Beware! 'Beware the Batman' Marathon/Series Finale

'Beware the Batman', which has been plagued by preemptions and reschedulings since its July 2013 premiere, finally reaches the end of its 26-episode order with a 7-episode marathon this Saturday night/Sunday evening, starting at 2:30 a.m.

After a strong start in July, 'Beware' met the same fate as other Cartoon Network animated series like 'Green Lantern: The Animated Series' and 'Young Justice' in previous years. The show was dropped from the schedule without warning or explanation, aired weeks later, an episode or two aired, it was preempted and dropped again, and then finally bumped to the Adult Swim programming block late Saturday nights. Meanwhile, the show aired months ahead of the U.S. in countries like Brazil and New Zealand, allowing anyone who wanted to see it to catch it online.

Now, with only a week's notice, Cartoon Network is running a marathon of the remaining seven episodes on one night, before they lose the legal rights to the show. 'Sym-Bionic Titan' has met a similar fate.

The series abandoned the traditional Bat foes for newcomers like Pyg & Toad, Magpie, Silver Monkey, Humpty Dumpy, and Anarky. And teamed Batman up with a tougher Alfred and a Japanese katana-wielding bodyguard named... Katana. The creators used CGI rather than the traditional animation of previous Batman efforts.

Set your DVRs for the last seven episodes if you want to catch the series before it fades away to DVD.