Who eles misses classic cartoons on television?

[BlackKnight]

R Cartoons Even Shown on NBC, CBS OR ABC on Sat Morning like they Used to be ? I dunno ..., Because The Kids Here Watch CN or Disney on Sat Moring ..., or a DVD.

I remember The 1st Episodes of BTAS Being in Prime Time here..., Maybe the Whole 1st yr...

I remember when Cartoon Network 1ST Aired ..., Nothing But Super Friends and Hanna Barbara Toonage ..... Then New Stuff like Dexter, Cow and Chicken and Johnny Bravo...., Now there's lots of stuff that isn't even Cartoons..., And Some Serious Crap Like Adventure Time ..., and Gumball, which is re-aired, and re-aired , and re-aired so much thru the Day ..., It's just Horrible.

The Life of Ben 10 is Unbelievable to me.
It's STILL go-in. For CN ..., Thats crazy imo.

As an Adult ..., I used to be able to watch so much stuff I thought was Fun on CN yrs Back ..., Now Not so Much at all.


I've yet to get the Hub, yet.


I used to watch Thundar ..., Scooby Doo and Super Friends with the Batman 66 Show on Sat's ..., I believe. I think JOE, Transformers, Thundercats and SilverHawks were Mon thur Fri Already.

[ctc]

>Just seen the Jackson 5 cartoon on DVD in Target and was wondering why nobody plays it on TV

I think you've answered your own question. A lot of places pull the tv rights when the disks come out so's one doesn't cut into the other. You can see all sorts of weird fights along these lines with DVD sales and places like cable, or Netflix.

Don C.

[Hector]

On a nostalgic aspect, yes, I miss the Saturday morning cartoon lineup as a kid, those were great times, but unfortunately, that was then, this is now, for I lost the desrire to watch those cartoons. I mean, today, I couldn't take more than a few minutes of watching a Hanna Barbera cartoon for the life of me, I guess I just outgrew cartoons in general, I'm an old geezer now, who rather remember those childhood days than experience them now.

[JediJaida]

I miss getting up on Saturday morning at my Dad's place, and getting to watch my fill of cartoons on his black and white (GASP!) TV.

Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show.

The Herculoids.

Captain Caveman.

Scooby-Doo (to my everlasting shame; I hate the show now)

The Impossibles.

Adam Ant.

Secret Squirrel.

[Hector]

I thought the movie 21 jump Street was funny (surprisingly un-PC), and actually better than the TV show, plus it was a box office success...

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=21jumpstreet.htm

A sequel is in the works, I'll watch it, lol.

[hedrap]

That article isn't stating anything new.

It's actually about residuals. Whatever net audience Boomerang got from HB cartoons and whatnot a decade is gone because people in our demo either don't have the free time, or kids, to watch anymore. So that number has dropped and it needs to be replenished.

Media cycles work on generational (30 years) turns. Unless you have a property that spans generations, such as Marvel/DC, you have to stay in that pander cycle.

Why else was a 21 Jump Street move even attempted? Because it's such a great concept? It's the Mod Squad, which also failed as a movie.

Has anyone taken the Pacific Rim footage yet and dubbed it with the Power Rangers theme song? Because that's all Pac Rim really is, a very expensive Toei/Saban production.

Carrier subscriptions are falling apart. Jim's right when he says ME TV or Retro should try and get a license deal, but it won't happen because WB doesn't to boost the competition.

You also have rights issues coming into play. Did any of us ever believe an FF or Avengers movie would get made, but the HB FF or MSH '66 'toons would never seen light of DVD day? It's amazing. Then, add in how Disney is now using MSH '66 for its Mash-Up fodder, and you see the real level of respect they have for anything older then a decade.

What's going to happen is closer to what WB did with Banana Splits. The studios will try and develop an online channel and some type of new content to sell alongside, if they feel the property has any ancillary value, like game apps and whatnot. The problem is studios are risk-adversed when it comes to not having a pre-tested model to follow. So once someone in the tech/indie side figures out the model, they'll jump on.

[MIB41]

I think online gaming has become it's own vice with kids these days. So the old avenue of watching cartoons for casual viewing is pretty much becoming an "old school" concept. Very sad.

[HardyGirl]

They used to have their older stuff on "Vault Disney" in the middle of the night. When Disney was a pay cable channel, I used to record the classic stuff during the free previews.

What I never understood was why Disney never put out a channel for their older stuff.

[jwyblejr]

What I never understood was why Disney never put out a channel for their older stuff.

[kingdom warrior]

I think TELLING and WRITING and Calling these Corporations and letting them know that there is a demographic that WANTS to see these type of retro cartoons on air. Honestly they can't mind read and many execs have tunnel vision and will only put on air whatever is new and what will pull in the age demographic that the advertisers want to sell their products

ME-TV or whatever else Retro stations there are is probably the best place to maybe try and get retro cartoons to air since they attract an older adult audience.......but remember it's always about selling ads, If they put in place a saturday morning cartoon lineup and no one tunes in, it will fail.

Hub has actually done a great job of balancing new cartoons with old ones,even having a family game show. their success is vital, because other stations adapt to whatever the trends are.

[jimsmegos]

To the best of my knowledge there are very few independent TV stations left across the country that still program their own line ups. From a financial standpoint it doesn't make sense to spend the kind of cash it would take to pick up these old shows IF you could even get them. It's all big corporation stuff and there appears to be no interest from those guys to deal out special syndication deals with just one station. Trust me on this one.

[Figuremod73]

Ifits only available on DVD, it's like a time capsule. Fully enclosed, and you won't stumble upon it unawares. If it's on TV somehow, people will accidentally find them and new fans are made. DVDs are only bought by people who already know about it.

This is what im thinking. I'm sure there are still stations that would love to carry The Flintstones, The Jetson, etc, but the exclusiveness that Cartoon Network/Boomerang has isnt allowing it. I hope someday some of these classic are brought back into syndication because outside of having a great cable package many kids dont have access to them anymore.

I loved alot of HB stuff as a kid and I had no idea just how old those cartoons were. They are timeless.

[TomStrong]

I also agree with Werewolf, Hub is pretty cool.

[TomStrong]

Good article by the way figuremod73. I think the author is on to something there. We certainly are getting older and we are not the target audience anymore but I still think there's a place for all the great retro Hanna Barbera shows on tv. Scooby Doo is still popular, Superfriends is still good for little kids who like superheroes but whose parents are uncomfortable with animated violence I just don't think they've spun it that way. As for kids today, you guys are right. The texting and cellphone phenomena has something to do with their attention span. My kid is like Gollum with the Ring with hers, it's her preeeecious! If you go near it she has a caniption. MTV is awful, modern music is pretty crummy too, will kids today look back in thirty of forty years on Lady Feakin Gaga the way we do on Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, or the Beatles with a nostalgic fondness and reexamination of the meaning of her music? Geese, I guess hanging on in quiet desperation is not just for the English anymore.

[jwyblejr]

The problem I have with that article is that they ignore the fact Boomerang is now airing current stuff. When Young Justice was on it's break,it was on Boomerang. The new Ben 10 series is on there as well. If they're going to air current stuff from the past couple of years,why not air Batman The Brave & The Bold and appease the older fans?