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Nov 6, 2010, 5:56 AM
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Cartoon Network is bringing back old shows
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On Facebook it was announced that several old shows will come back to the channel at the end of this year and in January 2011.
Till the end of this year Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff Girls, and the Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy will be back again. I think that Dexter's Lab will be back on TV next week.
A few shows will come back on January 3rd. Two of them are Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi and Foster's home for imaginary Friends. I really hope CN will now show the 5 unaried episodes of HHPAY.
The block Toonami will return on January 8, 2010.
And sadly Out of Jimmy's head will come back...
I hope Cartoon Network Europe will also show these old shows again.
For more updates(these aren't only for CN USA):
http://www.facebook.com/...cast/122514637792570
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Apprentice
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Nov 10, 2010, 8:05 PM
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That would be excerting.
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Nov 12, 2010, 6:26 AM
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I don't wish to sound rude, but how are random anonymous statements on a social networking site in any a reliable source of information regarding a network's shows?
Guys, that news is in all likelihood and probability, fake. The only one of those shows that actually is returning to CN is Dexter's Laboratory, which has started re-airing on CN on Nov. 8th. (However it didn't air on the 11th because of a holiday marathon.)
Somebody's Facebook page isn't a credible source of info, and anything you read on Wikipedia must be taken with a HUGE grain of salt, since anyone can edit Wiki. Things like this are too easy to fabricate. If no source or link can be found, then it's not happening.
Cartoon Network US washed their collective hands of Hi Hi PuffyAmi years ago; they've removed all traces of it from the CN website and disallow any knowledge of the show's existence to this very day. Why would they suddenly want to bring it back now? Out of Jimmy's Head was a critical and commercial flop; CN's not bringing that back. And for better or worse, Toonami is dead. It's never, ever, ever coming back.
If any of this were true, there'd have been mention of it at Cartoon Network's 2010 Upfront or a press release saying so. So far, there hasn't been either.
It's a simple equation: if an official press release, link or some other suitable source of information can't be cited (and no, some random person's Facebook page or some other message board aren't credible sources), then it's fake.
Dexter's Lab is back; this has been conformed. The rest of this is grade-A baloney unless we see or hear something official from Cartoon Network themselves.
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(This post was edited by Starburst on Nov 12, 2010, 7:07 AM)
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Nov 12, 2010, 9:54 AM
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Not to stomp on anyone's dreams, but this "news" is as bogus as a 3 dollar bill. Toonami coming back? Hi-Hi Puffy Ami-Yumi and Out of Jimmy's Head? I don't think so. The problem is that stuff like this is far too easy to fabricate. Heck, I could create a Facebook account today and announce that Megas XLR will be coming back in January, but that wouldn't make it true.
PAY has been a ghost for 5 years. It's not even on CN's website anymore. CN is acting as if PAY never even existed. Foster's has won an emmy, so CN should bring that back, but PAY was never one of the network's heavy hitters, and there's no reason for CN to bring it back now.
Out of Jimmy's Head was, despite promotions advertising the contrary, just another school-centric live action tweencom, and the prevailing attitude from CN's audience and executives was that it was awful-beyond-belief. CN's other live action series such as Unnatural History and even the highly touted and heavily promoted Tower Prep aren't doing as well as the network had hoped, so what reason would CN possibly have to bring back OOJH?
With all of the fans out there missing Toonami, if Cartoon Network were really reviving that program block, in 2 months time, no less, that news would be all over the internet, not just on some guy's Facebook page. Fake, I calls it.
People shouldn't beleive everything that they read, especially when there's no facutal information to back it up.
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(This post was edited by SpaceDemon on Nov 12, 2010, 10:02 AM)
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Apprentice
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Nov 12, 2010, 1:49 PM
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Ok first off all, this aren't news just for the US. Toonami isn't coming back to the US. Everything that has PMG is meant for Saudi Arabia.
Till now two of the shows came back. Dexter's lab and Billy & Mandy. He alreay said that this shows will come back at the start of September.
Also Mucha Lucha and Xaolin showdown is coming back. It was confirmed by the company that is making it.
And HHPAy was watched. Ratings reports from 2005 and 2006 showed that it was the most watched show for childreen from 2- 11 at it's time slot. Bad ratings weasn't the reason why they canceled it... I think that the real reason is that Sam Register left CN. they got rid of teen Titans the same year. Now however he is an executive producer for many new shows on CN. teen titans also returned.
Also he was right about many things he predicted in the past. So let now time pass, we'll see if it come's back.
Btw. did CN even say anthing about the return of Dexter's lab?
Also Cn didn't mention Dexter's lab for many years.
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Nov 12, 2010, 8:51 PM
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Ok first off all, this aren't news just for the US. Everything that has PMG is meant for Saudi Arabia.
Then you should specify which of these "reports" are for which country. And again, an official source or link (not just a Facebook page) would really help support your claims.
Till now two of the shows came back. Dexter's lab and Billy & Mandy. He alreay said that this shows will come back at the start of September.
Who's "he"? You really need to cite a credible source for this information if you want anyone to take you seriously.
Also Mucha Lucha and Xaolin showdown is coming back. It was confirmed by the company that is making it.
Again, can you prove any of this?? Source, please.
And HHPAy was watched. Ratings reports from 2005 and 2006 showed that it was the most watched show for childreen from 2- 11 at it's time slot. Bad ratings weasn't the reason why they canceled it... I think that the real reason is that Sam Register left CN. they got rid of teen Titans the same year. Now however he is an executive producer for many new shows on CN. teen titans also returned.
You can think what you want, but Hi Hi PuffyAmiYumi was canceled because the ratings took a huge slip and that's why Cartoon Network canceled the series. It had nothing to do with Sam Register not liking the show; network execs don't haphazardly drop shows that earn good ratings just because they don't like them. That's just what fans of the show like to tell each other. If the show were really doing that well in the ratings, CN would've been insane to drop the show, and it's unlikely that CN would've removed a successful show from their website and never allowed it to be shown in reruns.
Also he was right about many things he predicted in the past. So let now time pass, we'll see if it come's back.
I still don't know who "he" is; and first you were talking like these were all proven facts, and now they're just some guy on Facebook's predictions? Which is it?
Btw. did CN even say anthing about the return of Dexter's lab?
Also Cn didn't mention Dexter's lab for many years.
The heck you talking about? Dexter's Lab has gotten mention and play by CN for years after its' cancellation. It got another season's worth of episodes, DVD releases, reruns on Boomerang and Dexter and Dee-Dee were both featured in Cartoon Network's FusionFall. You're not really comparing HHPAY to Dexter's Lab, are you?
Anyway, all that is a moot point, since as stated previously, without a credible source to back up these claims, these are all just unfounded rumors. Saying "I read it on Facebook" is the net equivalent of saying "Some guy told me". If you want anyone to buy into any of this, you're going to have to do a lot better than some unbacked claims on Facebook.
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(This post was edited by Starburst on Nov 12, 2010, 8:59 PM)
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Nov 14, 2010, 8:24 AM
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Forgive the double-post, mods; I meant to add this earlier, but time got away from me and by the time I was ready to type the following, it was too late to make an edit.
On a semi-related note to all of this, I really wish people would stop deifying 90's Cartoon Network to the point of wishing nonstop that CN would just revert back its' its' 1990's incarnation and never allow the channel the opportunity to grow and evolve.
Let's be realistic here, folks: Cartoon Network is never going to fully go back to being "old" Cartoon Network; the most resurgence of so-called "classic" CN that we'll ever get will just be the occasional return of a classic Cartoon-Cartoon which will air for a while and then disappear again, the same practice that has been happening on CN for the past several years.
And I don't think that's a bad thing. Nostalgia is OK once in a while, but we can't live in the past. It's high time people learned to embrace change and give the newer Cartoon Network shows a fair shake. The present day CN isn't perfect (there's still the live-action drivel), but there are plenty of decent animated comedies and action shows to satisfy a suitable range of audience, if people would just give them a chance.
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Nov 14, 2010, 8:25 AM
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I guess that I'm in the minority, as I personally don't want for Cartoon Network to endlessly loop the same old shows that I can just purchase on DVD or on iTunes; I want to see new and original animated shows with the same kind of inventiveness, enjoyability factor and spirit.
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Jan 15, 2011, 9:25 AM
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Surprise, surprise. The rumor that Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Out of Jimmy's Head and Toonami would be returning to CN on Jan. 5th and 8th respectively turned out to be just that---a rumor.
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(This post was edited by Starburst on Jan 15, 2011, 9:27 AM)
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Feb 10, 2011, 4:35 PM
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I guess that I'm in the minority, as I personally don't want for Cartoon Network to endlessly loop the same old shows that I can just purchase on DVD or on iTunes; I want to see new and original animated shows with the same kind of inventiveness, enjoyability factor and spirit.
The Combination of the Two...that's how TV SHOULD be!
It seems that lately, Classic TV Shows are coming back.
I wonder?...
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Feb 27, 2011, 8:28 AM
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The problem is that the current heads of Cartoon Network, Stuart Snyder and Rob Sorcher, aren't interested in bringing back the old shows. They're not even that interested in airing cartoons. They just want for CN to become Nickelodeon Too or Disney Channel Too. Take your pick. The main reason why they keep ordering more cartoons for CN is because the cartoons typically do better in the ratings than any of the live action projects (Seriously, how many live action projects have to underperform before Team Snycher gets the point that they aren't wanted?). If even 1 live action show were to take off and become a hit for the network, we would probably see some dramatic changes on CN. Remember that internet rumor that Cartoon Network would be changing it's name that was floating around last year?
Getting back to the old shows for a second, I have to say that all this talk on the net that Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon need to put all of their 90s shows back on TV has become tiresome. Folks, I appreciate that the 1990s was a good era for both channels, but CN and Nick simply can't just endlessly loop the shows that they aired in the 90s with no original shows, and there's no reason why they should since home video, DVDs, Blu-Rays and internet video sites like Hulu and iTunes exist. Entertainment is a business just like any other, and no business has ever survived by staying in one place. Writers, directors and animators need to be employed, and a cable/satellite channel that shows nothing but reruns just isn't profitable right now. Even the channels that were originally meant to celebrate the "oldies but goodies" like TV Land and Nicktoons Network are now showing new and original programming.
Now I'm not saying that there can't or shouldn't be a compromise; quite the opposite, in fact, but CN and Nick bringing back all of their old shows and running them endlessly just isn't feasible and such a move would actually cause these companies to lose money, so it wouldn't this wouldn't be a smart business move at all. From a fan's perspective, it would be great, but from a business perspective, it would be a terrible idea.
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(This post was edited by SpaceDemon on Feb 27, 2011, 8:40 AM)
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Apr 26, 2011, 6:56 AM
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Excuse me for bumping this thread, but I feel that I should speak in defense of Cartoon Network's current lineup. I know that many of us here feel that CN hasn't had any good shows since the era of Dexter's Lab, The Powerpuff Girls, Sheep in the Big City, etc., but I've been watching some of the original series on the current CN, and (get ready for a shock)....they're not all that bad. I enjoy JG Quintel's Regular Show. RS is like Clerks meets Megas XLR with a touch of Rocko's Modern Life thrown in for good measure. I watch it every week and even my mother's a big fan. Adventure Time isn't a favorite of mine, but it's unique visual style and whimisical humor is still worth a look now and then. MAD I admittedly don't like as much as RS; it tries too hard to pander to it's young audience and there are too many soon-to-be dated references. The only shows on CN's Monday nights that I don't enjoy are The Problem Solverz and Johnny Test. I tried watching the former, and the visuals are sooooooo unappealing that I just can't stand to look at it for more than a couple of minutes. The Adult Swim-esque random humor doesn't help either. As for Johnny Test, I'm done with that. I gave Test ample time to get better, and it just never did. It's become painfully clear that Test will never be the type of show that I hoped it would be. I stopped watching Test altogether when it became clear that the shows writers aren't change what they do. It seems evident that Test's creators are now just milking the series in oder to have 100 episodes (which is now the magic number for syndication) under the shows' belt.
I really wish that some of the "old-schoolers" here would at least check out some of the new shows on CN instead of writing them all off as being "garbage". Sure, there's still the live action dreck to contend with, but some of CN's current shows aren't so bad, if folks would only give them a chance.
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(This post was edited by SpaceDemon on Apr 26, 2011, 7:04 AM)
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