<sod>The ''Baby Blues'' animated series took nearly five years to develop and produce,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kingfeatures.com/2000/07/baby-blues-celebrates-10-years/|title=Baby Blues Celebrates 10 Years!|work=kingfeatures.com|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref> and what was initially the pilot, "A Baby Blues Christmas Special" was supposed to air on December 1998, but it was postponed more than once,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/baby-blues/a-baby-blues-christmas-special-a-k-a-the-christmas-101636/trivia/|title=Baby Blues: A Baby Blues Christmas Special (a.k.a. The Christmas)|publisher=CBS Interactive|work=TV.com|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref> while other episodes were being ordered and completed. The [[Christmas]] episode finally aired on Adult Swim on February 24, 2002. In 1999, the show was almost to be retitled ''Bluesville'', with Scott's unawareness but ''Baby Blues'' was kept as the title, given how popular the comic strip is with more than 60 million readers.<ref name="enquirer.com"/><eod>
<sod>The ''Baby Blues'' animated series took nearly five years to develop and produce,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kingfeatures.com/2000/07/baby-blues-celebrates-10-years/|title=Baby Blues Celebrates 10 Years!|work=kingfeatures.com|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref> and what was initially the pilot, "A Baby Blues Christmas Special" was supposed to air in December 1998, but it was postponed more than once,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/baby-blues/a-baby-blues-christmas-special-a-k-a-the-christmas-101636/trivia/|title=Baby Blues: A Baby Blues Christmas Special (a.k.a. The Christmas)|publisher=CBS Interactive|work=TV.com|accessdate=3 May 2015}}</ref> while other episodes were being ordered and completed. The [[Christmas]] episode finally aired on Adult Swim on February 24, 2002. In 1999, the show was almost to be retitled ''Bluesville'', with Scott's unawareness but ''Baby Blues'' was kept as the title, given how popular the comic strip is with more than 60 million readers.<ref name="enquirer.com"/><eod>