MeTV Toons - Network TALKBACK & Discussion Thread

[hobo 7]

Do you think MeTV Toons should bring over some older Canadian cartoons like The Raccoons?

if it was popular and still remembered in america, maybe

 

[Mandouga]

if it was popular and still remembered in america, maybe

I say anything’s possible. Besides, it’s on The Roku Channel, and is available legally on You Tube on the channels “Run With Us Productions” and “The Raccoons” (which recently started uploading 4K remastered versions of the episodes).


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[iluvdoves1228]

I wonder what they plan on doing for Christmas. Maybe some of those iconic Hanna-Barbera holiday specials? As nice as it would be to get Charlie Brown, I don't really think Apple would be willing to fork them over to Weigel. Even when they were given to PBS, they STILL ended up taking the rights away from them after only a year or two.

 

[Edward Joseph]

Well, my prediction for how the second season of 2 Stupid Dogs would run was wrong. Instead of containing 1 Stupid Dogs segment and 1 Super-Secret Squirrel segment from the first season, alongside a Stupid Dogs episode from the second season, it contained three 2 Stupid Dogs segments (2 from the first season and 1 from the second season).

For those curious, here were the episodes that were shown yesterday: Jerk (Season 2: Episode 1)/Cornflakes (Season 1: Episode 2a)/Door Jam (Season 1: Episode 1a)

 

[powergate92]

Well, my prediction for how the second season of 2 Stupid Dogs would run was wrong. Instead of containing 1 Stupid Dogs segment and 1 Super-Secret Squirrel segment from the first season, alongside a Stupid Dogs episode from the second season, it contained three 2 Stupid Dogs segments (2 from the first season and 1 from the second season).

For those curious, here were the episodes that were shown yesterday: Jerk (Season 2: Episode 1)/Cornflakes (Season 1: Episode 2a)/Door Jam (Season 1: Episode 1a)

Here's a question, how were the episodes originally aired when the show was in broadcast syndication in the mid-90s?

 

[ToonRo]

Hare Trimmed has aired twice tonight.
It aired as both the last cartoon of Bugs Bunny & Friends, and the first cartoon of Toon In with Me.

 

[RandomMe]

Well, my prediction for how the second season of 2 Stupid Dogs would run was wrong. Instead of containing 1 Stupid Dogs segment and 1 Super-Secret Squirrel segment from the first season, alongside a Stupid Dogs episode from the second season, it contained three 2 Stupid Dogs segments (2 from the first season and 1 from the second season).

For those curious, here were the episodes that were shown yesterday: Jerk (Season 2: Episode 1)/Cornflakes (Season 1: Episode 2a)/Door Jam (Season 1: Episode 1a)

Wasn't it that way in the initial showings in the 90s?

When I Am Weasel became its own series, it aired one segment from the fifth season and the remaining two were from the 52 segments during Cow and Chicken.

Oh and by the way yesterday and today I saw a commercial for Burger King.

 

[SaturnReturn]

Hare Trimmed has aired twice tonight.
It aired as both the last cartoon of Bugs Bunny & Friends, and the first cartoon of Toon In with Me.

This happens unfortunately kind of often, with Bugs Bunny shorts. I haven't seen it happen with anything else, but they in particular seem to get it the most. Since every show of Bugs Bunny and Friends will start an end with a Bugs Bunny short, and the 2 hour blocks usually have at least one in the middle, if not two, AND both of the Cartoon All-Stars blocks usually have at least one, AND most episodes of Toon In With Me usually have one... Yeah, they air a lot of Bugs Bunny throughout the day.
To add to this, the scheduling of Toon In With Me seems to be done by different people outright than who schedules the rest of the theatrical blocks. I see pretty commonly, shorts which just aired a day or two prior on Woody Woodpecker/Popeye/Bugs Bunny and Friends/etc, will be played on Toon In With Me right after, while elsewhere MeTV Toons would take weeks or even months to rerun them again.

 

[Edward Joseph]

Wasn't it that way in the initial showings in the 90s?

Actually, contrary to some of my earlier statements on here (this is what happens when I rely on my memory and forget to fact check), according to some Usenet and Toonzone posts I've found, Super Secret Secret Squirrel was allegedly dropped in the original Season 2 airings. and the 2 Stupid Dogs shorts took up the whole half-hour. So, I think it's possible that these MeTV Toons airings were how they were shown on TBS.

When I Am Weasel became its own series, it aired one segment from the fifth season and the remaining two were from the 52 segments during Cow and Chicken.

Earlier on, a couple of the episodes would also sometimes contain 2 fifth season segments and one segment from it's original run or 3 fifth season segments in one half-hour. I haven't checked entirely, but I think the show switched to that format you described around 2000.

Really wish more info about both 2 Stupid Dogs and I Am Weasel's original runs were available online. Some of the airdates I've found (from period sources) for the premieres of some episodes of the latter outright contradict Wikipedia's info. Their original running orders don't really matter much in the grand scheme of things, since repetition of episodes was very evident in both shows, but I WOULD like to know more about them.

Anyway, back to MeTV Toons.

 

[Micahel Cataldo]

How come MeTV Toons never airs promos for shows that air weekdays from 6am-9am?

 

[SaturnReturn]

I have seen promos for Captain Planet, Police Academy, and The Real Ghostbusters. I only haven't seen Beetlejuice promos outside of the marathon.

 

[awinger24]

Isn't it crazy that MeTV Toons has aired about 800 Warner Bros. cartoons?

 

[hobo 7]

Isn't it crazy that MeTV Toons has aired about 800 Warner Bros. cartoons?

I always scoff at ‘em for playin’ the crappy 60s looney tunes, but I appreciate that metv toons absolutely digs every crate given to it for programming, unlike OTHER cartoon networks.

 

[SpecialColorfull]

Isn't it crazy that MeTV Toons has aired about 800 Warner Bros. cartoons?

They are a 24 hour channel and love the Looney Tunes shorts... but I still find it crazy.

 

[Edward Joseph]

Isn't it crazy that MeTV Toons has aired about 800 Warner Bros. cartoons?

Don't quote me on this, but I think I heard someone say that MeTV and MeTV Toons have both aired more Looney Tunes shorts than any network.

 

[awinger24]

I don’t even have them on Spectrum. From where I am, I need to get Philo or Frndly.

 

[Checkerboard]

Don't quote me on this, but I think I heard someone say that MeTV and MeTV Toons have both aired more Looney Tunes shorts than any network.

were talkin toon here haha

 

[RandomMe]

I don’t even have them on Spectrum. From where I am, I need to get Philo or Frndly.

Cable companies have difficulty adding diginets

 

[powergate92]

According to MeTV Toons Facebook Page, they are now on Spectrum Cable in New York City and in Fairfield and Newtown, Connecticut. Log into Facebook

 

[LooneyTunesFan3]

According to MeTV Toons Facebook Page, they are now on Spectrum Cable in New York City and in Fairfield and Newtown, Connecticut. Log into Facebook

I'm still waiting for Verzion Fios cable to get MeTV Toons soon.