Insomniac, Kenshin did make it to U.S TV, and Naruto is very likely to make it to mainstream T.V (I know one of the high ups of cartoon network mentioned being interested in Naruto)

I personally think if Naruto ended up on TV (v_v) it would be Adult Swim. Though Naruto is a marketable series, I just think its better suited for there. Unless the person who told me this was wrong, I was told that One Piece isn't doing all that well or as well as it could be, and One Piece is one of Japan's most popular anime series, so I don't think just because it is a marketable series that it will always work out being put on childrens programming. When you think about it, Inuyasha was a good marketable series as well and it was a family series in Japan, just like Naruto, but ended up on Adult Swim.

Though something like kids wb and foxbox is open to more viewers, it isn't really tailored for it, because it's meant to be watched by children, which is it's primary audience, so I think either way , being on AS or foxbox, audience can be limited. And I think even though Naruto was meant for a younger audience, in terms of US context of childrens show, it would have to be edited a lot, plus I think it tends to have a tone that I would think better suits AS. Thing such as (death of characters, pretty tragic/violent pasts, peeping/Jiraiya, young character bent on killing someone, violence, Orochimaru =P)

Naruto is Naruto because it has all of those elements, I think that if they were edited out for a children audience, it wouldn't really be the same. Besides, Naruto is circulated in the US Shounen Jump and it's rated for T for Teens, so I think just going along with that, should go on AS.

Also, I don't think that if Naruto was aired on AS, it wouldn't be as marketable. I mean, much of the time the top selling anime DVDs are Inuyasha DVDs and that's an AS program, plus I know Viz has a number of Inuyasha merchandice, so even if it was put on there, it could be marketed. (being that it's anime the must lucrative aspect of it would be the DVDs since Naruto isn't a collectible card game based anime like Yugiou and Pokemon) So with that in mind if a company other than 4Kids gets ahold of it they could get their moneys worth just showing it on AS.

**though of course i don't want to see it on TV, but know it could happen **