth
- Squidbillies
- Sealab 2021
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
- Soul Quest Overdrive
- Stroker and Hoop
- Superjail!
- Tigtone
- Titan Maximum
- Tom Goes to the Mayor
- Tuca & Bertie (following its Channel Hop from Netflix to linear TV)
- 12 oz. Mouse
- The Venture Bros.
- Xavier: Renegade Angel
- Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show!
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues
- Adventure Time
- Æon Flux
- Allen Gregory
- The Alvin Show
- American Dad!
- Animals (2016)
- Anytown
- Archer
- Axe Cop
- Baby Blues
- Batman: The Animated Series, originally
- Beany and Cecil
- Beavis and Butt-Head
- Its spin-off, Daria
- Bob and Margaret
- Bob's Burgers
- Bordertown
- Bromwell High
- Bro Town
- The Bugs Bunny Show
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (limited run during 1975-76 mideason)
- Calvin and the Colonel
- Capitol Critters
- Cartoon Sushi
- Casper's First Christmas
- Celebrity Deathmatch
- Chilly Beach
- Chozen
- Chowder
- Clarence
- Clerks: The Animated Series
- Click & Clack's As the Wrench Turns
- Clone High
- Committed
- Crash Canyon
- Creature Comforts
- Cricket on the Hearth
- The Critic
- Dan Vs.
- The Dating Guy
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Diego y Glot
- Dilbert
- A Doonesbury Special
- Downtown
- Dragons: Riders of Berk
- Drawn Together
- Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
- Ed, Edd n Eddy
- Family Dog
- Family Guy
- Its spin-off, The Cleveland Show
- The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
- Freak Show
- Fatherhood
- Father of the Pride
- Fish Hooks
- Fish Police
- The Flintstones
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Frosty the Snowman
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland
- Fugget About It
- Futurama
- Garfield Specials
- Gary and Mike
- Gary the Rat
- The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show
- G.I. Joe: Renegades
- Glenn Martin, DDS
- God, the Devil and Bob
- Gogs
- The Goode Family
- Good Vibes
- Gravity Falls
- Halloween Is Grinch Night
- The Head
- Hey Arnold!
- Hey Joel
- High School U.S.A.
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
- The Huckleberry Hound Show
- Its spin-off, The Yogi Bear Show
- I Am Not an Animal
- Invader Zim
- Invasion America (before it re-debuted edited for children on Kids' WB!)
- The Jetsons
- Jokebook
- Jonny Quest
- KaBlam!
- Kevin Spencer
- Kid Notorious
- King of the Hill
- The Life & Times of Tim
- Life's a Zoo
- Lil' Bush
- Liquid Television
- Little Demon
- Lloyd in Space (following its Channel Hop from ABC to Toon Disney)
- Los Pulentos
- MAD
- Major Lazer
- The Maxx
- Mickey Mouse (2013)
- Mission Hill
- Modern Toss
- Moonbeam City
- The Mouse on the Mayflower
- Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Neighbors from Hell
- The Nutshack
- The Oblongs
- Odd Job Jack
- O'Grady
- OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
- Pasila
- The Peanuts animated specials
- Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown
- A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales
- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
- A Charlie Brown Valentine
- Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown
- Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
- It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown
- It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
- It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown
- It's Magic, Charlie Brown
- It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
- It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown
- I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown
- She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown
- This Is America, Charlie Brown
- What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown
- Why, Charlie Brown, Why?
- You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
- You're in Love, Charlie Brown
- You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown
- Pinky and the Brain, initially
- Phineas and Ferb
- The PJs
- The Powerpuff Girls franchise
- Producing Parker
- Puff the Magic Dragon
- Quick Draw McGraw
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Regular Show
- Rex the Runt
- Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
- The Ricky Gervais Show
- Robotomy
- Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Rugrats
- Samurai Jack, both in its original and Adult Swim runs
- The Simpsons
- Sit Down, Shut Up
- Slacker Cats
- Sons of Butcher
- South Park
- Spicy City
- Spy Groove
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil
- Star Wars Rebels
- Station Zero
- Steven Universe
- Stone Quackers
- Stressed Eric
- Stripperella
- Sym-Bionic Titan
- Teen Titans Go!
- This Just In
- Thunder Cats 2011
- Todd McFarlane's Spawn
- Top Cat
- Transformers: Prime
- Tripping the Rift
- TripTank
- Its spin-off, Jeff & Some Aliens
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
- Ugly Americans
- Undergrads
- Unsupervised
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
- We Bare Bears
- What It's Like Being Alone
- Where's Huddles?
- Wander over Yonder
- Yogi's First Christmas