Cartoon Network (2009-2010, 2015-2017, 2021)

Cartoon Network (abbreviated as CN, as of 2004) is an American pay television network owned by the Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia through its Studios and Networks Group division. The network used to be good, however it went downhill in 2009, then improved in 2011. However however, it later went downhill again in 2015, then improved in 2018, but went downhill again in 2021.

Why the 2009-2010 Era Sucked

 * 1) The main reason the network went into its first downfall was because of its president, Stuart Snyder. He was actually a good president, but 2009 was considered his worst year, as he made some pretty bad decisions:
 * 2) One of the worst decisions he made was having live-action shows air on the channel. First of all, they have no place on a channel literally called Cartoon Network! That's like airing reality and cooking shows on MTV or Animal Planet, soap operas on Comedy Central, history shows on HGTV, etc.!
 * 3) He also made the channel constantly milk Johnny Test to the max, while leaving other good shows in the corner because of the live-action shows.
 * 4) As mentioned before like what this channel did with mh:terribletvshows:Teen Titans Go! in 2015, Cartoon Network has milked Johnny Test to death without taking a break from it for a while, due to this show being the network's cash-cow, as it continued to take up almost the entire time-slot, with other shows get little to no airtime during that year, as well as the years after the network recovered until the show ended in 2014.
 * 5) As mentioned before, the network also aired live-action shows, along with its infamous mh:terribletvshows:CN Real block, which was a bad idea, as this was the channel’s poor attempt at trying to copy mh:besttvshows:Disney Channel and Nickelodeon (due to the popularity of their live-action programs) formula in order to stay relevant ignoring the fact that unlike their competitors, Cartoon Network is more of a specialty channel.
 * 6) Obviously, the worst shows during that year were the live-action shows, mh:terribletvshows:Dude, What Would Happen?, Destroy Build Destroy, The Othersiders, Bobbie Says, Survive This!, and BrainRush.
 * 7) This is where Cartoon Network was at the height of its first dark age in 2009, because they did not release any new original animated programs that year despite the network's name and aired live-action programs instead, as well as the fact that many of the original animated programs and programming blocks (such as mh:besttvshows:Toonami in 2008) were cancelled prematurely in favor of CN Real and the live-action shows.
 * 8) CN Real, along with Cartoon Network hosting mostly live-action shows at the time, was the main reason both mh:besttvshows:Craig McCracken of mh:besttvshows:Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and the original Powerpuff Girls fame and his wife mh:besttvshows:Lauren Faust resigned from Cartoon Network for good after working there for 17 years.
 * 9) Despite CN Real being cancelled for good in 2010 and when Cartoon Network redeemed themselves, the channel still continued to air live-action shows, such as mh:terribletvshows:The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange and mh:terribletvshows:Incredible Crew, up until 2014. Then, it was announced in 2021 that live-action programming will return to the channel, which is not good (more details explained below).

2015-2017

 * 1) The main reason the network went into its second downfall was because of its president, Christina Miller, while not a terrible president and better than other bad presidents like mh:terribletvshows:Cyma Zarghami, she wasn’t exactly a good president either, as she made some poor choices.
 * 2) *She turned down many pitched shows that received widespread acclaim, while greenlighting and/or acquiring bad and/or mediocre shows like mh:terribletvshows:Supernoobs, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Wacky Races, etc., as well as constantly milking mh:terribletvshows:Teen Titans Go! to the max, while leaving other good shows, mostly infamously mh:besttvshows:Bunnicula, at the corner.
 * 3) As mentioned before like what this channel did with Johnny Test from 2009-2014, Cartoon Network has milked Teen Titans GO! to death without taking a break from it for a while, due to this show being the network's cash-cow, as it continued to take up almost the entire time-slot, with other shows get little to no airtime. This is an even worse case as Teen Titans Go! is already a horrible show.
 * 4) As mentioned before, the network also aired some pretty mediocre-to-bad shows during this era, such as Teen Titans Go!, Supernoobs, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (TV series), Wacky Races (2017), Ben 10 (2016, Seasons 1-4), The Powerpuff Girls (2016), mh:terribletvshows:Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, Numb Chucks, Pakdam Pakdai (Rat-A-Tat), The Garfield Show (Seasons 1-2), and Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015).
 * 5) The channel tried to be hip and cool at times, with stuff like Fortnite dances.
 * 6) Many acquired series from other companies that the network had, left because they lost the rights, most notably the Pokémon anime adaptation from the Pokémon Company and Nintendo, which aired on Cartoon Network for ten years. In 2017, it was moved to Disney XD due to poor ratings; conversely, Pokémon is thriving on Disney XD.
 * 7) This era, in terms of how long it lasted, was even worse because at least its first downfall only happened for 1 year, but this second downfall happened for 3 years!
 * 8) Many shows, such as OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes!, Uncle Grandpa, Adventure Time, Regular Show, and Sonic Boom were eventually cancelled due to low ratings/graveyard slots.
 * 9) The network would refuse to air reruns of Steven Universe and Adventure Time, due to the heavy serialization of both shows that would make it difficult for those unfamiliar with them to follow.

2021-2022

 * 1) At the start of Tom Ascheim's tenure in 2020, some drastic, unwanted/unnecessary changes to the network were announced. A few of them include:
 * 2) Despite the introduction of Cartoonito (a preschool block) for the US, it had a few bad shows:
 * 3) The disdained mh:terribletvshows:Caillou.
 * 4) mh:mixedtvshows:Baby Looney Tunes, which does nothing to recapture the spirit of the original Looney Tunes shorts.
 * 5) The already controversial, doomed-from-the-start Thomas reboot All Engines Go!.
 * 6) A return to live-action programming.
 * 7) With a few exceptions like the upcoming Unicorn: Warriors Eternal and Batman: Caped Crusader, the abandonment of any shows with mature themes or serialized shows in favor of cheap, juvenile comedies with protagonists under 18.
 * 8) By September 13, Cartoon Network would only show cartoons for 6 hours than its normal 14 hour timeslot on weekdays to save more time for Cartoonito in the morning hours for 8 and mh:besttvshows:Adult Swim in midnight hours for 10, which is not much for older kids can get their favourites that much since there are more of them on HBO Max, but thankfully, CN now ran a little longer for the weekends. Speaking of HBO Max, this can be a greedy way to get WarnerMedia to switch viewers to HBO Max. As not everyone can get the service due to financial concerns, poor internet connections, or lack of interest.
 * 9) Although they're now improving and redeeming themselves again, they're nowhere nearly as good as they once were after their golden years, as well as their Renaissance years.
 * 10) They never explained why their shows like mh:besttvshows:Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart has been on a massive hiatus since 2020 and they still don't know when a second season will come out.

Overall

 * 1) There have been many good eras of Cartoon Network, including one that is still going on.

2009-2010

 * 1) They still aired a few decent/good shows that were actually cartoons during this era, such as mh:besttvshows:Ben 10: Alien Force, mh:besttvshows:Chowder, mh:besttvshows:The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, mh:besttvshows:The Secret Saturdays, mh:besttvshows:Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, mh:besttvshows:Star Wars: The Clone Wars, mh:besttvshows:Transformers: Animated, mh:besttvshows:Total Drama, mh:besttvshows:6teen, Stoked (the first season), and mh:besttvshows:The Mr. Men Show.
 * 2) Though 2009 may be considered Cartoon Network's darkest year, there were still some good moments during that year, such as the series finales of mh:besttvshows:Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ("Goodbye to Bloo") and Ed, Edd n Eddy (mh:greatestmovies:Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show) happening that year.
 * 3) Cartoon Network redeemed themselves in 2010, when CN Real was canceled and the channel’s "Renaissance Era" began. They managed to become decent and thankfully overshadow the live-action shows until the channel finally abandoned them completely in 2014 after The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange ended.

2015-2017

 * 1) They still aired a few decent/good shows during this era, such as mh:besttvshows:Adventure Time, mh:besttvshows:The Amazing World of Gumball, mh:besttvshows:Bunnicula, mh:besttvshows:Clarence, mh:besttvshows:Grojband, mh:besttvshows:Justice League Action, LEGO Ninjago (Seasons 1-6, 8-9, 12-), mh:besttvshows:Mighty Magiswords, mh:besttvshows:Mixels, mh:besttvshows:New Looney Tunes, mh:besttvshows:OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Regular Show (Seasons 7 and 8), mh:besttvshows:Sonic Boom, mh:besttvshows:Steven Universe, mh:besttvshows:The Garfield Show (Seasons 3-5), The Tom and Jerry Show (2014), mh:besttvshows:Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, mh:besttvshows:UniKitty!, and mh:besttvshows:We Bare Bears''.
 * 2) While this era is worse in terms of how long it lasted, it actually isn’t as bad as the CN Real era, since this era is live-action free, as Christina Miller exclusively focused on cartoons since Cartoon Network is a cartoon channel.
 * 3) Cartoon Network redeemed themselves again in 2018, as that’s when Christina Miller’s tenure improved, she accepted more good cartoons to the channel, and Teen Titans Go! started playing less, so they managed to become decent again.

2021-2022

 * 1) It finally launches the preschool block, Cartoonito, in the USA.
 * 2) Cartoonito does have some good shows such as mh:besttvshows:Pocoyo and Care Bears.
 * 3) As seen above, the launch of Cartoonito in the USA, may have been a very good idea for younger kids and kids who do not like more mature themes or excessive cartoon violence in shows, it's only the shows that it aired and the runtime that made it poorly recived.
 * 4) Most international feeds outside the US, UK, Japan, Turkey and MENA do not have a Cartoonito block.
 * 5) Even before the show improved completely, it still had slight improvements, as they introduced Redraw Your World, which is pretty creative. In December 2021, they brought back old shows for the Christmas holiday, such as Ed Edd n Eddy and Courage the Cowardly Dog.
 * 6) *Even better, they added the reruns of Teen Titans, Ben 10, Chowder, Adventure Time, Regular Show and Clarence.
 * 7) The Cartoonito block was shortened in February 2022 and finally stopped airing on weekends. That's why, it's still airing on weekdays, like Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block.

Reception
During 2009-2010, the channel received mixed to negative reception from many fans of the channel, with many saying that airing live-action shows is what made the channel lose its charm, suffering a similar problem with Nickelodeon and Disney Channel since the similar time period.

During 2015-2017, while not as bad as 2009-2010, the channel still received mixed to negative reception from many fans of the channel, with many saying that it did the same problem Nickelodeon and Disney Channel did, milk a TV show to death, but it’s even worse since they were milking a bad show, and Teen Titans Go! is definitely a bad show, and made old Teen Titans fans hate the show even more, because the channel focused on it so much during these years.

Videos
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