Directing Animator / Contributor
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Nov 28, 2011, 7:30 PM
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"The Secret Saturdays" comes to Boomerang
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According to Zap2It.com, Cartoon Network's now defunct action toon, Jay Stephens' The Secret Saturdays, will be joining Boomerang's schedule starting Dec. 5th.
The show was deathslotted and subsequently pulled from CN's lineup because the series failed to boost sales on its' companion toy line.
I know some people may have a problem with a show as recent as TSS coming to Boom, but it doesn't bother me; the show has a 'retro' look to it, recalling 1960's cult comics as well as Hanna-Barbera toons of that era such as Jonny Quest. Also, before anyone says "this show is too recent to be airing on Boomerang!", keep in mind that Da Boom is currently airing Ben 10, Teen Titans and various Cartoon-Cartoons. I personally don't think of Boomerang as strictly a baby boomer's channel anymore--it hasn't been that for some time now. Boom is basically CN's recycle bin, so this is just par for the course as far as I'm concerned. Also, this will make fans of the show who felt TSS was ended prematurely very happy. (At this point I wouldn't be surprised to see Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Sym-Bionic Titan come to Boom within the next 2 years.)
My only gripe with this is that with this latest move, Turner really has no excuse not to air the likes of Megas XLR or Foster's Home for Imaginary Freinds on Da Boom. The Secret Saturdays debuted after both of these shows, so why aren't they airing on Boom as well? For that matter, why not run Space Ghost: Coast to Coast or Cartoon Planet on Boomerang for a mild point of variety?
(I also feel it's high time that Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy came to Boomerang, but I realize that there could legal/ownership restrictions preventing that from happening; Ed3 was not produced by Cartoon Network Studios, and is technically property of AKA Cartoon in Vancouver.)
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An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool.
(This post was edited by Starburst on Nov 28, 2011, 7:48 PM)
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