Samurai Jack was always really gorgeous and cool, though... I never watched it as a series, but I enjoyed it whenever I caught it. I'm... actually kind of excited about this!
The extremely episodic nature of Samurai Jack was actually a big part of it's appeal to me, and the main thing that has me skeptical of it's renewal. Apparently the new season is just going to be one big story arc, as opposed to the many short stories we're used to.
A couple of new shows premiered recently.
Son of Zorn, a show that mixes animation and real life. It's about a spoof of He-Man, who somehow ends up leaving his fantasy island to live in the suburbs and be near his bastard son. Most of the jokes seem to center around Zorn bringing his barbaric mindset to otherwise mundane situations with absurd results. The interaction between animation and reality didn't seem to mesh very well in the first half of the episode, but smoothed out a bit in the second half; I'm optimistic for the rest of the season. The jokes always got a chuckle out of me, and the father/son premise caught my interest enough that I'm now looking forward to seeing more. Of course since it's on Fox, it's not likely to see a second season, but we can hope.
Legends of Chamberlain Heights. Wow. I didn't think it was possible, but someone actually managed to make a show with worse visual quality, less humor, and more disgusting racial insensitivity than Bordertown. Hopefully this will be cancelled just as quickly, if not moreso.
Also, new season of South Park premiered. Following the trend of their recent seasons, it seems that this one will follow one large story arc with less emphasis on the inter-episode story arcs. This first episode in particular didn't really seem to accomplish anything more than setting up for things to come. I'm not saying this is necessarily bad...but it is very much contrary to the format which originally gave this show it's popularity.