I can't believe how stupid Cartoon Network is

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27 Dec 2012, 12:26 am

They are selling the broadcasting rights of Megas XLR. They are officially dead to me now. They've been dying to me since after 2006. Apparently they got a new president of the network and he decided to take the company into a new direction to attract newer audiences. I'll tell you one thing: they're chasing away their older audiences. Almost all original programming is done. The original Cartoon Cartoons are finished. They got rid of Toonami (before Adult Swim put it back). They import a lot of shows from Canada (very few of them are good). Now that they're going down hill, they believe the only course of action is to try harder.


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27 Dec 2012, 3:41 am

I miss the old Cartoon Network :(



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27 Dec 2012, 9:16 pm

Havent had cable for a couple years myself.

So does the Cartoon Network still have "Dexter's Lab" ?



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27 Dec 2012, 10:59 pm

well it IS for children OP.

time to move on.



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28 Dec 2012, 12:07 am

The_Perfect_Storm wrote:
well it IS for children OP.

time to move on.


No, these shows aren't worthy for children. Trust me.


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28 Dec 2012, 1:33 am

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Havent had cable for a couple years myself.

So does the Cartoon Network still have "Dexter's Lab" ?


The series ended on November 20, 2003. I'm pretty sure it still airs on Boomerang which you can't get on basic cable. You will need either Digital Cable or Satellite.


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28 Dec 2012, 5:33 am

Vintagegirl wrote:
I miss the old Cartoon Network :(

So do I. Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff Girls, Cow & Chicken, Johnny Bravo, Courage, and all the other Cartoon Cartoons were where it was at!



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28 Dec 2012, 10:46 am

Billy and Mandy was the best!! !


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28 Dec 2012, 2:59 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:
Billy and Mandy was the best!! !


I agree. I personally enjoyed the voice work of Richard Steven Horvitz (Voice of Billy/Billy's Dad Harold).


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28 Dec 2012, 10:47 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:
Billy and Mandy was the best!! !


"Clowns aren't scary Billy, they're just different. And just because somebody looks differently, or acts differently than you, doesn't mean you should be afraid of them."

"It doesn't?"

"No, it means you should be ANGRY AT THEM! How dare they be different?! Won't your way of life ever be good enough for them?!"


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29 Dec 2012, 12:43 am

Network decay. Same reason SciFi Channel shows wrestling and Tech TV aired anime before it got eaten by G4.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NetworkDecay



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29 Dec 2012, 10:05 pm

Aspiegaming wrote:
They are selling the broadcasting rights of Megas XLR. They are officially dead to me now. They've been dying to me since after 2006. Apparently they got a new president of the network and he decided to take the company into a new direction to attract newer audiences. I'll tell you one thing: they're chasing away their older audiences. Almost all original programming is done. The original Cartoon Cartoons are finished. They got rid of Toonami (before Adult Swim put it back). They import a lot of shows from Canada (very few of them are good). Now that they're going down hill, they believe the only course of action is to try harder.
Why would you sell broadcasting rights to a show that good.



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29 Dec 2012, 11:53 pm

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Aspiegaming wrote:
They are selling the broadcasting rights of Megas XLR. They are officially dead to me now. They've been dying to me since after 2006. Apparently they got a new president of the network and he decided to take the company into a new direction to attract newer audiences. I'll tell you one thing: they're chasing away their older audiences. Almost all original programming is done. The original Cartoon Cartoons are finished. They got rid of Toonami (before Adult Swim put it back). They import a lot of shows from Canada (very few of them are good). Now that they're going down hill, they believe the only course of action is to try harder.
Why would you sell broadcasting rights to a show that good.


That's what I want to know. They give that show two seasons and we loved it. They cancel it and they won't tell us why. No reruns. I checked Boomerang. It's not there either. No DVD format. It's available digitally through iTunes and Xbox Live Marketplace I think. I don't have either of those. I don't have a 360 and I have way too many consoles in my house right now (an old Xbox, 2 Wiis and a PS3 and my parents think that's enough). No iTunes either. We grew out of it and we're not going back. I think the show still airs in reruns Canada but I don't live there so I don't know. So now they sell the broadcasting rights and they still won't tell us why. They'd really like to believe the show was a huge failure.


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30 Dec 2012, 6:20 am

Even here in England, it's been showing a few shows that re not cartoons, but not as much. I only really liked to watch the action/superhero stuff. I remember when they showed lots of those on some other channel it had that I liked and watched lots.



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17 Jan 2013, 12:57 pm

I've spent my childhood watching Cartoon Network every day... Now it is a real crap. I can't believe how low they went.



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17 Jan 2013, 3:51 pm

Isn't Cartoon Network airing Young Justice? 'Cause that show is awesome. And I don't say that about most cartoons I happen to glance at, at the ripe age of 25.


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