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Anime on Turner Classic Movies and live action movies on Cartoon Network

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Apparently the fine folks at Turner Broadcasting have flipped their gourd again and are showing anime movies on Turner Classic Movies.

They are paying tribute to an anime director every Thursday during January. But what gets we is that what they are showing wasmade during the 1980'a sn 1990's with one movie made in 2002. (Forgive me, but I know nothing about anime.)

Over the past few months, live action movies have been airing on the Cartoon Network. Apparently, programming wires are getting crossed somewhere.

This got me to thinking what could be next at TCM and Cartoon Network. It seems to me that TCM could become the next AMC, with a focus on contemporary movies and a full plate of commercials. Let's hope it doesn't go that way.

As for the Cartoon Network, given the recent success of the Adult Swim lineup, it could potentially die off and become a variety network (given that the cartoons are more and more shifting over to Boomerang).

Since Ted Turner left the building, it seems like Turner Broadcasting is having bad luck all over (They are currently exploring selling off regional net Turner South and the Atlanta Braves baseball team). There is no telling what will happen next.
 
> Apparently the fine folks at Turner Broadcasting have
> flipped their gourd again and are showing anime movies on
> Turner Classic Movies.
>
> They are paying tribute to an anime director every Thursday
> during January. But what gets we is that what they are
> showing wasmade during the 1980'a sn 1990's with one movie
> made in 2002. (Forgive me, but I know nothing about anime.)
>
> Over the past few months, live action movies have been
> airing on the Cartoon Network. Apparently, programming wires
> are getting crossed somewhere.
>
> This got me to thinking what could be next at TCM and
> Cartoon Network. It seems to me that TCM could become the
> next AMC, with a focus on contemporary movies and a full
> plate of commercials. Let's hope it doesn't go that way.
>
> As for the Cartoon Network, given the recent success of the
> Adult Swim lineup, it could potentially die off and become a
> variety network (given that the cartoons are more and more
> shifting over to Boomerang).
>
> Since Ted Turner left the building, it seems like Turner
> Broadcasting is having bad luck all over (They are currently
> exploring selling off regional net Turner South and the
> Atlanta Braves baseball team). There is no telling what will
> happen next.
>

The nights of anime on TCM have me puzzled as well. I don't recall TCM ever haivng any other animated programming except for Cartoon Alley on Saturday mornings (Which I believe was a good move) and occasional cartoons for filler between movies. Also, the fact that these movies are all so new.

I've seen TCM show other movies from the 80's or 90's before if they fit the particular theme of the night and were some of the best in that theme. I can recall them showing Back to the Future when the theme was time travel, Austin Powers when the theme was spy spoofs, and Spaceballs. I don't remember the theme for that night, but it was probably something with either sci-fi or Mel Brooks movies. I'll admit though that I hope they don't go the direction of AMC.

On Cartoon Network, a combined live action/animated movie like Who Framed Roger Rabbit might be OK, or possibly even live action movies based on classic cartoons like the Flintstones or Scooby Doo, but if they're showing movies with no connection to animation at all that doesn't make much sense.

Also, I recently read where Adult Swim is considered a different network in the ratings now. Is that true?

I've actually given up on Cartoon Network since they've dropped all classic cartoons, and Boomerang has even started cutting back on them and added more newer cartoons.
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by ccmfan on 01/13/06 05:35 AM.</FONT></P>
 
It just seems everyone has gone nuts.

Even the Weather Channel is looney, but that's another topic.

> > Apparently the fine folks at Turner Broadcasting have
> > flipped their gourd again and are showing anime movies on
> > Turner Classic Movies.
> >
> > They are paying tribute to an anime director every
> Thursday
> > during January. But what gets we is that what they are
> > showing wasmade during the 1980'a sn 1990's with one movie
>
> > made in 2002. (Forgive me, but I know nothing about
> anime.)
> >
> > Over the past few months, live action movies have been
> > airing on the Cartoon Network. Apparently, programming
> wires
> > are getting crossed somewhere.
> >
> > This got me to thinking what could be next at TCM and
> > Cartoon Network. It seems to me that TCM could become the
> > next AMC, with a focus on contemporary movies and a full
> > plate of commercials. Let's hope it doesn't go that way.
> >
> > As for the Cartoon Network, given the recent success of
> the
> > Adult Swim lineup, it could potentially die off and become
> a
> > variety network (given that the cartoons are more and more
>
> > shifting over to Boomerang).
> >
> > Since Ted Turner left the building, it seems like Turner
> > Broadcasting is having bad luck all over (They are
> currently
> > exploring selling off regional net Turner South and the
> > Atlanta Braves baseball team). There is no telling what
> will
> > happen next.
> >
>
> The nights of anime on TCM have me puzzled as well. I don't
> recall TCM ever haivng any other animated programming except
> for Cartoon Alley on Saturday mornings (Which I believe was
> a good move) and occasional cartoons for filler between
> movies. Also, the fact that these movies are all so new.
>
> I've seen TCM show other movies from the 80's or 90's before
> if they fit the particular theme of the night and were some
> of the best in that theme. I can recall them showing Back to
> the Future when the theme was time travel, Austin Powers
> when the theme was spy spoofs, and Spaceballs. I don't
> remember the theme for that night, but it was probably
> something with either sci-fi or Mel Brooks movies. I'll
> admit though that I hope they don't go the direction of AMC.
>
>
> On Cartoon Network, a combined live action/animated movie
> like Who Framed Roger Rabbit might be OK, or possibly even
> live action movies based on classic cartoons like the
> Flintstones or Scooby Doo, but if they're showing movies
> with no connection to animation at all that doesn't make
> much sense.
>
> Also, I recently read where Adult Swim is considered a
> different network in the ratings now. Is that true?
>
> I've actually given up on Cartoon Network since they've
> dropped all classic cartoons, and Boomerang has even started
> cutting back on them and added more newer cartoons.
>
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> Also, I recently read where Adult Swim is considered a
> different network in the ratings now. Is that true?

Yes. I remember seeing it in one of their bumps several months ago. Its been a separate network since March...from wikipedia:

On March 28, 2005, Nielsen Media Research began treating the block as a separate channel from Cartoon Network for ratings purposes. While unusual, this is not new; Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. and Nick at Nite blocks are also considered as separate channels by Nielsen
 
Hi everyone:

> Apparently the fine folks at Turner Broadcasting have
> flipped their gourd again and are showing anime movies on
> Turner Classic Movies.
>
> They are paying tribute to an anime director every Thursday
> during January. But what gets we is that what they are
> showing wasmade during the 1980'a sn 1990's with one movie
> made in 2002. (Forgive me, but I know nothing about anime.)
>
> Over the past few months, live action movies have been
> airing on the Cartoon Network. Apparently, programming wires
> are getting crossed somewhere.

That's almost as bad as seeing CNN on The WB.

> This got me to thinking what could be next at TCM and
> Cartoon Network. It seems to me that TCM could become the
> next AMC, with a focus on contemporary movies and a full
> plate of commercials. Let's hope it doesn't go that way.

Well....There's all those CLASSIC Bugs Bunny cartoons and such that Cartoon Network used when it first started out.

Perhaps we could see a Cartoon Classics Channel which would be like the TCM of cartoons?

> As for the Cartoon Network, given the recent success of the
> Adult Swim lineup, it could potentially die off and become a
> variety network (given that the cartoons are more and more
> shifting over to Boomerang).
>
> Since Ted Turner left the building, it seems like Turner
> Broadcasting is having bad luck all over (They are currently
> exploring selling off regional net Turner South and the
> Atlanta Braves baseball team). There is no telling what will
> happen next.

Maybe they'll sell off their share in The WB for all we know...

Cheers for now :)

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