JF
When Cartoon Network Too launched, the logo looked like CN Too, which is what Sky called it, however the promos and next idents pronounced it as Cartoon Network Too.
KU
Nope, they don't
I wonder if announcers on the US version ever use the shortened name? Seems to me it would be a bad idea because of CNN's name being so similar.
Nope, they don't
GL
The Cartoon Cartoons name was definately widely used at one time- it definately was around 1998-2001-ish because they ran an ident for it before each show.
Around 1998 they also had a slot called BBU (Brains, Brawn and Udders) which was episodes of Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo and Cow & Chicken, and did have them presenting links between the programmes. I have a feeling many of the people in this thread aren't old enough to remember any of this!
It's interesting with Cartoon Network right now that The Amaing World Of Gumball is actually a UK production, though you wouldn't be able to tell from watching it. The same goes for Fat Dog Mendoza and The Cramp Twins which were also Cartoon Network UK productions that felt totally americanised (I don't think the former ever got shown in the US though despite that).
That does take me back. I think Cartoon Network had its heyday around the turn of the century. There was a perfect balance of classic cartoons, new creations and cult animation, particularly with Cartoon Cartoons and Toonami.
I think the first bad sign was Boomerang launching, as it gradually took away all the Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Warner Bros. staples.
We didn't have any of that over here and I don't think the Cartoon Cartoons name was ever widely used here either.
The Cartoon Cartoons name was definately widely used at one time- it definately was around 1998-2001-ish because they ran an ident for it before each show.
Around 1998 they also had a slot called BBU (Brains, Brawn and Udders) which was episodes of Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo and Cow & Chicken, and did have them presenting links between the programmes. I have a feeling many of the people in this thread aren't old enough to remember any of this!
It's interesting with Cartoon Network right now that The Amaing World Of Gumball is actually a UK production, though you wouldn't be able to tell from watching it. The same goes for Fat Dog Mendoza and The Cramp Twins which were also Cartoon Network UK productions that felt totally americanised (I don't think the former ever got shown in the US though despite that).
That does take me back. I think Cartoon Network had its heyday around the turn of the century. There was a perfect balance of classic cartoons, new creations and cult animation, particularly with Cartoon Cartoons and Toonami.
I think the first bad sign was Boomerang launching, as it gradually took away all the Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Warner Bros. staples.
VM
I don't think launching Boomerang was a bad idea at all - I liked it when they showed older cartoons as 'new' like Garfield and Friends and Animaniacs.
Also I don't really think there's any point that you can say it went downhill, because as with all children's TV the moment it went bad for you in particular is probably the moment you grew out of it
Also I don't really think there's any point that you can say it went downhill, because as with all children's TV the moment it went bad for you in particular is probably the moment you grew out of it
JA
That sounds a lot like the Top Of The Pops repeats threads on DS which is full of people who think they're an authority on when music "went bad"- which is basically when the user in question was in their late teens. But they're all insistent that they're right.
Also I don't really think there's any point that you can say it went downhill, because as with all children's TV the moment it went bad for you in particular is probably the moment you grew out of it
That sounds a lot like the Top Of The Pops repeats threads on DS which is full of people who think they're an authority on when music "went bad"- which is basically when the user in question was in their late teens. But they're all insistent that they're right.
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MK
That's true to a point but I'm still going to agree with Gluben. Cartoon Network at that time seemed to have loads of quite recent and very good cartoons. Hanna-Barbera were going through a good creative phase and for a change weren't trying so much to flog Scooby Doo to death or make poor copies of it. Haven't really watched much Cartoon Network in the last year or so but things Adventure Time, Regular Show and The Amazing World of Gumball are very good too. I would say though that, at least a year or two ago, the was a bit of a tendency to rely on these as the big hitters whereas Cartoon Network of 15 years or so ago seemed to have a bigger roster. Also, the Japanese anime, although a somewhat limited catalogue, was awesome.
I don't think launching Boomerang was a bad idea at all - I liked it when they showed older cartoons as 'new' like Garfield and Friends and Animaniacs.
Also I don't really think there's any point that you can say it went downhill, because as with all children's TV the moment it went bad for you in particular is probably the moment you grew out of it
Also I don't really think there's any point that you can say it went downhill, because as with all children's TV the moment it went bad for you in particular is probably the moment you grew out of it
That's true to a point but I'm still going to agree with Gluben. Cartoon Network at that time seemed to have loads of quite recent and very good cartoons. Hanna-Barbera were going through a good creative phase and for a change weren't trying so much to flog Scooby Doo to death or make poor copies of it. Haven't really watched much Cartoon Network in the last year or so but things Adventure Time, Regular Show and The Amazing World of Gumball are very good too. I would say though that, at least a year or two ago, the was a bit of a tendency to rely on these as the big hitters whereas Cartoon Network of 15 years or so ago seemed to have a bigger roster. Also, the Japanese anime, although a somewhat limited catalogue, was awesome.
JA
To be fair, I'd say that's true of a lot of digital channels these days, compared to the 90s and early 00s, not just Cartoon Network. I only have to think of Paramount Comedy/Comedy Central for a good example, which used to have a diverse mix of US and UK shows from the 70s onwards, now it's practically just the Friends and Two And A Half Men channel.
I would say though that, at least a year or two ago, the was a bit of a tendency to rely on these as the big hitters whereas Cartoon Network of 15 years or so ago seemed to have a bigger roster.
To be fair, I'd say that's true of a lot of digital channels these days, compared to the 90s and early 00s, not just Cartoon Network. I only have to think of Paramount Comedy/Comedy Central for a good example, which used to have a diverse mix of US and UK shows from the 70s onwards, now it's practically just the Friends and Two And A Half Men channel.
CN
Nope, they don't
They don't really say Cartoon Network in the US anymore since the outcome of the Check it 4.0 rebrand we had here.
(note: Cartoon Network US gets rebrands 2 years before emea, asia and latin america)
I wonder if announcers on the US version ever use the shortened name? Seems to me it would be a bad idea because of CNN's name being so similar.
Nope, they don't
They don't really say Cartoon Network in the US anymore since the outcome of the Check it 4.0 rebrand we had here.
(note: Cartoon Network US gets rebrands 2 years before emea, asia and latin america)
NJ
That was the idea of Boomerang launching in the first place as an archive cartoon network if you like. It was originally a strand on the American network that was later spun off. I don't know if Boomerang aired as a strand on Cartoon Network Europe/UK, I don't think it did.
Anyway moving all the archive stuff off Cartoon Network frees up that channel for newer stuff. Ironically though Boomerang used to rate better than Cartoon Network did, though that's moved back since.
Neil Jones
Founding member
I think the first bad sign was Boomerang launching, as it gradually took away all the Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Warner Bros. staples.
That was the idea of Boomerang launching in the first place as an archive cartoon network if you like. It was originally a strand on the American network that was later spun off. I don't know if Boomerang aired as a strand on Cartoon Network Europe/UK, I don't think it did.
Anyway moving all the archive stuff off Cartoon Network frees up that channel for newer stuff. Ironically though Boomerang used to rate better than Cartoon Network did, though that's moved back since.
JA
And Boomerang itself doesn't seem to show as much archive stuff these days. They even premiere a good few new shows themselves.