Why Cartoon Network Fell Off
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- čas přidán 17. 06. 2024
- In this video I talk about what I consider the best era of Cartoon Network, when we had shows like Adventure Time, Regular Show, and Gumball (there are more but these were my 3 favorite, and why the channel went so downhill.
My editing software wasn't fully functional, so this video doesn't meet the standard I would like to reach, but hopefully you still enjoy!
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shoutout:
-Laura Platt (made the song i use for intros and watched my previous video)
-Learn By Leo (helped me improve my editing a bit and provided transition presets)
-Everyone who has left a nice comment or constructive criticism (:D)
00:00 intro
00:28 the rise
06:46 the fall
13:59 epilogue
songs used:
Forest Funk Orchestral Remix - Super Meat Boy - Laura Platt (intro)
BUTTER - LuKremBo (the rise)
onion - LuKremBo (the rise)
Dj Quads - Blushes (the rise)
Lakey Inspired - Blue Boi (the rise)
WARM SOLITUDE, COLD LONELINESS - Arthur Vyncke (the fall) - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Okay, I'm a bit of a Cartoon Network fanatic and, watching this video, I had a few notes regarding some of the stuff you said in it. These are very much critiques, and though my intention is to sound nice saying these, if you feel I'm coming on too strong, you can just ignore my comment. Anyway, here's what I got to say: (Warning: long)
0:34 - I really don't agree with calling the time between 2007-2019 "The Golden Age of CN". That just sounds like the time you started and stopped watching the channel and ignores a lot of Cartoon Network's prior history, as well as grouping in multiple very different eras together.
Without delving into the channel's history much, Cartoon Network started in the 90s and (most people agree) entered its' "Golden Age" in the mid 2000s when many shows were running at the same and provided the greatest variety of programming in the channel's history - from older shows like Ed, Edd 'n Eddy and Codename: Kids Next Door airing new episodes, new cartoons debuting like Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and Ben 10 Classic, as well as even older shows, that had already concluded by this point, receiving a lot of reruns. Late 2000s, after the end of the widely-acclaimed CN City era, was actually a point in time when the channel was in decline for a bit, reaching the bottom with CN Real, which nobody liked. Then in 2010 is when Cartoon Network entered it's Revival Era and interest in the channel was revitalized for a new generation.
Also, the pictures used to describe 2007 and 2019 are very incorrect.
0:45 - Ben 10 Reboot ended in 2021 and Craig of the Creek is maybe cancelled (kinda hard to tell, but it's been suffering greatly because of the WB and Discovery merger).
0:56 - Star Wars the Clone Wars ended in 2005, years prior to Ben 10 Alien Force and Total Drama Island's debuts.
1:08 - The channel had serialized shows of different levels prior to the ones you mentioned - Kids Next Door, OG Teen Titans and Ben 10 Classic are good examples.
2:13 - Ben 10 Alien Force wasn't cancelled. It concluded and transitioned into Ben 10 Ultimate Alien, which was basically just Alien Force seasons 4, 5 and 6.
4:39 - Well, not really. A good number of the older shows were just as geared towards kids as Gumball was, including something as close to it in release date as early seasons Adventure Time. Actually, shows like Ben 10 Alien Force, Generator Rex and Regular Show, that had a slightly older target audience in mind, were the exception.
5:16 - I wouldn't exactly say that a channel that has been around since the 90s was finding its identity in the 2010s. Maybe finding a new identity for itself, but even then I'm not really sold on this.
6:24 - For the kids that grew up in the 2010s, sure. However, this statement disregards all of the channel's prior history. Many can say (and have said) the exact same thing about the CN City era in the mid 2000s. Not to mention that during the 2010s a lot of older fans would post these "old CN (90s - 2000s) - good vs new CN (2010 - present) - bad" edits, which I'm certain you've seen. There's ones floating around now that are the exact same format, except "old CN" is now the early to mid 2010s and "new CN" is late 2010s to present. I personally don't agree with either of these.
9:17 - Total Drama ISLAND ended back in 2008. What you're thinking of is Total Drama All-Stars and Total Drama Pahkitew Island - the show's 5th and 5.5th seasons. They had a different name for every season. (Quite frankly with how awful those two were, good riddance. Franchise needed a break anyway.) Also, I might be wrong here, but from what I saw, this 2014 'cancellation wave' only consisted of the aforementioned Total Drama and Ben 10 Omniverse.
10:35 - Ben 10 Alien Force had ended 6 years prior to the reboot, true, but in the meantime we had its' direct sequel Ben 10 Ultimate Alien and after it - the less direct, part reboot - Ben 10 Omniverse, the latter of which ended only 2 years prior to the 2016 reboot airing. To this day there's not been a 6-year gap in which the Ben 10 franchise wasn't airing new episodes of some kind since its beginning in 2005.
Going this hard on the Ben 10 reboot when the Powerpuff Girls reboot debuted the same year and was exactly what you described Ben 10 (2016) to be, but way worse; Also, the Ben 10 reboot is actually quite liked by long-time fans of the franchise, at least after Season 1.
11:40 & 12:34 - Teen Titans Go! was overwhelmingly dominating the CN schedule, but the Ben 10 reboot wasn't aired that often. Actually the show that would consistently be 2nd in how much it was shown is Gumball. There was a big gap between Teen Titans Go! and Gumball, but Gumball really couldn't complain about screen time. Everything else did suffer tho.
13:21 - Ben 10 was rebooted as a 10-year-old because Ben was already 10 years old in the classic series and the creators wanted to start anew, without the continuity of the prior 4 shows.
honestly happy this comment exists because my sources werent always 100% accurate, I originally wanted to call the video something along the lines of “The Renaissance of Cartoon Network” but decided against this just because of youtube title methodology.
I did a couple days of research but clearly I did not do enough, so I’m going to pin this comment as a list of corrections
Edit:
Hold on, I was wrong about Star Wars the Clone Wars. The CGI one, shown in the pic, debuted in 2008, nvm. I accidentally looked up the earlier 2D one when double checking the dates.
Now, I'm not a Star Wars fan, so idk why the two cartoons have the exact same title, baring a single "the", but I'm using this as my excuse for the mistake, lol.
@@10Bendog Excellent message. I'm glad you pointed out the mistakes in this video. Now personally I think the late 90's-early 2000's (Powerhouse era) is more of CN's golden age rather than CN City era from the mid 2000's (which I think is the silver age), however, it's a matter of opinion on which era is better than the other... both eras were definitely the prime and peak of CN especially for anyone who was a kid growing up at the time.
I was in elementary school for the 2nd half of the Powerhouse and all of the City and fully grew up enjoying those. I was thankful to be apart of that. I was in middle school during the Fall & Nood eras which were trash... and that still stands to this day. That was the demise of classic CN and outside of Chowder, Flapjack, and Total Drama Island there wasn't much to look forward to at that time...and CN Real was awful. Yes, CN did have a Revival or Renaissance in the early 2010's (high school for me) but it wasn't long before Teen Titans Go and other reboots completely damaged the network by the late 2010's.
Kids Next Door was serialized?
Craig of the Creek actually did get a new episode recently.
Adventure Time is actually very much alive and blooming. While not on CN, there are two miniseries made after the show's ending on HBO max that furthered the lore and story, and there is another serie in the making right now. I think HBO kind of adopted the show while still keeping the writers and such.
Ya its great, I meant to say they arent coming back on cartoon network but couldnt figure out how to word the line correctly
@@SuspendedInAmber i think the new show is airing some episodes on CN
Great video! My personal favorite era was with Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Dexter’s Lab 🔥
no
Clonewars 2007 and the greatest of them all, SAMURAI JACK are the greatest shows to come out of media ever.
Technically adventure time is making a comeback
Bro acting like we didn’t have Ben 10 ultimate alien and Omniverse after alien force
He really said it got cancelled 6 years ago even though the gap between Omniverse Finale and the reboot was only two years, Had me confused
Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Samurai Jack, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and We Bare Bears are my top ten Cartoon Network shows, keep making videos like this.
Adventure time is the VIP
Real
I’d say Regular Show
I gave up on Cartoon Network back in 2017 when they took off the Pokemon Series.
However, in 2023, I'm now watching the new block Checkered Past on Adult Swim that has the shows we knew and liked when he watched them a long time ago.
6:43 I like how you put the scene from adventure time where the lich says: "fall" before part 2: "the fall_
It was announced that Gumball will get a season 7 and a movie soon so its still alive. If you don't believe me you can search it up.
this was so long ago that I doubt it is happening tbh, at least for the movie. I will look into the 7th season tho I haven’t heard about that
@@SuspendedInAmberit’s actually true. it was delayed or pushed back for some reason years ago but it was confirmed they’re working on a movie and 7th season to come out either this year or early 2025 at the latest
Bro the Ben 10 reboot was not that bad
Better than the powerpuff girls reboot
Agree 💯
Your right it was much, much worse.
@@misterOrca4 Not really, It definitely isn’t the best Ben 10 or anything but it’s not nearly as bad people make it out to be. The other 4 are still the better shows though
I despice reboots, dk why tf this younger generation likes new d£g€|\|®@t£ stuff?
I think once they lost like quality of original shows and not to mention they stopped having throwback blocks like for example har har Thursdays or cartoon cartoon Fridays that really hurt the channel in my opinion
Congratulations on going from 12 subscribers to 775! Way to go for 1k!
Y’all are soo young. CN nostalgia real is the golden period 96-03
no
Craig of the creek is ending now. i havent watched the recent movie but i had so many high hopes for the spinoff. Jessica's Little big world, and yet it was announced to be ending after 1 season, shame, but craig of the creek was an actual good run. i guess they wanted to contiune via the spinoff but it ended after 1 season, or is going to end, which makes me question why they wanted a spinoff since they only are producing like 15 episodes
very unfortunate
Ninjago is story driven and got moved to Netflix, some people say CN disrespected the show despite toy sales not being an issue unlike other shows (e.g. Thundercats 2011 and Symbionic Titan)
TD and Adventure Time is amazing!
Along with the other good cartoons
hello i am the leader of the Red Axe Disciples,, thank you for this great video,, the good news is,, Adventure time is not dead and we impatiently wait for Fionna and Cake season 2,, hoping we will have more of our dear Marceline in this one,,
Sounds like a cult
And adult Finn
@@Normalstudios-ov5mq it is more of a little community revolving around the love and adoration for Marceline,, taking her leçon and view of the world as inspiration to get better,, to slowly grow and learn to accept the stagnity of life and yet slowly change in action to it,, forgiving is also a really important thing for us,,
@@winniedzormo2456 it’s a cult
@@Normalstudios-ov5mq i dont think it is,, not every communities with beliefs are a cult,, if this would be the case,, every fandom would be a cult haha,, i see us more as an association working to improve ourselves in the name of our idol,, Marceline Abadeer
Golden Era being 2007-2019 is laughable 😂😂😂
Golden era for me is 1992-2004.
@@Copper20 nah
you deserve way more views and subs
I love how you described it. No soul behind it. If there’s no heart or soul poured into something, it’s just a cash grab, it can never be good. You can tell the good shows on Cartoon Network had passion behind them. Btw one good show which you missed is over the garden wall. it was a mini series that came out in the late 2010s but it’s REALLY good. Good video tho, can’t wait for more. God bless ❤
CN went downhill in 2004 but at least they had Fosters. Regular Show and Adventure Time might've been a sign of redemption but of course Teen Titans Go ruined that chance.
Thanks for tha video
Cartoon Network sucks now and it hurts my heart to say that 😢💔
Cartoon Network will forever be the channel of my childhood. Ben 10, Teen Titans 2003, Codename: Kids Next Door and Craig of the Creek are my favorite cartoons of all time.
(If you're going to ask me about Adventure Time, Regular Show or Steven Universe, I never liked those shows. They were just too silly for me.)
If u enjoyed Ben 10 and Teen Titans, I would recommend giving adventure time another try starting at season 3, there is a tonal shift and it becomes much more serious and story driven
@@SuspendedInAmber Like I said, I don't like Adventure Time. And I never will like it.
@@scaler7812 that’s completely fine, I’m just giving a recommendation based on ur description of the show and what you like
I blame Sidekick, Scaredy Squirrel, Be Cool Scooby-Doo and Cloudy w/ A Chance of Meatballs 2017 as well as Flicks movies like Fred Claus, Free Birds and The Emoji Movie for the channel became today.
It's also good to note that the release schedule kinda fcked with Adventure Time and Steven Universe. And of course the whole problems that plagued the latter, felt like u kinda ignored this
I was gonna go into this but my premiere pro was being rly laggy towards the end of the project, the whole video was supposed to be like 30 minutes
@SusependedInAmber oh that's a shame. Really solid on the rest of the video tho! I see they're kinda moving the golden era to max with Fionna & Cake and the TDI reboot
yeah 2016-2018 was annoying as hell as an adventure time, steven universe, or even regular show fan just because of the constant over airing of TTG and ben 10 during that time, and they were airing shows like clarence, we bare bears, etc. over older shows and basically pushed adventure time and regular show off the network. it was genuinely tragic to live through
Adventure Time and Regular Show are top 2 best CN shows
🧢
@@kruellzer0877 no cap because there are no shows better then these 2
What about TAWOG?
@@MsazzadRahman-lr4mu top 5
Don’t forget steven universe is my existence
I prefer the old Cartoon Network shows any day, but let's face it, after Total Drama, and all those other reboots (The Looney Tunes Show, Teen Titans Go, The Tom and Jerry Show, Be Cool Scooby-Doo, Powerpuff Girls (2016), Ben 10 (2017), and other reboots I can't think of at this moment), not to mention George of the Jungle (2007), Incredible Crew, Gumball, Clarence, Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Uncle Grandpa, We Bare Bears, Apple and Onion, Unikitty, Mighty Magiswords, Grojband, Almost Naked Animals, Sidekicks, MAD, Scaredy Squirrel, Bunnicula, Robotomy, Annoying Orange, and other bad CN shows that shouldn’t exist at all, in which this downfall never shouldn't have happened, that goes for Nickelodeon and Disney Channel too.
The Amazing World of Gumball is, for me, the greatest cartoon of all time, I love the humor, the peak artstyle, the characters, the 4th wall break, I watch this since im a kid, I think is 'cause this show Im funny, anyway, just this show resonates with me, I love it so much.
I also like Adventure Time( really close to Gumball) and Regular Show, but Gumball is the one for me.
Wheres mao mao? Wheres apple and onion? Wheres clarence? Wheres ware bare bears? Wheres ok ko Wheres mitghy magiswords? And also why do you hate uncle grandpa so much its very creative its a bit silly but still its pretty good ( your editing is Soo good keep the good work)
fionna and cake possibly continuing adventure times story for longer
I HOPE
I've watched Cartoon Network my whole life. It's not the same as it once was when I was a kid. If CN doesn't find any new shows,it will die. We need new cartoons that don't suck
The video was misleading as hell because Cole and Jay from Ninjago were in the thumbnail but Ninjago wasn’t mentioned once and zero clips from the show were used, I mean for Ninjago fans
What do you think about Ninjago
big part of my childhood but I didnt talk about it because I haven’t watched it in so long
Same man love it
cartoon Network should have canceled teen Titans Go then and they should have done it now
Cartoon network forever ❤
Omg finnaly someone said it this channel used to rival fox and nbc but let’s be real teen titans go kind of killed it they had a good shows in the 2010s but titans go just overshadowed them and barley anyone saw their endings when they aired and now they have cartoons to which isnt that bad and of an idea but some of the show are crap like all engines go
2:27 i know cuz of citv!
Also Hear me out to be a Cartoon network show that show MUST be produced at Cartoon network Studios and ONLY Cartoon network Studios understand?
Which leaves out the entirety of the channel’s golden age
Ben 10 ended in 2021 with Alien X-tinction.
Teen titans go is horrible idk why I use to like that as a 8 yr old weird
Cartoon Network was great until 2022
Cartoon Network would go downhill after the 2007 Boston Bomb Scare and never really recovered.
nah
sorry uncle grandpa isnt an atrocity
Dude, TTG was just a kids show, the hate towards it was completely unjustified. The creators knew what they were doing because people weren't watching the more action centric shows aimed at older kids. Nobody during that time watched young justice, thundercats or symbionic titan
It did a crap job at aiming for a kids job, most episodes were just them twerking for laughs when it was just weird and overall *cringe*
Cringe cartoon
@@Something1678 it was extremely popular so it did its job well, the numbers are there. You're saying why you don't like it. Also you can't be mad at it "replacing the original" because the original was cancelled years before that. A cartoon made exclusively for very young kids isn't good for older audiences. What a shocker 🙀
It would be more acceptable if it existed on a different channel and didn’t wipe out the majority of shows that were on CN in my opinion, also kids shows used to be watchable by other ppl as well and teach children valuable lessons
@@marcinmcula99stop defending that garbage. Teen Titans Go is terrible and it teaches kids bad lessons
The Ben 10 reboot is actually pretty good in fact I say it’s better than Teen Titans Go. Is it better than the og no not even close but it’s good
6th comment
I agree that Adventure Time, Regular Show and Gumball were great, but Steven Universe was nothing but fucking garbage
really good video
Not even close. 1996 - 2014
yoo lemme get your discord!