I truly believe that, with enough hard work, time, and open-minded people, Cartoon Network will return to our funny tv network that we would wake up early in the morning excited to watch.
It’s not that I want the old shows back, it that I want them to be actually entertaining and original, and the ones that are don’t get cancelled so freakin early.
I think it would be cool if Cartoon Network starts accepting pitches from the public. One could think you don't always need connections or college degrees to have good ideas.
I wish Cartoon Network mashed things up had a some shows with a variety of different art styles and genres like you got your average cartoon that focuses on comedy then you got your other cartoons that focus on both action and story telling
They probably don't want another High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange scenario, which could be the reason they just avoid pitches from the public.
What I REALLY want is Cartoon Network making new shows with a variety of different art styles to make sure it's good enough. I'll create my own series where the art style changes in each episode
Different art styles would be cool but...I'd really just appreciate different stories being told. Just take a look overseas; one of the most popular kids program is Pretty Cure, a hand to hand combat magical girl show that is even outselling Toei's other kids program: Super Sentai atm. I'd love to see another mecha show get made, you don't always need to go comedy with your show and always poke holes at tropes. Have the show play them seriously, have them show appreciation for the genre they're using. It's how something like Gundam has managed to remain popular through the years.
Remember folks, nostalgia is blinding and we were all much less observant as children. We only filter the good stuff into long term memory and leave all the niggles and annoyances behind.
This is why when people talk about the early 2000s being so much more simple it’s like, uhhh, there was this thing called 9/11? The great recession? The christmas day tsunami? Don’t get me wrong, for me they were simpler since I was born in ‘93, but social media has greatly made life seem way worse.
@@lifevest1 True, back then I've only heard about a bad event once every other year. But due to social media that really bumped up to a quarterly thing.
You act like you speak for every child that existed on earth. Me personally I remember every show I watched, good and bad and what my opinions of them were at the time and what my opinions of them are now. Remember every child has a different brain and will react to the world and their surroundings differently
@@normadgarmez7026 But that certainly won't happen if it bases his ideas only on one genre and secondary ideas. Besides, there doesn't have to be any change for something to evolve.
You know personally I think it should be an evolved version of early 2010's Cartoon Network with at least three big shows leading the way like Gumball, Adventure Time, and Regular Show did.
If there's one thing I miss within the animation industry in the past decade is the magic and charm from the 90s and 2000s media. Ed Edd n Eddy, Teen Titans, Fosters Homes for Imaginary Friends, Camp Lazlo, Krypto the Super Dog. But that's Cartoon Network, so I also have strong feelings for other network shows like Spongebob, Jimmy Neutron, Fairly Odd Parent, Kim Possible, anything that people has fond memories of.
Billy n Mandy, samurai jack, Ben 10, generator rex. Avatar the last Airbender, gargoyles, weekenders, fillmore, loid in space, buzz lightyear of star command. Also Code loyko, Oban star racers.
What I want from Cartoon Network is for them to make banger shows for a new generation, that I (someone who grew up in the early to late 2010s) can also enjoy. Going back to the 2010s or 2000s way of doing things would just stagnate the network, not allowing new creatives to do new things. Also that Kanye parody is fire.
@@Thekinggamelon I sincerely do not see that really being a good time to look at for nowadays. So many things were different back then. If Cartoon Network is going to make all the cartoon stuff for HBO Max, then their shows NEED an overarching story, plain and simple. I also think Teen Titans Go is completely contrary to their whole claim of going back. I think, if they really want to move forward by looking back, then they need to take their #1 show and go back to what that show is a reboot of. Season six of Teen Titans should happen. Even if it is just the one season, that is the best transition probably. Unfortunately, they canceled shows that could have been good foundation for this change. And I think they can only go out with a bang by looking backwards, unfortunately.
I was always a Cartoon Network fan even when I was a kid. Even though I like some of the new shows, I would love it if the channel went back to their Golden Era.
@@juanhaines7295 Unfortunately that's what ppl seem to be hoping for, but those are a pretty far cry from Adventure Time. And they also are probably still failures in CN's eyes. But they could work so well in the age of streaming imo. I think those with Adventure Time like stuff could be best. But that's not what they seem to be saying they're doing.
as much as I LOVED Shows like Adventure Time Regular Show and Steven Universe I'd just hope that Cartoon Network will one day go back to it's roots and provide new and original Shows that BOTH Kids and Adults will like
The truth is that the creators have not been making animations for anyone (not even children) for several years. They just make a simple art style for all their new shows (which is copied from adult animations) to limit the views and ideas of what animation is and to lower the demands of the new generation born since 2007 and at the same time easier to satisfy them so. What do you think is the reason that all their new animations look the same and only stereotypically comedic?
1:58 Me, who was expecting him to say Kids Next Door, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, or at least Total Drama Island, was reminded how not NEW I am.
I think the thing that makes me saddest is the death of creative branding. I have a very special interest in bumpers, IDs, indents, the like, literally anything with tv branding. It’s disappointing with the jump to streaming services that this creative medium of network branding in those forms, those time capsules of history, we’re not going to have them anymore. The day cable dies is the day that we lose the way we catalogue the histories of these networks. It’s just saddening to me. I’d love to have the old era of shows back, but I’ll be honest the bumpers make me the saddest. I don’t know if that’s silly, but it’s just unfortunate.
From this video: -The Kanye reference to start was funny - i was on channel 32 growing up, not anymore - I don’t think the Gumball movie is fully canceled (yet), so that was kinda surprising to hear you say that Great video, and I just hope CN gets better in general.
I grew up during the 2010's renaissance, not the 2000s or the 1990s, and it was shows like Gumball, We Bare Bears and Steven Universe that inspired me to write me own One of the things that I think made that decade so special is the variety. Every single show was completely different in tone, setting, artstyle, and characters. And the writing and dialogue of each show was completely different. It felt like I could read the script, with no characters, and instantly recognize which show it was from. And that is what I want. I want each new show to feel completely different. And I have faith in the new shows to so that Also Gumball movie is not cancelled I will not hear it lalalala I'm not listening
When I think back on what made CN, it was having wide variety of different entertainments as Cartoons. Ranging from action, slice of life, horror, silly comedy, and episodes that don't need to have bigger plots. So many art styles, different people, the creative passion, ranging from the early 90s to around 2010 era. The problem with slightly modern CN shows (not all but some few) the company would focus more on profits and silly excuse claiming it needs to marketing instead of a captivating audience and their humble feedback. Shows that make you question if they truly were meant to be this long and not end the show much earlier.
That seems to be the primary attitude for everything now. We need money and we need to advertise not actually give you the thing we say we produce everything its even in our politics
I know Michael knows what he’s doing, and I know that CN will come back around to be brighter and return to its golden routes we just need faith in them to make sure that the studio will see the light of day for new projects coming in next year like invincible fight girl, Fiona and cake, and brand new season total drama
considering I can always watch shows that CN aired from the 90s and 2000s, that's not super appealing. I'd just like shows that can be awesome and original in it's own way, shows not piggybacking on what came before, because then it's not original or neat. It's just a rehash.
I don’t exactly want the old Cartoon Network days back, I definitely agree that nostalgia plays a big part of the fond memories of watching shows at that time so it wouldn’t ever really be the same again. What I really want, and what I hope they can do, is for there to be new shows that are as good as the shows from back then and that I enjoy just as much
I literally stopped watching and grew out of Cartoon Network's older shows altogether for good because these stupid, toxic 90s and 2000s brats won't stop crying about Cartoon Network not airing their past cartoons
6:33 I disagree to an extent. Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Lab are 2 of my favorite cartoons of all time. They are both before my time. I discovered them on Netflix when I was 12. I was born in 98. That isn't nostalgia talking. If those shows came out today I would love them. Alot of the older cartoon network shows have a good track record for holding up. I prefer to like things objectively than be nostalgic.
Agreed. I wasn't born in the 90's at all but I love OG PPG and Dexter's Lab. I don't care if I wasn't born around the time when they were out, they still give me a sense of nostalgia and happiness.
Been saying this for years, the most of those older shows just hold up objectively, what's missing in the newer shows is that slick expert level writing they had, but nooooo, we're just old, cranck and nostalgia blind for calling a spade, a spade and saying the newer shows aren't as good.
Same logic I can apply to shows like Spongebob. I didn't grew with Nick because of SpongeBob ironically scaring the 3 year old me with the "butterfly" (My oldest memory at that). Now I saw some of the chapters as a teenager and I LOVED THEM due to how creative the humor was and i can see why people is dissapointed by the new one. Nostalgia can only do so much, in this case making us forget the mediocre and bad shows but still remember the good moments; what i'm saying is that there's stuff you can learn from those things that cause nostalgia, in this case how creativity can go a long way to make a show great while copypaste makes you forgettable.
9:13 I agree and disagree to this. As someone who mainly grew up with shows in the 2010's, I would like to see something that has the pros of 2010's shows as well as other generations before. Pushing away all these audiences away after all these years is one of the major problems the channel sort of has. Acknowledge the others who grew up with your channel as well. Don't just move on and forget about the generations before. *But* I also want this new decade of cartoons to accomplish what other shows couldn't do or didn't do. Use the past decades of cartoons from the channel to achieve what it was able to do and what it couldn't do while also having it's own sense of style on the channel. Haven't been able to love any of the new stuff but I *would love* to be proven wrong :D
I love Craig of the Creek. I’m sad that this coming season will be the last, but at least it’s getting a movie as well that will hopefully be a proper send off.
i have up cartoon network when i was 22 i’m 27 now. it’s not the same vibe as fosters home for imaginary friends or the grim adventures of billy and mandy or code name kids next door or the misadventures of flapjack or chowder vibe to it anymore. new gen CN is just torture.
I agree with everything you've said - hoping the new shows are able to stand up on their own and the creators get to have their vision fully played out 🤞🤞🤞 PLEASE LET THEM ALSO BRING BACK INFINITY TRAIN 😭😭😭
Yeah! It would be really cool to have things return to the way the were before it became a mess. Now I understand the meaning of the phrase, "There's nothing like the good old days.", and it would be nice to get back to that.
As long as they remember one thing don't focus dividing cartoon from kids, adults, girl, and boy and just make cartoons. No demographics just good story telling, funny characters, and amazing animation. They do this they'll be fine
I would love for Cartoon Network to go back to its glory days when they had original content and fun and original shows. But these days I just prefer to support independent animators and artists instead of the bull crap that’s going on right now.
Didnt back then they did a whole thing for indie creators?? I think it was a late 1990s to early 2000s thing, iit's hard to remember, they had a name for it too
Cartoon Network has always been an animation channel instead of being called a kids channel. True story, growing up, both my parents and I love watching shows like Ed Edd Eddy, Ben 10, samurai Jack, regular show even Johnny bravo which was actually my dad’s personal favorite😅, So basically Michael wasn’t wrong.
I just hope they put both the old and new hit shows together on the schedule it would great to wake up to classic shows like Dexter's Laboratory Ed Edd n Eddy and Courage the Cowardly Dog followed by the new hits like Adventure Time Steven Universe and Regular Show.
@@TheAlphaJayShow 1) Boomerang airs the cartoon cartoons at midnight. It's usually Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends, Codename Kids Next Door and Camp Lazlo 2) HBO Max doesn't have all the episodes of every show. I clicked the Dexter's Lab tab and several episodes were missing. 3) During the day Boomerang usually airs Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Scooby Doo.
@@icecreamhero2375 Honestly the best way to bring CN back to its former glory is to put the classic shows back on the channel along with the new hits and finally create a new CN City for old and new generations of fans maybe even bring back old marathons and program blocks.
@@calebglasscock7392 I disagree about CN city. It's fun to watch in UA-cam complications but they probably played the same few clips all the time. Sometimes I would rather just watch my show. I agree they should play the classics a bit more often.
Adventure Time is not a new show anymore. They need new new shows. They definitely can't survive focusing on showing their old old shows and then their old shows.
Hey! Remember when Mr. Warburton released a trailer for the Galactic Kids Next Door, and wanted to end the series on a high note!? But the CN Execs turned it down!? Maybe it's time!
Alpha Jay Show, I remember when I was a kid, my family used to subscribe to a cable provider called AT&T Broadband. My channel for Cartoon Network was on channel 49. Then, I remember having DirecTV and Cartoon Network was on 296 until they added a West Coast feed for channel 297 years later. Boomerang later moved to channel 298 (where it used to have Noggin prior to the switch).
Depends on which “old” Cartoon Network. The one from 1990-2003 was great, but they still heavily relied on reruns from the HB and WB library with less in-house content (outside of the live action BS).
As long as it's cheap and experimental (along with getting away from certain that was prevalent in the 2010's), you can sort of get that feeling back. You don't need the exact same thing, just the elements that made the old thing what it was, which forced to be cheap, but open to be experimental. As in get away from the thing, cal arts outlines and more ed edd n eddy and fosters and whatever else that stood out. What made CN unique was how experimental with its style vs something more in line that was nick or disney. Even adult swim just reused old animation and made something new. The old ATHF episode was pretty much photoshop in a sense. It's what made those shows stand out and it's what you remember...
My Cartoon Network was on channel 24 (see SpongeBob meme) when I was a child for the short time my parents paid for it (then all I had was PBS), but later when we got FiOS it was 252, and now the channel is none bc I don't pay for cable
I pretty much moved on a loooong time ago. As much as I love CN back in the day I'd probably still not go back and watch it even if it goes back to exactly how it was. Just hope future generations can enjoy the same quality of shows that were around back then.
I think this is just another symptom of the death of an era in animation. I remember as a kid back in the 90's watching "What A Cartoon" and "2 Stupid Dogs", and the pilots for PPG, Dexter, Johnny Bravo, etc... The point is, animation then took a risk and went running the whole nine yards with it. Studios were willing to gamble and trust in the vision of their animators andnproducers rather than a bunch of out of touch, heartless board of investora. There has been promising pilots being made during the years, like Rocket Dog or Claire, but since studios care more about satisfying the ever fickle moneybags than to build a reputation for passion in animation, well... *it is the end of big screen programming as we know it.*
My area for Cartoon Network growing up is 39,Disney is 36 and Nickelodeon was 31 until my cable company had a dispute with Viacom which Nick falls under and now is 92
I never wanted the return of the “glory days” of the 2000s to early 2010s (well aside from a couple things) but I just want CN to produce quality content again which they’ve been struggling with for a few years now
Ayyy channel 32 gang Also, man I feel ya on the lack of original content. I saw Craig Mckracken saying that he's essentially on board for another powerpuff girls because his original pitches aren't getting attention
I remember watching the old Cartoon Network and sometimes boomerang back when I was in elementary school, I really just wish it would stay the same or either go back in time to when I was younger and relive my childhood… it was so good back then 🥲
I mean, I don’t watch TV anymore. Neither do I care about western animations any longer. So I don’t really want anything back at all. They lost me to the point of full indifference.
Cartoon network used to have a certain vibe. That vibe was cultivated not by the main shows, but by the interstitial content. Instead of just a constant stream of content with no fanfare, they made the entertainment last into the commercial break, which helps viewer retention and loyalty. My personal favorite is when the characters were actual employees of cartoon network and chilled out together in a semi out of character situation. It wasn't in your face or directly trying to advertise something, it was world building within a 5-30 second long bumper. This whole design philosophy later birthed adult swim which still carries that torch to this day. Now everything is sterile and trying really hard to be relatable. This on top of the stale lineup lacks soul and viewers will just change the channel the moment they had enough.
To think that the words of a CN veteran turned CEO could give me so much hope for the future. Finally, after years of being trekked through the mud, being ricked across the coals and braving through the storm, a brilliant ray of light sits at the end of it all. But of course, words are just that, words, what matters more is action! Only time will tell if that ray of light was ever truly there or just a desperate hallucination.
"The Gumball movie is guaranteed not to come out" Me: NOOOOOO!!!! DON'T SAY THAT!!!! It just needs to be bought by other streaming services so it can then be released! My only hope is to see this movie!!!!!!!
9:05 That's what happens when you appeal to children first rather than thirty-somethings (it's also more popular than all the Adventure Time Wannabees Ouweleen greenlights)
The Gumball movie is still happening, and so are the six affected projects. They just aren't going to Max and instead are being shopped around to other networks/streamers
@@TheAlphaJayShow that's the unfortunate side effect, but hopefully it can find a home though I don't get why Discovery's shopping it around if it would be right at home on CN proper
out of all of the New Shows that have been announced I truly do hope that Unicorn Warriors Eternal will live up to the Hype knowing they brought back Gennady Tartakoskey for Adult Swim's PRIMAL which was EPIC and LOVED his work from Both Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack I hope that Unicorn Warriors Eternal will be good and live up to the hype also they really need to bring Back Sym Bionic Titan back for more Seasons
Now they did away with their website and it redirects to MAX. What more proof you need to prove the CN we know is gone? Another part of my childhood died that day. Still hope the network at large someday returns to it's former glory, CN City was one of the best eras they ever had! There's also Checkered Past on Adult Swim, so maybe there's still some hope yet. The fact TTG is still going astounds me. Glitch Techs (while not a CN show) had potential, and Nickelodeon blew it. Because heaven forbid the show isn't as big as SpongeBob, and I'm a fan of the older episodes!
I want the Toonix era back, not because I liked it, but because I had to grow up with having to put up with marathons of Destroy Build Destroy instead of TTG and I want everyone to feel that pain
For me before i got cable when i was little CN was 32 and nickelodeon was 23 then when we got cabke it changed to nickelodeon on 23 and 32 and CN was 45
My Cartoon Network channel was 24, i think. 44-45 was Fox, 25, 26 and 29 were Nickelodeon, Disney, and Disney XD. 23 was Paka Paka and 31 was a broken channel that always put the CRT calibration screen (the color bars). I only remember it because as a kid i always used to be perplexed by how the yellow was made, because zooming really close to the screen you couldn't see yellow, only red green and blue lines, also zooming too close gave you electric static shocks, one of the reasons why i get scared of being close to screens. Anyway in DirectTV, it was 304 for Cartoon Network and 220 (i think) was TruTV, 204 was Fox, and uh, that's all i remember in DirectTV.
It is upsetting to think about the fact that CN only has 3 shows currently airing new episodes, those being Teen Titans Go, Craig of the Creek, and We Baby Bears. And Craig of the Creek is ending after season 5.
It's not just our ages at the time, it's the way we watched TV. We binge now, we deliberately search for titles or genres, we click on recommendations. We don't surf and go "Oh awesome, my favourite episode is about to start. But oh no! My favourite episode of another thing is on the other channel, and the VCR is being used for Neighbours. Nooooo!"
I dunno about the 2010's. In the 90's and 2000's you could watch cartoon Network all day and have 20 different shows. 2010's felt like only 3 shows running over and over again. The old cartoon cartoons and segments that pretty much aired pilots with a "let's just throw new stuff on the wall and see what sticks" attitude was great for creativity. That's the time when some of the greatest cartoonists of our time like Genndy Tartakovsky started their career. I guess what I'm actually missing is Hanna-Barbera, their absorption into the Warner Bros. Animation was a great loss for the cartoon world. But besides HB Cartoon Network still had many shows from other studios including anime. I guess if everyone wants to make their own exclusive streaming platform a traditional TV station has to struggle for content. They could transform into a TV+streaming platform themselves and take on many small creators. Commission youtube animators for example to make one season of a cartoon for their TV channel/online library to spice things up, at least that's how I would do it. At least what Ouweleen says sounds promising. I'm not holding out an hopes, but maybe we might get positively surprised.
Code name kids next door, chowder, courage the cowardly dog, the misadventures of flapjack, teen titans, ed edd n eddy, camp lazlo, Ben 10, scooby doo, dexter's laboratory, Johnny bravo and fosters home for imaginary friends , they were truly the greats.
Do you think Cartoon Network can return to it's "original charter"?
Absolutely. It worked so much better in the past.
Hopefully 🤞😊
I truly believe that, with enough hard work, time, and open-minded people, Cartoon Network will return to our funny tv network that we would wake up early in the morning excited to watch.
You mean the charter filled with only Teen Titans Go? Depending the situation, it's most likely...yes.
Probably. The first things they need to do are give original content a chance, make the schedule have variety, and stop over-saturating Teen Titans Go
Of course, having Cartoon Network back to the way it used to be back during it's glory days would a dream come true!
If they put out banger shows, they'll definitely have glory days!
@@TheAlphaJayShow To quote Shrek Yeah like that will ever happen
Exactly and they should bring Boomerang back to the way it was because I really miss the old Boomerang.
0:08 hello
@@sweetpalette8272 I thought the gumball movie is being shopped around I hope it’s hulu
It’s not that I want the old shows back, it that I want them to be actually entertaining and original, and the ones that are don’t get cancelled so freakin early.
Precisely
Yeah same with Nick I wish they would pick up better pilots
Unfortunately the corporate mindset has taken over. This means the network has become so hesitant to take risks on original IPs.
I want cool original shows... AND TO BRING SOME SHOWS BACK FOR A ACTUAL CONCLUSION
I think it would be cool if Cartoon Network starts accepting pitches from the public. One could think you don't always need connections or college degrees to have good ideas.
There should be a process for sure!
I wish Cartoon Network mashed things up had a some shows with a variety of different art styles and genres like you got your average cartoon that focuses on comedy then you got your other cartoons that focus on both action and story telling
It would be a hell of a lot of paper work but they could get some nice shows possibly similar to cancelled ones.
I don’t care what they do just bring the old shows back and finish the thundercats 2011 reboot with a good ending and execution
They probably don't want another High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange scenario, which could be the reason they just avoid pitches from the public.
What I REALLY want is Cartoon Network making new shows with a variety of different art styles to make sure it's good enough. I'll create my own series where the art style changes in each episode
Exactly!
not just creating reboots
*Panty and stocking enters the chat*
And they need to end 'Teen Titans Go' right now!
Different art styles would be cool but...I'd really just appreciate different stories being told. Just take a look overseas; one of the most popular kids program is Pretty Cure, a hand to hand combat magical girl show that is even outselling Toei's other kids program: Super Sentai atm. I'd love to see another mecha show get made, you don't always need to go comedy with your show and always poke holes at tropes. Have the show play them seriously, have them show appreciation for the genre they're using. It's how something like Gundam has managed to remain popular through the years.
Remember folks, nostalgia is blinding and we were all much less observant as children.
We only filter the good stuff into long term memory and leave all the niggles and annoyances behind.
This is why when people talk about the early 2000s being so much more simple it’s like, uhhh, there was this thing called 9/11? The great recession? The christmas day tsunami?
Don’t get me wrong, for me they were simpler since I was born in ‘93, but social media has greatly made life seem way worse.
Each decades have their own duds, and people tend to not bring them up.
@@lifevest1 True, back then I've only heard about a bad event once every other year. But due to social media that really bumped up to a quarterly thing.
You act like you speak for every child that existed on earth.
Me personally I remember every show I watched, good and bad and what my opinions of them were at the time and what my opinions of them are now. Remember every child has a different brain and will react to the world and their surroundings differently
& yet the human mind is drawn to negativity & ragebait like yellowjackets to an all-you-can-eat meat buffet.
Remember when Cartoon Network had more than 3 shows still producing episodes? I remember.
We all do.
Damn what a time it was
Hell, they were better when they were showing nothing but old Hanna Barbera cartoons than they are now.
I member!
I remember too
No matter how hard you try to put everything back together, it's never gonna be exactly how it once was.
-J.G.
Precisely
oof that hit hard
No one is asking for that, people just want it something structurally sound, like how it was before.
True. But you can take inspiration and make a new golden age as good if not better.
@@normadgarmez7026 But that certainly won't happen if it bases his ideas only on one genre and secondary ideas. Besides, there doesn't have to be any change for something to evolve.
You know personally I think it should be an evolved version of early 2010's Cartoon Network with at least three big shows leading the way like Gumball, Adventure Time, and Regular Show did.
3 goated shows🐐🔥
If there's one thing I miss within the animation industry in the past decade is the magic and charm from the 90s and 2000s media. Ed Edd n Eddy, Teen Titans, Fosters Homes for Imaginary Friends, Camp Lazlo, Krypto the Super Dog. But that's Cartoon Network, so I also have strong feelings for other network shows like Spongebob, Jimmy Neutron, Fairly Odd Parent, Kim Possible, anything that people has fond memories of.
Billy n Mandy, samurai jack, Ben 10, generator rex. Avatar the last Airbender, gargoyles, weekenders, fillmore, loid in space, buzz lightyear of star command. Also Code loyko, Oban star racers.
Chowder and flapjack
We really took those old days for granted 😭
What I want from Cartoon Network is for them to make banger shows for a new generation, that I (someone who grew up in the early to late 2010s) can also enjoy. Going back to the 2010s or 2000s way of doing things would just stagnate the network, not allowing new creatives to do new things.
Also that Kanye parody is fire.
I also want the good ol' Cartoon Network return back to it's original roots before Teen Titans Go.
So the 90s?
@@TheAlphaJayShow Yup. Stuff like Dexter's Laboratory, The Space Ghost, Cow and Chicken and more.
@@Thekinggamelon
I sincerely do not see that really being a good time to look at for nowadays. So many things were different back then. If Cartoon Network is going to make all the cartoon stuff for HBO Max, then their shows NEED an overarching story, plain and simple.
I also think Teen Titans Go is completely contrary to their whole claim of going back. I think, if they really want to move forward by looking back, then they need to take their #1 show and go back to what that show is a reboot of. Season six of Teen Titans should happen. Even if it is just the one season, that is the best transition probably. Unfortunately, they canceled shows that could have been good foundation for this change. And I think they can only go out with a bang by looking backwards, unfortunately.
Me too.
@@Thekinggamelon Reruns of Space Ghost, or new episodes of Space Ghost bc C. Martin Croaker is dead.
I was always a Cartoon Network fan even when I was a kid. Even though I like some of the new shows, I would love it if the channel went back to their Golden Era.
I hope they make cartoons with actual story and action again
Again? COTC has been carrying Cartoon Network for a few years with an actual story.
I mean shows like generator rex. Or even bringing back symbiotic titan.
@@juanhaines7295 better yet that fantastic retelling of the Thunder Cats. (2010 one)
@@juanhaines7295
Unfortunately that's what ppl seem to be hoping for, but those are a pretty far cry from Adventure Time. And they also are probably still failures in CN's eyes. But they could work so well in the age of streaming imo. I think those with Adventure Time like stuff could be best. But that's not what they seem to be saying they're doing.
@@TheAlphaJayShow when you said COTC my mind immediately flashed to Battle Cats
as much as I LOVED Shows like Adventure Time Regular Show and Steven Universe I'd just hope that Cartoon Network will one day go back to it's roots and provide new and original Shows that BOTH Kids and Adults will like
The truth is that the creators have not been making animations for anyone (not even children) for several years. They just make a simple art style for all their new shows (which is copied from adult animations) to limit the views and ideas of what animation is and to lower the demands of the new generation born since 2007 and at the same time easier to satisfy them so. What do you think is the reason that all their new animations look the same and only stereotypically comedic?
1:58 Me, who was expecting him to say Kids Next Door, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, or at least Total Drama Island, was reminded how not NEW I am.
Cartoon Networks golden age was through the Checkerboard Era through the City Era. As well as throughout the CHECK It era.
The Check It Era was cool fam
Cartoon network doesn't have its character promo
I think the thing that makes me saddest is the death of creative branding. I have a very special interest in bumpers, IDs, indents, the like, literally anything with tv branding. It’s disappointing with the jump to streaming services that this creative medium of network branding in those forms, those time capsules of history, we’re not going to have them anymore. The day cable dies is the day that we lose the way we catalogue the histories of these networks. It’s just saddening to me. I’d love to have the old era of shows back, but I’ll be honest the bumpers make me the saddest. I don’t know if that’s silly, but it’s just unfortunate.
From this video:
-The Kanye reference to start was funny
- i was on channel 32 growing up, not anymore
- I don’t think the Gumball movie is fully canceled (yet), so that was kinda surprising to hear you say that
Great video, and I just hope CN gets better in general.
I grew up during the 2010's renaissance, not the 2000s or the 1990s, and it was shows like Gumball, We Bare Bears and Steven Universe that inspired me to write me own
One of the things that I think made that decade so special is the variety. Every single show was completely different in tone, setting, artstyle, and characters. And the writing and dialogue of each show was completely different. It felt like I could read the script, with no characters, and instantly recognize which show it was from.
And that is what I want. I want each new show to feel completely different. And I have faith in the new shows to so that
Also Gumball movie is not cancelled I will not hear it lalalala I'm not listening
The late 90s, 2000s and early 2010s were the prime. CN started going down around 2013-2014.
When I think back on what made CN, it was having wide variety of different entertainments as Cartoons. Ranging from action, slice of life, horror, silly comedy, and episodes that don't need to have bigger plots. So many art styles, different people, the creative passion, ranging from the early 90s to around 2010 era. The problem with slightly modern CN shows (not all but some few) the company would focus more on profits and silly excuse claiming it needs to marketing instead of a captivating audience and their humble feedback. Shows that make you question if they truly were meant to be this long and not end the show much earlier.
That seems to be the primary attitude for everything now. We need money and we need to advertise not actually give you the thing we say we produce everything its even in our politics
I do wanted it to come back because I used to love and remember some of nostalgic cartoons from 2010s like adventure time, regular show,etc.
I know Michael knows what he’s doing, and I know that CN will come back around to be brighter and return to its golden routes we just need faith in them to make sure that the studio will see the light of day for new projects coming in next year like invincible fight girl, Fiona and cake, and brand new season total drama
Yes the Cartoon Network can return to its original charter in the 90s and 2000s!
We will see!
It would have to be its own channel to for that to happen,
can it can it not will found out next year
I think it COULD. But it would end that way. And those shows, focusing on standalone episodes, may not do well on streaming services.
considering I can always watch shows that CN aired from the 90s and 2000s, that's not super appealing. I'd just like shows that can be awesome and original in it's own way, shows not piggybacking on what came before, because then it's not original or neat. It's just a rehash.
I don’t exactly want the old Cartoon Network days back, I definitely agree that nostalgia plays a big part of the fond memories of watching shows at that time so it wouldn’t ever really be the same again. What I really want, and what I hope they can do, is for there to be new shows that are as good as the shows from back then and that I enjoy just as much
I literally stopped watching and grew out of Cartoon Network's older shows altogether for good because these stupid, toxic 90s and 2000s brats won't stop crying about Cartoon Network not airing their past cartoons
I respect your opinion man but some of those 90s and 2000s brats are not wrong I’m mean I want to see those old shows again for nostalgia
6:33 I disagree to an extent. Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Lab are 2 of my favorite cartoons of all time. They are both before my time. I discovered them on Netflix when I was 12. I was born in 98. That isn't nostalgia talking. If those shows came out today I would love them. Alot of the older cartoon network shows have a good track record for holding up. I prefer to like things objectively than be nostalgic.
Agreed. I wasn't born in the 90's at all but I love OG PPG and Dexter's Lab. I don't care if I wasn't born around the time when they were out, they still give me a sense of nostalgia and happiness.
Been saying this for years, the most of those older shows just hold up objectively, what's missing in the newer shows is that slick expert level writing they had, but nooooo, we're just old, cranck and nostalgia blind for calling a spade, a spade and saying the newer shows aren't as good.
Same logic I can apply to shows like Spongebob. I didn't grew with Nick because of SpongeBob ironically scaring the 3 year old me with the "butterfly" (My oldest memory at that). Now I saw some of the chapters as a teenager and I LOVED THEM due to how creative the humor was and i can see why people is dissapointed by the new one.
Nostalgia can only do so much, in this case making us forget the mediocre and bad shows but still remember the good moments; what i'm saying is that there's stuff you can learn from those things that cause nostalgia, in this case how creativity can go a long way to make a show great while copypaste makes you forgettable.
Really, really great idea to be able to have a new Batman show and decide let's do the cars
Batwheels looks wild
yes :/ miss my childhood sometimes LOL
As you should! I do as well. CN now probably won't be able to give you that back tho
9:13 I agree and disagree to this. As someone who mainly grew up with shows in the 2010's, I would like to see something that has the pros of 2010's shows as well as other generations before.
Pushing away all these audiences away after all these years is one of the major problems the channel sort of has. Acknowledge the others who grew up with your channel as well. Don't just move on and forget about the generations before.
*But* I also want this new decade of cartoons to accomplish what other shows couldn't do or didn't do. Use the past decades of cartoons from the channel to achieve what it was able to do and what it couldn't do while also having it's own sense of style on the channel. Haven't been able to love any of the new stuff but I *would love* to be proven wrong :D
Tbh I've given up on cartoon network at this point but knowing we are getting some new shows other than teen titans go is a welcome change.
I can't wait to see the new stuff they put out!
1:30 I live in the UK, and the channel number was 601, along with 602 for Cartoon Network+ and that number is forever imprinted in my mind.
I love Craig of the Creek. I’m sad that this coming season will be the last, but at least it’s getting a movie as well that will hopefully be a proper send off.
i have up cartoon network when i was 22 i’m 27 now. it’s not the same vibe as fosters home for imaginary friends or the grim adventures of billy and mandy or code name kids next door or the misadventures of flapjack or chowder vibe to it anymore. new gen CN is just torture.
I agree with everything you've said - hoping the new shows are able to stand up on their own and the creators get to have their vision fully played out 🤞🤞🤞
PLEASE LET THEM ALSO BRING BACK INFINITY TRAIN 😭😭😭
Its hard to move on cant believe i cant watch the show i used to watch on tv anymore
Yeah! It would be really cool to have things return to the way the were before it became a mess. Now I understand the meaning of the phrase, "There's nothing like the good old days.", and it would be nice to get back to that.
As long as they remember one thing don't focus dividing cartoon from kids, adults, girl, and boy and just make cartoons.
No demographics just good story telling, funny characters, and amazing animation. They do this they'll be fine
I would love for Cartoon Network to go back to its glory days when they had original content and fun and original shows. But these days I just prefer to support independent animators and artists instead of the bull crap that’s going on right now.
Didnt back then they did a whole thing for indie creators?? I think it was a late 1990s to early 2000s thing, iit's hard to remember, they had a name for it too
@@SluggedNugg honestly I really don’t know. I’m not very knowledgeable on that topic
Cartoon Network has always been an animation channel instead of being called a kids channel. True story, growing up, both my parents and I love watching shows like Ed Edd Eddy, Ben 10, samurai Jack, regular show even Johnny bravo which was actually my dad’s personal favorite😅, So basically Michael wasn’t wrong.
I just hope they put both the old and new hit shows together on the schedule it would great to wake up to classic shows like Dexter's Laboratory Ed Edd n Eddy and Courage the Cowardly Dog followed by the new hits like Adventure Time Steven Universe and Regular Show.
Boomerang & HBO Max: Do I not exist?
@@TheAlphaJayShow 1) Boomerang airs the cartoon cartoons at midnight. It's usually Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends, Codename Kids Next Door and Camp Lazlo 2) HBO Max doesn't have all the episodes of every show. I clicked the Dexter's Lab tab and several episodes were missing. 3) During the day Boomerang usually airs Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Scooby Doo.
@@icecreamhero2375 Honestly the best way to bring CN back to its former glory is to put the classic shows back on the channel along with the new hits and finally create a new CN City for old and new generations of fans maybe even bring back old marathons and program blocks.
@@calebglasscock7392 I disagree about CN city. It's fun to watch in UA-cam complications but they probably played the same few clips all the time. Sometimes I would rather just watch my show. I agree they should play the classics a bit more often.
Adventure Time is not a new show anymore. They need new new shows. They definitely can't survive focusing on showing their old old shows and then their old shows.
Yeah,I definitely want the old Cartoon Network and the old Boomerang. I really grew up with watching the old original shows.
Hey! Remember when Mr. Warburton released a trailer for the Galactic Kids Next Door, and wanted to end the series on a high note!?
But the CN Execs turned it down!?
Maybe it's time!
Alpha Jay Show, I remember when I was a kid, my family used to subscribe to a cable provider called AT&T Broadband. My channel for Cartoon Network was on channel 49. Then, I remember having DirecTV and Cartoon Network was on 296 until they added a West Coast feed for channel 297 years later. Boomerang later moved to channel 298 (where it used to have Noggin prior to the switch).
I don't want the old CN back, I just want better schedules and treatment for their cartoons
I want company’s to stop being like “It’s been 1 month and you haven’t reached SpongeBob ratings. Your Cancelled.”
Same. I want the company to stop showing favoritism towards one show while giving other cartoons basically nothing.
@@mathisonchicetawn8445and there lies problem
Depends on which “old” Cartoon Network. The one from 1990-2003 was great, but they still heavily relied on reruns from the HB and WB library with less in-house content (outside of the live action BS).
As long as it's cheap and experimental (along with getting away from certain that was prevalent in the 2010's), you can sort of get that feeling back. You don't need the exact same thing, just the elements that made the old thing what it was, which forced to be cheap, but open to be experimental. As in get away from the thing, cal arts outlines and more ed edd n eddy and fosters and whatever else that stood out. What made CN unique was how experimental with its style vs something more in line that was nick or disney. Even adult swim just reused old animation and made something new. The old ATHF episode was pretty much photoshop in a sense. It's what made those shows stand out and it's what you remember...
That’s actually the best way anyone has ever worded what people really want from Cartoon Network; we want more variety and creativity.
4:55 I guess our dreams don’t always come true, and we often fail to accept that.
My Cartoon Network was on channel 24 (see SpongeBob meme) when I was a child for the short time my parents paid for it (then all I had was PBS), but later when we got FiOS it was 252, and now the channel is none bc I don't pay for cable
I pretty much moved on a loooong time ago. As much as I love CN back in the day I'd probably still not go back and watch it even if it goes back to exactly how it was. Just hope future generations can enjoy the same quality of shows that were around back then.
If we are talking about 90s CN - then yes, yes and yes.
Sadly, it´s not possible. The time has passed, there were changes and it WON´T happen.
I would be happy if it played more then 2 shows all day until adult swim gets on
Even my little brother prefers older CN, so I’m pretty sure it’s not just nostalgia.
Old Cartoon network is the best
I think this is just another symptom of the death of an era in animation. I remember as a kid back in the 90's watching "What A Cartoon" and "2 Stupid Dogs", and the pilots for PPG, Dexter, Johnny Bravo, etc...
The point is, animation then took a risk and went running the whole nine yards with it. Studios were willing to gamble and trust in the vision of their animators andnproducers rather than a bunch of out of touch, heartless board of investora.
There has been promising pilots being made during the years, like Rocket Dog or Claire, but since studios care more about satisfying the ever fickle moneybags than to build a reputation for passion in animation, well... *it is the end of big screen programming as we know it.*
It should go back to it's old days
I can't believe that Glitch Techs was Cancelled on a Cliffhanger!
They did what?!
Same!
Wait WHAT!!?? Oh Come On! It's such a great show I enjoyed.
I want another show as ballsy and mature as Code Lyoko with a villain as extreme, psychotic, creepy and iconic as X.A.N.A..
My area for Cartoon Network growing up is 39,Disney is 36 and Nickelodeon was 31 until my cable company had a dispute with Viacom which Nick falls under and now is 92
I never wanted the return of the “glory days” of the 2000s to early 2010s (well aside from a couple things) but I just want CN to produce quality content again which they’ve been struggling with for a few years now
Ayyy channel 32 gang
Also, man I feel ya on the lack of original content. I saw Craig Mckracken saying that he's essentially on board for another powerpuff girls because his original pitches aren't getting attention
1:30 It was 601 and 602
That clip of Cyborg saying "Children's entertainment is doomed!" Feels so fitting and kind of funny here!
I remember watching the old Cartoon Network and sometimes boomerang back when I was in elementary school, I really just wish it would stay the same or either go back in time to when I was younger and relive my childhood… it was so good back then 🥲
Well now we've got another PPG show coming up from the creator.
This is like trying to experience playing a game for the first time again, you just can't. You already know what to do and what comes next.
I hope some of the cancelled projects come back after they get a bigger budget.
I mean, I don’t watch TV anymore.
Neither do I care about western animations any longer.
So I don’t really want anything back at all.
They lost me to the point of full indifference.
Cartoon network used to have a certain vibe. That vibe was cultivated not by the main shows, but by the interstitial content. Instead of just a constant stream of content with no fanfare, they made the entertainment last into the commercial break, which helps viewer retention and loyalty. My personal favorite is when the characters were actual employees of cartoon network and chilled out together in a semi out of character situation. It wasn't in your face or directly trying to advertise something, it was world building within a 5-30 second long bumper. This whole design philosophy later birthed adult swim which still carries that torch to this day. Now everything is sterile and trying really hard to be relatable. This on top of the stale lineup lacks soul and viewers will just change the channel the moment they had enough.
To think that the words of a CN veteran turned CEO could give me so much hope for the future.
Finally, after years of being trekked through the mud, being ricked across the coals and braving through the storm, a brilliant ray of light sits at the end of it all. But of course, words are just that, words, what matters more is action! Only time will tell if that ray of light was ever truly there or just a desperate hallucination.
"The Gumball movie is guaranteed not to come out"
Me: NOOOOOO!!!! DON'T SAY THAT!!!! It just needs to be bought by other streaming services so it can then be released! My only hope is to see this movie!!!!!!!
Cartoon network from the 90s to early 2010s were the best eras of CN 😔
so nearly its entire existence?
CN hasn’t been good since 2013. Which was 10 years ago.
9:05 That's what happens when you appeal to children first rather than thirty-somethings (it's also more popular than all the Adventure Time Wannabees Ouweleen greenlights)
The Gumball movie is still happening, and so are the six affected projects.
They just aren't going to Max and instead are being shopped around to other networks/streamers
The continuation of the Gumball movie depends on if they can reach a bid.
@@TheAlphaJayShow that's the unfortunate side effect, but hopefully it can find a home
though I don't get why Discovery's shopping it around if it would be right at home on CN proper
1:30 My channel number for CN was 60 while nickelodeon was 25 and Disney was 24.
“It had the time and resources to Blossom”
(Cuts to clip of Blossom)
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Okay I like your new writers intro... That song hits harder right now
out of all of the New Shows that have been announced I truly do hope that Unicorn Warriors Eternal will live up to the Hype knowing they brought back Gennady Tartakoskey for Adult Swim's PRIMAL which was EPIC and LOVED his work from Both Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack I hope that Unicorn Warriors Eternal will be good and live up to the hype also they really need to bring Back Sym Bionic Titan back for more Seasons
Tartakoskey's Primal is AMAZING. yesh i do hope so too
Now they did away with their website and it redirects to MAX. What more proof you need to prove the CN we know is gone? Another part of my childhood died that day. Still hope the network at large someday returns to it's former glory, CN City was one of the best eras they ever had! There's also Checkered Past on Adult Swim, so maybe there's still some hope yet. The fact TTG is still going astounds me. Glitch Techs (while not a CN show) had potential, and Nickelodeon blew it. Because heaven forbid the show isn't as big as SpongeBob, and I'm a fan of the older episodes!
I want the Toonix era back, not because I liked it, but because I had to grow up with having to put up with marathons of Destroy Build Destroy instead of TTG and I want everyone to feel that pain
For me before i got cable when i was little CN was 32 and nickelodeon was 23 then when we got cabke it changed to nickelodeon on 23 and 32 and CN was 45
Happy to be born in 90s one of the best time to witness great cartoon, anime, music, movies, next gen don't know what they missed
My Cartoon Network channel was 24, i think. 44-45 was Fox, 25, 26 and 29 were Nickelodeon, Disney, and Disney XD. 23 was Paka Paka and 31 was a broken channel that always put the CRT calibration screen (the color bars). I only remember it because as a kid i always used to be perplexed by how the yellow was made, because zooming really close to the screen you couldn't see yellow, only red green and blue lines, also zooming too close gave you electric static shocks, one of the reasons why i get scared of being close to screens. Anyway in DirectTV, it was 304 for Cartoon Network and 220 (i think) was TruTV, 204 was Fox, and uh, that's all i remember in DirectTV.
It is upsetting to think about the fact that CN only has 3 shows currently airing new episodes, those being Teen Titans Go, Craig of the Creek, and We Baby Bears. And Craig of the Creek is ending after season 5.
It's not just our ages at the time, it's the way we watched TV. We binge now, we deliberately search for titles or genres, we click on recommendations. We don't surf and go "Oh awesome, my favourite episode is about to start. But oh no! My favourite episode of another thing is on the other channel, and the VCR is being used for Neighbours. Nooooo!"
CN became a primarily kid's network when it bumped Toonami into the late Adult Swim hours... 😔
My channel number with Comcast was 060, when we switched to verizon it was 257.
Gumball S7 is in production
I dunno about the 2010's. In the 90's and 2000's you could watch cartoon Network all day and have 20 different shows. 2010's felt like only 3 shows running over and over again.
The old cartoon cartoons and segments that pretty much aired pilots with a "let's just throw new stuff on the wall and see what sticks" attitude was great for creativity.
That's the time when some of the greatest cartoonists of our time like Genndy Tartakovsky started their career.
I guess what I'm actually missing is Hanna-Barbera, their absorption into the Warner Bros. Animation was a great loss for the cartoon world.
But besides HB Cartoon Network still had many shows from other studios including anime. I guess if everyone wants to make their own exclusive streaming platform
a traditional TV station has to struggle for content.
They could transform into a TV+streaming platform themselves and take on many small creators.
Commission youtube animators for example to make one season of a cartoon for their TV channel/online library to spice things up, at least
that's how I would do it.
At least what Ouweleen says sounds promising. I'm not holding out an hopes, but maybe we might get positively surprised.
Code name kids next door, chowder, courage the cowardly dog, the misadventures of flapjack, teen titans, ed edd n eddy, camp lazlo, Ben 10, scooby doo, dexter's laboratory, Johnny bravo and fosters home for imaginary friends , they were truly the greats.
My CN channel was 302. Newly sucscribed btw
I would love to see a new Cartoon Network renaissance where we can go back to the way the channel used to be: cartoons being made not just for kids.
"It's only a flesh wound! I AM
INVINCIBLE!" - Ouweleen
Legends with verizon knows the channel is 257
4:32 They got me hyped for nothing!!! I was actually very excited for the movie😢😢😢
Yes I would love to have the old cartoon network back from the 2000's and 2010's!!!
Love your videos
Thank you!
This is why my memories is the old cartoons and shows.
At one point Cartoon Network was channel 36 where I live, but now it’s channel 45.
My adventures with superman? And summer camp island back? *HELL YEAH* 8:45
I also loved the in-credits scenes from the 2000s CN shows to death.
Channel 25 was the station number for cartoon network in Maryland during my childhood