This show has nothing to do with the cancellation of GL:TAS. They have the same timeslot, but cancelled shows are always replaced with new shows; that's just how the business works.
"What's out there? What's waiting for me?"
Sure that's the official story. The truth is a convoluted conspiracy involving the Illuminati, the lost city of Atlantis and Ted Turner.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!
If I remember right, lack of toy sales was the reason they gave for cancelling Symbionic Titan as well. My guess is that A) It's just an excuse B) They don't do enough to advertise their action shows or C) the economy sucks so much that any high-quality action cartoon is doomed to failure because people aren't buying enough toys. If it's the last one, then that sucks.
Beware was in the works before Green Lantern was cancelled. It would have aired even if GL and/or Young Justice were still on the air. Also, see, Green Lantern actually had a reason other than poor toy sales for getting cancelled: nobody watched it. Did you see its Nielsen ratings at all? Good God... they were consistently awful. Of course, Beware's not doing much better at all, so, even though I like the show, I can't see it lasting longer than this season.
Young Justice, though... that was a different story. A different, complicated story that involves a lot of speculation and network stupidity, considering it was their most popular and highly-rated action cartoon.
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Ten episode review.
In a word: bland. At least that was my opinion of the first nine episodes.
I guess it's a case of a slow-starter because episode 10 picked things up a bit.
This version of Batman pales in comparison to many others, being "toned down" from the epic Large Ham he was in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. I think the word "realistic" was thrown around at some point, but if it was, the writers didn't get the memo because this Batman is just as absurd in the physical department as BATB Bats. Over all he gets a 6. Maybe a 7.
The would-be Big Bad of the series Anarky appears in the third episode (the first two being Villain of the Week) and brings basically nothing of note to the table other than such an incredible level of smugness that you just wanna reach through the screen and punch him in the face. Repeatedly.
Batman defeats him and he "dies", but it turns out he wasn't really dead or something. 3 for him. After that, Tatsu Yamashiro shows up, here reimagined as a friend of Paul Moses, I mean Alfred and bodyguard for Bruce Wayne. Wacky hijinks ensue as her past with the League of Assassins as Katana catches up with her. The League, led by one Lady Shiva, basically outdoes Anarky in every way. They're after a magic sword that Katana stole because she was secretly CIA or something. Idunno. She joins Bats in his crime fighting as Katana.
Then episode 10. While far from perfect, this is a much more interesting episode than the previous ones. Anarky returns, still bringing the smug, but also a new-found bit of competence as he manipulates Batman and Lady Shiva into unleashing a mutating virus thingy into Gotham. But they stop it in time and Shiva escapes and Anarky walks away saying "JUST AS PLANNED! MWAHAHA!" (well, not really, but he kinda seems like he's thinking it. Then again, who can tell behind all that smug), and we get a look at the true ruler of the League, a fellow named Ra's al Ghul (who even while unconscious still manages to be more impressive than Anarky). The episode gets 7, maybe 8. Anarky gets a 5. Maybe six.
Overall this series has its ups and downs, but so far it hasn't failed in any spectacular way and may even be improving after episode 10. I look forward to seeing where it's heading.
Twenty-five words left. Why was Green Lantern: The Animated Series cancelled for this?!?!?