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==Original broadcast==
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''Batman: The Animated Seriesb''briefly aired in [[Prime time|prime-time]] on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]], starting with a special airing of the show's first episode, "[[On Leather Wings]]," on September 5, 1992. The regular prime-time schedule began on December 13, 1992, with the episode "[[I Am the Night (Batman: The Animated Series)|I Am the Night]]," airing Sundays at 7 PM ET.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The World's Finest - Batman: The Animated Series |url=https://dcanimated.com/WF/batman/btas/guides/primetime.php |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=Dcanimated}}</ref> Fox anticipated that the series would attract a cross-generational audience, noting that 40% of its weekday viewers were 18 or older. The prime-time airing also aimed to cross-promote the show with the [[Fox Kids|Fox Children's Network]], where the series continued to air on weekdays. Fox increased its investment in children's programming to 19 hours a week, compared to its 12 hours in prime time, seeing the move to prime time as a strategic effort to leverage ''Batman: The Animated Series''<nowiki/>'s popularity across different age groups.<ref name=":2" />
After the series produced its 65th episode (the minimum number necessary for a TV series to be successfully [[television syndication|syndicated]]), Fox Network executives ordered a second season of 20 more episodes that was later reduced to airing weekly on Saturday mornings. The second season featured [[Robin (comics)|Robin]] more prominently and, as a result, was retitled ''The Adventures of Batman & Robin'' in the title credits;<ref>{{cite news|title= ''Batman: The Animated Series'' – Volume 4|work= DVD Talk|url= https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/19231/batman-the-animated-series-volume-4/|access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref> this run of episodes had two new opening sequences and ending credits. In total, the series reached 85 episodes before finishing its original run on September 15, 1995.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
In 1997, following the end of Fox Kids' five-year exclusive broadcast contract, the series began airing in reruns on [[The WB Network]]'s children's block [[Kids' WB]]. Later that year, ''[[The New Batman Adventures]]'' premiered on Kids' WB, airing alongside ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' as part of an hour-long program titled ''[[The New Batman/Superman Adventures]]''.<ref>{{
[[Cartoon Network]] aired reruns of ''Batman: The Animated Series'' from March 2, 1998, to August 18, 2004. On July 3, 2000, the series was added to Cartoon Network's [[Toonami]] line-up. In 2005, reruns of the series were aired on Cartoon Network's sister channel [[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
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