When The WB became CW, is there any particular reason why they kept the "Kids' WB" name for the children's block, instead of changing it to "Kids' CW?"
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Kids' WB
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Mostly because of name recognition I guess. It may not matter anyway because Kid's WB is being taken over by 4 Kids TV next season.
And, it's completely separate from the network. It was sold more as a syndication deal as opposed to an affiliation deal, much like Fox Kids were. At one point, WATL-TV 36, the WB affiliate at the time in Atlanta was broadcasting Kids WB and Fox Kids. There was a time when Saturday morning and weekday afternoon cartoons meant something. But, after Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, etc. they went by the wayside. As a matter of fact, I used to watch all of the syndicated cartoons along with the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. Now, with 180 different feeds of the original networks, they're not important anymore except to satisfy the FCC E/I requirements.
FloydB said:
And even in that department, they only make a half-hearted attempt to comply, in terms of quality (many of these shows are cheaply-made), age (how are today's kids handling "New Zoo Revie", or, as I call it, "That 70s Kids' Show"?) and time slot (some stations show Degrassi TNG at 9AM or 10AM, weekdays, when school is in session).
Didn't FOX stop calling it FOX Kids and started calling it FOX Box as ABC started to call their kid shows ABC Kids.
Yes, they did.
azumanga said:
You're right about that, or they run it at 6 in the morning on Saturdays. What kid is going to be up at 6 in the morning on a freaking Saturday? NBC's running this Qubo crap, and swap the programs around. For instance: they ran some stupid stop-motion animation called "Bob The Postman" for, like two weeks, then replaced it with another show. Even the new Transformers on Cartoon Network are crap. Cartoons made for kids these days are complete garbage. They're so bad, in fact, that my 2yr old's favorite cartoons are Cars (movie), The Incredibles (movie) and King of the Hill.
Whatever happened to the Roadrunner and Coyote? For two and a half hours (with NO dialog!) you'd have shorts of the Coyote trying some gimmick to catch the roadrunner and fails, then the roadrunner speeding off! It was simple, yet so entertaining that five generations LOVED (according to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generations) the Greatest Generation, the silent generation, the Baby Boomers, Generation Jones and Gen X) them and still love them today!
FloydB said:
Which would be illegal, unless you're in, say, Phenix City, Alabama, watching a Columbus, Georgia television station (for example) -- according to FCC rules, E/I shows cannot be shown before 7AM or after 10PM local time. Anything shown outside this period does not count towards E/I credits.
FloydB said:
They have a new home (in reruns)
http://www.teletoon.com/teletoon3/teletoon.php?language=En&brand=retro
Doesn't Cartoon network have a cartoon classics station for the States?
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FloydB said:
They started going by the wayside long before that. IIRC, NBC started whacking Saturday morning cartoons 20 years ago -- around 1987/88. From what I understand, it was too costly. No wonder we see ABC, NBC and CBS all teaming up with another partner.
DToTheJ said:
And, here's the thing with that: Even though it's Time-Warner (the parent company of Turner), Ted, way back before all the buyouts, bought the rights to Hanna-Barbera. So, even though Boomerang is owned by the WB shield, it's VERY heavy in H-B programs! Or, that's what I see every time I scroll past it in the DirecTV guide.
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