History NetworkDecay / UniqueSituations

** Sadly, the good times were not to last. Only four years and three days after the birth of The Hub, the hammer came down again. In July 2014, The Hub's president Margaret Loesch disclosed plans to step down by the end of the year. In September 2014, Discovery then announced that it would increase its stake in the network to 60% from 50, replace Loesch with Henry Schleiff (who leads some of Discovery's other digital networks), and re-brand it as Discovery Family in October 2014. Although Hasbro still has partial control over the network's programming (specifically daytime shows, meaning that The Hub's original programs still have a home), the primetime entertainment programming was thrown out the window and turned into a family-friendly permutation of Discovery Channel shows that have already been [[AdoredByTheNetwork treated with blatant adoration]]. Oddly enough, this shift almost brings it back in line with Discovery Kids' original format, except that, as of its launch, it uses reruns of shows from the actual Discovery Channel and still shows general kids' fare. Many feel the whole thing is bittersweet, because after ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'' were axed following their respective fourth and third seasons, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' remained as the network's only original offering that was still active, with the days of the network having a solid lineup of original content now a thing of the past. Some have even expressed concern that ''My Little Pony'''s toyline is the only thing keeping afloat not just the show, [[JustHereForGodzilla but the network as a whole]]; without it, Discovery Family has otherwise decayed into a Discovery/Hasbro rerun dumping ground, with the network's schedule now filled with shows that were either cancelled, ended, and/or already air(ed) on sister Discovery networks, or shows co-produced by Hasbro subsidiaries that were previously broadcast on [=YouTube=] or Netflix. Not helping matters is that the network has no western feed either, meaning that if you live in the Pacific Time Zone, you best be early to watch the shows there before 2:00 PM, or you'll be screwed, unless you have a DVR to record the morning shows.
** In March 2018, Discovery acquired Scripps Networks Interactive, thus adding [=HGTV=], Food Network, DIY Network and other sister channels to its lineup. Soon afterwards, endless reruns of ''Renovation Realities'' and [=DIY=]'s various ''Crashers'' shows (which are [[AdoredByTheNetwork already aired enough on their parent networks]]) have been added to its lineup, almost overtaking the other Discovery shows on the network (beyond ''Too Cute!'').
** 2019 would see the ending of the 9-year run of ''Friendship is Magic'', as well as the premiere of ''Transformers Rescue Bots Academy'', followed in 2020 by ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife''. As of March 2021, the latter two shows are the '''only''' original series on Discovery Family that are airing new episodes, as well as the only active series on the network that weren't acquired from a different network or platform. A ''major'' far cry from a network that years prior had an active, eclectic lineup of original content and acquired series.
** In February 2021, it was announced that the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration new My Little Pony film]] and subsequent animated series will be Creator/{{Netflix}} originals, singlehandedly severing the link between Discovery Family and My Little Pony going forward. Rumors of Hasbro and Discovery's contract ending in 2021 have circulated for years, so it's entirely plausible that ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'' will be the final Hasbro animated series to premiere on the channel. Certain seasons of ''Friendship is Magic'' have also been pulled from the rerun cycle, possibly due to a combination of syndication rights expiring and Discovery beginning a process to slowly burn off Hasbro content from the channel in hopes of finding a new CashCowFranchise that can keep the channel afloat post 2021.
** As of July 2021, both the previously mentioned spin off series ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBotsAcademy'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'' have both ended their runs on Discovery Family, with both franchises gearing up to premiere new animated content on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/{{Netflix}} respectively. In fact, both cancellations spell out that there are '''no new original series airing on the network at all at the moment,''' and there hasn't been any original programming announced to remedy the situation the channel is in right now. Not only is the writing on the wall for Hasbro and Discovery severing ties before the end of 2021, but it also looks like the writing is on the wall [[Main/NetworkDeath for the fate of the channel entirely.]]

** Another view holds that the decay started in 2007: while CN had already aired non-animated movies and was phasing out older original shows, the real trouble started when a ViralMarketing stunt for the ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' movie [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic went wrong]] and caused the network higher-ups to leave, allowing Stuart Snyder to become general manager. While Kellner and Samples had at least some respect for the original concept behind CN, Snyder immediately proceeded to turn it into a generic boy-targeted network in response to Disney Channel and Nickelodeon increasingly focusing on female audiences[[note]]Tellingly, the 2007-08 season campaign featured The Hives' "Fall is Just Something That Grown-Ups Invented"[[/note]]. The first three years of his tenure included such measures as imposing tie-in merchandising campaigns and playing around with the schedule, leading to friction with creators; privileging action shows and Canadian imports in detriment of humor-based cartoons and original series respectively; cancelling the "Cartoonstitute" project before it could even get a chance[[note]]Nevertheless, it ultimately spawned ''Regular Show'', ''Uncle Grandpa'' and ''Secret Mountain Fort Awesome''[[/note]]; getting rid of the Toonami anime block; and most of all, greenlighting the live-action hybrid ''Out of Jimmy's Head'' and starting "CN Real", the much-maligned block of live-action series.

** Another view holds that the decay started in 2007: while CN had already aired non-animated movies and was phasing out older original shows, the real trouble started when a ViralMarketing stunt for the ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' movie [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic went wrong]] and caused the network higher-ups to leave, allowing Stuart Snyder to become general manager. While Kellner and Samples had at least some respect for the original concept behind CN, Snyder immediately proceeded to turn it into a generic boy-targeted network in response to Disney Channel and Nickelodeon increasingly focusing on female audiences[[note]]Tellingly, the 2007-08 season campaign featured The Hives' "Fall is Just Something That Grown-Ups Invented"[[/note]]. The first three years of his tenure included such measures as imposing tie-in merchandising campaigns and playing around with the schedule, leading to friction with creators; privileging action shows and Canadian imports in detriment of humor-based cartoons; cancelling the "Cartoonstitute" project before it could even get a chance[[note]]Nevertheless, it ultimately spawned ''Regular Show'', ''Uncle Grandpa'' and ''Secret Mountain Fort Awesome''[[/note]]; getting rid of the Toonami anime block; and most of all, greenlighting the live-action hybrid ''Out of Jimmy's Head'' and starting "CN Real", the much-maligned block of live-action series.

** As of July 2021, both the previously mentioned spin off series ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBotsAcademy'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'' have both ended their runs on Discovery Family, with both franchises gearing up to premiere new animated content on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and [[Creator/{{Netflix}} respectively. In fact, both cancellations spell out that there are '''no new original series airing on the network at all at the moment,''' and there hasn't been any original programming announced to remedy the situation the channel is in right now. Not only is the writing on the wall for Hasbro and Discovery severing ties before the end of 2021, but it also looks like the writing is on the wall [[Main/NetworkDeath for the fate of the channel entirely.]]

** In February 2021, it was announced that the new ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' film and subsequent animated series will be Creator/{{Netflix}} originals, singlehandedly severing the link between Discovery Family and My Little Pony going forward. Rumors of Hasbro and Discovery's contract ending in 2021 have circulated for years, so it's entirely plausible that ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'' will be the final Hasbro animated series to premiere on the channel. Certain seasons of ''Friendship is Magic'' have also been pulled from the rerun cycle, possibly due to a combination of syndication rights expiring and Discovery beginning a process to slowly burn off Hasbro content from the channel in hopes of finding a new CashCowFranchise that can keep the channel afloat post 2021.

** After a (somewhat half-hearted) attempt to return to the channel's roots beginning in 2010, another nadir of network decay came after Christina Miller replaced Snyder in 2014. Miller's approach to programming was something neither of her predecessors would have dared to: "Find a hit show and spam it all over the schedule at the expense of everything else". One such anointed show during this era was ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', which became virtually inescapable during this era, taking airtime from other well-established and popular shows. Despite Miller exiting the newer period of under AT&T management over all had little effect on main CN, in comparison to Boomerang and Adult Swim.

** One view puts most of the blame on Jamie Kellner, who was put in charge of CN over longtime president Betty Cohen in 2001.[[note]]Kellner became Turner Broadcasting's CEO because his network, Creator/TheWB, had been put under Turner's management in the same year. His tenure became infamous for ExecutiveMeddling, especially regarding Wrestling/WorldChampionshipWrestling.[[/note]] Under Cohen, CN appealed to a broad and diverse audience and showcased animation from various decades throughout the medium's history; Kellner, however, followed a "by-the-book" programming philosophy of finding a big hit, milking it and gouging advertisers for airtime during that show. This led to a lot of infighting between Kellner and Cohen's camps, which Kellner won.[[note]]Kellner blamed Cohen for including one of the WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven cartoons in the 2001 June Bugs marathon, which was meant to air every Bugs Bunny cartoon ever made.[[/note]] Cohen quit the network, Jim Samples was brought in as general manager and most of the older cartoons were either shifted to Boomerang or left off the air.
** Another view holds that the decay started in 2007: while CN had already aired non-animated movies and was phasing out older original shows, the real trouble started when a ViralMarketing stunt for the ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' movie [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic went wrong]] and caused the network higher-ups to leave, allowing Stuart Snyder to become general manager. While Kellner and Samples had at least some respect for the original concept behind CN, Snyder immediately proceeded to turn it into a generic boy-targeted network in response to Disney Channel and Nickelodeon increasingly focusing on female audiences[[note]]Tellingly, the 2007-08 season campaign fetured The Hives' "Fall is Just Something That Grown-Ups Invented"[[/note]]. The first three years of his tenure included such measures as imposing tie-in merchandising campaigns and playing around with the schedule, leading to friction with creators; privileging action shows and Canadian imports in detriment of humor-based cartoons; cancelling the "Cartoonstitute" project before it could even get a chance[[note]]Nevertheless, it ultimately spawned ''Regular Show'', ''Uncle Grandpa'' and ''Secret Mountain Fort Awesome''[[/note]]; getting rid of the Toonami anime block; and most of all, greenlighting the live-action hybrid ''Out of Jimmy's Head'' and starting "CN Real", the much-maligned block of live-action series.

** After a (somewhat half-hearted) attempt to return to the channel's roots beginning in 2010, another nadir of network decay came after Christina Miller replaced Snyder in 2014. Miller's approach to programming was something neither of her predecessors would have dared to: "Find a hit show and spam it all over the schedule at the expense of everything else". One such anointed show during this era was ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', which became virtually inescapable during this era, taking airtime from other well-established and popular shows like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''.
** After yet ''another'' poor attempt at returning to the network's roots in 2018, Christina Miller resigned and her replacement, former Disney executive Tom Ascheim, decided that [[AnimationAgeGhetto cartoons were only for kids and kids alone]]. That meant airing [[{{Creator/Cartoonito}} an entire programming block aimed at preschoolers]], getting rid of any even slightly mature themes in order to appease MoralGuardians, as well as cancelling any show that was currently drawing in a PeripheryDemographic to the network, even if it [[CutShort hadn't finished its story arc yet]].

* The Canadian cable channel CGTV (Casino Gaming Television) started with a focus on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin casino and gambling-related programming]] (mainly poker and a show about sports betting among other things). In 2007, CGTV re-branded as [=GameTV=] and [[NetworkDecay/MajorShiftsThatFit essentially turned into a Canadian version of]] Creator/{{GSN}} (albeit the era when it was focused mainly on competition in general and not just game shows). It originally focused on classic Canadian game shows (such as ''The Mad Dash'', ''Test Pattern'', the Canadian version of ''Series/SupermarketSweep'', ''Series/BumperStumpers'', Monty Hall's ''Series/SplitSecond'', and ''Series/TalkAbout''), and Australian and British reality shows. However, it eventually dropped many of these rarely-seen classics. Since its launch, it has also padded out its schedule with primetime movies (although when the channel launched, it promoted these with a contest feature as "Watch & Win Movies"), and since its acquisition by Anthem Media, assorted sporting events (particularly reruns of ''Wrestling/ImpactWrestling'' from its new sister Fight Network, Toronto Wolfpack rugby, and obligatory filler such as poker and lumberjack competitions), reruns of Creator/{{CBC}}'s lifestyle talk show ''The Goods'', and other reality shows (such as the Canadian ''Series/DragonsDen'', ''Shark Tank'', ''Series/UndercoverBoss'', etc.). The channel was nearly sold to the RFD TV-funded Remuda Media (who wanted to turn it into a rural[=/=]country lifestyle channel. It had received approval for such a channel, but presumably wanted [=GameTV=] for the carriage instead), but the deal fell through.

** After yet ''another'' poor attempt at returning to the network's roots in 2018, Christina Miller resigned and her replacement, former Disney executive Tom Ascheim, decided that [[AnimationAgeGhetto cartoons were only for kids and kids alone]]. That meant airing [[Creator/Cartoonito an entire programming block aimed at preschoolers]], getting rid of any even slightly mature themes in order to appease MoralGuardians, as well as cancelling any show that was currently drawing in a PeripheryDemographic to the network, even if it [[CutShort hadn't finished its story arc yet]].

** In 2018, after a period when the now-cancelled ''Series/InsideTheBox'' and ''Series/CelebrityNameGame'' were the only actual game shows left on the entire schedule (the rest being the aforementioned reality shows, sports, and movies), the network began to steadily recover in this department by picking up U.S. game shows for its daytime schedule, with series such as Tom Bergeron's ''[[Series/TheHollywoodSquares Hollywood Squares]]'' for a period, ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' (initially the Donny Osmond version, but later the Dick Clark ''$100,000''), Eubanks-era ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' for a period, ''Series/MatchGame'', classic ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' (the British, and later the U.S. runs), ''[[Series/{{Password}} Super Password]]'', reruns of the current ABC ''Celebrity Series/FamilyFeud'' and ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'', and most unexpectedly, Peter Tomarken's ''Series/Wipeout1988''. With GSN's growing de-emphasis of classic game shows (it has historically been available on digital cable in Canada. However, it has also syndicated reruns of its second ''Series/ChainReaction'' reboot), and the lack of Buzzr in Canada (it, for a time, syndicated some late-night programming for Yes TV, but this arrangement ended in September 2018), it has shown its work in being a decent alternative (going as far as even producing a documentary series on Canadian entries in the genre).

** The "Noods"/"Toonix" (2009-13) era as well as the early "Check It!" period (2013-14) probably saw the most chaotic version of Cartoon Network yet: While ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' premiered in Latin America just a couple of months after the U.S. feed and action programming was somewhat scaled back, the network began to lose audience to Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, and live-action content (mostly limited to movies beforehand) sprung up, first by airing repeats of ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' and ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho''. Then, the network co-produced a tweencom with Televisa entitled ''La CQ''[[note]]Named after the Spanish spelling of ''secu'', abbreviation of ''secundaria'', which is Spanish for high school[[/note]], which became subject to fierce criticism from basically everybody. And finally, for a time in 2013, some of the "CN Real" shows popped up in Saturday afternoons. But if this wasn't enough, other CN originals such as ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' and ''MAD'' took a long time to premiere, and from 2012, [[CreditsPushback the intros and outros for shows were sped up]] and shows aired in 15-minute blocks interpersed with 15 minutes of commercials and short cartoons. Another issue was the fact the Mexican studio that dubbed most of the network's shows was churning out increasingly awful results. Interestingly, one of the channel's slogans was ''Hacemos lo que queremos'' (literally "We do what we want to"), which pretty much summed up their programming choices.
** Beginning in 2014, CNLA seemed to be back on track: Live-action output had been limited to a few movies (not counting the fourth season of ''31 Minutos'' and a brief period where ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' was shown) while CN Originals regained the spotlight and dubs improved after a switch in studios. The downsides however were the disappearance of older shows (except on overnight slots) and non-CN animated material as well as the increased censoring of several shows, and by late 2017-early 2018, ''Teen Titans Go!'' began occupying an increasing portion of the schedule, however it wasn't until 2019 when the series' dominance of CNLA would become comparable to what happened to the U.S. feed.

* Latin America also had Boomerang's situation worse during the late 2000s/early 2010s. In 2006, its original format was changed to an equivalent of India's Turner-owned channel POGO, first aimed at a family audience and mostly consisting of animated shows ranging from preschool to teen that had previously aired on CNLA or were exclusive to Boomerang, as well as Australian and British live-action series, family movies and the classic cartoons during overnights. In September 2007, the channel began airing reruns of the then-extremely popular Mexican teen soap opera ''Rebelde'', which was followed months later by reruns of the similarly highly-popular Venezuelan production ''Somos tu y yo'', and the success of those led the channel to change its profile to be now aimed at stereotypical teenage girls, quickly reducing non-teen content until it disappeared completely in October 2008. Boomerang's new programming included CN Real shows, many MTV shows like ''Parental Control'' and ''Date My Mom'', as well as series that had no place in what was originally a children's channel such as ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' (you know, a series that deals with TeenPregnancy), and ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'' (a prequel to the very adult ''Series/SexAndTheCity''), though, strangely, advertising directed at kids continued as it did previous to the change. On December 2008, Turner LA created Tooncast, which fulfilled Boomerang's original purpose (even though it fell into the "Slipped" category as years passed, becoming a dumping ground for Cartoon Cartoons, WBA shows and WB/MGM/HB cartoons). By 2011, the channel was firmly in the Total Abandonment section, as by that time they had ''no animated shows at all'', making the name an ArtifactTitle. Then, on April 1, 2014, Boomerang LA suddenly rearranged their programming grill to get animation and classic shows back (as part of the network's international revamp) and moved all their live action shows to an overnight slot, to the happiness of almost everybody but the teens who followed ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'', before finally dropping them in 2015. Although the LA feed would eventually become dominated by the Russian cartoon ''Masha and the Bear'' and spin-offs, it hasn't decayed as hard as the American feed.

Of course, it still had a couple more missteps along the way as it got overrun with poker tournaments and reality shows on game show hosts in the late 2000s. Eventually these all but vanished and it started to focus on original programming once more with shows like ''Series/TheChase'', ''Series/MinuteToWinIt'', ''The American Bible Challenge'', and ''Idiotest''. Of course, the channel tends to be filled with reruns of Steve Harvey's ''Series/FamilyFeud'' and moves the reruns of classic game shows to the early mornings, but game shows are still its primary focus.

** Another view holds that the decay really started some years later, in 2007. While CN was already phasing out their older original shows and had aired non-animated movies, the real trouble started when the network's higher-ups left[[note]]A result of a publicity stunt for Adult Swim going really wrong (the Boston bombing hoax)[[/note]] and Stuart Snyder took control of the network. While Kellner and Samples had at least some respect for the original concept behind CN, Snyder immediately proceeded to turn it into a generic boy-targeted network in response to Disney Channel and Nickelodeon increasingly focusing on female audiences[[note]]Tellingly, the 2007-08 season campaign fetured The Hives' "Fall is Just Something That Grown-Ups Invented"[[/note]]. The first three years of his tenure included such measures as imposing tie-in merchandising campaigns and playing around with the schedule, leading to friction with creators; privileging action shows and Canadian imports in detriment of humor-based cartoons; cancelling the "Cartoonstitute" project before it could even get a chance[[note]]Nevertheless, it ultimately spawned ''Regular Show'', ''Uncle Grandpa'' and ''Secret Mountain Fort Awesome''[[/note]]; getting rid of the Toonami anime block; and most of all, greenlighting the live-action hybrid ''Out of Jimmy's Head'' and starting "CN Real", the much-maligned block of live-action series.

* Creator/CartoonNetwork: There are a few broad schools of thought regarding CN's decay:
** One view largely places the blame on Jamie Kellner, who was put in charge of Cartoon Network over longtime CN head Betty Cohen in 2001, around the time Time Warner merged with AOL (Kellner's tenure as head of Turner Broadcasting, which stemmed from his network Creator/TheWB being put under Turner during this time, was marked largely by ExecutiveMeddling, most notably regarding Wrestling/WorldChampionshipWrestling). Under Cohen, CN was meant to appeal to a broad and diverse audience, and showcased animation from various eras throughout the medium's history. Kellner, however, subscribed to a more "conventional" programming philosophy: find a big hit, run it into the ground, and gouge advertisers for airtime during that show. This led to a lot of infighting between the Kellner and Cohen camps, with Kellner's camp eventually winning out[[note]]Kellner blamed Cohen for the inclusion of some Bugs Bunny cartoons that had been suppressed because of racial stereotypes that would have aired in the "June Bugs" marathon[[/note]] and Jim Samples was brought in as general manager. As such, most of the older animation was shifted to Boomerang or left the air entirely.

** After the Toonami block ended in 2007, anime content became mostly limited to ''Pokemon'' and a few other series, such as ''Naruto'', ''Bakugan'', ''Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'', the latter becoming quite criticized for being a ReCut of ''DBZ'' with a different dub. In September 2020, CNLA allied with Crunchyroll to revive the Toonami block in Latin America with the joint broadcast of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' and ''Anime/MobPsycho100'', time will tell if the block can consolidate as its American counterpart.
** Latin America also had Boomerang's situation worse during the late 2000s/early 2010s. In 2006, its original format was changed to an equivalent of India's Turner-owned channel POGO, first aimed at a family audience and mostly consisting of animated shows ranging from preschool to teen that had previously aired on CNLA or were exclusive to Boomerang, as well as Australian and British live-action series, family movies and the classic cartoons during overnights. In September 2007, the channel began airing reruns of the then-extremely popular Mexican teen soap opera ''Rebelde'', which was followed months later by reruns of the similarly highly-popular Venezuelan production ''Somos tu y yo'', and the success of those led the channel to change its profile to be now aimed at stereotypical teenage girls, quickly reducing non-teen content until it disappeared completely in October 2008. Boomerang's new programming included CN Real shows, many MTV shows like ''Parental Control'' and ''Date My Mom'', as well as series that had no place in what was originally a children's channel such as ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' (you know, a series that deals with TeenPregnancy), and ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'' (a prequel to the very adult ''Series/SexAndTheCity''), though, strangely, advertising directed at kids continued as it did previous to the change. On December 2008, Turner LA created Tooncast, which fulfilled Boomerang's original purpose (even though it fell into the "Slipped" category as years passed, becoming a dumping ground for Cartoon Cartoons, WBA shows and WB/MGM/HB cartoons). By 2011, the channel was firmly in the Total Abandonment section, as by that time they had ''no animated shows at all'', making the name an ArtifactTitle. Then, on April 1, 2014, Boomerang LA suddenly rearranged their programming grill to get animation and classic shows back (as part of the network's international revamp) and moved all their live action shows to an overnight slot, to the happiness of almost everybody but the teens who followed ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'', before finally dropping them in 2015. Although the LA feed would eventually become dominated by the Russian cartoon ''Masha and the Bear'' and spin-offs, although it hasn't decayed as hard as the American feed.

** One view largely places the blame on Jamie Kellner, who was put in charge of Cartoon Network over longtime CN head Betty Cohen in 2001, around the time Time Warner merged with AOL (Kellner's tenure as head of Turner Broadcasting, which stemmed from his network Creator/TheWB being put under Turner during this time, was marked largely by ExecutiveMeddling, most notably regarding ProWrestling/WorldChampionshipWrestling). Under Cohen, CN was meant to appeal to a broad and diverse audience, and showcased animation from various eras throughout the medium's history. Kellner, however, subscribed to a more "conventional" programming philosophy: find a big hit, run it into the ground, and gouge advertisers for airtime during that show. This led to a lot of infighting between the Kellner and Cohen camps, with Kellner's camp eventually winning out[[note]]Kellner blamed Cohen for the inclusion of some Bugs Bunny cartoons that had been suppressed because of racial stereotypes that would have aired in the "June Bugs" marathon[[/note]] and Jim Samples was brought in as general manager. As such, most of the older animation was shifted to Boomerang or left the air entirely.

** One view largely places the blame on Jamie Kellner, who was put in charge of Cartoon Network over longtime CN head Betty Cohen in 2001, around the time Time Warner merged with AOL. Under Cohen, CN was meant to appeal to a broad and diverse audience, and showcased animation from various eras throughout the medium's history. Kellner, however, subscribed to a more "conventional" programming philosophy: find a big hit, run it into the ground, and gouge advertisers for airtime during that show. This led to a lot of infighting between the Kellner and Cohen camps, with Kellner's camp eventually winning out[[note]]Kellner blamed Cohen for the inclusion of some Bugs Bunny cartoons that had been suppressed because of racial stereotypes that would have aired in the "June Bugs" marathon[[/note]] and Jim Samples was brought in as general manager. As such, most of the older animation was shifted to Boomerang or left the air entirely.

** Beginning in 2014, CNLA seemed to be back on track: Live-action output had been limited to a few movies (not counting the fourth season of ''31 Minutos'' and a brief period where ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' was shown) while CN Originals regained the spotlight and dubs improved after a switch in studios. The downsides however were the disappearance of older shows and non-CN animated material, and by late 2017-late 2018, ''Teen Titans Go!'' began occupying an increasing portion of the schedule, however it wasn't until 2019 when the series' dominance of CNLA would become comparable to what happened to the U.S. feed.
** The decay is often blamed on the current manager of CNLA, Pablo Zuccarino, and it really doesn't help his case that he has publicly said that his objective is to make CNLA a channel [[AnimationAgeGhetto completely appropriate for all children]]).
** After the Toonami block ended in 2007, anime content became mostly limited to ''Pokemon'' and a few other series, such as ''Naruto'', ''Bakugan'', ''Captain Tsubasa'' and ''Dragon Ball Super'', the latter becoming quite criticized for being a ReCut of ''DBZ'' with a different dub. In September 2020, CNLA allied with Crunchyroll to revive the Toonami block in Latin America with the joint broadcast of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' and ''Anime/MobPsycho100'', time will tell if the block can consolidate as its American counterpart.
** Latin America also had Boomerang's situation worse during the late 2000s/early 2010s. In 2006, its original format was changed to an equivalent of India's Turner-owned channel POGO, first aimed at a family audience and mostly consisting of animated shows ranging from preschool to teen that had previously aired on CNLA or were exclusive to Boomerang, as well as Australian and British live-action series, family movies and the classic cartoons during overnights. In September 2007, the channel began airing reruns of the then-extremely popular Mexican teen soap opera ''Rebelde'', which was followed months later by reruns of the similarly highly-popular Venezuelan production ''Somos tu y yo'', and the success of those led the channel to change its profile to be now aimed at stereotypical teenage girls, quickly reducing non-teen content until it disappeared completely in October 2008. Boomerang's new programming included CN Real shows, many MTV shows like ''Parental Control'' and ''Date My Mom'', as well as series that had no place in what was originally a children's channel such as ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' (you know, a series that deals with TeenPregnancy), and ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'' (a prequel to the very adult ''Series/SexAndTheCity''), though, strangely, advertising directed at kids continued as it did previous to the change. On December 2008, Turner LA created Tooncast, which fulfilled Boomerang's original purpose (even though it fell into the "Slipped" category as years passed, becoming a dumping ground for Cartoon Cartoons, WBA shows and WB/MGM/HB cartoons). By 2011, the channel was firmly in the Total Abandonment section, as by that time they had ''no animated shows at all'', making the name an ArtifactTitle. Then, on April 1, 2014, Boomerang L.A. suddenly rearranged their programming grill to get animation and classic shows back (in a move seemingly induced to homogenize the international feeds) and moved all their live action shows to the late night-early morning slot, to the happiness of almost everybody but the teens who followed ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''. The live-action shows were finally dropped in 2015. Currently, it is little more than a rerun farm of shows that had previously aired on CNLA, much like the U.S. channel.

** Latin America also had Boomerang's situation worse during the late 2000s/early 2010s. In 2006, its original format was changed to an equivalent of India's Turner-owned channel POGO, first aimed at a family audience and mostly consisting of animated shows ranging from preschool to teen that had previously aired on CNLA or were exclusive to Boomerang, as well as Australian and British live-action series, family movies and the classic cartoons during overnights. In September 2007, the channel began airing reruns of the then-extremely popular Mexican teen soap opera ''Rebelde'', which was followed months later by reruns of the similarly highly-popular Venezuelan production ''Somos tu y yo'', and the success of those led the channel to change its profile to be now aimed at stereotypical teenage girls, quickly reducing non-teen content until it disappeared completely in October 2008 when Tooncast was launched. Boomerang's new programming included CN Real shows, many MTV shows like ''Parental Control'' and ''Date My Mom'', as well as series that had no place in what was originally a children's channel such as ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' (you know, a series that deals with TeenPregnancy), and ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'' (a prequel to the very adult ''Series/SexAndTheCity''), though, strangely, advertising directed at kids continued as it did previous to the change. On December 2008, Turner LA created Tooncast, which fulfilled Boomerang's original purpose. By 2011, the channel was firmly in the Total Abandonment section, as by that time they had ''no animated shows at all'', making the name an ArtifactTitle. Then, on April 1, 2014, Boomerang L.A. suddenly rearranged their programming grill to get animation and classic shows back (in a move seemingly induced to homogenize the international feeds) and moved all their live action shows to the late night-early morning slot, to the happiness of almost everybody but the teens who followed ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''. The live-action shows were finally dropped in 2015. Currently, it is little more than a rerun farm of shows that had previously aired on CNLA, much like the U.S. channel.

** One view largely places the blame on Jamie Kellner, who was put in charge of Cartoon Network over longtime CN head Betty Cohen in 2001, around the time Time Warner merged with AOL. Under Cohen, CN was meant to appeal to a broad and diverse audience, and showcased animation from various eras throughout the medium's history. Kellner, however, subscribed to a more "conventional" programming philosophy: find a big hit, run it into the ground, and gouge advertisers for airtime during that show. This led to a lot of infighting between the Kellner and Cohen camps, with Kellner's camp eventually winning out[[note]]Kellner blamed Cohen for the inclusion of some Bugs Bunny cartoons that had been suppressed because of racial stereotypes that would have aired in the "June Bugs" marathon[[/note]]. As such, most of the older animation was shifted to Boomerang or left the air entirely.
** Another view holds that the decay really started some years later, in 2007. While CN was already experimenting with some live-action and quasi-live-action programming and phasing out their older original shows, the real trouble started when the network's higher-ups left[[note]]A result of a publicity stunt for Adult Swim going really wrong (the Boston bombing hoax)[[/note]] and Stuart Snyder took control of the network, immediately proceeding to turn CN into a generic boy-targeted network in response to Disney Channel and Nickelodeon increasingly focusing on female audiences. The first three years of his tenure included such measures as imposing tie-in merchandising campaigns and playing around with the schedule, leading to friction with creators; privileging action shows and Canadian imports in detriment of humor-based cartoons; getting rid of the Toonami anime block; and most of all, starting "CN Real", the much-maligned block of live-action series.
** After a (somewhat half-hearted) attempt to return to the channel's roots, another nadir of network decay came after Christina Miller replaced Snyder. Miller's approach to programming was something neither of her predecessors would have dared to: "Find a hit show and spam it all over the schedule at the expense of everything else". One such anointed show during this era was ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', which became virtually inescapable during this era, taking airtime from other well-established and popular shows like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''.

* Asia’s Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the late 2000’s really had a problem in regards to where their programming was supposed to be placed, going to the point where all new shows premiere on Boomerang Asia while Cartoon Network Asia restricted itself to airing mostly old classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons and WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}, with an occasional mix-up every now and then. Eventually Boomerang Asia was canned and eventually replaced with [[Creator/ToonamiAsia an Asian equivalent of Toonami]] and focused its mission on action shows while Asia’s regular CN shifted towards animated comedy, though the shenanigans of Ben 10 and old HB cartoons still remain, even with Boomerang relaunching and running alongside Toonami and the main Cartoon Network channel as of 2015. At this point, Boomerang aired mostly third party programming alongside the occasional old cartoons, Toonami focusing on action shows and anime, and the main network airs animated comedy, old HB/DFE/WB cartoons, and Ben 10.

** During its earlier years, it was simply a Spanish-language near-simulcast of its parent channel in the U.S. (it was launched a mere six months after it), but by the end of TheNineties it began cashing on the "anime boom" before the U.S. feed launched Toonami, at one point becoming CNLA's most prominent product to the chagrin of fans of classic animation and Cartoon Cartoons, although the Toonami block would be afterwards shoved to increasingly reduced late-night slots in response to complaints over violence, and by 2005-06 most anime had vanished from the network with a few exceptions. The inclusion of the Creator/AdultSwim block during the weekend overnight hours met with controversy in no small part because of parents letting their kids stay up late and not realizing the network wasn't supposed to be entirely kid-friendly, and the AS block would be eventually shunted to other Turner channels as several cable operators blocked the channel during the hours AS aired.
** After a brief period where CN originals filled the schedule while ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and MGM cartoons were shown in the morning hours, from 2006 on the network began devoting an increasing amount of attention to ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' given its great popularity in Latin America. As a result, the {{Grand Finale}}s of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' would be side-stepped, as well as the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary special]] of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. By 2008, the channel was inheriting the American network's NetworkDecay in the States, with ''Ben 10'' having over 10 timeslots every day while Canadian imports and DCAU series took the rest of the day, the only variant being the inclusion of the animated adaptation of ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho''.

** Latin America also had Boomerang's situation worse during the late 2000s/early 2010s. In 2006, its original format was changed to an equivalent of India's Turner-owned channel POGO, first aimed at a family audience and mostly consisting of animated shows ranging from preschool to teen that had previously aired on CNLA or were exclusive to Boomerang, as well as Australian and British live-action series, family movies and the classic cartoons during overnights. In September 2007, the channel began airing reruns of the then-extremely popular Mexican teen soap opera ''Rebelde'', which was followed months later by reruns of the similarly highly-popular Venezuelan production ''Somos tu y yo'', and the success of those led the channel to change its profile to be now aimed at stereotypical teenage girls, quickly reducing non-teen content until it dissappeared completely in October 2008. Boomerang's new programming included CN Real shows, many MTV shows like ''Parental Control'' and ''Date My Mom'', as well as series that had no place in what was originally a children's channel such as ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' (you know, a series that deals with TeenPregnancy), and ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'' (a prequel to the very adult ''Series/SexAndTheCity''), though, strangely, advertising directed at kids continued as it did previous to the change. On December 2008, Turner LA created Tooncast, which fulfilled Boomerang's original purpose. By 2011, the channel was firmly in the Total Abandonment section, as by that time they had ''no animated shows at all'', making the name an ArtifactTitle. Then, on April 1, 2014, Boomerang L.A. suddenly rearranged their programming grill to get animation and classic shows back (in a move seemingly induced to homogenize the international feeds) and moved all their live action shows to the late night-early morning slot, to the happiness of almost everybody but the teens who followed ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''. The live-action shows were finally dropped in 2015. Currently, it is little more than a rerun farm of shows that had previously aired on CNLA, much like the U.S. channel.

** During its earlier years, it was simply a Spanish-language near-simulcast of its parent channel in the U.S. (it was launched a mere six months after it), but by the end of TheNineties it began cashing on the "anime boom" before the U.S. feed launched Toonami, at one point becoming CNLA's most prominent product to the chagrin of fans of classic animation and Cartoon Cartoons, although the Toonami block would be afterwards shoved to increasingly reduced late-night slots in response to complaints over violence, and by 2005-06 most anime had vanished from the network with a few exceptions. The inclusion of the Creator/AdultSwim block during the weekend overnight hours met with controversy in no small part because of parents letting their kids stay up late and not realizing the network wasn't supposed to be entirely kid-friendly, and the AS block would be eventually shunted to other Turner channels.

** After a brief period where CN originals filled the schedule while ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and MGM cartoons were shown in the morning hours, from 2006 on the network began devoting an increasing amount of attention to ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' given its great popularity in Latin America, predating the U.S. feed's fixation with action cartoons by a couple of years. As a result, the {{Grand Finale}}s of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' would be side-stepped, as well as the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary special]] of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. By 2008, the channel was inheriting the American network's NetworkDecay in the States, with ''Ben 10'' having over 10 timeslots every day while Canadian imports and DCAU series took the rest of the day, the only variant being the inclusion of the animated adaptation of ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho''.

** The decay is often charged to the current manager of CNLA, Pablo Zuccarino, and it doesn't help that he has publicly said that his objective is to make CNLA a channel [[AnimationAgeGhetto completely appropriate for all children]]).

** Another view holds that the decay really started some years later, in 2007. While CN was already experimenting with some live-action and quasi-live-action programming and phasing out their older original shows, the real trouble started when the network's higher-ups left[[note]]A result of a publicity stunt for Adult Swim going really wrong (the Boston bombing hoax)[[/note]] and Stuart Snyder took control of the network, immediately proceeding to turn CN into a generic boy-targeted network in response to Disney Channel and Nickelodeon increasingly focusing on female audiences. The first three years of his tenure included such measures as imposing tie-in campaigns and playing around with the schedule, leading to friction with creators; privileging action shows and Canadian imports in detriment of humor-based cartoons; getting rid of the Toonami anime block; and most of all, starting "CN Real", the much-maligned block of live-action series.
** After a (somewhat halfhearted) attempt to return to the channel's roots, another nadir of network decay came after Christina Miller replaced Snyder. Miller's approach to programming was something neither Kellner nor Snyder would have dared to: "Find a hit show and spam it all over the schedule at the expense of everything else". One such anointed show during this era was ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', which became virtually inescapable during this era, taking airtime from other well-established and popular shows like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''.

* Although Cartoon Network eventually started returned to its roots in the USA (although depending on whom you ask, it could be teetering the line between the two more recently), it's hardly like this in UsefulNotes/LatinAmerica, and is flip-flopping between this and Slipped. During their earlier years, the channel was simply a Spanish-language near-simulcast of its parent channel in the U.S. (it was launched a mere six months after it), but by the end of TheNineties they started to branch out on their programming choices, with the Latin American premieres of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'', ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', and others before they added Toonami in 2002, airing shows also seen in the U.S. block like ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Anime/InuYasha'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''.\\

It's quite debatable when exactly the channel dipped into NetworkDecay. For fans of classic animation it was right when the channel added anime, for otaku it was right when anime started ''disappearing'', and for others it was when ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' got [[AdoredByTheNetwork literally all]] [[CashCowFranchise the channel's]] [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff attention.]]\\
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It should be noted that the Latin American subsidiary has four different signal feeds: one for Mexico, one for Argentina, one for Brazil, and one for the rest of Latin America. Around late 2003, in Mexico, all of Toonami's anime moved into a midnight timeslot due to complaints from parents that the series aired were too violent for their children. Not only that, the Mexican sponsors had a good regulation and patrol of this block, so rumors say that they were the ones who mandated to change the block's timeslot. In late 2004, the rest of the Latin American signals followed suit. Toonami itself was cancelled in March 2007, although its former timeslot still aired anime (in part due to their promise to air every single episode of ''Manga/DragonBall'', from the original to ''GT'', including the movies and special episodes), which depending on the feed, lasted until December 2008.\\
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In 2005, it was obvious that they were rapidly losing anime licenses, especially since Creator/{{Animax}} had just premiered. Around late 2005, CNLA announced that they were going to add Creator/AdultSwim into their weekend's late programming to fill the "dead" hours of Saturday and Sunday. However, it also started some debates in internet sites and forums when people started it to compare with the American version (that was still showing anime). [[BitingTheHandHumor Of course, the guys behind the Latin American AS went into their way to mock this]] and people didn't like it. However, this ended badly when the block was censored by some cable operators, and even separated from its own channel, in countries like Argentina and Chile. This was mainly because parents were letting kids stay up so late to see AS when the programming was [[AnimationAgeGhetto obviously not]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids directed at them]]. Eventually the block was [[ChannelHop moved to sister channel Isat in early 2008]], and disappeared completely from there in January 2011, returning to that channel from 2015 until May 2020, when sister network Warner Channel picked it up.\\
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When ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' premiered in 2006, it was extremely well-received [[AdoredByTheNetwork so they went out of their way to focus on it]]. This had a few unfortunate side-effects, as the {{Grand Finale}}s of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', as well as the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary special]] of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' were glossed over. Even worse, the remains of Toonami were pushed even further into overnight slots, with shows like ''Manga/OnePiece'' and ''Anime/AshitaNoNadja'' that were ''clearly'' not meant for a 3 AM timeslot airing at said time. Eventually, Franchise/{{Pokemon}} and ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' were the last remaining anime on the channel.\\
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By 2008, the channel was inheriting the American network's NetworkDecay in the States, and though it had CN's original series and late-night showings of classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Ben 10}}'' was still AdoredByTheNetwork, at almost 10 showings a day. ''Then'' they started showing live-action movies - to be fair though, the movies were where most of the live action was. Live-action shows like ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'' and ''Series/UnnaturalHistory'' were the first to premiere in the Latin American channel, as former CN Real shows like ''Destroy Build Destroy'' and ''Series/DudeWhatWouldHappen'' would not be added until FOUR years after premiering in America, and they vanished swiftly after premiering. In the same year, the channel adopted a new slogan that perfectly summed up their programming choices for the majority of CN viewers: ''Hacemos lo que queremos'' (literally "We do what we want to").\\
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At the time the channel passed into their own Noods era in 2010 (Toonix) and a little bit before the Check It one (the LA signals were the LAST ones to get into it), the programming schedules were at least somewhat stabilized with ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''... and then the channel started to be beaten up in ratings by Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}. A controversial decision was also to add, in late 2010, reruns of the Mexican classic series ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' and ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', which many CN fans did not like due to the fact both series have reran constantly for ''decades'' in other channels (they did not last much in CNLA, however, and were later moved to Boomerang and then to the LA version of Creator/{{TBS}}). CNLA then tried to beat Nick and Disney at their own game with new live action like ''Series/LevelUp'' and the original Latin American co-production with Televisa entitled ''La CQ'', basically a mix-up of every U.S. sitcom aimed at teens that takes place in middle/high school (its name is the Spanish spelling of ''secu'', abbreviation of ''secundaria'', Spanish for middle school or high school depending on the region), and which got much criticism among the channel's older viewers up until it ended in 2014 and was removed from the channel in early 2015. CNLA also began censoring content on several of its programs, most notably on ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', and for unknown reasons, it began to [[CreditsPushback speed up or cut the opening and closing credits for most of their programs]]. Not only that, the commercial breaks started to become longer than usual, as the channel's series began airing for blocks of 15 minutes with some animated shorts playing between them.\\
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By 2017, the channel had been really in a rollercoaster, and it still got criticism for the censoring done to several programs and for having most timeslots dominated by CN's current animated lineup (''Adventure Time'', ''Regular Show'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Clarence}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'') to the expense of everything else. Thankfully, unlike the U.S. channel, it had not been outright invaded by ''Teen Titans Go!'', however, by 2019 that series now occupied a great part of the schedule along with ''Gumball'', ''Unikitty'' and ''Steven Universe'', with the remaining shows being either moved to dead timeslots or completely removed. Outside of ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' (which got transferred from Nickelodeon as they were not interested in any further series after airing ''[[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Samurai]]'') and some movies, however, the live-action content is thankfully now nonexistent. In regards to anime, besides Pokémon, which has never stopped airing (unlike in the U.S., where it [[ChannelHop switched over to]] Creator/DisneyXD), the only series they have aired since the decay are ''Anime/BakuganBattleBrawlers'', ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'',[[note]] which got many haters in Latin America for two reasons: most of the original DBZ dub cast was replaced, and the version that was dubbed was the edited American version that aired on {{Creator/Nicktoons}}. It was actually '''withdrawn from distribution in the region by Toei itself''' due to this, however, the company later brought the original dub actors back for the ''Final Chapters'' saga. [[/note]], ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''[[note]] meaning that, for the first time in the region, ''Pokémon'' and ''Digimon'' were seen in the same cable network, albeit it did not last very long[[/note]], ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', and the 2018 ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' series. Compared to the U.S. channel, it seems that they aren't going to come out of their own DorkAge yet. As it was the case with Stuart Snyder and Christina Miller in the U.S., many people blame the current manager of CNLA, Pablo Zuccarino, for the decay (it doesn't help he has publicly said his objective is to make CNLA a channel [[AnimationAgeGhetto completely appropriate for all children]]). In September 2020, CNLA allied with Crunchyroll to revive the Toonami block in Latin America with the joint broadcast of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' and ''Anime/MobPsycho100'', time will tell if the block can consolidate as its American counterpart.\\

** Latin America also had Boomerang's situation worse during the late 2000s/early 2010s. In 2006, its original format was changed to an equivalent of India's Turner-owned channel POGO, first aimed at a family audience and mostly consisting of animated shows ranging from preschool to teen that had previously aired on CNLA or were exclusive to Boomerang, as well as Australian and British live-action series, family movies and the classic cartoons during overnights. In September 2007, the channel began airing reruns of the then-extremely popular Mexican teen soap opera ''Rebelde'', which was followed months later by reruns of the similarly highly-popular Venezuelan production ''Somos tu y yo'', and the success of those led the channel to change its profile to be now aimed at stereotypical teenage girls, quickly reducing non-teen content until it dissappeared completely in October 2008. Boomerang's new programming included CN Real shows, many MTV shows like ''Parental Control'' and ''Date My Mom'', as well as series that had no place in what was originally a children's channel such as ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' (you know, a series that deals with TeenPregnancy), and ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'' (a prequel to the very adult ''Series/SexAndTheCity''), though, strangely, advertising directed at kids continued as it did previous to the change. On December 2008, Turner LA created Tooncast, which fulfilled Boomerang's original purpose. By 2011, the channel was firmly in the Total Abandonment section, as by that time they had ''no animated shows at all'', making the name an ArtifactTitle. Then, on April 1, 2014, Boomerang L.A. suddenly rearranged their programming grill to get animation and classic shows back (in a move seemingly induced to homogenize the international feeds) and moved all their live action shows to the late night-early morning slot, to the happiness of almost everybody but the teens who followed ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''. The live-action shows were finally dropped in 2015. Currently, it is little more than a rerun farm of shows that had previously aired on CNLA, much like the U.S. channel.
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!!Other "Unique Situations" examples:
* By their very nature, sports channels which consist of nothing but college and high school sports (such as [[Creator/{{ESPN}} ESPNU]], the Fox and CBS college sports channels, the Big Ten Network and ESPN's networks devoted to the SEC and Texas Longhorns) must decay in the summer due to the lack of college and high school sports being played. This means that they either carry minor league summer sports or some programming which strays slightly from the format, or air rerun after rerun of football and basketball games played months or years ago and with all of the drama of a live event removed with a simple check of the team schedule or even looking at the event's guide listing, along with reruns of coach's shows which could be awkward if said coach has been terminated since the first airing of an event.
** Tennis Channel is in a similar situation. During major tournaments, particularly the four Grand Slams, it features nearly round-the-clock coverage, but at other times has to fill out its schedule with original programming -- ''Tennisography'', "classic" matches (sometimes cut down to half an hour), ''Best of 5'', ''Destination Tennis'' (a travel show), but all tennis-related. The farthest the channel has drifted from its actual subject (except for the requisite late-night/early-morning filler of infomercials) is an occasional flirtation with badminton or ping pong, but as those are net sports they still easily count (since there will never be a market for The Badminton Channel in the States).
** CBS College Sports mutated into the CBS Sports Network, and still shows all their college programming (including NCAA events and analysis shows), joined mostly by Jim Rome's show (after he got ScrewedByTheNetwork by ESPN) and sports leagues too tiny to be taken by any other network like pro lacrosse, the Arena Football League (it too got screwed over by ESPN), the United Football League and Alliance of American Football (which both fell apart ''in the middle'' of their first seasons, we must add, although the AAF did do relatively better) and the NBA D-League. One night, they even aired ''college paintball''; one began to wonder if laser tag was on the horizon (of course, [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Neil Patrick Harris]] would ''have'' to host that). The network has gained some moderate sports rights recently, including the 3-on-3 [=Big3=] basketball league (hopping from Fox), a new package of WNBA games, and more unexpectedly, a portion of a new contract for the UsefulNotes/UEFAChampionsLeague beginning in 2021.
** Networks operated by specific pro sports teams go through similar issues during their team's offseason. The most common solution for filling airtime is broadcasting games of local/regional teams in other sports with different schedules; mostly these are teams who share ownership groups, but sometimes specific deals are made for TV rights. One example is the New York Yankees' YES Network, which airs live Brooklyn Nets NBA games when baseball season is done (with a bit of overlap), and has even branched out to airing replays of English Premier League soccer matches. In years past, the latter was confined to the occasional Arsenal match. But owing to Yankees ownership partnering with Manchester City for MLS expansion team NYCFC, YES now airs replays of Man City games, both Premier League and Champions League, in addition to team-focused programming from Man City's own dedicated network in the UK. The channel also has "filler" shows such as ''Running'' as well as a live radio simulcast, formerly Mike & the Mad Dog (later just Mike Francesca) and now Michael Kay. In 2014, Fox acquired a majority stake in YES Network, acquired broadcast rights to the partially Yankees-owned New York City FC, and became the new FSN affiliate for the NYC/Tri-State metro area (that was previously MSG Plus, which was once FSN New York).
* The TV Guide Channel/Network, which started its life as the Prevue Channel, formerly existed as a channel which was half-devoted to 'barker' ads for cable movies and shows, with the bottom half devoted to an endless roll of a cable provider's TV listings. Over the years smaller things such as local weather and news headlines, along with junket interviews by the channel's movie 'critic' were added to the loop, until TV Guide's parent purchased it in 1998. From here, original programming was further added until digital cable, which provided programming listings with the boxes, came into vogue. Soon, the programming on top became more like that of ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'', and eventually the network attempted to kill E's red carpet coverage monopoly by hiring Joan Rivers, to little success. By 2009 and the digital transition, it was becoming clear that the future of cable and satellite would be electronic listings, so the channel began a slow phase-out of the listings roll. From there, corporate upheaval among the TV Guide properties left the TV Guide Network in the hands of Lionsgate, which finished off the promotional original programming altogether and turned the network into a rerun/movie farm until 2013, when CBS purchased it, added ''Big Brother After Dark'', along with ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'' and ''Series/TheBoldAndTheBeautiful'' same-day repeats in place of the dying Soapnet, and launched an HD version of the channel without any listings infrastructure at all.
** In 2015, the channel was relaunched as Creator/PopTV, abandoning its original format for good.
* When UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}'s local Creator/{{PBS}} [[note]]Or NET as it was called then[[/note]] station WQED-13 first bought the former WENS-16 in 1959, it established a sister station, WQEX, in order to showcase educational programming it couldn't fit on the main channel. Then in the 1980's, after the original broadcast tower breaking necessitated a switch to color[[note]]WQEX was one of the last channels in the country to switch to color[[/note]], WQED began running WQEX as its own station, showing imported British Sitcoms, reruns of old PBS shows such as Series/MasterpieceTheatre, Movies, as well as Local oriented programming. The station became popular for this programming as well as its nightly sign-off, which featured "credits" that donors could have their name listed in. But during the 1990s, as the costs of writing original content, getting rights to broadcast the imports, and broadcasting increased, the station began to switch to a simulcast of WQED, save for some programming in the evening. As the new millennium dawned, WQED began having financial issues after the end of their old original show, ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood,'' leasing out the station to the Home Shopping Network, then [=ShopNBC=] while looking for a permanent buyer; this is usually verboten for a public television operation since most use non-commercial television licenses, but since WQEX still retained a commercial license, was perfectly legal to do. The station was finally sold to [[Creator/{{Ion}} Ion Media Networks,]] (which had been waiting for years to get a Pittsburgh station; a previous 1999 deal to acquire another station and swap the WQEX license with another religious broadcaster who could use it under that definition was shot down by the FCC), and became WINP in 2010.
* Creator/{{GSN}}, originally called the Game Show Network, has had an on-again, off-again relationship with 1950s through 1980s classic game shows. At one time it wasn't unusual to find the likes of the black and white episodes of ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' and ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' filling up a programming block known as "Black and White Overnight," and reruns of the CBS ''Series/{{Password}}'' and the original ABC version of ''Series/FamilyFeud'' with Richard Dawson as host. When GSN lost the rights to many of those shows, older games were banished, and classic game show fans refer to this as "The Dark Period". When the network got a new management team, GSN brought the older shows back and even added few, like reruns of the Peter Marshall version of ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' and the original version of ''Series/PressYourLuck''. In addition, the network began concentrating on its own first run shows like ''Series/{{Lingo}}'' and ''Series/{{Whammy}}'', in an effort to pull in younger demographics. While it's still not unusual for the network to remake game shows, older fare like the original ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' has become rare again. Still, ''Series/MatchGame'' reruns from the series' 1973–81 run have managed to remain a staple of the network. (Note that it's not unusual for fledgling cable networks to fill up their schedules with old movies or reruns of old TV shows, as they build a network and find ways to attract younger, 18-34 demographics. Even Creator/ComedyCentral once reran ancient 1950s series featuring the likes of Creator/SteveAllen and Music/SpikeJones as they built a network with first run fare like ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.'')\\
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Latin America also had Boomerang's situation worse during the late 2000s/early 2010s. In 2006, its original format was changed to an equivalent of India's Turner-owned channel POGO, first aimed at a family audience and mostly consisting of animated shows ranging from preschool to teen that had previously aired on CNLA or were exclusive to Boomerang, as well as Australian and British live-action series, family movies and the classic cartoons during overnights. In September 2007, the channel began airing reruns of the then-extremely popular Mexican teen soap opera ''Rebelde'', which was followed months later by reruns of the similarly highly-popular Venezuelan production ''Somos tu y yo'', and the success of those led the channel to change its profile to be now aimed at stereotypical teenage girls, quickly reducing non-teen content until it dissappeared completely in October 2008. Boomerang's new programming included CN Real shows, many MTV shows like ''Parental Control'' and ''Date My Mom'', as well as series that had no place in what was originally a children's channel such as ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' (you know, a series that deals with TeenPregnancy), and ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'' (a prequel to the very adult ''Series/SexAndTheCity''), though, strangely, advertising directed at kids continued as it did previous to the change. On December 2008, Turner LA created Tooncast, which fulfilled Boomerang's original purpose. By 2011, the channel was firmly in the Total Abandonment section, as by that time they had ''no animated shows at all'', making the name an ArtifactTitle. Then, on April 1, 2014, Boomerang L.A. suddenly rearranged their programming grill to get animation and classic shows back (in a move seemingly induced to homogenize the international feeds) and moved all their live action shows to the late night-early morning slot, to the happiness of almost everybody but the teens who followed ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''. The live-action shows were finally dropped in 2015. Currently, it is little more than a rerun farm of shows that had previously aired on CNLA, much like the U.S. channel.

** Another nadir of network decay came after Christina Miller replaced Snyder. Miller's approach to programming was something neither Kellner nor Snyder would have dared to: "Find a hit show and spam it all over the schedule at the expense of everything else". One such anointed show during this era was ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', which became virtually inescapable during this era, taking airtime from other well-established and popular shows like ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''.

* Creator/{{Boomerang}}, Cartoon Network's classic animation channel, has a run in with this. Boomerang began as a block on Cartoon Network that would try to replicate a random year's Saturday morning (with {{Retraux}} style and bumpers). Betty Cohen launched Boomerang as a separate channel with the intention of being an addition to the network. It was originally only programmed for eight hours, and those eight hours were then repeated three times each day. The idea was, when Cartoon Network couldn't air some older shows as often as they used to, those shows could be regularly shown on Boomerang, for those that preferred to watch them. It was still the intention to have the lineup on the channel and Cartoon Network's archive slots to rotate each month. However, after Cohen left, the main channel Boomerang became more of a retirement home for every show the main Cartoon Network had no interest in airing (with the Boomerang block itself eliminated in 2004).\\

As this continued, they added more contemporary fare from CN and Warner Bros. as well as acquired programming from then-recent years that they still had rights to. As time went on, more and more shows also began competing for the same limited airtime, even including reruns of shows still airing on the main channel in certain cases[[note]]even going so far as to plaster repeats of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' all over the schedule (ironically, when Boomerang revamped their schedule to include "newer" content, the show vanished completely from the network), including on Saturday afternoons, mere hours after the first run slot on CN proper[[/note]]. Meanwhile, the remaining older programming Boomerang did use became subject to oddly selective programming choices, with some Hanna-Barbera shows and post-2000s WBA cartoons [[AdoredByTheNetwork getting top priority]] over other cartoons in the network's available catalog. And we should note not everything that aired on the Cohen-era CN ever made it to Boomerang's channel and some of the shows that did haven't been shown in years.\\

Adding insult to injury was that only two types of commercials that were actually related to the network (the American one, anyway) were shown on the channel when CN's decay was in full effect: "Boomer-Royalty" and a random commercial about a show they air; all of the network's promotions were never updated, meaning a ''Powerpuff Girls'' promo from 2012 strangely had to coexist with a ''Huckleberry Hound'' ad which had been part of their promo loop since '''2001'''. Everything else was promoting (mostly) ''live-action'' shows on Cartoon Network as well as action shows and kids' anime that the main channel has [[ScrewedByTheNetwork no interest in promoting]], with Boomerang never promoting the airtime for shows that weren't on CN. Also not helping was the network's interest to only promote a handful of shows they actually air (mainly shows they've aired when the network launched, as well as a handful of additions to the lineup). And if there's a special event coming up on CN, commercials for the event would air between and after the show at least once or twice. The network has since changed their position to air advertisements for other products like other channels. Not helping was a lack of distribution outside of satellite providers. Many cable systems, namely Xfinity, Spectrum, and Charter, still don't carry Boomerang (though in fairness, at least it survived, unlike Creator/{{CNN}}'s spinoffs [=CNN/SI=] and [=CNNfn=]).\\

[[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/boomerang-is-dead-long-live-boomerang-104510.html All feeds of the network worldwide got a international rebranding throughout 2014 and 2015]] with a new focus towards younger viewers, the inclusion of paid advertisements, and the addition of newly-acquired animated series--all of which introduced a series of interesting changes. Their aformentioned commercial problem is long from gone, as a good portion of the clips on the Boomerang Theater promo are from movies that either no longer air or have never aired on the channel. Heck, they even aired a ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'' ad (which is the same ad that was used since the program debuted on the channel) when the show wasn't even airing on the network. During the summer of 2015, through their "Pet of the Week" event, the block featured the return of ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' and the network premiere of ''WesternAnimation/TheSylvesterAndTweetyMysteries''. Boomerang has also dabbled in new series dealing in classic characters and franchises, such as ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction'', ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bunnicula}}'' (the former two were originally supposed to air on the main network, but were punted to Boomerang to make room for more ''Teen Titans Go!'' reruns), as well as airing new episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow''. On a less popular side, the notorious ''Teen Titans Go!'' (as mentioned above) and ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', also started airing on Boomerang, which even led to a stint of the shows running every day by early 2016, though they only aired during the times the main channel was showing Creator/AdultSwim programming. Both shows were pulled from Boomerang's line-up in April 2017. The rebranding also resulted in the loss of the long-running vintage format of the original network (right down to the logo, which now looks like a tweaked version of the 2010 CN logo), as well as older cartoons that weren't [[CashCowFranchise Cash Cow Franchises]] (namely, ''Looney Tunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', the latter of which includes [[WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryComedyShow Filmation's infamous 1980 series]], ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'', and ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', are the only holdovers of the old format) and/or popular with older CN viewers being dropped from the network, despite executives promising that classic cartoons would co-exist with the newer cartoons on the channel. While there were positives and negatives about the reboot at hand, things slowly started to look bright for the future.\\

However, this was shortly succeeded by the network launching a subscription VOD service under the Boomerang name. The major change was that this service was co-owned by the Turner and WB side marking for the first time since Kids WB ended Warner people had some say over how their shows and back catalog could air. The service was focused on classic cartoons, which has largely usurped the Boomerang channel's role on the remaining retro-based programming it had left. Aside from making available for viewing a ''large'' vault of Warner Bros. owned classic animation, the streaming service also [[ChannelHop gained exclusive dibs]] on broadcasting new content relating to the new classic-based series Boomerang was ''supposed'' to air.[[note]]In particular, new or remaining episodes of ''Be Cool'', ''Wabbit''/''New Looney Tunes'', ''The Tom and Jerry Show'', and ''Bunnicula'' that hadn't aired on the channel yet; as well as airing new animated series based on ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' and ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.[[/note]] This has left the channel as a rerun/dumping ground feed for a handful of former CN/WB shows and acquired shows that [[ScrewedByTheNetwork CN doesn't really hold in high regard]], with ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts used to fill in roughly half of the schedule. (CN's lack of interest in the Boomerang network becomes pretty evident when one considers that out of all the television channels targeted towards kids/families available in US households, [[https://twitter.com/nickandmore/status/946793443547852800 the Boomerang channel comes dead last in coverage by a large margin]].)\\

Surprisingly for all, though, in January 2018, some found a new life in Boomerang, as ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', which were dropped by Boomerang in April 2017, returned to the network's schedule, albeit only late at night at first. Then, ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' returned to the network in March of that year, which was also when the network began airing an hour-long block where the five aforementioned classic Cartoon Network shows were aired during the day, with the block rotating which of those shows would air each week. This block was dropped the following month, but Boomerang reached the highest peak of its rebrand in the summer of 2018. In late May, ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' and ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' returned to Boomerang's line-up, making it the first time that they've aired on Boomerang since a few weeks prior to the rebrand [[note]](excluding their holiday episodes, which aired on the network in late 2015)[[/note]]. Additionally, during May and June, ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' began airing on Boomerang, to the excitement of viewers of those shows who felt like they were screwed over by the main Cartoon Network channel. Even better, the four Cartoon Network originals that returned to the schedule in January 2018 received daytime timeslots again (airing on weekends for an hour each). Unfortunately, the Eds and Johnny Bravo were taken off of the network only two weeks after originally returning, but the good news was that their replacement show was ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', airing on Boomerang for the very first time [[note]]The ChristmasEpisode "Low Tidings" aired on Boomerang in December 2014, but wouldn't begin airing regularly until its 2018 addition[[/note]], along with the returning ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'', ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', and the original ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' series (making its first rebrand appearance), replacing the [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 2016 reboot]]. However, even that change didn't last very long, as Flapjack and the Scooby-Doo shows, as well as Steven, left the network in late July. Thankfully, though, those changes led to some Hanna-Barbera cartoons returning to the schedule, such as ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'', ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids''. At this point, though, it shouldn't be a surprise as to what happened to those shows (except for ''The Smurfs'', which, surprisingly enough, still airs on Boomerang to this very day). The pint-sized Hanna-Barbera gang's two shows left the schedule in late September, followed by the prehistoric and futuristic families in mid-November. Then, the duos of Finn and Jake and Mordecai and Rigby left the network in February and April 2019, respectively [[note]](however, this is justified for ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', as that show moved re-runs to Adult Swim after leaving Boomerang's line-up)[[/note]], with the Tennyson family following suit in March. The other five classic Cartoon Network shows continued to air on Boomerang, but only late at night.\\

Then, in late May 2019, the channel fell even further, with the classic Cartoon Network shows flat out disappearing from the channel. [[note]]This while treated with disdain in certain areas but others noticed this happened around the same time Adult Swim put Samurai Jack in the historic Captain Planet slot of 5:30 AM believing some of the old CN employees at Adult Swim and Boomerang were deliberately trolling in a "does this look familiar" gag.[[/note]] The network's schedule is now mirroring Cartoon Network's in terms of oversaturation as now all it airs are ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' (including ''[[WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction New Looney Tunes]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'') and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' (including ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryComedyShow'' as a part of their daily ''Tom and Jerry'' blocks), ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow2014 The Tom And Jerry Show]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTales''). The only shows that don't fall into this trap are ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsUnlockTheMagic'', ''WesternAnimation/DorothyAndTheWizardOfOz'', ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bunnicula}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' (each only getting around an hour or half-hour of airtime a day with ''DC Super Hero Girls'' and ''Care Bears'' getting a half-hour of airtime on weekends only at 8AM and 7AM respectively). Not even ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' has the presence he used to have on the channel, aside from airings of the movies, as the only ''Scooby-Doo'' series to air on the channel is ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho''. To make matters worse, the network now mostly just airs select few shorts from those shows and repeats them on an endless loop, and their daily movie block now only airs a handful of ''Scooby-Doo'' films (such as ''The Mystery Begins'' or ''Stage Fright'') and ''Tom and Jerry'' films (the DTV ones such as ''The Magic Ring'' or ''Meet Sherlock Holmes''). It seemed that Cartoon Network was trying to bore the few remaining viewers of the channel so they could use the network's streaming service or Creator/HBOMax instead.\\

While this strategy may have worked at first, the launch of HBO Max (which featured many of the programs from Boomerang's pre-decay years) essentially rendered having Boomerang as a streaming service pointless, so as a last-ditch effort to save the network, the classic Cartoon Network shows returned to Boomerang's schedule on September 7, 2020, with ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' (1998), ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', and ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' airing for a half-hour each…[[FridayNightDeathSlot from midnight to 2 AM]]. Additionally, ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'', another cancelled modern-day Cartoon Network Original, began airing reruns on Boomerang for the very first time, and ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' (which was last seen on April 4, 2018) returned to the channel's schedule. All four of the retro Cartoon Network shows were taken off the line-up on October 1 and replaced with ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', but ''Dexter'' and classic ''Powerpuff Girls'' eventually returned once again on November 4. Ironically, they took the place of ''Chowder'' and ''Flapjack'', the very two shows that replaced them on the October schedule. The formerly streaming-exclusive ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho'' would make it's television premiere on the network that same month.\\

However, this all pales in comparison to what Boomerang did on Thanksgiving weekend 2020: ''that entire weekend's schedule consisted of'' '''nothing but''' ''the classic Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons from the pre-decay days,'' with some ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' and thrown in as well. This was the first time ''practically all'' of these shows (such as ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'', ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla'', ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'', and more) had aired since before the rebrand, with some getting their first airings in '''eight years'''! Not only that, but all of the shows aired in good timeslots throughout the day with Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes, ironically, getting kicked to watershed hours for most of the weekend. They would continue with the classic cartoons from the pre-decay days in December, airing many Christmas Hanna-Barbera specials that have not aired on the network in ''years''. Within months, Boomerang went from being a practically dead horse to actually starting to roll back the modern content that has plagued the network since 2014 in favor of more classic cartoons and old or less-popular CN originals. Will this strategy work and help keep the Boomerang brand alive in America? Well, it's anyone's guess. One confounding factor is that Warner Bros. has licensed broadcast rights to ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' and their theatrical shorts to Creator/MeTV, who intend to run the cartoons weekly in anthologies reminiscent of the classic cartoon blocks of the past.\\

In comparison to Cartoon Network in the post AT&T buyout, Boomerang was slow to burn off its remaining shows. For the WB Animation people the next generation of legacy properties will be the first to be ordered without any input of the old Turner management, as such leaves everything prior to this looking like lame ducks. In 2020, though, people noticed that they began burning off the last seasons of ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryShow'' and ''WesternAnimation/DorothyAndTheWizardOfOz'' on the channel itself rather than the streaming service. ''WesternAnimation/YabbaDabbaDinosaurs'' was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork cancelled before it even got a chance to air]], while ''[=JellyStone=]'' and ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'' were sent off to Creator/HBOMax. While it is unlikely they will reboot ''Looney Tunes'' over this change given the reception they were given only from this new incarnation, the chances the HB-RS-MGM legacy properties are in line seems rather likely with Jellystone probably serving as the bridge between this change. Whether AT&T plans to use the Boomerang channel or service for this or if these all will be for HBO Max or Cartoon Network will just have to be waited on.
* Asia’s Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the late 2000’s really had a problem in regards to where their programming was supposed to be placed, going to the point where all new shows premiere on Boomerang Asia while Cartoon Network Asia restricted itself to airing mostly old classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons and WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}, with an occasional mix-up every now and then. Eventually Boomerang Asia was canned and eventually replaced with [[Creator/ToonamiAsia an Asian equivalent of Toonami]] and focused its mission on action shows while Asia’s regular CN shifted towards animated comedy, though the shenanigans of Ben 10 and old HB cartoons still remain, even with Boomerang relaunching and running alongside Toonami and the main Cartoon Network channel as of 2015. At this point, Boomerang aired mostly third party programming alongside the occasional old cartoons, Toonami focusing on action shows and anime, and the main network airs animated comedy, old HB/DFE/WB cartoons, and Ben 10.
* Although Cartoon Network eventually started returned to its roots in the USA (although depending on whom you ask, it could be teetering the line between the two more recently), it's hardly like this in UsefulNotes/LatinAmerica, and is flip-flopping between this and Slipped. During their earlier years, the channel was simply a Spanish-language near-simulcast of its parent channel in the U.S. (it was launched a mere six months after it), but by the end of TheNineties they started to branch out on their programming choices, with the Latin American premieres of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'', ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', and others before they added Toonami in 2002, airing shows also seen in the U.S. block like ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Anime/InuYasha'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''.\\
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It should be noted that the Latin American subsidiary has four different signal feeds: one for Mexico, one for Argentina, one for Brazil, and one for the rest of Latin America. Around late 2003, in Mexico, all of Toonami's anime moved into a midnight timeslot due to complaints from parents that the series aired were too violent for their children. Not only that, the Mexican sponsors had a good regulation and patrol of this block, so rumors say that they were the ones who mandated to change the block's timeslot. In late 2004, the rest of the Latin American signals followed suit. Toonami itself was cancelled in March 2007, although its former timeslot still aired anime (in part due to their promise to air every single episode of ''Manga/DragonBall'', from the original to ''GT'', including the movies and special episodes), which depending on the feed, lasted until December 2008.\\
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In 2005, it was obvious that they were rapidly losing anime licenses, especially since Creator/{{Animax}} had just premiered. Around late 2005, CNLA announced that they were going to add Creator/AdultSwim into their weekend's late programming to fill the "dead" hours of Saturday and Sunday. However, it also started some debates in internet sites and forums when people started it to compare with the American version (that was still showing anime). [[BitingTheHandHumor Of course, the guys behind the Latin American AS went into their way to mock this]] and people didn't like it. However, this ended badly when the block was censored by some cable operators, and even separated from its own channel, in countries like Argentina and Chile. This was mainly because parents were letting kids stay up so late to see AS when the programming was [[AnimationAgeGhetto obviously not]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids directed at them]]. Eventually the block was [[ChannelHop moved to sister channel Isat in early 2008]], and disappeared completely from there in January 2011, returning to that channel from 2015 until May 2020, when sister network Warner Channel picked it up.\\
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When ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' premiered in 2006, it was extremely well-received [[AdoredByTheNetwork so they went out of their way to focus on it]]. This had a few unfortunate side-effects, as the {{Grand Finale}}s of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', as well as the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary special]] of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' were glossed over. Even worse, the remains of Toonami were pushed even further into overnight slots, with shows like ''Manga/OnePiece'' and ''Anime/AshitaNoNadja'' that were ''clearly'' not meant for a 3 AM timeslot airing at said time. Eventually, Franchise/{{Pokemon}} and ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' were the last remaining anime on the channel.\\
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By 2008, the channel was inheriting the American network's NetworkDecay in the States, and though it had CN's original series and late-night showings of classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Ben 10}}'' was still AdoredByTheNetwork, at almost 10 showings a day. ''Then'' they started showing live-action movies - to be fair though, the movies were where most of the live action was. Live-action shows like ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'' and ''Series/UnnaturalHistory'' were the first to premiere in the Latin American channel, as former CN Real shows like ''Destroy Build Destroy'' and ''Series/DudeWhatWouldHappen'' would not be added until FOUR years after premiering in America, and they vanished swiftly after premiering. In the same year, the channel adopted a new slogan that perfectly summed up their programming choices for the majority of CN viewers: ''Hacemos lo que queremos'' (literally "We do what we want to").\\
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At the time the channel passed into their own Noods era in 2010 (Toonix) and a little bit before the Check It one (the LA signals were the LAST ones to get into it), the programming schedules were at least somewhat stabilized with ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''... and then the channel started to be beaten up in ratings by Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}. A controversial decision was also to add, in late 2010, reruns of the Mexican classic series ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' and ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', which many CN fans did not like due to the fact both series have reran constantly for ''decades'' in other channels (they did not last much in CNLA, however, and were later moved to Boomerang and then to the LA version of Creator/{{TBS}}). CNLA then tried to beat Nick and Disney at their own game with new live action like ''Series/LevelUp'' and the original Latin American co-production with Televisa entitled ''La CQ'', basically a mix-up of every U.S. sitcom aimed at teens that takes place in middle/high school (its name is the Spanish spelling of ''secu'', abbreviation of ''secundaria'', Spanish for middle school or high school depending on the region), and which got much criticism among the channel's older viewers up until it ended in 2014 and was removed from the channel in early 2015. CNLA also began censoring content on several of its programs, most notably on ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', and for unknown reasons, it began to [[CreditsPushback speed up or cut the opening and closing credits for most of their programs]]. Not only that, the commercial breaks started to become longer than usual, as the channel's series began airing for blocks of 15 minutes with some animated shorts playing between them.\\
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By 2017, the channel had been really in a rollercoaster, and it still got criticism for the censoring done to several programs and for having most timeslots dominated by CN's current animated lineup (''Adventure Time'', ''Regular Show'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Clarence}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'') to the expense of everything else. Thankfully, unlike the U.S. channel, it had not been outright invaded by ''Teen Titans Go!'', however, by 2019 that series now occupied a great part of the schedule along with ''Gumball'', ''Unikitty'' and ''Steven Universe'', with the remaining shows being either moved to dead timeslots or completely removed. Outside of ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' (which got transferred from Nickelodeon as they were not interested in any further series after airing ''[[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Samurai]]'') and some movies, however, the live-action content is thankfully now nonexistent. In regards to anime, besides Pokémon, which has never stopped airing (unlike in the U.S., where it [[ChannelHop switched over to]] Creator/DisneyXD), the only series they have aired since the decay are ''Anime/BakuganBattleBrawlers'', ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'',[[note]] which got many haters in Latin America for two reasons: most of the original DBZ dub cast was replaced, and the version that was dubbed was the edited American version that aired on {{Creator/Nicktoons}}. It was actually '''withdrawn from distribution in the region by Toei itself''' due to this, however, the company later brought the original dub actors back for the ''Final Chapters'' saga. [[/note]], ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars''[[note]] meaning that, for the first time in the region, ''Pokémon'' and ''Digimon'' were seen in the same cable network, albeit it did not last very long[[/note]], ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', and the 2018 ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' series. Compared to the U.S. channel, it seems that they aren't going to come out of their own DorkAge yet. As it was the case with Stuart Snyder and Christina Miller in the U.S., many people blame the current manager of CNLA, Pablo Zuccarino, for the decay (it doesn't help he has publicly said his objective is to make CNLA a channel [[AnimationAgeGhetto completely appropriate for all children]]). In September 2020, CNLA allied with Crunchyroll to revive the Toonami block in Latin America with the joint broadcast of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' and ''Anime/MobPsycho100'', time will tell if the block can consolidate as its American counterpart.\\
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Latin America also had Boomerang's situation worse during the late 2000s/early 2010s. In 2006, its original format was changed to an equivalent of India's Turner-owned channel POGO, first aimed at a family audience and mostly consisting of animated shows ranging from preschool to teen that had previously aired on CNLA or were exclusive to Boomerang, as well as Australian and British live-action series, family movies and the classic cartoons during overnights. In September 2007, the channel began airing reruns of the then-extremely popular Mexican teen soap opera ''Rebelde'', which was followed months later by reruns of the similarly highly-popular Venezuelan production ''Somos tu y yo'', and the success of those led the channel to change its profile to be now aimed at stereotypical teenage girls, quickly reducing non-teen content until it dissappeared completely in October 2008. Boomerang's new programming included CN Real shows, many MTV shows like ''Parental Control'' and ''Date My Mom'', as well as series that had no place in what was originally a children's channel such as ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' (you know, a series that deals with TeenPregnancy), and ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'' (a prequel to the very adult ''Series/SexAndTheCity''), though, strangely, advertising directed at kids continued as it did previous to the change. On December 2008, Turner LA created Tooncast, which fulfilled Boomerang's original purpose. By 2011, the channel was firmly in the Total Abandonment section, as by that time they had ''no animated shows at all'', making the name an ArtifactTitle. Then, on April 1, 2014, Boomerang L.A. suddenly rearranged their programming grill to get animation and classic shows back (in a move seemingly induced to homogenize the international feeds) and moved all their live action shows to the late night-early morning slot, to the happiness of almost everybody but the teens who followed ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''. The live-action shows were finally dropped in 2015. Currently, it is little more than a rerun farm of shows that had previously aired on CNLA, much like the U.S. channel.
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!!Other "Unique Situations" examples:
* By their very nature, sports channels which consist of nothing but college and high school sports (such as [[Creator/{{ESPN}} ESPNU]], the Fox and CBS college sports channels, the Big Ten Network and ESPN's networks devoted to the SEC and Texas Longhorns) must decay in the summer due to the lack of college and high school sports being played. This means that they either carry minor league summer sports or some programming which strays slightly from the format, or air rerun after rerun of football and basketball games played months or years ago and with all of the drama of a live event removed with a simple check of the team schedule or even looking at the event's guide listing, along with reruns of coach's shows which could be awkward if said coach has been terminated since the first airing of an event.
** Tennis Channel is in a similar situation. During major tournaments, particularly the four Grand Slams, it features nearly round-the-clock coverage, but at other times has to fill out its schedule with original programming -- ''Tennisography'', "classic" matches (sometimes cut down to half an hour), ''Best of 5'', ''Destination Tennis'' (a travel show), but all tennis-related. The farthest the channel has drifted from its actual subject (except for the requisite late-night/early-morning filler of infomercials) is an occasional flirtation with badminton or ping pong, but as those are net sports they still easily count (since there will never be a market for The Badminton Channel in the States).
** CBS College Sports mutated into the CBS Sports Network, and still shows all their college programming (including NCAA events and analysis shows), joined mostly by Jim Rome's show (after he got ScrewedByTheNetwork by ESPN) and sports leagues too tiny to be taken by any other network like pro lacrosse, the Arena Football League (it too got screwed over by ESPN), the United Football League and Alliance of American Football (which both fell apart ''in the middle'' of their first seasons, we must add, although the AAF did do relatively better) and the NBA D-League. One night, they even aired ''college paintball''; one began to wonder if laser tag was on the horizon (of course, [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Neil Patrick Harris]] would ''have'' to host that). The network has gained some moderate sports rights recently, including the 3-on-3 [=Big3=] basketball league (hopping from Fox), a new package of WNBA games, and more unexpectedly, a portion of a new contract for the UsefulNotes/UEFAChampionsLeague beginning in 2021.
** Networks operated by specific pro sports teams go through similar issues during their team's offseason. The most common solution for filling airtime is broadcasting games of local/regional teams in other sports with different schedules; mostly these are teams who share ownership groups, but sometimes specific deals are made for TV rights. One example is the New York Yankees' YES Network, which airs live Brooklyn Nets NBA games when baseball season is done (with a bit of overlap), and has even branched out to airing replays of English Premier League soccer matches. In years past, the latter was confined to the occasional Arsenal match. But owing to Yankees ownership partnering with Manchester City for MLS expansion team NYCFC, YES now airs replays of Man City games, both Premier League and Champions League, in addition to team-focused programming from Man City's own dedicated network in the UK. The channel also has "filler" shows such as ''Running'' as well as a live radio simulcast, formerly Mike & the Mad Dog (later just Mike Francesca) and now Michael Kay. In 2014, Fox acquired a majority stake in YES Network, acquired broadcast rights to the partially Yankees-owned New York City FC, and became the new FSN affiliate for the NYC/Tri-State metro area (that was previously MSG Plus, which was once FSN New York).
* The TV Guide Channel/Network, which started its life as the Prevue Channel, formerly existed as a channel which was half-devoted to 'barker' ads for cable movies and shows, with the bottom half devoted to an endless roll of a cable provider's TV listings. Over the years smaller things such as local weather and news headlines, along with junket interviews by the channel's movie 'critic' were added to the loop, until TV Guide's parent purchased it in 1998. From here, original programming was further added until digital cable, which provided programming listings with the boxes, came into vogue. Soon, the programming on top became more like that of ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'', and eventually the network attempted to kill E's red carpet coverage monopoly by hiring Joan Rivers, to little success. By 2009 and the digital transition, it was becoming clear that the future of cable and satellite would be electronic listings, so the channel began a slow phase-out of the listings roll. From there, corporate upheaval among the TV Guide properties left the TV Guide Network in the hands of Lionsgate, which finished off the promotional original programming altogether and turned the network into a rerun/movie farm until 2013, when CBS purchased it, added ''Big Brother After Dark'', along with ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'' and ''Series/TheBoldAndTheBeautiful'' same-day repeats in place of the dying Soapnet, and launched an HD version of the channel without any listings infrastructure at all.
** In 2015, the channel was relaunched as Creator/PopTV, abandoning its original format for good.
* When UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}'s local Creator/{{PBS}} [[note]]Or NET as it was called then[[/note]] station WQED-13 first bought the former WENS-16 in 1959, it established a sister station, WQEX, in order to showcase educational programming it couldn't fit on the main channel. Then in the 1980's, after the original broadcast tower breaking necessitated a switch to color[[note]]WQEX was one of the last channels in the country to switch to color[[/note]], WQED began running WQEX as its own station, showing imported British Sitcoms, reruns of old PBS shows such as Series/MasterpieceTheatre, Movies, as well as Local oriented programming. The station became popular for this programming as well as its nightly sign-off, which featured "credits" that donors could have their name listed in. But during the 1990s, as the costs of writing original content, getting rights to broadcast the imports, and broadcasting increased, the station began to switch to a simulcast of WQED, save for some programming in the evening. As the new millennium dawned, WQED began having financial issues after the end of their old original show, ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood,'' leasing out the station to the Home Shopping Network, then [=ShopNBC=] while looking for a permanent buyer; this is usually verboten for a public television operation since most use non-commercial television licenses, but since WQEX still retained a commercial license, was perfectly legal to do. The station was finally sold to [[Creator/{{Ion}} Ion Media Networks,]] (which had been waiting for years to get a Pittsburgh station; a previous 1999 deal to acquire another station and swap the WQEX license with another religious broadcaster who could use it under that definition was shot down by the FCC), and became WINP in 2010.
* Creator/{{GSN}}, originally called the Game Show Network, has had an on-again, off-again relationship with 1950s through 1980s classic game shows. At one time it wasn't unusual to find the likes of the black and white episodes of ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' and ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' filling up a programming block known as "Black and White Overnight," and reruns of the CBS ''Series/{{Password}}'' and the original ABC version of ''Series/FamilyFeud'' with Richard Dawson as host. When GSN lost the rights to many of those shows, older games were banished, and classic game show fans refer to this as "The Dark Period". When the network got a new management team, GSN brought the older shows back and even added few, like reruns of the Peter Marshall version of ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' and the original version of ''Series/PressYourLuck''. In addition, the network began concentrating on its own first run shows like ''Series/{{Lingo}}'' and ''Series/{{Whammy}}'', in an effort to pull in younger demographics. While it's still not unusual for the network to remake game shows, older fare like the original ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' has become rare again. Still, ''Series/MatchGame'' reruns from the series' 1973–81 run have managed to remain a staple of the network. (Note that it's not unusual for fledgling cable networks to fill up their schedules with old movies or reruns of old TV shows, as they build a network and find ways to attract younger, 18-34 demographics. Even Creator/ComedyCentral once reran ancient 1950s series featuring the likes of Creator/SteveAllen and Music/SpikeJones as they built a network with first run fare like ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.'')\\
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