Bionix

:This article refers to the YTV program block. For the armoured fighting vehicle see List of armoured fighting vehicles.

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Bionix is a program block on YTV. It airs Friday nights from 9:00 PM to 2:00 AM Eastern time.

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Bionix breaks away from YTV's Keep It Weird style and has a more technological feel to it in a effort to appeal to a teenage and older audience, not unlike Cartoon Network's Toonami lineup in the US.

Related Topics:
Teenage - Cartoon Network - Toonami

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Although YTV had seen years of success with audiences under twelve, they had done very little to appeal to the older teen audience which, as a youth broadcaster, they were also obliged to cater to. Since YTV had become Canada's number one station for teens the year before, thanks mainly to the debut of the sleeper smash-hit Inuyasha, Bionix was launched in September 2004 specifically for this older youth audience, with a disclaimer aired before all anime programming (even when it isn't actually necessary).

Related Topics:
Inuyasha - September 2004

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The programming is animated with series intended for older audiences, with a fair portion being anime, which is extremely popular with Canadian youth, but also classic 1990s Canadian productions such as ReBoot and Beasties are also placed here. This is mainly done as a necessity to ensure that Canadian content regulations are met, but also because many viewers for those programs are teens who grew up with those particular shows.

Related Topics:
Animated - Anime - 1990s - Canadian - ReBoot - Beasties - Canadian content

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Shows currently airing on the Bionix block are:

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