Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:49AM35 comments ›
Thu Mar 26, 2009 — by Glenn Hauman
Cartoon Network announces 2009-2010 plans
Cartoon Network is growing up... or trying to. And in the process, they're getting away from the things that make them, well, a cartoon network.
That's the theme that seems to be running through their upfront presentation for the 2009-2010 season. Highlights include entering into the reality TV genre, creating a new sports-centric programming block, and introducing 19 new programs, pilots, and movies, including six that are live-action (umm...) as well as 164 episodes of returning series. In doing so, Cartoon Network stepped out on its evolutionary path to become what it described as a "dominant youth culture brand," that not only understands boys, including boys 6-11, but girls and older kids too, while creating "un-sanitized" "TV for kids, not kids TV".
Luckily, no one seems to talking about renaming it "CyFy". Yet.
Highlights:
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars will return with new episodes in fall 2009; also returning are Batman: The Brave and the Bold; Chowder; The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack; and The Secret Saturdays.
- Ben 10 adventures will be continuing in Ben 10: Alien Swarm, a previously announced live-action movie, directed by Alex Winter, which premieres fall 2009; and Ben 10: Evolutions (working title) - where the adventures of Ben (16-years-old) continue. From Cartoon Network Studios.
- The network's first original all-CG animation movie will be Firebreather, which is based on the Image comic book of the same name created by Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn, who serve as co-executive producers. Peter Chung (Aeon Flux) will direct.
- Cartoon Network is creating a new Saturday afternoon sports focused programming block titled CN AMPT, underscoring its new deal with the NBA and relationship with Turner Sports. NBA commissioner David Stern, who discussed Cartoon Network's new partnership with the NBA announced earlier in the week, revealed that Boston Celtic Eddie House and his 7-year-old son Jaelen will be the stars of the first project together, the short-form series My Dad's a Pro. So pleased with the NBA's new relationship with the network, Stern quipped to those assembled, "If I were a buyer, I would buy."
Other new series from favorite creators include:
- Total Drama Action, a follow-up to Total Drama Island;
- Sym-Bionic Titan, from creator Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack);
- Generator Rex, from Man of Action (comic vets Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle; they created Ben 10), and...
- Prepped (working title) which is executive-produced and written by Paul Dini (Lost, Batman Beyond, Detective Comics, and Madame Mirage).
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Comments (35)
Tony (9:48 AM on Fri Jun 26, 2009)
I kind of knew Cartoon Network would come to this.I guess you can only be an all cartoon channel for so long.It's times like this when I wish my cable provider carried Boomarang. *sigh* Oh well. :(
Anonymous (12:49 AM on Fri Jul 17, 2009)
I agree with you completely, Tony. All channels which once aired nothing but cartoons are starting to air live-action shows. Nickelodeon, Disney Channel (Even though Disney Channel is basically nothing BUT live-action shows, but I digress) , Disney XD (Formerly Toon Disney). I never knew Cartoon Network would do such a thing, since the name of the network is CARTOON Network. I never thought CN would do this. It's only a matter of time until Cartoon Network changes it's name like Toon Disney did; although I'm not exactly sure CN will change it's name.
Supermax110 (6:43 PM on Wed Nov 4, 2009)
Um...If you have cablevision, you have it it's on the 120's part of the channel
Anonymous (11:18 PM on Sat Aug 1, 2009)
CNN is not CNN anymore, WTF sports we are all inside watching CNN because we dont want anything to do with sports also(for most tvs) turn the channel up one to 34 the sports channel, GOD. Also this new cn real its not cool or fun, its FAKE and boring, the worst one is this the outsiders(ghosts). I really think they should bring toonami back!!!that was half their veiwers, 30 year old virgins watching anime, DUH stupids.....
Anonymous (9:59 PM on Thu Aug 6, 2009)
yea like 30 of us agree the cnn is stupied ....thay need to bring johnny bravo, and thay need to dubb more of the japanese anime like all the anime on justdubs.net if so than like alot of viewer would love tonnami or cartoonnetwork
chup (6:31 PM on Fri Aug 7, 2009)
cn would gain more viwers if there put anime back, or aka toonami, they already got the population for adult swim with its anime, family guy, super jail .etc
william (7:42 PM on Sat Aug 15, 2009)
Bring back Toonami and cartoon fridays
william (7:38 PM on Sat Aug 15, 2009)
Bring back Toonami and cartoon
Anonymous (6:48 PM on Sat Aug 15, 2009)
Seriuosly wtf is goin on with with this piece of crap network its liek how the f@#! is this even called Cartoon Network?!?!?!?!?!.adult swim dosent need any attention cause its already better than this so-called "cartoon" network. lets just say Cartoon Natwork dug its own grave and got traped in there and died
Anonymous (5:40 PM on Sat Aug 15, 2009)
WATS THE POINT OF CALLING IT CARTOON NETWORK IF SOME STUPID ASS REAL SHIT IS GOIN ON
Anonymous (1:17 PM on Tue Aug 18, 2009)
Toonami and other classic cartoons ( Ed, Edd, and Eddy , Dexter's Laboratory , etc.) were the life and soul of Cartoon Network (not CN) and without them, its just an empty vessel that will soon be taken over by sports and reality shows. The end of the cartoon era is near and we are all witnesses to it.
Aida (10:57 PM on Fri Aug 21, 2009)
SOO WE TOONAMI COMING BACK BRING BACK TOONAMI And the animes Naruto and Naruto Shippuuden and the others
Anonymous (5:56 PM on Fri Aug 21, 2009)
I grew up watching catroon network like many of you although they have a few good shows now the majority of them are terrible. I don't know what happened to cartoon network, and I can't believe kids today like the crap they show!
Anonymous (7:45 PM on Sat Aug 22, 2009)
Just what we need. MORE SPORTS! Slamball already failed, so why are they still trying to make this work?! And prepped sounds like a stupid piece of crap. I get enough of school with actual school and homework, and I don't want to have to come home and find "Prepped" on Cartoon Network. For those who don't know, "Prepped" is about a rebellious teenager who wakes up in a mysterious prep school and joins a group to find out what the school's trying to teach them. Yeah, I know, STUPID!
Anonymous (9:40 PM on Sat Aug 29, 2009)
Anime and good cartoons was what made Cartoon Network unique. You can go to almost any channel and find reality shows, sports, or terrible cartoons. Anime and some of the cartoons were the reason I watched Cartoon Network. Now I no longer watch Cartoon Network and just watch anime English subbed on my laptop. Everyone should just stop watching Cartoon Network to make them have to put the old shows back on.
Ichiron47 (11:23 PM on Fri Sep 18, 2009)
Are you fucking kidding me!? What the fuck is "TV for kids, not kids TV"!? What the hell is that suppose to mean!? I don't believe this shit! What is going on in Snyder's head?! This madman is taking away ALL of our childhood away for GOOD with this CN REAL BULLSHIT!!! Nobody wants to watch fucking sports all the time! Like what the fuck! When I have a son one day, what the fuck am I going to make him watch if there are no more cartoons!? Basketball!? Someone bring the the Awesome and Original Cartoon Network back because this world is dead to me now.
Poliwhirl (5:36 PM on Mon Sep 21, 2009)
PLEASE bring back Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Labaratory, Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, the OLD Pokémon, Johnny Bravo, etc., as well as Looney tunes and all the GOOD STUFF that used to be on!
Aida (8:28 PM on Thu Nov 12, 2009)
Well thats What i want TOOOOOOOOOOO
rachael (10:52 PM on Sat Nov 21, 2009)
need more anime shows and less real shows I mean this network is called Cartoonetwork!!!
Izzah (11:40 PM on Mon Dec 7, 2009)
I CAN'T BELEIVE WHAT I JUST READ ABOUT CN! WHAT'S THE POINT 4 CALLING IT CARTOON NETWORK WITH ALL OF THOSE NON CARTOON STUFF IN IT! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH I HATE IT!!!!!!!
Anonymous (1:43 PM on Tue Dec 8, 2009)
What kind of crap is cartoon network putting in there?! Ths channel is not even for little kids anymore! I used to watch cartoon network when they still had toonami and I watched naruto, the old pokemon, and other old shows I can think of, but NO they got rid of it! BRING BACK TOONAMI, OLD ANIME SHOWS, AND MAYBE NEW SHOWS THAT THEY ALREADY AIRED IN JAPAN! BRING IT BACK!!!!
Anonymous (7:59 PM on Wed Dec 9, 2009)
CN has hit rock bottom by putting in stupid retarded shows like chowder, flapjack, total drama action, and starwars the clone wars. those shows are mind-numbingly stupid. and now theyre putting in shows with real people instead of cartoons. this is CARTOON network people! bring back the good shows like teen titans, ed edd n eddy, dexters lab, and fosters home/ imaginary friends!!! i REALLY want new episodes of teen titans and ed edd n eddy!!! PLEASE!!!
Kirby (10:06 PM on Sun Dec 20, 2009)
Chowder and Flapjack are great shows but the rest of new shows suck.
Kirby (10:07 PM on Sun Dec 20, 2009)
Fuck you Stuart Snyder no one wants to see your dumb live action shows Cartoon Network is suppose to be about Cartoons.
Anonymous (3:56 PM on Sat Dec 26, 2009)
Oh c'mon you have got to be kiddin' me.MORE BEN 10,MORE BORING SPORTS SHOWS,CARTOON NETWORK IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY LIKE DISNEY!
Anonymous (9:34 PM on Sun Jan 3, 2010)
There's a reason that Cartoon Network is called Cartoon Network. The cartoons! Making reality tv shows completely defeats the purpose. They need to bring back Toonami, and all the anime we know and love. I don't want my nephews and neices growing up with no imagination. Cartoons bring that out and make the impossble reality, and it's one hell of alot better than Realitly TV!
They need to bring back:
-Ed, Edd, and Eddy
-Code Lyoko (damn disney xd)
-NARUTO! (damn disney xd)
-Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends
- The ORIGINAL Ben 10 (i hate the new one)
- Pokemon (original)
-Yu-gi-oh! (original)
-The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy
-Dragon Ball / DBZ
And get rid of the new stuff. It's creepy looking and i'm honestly quite scared of it. I don't like the way this generation is going at all.
Anonymous (8:51 PM on Tue Jan 5, 2010)
Cartoon Network, why don't you just get rid of live-action shows already? I will continue to boycott the channel until they give up on live-action shows and make new cartoon shows actually decent.
But until then, they are dead to me and millions of former fans. When I become a father ten or more years from now and if this continues, I know that my son and/or daughter will have little oppertunity to watch cartoons, not because of me or my wife strict intention, but because TV by then won't show much cartoons anymore. And that's sad to watch.
At least I might be able to make my childern Nintendo fans, Nintendo is someone who still cares about it's fans and is an great example of what a family company should be. Too bad nobody learned in the long-term.
Anonymous (6:51 PM on Wed Jan 6, 2010)
Cartoon network, you just lost me as a viewer since the crap that you've been airing these past few months. If you bring back these show that I liked and watched I'll watch you again.
Here's my list:
Pokemon(kanto season and the johto season)
Megaman nt warrior(exe and axess and maybe stream and beast. Although it was on toonami jetstream, but still!)
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Yu-gi-oh!(Original)
Dragon Ball Z
ORIGINAL Ben 10(Don't like the new one)
and finally Jusice League(pretty cool show).
Bring back these shows that I like(and possibly everyone) or I will continue not to watch your channel, cause I'm 16 and turning 17 in March, but I still want to see these shows again! BRING THEM BACK!
lisa (5:25 PM on Fri Jan 8, 2010)
this channel used to be my fav..
pleaseeee bring back
Dragon Ball Z!!!!!
Anonymous (9:14 AM on Tue Jan 12, 2010)
P.S. Please don't put really stupid frame by frame, poorly drawn, disgusting, or anything that ends in "fail" in between shows anymore. It is bad filler and no one is entertained by it and are even more compelled to change the channel during commercial breaks even more so. Also overly cheap computer generated faceless and colourless doll things aren't very entertaining either.
P.S.S. I hate you for chasing away Craig McKraken.
Anonymous (9:06 AM on Tue Jan 12, 2010)
Dear CN,
I was going to type out a really cruel but informative complaint repeating what everyone else has, on how selling your soul to the devil didn't even remotely help you make any bit of a come back. But instead I have somthing else to say (f*ck you). You are not Disney, you can't jump on the live action kid show bandwagon. You need to keep in mind what the network was first built upon, and what shows have actually gotten the most rating (without bribery via cash cash/prize giveaways). The only redemption you have now seem to be in shows like Chowder, Flapjack, TDA (even though I hate that flash animated show), and The clone wars (god bless you tartakovsky). You know what you have to do but you don't do it, do not be afraid of your writers, do not be afraid of keeping things the same. There are always techniques to keep a network looking fresh and new animation studios will always be looking for work.
Anonymous (2:18 PM on Fri Jan 22, 2010)
My childhood is now dead cause they got rid of toonami! Cartoon network, you just lost me as a viewier ever since the crap you people been showing. And CN real...f*uck you.
Anonymous (6:57 PM on Sat Jan 30, 2010)
Cartoon network use to be great however, do to the new representative it is trying to be like Disney channel too bad it lost all the greats this generation is missing out. LONG LIVE CARTOON NETWORK FROM 1992-2004 MY CHILDHOOD SHOWS ARE GONE NOW BUT THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES BUT CARTOON NETWORK SUCKS NOW A DAYS thank god theres Boomerang
robert (12:28 AM on Sun Feb 7, 2010)
i am very highly upset with cartoonetwork they have shamed there name and thrown away there self respect. when i was younger it was no cn real it was good old fashion cartoons. i mean good one lik samuri jack,dragonball z,yu-gi-yo,batman ect. i mean these were the good shows that a father and his son could enjoy together, hell me and my father use to watch samuri jack everynight at 7 but now i cant to watch anything on there exept chowder. i am sad to see wat my favorit channel has become. there is nutin but mind less garbage on there now. i never thought that cartoonetwork would give in to pressure and try to join the "tv in crowd".its pathetic really..they have become a wanna be mtv
Anonymous (11:59 PM on Fri Feb 5, 2010)
I've heard they're bringing Totally Spies back to CNartoon Network.My sister is going to be happy about this.