Here’s your useless bit of trivia for the day: Brazilians love US TV shows based on comics themes. Of the top 10 US series on broadcast TV in Brazil for January 2007, six of them are animated.
#2: X-Men: Evolution, with 839,390 viewers
#4: Totally Spies, with 789,000 viewers
#5: Jackie Chan Adventures, with 762,370 viewers
#7: The Simpsons, with 710,900 viewers
#8: Justice League Unlimited, with 706,180 viewers
#10: Danny Phantom, with 671,900 viewers
Via Cynopsis.
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Sherman-Helmsley Plaza….Droopy the Elevator Attendant….B-H-H-H!(Bwah-hah-hah-haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!)
Yes, those are real nice touches.