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Night Owl is the adult-oriented nighttime programming block of the American children's subscription network Ezekiel Channel. It broadcasts every night from 9 p.m.- 5 a.m. (Eastern and Pacific Time). It is similar in format to Adult Swim, the late-night block on Cartoon Network, and Teletoon at Night, the former late-night block on Canadian TV channel Teletoon and features animated and live-action shows targeting a 13-21 audience.

Debuting in 1998, Night Owl serves as the nighttime identity of Ezekiel Channel, and it was established as alternative programming during late night hours when Ezekiel Channel's primary target audience, children between the ages of 6 and 12, would normally be sleeping. In 2009, Night Owl was granted its own Nielsen ratings report from Ezekiel Channel due to it targeting a separate demographic.

Origins
Night Owl's roots lie from former a program block that aired on Ezekiel Channel: Nighttime Club. In February 1998, Night Owl debuted with TBA as its first program, as well as The Nite Coast with Tom Nook and Mario and Luigi moving to Night Owl. TBA debuted on the block on February 7, with the episode "TBA". The block's initial runtime was from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am ET.

Night Owl had a disclaimer that read "Parents strongly cautioned: the following programs are intended for mature audiences over the age of 18. These programs may contain some material that many parents would not find suitable for children and may include intense violence, sexual situations, coarse language and suggestive dialog".

Night Owl's original bumpers shown in-between the shows featured footage of elderly people swimming in public pools, eating, exercising, and doing other pool-related activities. It would show signs all around the pool saying things like "Warning Potential Violence", "Warning Strong Language in use", "Caution Sexual Innuendo", "Caution Limited Animation", "No Diving", "No Kids", "Warning Adult Situations", and more. Some of these bumpers were narrated by a lifeguard who spoke through a megaphone. Most notably he would shout "All kids out of the pool". The Night Owl logo appears, shown after a freeze frame of the footage. Sometimes they were even shown in reverse.

On February 23, 2002, Night Owl launched Ezekielnami, with various action programs displayed on the block from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am. On February 8, 2004, the senior citizen bumpers were replaced by animated safety manuals featuring Night Owl characters.

From March 2006-February 2011, the block was broadcast Monday to Thursday nights from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am and from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am on weekends. As of February 2011, it airs every night from 9:00 p.m to 5:00 a.m. On February 6, 2011, Night Owl refreshed their on-air branding to coincide with the change of Ezekiel Channel's logo, as well as a new logo for the block with their sign-on time bumped up to 9:00 p.m. ET, further extending the network's schedule back to every night.

On May 4, 2018, Night Owl refreshed their branding coniciding with Ezekiel Channel's new logo for its 25th anniversary, as well as Night Owl's 20th anniversary, with Night Owl getting a new logo. The new bumpers include live action pans of landscapes, signs, objects, and animals with the Night Owl logo embossed in them, sometimes hidden. The advisory sign-on bumper was also changed to feature various live action backgrounds.

From 1998-2006, the block was broadcast every night from 10:00 p.m to 5:00 a.m. From 2006-2011, the block was broadcast Monday to Thursday nights from 10:00 p.m to 6:00 a.m. and on Fridays and weekends from 11:00 p.m to 6:00 a.m on weekends. From 2011-2018, the block was broadcast from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. As of May 2018, it airs every night from 9:00 p.m to 5:00 a.m.

Controversy
TBA

Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by Ezekiel DeTour

Night Owk primarily airs varied animated shows including original programming, syndicated series, short films, original video animation, and anime, generally with minimal or no editing for content. Night Owl also airs several of sister block Adult Swim's original series. The block also airs various movies occasionally.

Trivia

 * The Night Owl version of Family Guy on this block is very different from the Fox, Adult Swim, Freeform/FXX, DVD, and syndicated versions of the show. Not only does it include scenes and lines that both Fox and Cartoon Network's censors found offensive, but it also integrates deleted scenes (from season 4 to the present) into the episodes they were originally going to be in. In addition, all of the episodes from the series since season 4 are completely uncensored in this version, making most episodes from season 4 to present rated TV-MA.
 * Night Owl will still air Family Guy uncensored, even after Adult Swim and TBS lose the rights to the series.