The first episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, which aired in the Adult Swim block on Cartoon Network on Saturday, November 6th, had big ratings on both absolute and relative scales. It ranked #1 against all other ad-supported cable among persons and males 12-34. It also improved against the same time slot he previous week, by percentages of 30%-93%, depending on the age group, for both males and females; and by percentages of 90%-294%, depending on the age group, for males.