DrZark it's the theme of Boomerang's "Boomeraction" line-up, when they had shows like Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, Superfriends, and Hanna-Barbera's version of the Fantastic Four.
What's happened to Boomerang is arguably even worse. It's supposed to be a channel for *classic* cartoons, so why is it constantly airing stuff made in like 2013?
chances are it's because they're trying to get more views and ratings from mainstream audiences, they probably think showing more recent shows will bring in a larger audience
Also it’s designs! They all have the same flash design. And all their shows must be “ comedy” even other animators said they only want comedy shows on there.
That's wrong, I mean sort of. Yes, it truly hurt to that a show that gave me emotions and laughs at the same time is now turned into that trash, indeed a big part of the fuck up caused by Snyder. But there are still many other shows that I'd argue are even worse like Uncle Grandpa and We Bare Bears (sure this show people might consider good but in my opinion this show has attempted to spread modern culture between children, looking at how much they loves selfies in this show, I agree it can have good messages sometimes, but they can be overshadowed by other stupidity), Clarence (yes), and the new PPG and Ben 10. I mean despite Teen Titans being one of my all time favorites the new Ben 10 and PPG have played equal parts in ruining CN as they're also hideous reboots of great old shows.
Titan I personally think the toxicity of teen titans go is inflated when they give the show a majority of the time slots rather than giving new, novel pilots a chance to air.
I sincerely miss the old Cartoon Network. I watched it religiously from 2000 - 2008 and it just saddens me to see what has become of it since. Granted, the network had its moments with shows like The Misadventures of Flapjack and Adventure Time, but it will never be what it once was.
Chowder Total Drama Ben 10 Adventure Time Regular Show Gumball and SU were all great shows with Regular Show standing out as #1 but other than that still enjoyed classic CN more
This is how I see Cartoon Network from its birth to the present: 1992-1996: The beginning 1997-2003: The golden age 2004-2007: The silver age 2008-2010: The dark age 2011-2014: The Renaissance 2015 - present: The decline
Betty Cohen truly was a great president and it was amazing what she accomplished. She's like a complete 180 from Christina Miller now who doesn't seem to know HOW to operate a network
To be honest I don't think Mrs Miller was always bad at caring for the network. First couple of years she greenlit shows like Over the garden wall and Steven universe. I believe it wasn't until 2016 when her decisions became more and more questionable.
Legoking 616 actually Snyder picked up Steven Universe. But granted Miller did pick up We Bare Bears and OK KO but out of all the other shows she hasn't really done much to benefit the network meanwhile the other good shows get pushed to the wayside
It was actually MOSTLY Mike Lazzo. He and Betty Co Founded and Operated Cartoon Network. In fact, Lazzo(Born 1959) was the Chief Operating Officer of CN its first 12 years.
I miss the golden days of Cartoon Network like stuff with the kids next door Ed Edd n Eddy Courage the Cowardly Dog not to mention countless great Adult Swim TV shows on goondocks
Adult Swim is still pretty good if you watch it not too late. If you watch it too late you get the weird shit like Mr. Pickles. If you watch it earlier you see better stuff like Family Guy, Rick & Morty, American Dad, Robot Chicken, King of the Hill, etc.
That is very easy to explain: he wanted Cartoon Network to have the same success as ICarly and Hanah Montana. Very cheap to produce as well as making high ratings. Drake and Josh was so good and popular that it made Cartoon Network and Nickelodean think that live action shows were the future of TV.
I swear, Cartoon City is still the most immersive thing I've ever experienced in my life. Those little bumpers in between commercials brought me into the world of Cartoon Network like no other medium had done until then. It was like the characters had lives outside of each episode in a living, breathing world; it was so mystifying. Also, that It's Friday Night continuous shot sequence is one of the best things I've ever seen. I still remember how amazing it was to see that play on a Friday night after school. Best way to start the weekend off.
Monkey D. "Straw Hat" Luffy Honestly CN is a collapsing horse and it isn't because of the internet, smartphones and netflix, that is just the blame Miller places on hers and Stewart's failure to create consistent quality Both Nick and Adult Swim PROVE that a channel on cable TV can still be successful, and viacom is on higher cable packages for most people so the notion that TV is dying is a BS excuse for crappy leadership Current CN's biggest problem which is undoubtedly TTG is getting so put of hand and unfixable at this point that even if they quit overairing TTG the only solid cartoons of decent quality left would be We bare bears, SU and Gumball none of which live up to the 2000s classics or even Adventure Time and Regular show and dare I say they don't even meet Chowder and Flapjack quality The fact that they even lost Pokemon and they are behind nick @ nite shows how incredibly retarded the upper management at CN are right now, you can't reasonably say that people have abandoned TV to watch Gumball when these SAME people haven't abandoned TV for George Lopez reruns CN's two major mistakes under Miller was purposefully sabotaging content and quality on the channel to get people to an app nobody wants or ever asked for and their market and lack of users proves that and the fact that they put all their eggs into only TTG, which possibly assisted in getting nobody to the app, I am pretty sure most people who even still regularly watch CN instead of AS at this point are there for Gumball and Teen Titans which defeats the purpose of going to the app since its all they ever air on the channel Also putting out new episodes on the app like a month before they air on TV is a major mistake along with only advertising TTG and not having an effective block (Har Har Tharsdays or Fridays) doesn't bring any attention to your channel which you fucking need if you want people to even consider your god forsaken joke of an app, also the Boomerang rebranding was a complete joke/failure, with TTG's ratings in fast decline and both TTG and Gumball looking like their near the end of their series CN is going to probably be in a complete crisis in the next two years if Unikitty or any of the new shows they are making don't get people back to the channel, they'll never get anyone to the app until they entice people with content from the channel first
As somebody who has watched CN since literally day one, I am sad to say I have all but completely abandoned the channel. These days I barely even switch it on once a week, if that. I can't believe they have managed to utterly destroy something this iconic. I mean you really have to work at it to undo a brand that has revolutionized and led the industry for 20+ years. They could have stopped spending a even a single penny on new content and played nothing but reruns of their old shows and they still wouldn't have done anywhere near as much damage as they have.
You have to really take into consideration what began to flourish around this time. Back in the 90's, kids were watching TV all the time because personal computers and the internet wasn't as developed with the dsl. Once smartphones began to bloom and especially websites like UA-cam, fewer people were watching TV for cartoons. Nowadays a kid can watch cartoons from hundreds of different places outside of cable TV. 90's were really the golden age of cartoons because kids really didn't have much options.
I’m of a third opinion, somewhere in between. I do believe that CN died in 2008 and was dead until it rose like Lazarus in 2010 with Adventure Time, Regular Show, Gumball, etc, and got really good again...then it died again sometime a few years ago when TTGO took over the whole channel
The Super Videogame Nerd MORE i hope i feel in my honest opinion these shows can be alot better than they are what ever happend to a good cartoon network show with reruns or a show with action in it now all we have is terrible unfunny comedic jokes shows
athemocracy OMG i used to always watch. TTGO and i cant remember if i hated it or not but i do remember it being the only thing they would put on and i preferred gumball or regular show so it would piss me off
I agree. With the exceptions of also. With the addition of Clarence, Steven Universe, We Bear Bears; All even go as far to say that Chowder and Flapjack were good shows; I thought they were in good shape until Teen Titans Plague came up.
The golden age of Cartoon Network was the 90s. Ed Edd and Eddy, Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, Johnny Bravo, Dexter Lab, the original Teen Titans, even occasional reruns of the Jetsons and Flintstones. Kids Next Door and Adventures of Billy and Mandy were good too. Then things went down hill around 2004-05 and never recovered. That's just my generation anyway. Even though I'm grown up I checked out the cartoons being aired today and it it just pure garbage. I feel bad for today's kids.
Ed Edd n Eddy, Samurai Jack & Teen Titans were all early 2000’s (between 2000-2005) I think. I found myslef liking shows from the early 2000’s more than shows from the 90’s though I did have some fond memories of Johnny Bravo, Dexter’s Lab etc also who could forget Courage the Cowardly Dog? Megas XLR (2004-2005) I think was my all time favorite CN show from the early 2000s from their Toonami block. Short lived but seriously underrated/overlooked.
don't be...TRUST ME and this is coming from who was very young in 08 and really...I watched shows from a bunch different eras ed edd and eddy is still one of favorite shows EVER it lasted dang decade basically powerpuff girls cool to kids next door and other show
I never really much cared for Fosters Home but Billy & Mandy was one of my faves. Cartoon Network would be soo much better if they brought that back & kept it like how it was as much as possible.
You want us to respect Betty Coen, and what she established for Cartoon Network from 1992 onward when she helped run it? Sir, if that woman is truly responsible for some of my fondest childhood memories from 1992- the early 2000s consider it done!
What about Mike Lazzo? He HELPED found Cartoon Network and establish it alongside Betty and was the one RUNNING the Entire Network all the way up until 2004. Lazzo came up with Toonami,Powerhouse Era, ADULT SWIM helped convince Turner to make CN an Open Circuited Basic Cable Channel in 1997, and was the one who found Jim Samples. Plus, Betty Duff Cohen and him were good friends. She had a TON of Faith in Lazzo.
She's not responsible for all of that, she ran the company, she didn't create the shows, that's a misconception. Respect is given to anyone who puts in hard work though, female or not.
I'm 22 now and 2001-06/early 07 were my main CN watching years, pretty much my whole elementary school years. I witnessed the golden age, silver age and decline, and honestly people have different opinions on when CN died. I've been on UA-cam for over a decade now and I remember when people used to believe it was 2004, and honestly I thought a lot of their reasons were too superficial and not logical at all. Hanna-Barbera cartoons were decent but I couldn't get into most of them. Scooby-Doo and Tom & Jerry were the only HB cartoons I cared about on CN. Growing up was hooked and addicted into great originals like Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, PPG, Courage, Ed Edd n Eddy, Billy & Mandy, Codename: KND, Foster's Home, Samurai Jack, Justice League/Unlimited, Teen Titans, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and much more! I loved CCF/Fridays especially when it went all the way through the late night when [adult swim] used to not come on everyday, and I remember when [adult swim] didn't start until 11pm too. I loved Toonami especially when TOM 3 was around from 2003-2007, which was my main time watching the block. Oh, and who couldn't forget Miguzi with great shows like Code Lyoko, TMNT (2003), or my boi Static Shock!? I loved CN when it had its checkerboard logo from 2004 & earlier and I loved CN when it turned into the City Era from 2004 and after. I remember like yesterday when the City Era first premiered and when Foster's Home first came out. I've complained about CN many times in the past and I'm aware of the mistakes Stuart Snyder made, such as TOM 4 killing Toonami in 2007 leading to its cancellation, Fried Dynamite replacing Fridays, CN Top 5 getting canceled, and the addition of live-action shows such as Re-Animated turning into that horrible OOJH series or CN Real. I didn't like the Nood Era, but even then you still had some good variety with Total Drama Island, Chowder, Ben 10: Alien Force, and Star Wars: the Clone Wars. CN got revived in 2010 once I hit high school, and everybody was hooked into Adventure Time and Regular Show including myself. I believe the revival era lasted from 2010-2014. Like many others, I didn't discover Young Justice until I saw it on Netflix a few years ago after it had already been cancelled, and I know why. CN is a shell of its former self with that horrible schedule lately, but honestly I've moved on. I enjoyed the golden age CN gave for me since 2001, but honestly television is dying and streaming services are becoming the norm as days go by. I watch a lot of my shows on my computer now or on Netflix. Times change, and we have to adapt to them. Kids of the 60's-80's could only watch cartoons during Saturday mornings. Kids of the 90's & 00's had 24 hour cartoon stations (especially the golden age of Nick, CN, and Disney), and now we are transitioning into kids watching cartoons on any platform they want to, which is actually happening now. Kids today can choose from Disney Channel, Disney XD, Nick, CN (yes even as bad as it is now), Discovery Family, or Netflix to watching their favorite cartoons. So I've moved on honestly. The best part about CN is that no matter how much time goes on, for us millennials the golden memories of CN's prime will always be inside our hearts for us to discuss and reminisce anytime.
Bro you do realise at the time the shows were TARGETED at for your age group so it's no wonder you don't like the stuff now cos ur not in elementary school anymore
TWO96; Me to pretty much. They had some pretty good shows back then. I remember watching stuff like Time Squad, Ed Edd N Eddy, Samurai Jack, Megas XLR, Grimm Adventures Billy & Mandy & most of the stuff on Toonami. They also used to air allot of good anime on the late night block to. The new owners of CN completely ruined it just from what I saw from channel surfing recently. After going back to CN after so long I’m all like; WTF have they done?
Abraham Muwanga: You obviously don't get it. Where did I say ONCE in my post that the shows of my generation were better than the recent ones? My point has nothing to do with that. Didn't I say that early 2010's Cartoon Network during the Adventure Time/Regular Show era was really good? I admitted that. 2010-2014 was like a Renaissance for CN. Plus, anyone being realistic without using nostalgia would realize that a network reliant on REBOOTS or TOY-LINES is on life support. Teen Titans Go!, PPG (2016), Ben 10 (2017), and Unikitty are all shows that were either rebooted or came from a toy franchise (such as LEGOS). The Cartoon Network I knew had ORIGINAL CREATIVITY with so much variety on their schedule plus they put afford into epic blocks, specials and promos as well. Back when our world wasn't dominated by social media/internet culture. Because nowadays most of our pop culture has been taken over by social media, which has had an impact on a lot of TV stations (including CN). Cable TV is dying while we only have reality TV and live sports left. Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services are the norm for entertainment now.
TheAtom: I totally understand you. I'll never be like it was when we were younger and honestly I don't think there's any hope for CN in the future, not because of nostalgia or shows being better than others, but because of the times we're living in like I explained in my original post. If you go back to 2010-2013 Cartoon Network when they had Adventure Time, Regular Show, Amazing World of Gumball, The Looney Tunes Show, Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc, Young Justice, Generation Rex, Sym-Bionic Titan, Thundercats (2011), Cartoon Planet (for reruns of classic shows), etc. all at once. They had a golden opportunity to make that era the greatest since the early to mid 2000's Cartoon Network of our time, but they failed, because a lot of the action shows got cancelled due to (long story no time explain) and they lost variety, then when TTGO entered in 2013 they started making more reboots and cheaper shows. Since then Regular Show is over and Adventure Time is about to end. I have no idea where they will go from here. But like I said before, I moved on long time ago.
Exactly when I explain my case to fellow Gen Y'ers. They have a hard time understanding what I am saying. Guess that makes us humble to have had cable while visiting relatives or on vacations out of state. The newer stuff looks junky to me. Adult Swim, I was amazed with back in 2008-2009, 2014-2016 block had some interesting anime featured.
I remember when I missed the final broadcast of Toonami because I was busy working on my final project for high school so I could graduate. My younger cousin, who usually watched Toonami with me on Saturdays, opened my door and sadly informed me that Toonami was over. I didn't believe her until the next week, when I looked up the video, and I actually cried. I wasn't even 18 yet, but I felt like that was the first sign that my childhood was over...
Brandon Jinjiyoshi Tilley i was up when they made the mock toonami revival on adult swim and then they made it real, putting 3 Dragon Ball series’ on the block in the time it’s been around (I consider Kai and Kai: Final Chapters as different series)!
Brandon Jinjiyoshi Tilley Ecstatic, tbh. I grew up with Toonami as a staple to my afternoons, then weekends. I used to stay up late with my brother for Midnight Run (we'd pretend we fell asleep in front of the TV if we got caught up that late), and hearing those familiar tunes, hearing TOM, seeing the graphic aesthetic... It really just makes me feel at ease to see this is back on every weekend. :D
Born in 97, and was a Cartoon Network fan from 2002-2007. I remember each Friday anticipating Cartoon Fridays. Ed Edd Eddy, Johnny Bravo, Courage, and Dexter’s Laboratory were the best shows. The 2004 era, which was the big city were also successful. Fosters, Camp Lazlo and Billy and Mandy were more modern but presented a similar style to the cartoons from the golden age.
Nah I don’t think it died in 2008, I think it died when they stopped re-airing classic shows while having new original shows and instead rebooted their classic shows and thus somewhat hurting the originals which happened around 2013 - 2015 and has continued through today.
Ahh i do miss oldschool cartoon network. I was born in 92 so at least for what i feel like i got to experience the peak of American Cartoon's the first wave of popular american dubbed Anime, so many good shows Samurai Jack, DragonBall and Z, all the good Anime from Toonami Pokemon, Yugioh, Digimon and all the other show's were legit though i was a sucker for the Japanese american dubbed shows. Was Definitely not a Nickelodeon kid, i did enjoy the funny cartoons like Johnny Bravo Ed-Edd and Eddy, and Dexter's lab.
Damn who else is going back thru nostalgia town? I’m 20 years old going on 21 and looking back at my childhood shows. It sucks growing up, looking back tho it was great, ed edd and eddy, cow and chicken, knd, johnny bravo, naruro, dbz, one piece, OG teen titans and plenty of others. I’m glad to see so many other ppl of my generation discussing shit that made our childhood amazing. It makes me feel less empty inside and feel hope that our time will come to lead the future in whatever it is wether it be through music, tv, movies, politics ( even tho I hate it). Peace ✌🏼
for real man so many good shows in that era of CN its sad thte crap they went to rebranding our serieses into crap thats not even the original intent and dubbing down all the action stuff we used to get blows my mind how kids like this modern stuff lol
I’m about to turn 20 in may...born in 1998 I feel privileged to be able to look back on the best CN had to offer. EEnE will always be my all time favorite. I remembered when my best friend plank music video aired as a commercial in 2003
I stopped watching Cartoon Network since 2010. The shows they had were not working out so well for me and they would show my favorites shows sometimes but it was only reruns.
I can relate to that. Long story short, second year I went to a charter school, third grade: budgets were cut, principal was replaced, and now public elementary school dropped in quality drastically.
It died because Stuart Snyder FIRED Kim Manning Roney and Maya McClure in 2008, they were the 2 women who created the idea. Also, Manning is a HUGE Anime fan. Snyder hated Anime.
D. San dude look it up! It was all those bumpers where character from one show were out about their business in a city and in the city were characters from other shows
I was born in 2001 and grew up watching cartoon network. I was just born soon enough to remember the cartoon city days before 2008. I'm glad I am actually able to remember watching some of those classic CN cartoons. I remember when they switched away from the whole cartoon city thing and to those weird blob people that showed up between shows. Good times.
The Blob people was nickelodeon there was a yellow and purple one that made grunt sounds, during those days cartoon network and nic were still good for a while
I will never understand why CN real was considered at all. Cartoon Network was a network that was built around showcasing cartoons both old and new so why did they Branch into reality television it makes no sense outside of maybe just some get-rich-quick marketing scheme
The years of 2000-2010 were basically by far the best eras for many cartoon shows of Cartoon Network rising regarding their peakness and popularity as we grew up with them during our nostalgic childhood memories that marked our nostalgia back in the good old days.
I disagree that Cartoon Network hasn’t been the same since 2008. Yes, Cartoon Network did suck from 2008-2009, but it enjoyed a Renaissance from 2010-2015. I feel like Cartoon Network 2016-present is truly the bottom of the barrel for the channel.
Laron Anthony Owens Once Adventure Time and Steven Universe went on hiatus, and Regular Show’s finale got very little promotion, I figured Cartoon Network was entering a 2nd dark age. Heck, this new dark age might even be worse than 2008-2009.
Christopher Bunnell It's a shame, because they're still making solid content. Say what you will about Steven Universe, but you at least have to admit that it's a competent series that doesn't pull many punches. Most people, myself included, are of the opinion it's quite good. Most people can also agree that shows like Gumball and Adventure Time are quite good after they've seen a good bit of them. More recent outings like OK K.O and Mighty Magiswords are also pretty solid. It's a very different kind of vibe than the early 2000s, but there does seem to be a sense of unity of tone in the programming. The management is just absolutely terrible. Like, I realize that these are probably awkward times to run a TV network, it probably feels like nothing you do impacts anything, but my God, the scheduling, acquisition policy, everything is just so shoddy. I'm genuinely concerned for when Gumball and Adventure Time end, because at the rate they're going, they might only have like 4-5 current programs when they do, and that's a problem. As much as I think the scheduling is odd/bad, I realize it doesn't really matter that much nowadays. Where they *should* be focusing is in greenlighting new projects. Content is King in the times we live in. I might be wrong, but I feel like they have enough surplus Teen Titans Go money to make at least one more show happen fairly soon.
I just put together my own playlist of cartoon shows on UA-cam. I also put some old commercials in it to make it feel real lol. Some times it makes me sad because I know I can never be a kid again
I see my niece watching teen titans Go back to back now and it really makes me sad. No Billy and Mandy, KND, Courage, Ed Edd and Eddy, just back to back teen titans Go and horrible reboots
Cooler Man exactly I was like what the heck!? Where did Tooninma go ( however you spell it) then I was like why do they have none cartoon shows on here? It defeats the purpose of cartoon network!
It died before 2008. Some people think it died in 2004 when they got rid of the checkerboard logo and Toonami changed from being on everyday to only on Saturday night. There's even a page of Cartoon Network 1992-2004
Nope. It was still vibrant when Lazzo Retired and appointed Kim Manning as the new COO. The City era is still widely considered a popular and well loved era. The Checkerboard era ended in 1998.
I assign the actual end date for Cartoon Network to be November 2009. That's when the last episodes of Ed, Edd n Eddy aired. After that, the screen could've faded to black and they could've just ended Cartoon Network there and it would've been appropriate.
I totally agree with you. Ed, Edd n Eddy was the last one left standing and it ran longer than any other Cartoon Network original series. To think, other great Cartoon Network shows like Foster's Home, Kids Next Door, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Billy and Mandy came and went before Ed, Edd n Eddy was even finished.
There are other possible "end dates" that could be considered: August 2010 (when Chowder and Flapjack ended), or September 2007 (the start of the "Fall 2007" era), or March/April 2013 (when Young Justice ended and "Teen Titans Go" started)....but the end of Ed, Edd N Eddy is probably the strongest "end point" (it was on Cartoon Network for 10 years!).
Cartoon network truly started dieing in 2017 and then finally died in 2019 because all if it's iconic shows got cancelled. 1. Regular Show (1-16-2017) 2. Adventure Time (9-3-2018) 3. Steven Universe (1-21-2019) 4. We We Bears (5-27-2019) 5. The Amazing World Of Gumball (6-24-2019)
I was born In 94, I personally think cartoon network fail off around 2008 when live action started to take over. Every since then Cartoon network has never made a recovery. They did had decent programming after the live era like adventure time, regular show, ninjago series & a couple more but the damage was already done & the quality of decent shows wasn't enough to get cartoon network back on track.
It pretty much died for me the day Toonami ended but then again I dont really consider myself a Cartoon Network fan I'm more of a Toonami fan, an action cartoon fan and an anime fan. When action went away so did I.
even outisde toonami they used to have action adventure shows oldies. SUperfriends, the hanna barbera superheroes, swat kats. Probably some others I'm forgetting(thundarr). They weren't great but they showed that even from the beginning, that had a place(and they had samurai jack later). And I kinda liked johnny bravo. but Dexter, and powerpuff girls worked because they were humour shows that were partially action shows. Dexter had an ep about action heroes, superheroes, super robots, and two side shows about superheroes. And powerpuff girls were superheroes with action. Seriously, everything's gotten awful. Last good cartoon from CN was an action comedy if you ask me. Which one did they cancel first, batman brave and the bold or young justice... anyway I was talking about batman brave and the bold. Action and Humour. Ther'es a segment for that. And ther'es a segment for straight shows. Shows that aren't humour. Straight up action series. And not about some bumbling kid.
Jturner I actually did. Fantastic series. First 4 episode arc of new jack is divine and up there. the rest of the series isn't as good but it does fall under good and solid. Best show done in awhile. Worthy of a netflix daredevil comparison.
I can understand why alot of people would turn away from CN at the time of 2008 but if they gave stuff like Adventure Time, Regular Show Gumball and Young Justice a chance they could that CN really was restored in the earlier 2010s. A shame though CN seems to be in a similar crappy state now like they were in 2008
Carl Bloke I didnt watch Adventure time but it's okay and way better than what's on today. Young Justice was great they are stupid for cancelling it and Regular show was funny but shouldn't have been on CN it was too mature for kids. It would have been good if they put it on adult swim and let them be a little more edgy. Gumball sucked.
I going to be honest I think that 2008 is worse than 2007 and 2009(please don't kill me), the reason I say that because I even with the good shows came out this year like batman the brave and the bold, flapjack and total drama and the nood bumpers, there were a lot of shows came that was it was honestly mediocre (Johnny test, George of the jungle, Chop sock chooks, Skunk fu!, Bakugan) most of the classic cartoons like athemocracy said move to boomerang, toonami was cancelled in that year, and this was also the year that the schedule was getting lazy at the time , 2007 and 2009 was bad (the fall era and cn real respectively I mean come on I know can do better than those mistakes) but I have never been this disappointed as much as 2008
Since I was like 9 I didn't care too much, now looking back I can certainly see reasoning for ppl turning their backs on CN at least until the early 2010s (if they had the balls to). Chowder and Flapjack? Awesome! Noods Era? Not bad imo. CN Real and canning so many greats at once....literally killing themselves. Fast forward 10 years later and the network is *YET AGAIN* struggling but this time barely surviving.
Agreed. Chowder and Flapjack were awesome and they did help me get through the dark times of CN at the time until Adventure Time rolled in. now sadly they are barely surviving thanks to the idiotic decisions miller has made as president
While the old shows were falling by 2008, these shows were awesome when I was a kid. It was what kept me watching. Then the new cartoon era came with RS and Adventure time. I never particularly cared about CN real at all so I underestimated the gravity of the situation... shame.
Gubb3r cartoon network is not even 30 years old yet. This company still has a lot of life to go. Don't be nostalgia blind. Things can change fast in 5 years.
For me it died when Christina miller got hired cause she hasn't cared about what the viewers want she just doubles down on teen titans go every time a holiday comes around cause from what I have read from people who know her she doesn't care about the channels she only cares about how the brand looks to the internet and she pushes the apps to watch the show failing to see if every cable provider is available when they are not like mine isn't available the only misstep for me with Snyder besides the obvious cn real is the killing of Saturday nights cause after justice league finished its run in 2006 Saturday nights on Cartoon Network was killed cause they showed anime from 8:00 pm till 6:00 am Sunday morning that included adult swim and if u don't like anime like I don't u would feel Saturday nights died on the channel
7 cartoon shows have been cancelled in 2008: Codename Kids Next Door Camp Lazlo Ben 10 Classic Class Of 3000 Robotboy My Gym's Partner Is A Monkey & Chock Sockey Chooks.
For me, Cartoon Network died in 2009. Honestly, I tried giving what everyone calls the good shows of the Renaissance era like Adventure Time, Regular Show, We Bare Bears and Gumball a chance, but I didn't like that humor and animation style, I'm not saying they're bad shows, they just weren't for me. And actually, the only acquired show of the Stu Snyder era I genuinely loved was Skunk Fu, I even have the DVD's of it.
1992-1995: Early Beginnings 1996-2001: Cartoon Cartoon Era (The Peak of CN's creativity and programming) 2002-2005: Silver Age (Adult Swim Is Born, Second Wave of Cartoon Cartoons) 2006-2009: Cartoon Network Falls and Tumbles into a ditch. 2010-2014: CN Renaissance 2015-Present: Cartoon Network jumps back into the ditch. Takes Boomerang down with it. And here we are again, Cartoon Network back to being the punchline it was back in the late 00's. It's like nothing changed at all.
Honestly as bad as the Snyder era was in the late 2000s there did at least seem to be a lot more variety not just in shows but in content as well as opposed to the typical 4 or 5 shows they put on today. He did at least pick up Adventure Time and Regular Show which set blueprints that could've built up CN for a better future until Miller screwed it up with her lame reboots
Very true. I would choose Snyder *any day* over Christina at this point. I may not have cable anymore but im always hearing about how empty and boring the schedules are these days
Daniel Icewolf From December 24 to December 31, 2017, the ONLY other show to air besides Teen Titans GO! was two showings of Steven Universe. That's how bad the scheduling problem got.
Daniel Icewolf no that shows how much Christina miller and her staff doesn't care about the viewers I remember when we would get Christmas themed episodes from the shows on the network and the old cartoon Christmas specials even though Snyder era throughout December even on boomerang miller just doubled down on teen titans go instead of keeping with tradition which is sad cause even Snyder listened to fans when he saw cn real wasn't rating so he ended it
This is saddening. Smh. I try to buy the complete series on dvd of everything i grew up on so I can rewatch and show my kids someday. The stuff that airs today is straight garbage!!
Cartoon Network in the 90's and early 2000's era was always a great kids channel to watch. Cause in the 90's and early 2000's era, tv executives back then had always known what kids really wanted to see. They knew that kids wanted to see cartoons with some mature quality and other stuff in them that you wouldn't often see in cartoons today. They knew that kids didn't wanted to be treated like kids. They wanted to be treated like adults. And that is the true money making strategy, which the executives in the 90's and early 2000's era were able to understand that very well. But of course now we're in a time period where all current executives of this era, don't understand that. And It's weird. Cause when I look at certain companies such as Nickelodeon, Adult Swim, Marvel, and DC, I notice that they all give the fans what they wanna see. Also cause just like the executives during the 90's and early 2000's, they are able to understand their fans real well. Cartoon Network for some reason does not. And because of that, I feel like what they do as both a network and studio is just dumb and backwards. They don't listen to what the fans really want, they're always ignorant towards great ideas, they treat the animators like crap, and worst of all they're always playing things too safe. So at this point, I feel like Cartoon Network has changed in a way that is not pleasing to anyone.
J Turner I know. That should also be the case for Teen Titans. But for some reason, they haven't advertised a revival for season 6 yet. Like what are they waiting for? Just make it happen already! I mean call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure Teen Titans has a fan base too. And that they would want the show to have a good ending as well.
Carl Bloke yeah I really don't get why Cartoon Network doesn't know how to listen to the fans. Cause Adult Swim does that very well, and they're just a nighttime block. And speaking of nighttime blocks, I still can't believe that Cartoon Network freaking lost to Nick at Nite in the ratings. Now it would make sense if Nick at Nite was airing new episodes of whatever show they have on there. But loosing to George Lopez and Two And A Half Men reruns is just unquestionable.
Scott Venture got that right. And I'm sick of the cord cutting excuse people are giving to CN's bad decisions instead of the real problem which is the president who has done nothing to fix CN or made an effort to understand what the fans actually want. If they want to learn the real way to make money they should learn by treating their own audience with respect. Not pander too them. This is more evident in the fact that did NOTHING to celebrate CN's 25th anniversary outside of 1 bumper which was just half arsed at best(I mean seriously dabbing and the hotline bling?). They didn't even add Regular Show in the bumper. This is just a disappointment compared to how well they celebrated CN in its 20th by combining old and new shows with quality promotion of bringing back Cartoon Planet, voting and cool bumpers. This just shows how little Miller cares about the actual and just cares more about using CN as a brand to sell toys. In fact it's even been said that she puts more effort in managing Adult Swim than the actual main channel so it's blatant favoritism.
As a kid I used to watch a lot of shows from the late 90s until the late 2000’s. They were the best time for Cartoon Network. Cartoon cartoon Friday was the best. every time I get home from school I will play video games and cartoon Network and watch cartoon cartoon Friday. In 2008 or 2009 this is when the Cartoon Network went way downhill losing great shows and dealing with stupid live action and limited cartoon shows such as chowder,flapjack or other garbage that I was not interested of. Screw those modern shows today and it will never become the face of Cartoon Network
@@Jdudec367 I mean they were Good and ok But what I mean it wasn’t as close to the golden age of Cartoon Network from the late 90’s till mid 2000’s in terms of genre and script
I absolutely couldn't agree more. Personally, I've never been able to get into cartoons Post 2008. Even when things were getting sour and all of the toons and blocks that I grew up with started dying, I tried my utmost to remain actively watching the channel. I survived through CN Real, HAR HAR Thardays, and TDI/6Teen. However, despite what good Regular Show and Adventure Time did, I found the premise of the shows so simple and dull that they didn't appeal to me. They still don't. Animation around that period changed as well, resulting to cartoon shows relying on trying to be modern and uncreatively funny by including smart devices and memes. I don't find it charming. Aside from that, CN City was my all-time favorite block. The bumpers were so high quality and there were many for each series. It was nice being introduced to these bumpers during the commercial break, like a breath of fresh air that perfectly portrayed the characters in the small duration. I enjoyed the crossovers and the iconic locations that were all convincingly sewed into a single community. No matter what time of the day it was, you were guaranteed to watch a GOOD show. Those days, I didn't leave the TV screen. There was always a reason for me to stay. New cartoons were just as good as the cartoons cartoons. It was a great time to be alive. CN were at their peak. So I would have to agree with this video title.
I think Cartoon Network did sort of die in 2008, but then it got back on its feet and was resurrected from its death bed in 2010 all the way up until about 2013-2014. Now I would say that, baring the end of TTGO (or at least a return to when it didn't dominate the schedule and starve other shows of a chance to succeed), the network is likely to die for good.
It won't die, seems kids love it and these shows are intoxicating their minds to be honest. We know most kids wouldn't even know about the history of Cartoon Network and they're used to all the new shows it has to give, so I don't think their network is gonna die anytime soon.
JCBro2014 yes, it died when the new voice actor of gumball changed in mid 2014.I saw the half hour special when it came out but after I just left all my good shows, regular show, the amazing world of gumball, and some other shows like uncle grandpa
I actually fall into the camp of "I watched it up until it *really* died for me--when everyone wouldn't shut up about how bad it was and the variety plummeted.
We still had literally all those old shows airing on Cartoon Network Pakistan until 2017, but they we're aired starting from midnight. At 12:00 We had PPG, 12:30 Dexter's Lab, 1:00 KNN, 1:30 Ed, Edd and Eddy and 2:00 Johnny Bravo, now I'm not exactly sure about these timings and whether if all of them we're 30 minutes or maybe 1 hour, but I remember staying awake to watch them after midnight, we still had good times until 2017.
Bash Snyder all you want, but you at least HAVE to admit, the CNReal content was at least diverse and slightly interesting enough to put on in the background.... Can you really say that about today's "TTGNetwork"?
Again, this video is meant to present the perspective of those who think CN lost its focus at that point. I don't agree, I'm just presenting the argument. Also, while CN Real was hated by many, I enjoyed Destroy Build Destroy. I grew up on movies like Speed, so pyrotechnics were my thing. Yeah, Snyder was grandly more diverse.
athemocracy Don't forget, despite having CNReal, they NEVER got rid of what was in the name, cartoons! Now look where instead of constant new episodes for shows each week, we have to get "Stevenbombs" while TTG takes up every other time slot
Personally I still find Cartoon Network to be miles ahead of nick and Disney by contrast, but they have truly fallen miles below where they once were. As for now I’m praying for a renaissance. It’s happened before it can happen again. There’s still time.
Alessandro Lira Disney XD (not Disney channel) Is truly amazing and I can’t begin to describe how happy I am that it exists. It has many things over Cartoon Network rn (especially scheduling). The thing that keeps them from overtaking CN is there ability to produce quality in-house content. In my opinion Disney XD’s only good original show still in production is Star vs. the forces of evil, whereas I find every single current CN original to be quite good (TTG isn’t a CN original). Disney XD is doing everything right it just isn’t able to produce quality originals like CN. Which is simply because it’s a subsidiary channel and doesn’t have a lot of funding for originals.
LAZERLITE SUPERFAN As in they never started only doing cartoons, they used to be only reality shows when they were still referred to as just Nickelodeon and Pinwheel
I felt it was over when Cartoon Network started copying What Disney and Nickelodeon were doing at time (program/production wise). Live action TV movies, game shows, A live show with hosts and audiences. What I'm getting at it Cartoon Network, for the main part, showed cartoons 24/7 but as other kids networks got more popular with all those mentioned above, Cartoon Network followed. Cartoon Network to me was a network that catered to everyone (young and old). Now not everything CN did was wrong (I like some of the current shows) but it felt cliche to other networks, Which could be why some classic shows were dropped and it seemed Cartoon Network was done in 2008.
CN did die in 2008 tho. DBZ, Toonami, Billy & Mandy, The top 5, Lazlo, Og Ben 10, Fosters, gym partner practically all the city age shows got removed. Og pokemon, Teen titans, kids next door, squirrel boy, class of 3000, Ed edd n eddy, one piece a LOTTA shows I can't remember right now. By summer all them shows/blocks were gone. Keep in mind I was still in elementary still in their demo but most of the new shows didn't do it for me. By the end of the year I would some shows sometimes but no longer all day every day like a year earlier.
This breaks my heart. Ill add the fact now in order to watch dexter, grim adventures, KND, fosters I have to stay up 12 to almost 4 to catch and episode on boomerang is bull. Why not pepper it in like 6pm to 10. This vid broke my heart.
CN may die if the put TTG marathons everyday i mean look at UK and asia the have a good varity for the schuldeds. But USA doesn't. We just hope CN will change the way back to the good old days
It similar to 1992-2008 in Asia (where I live) actually have alot less TTG or other reboots and instead have shows like Adventure Time, TAWOG, WBB ( We Bare Bears) and Sometimes old shows like Billy and Mandy, Courage the Cowardly Dog at midnight.
I’m 27 and still start my channel surfing from Cartoon Network even though I know that there isn’t a single thing I want to watch on there. That’s how deep the roots of CN golden age are in us 90s kids. Also, besides CN, we had Toon Disney which was pretty much Disney plus on cable.
I'm 22 and didn't watch Cartoon Network as much after 2008 because that's when almost all of my childhood shows had ended. I grew up watching shows like Ed, Edd n Eddy, Codename kids next door, Billy & Mandy, and many others
Me to. I also liked Megas XLR Samurai Jack & Courage the Cowardly Dog. I found Shows like Fosters Home kind of annoying. Come to think of it, it was after Fosters Home CN started to loose me.
Cartoon Network is a shell of its former self, not respecting their viewers and their content producers by focusing and airing only one show for a majority of the blocks of airtime on their channel, and rebranding a classic channel to air shows that already air on the main channel
Lots of nostalgia talking with friends at school about shows, rushing home to watch toonami, staying up late during summer break watching adult swim. Things are so much different now, as an adult I don’t even watch cable tv anymore. I’m actually surprised streaming hasn’t killed most channels anyway.
I am soo upset because I remember what it was like rushing home from school to catch the airing of all my favorite after school cartoons. Then over the weekends for my Saturday night cartoon premieres…I wish companies would stay true to themselves.When looking for leaders be sure to make they carry and share the same desires you do. This is how tradition is kept and honored.
The only problem is that so few would watch Saturday/ weekend premieres. Smartphones, gaming and streaming distract audiences from staying on one network for even half an hour.
I actually think that Cartoon Network was dead (at least to some degree) ever since Hanna-Barbera completely folded its business in around 2001 and henceforth completely merged with Warner Bros. then. What is in short form, *_I'm a 1992-to-2001 (really a 1992-to-1997) Cartoon Network person!_*
To me, Cartoon Network never died, neither was it always alive, rather it was in a coma for a period of time. This is other wise known as the Dark Age of Cartoon Network. This coma lasted around 2 and half years from September 1st, 2007 (When the "Fall" era was introduced) to April 5, 2010 (The day the first episode of Adventure Time aired).
I miss the old days of Cartoon Network and seeing the pic with all the cartoon characters in the movie theater made me reminisce and upset. Damn bring back the old Cartoon Network.
I will atleast give credit to snyder for trying to fix the network near the end of his run with cartoon planet. I will still agree he's part of the problem CN changed for the worse. However 2008 to me is not the year CN died. I know exactly the day not just CN but the state of western animation changed forever. November 8, 2009 is the day CN and the identity of western animation Died
It's just to me the US premiere of big picture show was the last good thing to come out of CN(other then chowder and flapjack). I still agree 2008 was the turning point for CN's decline but the series finale of Ed, Edd n Eddy was the final nail on the coffin for me. I remember watching it the day it premiered. I did'int realized it at that point but that day marked the end of CN.
thank you for the explanation. I was an avid Cartoon Network follower until 2008 when the network went down hill. I have always wondered what happened to cause this shift in momentum and now I know. Needless to say I miss that time period '92-'08. It was fun while it lasted.
2007 was CN's last good year because all their best shows were getting cancelled so CN has been dying ever since 2008 when some of their best shows I watched the 2000s were cancelled but CN had a lot of good shows in the 2010s so I'd say it died around the late 2010s when shows like Adventure Time, Regular Show, Gumball, and Steven Universe ended.
Again, this is just an explanation as to the perspective & not my own views on Cartoon Network.
What is the song you are using in the background?
DrZark it's the theme of Boomerang's "Boomeraction" line-up, when they had shows like Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, Superfriends, and Hanna-Barbera's version of the Fantastic Four.
uberdanger? is that you? wtf
What are your views on cartoon network?
regular show was good
What's happened to Boomerang is arguably even worse. It's supposed to be a channel for *classic* cartoons, so why is it constantly airing stuff made in like 2013?
chances are it's because they're trying to get more views and ratings from mainstream audiences, they probably think showing more recent shows will bring in a larger audience
IKR right they used to play old shoes like scooby doo. Now it’s all modernized like, Americanized Chinese food.
Now Boomerang is just reruns of the Ben 10 reboot, Care Bears, and Tom And Jerry.
Boomerang these days is sort of a dumping ground for all of Cartoon Networks failed shows.
@@M0rshu64 Or "forgotten" shows (of course, they don't realize that true CN fans *never* forget the good shows from pre-2008).
Cartoon Network today lacks the one thing that made Cartoon Network great in the first place, and that is variety.
True most of the comedy and reboot shows are cringeworthy
Not just variety but quality too
.....that's a paddling
Also it’s designs! They all have the same flash design. And all their shows must be “ comedy” even other animators said they only want comedy shows on there.
Rusty Jr a paddling indeed.
What's wrong with Cartoon Network now can be summed up in three words:
Teen Titans Go
That's wrong, I mean sort of. Yes, it truly hurt to that a show that gave me emotions and laughs at the same time is now turned into that trash, indeed a big part of the fuck up caused by Snyder. But there are still many other shows that I'd argue are even worse like Uncle Grandpa and We Bare Bears (sure this show people might consider good but in my opinion this show has attempted to spread modern culture between children, looking at how much they loves selfies in this show, I agree it can have good messages sometimes, but they can be overshadowed by other stupidity), Clarence (yes), and the new PPG and Ben 10. I mean despite Teen Titans being one of my all time favorites the new Ben 10 and PPG have played equal parts in ruining CN as they're also hideous reboots of great old shows.
@Titan What's wrong with the new PPG (I haven't watched it)?
Titan I personally think the toxicity of teen titans go is inflated when they give the show a majority of the time slots rather than giving new, novel pilots a chance to air.
elephant35e it should belong it’s nothing like the old one...that’s my word for you
And, “ The Terrible Rebbots.”
I sincerely miss the old Cartoon Network. I watched it religiously from 2000 - 2008 and it just saddens me to see what has become of it since. Granted, the network had its moments with shows like The Misadventures of Flapjack and Adventure Time, but it will never be what it once was.
I don’t know, never can be a very long time, but it does for most part suck pretty bad.
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker at sucked wrest cartoon I ever seen after sb
Chowder Total Drama Ben 10 Adventure Time Regular Show Gumball and SU were all great shows with Regular Show standing out as #1 but other than that still enjoyed classic CN more
How’d u watch it Religiously explain I’m interested
at least in canada you can watch the old shows at night it usually starts at 10pm
This is how I see Cartoon Network from its birth to the present:
1992-1996: The beginning
1997-2003: The golden age
2004-2007: The silver age
2008-2010: The dark age
2011-2014: The Renaissance
2015 - present: The decline
NICE comment I was born in the golden age👍👍👍👍👍
Me too!
I was born In the golden age
2011-2013 was best for me
2010-2013: The Renaissance*
Betty Cohen truly was a great president and it was amazing what she accomplished. She's like a complete 180 from Christina Miller now who doesn't seem to know HOW to operate a network
Carl Bloke Neither did Cyma Zargahni, at least she's not stupid.
And Jim Samples Took It To A Whole New Level With Adult Swim Which Is What Dragon Ball Super Is Currently Airing On
To be honest I don't think Mrs Miller was always bad at caring for the network. First couple of years she greenlit shows like Over the garden wall and Steven universe. I believe it wasn't until 2016 when her decisions became more and more questionable.
Legoking 616 actually Snyder picked up Steven Universe. But granted Miller did pick up We Bare Bears and OK KO but out of all the other shows she hasn't really done much to benefit the network meanwhile the other good shows get pushed to the wayside
+Future Gohan Well Dragonball super is ending
I'm actually putting together a speech for speech class on the history of Cartoon Network. Thanks for letting me know about Betty.
No prob. Good luck on your speech.
WeegeeSlayer that's great good luck!
It was actually MOSTLY Mike Lazzo. He and Betty Co Founded and Operated Cartoon Network. In fact, Lazzo(Born 1959) was the Chief Operating Officer of CN its first 12 years.
Are you serious???
WeegeeSlayer Nice 💫👍
I miss the golden days of Cartoon Network like stuff with the kids next door Ed Edd n Eddy Courage the Cowardly Dog not to mention countless great Adult Swim TV shows on goondocks
Dont forget they got rid of the titties and ass version of teen titans lmao
crash bandicoot same bruh
Adult Swim is still pretty good if you watch it not too late. If you watch it too late you get the weird shit like Mr. Pickles. If you watch it earlier you see better stuff like Family Guy, Rick & Morty, American Dad, Robot Chicken, King of the Hill, etc.
Does anybody else remember Justice League: Unlimited? That show was the shit back in the day.
crash bandicoot courage the cowardly dog is the best dude.
I can't rationalize why he thought cutting those programs would make the channel better though
Why were you here Dom
That is very easy to explain: he wanted Cartoon Network to have the same success as ICarly and Hanah Montana. Very cheap to produce as well as making high ratings. Drake and Josh was so good and popular that it made Cartoon Network and Nickelodean think that live action shows were the future of TV.
I swear, Cartoon City is still the most immersive thing I've ever experienced in my life. Those little bumpers in between commercials brought me into the world of Cartoon Network like no other medium had done until then. It was like the characters had lives outside of each episode in a living, breathing world; it was so mystifying.
Also, that It's Friday Night continuous shot sequence is one of the best things I've ever seen. I still remember how amazing it was to see that play on a Friday night after school. Best way to start the weekend off.
I'm in the 1992 - 2008 camp. But I can appreciate some of the newer stuff, like Regular Show, Gumball and OK KO.
Monkey D. "Straw Hat" Luffy same here! I'm in the 1992-2008 camp also. But I appreciate some new shows as well
I am glad you love regular show and ok ko
Monkey D. "Straw Hat" Luffy And Steven Universe
Monkey D. "Straw Hat" Luffy Honestly CN is a collapsing horse and it isn't because of the internet, smartphones and netflix, that is just the blame Miller places on hers and Stewart's failure to create consistent quality
Both Nick and Adult Swim PROVE that a channel on cable TV can still be successful, and viacom is on higher cable packages for most people so the notion that TV is dying is a BS excuse for crappy leadership
Current CN's biggest problem which is undoubtedly TTG is getting so put of hand and unfixable at this point that even if they quit overairing TTG the only solid cartoons of decent quality left would be We bare bears, SU and Gumball none of which live up to the 2000s classics or even Adventure Time and Regular show and dare I say they don't even meet Chowder and Flapjack quality
The fact that they even lost Pokemon and they are behind nick @ nite shows how incredibly retarded the upper management at CN are right now, you can't reasonably say that people have abandoned TV to watch Gumball when these SAME people haven't abandoned TV for George Lopez reruns
CN's two major mistakes under Miller was purposefully sabotaging content and quality on the channel to get people to an app nobody wants or ever asked for and their market and lack of users proves that and the fact that they put all their eggs into only TTG, which possibly assisted in getting nobody to the app, I am pretty sure most people who even still regularly watch CN instead of AS at this point are there for Gumball and Teen Titans which defeats the purpose of going to the app since its all they ever air on the channel
Also putting out new episodes on the app like a month before they air on TV is a major mistake along with only advertising TTG and not having an effective block (Har Har Tharsdays or Fridays) doesn't bring any attention to your channel which you fucking need if you want people to even consider your god forsaken joke of an app, also the Boomerang rebranding was a complete joke/failure, with TTG's ratings in fast decline and both TTG and Gumball looking like their near the end of their series CN is going to probably be in a complete crisis in the next two years if Unikitty or any of the new shows they are making don't get people back to the channel, they'll never get anyone to the app until they entice people with content from the channel first
As somebody who has watched CN since literally day one, I am sad to say I have all but completely abandoned the channel. These days I barely even switch it on once a week, if that. I can't believe they have managed to utterly destroy something this iconic. I mean you really have to work at it to undo a brand that has revolutionized and led the industry for 20+ years. They could have stopped spending a even a single penny on new content and played nothing but reruns of their old shows and they still wouldn't have done anywhere near as much damage as they have.
You have to really take into consideration what began to flourish around this time. Back in the 90's, kids were watching TV all the time because personal computers and the internet wasn't as developed with the dsl. Once smartphones began to bloom and especially websites like UA-cam, fewer people were watching TV for cartoons. Nowadays a kid can watch cartoons from hundreds of different places outside of cable TV. 90's were really the golden age of cartoons because kids really didn't have much options.
eh....2000s were good to and the 2010s had some really great cartoons a lot fo the 90s cartoons were...lack of a better word more 'simple'
@@Jdudec367 and yet hardcore
@@sugaryheaven4089 never really heard of cartoons being described as "hardcore"lol
I’m of a third opinion, somewhere in between. I do believe that CN died in 2008 and was dead until it rose like Lazarus in 2010 with Adventure Time, Regular Show, Gumball, etc, and got really good again...then it died again sometime a few years ago when TTGO took over the whole channel
2015 was the last great year of the 2010's resurgence, (imo)
TTGo will die at some point. Spongebob is still going on because people love Spongebob, but TTGo is not.
The Super Videogame Nerd MORE i hope i feel in my honest opinion these shows can be alot better than they are what ever happend to a good cartoon network show with reruns or a show with action in it now all we have is terrible unfunny comedic jokes shows
athemocracy OMG i used to always watch. TTGO and i cant remember if i hated it or not but i do remember it being the only thing they would put on and i preferred gumball or regular show so it would piss me off
I agree. With the exceptions of also. With the addition of Clarence, Steven Universe, We Bear Bears; All even go as far to say that Chowder and Flapjack were good shows; I thought they were in good shape until Teen Titans Plague came up.
The golden age of Cartoon Network was the 90s. Ed Edd and Eddy, Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, Johnny Bravo, Dexter Lab, the original Teen Titans, even occasional reruns of the Jetsons and Flintstones. Kids Next Door and Adventures of Billy and Mandy were good too. Then things went down hill around 2004-05 and never recovered. That's just my generation anyway. Even though I'm grown up I checked out the cartoons being aired today and it it just pure garbage. I feel bad for today's kids.
Ed Edd n Eddy, Samurai Jack & Teen Titans were all early 2000’s (between 2000-2005) I think. I found myslef liking shows from the early 2000’s more than shows from the 90’s though I did have some fond memories of Johnny Bravo, Dexter’s Lab etc also who could forget Courage the Cowardly Dog? Megas XLR (2004-2005) I think was my all time favorite CN show from the early 2000s from their Toonami block. Short lived but seriously underrated/overlooked.
Bruh almost all of the cartoons you mentioned were airing during 2004...wtf are you talking about
Warbooze 1989 well had teens titans it was all bad and wasn't johnny phantom for cn lol
Kids these days don’t even know what a good quality cartoon looks like.
don't be...TRUST ME and this is coming from who was very young in 08 and really...I watched shows from a bunch different eras ed edd and eddy is still one of favorite shows EVER it lasted dang decade basically powerpuff girls cool to kids next door and other show
I miss Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
I never really much cared for Fosters Home but Billy & Mandy was one of my faves. Cartoon Network would be soo much better if they brought that back & kept it like how it was as much as possible.
Rob103 - You can get both of those shows on iTunes.
I miss The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, hopefully CN DOESN'T SCREW UP ON BRING THIS ONE BACK
Same, along with Ben 10, Camp Lazlo, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Codename: Kids Next Door, and my all-time favorite... CODE LYOKO!
You want us to respect Betty Coen, and what she established for Cartoon Network from 1992 onward when she helped run it? Sir, if that woman is truly responsible for some of my fondest childhood memories from 1992- the early 2000s consider it done!
What about Mike Lazzo? He HELPED found Cartoon Network and establish it alongside Betty and was the one RUNNING the Entire Network all the way up until 2004. Lazzo came up with Toonami,Powerhouse Era, ADULT SWIM helped convince Turner to make CN an Open Circuited Basic Cable Channel in 1997, and was the one who found Jim Samples.
Plus, Betty Duff Cohen and him were good friends. She had a TON of Faith in Lazzo.
She's not responsible for all of that, she ran the company, she didn't create the shows, that's a misconception. Respect is given to anyone who puts in hard work though, female or not.
Everything changed after 2008. Music, shows, games, and food lmao
mr. potato 2008 is when HD really started to take over imo
mr. potato 2009 is when music changed and early 2010
mr. potato even food??? Lol
economy crashed too
I have fond memories for the year though.
Correction: CN almost died when they include live T.V shows. Aka, "CNreal"
Cloud 兵士 not almost it was cold blooded murder.
+Zanyah 17 I guess everyone seems to have their own opinions
Blame Stuart Snyder. He also was the one that ordered Toonami to be cancelled.
CN pulled a Jesus, it was crucified in 2009 and resurrected in 2010.
Not all the stuff from CNreal were that bad. Tower Prep was great. As was Unnatural History.
I'm 22 now and 2001-06/early 07 were my main CN watching years, pretty much my whole elementary school years. I witnessed the golden age, silver age and decline, and honestly people have different opinions on when CN died. I've been on UA-cam for over a decade now and I remember when people used to believe it was 2004, and honestly I thought a lot of their reasons were too superficial and not logical at all. Hanna-Barbera cartoons were decent but I couldn't get into most of them. Scooby-Doo and Tom & Jerry were the only HB cartoons I cared about on CN.
Growing up was hooked and addicted into great originals like Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, PPG, Courage, Ed Edd n Eddy, Billy & Mandy, Codename: KND, Foster's Home, Samurai Jack, Justice League/Unlimited, Teen Titans, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and much more! I loved CCF/Fridays especially when it went all the way through the late night when [adult swim] used to not come on everyday, and I remember when [adult swim] didn't start until 11pm too. I loved Toonami especially when TOM 3 was around from 2003-2007, which was my main time watching the block. Oh, and who couldn't forget Miguzi with great shows like Code Lyoko, TMNT (2003), or my boi Static Shock!?
I loved CN when it had its checkerboard logo from 2004 & earlier and I loved CN when it turned into the City Era from 2004 and after. I remember like yesterday when the City Era first premiered and when Foster's Home first came out. I've complained about CN many times in the past and I'm aware of the mistakes Stuart Snyder made, such as TOM 4 killing Toonami in 2007 leading to its cancellation, Fried Dynamite replacing Fridays, CN Top 5 getting canceled, and the addition of live-action shows such as Re-Animated turning into that horrible OOJH series or CN Real. I didn't like the Nood Era, but even then you still had some good variety with Total Drama Island, Chowder, Ben 10: Alien Force, and Star Wars: the Clone Wars. CN got revived in 2010 once I hit high school, and everybody was hooked into Adventure Time and Regular Show including myself. I believe the revival era lasted from 2010-2014. Like many others, I didn't discover Young Justice until I saw it on Netflix a few years ago after it had already been cancelled, and I know why.
CN is a shell of its former self with that horrible schedule lately, but honestly I've moved on. I enjoyed the golden age CN gave for me since 2001, but honestly television is dying and streaming services are becoming the norm as days go by. I watch a lot of my shows on my computer now or on Netflix. Times change, and we have to adapt to them. Kids of the 60's-80's could only watch cartoons during Saturday mornings. Kids of the 90's & 00's had 24 hour cartoon stations (especially the golden age of Nick, CN, and Disney), and now we are transitioning into kids watching cartoons on any platform they want to, which is actually happening now. Kids today can choose from Disney Channel, Disney XD, Nick, CN (yes even as bad as it is now), Discovery Family, or Netflix to watching their favorite cartoons. So I've moved on honestly. The best part about CN is that no matter how much time goes on, for us millennials the golden memories of CN's prime will always be inside our hearts for us to discuss and reminisce anytime.
It's actually great to hear this, how some people literally experienced how amazing it used to be. You sound like you had a great childhood. :D
Bro you do realise at the time the shows were TARGETED at for your age group so it's no wonder you don't like the stuff now cos ur not in elementary school anymore
TWO96; Me to pretty much. They had some pretty good shows back then. I remember watching stuff like Time Squad, Ed Edd N Eddy, Samurai Jack, Megas XLR, Grimm Adventures Billy & Mandy & most of the stuff on Toonami. They also used to air allot of good anime on the late night block to. The new owners of CN completely ruined it just from what I saw from channel surfing recently. After going back to CN after so long I’m all like; WTF have they done?
Abraham Muwanga: You obviously don't get it. Where did I say ONCE in my post that the shows of my generation were better than the recent ones? My point has nothing to do with that. Didn't I say that early 2010's Cartoon Network during the Adventure Time/Regular Show era was really good? I admitted that. 2010-2014 was like a Renaissance for CN. Plus, anyone being realistic without using nostalgia would realize that a network reliant on REBOOTS or TOY-LINES is on life support. Teen Titans Go!, PPG (2016), Ben 10 (2017), and Unikitty are all shows that were either rebooted or came from a toy franchise (such as LEGOS).
The Cartoon Network I knew had ORIGINAL CREATIVITY with so much variety on their schedule plus they put afford into epic blocks, specials and promos as well. Back when our world wasn't dominated by social media/internet culture. Because nowadays most of our pop culture has been taken over by social media, which has had an impact on a lot of TV stations (including CN). Cable TV is dying while we only have reality TV and live sports left. Netflix, Hulu and other streaming services are the norm for entertainment now.
TheAtom: I totally understand you. I'll never be like it was when we were younger and honestly I don't think there's any hope for CN in the future, not because of nostalgia or shows being better than others, but because of the times we're living in like I explained in my original post. If you go back to 2010-2013 Cartoon Network when they had Adventure Time, Regular Show, Amazing World of Gumball, The Looney Tunes Show, Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc, Young Justice, Generation Rex, Sym-Bionic Titan, Thundercats (2011), Cartoon Planet (for reruns of classic shows), etc. all at once. They had a golden opportunity to make that era the greatest since the early to mid 2000's Cartoon Network of our time, but they failed, because a lot of the action shows got cancelled due to (long story no time explain) and they lost variety, then when TTGO entered in 2013 they started making more reboots and cheaper shows. Since then Regular Show is over and Adventure Time is about to end. I have no idea where they will go from here. But like I said before, I moved on long time ago.
As a 90's kid w/o cable, CN was always treat to watch at a relatives house. Now when I see the airing shows, I think "wow, times have changed."
Koua right me and my sis had none either we loved going to family houses with cable.
In Brazil, Cable TV in the 90's and early 00's was something exclusive to minorities(economically).
you are absolutely right. we will always miss 90's nomatter which country we may belong.
Exactly when I explain my case to fellow Gen Y'ers. They have a hard time understanding what I am saying. Guess that makes us humble to have had cable while visiting relatives or on vacations out of state. The newer stuff looks junky to me. Adult Swim, I was amazed with back in 2008-2009, 2014-2016 block had some interesting anime featured.
I remember when I missed the final broadcast of Toonami because I was busy working on my final project for high school so I could graduate.
My younger cousin, who usually watched Toonami with me on Saturdays, opened my door and sadly informed me that Toonami was over. I didn't believe her until the next week, when I looked up the video, and I actually cried.
I wasn't even 18 yet, but I felt like that was the first sign that my childhood was over...
Quite a somber moment.
So how did you feel when toonami was revived by adult swim?
Brandon Jinjiyoshi Tilley i was up when they made the mock toonami revival on adult swim and then they made it real, putting 3 Dragon Ball series’ on the block in the time it’s been around (I consider Kai and Kai: Final Chapters as different series)!
Brandon Jinjiyoshi Tilley Ecstatic, tbh. I grew up with Toonami as a staple to my afternoons, then weekends. I used to stay up late with my brother for Midnight Run (we'd pretend we fell asleep in front of the TV if we got caught up that late), and hearing those familiar tunes, hearing TOM, seeing the graphic aesthetic... It really just makes me feel at ease to see this is back on every weekend. :D
Damn...
Chowder was the last show on Cartoon Network I personally really enjoyed the most.
Toonaur1 I remember chowder damn
+Mr. Andy I’m ok with this
1:35 I can't believe that there are idiots that actually don't seem to appreciate what Betty Cohen has accomplished?
Betty was Cartoon Mom
Carl Bloke she was the original OG. The ironic thing is it was a man that killed cartoon network.
And then after that we get Christina Miller dragging the corpse through the mud to the opening soundtrack of TT:GO...
DxBlack quite ironic
I can't believe that there are idiots that make it a gender thing when it comes to Miller. How fucking immature.
Born in 97, and was a Cartoon Network fan from 2002-2007. I remember each Friday anticipating Cartoon Fridays. Ed Edd Eddy, Johnny Bravo, Courage, and Dexter’s Laboratory were the best shows. The 2004 era, which was the big city were also successful. Fosters, Camp Lazlo and Billy and Mandy were more modern but presented a similar style to the cartoons from the golden age.
Nah I don’t think it died in 2008, I think it died when they stopped re-airing classic shows while having new original shows and instead rebooted their classic shows and thus somewhat hurting the originals which happened around 2013 - 2015 and has continued through today.
When they rebranded boomerang/AS it went down
But the reboots are gone.
They did this when they nodiced that they were ruining ther network.
Yes it died at the end of 08
After seeing this I COMPLETELY understand why some people think Cartoon Network died in 2008. Keep up the good work Brian.
Thanks!
+athemocracy You're welcome.
tim5fl 2010 was it's rebirth and now it's dying again.
+J Turner I’m waiting til 2020 to see what’s going on with Cartoon Network
The cartoons got shittier after 2008 and not just CN but on Nickelodeon and Disney channel too.
MRLONG758 thank you for giving us the truth.
I only watched Cartoon Network for Star Wars The Clone Wars
clone wars, samurai jack and dexter!
You monster
Ahh i do miss oldschool cartoon network. I was born in 92 so at least for what i feel like i got to experience the peak of American Cartoon's the first wave of popular american dubbed Anime, so many good shows Samurai Jack, DragonBall and Z, all the good Anime from Toonami Pokemon, Yugioh, Digimon and all the other show's were legit though i was a sucker for the Japanese american dubbed shows. Was Definitely not a Nickelodeon kid, i did enjoy the funny cartoons like Johnny Bravo Ed-Edd and Eddy, and Dexter's lab.
funny enough growing up I remember watching a dragon ball z kai!
I am one of these people who are 1992-2008, really 1998-2009 ('09 it had the Ed Edd n Eddy and original PPG).
Jonathan Seitz me too
I grew saw Cartoon Network around in 2005 and 2008 I knew something was bad when Johnny test came
+Kevin Brayon well there isn’t a popular cartoon to take the spot for Cartoon Network
Kevin Brayon 2018 is long after the channel died
CN started going downhill late 07 and even worse in summer 09 but it picked up mid 2010 but fell over early 2014
Damn who else is going back thru nostalgia town? I’m 20 years old going on 21 and looking back at my childhood shows. It sucks growing up, looking back tho it was great, ed edd and eddy, cow and chicken, knd, johnny bravo, naruro, dbz, one piece, OG teen titans and plenty of others. I’m glad to see so many other ppl of my generation discussing shit that made our childhood amazing. It makes me feel less empty inside and feel hope that our time will come to lead the future in whatever it is wether it be through music, tv, movies, politics ( even tho I hate it). Peace ✌🏼
for real man so many good shows in that era of CN its sad thte crap they went to rebranding our serieses into crap thats not even the original intent and dubbing down all the action stuff we used to get blows my mind how kids like this modern stuff lol
alex rayo bro im 28 n its all hitting me like crazy lol
I’m about to turn 20 in may...born in 1998 I feel privileged to be able to look back on the best CN had to offer. EEnE will always be my all time favorite. I remembered when my best friend plank music video aired as a commercial in 2003
Twigs D u d e I've got vague memories of that Music Video, that just got jolted by your comment; holy heck
ZambonieDude it’s on UA-cam if you ever want to check it out again, I’ve smoked weed and chilled to the video many times!
I stopped watching Cartoon Network since 2010. The shows they had were not working out so well for me and they would show my favorites shows sometimes but it was only reruns.
francisjairam regular show 2010-2017
Adventure time, gumball, Steven universe, and o.k k.o are very good
Reelix Steven universe has a shitty fanbase
got lit wasted Steven universe is shit. Period.
Fan base may be whack but I like the show when the story gets imapctful
you read my mind ....sad ...watched my childhood flash away
CN today is where I see my childhood dreams go to die.
..Kids Next Door..
aah, sweet nostalgia🤧
“Like a new school principal, came in and began slicing and dicing everything that had been set by 15 years of leadership” OMG YEEEEESSS
I can relate to that. Long story short, second year I went to a charter school, third grade: budgets were cut, principal was replaced, and now public elementary school dropped in quality drastically.
OliCoon wow sorry to hear that.
LAZERLITE SUPERFAN This happened to me in private school. Nice white guy replaced with Black butch bitch. Started ruining everything.
J.K. Mallard wow sorry bro
LAZERLITE SUPERFAN She actually was fired a few months later for something i can't even remember but she was in my local newspaper cause of it.
City era was a great concept, it died too soon..
It died because Stuart Snyder FIRED Kim Manning Roney and Maya McClure in 2008, they were the 2 women who created the idea.
Also, Manning is a HUGE Anime fan. Snyder hated Anime.
Tornado1994 That’s a strange theory considering that the same year he fired them Toonami was cancelled
I had no idea what he was talking about. I didn't know that had a name or anything.
I heard it was too expensive to keep up.
D. San dude look it up! It was all those bumpers where character from one show were out about their business in a city and in the city were characters from other shows
I was born in 2001 and grew up watching cartoon network. I was just born soon enough to remember the cartoon city days before 2008. I'm glad I am actually able to remember watching some of those classic CN cartoons. I remember when they switched away from the whole cartoon city thing and to those weird blob people that showed up between shows. Good times.
Ed, Edd n eddy series finale was the last cartoon cartoons to die and afterwards stopped being interested in cartoons and movies
I Was born in 2004 so I think I watch Cartoon Network around 2008 2009 maybe 2007 I don’t remember
The Blob people was nickelodeon there was a yellow and purple one that made grunt sounds, during those days cartoon network and nic were still good for a while
I will never understand why CN real was considered at all. Cartoon Network was a network that was built around showcasing cartoons both old and new so why did they Branch into reality television it makes no sense outside of maybe just some get-rich-quick marketing scheme
The years of 2000-2010 were basically by far the best eras for many cartoon shows of Cartoon Network rising regarding their peakness and popularity as we grew up with them during our nostalgic childhood memories that marked our nostalgia back in the good old days.
I disagree that Cartoon Network hasn’t been the same since 2008. Yes, Cartoon Network did suck from 2008-2009, but it enjoyed a Renaissance from 2010-2015. I feel like Cartoon Network 2016-present is truly the bottom of the barrel for the channel.
Christopher Bunnell right, regular show 2010-2017
Laron Anthony Owens Once Adventure Time and Steven Universe went on hiatus, and Regular Show’s finale got very little promotion, I figured Cartoon Network was entering a 2nd dark age. Heck, this new dark age might even be worse than 2008-2009.
+Christopher Bunnell adventure time is ending this year as well
Christopher Bunnell oh man first person I saw to say they actually liked 2010-2015
Christopher Bunnell It's a shame, because they're still making solid content. Say what you will about Steven Universe, but you at least have to admit that it's a competent series that doesn't pull many punches. Most people, myself included, are of the opinion it's quite good. Most people can also agree that shows like Gumball and Adventure Time are quite good after they've seen a good bit of them.
More recent outings like OK K.O and Mighty Magiswords are also pretty solid. It's a very different kind of vibe than the early 2000s, but there does seem to be a sense of unity of tone in the programming.
The management is just absolutely terrible. Like, I realize that these are probably awkward times to run a TV network, it probably feels like nothing you do impacts anything, but my God, the scheduling, acquisition policy, everything is just so shoddy.
I'm genuinely concerned for when Gumball and Adventure Time end, because at the rate they're going, they might only have like 4-5 current programs when they do, and that's a problem.
As much as I think the scheduling is odd/bad, I realize it doesn't really matter that much nowadays. Where they *should* be focusing is in greenlighting new projects. Content is King in the times we live in. I might be wrong, but I feel like they have enough surplus Teen Titans Go money to make at least one more show happen fairly soon.
I just put together my own playlist of cartoon shows on UA-cam. I also put some old commercials in it to make it feel real lol. Some times it makes me sad because I know I can never be a kid again
I see my niece watching teen titans Go back to back now and it really makes me sad. No Billy and Mandy, KND, Courage, Ed Edd and Eddy, just back to back teen titans Go and horrible reboots
Snyder sounds like a villain name lmao
It reminds me of the pretzel brand
When they stopped showing action cartoons and anime on CN, that's when it started to go downhill.
Cooler Man 2008
Zanyah 17 yea, I remember that's when they stopped showing Naruto
Cooler Man exactly I was like what the heck!? Where did Tooninma go ( however you spell it) then I was like why do they have none cartoon shows on here? It defeats the purpose of cartoon network!
Zanyah 17 when they started to put live action shows on CN that really ruined it
Zanyah 17 and now everything is just comedy cartoons, most of which is not even good.
It died before 2008. Some people think it died in 2004 when they got rid of the checkerboard logo and Toonami changed from being on everyday to only on Saturday night. There's even a page of Cartoon Network 1992-2004
Nope. It was still vibrant when Lazzo Retired and appointed Kim Manning as the new COO. The City era is still widely considered a popular and well loved era.
The Checkerboard era ended in 1998.
PhantomGamer 2004 was the end of Cartoon Network period
I assign the actual end date for Cartoon Network to be November 2009. That's when the last episodes of Ed, Edd n Eddy aired. After that, the screen could've faded to black and they could've just ended Cartoon Network there and it would've been appropriate.
I totally agree with you. Ed, Edd n Eddy was the last one left standing and it ran longer than any other Cartoon Network original series. To think, other great Cartoon Network shows like Foster's Home, Kids Next Door, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Billy and Mandy came and went before Ed, Edd n Eddy was even finished.
Theonetruewonderfly Facts.
There are other possible "end dates" that could be considered: August 2010 (when Chowder and Flapjack ended), or September 2007 (the start of the "Fall 2007" era), or March/April 2013 (when Young Justice ended and "Teen Titans Go" started)....but the end of Ed, Edd N Eddy is probably the strongest "end point" (it was on Cartoon Network for 10 years!).
Cartoon network truly started dieing in 2017 and then finally died in 2019 because all if it's iconic shows got cancelled.
1. Regular Show (1-16-2017)
2. Adventure Time (9-3-2018)
3. Steven Universe (1-21-2019)
4. We We Bears (5-27-2019)
5. The Amazing World Of Gumball
(6-24-2019)
I was born In 94, I personally think cartoon network fail off around 2008 when live action started to take over. Every since then Cartoon network has never made a recovery. They did had decent programming after the live era like adventure time, regular show, ninjago series & a couple more but the damage was already done & the quality of decent shows wasn't enough to get cartoon network back on track.
That was in 2009
It pretty much died for me the day Toonami ended but then again I dont really consider myself a Cartoon Network fan I'm more of a Toonami fan, an action cartoon fan and an anime fan. When action went away so did I.
Kabe Silvermaine Did you come back for Samurai Jack Season 5?
Same m8
There is still more modern anime that people don’t like
even outisde toonami they used to have action adventure shows oldies. SUperfriends, the hanna barbera superheroes, swat kats. Probably some others I'm forgetting(thundarr). They weren't great but they showed that even from the beginning, that had a place(and they had samurai jack later). And I kinda liked johnny bravo. but Dexter, and powerpuff girls worked because they were humour shows that were partially action shows. Dexter had an ep about action heroes, superheroes, super robots, and two side shows about superheroes. And powerpuff girls were superheroes with action. Seriously, everything's gotten awful. Last good cartoon from CN was an action comedy if you ask me. Which one did they cancel first, batman brave and the bold or young justice... anyway I was talking about batman brave and the bold. Action and Humour. Ther'es a segment for that. And ther'es a segment for straight shows. Shows that aren't humour. Straight up action series. And not about some bumbling kid.
Jturner I actually did. Fantastic series. First 4 episode arc of new jack is divine and up there. the rest of the series isn't as good but it does fall under good and solid. Best show done in awhile. Worthy of a netflix daredevil comparison.
Was wondering why it was at 360p...earlyAF.
I can understand why alot of people would turn away from CN at the time of 2008 but if they gave stuff like Adventure Time, Regular Show Gumball and Young Justice a chance they could that CN really was restored in the earlier 2010s. A shame though CN seems to be in a similar crappy state now like they were in 2008
Carl Bloke I didnt watch Adventure time but it's okay and way better than what's on today. Young Justice was great they are stupid for cancelling it and Regular show was funny but shouldn't have been on CN it was too mature for kids. It would have been good if they put it on adult swim and let them be a little more edgy. Gumball sucked.
Zanyah 17 gumball got really good in later seasons
Regular Show was still good for kids to watch though
Carl Bloke Only this time it's even worse.
I going to be honest I think that 2008 is worse than 2007 and 2009(please don't kill me), the reason I say that because I even with the good shows came out this year like batman the brave and the bold, flapjack and total drama and the nood bumpers, there were a lot of shows came that was it was honestly mediocre (Johnny test, George of the jungle, Chop sock chooks, Skunk fu!, Bakugan) most of the classic cartoons like athemocracy said move to boomerang, toonami was cancelled in that year, and this was also the year that the schedule was getting lazy at the time , 2007 and 2009 was bad (the fall era and cn real respectively I mean come on I know can do better than those mistakes) but I have never been this disappointed as much as 2008
Out of Jimmy's Head was the beginning of the end, I remember everything went to shit after that
I liked chowder and flapjack they were great
Yeah same with regular show and adventure time. After those ended I stopped watching
Chowder and flapjack were funny as fuck. I loved those shows
Tortured those shows were stupid as fuck
You know what’s stupid as fuck? Everything on Cartoon Network now
Aa i remember those shows. Memories.......
Since I was like 9 I didn't care too much, now looking back I can certainly see reasoning for ppl turning their backs on CN at least until the early 2010s (if they had the balls to). Chowder and Flapjack? Awesome! Noods Era? Not bad imo. CN Real and canning so many greats at once....literally killing themselves. Fast forward 10 years later and the network is *YET AGAIN* struggling but this time barely surviving.
Agreed. Chowder and Flapjack were awesome and they did help me get through the dark times of CN at the time until Adventure Time rolled in. now sadly they are barely surviving thanks to the idiotic decisions miller has made as president
While the old shows were falling by 2008, these shows were awesome when I was a kid. It was what kept me watching. Then the new cartoon era came with RS and Adventure time. I never particularly cared about CN real at all so I underestimated the gravity of the situation... shame.
Gubb3r cartoon network is not even 30 years old yet. This company still has a lot of life to go. Don't be nostalgia blind. Things can change fast in 5 years.
RIP Cartoon Network 1992-2008
İt retured in 2010.
For me it died when Christina miller got hired cause she hasn't cared about what the viewers want she just doubles down on teen titans go every time a holiday comes around cause from what I have read from people who know her she doesn't care about the channels she only cares about how the brand looks to the internet and she pushes the apps to watch the show failing to see if every cable provider is available when they are not like mine isn't available the only misstep for me with Snyder besides the obvious cn real is the killing of Saturday nights cause after justice league finished its run in 2006 Saturday nights on Cartoon Network was killed cause they showed anime from 8:00 pm till 6:00 am Sunday morning that included adult swim and if u don't like anime like I don't u would feel Saturday nights died on the channel
kevin10001 Thank goodness Nickelodeon does After all we have the Splat.
kevin10001 Christina Miller needs to be fired.
so true. Honestly Toonami is one of the few good things I look forward too on the channel
Basically fire the people like her and Vishnu and fix the Cartoon Network schedule
Matt Lucas. Who's Vishnu?
Television overall died around this time....glad to have grown up during the golden era of tv....80s and 90s
Why people think that cartoon network died in 2008:
*most of the good shows and classics were cancelled*
2006 was the last good year for CN
7 cartoon shows have been cancelled in 2008: Codename Kids Next Door Camp Lazlo Ben 10 Classic Class Of 3000 Robotboy My Gym's Partner Is A Monkey & Chock Sockey Chooks.
Cartoon Network died on April 30th, 1945.
Holy cow, you're right.
+sonicmario111 Gatdaaaaammn! I agree.
sonicmario111 Most of us weren't even alive in 1945! 😂
+ADP1998 You get the joke, right?
ITS A JOKE
I believe CN died when they started when they started too many TTG reruns. And that's from someone who LIKES CN REAL!
I'm in both fields of CN if your wondering.
Cartoon Network 92 Betty Cohen The GOAT great video as always i enjoyed dis video.
For me, Cartoon Network died in 2009. Honestly, I tried giving what everyone calls the good shows of the Renaissance era like Adventure Time, Regular Show, We Bare Bears and Gumball a chance, but I didn't like that humor and animation style, I'm not saying they're bad shows, they just weren't for me. And actually, the only acquired show of the Stu Snyder era I genuinely loved was Skunk Fu, I even have the DVD's of it.
1992-1995: Early Beginnings
1996-2001: Cartoon Cartoon Era (The Peak of CN's creativity and programming)
2002-2005: Silver Age (Adult Swim Is Born, Second Wave of Cartoon Cartoons)
2006-2009: Cartoon Network Falls and Tumbles into a ditch.
2010-2014: CN Renaissance
2015-Present: Cartoon Network jumps back into the ditch. Takes Boomerang down with it.
And here we are again, Cartoon Network back to being the punchline it was back in the late 00's. It's like nothing changed at all.
Honestly as bad as the Snyder era was in the late 2000s there did at least seem to be a lot more variety not just in shows but in content as well as opposed to the typical 4 or 5 shows they put on today. He did at least pick up Adventure Time and Regular Show which set blueprints that could've built up CN for a better future until Miller screwed it up with her lame reboots
No debate there. Snyder still had a diverse schedule.
Very true. I would choose Snyder *any day* over Christina at this point. I may not have cable anymore but im always hearing about how empty and boring the schedules are these days
Daniel Icewolf From December 24 to December 31, 2017, the ONLY other show to air besides Teen Titans GO! was two showings of Steven Universe. That's how bad the scheduling problem got.
Oh god.. that just shows how afraid they are of taking risks
Daniel Icewolf no that shows how much Christina miller and her staff doesn't care about the viewers I remember when we would get Christmas themed episodes from the shows on the network and the old cartoon Christmas specials even though Snyder era throughout December even on boomerang miller just doubled down on teen titans go instead of keeping with tradition which is sad cause even Snyder listened to fans when he saw cn real wasn't rating so he ended it
This is saddening. Smh. I try to buy the complete series on dvd of everything i grew up on so I can rewatch and show my kids someday. The stuff that airs today is straight garbage!!
You like my hero academia too ? I like it
Cartoon Network in the 90's and early 2000's era was always a great kids channel to watch. Cause in the 90's and early 2000's era, tv executives back then had always known what kids really wanted to see. They knew that kids wanted to see cartoons with some mature quality and other stuff in them that you wouldn't often see in cartoons today. They knew that kids didn't wanted to be treated like kids. They wanted to be treated like adults. And that is the true money making strategy, which the executives in the 90's and early 2000's era were able to understand that very well. But of course now we're in a time period where all current executives of this era, don't understand that. And It's weird. Cause when I look at certain companies such as Nickelodeon, Adult Swim, Marvel, and DC, I notice that they all give the fans what they wanna see. Also cause just like the executives during the 90's and early 2000's, they are able to understand their fans real well. Cartoon Network for some reason does not. And because of that, I feel like what they do as both a network and studio is just dumb and backwards. They don't listen to what the fans really want, they're always ignorant towards great ideas, they treat the animators like crap, and worst of all they're always playing things too safe. So at this point, I feel like Cartoon Network has changed in a way that is not pleasing to anyone.
Scott Venture Adult Swim knew Samurai Jack fans wanted a proper Ending.
J Turner I know. That should also be the case for Teen Titans. But for some reason, they haven't advertised a revival for season 6 yet. Like what are they waiting for? Just make it happen already! I mean call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure Teen Titans has a fan base too. And that they would want the show to have a good ending as well.
couldnt agree more. Meanwhile Adult seim and Nick know how to listen to their fans
Carl Bloke yeah I really don't get why Cartoon Network doesn't know how to listen to the fans. Cause Adult Swim does that very well, and they're just a nighttime block. And speaking of nighttime blocks, I still can't believe that Cartoon Network freaking lost to Nick at Nite in the ratings. Now it would make sense if Nick at Nite was airing new episodes of whatever show they have on there. But loosing to George Lopez and Two And A Half Men reruns is just unquestionable.
Scott Venture got that right. And I'm sick of the cord cutting excuse people are giving to CN's bad decisions instead of the real problem which is the president who has done nothing to fix CN or made an effort to understand what the fans actually want. If they want to learn the real way to make money they should learn by treating their own audience with respect. Not pander too them. This is more evident in the fact that did NOTHING to celebrate CN's 25th anniversary outside of 1 bumper which was just half arsed at best(I mean seriously dabbing and the hotline bling?). They didn't even add Regular Show in the bumper. This is just a disappointment compared to how well they celebrated CN in its 20th by combining old and new shows with quality promotion of bringing back Cartoon Planet, voting and cool bumpers. This just shows how little Miller cares about the actual and just cares more about using CN as a brand to sell toys. In fact it's even been said that she puts more effort in managing Adult Swim than the actual main channel so it's blatant favoritism.
As a kid I used to watch a lot of shows from the late 90s until the late 2000’s. They were the best time for Cartoon Network. Cartoon cartoon Friday was the best. every time I get home from school I will play video games and cartoon Network and watch cartoon cartoon Friday. In 2008 or 2009 this is when the Cartoon Network went way downhill losing great shows and dealing with stupid live action and limited cartoon shows such as chowder,flapjack or other garbage that I was not interested of. Screw those modern shows today and it will never become the face of Cartoon Network
limited? what do you mean? I mean chowder and flapjack weren't bad actually
@@Jdudec367 I mean they were Good and ok But what I mean it wasn’t as close to the golden age of Cartoon Network from the late 90’s till mid 2000’s in terms of genre and script
@@lorenzotrinidad384 Hm...I dunno, they had a good genre range in the 2010s and that's when shows became more story focused
Thank you for this information. Now, we just have to pray for an Itchy and Scratchy marathon.
I absolutely couldn't agree more. Personally, I've never been able to get into cartoons Post 2008. Even when things were getting sour and all of the toons and blocks that I grew up with started dying, I tried my utmost to remain actively watching the channel. I survived through CN Real, HAR HAR Thardays, and TDI/6Teen. However, despite what good Regular Show and Adventure Time did, I found the premise of the shows so simple and dull that they didn't appeal to me. They still don't. Animation around that period changed as well, resulting to cartoon shows relying on trying to be modern and uncreatively funny by including smart devices and memes. I don't find it charming.
Aside from that, CN City was my all-time favorite block. The bumpers were so high quality and there were many for each series. It was nice being introduced to these bumpers during the commercial break, like a breath of fresh air that perfectly portrayed the characters in the small duration. I enjoyed the crossovers and the iconic locations that were all convincingly sewed into a single community. No matter what time of the day it was, you were guaranteed to watch a GOOD show. Those days, I didn't leave the TV screen. There was always a reason for me to stay. New cartoons were just as good as the cartoons cartoons. It was a great time to be alive. CN were at their peak. So I would have to agree with this video title.
I think Cartoon Network did sort of die in 2008, but then it got back on its feet and was resurrected from its death bed in 2010 all the way up until about 2013-2014. Now I would say that, baring the end of TTGO (or at least a return to when it didn't dominate the schedule and starve other shows of a chance to succeed), the network is likely to die for good.
It won't die, seems kids love it and these shows are intoxicating their minds to be honest. We know most kids wouldn't even know about the history of Cartoon Network and they're used to all the new shows it has to give, so I don't think their network is gonna die anytime soon.
JCBro2014 yes, it died when the new voice actor of gumball changed in mid 2014.I saw the half hour special when it came out but after I just left all my good shows, regular show, the amazing world of gumball, and some other shows like uncle grandpa
I actually fall into the camp of "I watched it up until it *really* died for me--when everyone wouldn't shut up about how bad it was and the variety plummeted.
But the biggest problem is will it appeal to everybody in the cartoon community
So 1992 to present then. There are still some good shows in the 2010's!
Cartoons in general died by 2008. I'm not just saying that because 90's cartoons were some of the best ever made.
We still had literally all those old shows airing on Cartoon Network Pakistan until 2017, but they we're aired starting from midnight. At 12:00 We had PPG, 12:30 Dexter's Lab, 1:00 KNN, 1:30 Ed, Edd and Eddy and 2:00 Johnny Bravo, now I'm not exactly sure about these timings and whether if all of them we're 30 minutes or maybe 1 hour, but I remember staying awake to watch them after midnight, we still had good times until 2017.
Bash Snyder all you want, but you at least HAVE to admit, the CNReal content was at least diverse and slightly interesting enough to put on in the background....
Can you really say that about today's "TTGNetwork"?
Firestarter It was and it was only a 2 hour block.
Again, this video is meant to present the perspective of those who think CN lost its focus at that point.
I don't agree, I'm just presenting the argument.
Also, while CN Real was hated by many, I enjoyed Destroy Build Destroy. I grew up on movies like Speed, so pyrotechnics were my thing. Yeah, Snyder was grandly more diverse.
athemocracy Don't forget, despite having CNReal, they NEVER got rid of what was in the name, cartoons! Now look where instead of constant new episodes for shows each week, we have to get "Stevenbombs" while TTG takes up every other time slot
Destroy Build Destroy was least decent
Personally I still find Cartoon Network to be miles ahead of nick and Disney by contrast, but they have truly fallen miles below where they once were. As for now I’m praying for a renaissance. It’s happened before it can happen again. There’s still time.
How? Nick I understand. They are kinda both in the same camp rn in terms of quality, but Disney has taken the mantle with the most quality and variety
Alessandro Lira Disney XD (not Disney channel) Is truly amazing and I can’t begin to describe how happy I am that it exists. It has many things over Cartoon Network rn (especially scheduling). The thing that keeps them from overtaking CN is there ability to produce quality in-house content. In my opinion Disney XD’s only good original show still in production is Star vs. the forces of evil, whereas I find every single current CN original to be quite good (TTG isn’t a CN original). Disney XD is doing everything right it just isn’t able to produce quality originals like CN. Which is simply because it’s a subsidiary channel and doesn’t have a lot of funding for originals.
LAZERLITE SUPERFAN Nick & Disney dont have the history of CN
DanBones what do you mean by history
LAZERLITE SUPERFAN As in they never started only doing cartoons, they used to be only reality shows when they were still referred to as just Nickelodeon and Pinwheel
I felt it was over when Cartoon Network started copying What Disney and Nickelodeon were doing at time (program/production wise). Live action TV movies, game shows, A live show with hosts and audiences. What I'm getting at it Cartoon Network, for the main part, showed cartoons 24/7 but as other kids networks got more popular with all those mentioned above, Cartoon Network followed. Cartoon Network to me was a network that catered to everyone (young and old). Now not everything CN did was wrong (I like some of the current shows) but it felt cliche to other networks, Which could be why some classic shows were dropped and it seemed Cartoon Network was done in 2008.
CN did die in 2008 tho. DBZ, Toonami, Billy & Mandy, The top 5, Lazlo, Og Ben 10, Fosters, gym partner practically all the city age shows got removed. Og pokemon, Teen titans, kids next door, squirrel boy, class of 3000, Ed edd n eddy, one piece a LOTTA shows I can't remember right now. By summer all them shows/blocks were gone. Keep in mind I was still in elementary still in their demo but most of the new shows didn't do it for me. By the end of the year I would some shows sometimes but no longer all day every day like a year earlier.
I would say the camp lazlo, fhfif, samurai jack, teen titans, gaob&m era was Truly the Golden age of CN.
This breaks my heart. Ill add the fact now in order to watch dexter, grim adventures, KND, fosters I have to stay up 12 to almost 4 to catch and episode on boomerang is bull. Why not pepper it in like 6pm to 10. This vid broke my heart.
At least you still get to watch them. In the UK, they don’t even air them at any time.
CN may die if the put TTG marathons everyday i mean look at UK and asia the have a good varity for the schuldeds. But USA doesn't. We just hope CN will change the way back to the good old days
p Odunlami what's the schedule in UK or Asia? Is it like 1992-2008 or it gives a similar shine as the Synder Era but with a better schedule?
p Odunlami Or have a block for that.
It similar to 1992-2008 in Asia (where I live) actually have alot less TTG or other reboots and instead have shows like Adventure Time, TAWOG, WBB ( We Bare Bears) and Sometimes old shows like Billy and Mandy, Courage the Cowardly Dog at midnight.
what we need a is a toonami channel
They should know that CN died when TTG first aired
It gives kids Poo brain
And 2011 was a renaissance Generator rex, Ben Ten alien force, adventure time, regular show, gumball star wars the clone wars and young justice.
I’m 27 and still start my channel surfing from Cartoon Network even though I know that there isn’t a single thing I want to watch on there. That’s how deep the roots of CN golden age are in us 90s kids.
Also, besides CN, we had Toon Disney which was pretty much Disney plus on cable.
I'm 22 and didn't watch Cartoon Network as much after 2008 because that's when almost all of my childhood shows had ended. I grew up watching shows like Ed, Edd n Eddy, Codename kids next door, Billy & Mandy, and many others
Me to. I also liked Megas XLR Samurai Jack & Courage the Cowardly Dog. I found Shows like Fosters Home kind of annoying. Come to think of it, it was after Fosters Home CN started to loose me.
I only watched this because the original title was “why people think Cartoon Network died in 2018?”
True .This could be why the viewership for the video is up
Cartoon Network is a shell of its former self, not respecting their viewers and their content producers by focusing and airing only one show for a majority of the blocks of airtime on their channel, and rebranding a classic channel to air shows that already air on the main channel
Lots of nostalgia talking with friends at school about shows, rushing home to watch toonami, staying up late during summer break watching adult swim. Things are so much different now, as an adult I don’t even watch cable tv anymore. I’m actually surprised streaming hasn’t killed most channels anyway.
I am soo upset because I remember what it was like rushing home from school to catch the airing of all my favorite after school cartoons. Then over the weekends for my Saturday night cartoon premieres…I wish companies would stay true to themselves.When looking for leaders be sure to make they carry and share the same desires you do. This is how tradition is kept and honored.
The only problem is that so few would watch Saturday/ weekend premieres. Smartphones, gaming and streaming distract audiences from staying on one network for even half an hour.
I actually think that Cartoon Network was dead (at least to some degree) ever since Hanna-Barbera completely folded its business in around 2001 and henceforth completely merged with Warner Bros. then. What is in short form, *_I'm a 1992-to-2001 (really a 1992-to-1997) Cartoon Network person!_*
Take a drink every time he says cartoon network
UndeadKitten I just woke up in the woods
Armageddon Ninja lmfaoo
I love this game!!!!!
If not, take a puff.
No.... every time he says cartoon
To me, Cartoon Network never died, neither was it always alive, rather it was in a coma for a period of time. This is other wise known as the Dark Age of Cartoon Network. This coma lasted around 2 and half years from September 1st, 2007 (When the "Fall" era was introduced) to April 5, 2010 (The day the first episode of Adventure Time aired).
That's a solid way to view that time period.
Adventure time cemented their coma with its obnoxious humour, nonsensical premise and unappealing art style.
I honestly think they're more in a vegetative state.
No
I liked a few of the shows. Like regular show and adventure time and gumball were alright.
This is so sad. We lost our cable during the Recession so I never had to see this tragic death. I'm glad for that.
Ive always felt this way, even as a 10-11 year old kid when they took away everything in 2008 It felt strange to see.
I miss the old days of Cartoon Network and seeing the pic with all the cartoon characters in the movie theater made me reminisce and upset. Damn bring back the old Cartoon Network.
Grim Adventures will always be my favorite CN show
I will atleast give credit to snyder for trying to fix the network near the end of his run with cartoon planet. I will still agree he's part of the problem CN changed for the worse. However 2008 to me is not the year CN died. I know exactly the day not just CN but the state of western animation changed forever. November 8, 2009 is the day CN and the identity of western animation Died
I give credit for Snyder's revival; I have in multiple videos. This video was solely about the perspective of CN's decline in 2008.
It's just to me the US premiere of big picture show was the last good thing to come out of CN(other then chowder and flapjack). I still agree 2008 was the turning point for CN's decline but the series finale of Ed, Edd n Eddy was the final nail on the coffin for me. I remember watching it the day it premiered. I did'int realized it at that point but that day marked the end of CN.
The day Adventure time aired is the day western animation died.
+Treetops97 So your saying it’s creative stuff is never coming back
+Treetops97 I agree its because of that show most cartoons nowadays have the same artstyle and same structure
thank you for the explanation. I was an avid Cartoon Network follower until 2008 when the network went down hill. I have always wondered what happened to cause this shift in momentum and now I know. Needless to say I miss that time period '92-'08. It was fun while it lasted.
2007 was CN's last good year because all their best shows were getting cancelled so CN has been dying ever since 2008 when some of their best shows I watched the 2000s were cancelled but CN had a lot of good shows in the 2010s so I'd say it died around the late 2010s when shows like Adventure Time, Regular Show, Gumball, and Steven Universe ended.