User:ItMeansNothing/sandbox/Onot (Alterverse)

Onot (formerly known as Animation Pie from 2013 to 2015) is a television network that was launched in 2013 and is currently headquarted in Jackson, Tennessee. The network was formed by Kendal Wilkins who wanted to make an animation block targeted towards older audiences starting from ages 13 and up. When launched, Onot aired mainly reruns of other notable shows such as Happy Tree Friends and Family Guy, but has began premiering original content around 2014, starting with the short-lived animated series, Oggy Life.

In 2019, Onot and Titmouse, Inc. signed an agreement to produce animation until the contract expires in 2029, making it a 10-year deal.

History
In 2012, Kendal Wilkins, former executive producer of Adult Swim's Williams Street, left said studio due to the loss of interest and wanted to do his own animation network. He formed with Joel Bell to find a TV nation that would accept the network. Eventually, on Kendal's YouTube channel, he showed a trailer featuring all the syndicated content on the new channel that was left unnamed. Despite mixed responses, with criticism aimed on being "interesting yet unoriginal", Kendal revealed that the name would be Animation Pie and that it would launch on television in early 2013.

Animation Pie launched on May 4, 2013 on Xfinity with the show, The Simpsons, first airing on the block. The channel aired reruns of adult animation and childrens animation popular among teenagers and adults up until late 2013 where Kendal revealed that Animation Pie would be releasing its first original produced by Xilam Animation, which was titled Oggy Life, a more adult version of the popular cartoon Oggy and the Cockroaches. On June 6, 2014, Oggy Life was released and ran for a total of 13 episodes.

Despite mainly negative responses from critics, Oggy Life did successful in ratings which inspired Kendal to greenlit originals, which also had him announce that Animation Pie will be rebranding itself into Onot and that more originals will be made, although reruns of other shows will be still running. On August 1, 2015, Animation Pie rebranded into Onot and soon, originals were being greenlit, such as acquiring the English dub of Gaturro. Onot received better responses than Animation Pie, which was given mixed responses back then, and was expanded into a major television network and streaming service in 2017.

In 2019, Kendal Wilkins announced on Twitter that he and Titmouse, Inc. have signed a deal to produce original content until 2029.

Original content

 * Oggy Life (the first original and only original under the Animation Pie name) - Aired from June 6, 2014 to August 29, 2014
 * Puppets Gone Wild (the first original under the current Onot name) - Aired from August 1, 2015 to October 3, 2015
 * Inanimate Discussions - Aired from August 1, 2015 to October 24, 2015
 * Gaturro (USA distribution) - English dub aired from August 1, 2015 to December 5, 2015
 * The Midnight Gospel - Set for second season on 2021; formerly on Netflix
 * UglyDolls: Ugly and Dirty - Upcoming
 * Vibes - Upcoming miniseries

Syndication

 * The Simpsons
 * Family Guy
 * Happy Tree Friends
 * Bob's Burgers
 * Abomination (occasional reruns; airs on Saturdays)
 * Robot Chicken
 * South Park