Line #30 Creator/Boomerang


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3	Beginning life in 1992 as a four-hour weekend programming block on Creator/CartoonNetwork, [[note]]The channel itself would launch on April 1st, 2000, while the programming block on Cartoon Network would actually last until December 26th, 2004.[[/note]] Boomerang serves as a showcase for Creator/WarnerBros's extensive animation archives, including pre-1986 Creator/{{MGM}} (''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry''), Creator/HannaBarbera (''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'', ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks'', ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', etc.), and older animation from Warner Bros. itself (''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''). Like its corporate sibling, Creator/TurnerClassicMovies, Boomerang didn't run ''any'' outside advertising, with its commercial breaks consisting of ads for both its own and Cartoon Network programming, as well as music videos known as ''WesternAnimation/CartoonNetworkGroovies''.
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5	Eventually, Boomerang started adding more recent material to its schedule, mostly Creator/CartoonCartoons-era shows, as well as older episodes of acquired shows such as ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]''. While [[NetworkDecay some cried foul]], others noted that TimeMarchesOn, with several of the "new" additions being over a decade old by that point.
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7	Starting in 2014, Boomerang became an ad-supported network, followed by a complete rebranding in 2015[[note]]though it re-launched internationally the year prior[[/note]] into a family-oriented animation network aimed at parents, younger children and girls (as opposed to its older-skewing, boy-slanted parent channel). With this rebrand, Boomerang began producing and broadcasting original series (such as ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bunnicula}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'') and shifted to reruns of current Cartoon Network shows, while downplaying its archival programming to focus only on popular franchises (namely, ''Looney Tunes'', ''Scooby-Doo'', and ''Tom and Jerry''). [[HistoryRepeats While some cried foul over this]], many accepted it was a logical step to allow the channel to survive, as [[TropeBreaker video-on-demand services]] have long since taken away the channel's main selling point[[note]]reairing old cartoons[[/note]]. Case-and-point: to compensate for the channel's low coverage, Boomerang launched its own subscription-based streaming service on April 11, 2017. Not long after its launch, new episodes of the network's programming and some [[WesternAnimation/DorothyAndTheWizardOfOz new]] [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces2017 shows]] began airing on the streaming service. The following year, Boomerang would also launch their own channel on Creator/{{VRV}}.
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9	As part of a corporate restructuring following the 2018 AT&T-Time Warner acquisition, Boomerang (along with the rest of Cartoon Network) was moved under the oversight of Creator/WarnerBros in 2019 as part of the newly-rebranded [=WarnerMedia=]. In response to the channel's lack of availability, Cartoon Network would refocus as a family-oriented brand with the U.S launch of Creator/{{Cartoonito}} as both a programming block and a hub on [[Creator/{{Max}} HBO Max]]. By 2024, the brand's global presence was gone, as Boomerang rebranded in a good chunk of the world, to Cartoonito and the brand's remaining international channels are in the UK, France, Italy, Thailand & Canada.
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11	!!A list of shows that have aired on Boomerang:
12	[[index]]
13	* ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs''
14	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1992''
15	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''
16	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan''
17	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' [[labelnote:*]]First two seasons and later season 3[[/labelnote]]
18	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow''
19	** ''WesternAnimation/PreciousPupp''
20	** ''WesternAnimation/TheHillbillyBears''
21	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Batfink}}''
22	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''[[labelnote:*]]First 2 seasons only[[/labelnote]]
23	* ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets''
24	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}''
25	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}''
26	** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''
27	** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse''
28	** ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016''
29	* ''WesternAnimation/Birdman1967''
30	** ''WesternAnimation/TheGalaxyTrio''
31	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyBackInBusiness'' [[labelnote:*]]Airs on Boomerang UK only[[/labelnote]]
32	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bunnicula}}''
33	* ''WesternAnimation/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKids''
34	* ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo''
35	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''
36	* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsUnlockTheMagic''
37	* ''WesternAnimation/CasperAndTheAngels''
38	** ''WesternAnimation/CaspersFirstChristmas''
39	* ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost''
40	** ''WesternAnimation/BabyHuey''
41	** ''WesternAnimation/HermanAndKatnip''
42	** ''WesternAnimation/LittleAudrey''
43	* ''WesternAnimation/CaspersScareSchool''
44	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats''
45	* ''WesternAnimation/CBBears''
46	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}}''
47	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''
48	* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek''
49	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}''
50	* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2017''
51	* ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub''
52	* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''
53	* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''
54	* ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken''
55	* ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines''
56	* ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse''
57	** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
58	** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' / ''Justice League Unlimited''
59	* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls2019''
60	* ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace''
61	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Devlin}}''
62	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''
63	* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' in some countries
64	* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk''
65	* ''WesternAnimation/DorothyAndTheWizardOfOz''
66	* ''WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder''
67	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''
68	* ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne''
69	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangface}}''
70	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967''
71	* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes''
72	* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMax''
73	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''
74	** ''WesternAnimation/TheManCalledFlintstone''
75	** ''WesternAnimation/ThePebblesAndBammBammShow''
76	** ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstoneComedyShow''
77	** ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstoneKids''
78	** ''WesternAnimation/AFlintstonesChristmasCarol''
79	** ''WesternAnimation/CaveKids''
80	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''
81	* ''WesternAnimation/FrankensteinJr''
82	** ''WesternAnimation/TheImpossibles''
83	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFunkyPhantom''
84	* ''WesternAnimation/GaltarAndTheGoldenLance''
85	* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''
86	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow''
87	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGaryColemanShow''
88	* ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle2007'' [[labelnote:*]]Airs on Boomerang UK only[[/labelnote]]
89	* ''WesternAnimation/GoldieGoldAndActionJack''
90	* ''WesternAnimation/GooberAndTheGhostChasers''
91	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe''
92	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''
93	* ''WesternAnimation/GrizzyAndTheLemmings''
94	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}''
95	* ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch''
96	* ''WesternAnimation/TheHalloweenTree''
97	* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002''
98	* ''WesternAnimation/HeidisSong''
99	* ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids''
100	* ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey''
101	* ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow''
102	** ''WesternAnimation/PixieDixieAndMrJinks''
103	** ''WesternAnimation/HokeyWolf''
104	* ''WesternAnimation/InchHighPrivateEye''
105	* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget2015'' [[labelnote:*]]Airs on Boomerang UK only[[/labelnote]]
106	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}''
107	* ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''
108	* ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsonsMeetTheFlintstones''
109	* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo''
110	* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest''
111	** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfJonnyQuest''
112	** ''WesternAnimation/JonnysGoldenQuest''
113	** ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestVersusTheCyberInsects''
114	** ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures''
115	* ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats''
116	* ''WesternAnimation/KingdomForce'' [[labelnote:*]] Non-North American countries only. It used to air on the main channel, just like some other preschool shows they acquired. Although, once Cartoonito came to various European, African, and MENA countries as a preschool block, Boomerang shifted ''Kingdom Force'' and their other preschool shows to their respective Cartoonito blocks[[/labelnote]]
117	* ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog''
118	* ''WesternAnimation/TheKwickyKoalaShow''
119	** ''WesternAnimation/CrazyClaws''
120	** ''WesternAnimation/DirtyDawg''
121	** ''WesternAnimation/BungleBrothers''
122	* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}''
123	* ''Franchise/{{Lego}}''
124	** ''WesternAnimation/MonkieKid'' [[labelnote:*]]Airs on Boomerang UK only[[/labelnote]]
125	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' [[labelnote:*]]Airs on Boomerang UK Only[[/labelnote]]
126	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee''[[labelnote:*]]On the streaming service, has yet to air on Boomerang proper[[/labelnote]]
127	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''
128	** ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes''
129	** ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers''
130	** ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'' [[labelnote:*]]Airs on Boomerang UK only[[/labelnote]]
131	** ''WesternAnimation/TheSylvesterAndTweetyMysteries''
132	** ''WesternAnimation/TazMania''
133	** ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' [[labelnote:*]]The ''Merrie Melodies'' and CGI Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts also air in-between shows[[/labelnote]]
134	** ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction''
135	* ''WesternAnimation/LoopyDeLoop''
136	* ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla''
137	** ''WesternAnimation/RicochetRabbitAndDroopALongCoyote''
138	** ''WesternAnimation/PunkinPussAndMushmouse''
139	* ''WesternAnimation/MegaManFullyCharged''
140	* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMightor''
141	** ''[[WesternAnimation/MobyDickHannaBarbera Moby Dick]]''
142	* ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg''
143	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' (in-between shows)
144	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Monchhichis}}''
145	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow''
146	* ''Series/TheMunsters''
147	* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' [[labelnote:*]]On the streaming service, has yet to air on Boomerang proper[[/labelnote]]
148	* ''WesternAnimation/MyKnightAndMe''
149	* ''WesternAnimation/NumbChucks''
150	* ''Series/OutOfJimmysHead'' [[labelnote:*]]"Friends" episode only[[/labelnote]]
151	* ''WesternAnimation/PacMan''
152	* ''WesternAnimation/PawPawBears''
153	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop''
154	* ''WesternAnimation/PeterPotamus''
155	** ''WesternAnimation/BreezlyAndSneezly''
156	** ''WesternAnimation/YippeeYappeeAndYahooey''
157	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther''
158	** ''WesternAnimation/TheAntAndTheAardvark''
159	** ''WesternAnimation/TheBlueRacer''
160	** ''WesternAnimation/TheInspector''
161	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Misterjaw}}''
162	* ''WesternAnimation/PinkPantherAndPals''
163	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater''
164	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' (2010-2017)[[labelnote:*]]First 13 seasons[[/labelnote]]
165	* ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}''
166	* ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s''
167	* ''WesternAnimation/PowerPlayers''
168	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''
169	** ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016''
170	* ''WesternAnimation/PuppyInMyPocketAdventuresInPocketville''
171	* ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw''
172	** ''WesternAnimation/SnooperAndBlabber''
173	** ''WesternAnimation/AugieDoggieAndDoggieDaddy''
174	* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''
175	* ''WesternAnimation/RichieRich1980''
176	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRobonicStooges''
177	* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''
178	** ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight''
179	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRomanHolidays''
180	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''
181	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''
182	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou''
183	** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies''
184	** ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooShow''
185	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndScrappyDoo''
186	** ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooAndScrappyDooShow''
187	** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyAndScrappyDooShow''
188	** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries''
189	** ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo''
190	** ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''
191	** ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo''
192	** ''WesternAnimation/ShaggyAndScoobyDooGetAClue'' [[labelnote:*]]On the streaming service, has yet to air on Boomerang proper[[/labelnote]]
193	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''
194	** ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo''
195	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho''
196	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMeetsTheBooBrothers''
197	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf''
198	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool''
199	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooInArabianNights''
200	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooDirectToVideoFilmSeries''
201	* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2020''
202	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays''
203	* ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel''
204	** ''WesternAnimation/SquiddlyDiddly''
205	** ''WesternAnimation/WinsomeWitch''
206	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shazzan}}''
207	* ''WesternAnimation/ShirtTales''
208	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981''
209	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks''
210	* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''
211	* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost''
212	** ''WesternAnimation/DinoBoy''
213	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpaceKidettes''
214	* ''WesternAnimation/SpeedBuggy''
215	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''
216	* ''WesternAnimation/SummerCampIsland''
217	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperGlobetrotters''
218	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}''
219	* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons''
220	* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats''
221	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''
222	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' [[labelnote:*]]Season 1 and later season 2[[/labelnote]]
223	* ''WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons, WesternAnimation/MGMOneshotCartoons, WesternAnimation/BarneyBear and WesternAnimation/HappyHarmonies'' (Aired in half hour blocks.)
224	* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985''
225	* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' [[labelnote:*]]Remains the only series to have aired continuously since Boomerang's launch.[[/labelnote]]
226	** ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryComedyShow'' (as part of their ''Tom and Jerry'' block of shorts)
227	** ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids''
228	** ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''
229	** ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014''
230	** ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryInNewYork''[[labelnote:*]]Airs on Boomerang UK only[[/labelnote]]
231	** ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryDirectToVideoFilmSeries''
232	* ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''
233	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama''
234	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise''
235	* ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa''
236	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}''
237	** ''WesternAnimation/TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales''
238	* ''WesternAnimation/ValleyOfTheDinosaurs''
239	* ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''
240	** ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces2017''
241	* ''WesternAnimation/WallyGator''
242	** ''WesternAnimation/LippyTheLionAndHardyHarHar''
243	** ''WesternAnimation/ToucheTurtleAndDumDum''
244	* ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome''
245	* ''WesternAnimation/WheresHuddles''
246	* ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear''
247	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}''
248	** ''WesternAnimation/YakkyDoodle''
249	* ''WesternAnimation/YoYogi''
250	* ''WesternAnimation/YogisGang''
251	** ''WesternAnimation/YogisArkLark''
252	* ''WesternAnimation/YogisSpaceRace''
253	** ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt''
254	** ''WesternAnimation/TheBufordFilesAndTheGallopingGhost''
255	* ''WesternAnimation/YogiBearAndTheMagicalFlightOfTheSpruceGoose''
256	* ''WesternAnimation/YoungSamsonAndGoliath''
257	* ''WesternAnimation/TheZhuZhus'' [[labelnote:*]]Airs on Boomerang UK only[[/labelnote]]
258	[[/index]]

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