Recent content by Brian Cruz

Thanks all for your well wishes! They mean a lot, especially since I'm hardly around here anymore. And thanks also to the folks generous enough to pick gifts from our registry. Believe it or not, we really needed that can opener! And JLU Season 1 will definitely be perfect honeymoon viewing...

When she was younger I had convinced my sister that the entire nation of Portugal (where our mother is from) was contained within a self-storage warehouse about a mile from our home. Whenever we drove by I'd point and say "Mom's from there!". As for me... I was absolutely certain that Mr. Ed...

The fourth of July has always been my least favorite holiday. People here will set them off until 3AM without any concern for people with jobs who need to sleep. I't would have been better to have a day off on the 5th instead of the 4th, at least then I wouldn't have had to go to work so tired.

Is anyone watching Monk & Psych tonight on USA? By now you should have been brainwashed by the endless promos.

The reason networks like USA and others are becoming more generic is because it attracts more viewers. USA has been the #1 basic cable network so far this year, with Disney at #2 and TNT at #3. Remember a few years ago when classic animation fans complained about Disney Channel abandoning "Vault...

The network is now primarily targeted towards viewers 18+. Nearly every show and movie we air is rated TV-14, even during the day. Kids don't enter into the equation at all (with the possible exception of wrestling). Many viewers haven't figured this out yet, which is why we get so many...

I work for USA Network. There's zero chance of USA ever showing cartoons regularly again.

We actually sell ads by impression, not clicks.

Hey folks, long time no see. When I'm not doing behind the scenes webmastery-type stuff here at TZ, I'm at my day job working for the USA Network. And the USA Network website just launched something called "Show Us Your Character", where you can upload images and video of yourself acting silly...

TZ's Toonami schedule has been updated, if anyone's interested: https://www.toonzone.net/schedule/index.php?browseNetworkID=13

Best episode yet!

As Harley's significant other, I'm on the receiving end of that scowl pretty often...

Thanks everyone. The best birthday present I got today came from Harley, who got me an incredible Fleischer Studios Popeye mini-maquette:

It only shows your city, using your zip code for placement. It doesn't point to your house or anything. I removed both your entries, so feel free to put yourself in RI or any other place you want.

Does anyone remember that old Toon Zone Map thread where we tried to see if we had members in all 50 states, and a mod would update the list whenever they had time? Well technology has gotten a lot better than since 2002, and so I present to you... The NEW Toon Zone Map And this time we...