On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Mark J. wrote: > > The channel that said at its launch (when Ted Turner was still running > things) that you would only see live human beings without cartoon > characters during commercials rolls out Wednesday night a two-night-a- > week summer lineup of first-run reality shows branded "Real" in an > attempt to grab a slightly-older audience than their mainstay 6-to-11 > kids (not to mention go after a genre competitors Nick and Disney have > stayed away from, for the most part) but risk offending the channel's > core audience (although the adult viewers probably gave up on CN about > the time Warners and "Popeye" shorts and "Flintstones" reruns were > shunted off to sister channel Boomerang): > > > http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/talkback/279287-Cartoon_Network_s_Non_Animated_Push_Comes_With_Risks.php >
I said my piece in 2005 when they started drifting off course, but I'm amazed that the clever and engaging "Man vs. Cartoon" is airing over on TruTV! My only guess is that CN executives believe that the sight of college aged people will frighten away the demographic who probably think the announcers have just been mispronouncing "Children's" in the name *CN: Children's Network*. ...and Boomerang doesn't air WB shorts anymore. The belief is that Warner's wanted to charge a licensing fee that a network which doesn't sell advertising can't afford. Yeah, that's that synergy that AOL thought they could tap into when they bought TW. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
