According to this article:

"Monie's" success story is but a blip in comparison to the surprises Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" is yielding among young adults. For the past few weeks, the show's 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. mature viewing animation block has been beating the Sansabelts off David Letterman, Jay Leno, Craig Kilborn, Conan O'Brien and Carson Daly among 18- to 24-year-old viewers, particularly males.

First, awesome. Second, this is not really a huge surprise to me. Sure, Conan and Dave are funny, but their shtick gets tired. So, we young males turn to edgier programming that we can't find on the networks. This is exactly why the networks got scared when cable broke big in the 80s.

Soon, as the article also mentions, TNN will become Spike TV and offer up a number of original adult-aimed cartoons. Two of these are "Striperella," with the voice of Pamela Anderson, and all new episodes of "Ren and Stimpy," which -- according to my roommate who works at the station -- shirk all boundaries and actually show Ren and Stimpy getting it on in bed. Spike TV definitely understands that young adults like cartoons, unfortunately their new offerings seem to be a bit forced.

I'm hoping this shift in viewership will send a message to the networks and all the channels: young people want interesting programming. We will not stand for "Good Morning, Miami" and "The King of Queens." These shows do nothing original and are plain boring. Bring us good, interesting, entertaining content and we will watch. We promise.