In defense of Cartoon Network.

Theres an ongoing thread talking about how much Cartoon Network sucks and is only a shadow of its former self with no cartoon programming...

I agree that it isn't on par with the Dexters Lab era Cartoon Network... it is pretty good, better than its been the past few years.

1) One of the complaints was the lack of cartoons. For a brief time last year after cancelling Toonami, CN replaced the block with a live action block. Thats already been cancelled. If you want Toonami back, get a joint effort and write Cartoon Network. You'd be surprised at the results that could get.

2) The cartoons themselves are also crappy. Once again I disagree. The Regular Show and Adventure Time are both surprisingly funny (moreso the Regular Show). Regular Show is the closest you can get to a modern day Rocko's Modern Life type cartoon on children's programming. It appeals to adults as much as kids. Its honestly one of my favorite TV shows right now. On top of the comedy programming, it has action and story oriented shows like Star Wars: The Clone Wars (which has gotten progressively better since Season 1) and Young Justice.

3) They still show reruns of shows like the Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Lab during the day. As well as more recent shows like Billy and Mandy. Alot of variety there. Unlike Nickelodeon, which has completely compromised its programming schedule in favor of infinite loops of reruns of iCarly and Spongebob.

I think we should focus all of our negative energies on Nickelodeon. :twisted:

Nickelodeon was always meh (with a few exceptions like Avatar).

CN went from spectacular to meh.

So we complain more.

Nickelodeon was always meh (with a few exceptions like Avatar).

CN went from spectacular to meh.

So we complain more.

dercoo

Rocko's Modern Life.

Rugrats.

Doug.

Ren and Stimpy.

Early Spongebob.

Invader Zim.

Kenan and Kel.

Your opinion is invalid.

no because nickalodean is attempting to canable troll us cartoon network can still go back to its old ways

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

Nickelodeon was always meh (with a few exceptions like Avatar).

CN went from spectacular to meh.

So we complain more.

n00bproof

Rocko's Modern Life.

Rugrats.

Doug.

Ren and Stimpy.

Early Spongebob.

Invader Zim.

Kenan and Kel.

Your opinion is invalid.

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

Nickelodeon was always meh (with a few exceptions like Avatar).

CN went from spectacular to meh.

So we complain more.

n00bproof

Rocko's Modern Life.

Rugrats.

Doug.

Ren and Stimpy.

Early Spongebob.

Invader Zim.

Kenan and Kel.

Your opinion is invalid.

:|

That list is just sad. Only Invader Zim is worth any noting.

And it had several flaws itself.

They show Dexter's lab?

I don't believe you.... unless you're talking about boomerang

I haven't watched that channel since I was a kid, so I don't really care what the air.

[QUOTE="n00bproof"]

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

Nickelodeon was always meh (with a few exceptions like Avatar).

CN went from spectacular to meh.

So we complain more.

dercoo

Rocko's Modern Life.

Rugrats.

Doug.

Ren and Stimpy.

Early Spongebob.

Invader Zim.

Kenan and Kel.

Your opinion is invalid.

:|

That list is just sad. Only Invader Zim is worth any noting.

And it had several flaws itself.

They show Dexter's lab?

I don't believe you.... unless you're talking about boomerang

AsadMahdi59

[QUOTE="n00bproof"]

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

Nickelodeon was always meh (with a few exceptions like Avatar).

CN went from spectacular to meh.

So we complain more.

dercoo

Rocko's Modern Life.

Rugrats.

Doug.

Ren and Stimpy.

Early Spongebob.

Invader Zim.

Kenan and Kel.

Your opinion is invalid.

:|

That list is just sad. Only Invader Zim is worth any noting.

And it had several flaws itself.

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

[QUOTE="n00bproof"]

Rocko's Modern Life.

Rugrats.

Doug.

Ren and Stimpy.

Early Spongebob.

Invader Zim.

Kenan and Kel.

Your opinion is invalid.

Senor_Kami

:|

That list is just sad. Only Invader Zim is worth any noting.

And it had several flaws itself.

Compared to the greats on CN like Courage, Ed Edd & Eddy, Samurai Jack, Dexter, and so on...

Yeah, still meh.

Doug was just plain boring.

Rugrats is good for young children, but transcends ages bad.

Actually in the morning and afternoon they still show Dexters Labortory and Ed,Edd, n Eddy also Billy and Mandy.

Cartoon Network went downhill when Craig McCracken left, which is because they started showing reality programming.

I like rugrats. I hated ed edd and eddy though.AutoPilotOn

What? Ed Edd and Eddy was one of my favorite shows...:o Plus it only had one commercial break.

Cartoon Network went downhill when Craig McCracken left, which is because they started showing reality programming.

The-Tree

or cartoons about reality tv....

[QUOTE="AutoPilotOn"]I like rugrats. I hated ed edd and eddy though.__Chris__

What? Ed Edd and Eddy was one of my favorite shows...:o Plus it only had one commercial break.

That Mad show's not too bad....The rest I consider crap.

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

Nickelodeon was always meh (with a few exceptions like Avatar).

CN went from spectacular to meh.

So we complain more.

n00bproof

Rocko's Modern Life.

Rugrats.

Doug.

Ren and Stimpy.

Early Spongebob.

Invader Zim.

Kenan and Kel.

Your opinion is invalid.

The whole "reality" argument is non existant. I flip through the program guide for CN several times a week and I never see any live action shows except "Destroy Build Destroy" and Dude What Would Happen? Which aren't even reality shows but Mythbusters esque shows. They already cancelled 6teen and I believe they're cancelling Total Drama.

I mean seriously, if you haven't seen Regular Show yet I suggest you go do that.

EDIT: Judging by this long winded Yahoo Answers anwer,

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100925155151AAjZG87

the president of Cartoon Network who forced the cancellation of Toonami and the short lived reality block was fired. This could mean good things.

I've had this conversation with a few friends when we'd go back and see some of the stuff they were putting on there and I was mortified when I heard they took away Toonami. I doubt it's worse than Nick, which has only had about five worthwhile shows in its entire existance. But, here's a thought:

There was an episode of Ed Edd and Eddy that was completely concerned with them trying to get a stash of porno magazines. You'll never see that on a network like CN again. Standards have changed too much. I'm just happy that I was a kid durning a time when cartoons could be weird, violent, creepy and downright inapropriate so long as they were subtle. It just won't happen anymore.

The whole "reality" argument is non existant. I flip through the program guide for CN several times a week and I never see any live action shows except "Destroy Build Destroy" and Dude What Would Happen? Which aren't even reality shows but Mythbusters esque shows. They already cancelled 6teen and I believe they're cancelling Total Drama.

I mean seriously, if you haven't seen Regular Show yet I suggest you go do that.

EDIT: Judging by this long winded Yahoo Answers anwer,

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100925155151AAjZG87

the president of Cartoon Network who forced the cancellation of Toonami and the short lived reality block was fired. This could mean good things.

n00bproof

Hopefully, the return of Toonami and TOM would be really cool, and maybe if they 100% ditched live-action shows(besides the ones on Adult Swim), they could get Craig McCracken to return and make some cartoon gold.

I've had this conversation with a few friends when we'd go back and see some of the stuff they were putting on there and I was mortified when I heard they took away Toonami. I doubt it's worse than Nick, which has only had about five worthwhile shows in its entire existance. But, here's a thought:

There was an episode of Ed Edd and Eddy that was completely concerned with them trying to get a stash of porno magazines. You'll never see that on a network like CN again. Standards have changed too much. I'm just happy that I was a kid durning a time when cartoons could be weird, violent, creepy and downright inapropriate so long as they were subtle. It just won't happen anymore.

vadicta

I will say once again...

watch Regular Show :P

its pretty innappropriate for a kids show. They show characters drinking, use some language on it, and alot of innuendo. Best cartoon on TV right now.

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

Nickelodeon was always meh (with a few exceptions like Avatar).

CN went from spectacular to meh.

So we complain more.

n00bproof

Rocko's Modern Life.

Rugrats.

Doug.

Ren and Stimpy.

Early Spongebob.

Invader Zim.

Kenan and Kel.

Your opinion is invalid.

I've had this conversation with a few friends when we'd go back and see some of the stuff they were putting on there and I was mortified when I heard they took away Toonami. I doubt it's worse than Nick, which has only had about five worthwhile shows in its entire existance. But, here's a thought:

There was an episode of Ed Edd and Eddy that was completely concerned with them trying to get a stash of porno magazines. You'll never see that on a network like CN again. Standards have changed too much. I'm just happy that I was a kid durning a time when cartoons could be weird, violent, creepy and downright inapropriate so long as they were subtle. It just won't happen anymore.

vadicta

Oh my God that episode of Ed Ed and Eddy was amazing!

Opinion does not equal fact.

The only good show on CN now in days is Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The only problem is the run time (for each episode) is too short. Even Liam Neeson reprised his role as Qui-Gon Jinn on TCW.

Robot Chicken is okay, I guess.

I miss the old cartoon network and nickelodeon.... :(

I barely watch cartoons anymore but from what ive seen todays cartoon network is a joke compared to the one in 90s. most if not all new cartoons suck. good to see they still show some of the old gems on boomerang.

[QUOTE="vadicta"]

I've had this conversation with a few friends when we'd go back and see some of the stuff they were putting on there and I was mortified when I heard they took away Toonami. I doubt it's worse than Nick, which has only had about five worthwhile shows in its entire existance. But, here's a thought:

There was an episode of Ed Edd and Eddy that was completely concerned with them trying to get a stash of porno magazines. You'll never see that on a network like CN again. Standards have changed too much. I'm just happy that I was a kid durning a time when cartoons could be weird, violent, creepy and downright inapropriate so long as they were subtle. It just won't happen anymore.

LostProphetFLCL

Oh my God that episode of Ed Ed and Eddy was amazing!

This is definitely a generational thing. Someone listed Edx3 and Courage the Cowardly dog as their golden years but for me those shows were ass and I consider that as the time that they started to fall off.

They show Dexter's lab?

I don't believe you.... unless you're talking about boomerang

AsadMahdi59

Metalocalypse is probably one of the best cartoons to come out in years. In fact, it's one of my favourites because of the humor and music.metallica_fan42

I'm tired of everyone complaining about modern cartoons. If anything, modern cartoons are the same as the old cartoons. Networks just need to cater to whatever is popular now. Shows tend to get cancelled as they age, like all those cartoons listed. Just move on with your lives; do you really care about cartoons anymore?

Cartoon Network went downhill when Craig McCracken left, which is because they started showing reality programming.

The-Tree

I'm tired of everyone complaining about modern cartoons. If anything, modern cartoons are the same as the old cartoons. Networks just need to cater to whatever is popular now. Shows tend to get cancelled as they age, like all those cartoons listed. Just move on with your lives; do you really care about cartoons anymore?

nintendoman562

No, it just seems that way. I remember when CN exclusive shows were refered to as Cartoon Cartoons, but they got rid of that and since then much hasn't changed. Also the What-A-Cartoon show was full of Cartonn Cartoonpilots, that's were all of the originalscame from. Before the cartoon cartoon implementation cartoon network was nothing but the W.C.S and old re-runs from basic television networks. Many of the old Cartoon cartoons just sucked. Their originals change but the network is far better than what it use to be about Twenty years ago. 1992 through about 96-98 was BS. Some with in that time they began with Dexter's Lab, The Power Puff Girls and Johnny Bravo. Soon they added Ed,Edd & Edy as well as Courage. And so on.

I agree that they have been taking on too many current shows from other studios and networks. But I don't watch that often anymore. But other than that it's not much different.

Yeah yeah , they show some old show sometimes . Does that make it like before ? NO Please look at all the new s** they put in there and non cartoonsTaoJeetKuneDo

Has anyone seen Sym-Bionic Titan? A very surprising good show made by the producers of Samurai Jack.

Has anyone seen Sym-Bionic Titan? A very surprising good show made by the producers of Samurai Jack.

FireEmblem_Man

Dragonball Z was the reason I stayed up to 9 in the evening. :P
Had to fool my parents each time though in order to turn on CN. :P

Dexter's Lab
Ren & Stimpy
Eek the cat
Cow & Chicken (!!!!)
Ed & Edd and Eddy (who can forget mr. Plank?)

Were the angry beavers on CN btw?

...They already cancelled 6teen...

n00bproof

They did? YES!

But they also cancelled Chowder, and that... is unforgivable.

At least Billy and Mandy isn't dead yet. Regular Show and Adventure Time are pretty funny tbh.

No more Samurai Jack, Ed Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog and Toonami.

Yawn.