Cartoon Network in General

Doesn't Cartoon Network currently have the Checkered Past block where they were showing their older shows after how much the mid-late 2010s era neglected that (with them doing nothing for their 25th anniversary)? Isn't that helping a bit?

It’s good for them, but the industry in general needs new productions. And Checkered Past is kinda for the older crowd.

Speaking of which, nobody told me that they were showing Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel again...

Now how about Johnny Bravo? Maybe they could unearth some of the rarer shows like Mike, Lu and Og or Time Squad?

Edited by Aldo930 on Mar 8th 2024 at 3:06:20 AM

The thing is, you get far more adults watching cable than kids nowadays, and Cartoon Network is gradually waking up to that fact. Cable as a whole is on the decline, but Millennials are probably the youngest generation still keeping it alive. So if Cartoon Network is going to remain relevant in the near future, it's going to have to accept the fact that kids, for the most part, don't watch as much TV as they used to. That's why a lot of stuff that probably would have aired on daytime Cartoon Network ten or fifteen years ago is now being put on Adult Swim.

The studios and networks are probably gonna have to think of a long term plan to adapt for when cable dies out. But that’s for another thread.

Probably worse for other Warner owned channels like Boomerang and Discovery Family since they are premium and not basic cable.

I hate how badly Cartoon Network has ended up despite its still massive popularity on the internet (Total Drama, Scooby-Doo, Teen Titans, Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball, Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Steven Universe). It's appalling how badly David Zaslav has made this cable channel among other victims of his craft to the point now I view 90% of fan content from WBD IPs with disdain. This apply to DC Comics too.

Edited by leafsaber47 on Mar 9th 2024 at 8:40:54 AM

How likely is it that they'd ever shut down Cartoon Network, Discovery Family, and Boomerang (the three main Warner owned channels) and moved the little original programming in production left on to HBO Max?

Edited by SpongeGuy11 on Mar 10th 2024 at 10:37:01 AM

Super unlikely

Way back in the day, The Powerpuff Girls (1998) had a promotion with AirHeads candy with limited-edition flavors. Unfortunately around the time those came out, I had gotten braces, and therefore couldn't eat them.

Speaking of tie-ins, I'm surprised that aside from a Scooby Doo cereal, they never made any cereals based off of Cartoon Network shows. There was a contest back in 2001 to choose one (Dexter's Lab won), but the cereal was never made. And you'd think around the Cn renaissance of the 2010s you'd see cereal or snack (or even drink) tie-ins for stuff like Regular Show, Adventure Time, Gumball, Steven Universe, et al, but no tie-ins.

The trend of cartoon tie-in food products seems to have died off in general. The only ones I still see are stuff like Paw Patrol and movie characters like Minions.

Compare that to the 90s when SUPER obscure cartoons like Space Goofs had a pasta line.

I'm still disappointed they never made real life Cookie Cats.

Or a real life Rig Juice energy drink.

Across the Spider-Verse and TMMT Mutant Mayhem both had tie-in cereals (I tried both, they weren't bad), so it's not completely died off.

Edited by lbssb on Mar 21st 2024 at 10:14:50 AM

Adult Swim tweeted that Smiling Friends is coming back next Sunday night. Many people have pointed out that day is March 31, which is when Adult Swim does their April Fools prank.

Any predictions for what prank they'll go with this year?

Putting Toonami on Sundays?

Airing their block for the entire day.

All of the episodes of their shows on that night will be re-enacted with sock puppets.

Airing their normal lineup (aside from the Smiling Friends premeire) in a small box in the corner of the screen while both ATHF movies play.

All the guy voices will be by girls and all the girl voices will be by guys?

How have CN’s ratings been the last few years?

terrible.

Don’t know why I asked.

How about adult swim?

Adult Swim's ratings are better than the rest of the channel.

It's no surprise to me, kids in 2024 aren't watching cable anymore. They prefer Youtube videos or streaming services. All of the kid channels' ratings are in decline, it's not just CN.

Ah.

Then I have to ask this: why not just take all the content and put it on YouTube so kids will actually have a better chance of watching Craig of the Creek and what not?