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. When 2009 came and the channel aired live-action shows and the infamous CN Real, that’s when they suffered their first downfall in quality.

Why It 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, although not as bad as others like mh:terribletvshows:Cyma Zarghami, he wasn’t the best during that year either, 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 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, Bobb'e 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 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 Craig McCracken of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and the original Powerpuff Girls fame and his wife 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.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) They still aired a few decent/good shows that were actually cartoons during this era, such as Ben 10: Alien Force, Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, The Secret Saturdays, mh:besttvshows:Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, mh:besttvshows:Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Transformers: Animated, Johnny Test (until Season 4 started), 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 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.

Reception
During 2009, 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.

Videos
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