Boomerang may become history.... Options

[Nelson]

Today's Wall St. Journal reports that Cartoon Network is going to develope a weekday pre-school schedule aimed at toddlers between 2 to 6 years old(with Warner Bros producing most of the new shows) that will begin next spring 2005. Word comes from CN, that is this proves to be successful, then the channel plans to convert their sister channel "Boomerang" into all pre-schooler channel.

Once again, classic cartoon fans get screwed again....

[damfino]

No, please no, it is the only channel I watch. I ditch Direct TV if this happens. Make a third channel, no make fourth or fifth one as Anime and Adult Swim deserve channels more than preschool horrors.

[HBThingy]

They shouldn't change Boomerang!
I mean preschoolers shouldn't being staring at the tv all day.
Only teenagers and adults should be able to ^^

The classic cartoons are slowly vanishing!

[Studio Toledo]

[QUOTE]They shouldn't change Boomerang!
I mean preschoolers shouldn't being staring at the tv all day.
Only teenagers and adults should be able to ^^[/QUOTE]

What it used to be. Somehow, and again, parents neglet the TV as an "electronic babysitter" as usual. Don't understand why they feel they have to make a 24/7 channel of this stuff (not that toddlers are growing up in a nocturnal world where they could watch this stuff at 4 in the morning.

[QUOTEThe classic cartoons are slowly vanishing![/QUOTE]

And being replaced with reruns of Baby Looney Tunes (this was a MISTAKE!!!).

[iwilldestroyyou]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!

[damfino]

I'd forbid my kids from watching degrading preschool television. It acts like the child is a moron, when they can understadn and appreciate classic animation as well as anyone.

[damfino]

Word comes from CN, that is this proves to be successful, then the channel plans to convert their sister channel "Boomerang" into all pre-schooler channel.

does it say this in the article?

[Studio Toledo]

I'd forbid my kids from watching degrading preschool television. It acts like the child is a moron, when they can understadn and appreciate classic animation as well as anyone.

I wish they brought back The Electric Company! Any pre-school program from yesteryear is much better than the stuff they come out with now (especialy that godawful PBS program with the blobs or whatever they are).

[Studio Toledo]

Word comes from CN, that is this proves to be successful, then the channel plans to convert their sister channel "Boomerang" into all pre-schooler channel.

does it say this in the article?

I'd rather the channel would share both programming anyway, so we can have the pre-school stuff on during the morning to afternoon slots, and Boomerang would be on for the remainder of the day. Seems reasonable. They pretty much recycle the same programs in 8 hour intervals anyway.

[Semaj]

Today's Wall St. Journal reports that Cartoon Network is going to develope a weekday pre-school schedule aimed at toddlers between 2 to 6 years old(with Warner Bros producing most of the new shows) that will begin next spring 2005. Word comes from CN, that is this proves to be successful, then the channel plans to convert their sister channel "Boomerang" into all pre-schooler channel.

Once again, classic cartoon fans get screwed again....

Aw, come on! >:-O
And I thought The Disney Channel had the worst programming rituals.

Is there any possible way to tell these jokers that what they're doing is wrong? We already have Nick Jr. and Playhouse Disney for that stuff! And isn't Noggin already a pre-school channel?

I think Cartoon Network has really lost it. Nowadays, they'd rather show Baby Looney Tunes instead of the classic Looney Tunes. And every other time I turn it to that channel, they're showing crap like Scooby Doo or Ed, Edd, n Eddy. X-o

[The Great Fleega...]

I wish they brought back The Electric Company! Any pre-school program from yesteryear is much better than the stuff they come out with now (especialy that godawful PBS program with the blobs or whatever they are).

For the benefit of anyone who may not know this, from 1999-2003, the Noggin channel was running "The Electric Company" and 1969-1989 episodes of "Sesame Street" (under the title "Sesame Street Unpaved") as well as other CTW educational shows. Of course, they are no longer shown. TV Land did a 2-hour (I believe it was) "preview" of "The Electric Company" with clips back in 1999. I did manage to record every episode of both while they were running, though of course, Noggin did not air every episode (there were 780 "Electric Comapny" episodes produced, and 2,615 "Sesame Streets" from the 1969-1989 period). Noggin showed a few selected episodes from each "season" (65 "Electric Company" and 67 "Sesame Street Unpaved") and I got them all.

[rkish]

I'd forbid my kids from watching degrading preschool television. It acts like the child is a moron, when they can understadn and appreciate classic animation as well as anyone.

I wish they brought back The Electric Company! Any pre-school program from yesteryear is much better than the stuff they come out with now (especialy that godawful PBS program with the blobs or whatever they are).

HEY....That's BooBah to you pal! All I know is, that between BooBah and the Thomas the Tank Engine videos, my 18 month old is a happy camper!

Capt. George had mentioned something in an earlier post about an animation channel that was showing TerryTunes and some of the old Columbia cartoons. An all anime channel was also mentioned.

All I ask is...when is this going to materialize and will the Big Boys like DIRECTV and the large cable companies carry these channels?

[Goon]

This just in from Mr. Joe Swaney from CN/Boomerang:

Hello,

This story included all sorts of speculation on what Cartoon Network would do with our proposed preschool block.

Please note that any decisions that would affect Boomerang's current programming would be at least two years away. We have no intention of abandoning our fans of classic cartoons at this time.

But thank you for your inquiry!


Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:34 PM
To: 'joe.swaney@turner.com'

[Studio Toledo]

For the benefit of anyone who may not know this, from 1999-2003, the Noggin channel was running "The Electric Company" and 1969-1989 episodes of "Sesame Street" (under the title "Sesame Street Unpaved") as well as other CTW educational shows. Of course, they are no longer shown.

Sadly my cable company was too late in picking up Noggin as well. So I missed out on this period when I could've gotten the entire series (outside a few pirated recordings I've dug up a long the way).

TV Land did a 2-hour (I believe it was) "preview" of "The Electric Company" with clips back in 1999.

I have that one taped that night! My only gripe with the Noggin airings of Electric Company was the lack of the original end credits for the series, and the subtraction of the Road Runner cartoon segments, but I assume getting the rigths to it again from WB was out of the question (at least we had Spidey's Super Stories anyway).

Electric Company was a program I grew up on, though I was born in '77, and had to make due with the last two seasons of the program that were repeated ad nausem into the mid '80s, I even watched it in school!

I did manage to record every episode of both while they were running, though of course, Noggin did not air every episode (there were 780 "Electric Comapny" episodes produced, and 2,615 "Sesame Streets" from the 1969-1989 period). Noggin showed a few selected episodes from each "season" (65 "Electric Company" and 67 "Sesame Street Unpaved") and I got them all.

Heh, wished they aired more. I have a tape somewhere in my collection my mom taped way back in '82 of some episodes of Sesame Street as well. The show was a lot better when Elmo wasn't around (and Snuffy was still Big Bird's 'imaginary friend'). Wished I had more episodes of Electric Company as well (Noggin also would edit out the episode numbers that appear at the opening of each episode).

A while back, there was a really sweet Electric Company webpage out there, but it was shut down after a cease & decest letter was sent to the webmaster by Sesame Workshop over it. Shame really. Another classic being bottled up forever.

Heh, a while back at Goodwill, I picked up a kiddie LP put out by Disneyland Records of songs from Electric Company! Wanted to share that with anyone that remembers listening to those!

[The Super Star]

On the Subject of Preschool Shows, Does PBS Still Show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Or Did IT Get Sacked for More Barney and Teletubbies? I have a sad feeling it's the latter.