History NetworkDecay / UniqueSituations

* Comet is a free over-the-air multicast diginet (it's also available as a free mobile/TV app) that was launched in 2015 to fill the sci-fi television void left by Creator/{{Syfy}}. The network mainly airs sci-fi and fantasy movies, as well as shows like ''Series/StargateSG1'' and ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. From 2015 to mid-2017 it [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers also aired]] ''[[Wrestling/RingOfHonor Ring Of Honor Wrestling]]''. Unlike Syfy, however, Comet had a valid reason to air professional wrestling on a sci-fi network; both Ring of Honor and Comet are owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, and ROH Wrestling had nowhere else to go to nationally after their twenty-six episode deal with Destination America came to an end. It helped that Comet is still a relatively new network and remains committed to stay true to its original format, and it was only an hour out of the 126 it programs per week. ROH is now on fellow Sinclair action diginet Charge!.

** When [[Creator/DiscoveryChannel Discovery]] acquired [=TimeWarner=] from AT&T in 2022, it began cutting costs through the cancellation of a multitude of projects across the latter's subdivisions, and Cartoon Network's productions were no exception. The plan to merge Creator/HBOMax and Discovery's own streaming service Discovery+ has led to nearly the entirety of CN's catalog being pulled from the former, even shows that ''still had new episodes set to air''. As a result, many of CN's projects currently in production have either been completely cancelled or have been halted while the producers shop the unfinished product to other streaming services. Worst of all, there have been rumors that WB-Discovery is planning to '''shut down Cartoon Network entirely''' and amalgamate its properties under WB Animation. These decisions caused the new conglomerate to lose billions of dollars worth in stocks, which is undoubtedly bound to result in even more cost-cutting moves that put CN's future at stake.

** When [[Creator/DiscoveryChannel Discovery]] acquired [=TimeWarner=] from AT&T in 2022, it led to the cancellation of a multitude of projects across the latter's subdivisions, and Cartoon Network's productions were no exception. The plan to merge Creator/HBOMax and Discovery's own streaming service Discovery+ has led to nearly the entirety of CN's catalog being pulled from the former, even shows that ''still had new episodes set to air''. As a result, many of CN's projects currently in production have either been completely cancelled or have been halted while the producers seek other streaming services. Worst of all, there have been rumors that WB-Discovery is planning to ''phase out Cartoon Network entirely'' and amalgamate its properties under WB Animation.

** While at first it was thought AT&T's takeover of [=TimeWarner=] in 2019 would have little to no effect on CN, the company quickly became notorious for not knowing how to run a media company (and suffered repeated blunders regarding their all-encompassing streaming service Creator/HBOMax), and changes to Boomerang and Adult Swim proved a bad omen as Tom Ascheim [[note]]Who, unlike his predecessors, is also in charge of Boomerang, AS and even Turner Classic Movies, as [=WarnerMedia=] established a "Kids, Young Adults and Classics" division post-merger[[/note]] took over from Miller in 2020 and Cartoon Network began to look increasingly abandoned and running on auto-pilot, a situation compounded by the announcement of some unwanted changes in line with Ascheim's intention of making CN a family-friendly channel, including:

* The Canadian version of Adult Swim has not been able to air the Toonami block, which was one of the biggest draws of the American version, because of rights issues and Canada's reluctance to air anime after YTV's Bionix descended into filler episodes and reruns until it sputtered to a finish in 2009. Also, they unironically (which is strange for Adult Swim, who would air such movies as an April Fool's prank) air low-budget made for TV movies with titles like ''I Didn't Kill My Sister'' simply for Canadian content regulations (such movies aired on Showcase Action, which Adult Swim replaced). They are going to air the ''Film/BladeRunner'' anime, but overall, there is no other anime on the channel, unlike the American block.

* 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/SplitSecond1972'', 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.
** 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'' (the Gene Rayburn version, and later reruns of the Creator/AlecBaldwin version), and ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' (initially the British version, and later the U.S. Creator/DrewCarey version), ''[[Series/{{Password}} Super Password]]'', ''Series/TicTacDough'', and most unexpectedly at one point, Peter Tomarken's ''Series/Wipeout1988''. The network later began to pick up reruns of ''Series/FamilyFeud'' (the Steve Harvey syndicated version, ABC ''Celebrity Family Feud'', and CBC ''Family Feud Canada'') and other recent U.S. primetime game shows, and went as far as producing a documentary series on Canadian entries in the genre.

* Creator/CartoonNetwork: Its decay is so infamous, there have been two schools of thought analyzing its 2000s period.

** Around 2016, they got shows like ''Ice Cold Gold''(about American gold-miners trying to find gold in Greenland) and ''Wild West Alaska'' (about guns and hunting bears), and ''Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters'', which seemed wildly out of place. ''Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters'' was pulled almost immediately because of the backlash.
** By 2018, the network returned to its roots of nature and animal themed programming, complete with a new logo and shows like ''Crikey! It's the Irwins'' and ''Amanda to the Rescue''.

*** Despite the past rumors of Hasbro and Discovery's contract ending in 2021 having been circulated for years, this was completely jossed by 2022, especially even after Discovery's merger with WarnerMedia.

** 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 it afloat post-2021.

* Creator/AnimalPlanet seems to be all over the place:
** The show's decreased its focus on wild animal documentaries (and to a lesser extent, ''Animal Planet Heroes'') and shifted more towards TastesLikeDiabetes shows about cute puppies, slightly to animal themed shows such as ''Tanked'' which looks like they would be more at home on Discovery or, at some point, TLC, shows like ''Whale Wars'' and "Blonde vs. Bear", supernatural-themed shows like ''Lost Tapes'', "The Haunting", and "Finding Bigfoot", which, depending on who you ask, is either Narm, NightmareFuel, or both, and shows that outright ''demonize'' animals such as ''Infested'' or ''Fatal Attractions''. About the only show that did fit right in with the old Animal Planet paradigm during was ''River Monsters''. In later years, between 2010 and 2015, the animal programming seemed to be few and in between with most the weekend lineup being 80% about cats[[labelnote:Note]]While pet shows aren't unusual, they usually had a 50/50 focus on both cats and dogs. By 2015, the lineup mostly seemed to be 80 / 20, with most the programming being centered around cats and other pet themed shows being the other 20%.[[/labelnote]], so, for a lot of viewers, if the shows weren't "surprisingly human", it was cats.
** Around 2016, they got shows like ''Ice Cold Gold''(about American gold-miners trying to find gold in Greenland) and ''Wild West Alaska'' (about guns and hunting bears), and ''Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters'', which seemed wildly out of place, though the last one was pulled almost immediately because of the backlash.
** By 2018, the network seems to be returning to its roots of nature and animal themed programming, complete with a new logo and shows like '' Crikey! It's the Irwins'' and ''Amanda to the Rescue''

*** As of September 13, 2021, Cartoon Network now only runs for '''six hours''' (3 to 9 p.m., E.S.T.) on weekdays to make room for the new Cartoonito block and Adult Swim. Thankfully, Cartoonito only runs from 7 to 9 a.m. on weekends, leaving 12 hours to CN programming.

*** A return to live-action programming beginnning some time in 2022.

** 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. On the positive side, CN under Miller became a very diverse and open-armed network in regards to LGBT and BIPOC creators, including Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey, among others.
** While at first it was thought AT&T's takeover of [=TimeWarner=] in 2019 would have little to no effect on CN, the company quickly became notorious for not knowing how to run a media company (and suffered repeated blunders regarding their all-encompassing streaming service Creator/HBOMax), and changes to Boomerang and Adult Swim proved a bad omen as Tom Ascheim [[note]]Who, unlike his predecessors, is also in charge of Boomerang, AS and even Turner Classic Movies, as [=WarnerMedia=] established a "Kids, Young Adults and Classics" division post-merger[[/note]] took over from Miller in 2020 and Cartoon Network began to look increasingly abandoned, largely running on auto-pilot, a situation compounded by the announcement of some unwanted changesin line with Ascheim's intention of making CN a family-friendly channel, including:

* 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'', and ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'', 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.

*** ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' was also cancelled after its fourth season in April 2021, despite intending to last for eight seasons. Later, Comic Book Resources published an article revealing that the network only wants cheap, juvenile comedies with protagonists under 18.

** 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 both general manager and CEO. Snyder, in response to Disney Channel and Nickelodeon increasingly focusing on female audiences, immediately proceeded to refocus it towards a male-demographic[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; vastly privileging action shows and third-party Canadian imports over comedy-based cartoons and original productions 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 both general manager and CEO. 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; vastly privileging action shows and third-party Canadian imports over comedy-based cartoons and original productions 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.

** As of June 2021, both the previously mentioned spin-off series ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBotsAcademy'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'' have ended their runs on Discovery Family. The ''Transformers'' and ''My Little Pony'' franchises are now 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]].

** The UK version also suffered from this problem in the late 2000s, though it was not as bad. Shows included ''Series/LifeWithDerek'', ''Series/TheLatestBuzz'', and even some original productions like ''Series/MySpyFamily''. This led to most of the classics (excluding ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'', ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'') being relegated to overnight slots. Thankfully, by 2013, all live-action was removed.

** 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'' (the Gene Rayburn version, and later reruns of the Creator/AlecBaldwin version), and ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' (initially the British version, and later the U.S. Creator/DrewCarey version), ''[[Series/{{Password}} Super Password]]'', ''Series/TicTacDough'', and most unexpectedly at one point, Peter Tomarken's ''Series/Wipeout1988''. The network later began to pick up reruns of ''Series/FamilyFeud'' (the Steve Harvey syndicated version, ABC ''Celebrity Family Feud'', and CBC ''Family Feud Canada'') and other recent U.S. primetime game shows, and went as far as producing a documentary series on Canadian entries in the genre.

** 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 ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' 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.

*** Beginning on September 13, 2021, Cartoon Network will only run for '''six hours''' (3 to 9 p.m., E.S.T.) on weekdays to make room for the new Cartoonito block and Adult Swim. Thankfully, Cartoonito will only run from 7 to 9 a.m. on weekends, leaving 12 hours to CN programming.

*** The introduction of Creator/{{Cartoonito}} for the US in September 2021, a new preschool block that will include the already controversial and doomed-from-the-start ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' reboot ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo'', as well as the similarly-disdained ''Cailliou''.

*** The introduction of Cartoonito for the US in September 2021, a new preschool block that will include the already controversial and doomed-from-the-start ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' reboot ''All Engines Go!'', as well as the similarly-disdained ''Cailliou''.

** While at first it was thought AT&T's takeover of [=TimeWarner=] in 2019 would have little to no effect on CN, the company quickly became notorious for not knowing how to run a media company (and suffered repeated blunders regarding their all-encompassing streaming service Creator/HBOMax), and changes to Boomerang and Adult Swim proved a bad omen as Tom Ascheim took over from Miller in 2020 and Cartoon Network began to look increasingly abandoned, a situation compounded by the announcement of some unwanted changes, including:

*** The introduction of Cartoonito for the US in September 2021, a new preschool block that will include the already controversial and doomed-from-the-start ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' reboot ''All Engines Go!''.

*** As of September 2021, Cartoon Network now only runs for '''six hours''' to make room for the new Cartoonito block and Adult Swim. Thankfully, CN runs for a little longer on weekends.

** 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 made sure Cohen would have taken all the blowback 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. The marathon didn't happen as planned.[[/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 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; vastly privileging action shows and third-party Canadian imports over comedy-based cartoons and original productions 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.
** 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. On the positive side, CN under Miller became a very diverse and open-armed network in regards to BIPOC creators, including Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey, among others. Despite Miller's exit, the period under AT&T management, wherein AT&T quickly became notorious for not knowing how to run a media company (and suffered repeated blunders regarding their all-encompassing streaming service Creator/HBOMax), overall had little effect on main CN, in comparison to Boomerang and Adult Swim.
** When Tom Ascheim's tenure began in 2020, Cartoon Network began to announce some unwanted changes, including:
*** A return to live-action programming.

** ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' was also cancelled after its fourth season in April 2021, despite intending to last for eight seasons. Later, Comic Book Resources published an article revealing that the network only wants cheap, juvenile comedies with protagonists under 18.
** As of September 2021, Cartoon Network now only runs for '''six hours''' to make room for the new Cartoonito block and Adult Swim. Thankfully, CN runs for a little longer for the weekends.

** After a brief period (the so-called "CN City" era, which began at midnight on New Year's Day 2005) 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 got an independent brand identity, yet it was also inheriting the American network's NetworkDecay, 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 "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 (between 2008 and 2010) 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[[note]] a good handful of episodes from both CN originals and acquired series, as well as movies, have a on-screen disclaimer at the beginning saying "This material has been edited for its exhibition"[[/note]], 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.

** When Tom Ascheim's tenure began in 2020, Cartoon Network began to announce some unwanted changes:

*** The introduction of Cartoonito for the US in September 2021, a new preschool block that will include the already controversial and doomed-from-the-start ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' reboot ''All Engines Go!''. ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' was also cancelled after its fourth season in April 2021, despite intending to last for eight seasons. Later, Comic Book Resources published an article revealing that the network only wants cheap, juvenile comedies with protagonists under 18.