No More Late Friday Night/Early Saturday Morning Reruns
 

Sad news.

After June 29th/30th, there will be no more late Friday night/early Saturday morning Foster's reruns. Cartoon Network will be turning the 11 PM to 6 AM slot over to it's [adult swim](TM) block, making it a seven-night-a-week programming block.

I do not know if this will be good or bad.

I like some shows on adult swim, but I cannot stand the sunday lineup.

I wish they did not drop Tickle U. and It would be nice if they gave boomerang a small block in the week. (I miss the smurfs :'( )

Monty :-/

You may want to post a source for evidence on the news. If it does happen, I can't say that I'm surprised, but I'm more surprised that this didn't happen sooner.

I miss the Flintstones and Looney Tunes. I wish they didn't drop Ellen's Acres as well. That was a good show that never got a chance. Let's return to the topic in question, please.

I thought the topic was CN yielding time from its main showcase to its' sub-brands. Was it?

Monty :-/

Eh, sorta cool. Us FG, Futurama, Aqua Teen & Robot Chicken fans get another night to watch it! Well, unless it's like Saturdays & airs only Anime.:-X

I can't do that. i Miss My shows. But where did you hear this? Rumor? Someone Told you? Website?

Yes bloonuggets, a link as to where you heard this would be more appreciated then just the news itself.

What shows? The new episodes will still air on Fridays (I hope).

It came from the [adult swim](TM) upfront on Thursday (4/26) on Microsoft Zune players. And if you want the link, here it is:

http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=16656

Oh Great. So This will never end?

Hold on, LaBloo. They'll still air episodes almost every day of Foster's. They just won't be airing those repeats on late Friday nights/early Saturday mornings (11 PM to 6 AM) from July 6th on. [adult swim](TM) is taking over that slot.

OK. That's Real Now.

Adult Swim has enough time as it is. They really only ought to get more if they start doing something worthwhile again.

I thought it was nice to have at least one night off from AS programming.

It's kinda hard for you to decide what's worthwhile. Not trying to pick a fight or anything, but many people still love Adult Swim. Having them schedule it for an additional night for those who hate it is no worse than the fact that Pokemon, Naruto, and EEnE come on 50 times a week for those who don't care for those shows.

Now, really I think this a test. I think CN is actually gearing up for a full split from Adult Swim in the next couple years. If it grabs a few more shows and the rights to some oldies it could be its own separate network on a separate channel. Just as Nickelodeon did with TVLand at the end of last decade.

I know it seems rough at first, but phasing out is just something that we all have to accept and expect. Just like Disney Channel and Toon Disney phased out all the programming that built the network, and Nickelodeon and Nicktoons are working real hard at doing the same, it seems that time has come for CN. At least we still have The Vault aka Boomerang. Though it would be nice if they would show something other than the same 10 Looney Tunes.

By the way, I find it hard to believe that people will still be interested in Family Guy 8 years from now. But I know I'm wrong. Episodes that are 4 years old still pull in more viewers than any other program on the network. Ah, networks, they go where the money is.

No, it's not. It'd be hard for me to decide what other folks find worthwhile...

I fully understand the network's motivation behind putting Adult Swim on friday, but I fail to see why I should like the idea.
I like Adult Swim (or at least some of it), for whatever that's worth.

I do agree with you that the block will eventually get it's own network, though they would need to acquire quite a bit of appropriate, additional progamming to pull it off. Perhaps some old favorites would resurface in the event of a spin off...

Ah, the nature of change. I'm actually all for this takeover the Friday slot. I mean other than repeats of shows that I've already seen a thousand times, there's nothing really holding that spot. Might as well experiment with the slot than let it ferment. The only thing we have to worry about is if this is a step down the path of no return. So many cable networks have alienated their fanbases by drastic changes in programming. Such as Sci-Fi Channel, once home to every old sci-fi and fantasy show you've ever thought about. Now it's a handful of decent programs and an 18 hour calvalcade of some of the worst movies of all time. Let's hope this isn't CN's fate. Though they are showing signs.

True, there isn't really anything holding that spot now. However, what if Adult Swim doesn't "experiment" with the timeslot?
If it simply becomes a 5th day of their typical weekday scheduling then it will just be another night of reruns, a different brand of reruns, but reruns nevertheless.

Something tells me that [adult swim] on Friday nights/early Sat AM will be a lot like the other four days of the week. I don't see them doing any "experimenting"; we'll find out soon.

I don't know if this is horrid, or good. I liked there being one night away from AS. It's just a thing that was done with the networks. It's a mystery amoung many. But why do it when summer starts, and every kid and his buddy will be staying up late every friday? That could lead to issues, like:
Mother: How are you son?
5 year old: *watching robot chicken* Fine mom.

Mother: Oh, my! What are you watching?

son: Cartoon Network.

Mother: Well this is no CN show for you to watch! *mad at network*

Well perhaps that will lead to AS getting their own separate network, which I believe is what they want anyways. *shrug*

They usually stay up late every Friday and Saturday, it's just the Sunday through Thursdays you'll have to worry about. Not to turn this into a debate, but my 7-year-old nephew gets easier access to InuYasha DVDs at the local library. And that's usually rated TV-PG to TV-14 on [adult swim].

Well even if they did, it would be CN's decision. As much as some people would like to believe that CN and [as] are seperate and are sharing a network, the simple fact of the matter is [as] is owned by TCN (The Cartoon Network). Just because Williams Street operates [as] doesn't mean they have complete ownership.

http://www.adultswim.com/gen/legal/trademark.html

They do (for the purpose of Nielsen ratings) seperate Cartoon Network (6 AM-10 PM Sunday and 6 AM-11 PM Monday-Saturday as of 7/6/07) and [adult swim] (10 PM-6 AM Sunday and 11 PM-6 AM Monday-Saturday as of the same date) even though they share the same channel currently, much as Nick and Nick at Nite are seperated on their bandwidth. And yes, in this day and age of digital channels (I, for one, do not get Boomerang on my Comcast as a stand-alone channel) it looks like they may start an [adult swim] channel in 2008 or 2009, and Cartoon Network will go back to the current Friday night overnight (until 6/29-30/07) style when that happens.

Yes I heard about the Nielsen thing but they don't have any affiliation with TCN or Time Warner so they can't say who is who's boss or anything.

The real question is in who gets to do the programming, though. In this case, it would be the Williams Street people should (if and when) the [adult swim] 24/7 channel begin next year or the year thereafter.

Very sad.