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Thought I'd throw my own one in since I've been responding to others: I don't mind Disney Channel and Nickelodeon airing live action sitcoms a lot. At the end of the day, it isn't as if this is nothing new for both networks. Disney Channel didn't even start doing animated originals (aside from...

So, what are slice of life shows that do a better job at managing the comedy and drama balance if Hey Arnold didn't work? Is it a bad thing for cartoons to try to prove they aren't just "kiddy filler" and that animation isn't just for kids and can be appealing to older audiences too?

Looking back, anyone remember the days when Disney animated non-preschool half hour shows used to have actual scenes playing during the credits. This started in 2006 with The Emperor's New School, The Replacements, American Dragon Jake Long season 2, and Kim Possible season 4. This tradition...

Figured I'd try this like with the Looney Tunes characters with more than one director. And going by the head animator director rather than credited director here. Among the following directors, who was the best Popeye director and why between: Seymour Kneitel Willard Bowsky Dave Tendlar...

And now here's the most recent full year in 2025 breakdown on how often each show aired. Half hours are the measurement for this and 0.5 being a 11-minute segment. CNAS wiki and Mr. Maketsu from Twitter are the sources. 2025: Originals by Cartoon Network: The Amazing World of Gumball: 1860...

Is this counted by quarter hour slots or half hour ones?

Considering how Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon have had discussion on their president/network head, thought it'd be nice to try for Disney Channel. What are your thoughts on each of the following Disney Channel president/channel head's tenures? Alan Wagner (1983-84) James P. Jimirro (1984-85)...

To be fair aside from SpongeBob, those other shows have ended and have existed longer so that's a key difference. It's likely we'll see more of that for TLH after it ends. Heck, Fairly OddParents didn't exactly get referenced that much during the time it was airing its last few seasons and also...

Confirmed to be co-produced by Disney TVA.

Sequel to the one for the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. By the 1970s, only two studios were left producing theatrical cartoons, being Walter Lantz Productions and DePatie Freleng Enterprises. Disney had long stopped back in 1956 (only producing sporadic ones after that), UPA in 1959, Famous...

Genuinely do wonder if it would've done better in ratings if some of their animated originals got included such as The Proud Family, Kim Possible, Lilo & Stitch the Series, American Dragon Jake Long, The Emperor's New School, The Replacements, Fish Hooks, and Gravity Falls (didn't mention...

Worth nothing the ratings here: Considering a lot of the DCOMs were getting below 100,000 compared to how much higher the animated Disney movies, Ice Age the Meltdown, and the Big City Greens movie with the Camp Rock sequel being the only one to get over 150K in ratings.

Aren't you being a little harsh with that remark?

So why did Disney XD premiere Dragon Striker instead of Disney Channel? Given Disney TVA co-produces it and Disney XD being dead by now, why was XD the premiere place? And why dump everything at once? This screams that Disney's not gonna give the show a season 2.

If ACME Night were still around at this point or if Cartoon Network tried to air movies outside the same Scooby Doo DTV movies, they could've aired the 1984 Supergirl movie to tie in with the new Supergirl movie. They did air the Christopher Reeve Superman films (which share continuity with...

Considering how seasons 3+4 were produced as a production season 2, it's likely they were initially renewed for a second production season in late 2024/early 2025 before they split the seasons up. So the season 4 announcement is likely more just for promotion reasons now since it's essentially...

Maybe it'll end up airing internationally first like season 3 of the Rugrats reboot. Considering production on this show wrapped up a few months ago, the show definitely has a pretty large unaired backlog of 29 episodes for a show that hasn't even aired on the main channel in 16 months now.

Season 4 is coming. Considering though how season 1 was split up into broadcast seasons 1 and 2, it's likely season 4 is technically production season 2B.

When was there a CN City bumper with Fred Flintstone? The only Hanna Barbara characters in CN City bumpers (outside the ones from CN originals of the 1990s) were from Scooby Doo and Tom & Jerry.

Sequel to the one for the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. During the 1960s, theatrical cartoon shorts were in a decline. With Disney and UPA already bowing out of theatrical shorts by the end of the 1950s, the 1960s saw more studios drop out of the theatrical shorts business due to audiences pivoting...

Loud House, Rock Paper Scissors, and Wylde Pak still get no mention, implying all three are done with the latter over and the former two not getting renewed. With only SpongeBob and Patrick Star Show renewed, looks like only the SpongeBob franchise will continue.

Interestingly, American Dragon Jake Long co-showrunner Eddie Guzelian did talk briefly about this on the American Dragon blog where he mentioned Disney Channel's ratings by 2005 had gotten so low that any spike was a positive, influencing why they decided to give American Dragon Jake Long a...

What about the other studios?

Sequel to the one for the 1930s and 1940s. Among the studios in the 1950s producing cartoon shorts, Warner Bros Cartoons (aside from the brief shutdown from June 1953 to January 1954), Famous Studios, and Terrytoons were still producing cartoon shorts for theaters. Walter Lantz Productions also...

Wonder if Kim Possible and The Proud Family could come back for a marathon?

Sequel to the one for the 1930s. Among the studios in the 1940s producing cartoon shorts, Walt Disney Productions, Warner Bros Cartoons, MGM, Walter Lantz Productions, and Terrytoons returned from the 1930s. Fleischer Studios would be retooled into Famous Studios in 1942 after Paramount took...

Thought I'd do a list of shows that are currently doing new episodes on Disney Channel right now outside of the Disney Junior shows: Animated originals: Phineas & Ferb: Has a 20 episode sixth season in the works to likely premiere this year, and rumors that they're in the talks for a possible...

Since it is interesting seeing how fluctuating trends caused a shift in quality for theatrical shorts, thought I'd try one for how each studio fared in each decade. Starting with the 1930s (since I doubt anyone here has seen a ton of pre-1930 cartoons). Among the studios in the 1930s producing...

True, just made this to ask if the Lantz output would've declined as bad if any of the others I mentioned had been the last director standing.

So, is it safe to say the series is over now? All 26 half hours premiered and no sign of a renewal. Lack of reruns not helping either.

May as well show what year each original series (outside the Nick Jr shows) that premiered from 1999 onward aired the most (doubt any 1999 premiered originals aired more in 1999 than 2000). Not doing the pre-1999 ones since they could've peaked earlier than what I covered. Nicktoons: SpongeBob...

It's likely because those European acquisitions aren't CN originals like We Baby Bears, Teen Titans Go, and Regular Show The Lost Tapes are so they don't count. We Baby Bears was actually greenlit in May 2019 under Christina Miller's era. I dunno if the crew not responding to you on X is the...

Problem is that Cartoon Network barely has anything left to premiere so that's why they're stretching We Baby Bears so thin. And what makes you think We Baby Bears not being done premiering in USA is somehow holding the franchise back? There's zero evidence supporting that.

For the second of Disney's big stars and since I've done these for Warner Bros and Walter Lantz, let's see Donald Duck's directors. When Donald Duck made his debut in 1934, Wilfred Jackson would direct his first short in The Wise Little Hen. Jackson would only direct two more shorts with Donald...

The Eds Are Coming, the Eds Are Coming is often considered part of season 5, bringing it up to 13.

Thought it'd be nice to see just how much Cartoon Network's season orders changed as time went on. When they began doing their own original series in earnest with Dexter's Lab, that show's first season had 13 episodes. Until 2006, these would be the lengths of each season: Dexter's Lab...

On that note, then July 2008 was when the last produced episode of My Gym Partner's a Monkey premiered (A Whole Zoo World).

I'd add how even Ed Edd n Eddy got close to facing the same fate with how season 4 was initially intended as the final season that finished in November 2004, had Cartoon Network not decided to pick it up for another season and holiday specials.

Here For comparison, let's see how many shows they ended from September 2007 to November 2009 (aka a 26 month timespan): September 2007 - Squirrel Boy January 2008 - Codename Kids Next Door March 2008 - Camp Lazlo April 2008 - Ben 10 2005 May 2008 - Class of 3000 October 2008 - Billy & Mandy...