Boomerang
 

I remember reading a lot of complaints from different people on different messageboards that Boomerang (which was originally intended for showing classic cartoons) had started showing newer cartoons instead.

And now today I go to CN's website and see a banner ad for "Boomerang: the new channel for kids".

:o Is that the same Boomerang? They're trying to say that it's new? Will they show *any* classic cartoons anymore? Does there NEED to be another channel for kids?

Anyone know anything about this?

Does the Boomerang logo look any different? I haven't seen this banner ad, yet.

Yeah I think so but I haven't seen the old logo in ages. Here's the banner ad:

http://www.fosters-home.com/forum/myimages/boomad.jpg

If this was seen on the Cartoon Network US site, then it looks like Boomerang MIGHT be going the same route as its Latin American counterparts. Right now, Boomerang is still the same Boomerang we know.

Boomerang actually is showing newer cartoons, I used to watch alot of them late at night during their "action hour" thing. But this was back when I had Boomerang when my cable service was Dish network, now it's under Comcast.

I sadly don't get Boomerang anymore but the last I had of it, I do know they were showing recent toons at around 10 o'clock at night. The thing is, the recent toons was all DC super hero shows. Batman, Superman, and Justice League.

They would air them back to back, sometimes randomzing the episode order for each show. But they showed Batman and Superman: animated series, and they just added Justice League before my cable service switched over to Comcast.

If this continued, i have no doubt Justice League: Unlimited would have been brought over to there too. But I think Cartoon Network was getting pissy about that because I noticed Teen Titans wasn't on this Boomerang block.

The shows Boomerang were airing were DC toons CN were not playing anymore, so CN started airing Teen Titan reruns again to avoid them going over to Boomerbang, or so I think. I have no idea what Boomerang's airing now.

Believe me, what Boomerang Latin America has now is much worse than what the US has now. They have a lot of live-action shows on there.

I'm kinda not surprised. Sooner or later, most networks get tired or fed up with the same old programs even if their channel is designed for a specific program. look at TechTv/G4 TV. Originally it was just computer and video game shows.

Now they got Arrested Development, Star Trek, Cops, Cheaters, The Man Show, and a bunch of other shows that really have little to do with the "Tech" message. Or want a better example, 3 letters: MTV. Talk about a turn coat.

"Music television" my ass, MTV has almost NOTHING music related on their channel anymore, it's all reality series and contest crap that's totally devoid of anything remotely tied to music or the music industry.

Let's see:

-Cartoon Network airing live-action programming
-Boomerang possibly airing new shows over classics
-MTV no longer having much to do with actual music
-G4/TechTV airing programming unrelated to either technology or video gaming
-Sci-Fi airing professional wrestling

What's next? Steven Seagal movies on Lifetime? :wiltshock:

Well if it means anything, this banner ad was on adopt-a-friend-en.cartoonnetworkla.com, whatever country that is. Might not be the US.

yeah, alot of newer cartoons. that annoys me. at least they dont do it 24/7 in the US......yet..

Man the kid in that banner ad freaks me out but good. 8D

same here.

Yeah, me, too. :P

Nick or Disney buying Foster's. :-X
Comcast dosen't have Boomerang but we get pointless chanels like FoxRC or Nick2.:jk:

*pukes* "Hey look Bloo! It's... Mickey!" = :(

So practically Boomerang might get a change. If the classics dissapear, that's sad, but if it's just new shows it'll be fine. 2 years ago, CN Europe used to mix both: shows like The PowerPuff Girls, Ed Edd 'n' Eddy, Dexter etc. in daytime, and when it's getting a tad later, they started showing Wacky Racers, Top Cat, Hong Kong Phooey etc. Boomerang might become just that... Or I missed something. I don't know a lot about CN/Boomerang in the USA. ;D

I remember when Cartoon Network started as the classic toon station; I wonder if Boomerang is going to evolve the same way as CN did?:wiltshock:

CN is still running those Boomerang ads with Shaggy and Scooby-Doo and Fred Flinstone and Barney Rubble highlighting classic cartoons that the network shows....