Where Are the Cartoons Going? Not Cartoon Network

 

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Former ABC cartoon The Goode Family is getting a second life, but not on Cartoon Network.

The surest sign that MTV had hit the big time was that it stopped airing music videos. Ditto VH1. The more of a mainstay Food Network became, the more it aired shows that weren’t about cooking. The big money for cable news channels is not in news, but in opinion.

 

Cartoon Network has hit something of a slump in the ratings lately, so it seems to be taking cable history as a guide. How do you revive a cartoon channel? With shows that aren’t cartoons!

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Clone Wars Returns, With a Bounty of Hunters

It’s a big news day, at least for the Tuned In Jrs.: Cartoon Network has announced an Oct. 2 return date for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, its animated series. The new series actually has its own subtitle, Rise of the Bounty Hunters, and will focus on—well, you can figure it out. Folks like the [...]