Sorry for not posting here for awhile, as to being busy with school, but there's something I would like to post today. A poster on Toon Zone posted about how lame Cartoon Network's Saturday morning schedule is. Here's what he posted:
I apologize for doing a thread like this, but I must say, I think the worst programming block on Cartoon Network is on Saturday mornings, 7 AM to 12 PM. It's now all anime and action cartoons, many of them based on toy lines, including "Ben 10 Omniverse," "Young Justice," "Beyblade: Metal Fury," "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," "Green Lantern," and "NINJAGO."
I actually saw some of "Ben 10" morning because nothing else was on TV,
and I was bored out of my mind (just to see how bad they were!)
Nothing really happened, it was just constant talking and some of the
usual action sequences!
Sorry, but I have to agree with other people online on how Saturday
morning cartoons have drastically changed. I still remember 10 years
ago, Cartoon Network would have a two or three-hour Looney Tunes
block on Saturday mornings, but not anymore. I feel sorry for kids
that, instead of growing up eating sugary cereals watching funny,
semi-educational or even remotely entertaining cartoons, children will
just be having bacon and sausage and fatty pork products for breakfast
while nothing plays on TV but droning talking and stereotypical action
sequences on animation
that is secretly plugging the toy lines they are based off of, as well
as forced edutainment and news in terms of live-action.
Here's what I say to that:
You're not being forced to watch Cartoon Network's action shows. You're not a kid. Those shows were designed for kids and teens. CN doesn't care about you if you're not a child. However, I will say this:
Ben 10, Pokemon, Beyblade, NinjaGo, Bakugan and
DC Nation does well among kids, so they're not going anywhere on Saturday mornings. The network tried airing action shows on a Friday night, but that plan failed; SatAM is the only place you can watch action shows on CN. Which brings me to the next question: What else is CN suppose to air on Saturday mornings?
Well, the network could try airing its Monday night comedies such as
Adventure Time,
Regular Show and
MAD, as well as
Johnny Test, The Looney Tunes Show and
The Amazing World of Gumball, but the audience will eventually get worn out from the shows and move on, as the shows can be seen on the network daily (two of them are currently overplayed). CN can't play a 2- to 3-hour block of
Looney Tunes on SatAM. One hour (which CN actually
does air for it an hour on the weekends at 6 AM) works fine and will bring up decent ratings, but 3 hours is alot. A
SpongeBob Squarepants or
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles repeat will do so much better than a 60-year-old repeat of
Looney Tunes and CN knows this. A Saturday morning lineup should have a lineup full of fresh and new content on kids networks. I mean, nostalgia is fine, but it won't last very long and people eventually move on.
Is Cartoon Network's Saturday morning lineup boring? Yes, a little. To help the lineup boost up ratings a bit, I recommend putting early morning repeats of older yet still quite popular Cartoon-Cartoons like
Dexter's Laboratory and
Chowder before the likes of
Pokemon and
Beyblade begins. Or air encores of one of the network's top hits like
Adventure Time and
Regular Show, say at around 7 AM (CN airs
Johnny Test during that time, so why can't it do the same for those two?).
Like I said, you don't have to watch CN's offer of SatAM action/toy-based-themed shows. If you want to see Looney Tunes on Saturdays, then buy yourself a collection of its shorts from DVDs/Blu-rays. Or watch another channel. Or just sleep in.
