What happened to all the cartoon shows?

[JohnKimble]

I remember as a child, watching Cartoon Network & Nickelodeon which had many good shows, including Are you afraid of the dark, Pete & Pete, Superfriends, Tom & Jerry, Gotham Knight Batman, Superman, Pirates of the Dark Water, and nowadays when I get a glimpse of Cartoon Network as my brother is watching, I see shows like Ed, Edd, & Eddie & that crappy new version of Yu-Gi Oh...

WTF happened to all the good cartoon shows? Why were they cancelled?

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[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: JohnKimble
I remember as a child, watching Cartoon Network & Nickelodeon which had many good shows, including Are you afraid of the dark, Pete & Pete, Superfriends, Tom & Jerry, Gotham Knight Batman, Superman, Pirates of the Dark Water, and nowadays when I get a glimpse of Cartoon Network as my brother is watching, I see shows like Ed, Edd, & Eddie & that crappy new version of Yu-Gi Oh...

WTF happened to all the good cartoon shows? Why were they cancelled?..

We all grew up!

 

[CrackRabbit]

Umm Pete & Pete wasn't a cartoon....

 

[JohnKimble]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Umm Pete & Pete wasn't a cartoon....

Ok, just good shows in general then.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Umm Pete & Pete wasn't a cartoon....

Is that the title of a book about having 2 daddies?

 

[jimbob200521]

Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life....I miss those shows too

I think Nickelodeon has a channel you can get that plays some of those shows, but its just not the same.

 

[BooGiMaN]

advertisement $, tom and jerry and batman are still shown but seems like less and less

back when i ws grwoing up saturday mornign cartoons was the big thing..and on regular tv...now they are but a memory


damn thanks for makign me feel ooooold

 

[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life....I miss those shows too

I think Nickelodeon has a channel you can get that plays some of those shows, but its just not the same.

Yeah, Nicktoons shows all of the above except Doug. They also play Angry Beavers and Invader Zim...

I wish Noggin would still play Pete and Pete, that is a quality show.

 

[neegotiator]

I miss batman, sam & max, and the tick. Still got justice league tho.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Stick stickly, Pete and Pete, Guts. Man i miss those days

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
advertisement $, tom and jerry and batman are still shown but seems like less and less

back when i ws grwoing up saturday mornign cartoons was the big thing..and on regular tv...now they are but a memory


damn thanks for makign me feel ooooold

yup, Saturday morning cartoons in the 70's was the bomb. It starting going downhill in the mid 80's.

 

[her209]

GI Joe! Go Joe!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: her209
GI Joe! Go Joe!

Transformer > GI Joe

 

[chambersc]

speaking of which, southpark is on, now.

 

[jimbob200521]

Originally posted by: chambersc
speaking of which, southpark is on, now.

Thanks for the reminder I actually forgot that it was on

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: her209
GI Joe! Go Joe!

Transformer > GI Joe

TMNT > *

 

[zanieladie]

Isn't a nickelodeon the thing you put nickels in to hear music?

 

[Schadenfreude]

Actually, being a big nerd, new shos like Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls, and Dexter's Laboratory are pretty good.
Like someone else mentioned, could anyone imagine a cartoon lineup 10 years ago like Adult Swim? And whatabout Family Guy/Futurama/South Park/etc.?

I think y'all are a little blinded by nostalgia, and very whiny.

 

[IGBT]

..on the net somewhere.

 

[Brutuskend]

They turned all preachy and ...well, NOT funny anymore.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Samurai Jack = an awesome show! Too bad its over

 

[Dedpuhl]

The other day someone told me that the downfall of cartoons was caused by Saved by the Bell.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: her209
GI Joe! Go Joe!

Transformer > GI Joe

TMNT > *

The cartoon was a joke, the comic book series was better IMO

 

[Merlyn3D]

It was all about duck tales, rescue rangers, talespin, darkwing duck, and gargoyles in my day.....oh, and can't forget the animated xmen and spiderman.



...oh yeah, and reboot!

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
advertisement $, tom and jerry and batman are still shown but seems like less and less

back when i ws grwoing up saturday mornign cartoons was the big thing..and on regular tv...now they are but a memory


damn thanks for makign me feel ooooold

Cable happened. The broadcast networks started competing with Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, both of which picked up increasing potential audiences as cable and dishes became ubiquitous, and eventually a point was hit where so many kids tuned out of the broadcast networks that it was more profitable to put in news programs(which were becoming more popular at the same time).

Of course, now things are just getting wacky. Some of the cable networks such as ABC Family(who airs what's the successor to Fox's cartoon block) are ditching their cartoons too and forming even more specialized channels. It's being distilled down to the point where you have 2 primary cartoon networks (Toon Disney vs. Cartoon Network) and 2 primary general kids networks that air cartoons and live action (Disney Channel vs. Nickelodeon). This means Nickelodeon is the 3rd party(both in the figurative sense and in the literal "we have fewer cartoons than everyone else" sense), and the only other significant cartoon group, 4kids(which buys a block of Fox to air their wares), is the odd-odd man out.

PS What the hell was up with our parents letting us watch Ren & Stimpy anyhow?