CW to drop Kids WB!; acquire 4Kids fare - Never Forgotten: a Foster's Home Community

Ccook50 · 10-03-2007, 01:47 AM

At the end of this current season, the CW network will drop the Kids WB! block of programming and run a five-hour block of shows from 4Kids Entertainment (who continue to run a block for Fox's Saturday morning line-up). They cite a softening of the marketplace, government clampdown on advertising food products and the competition from Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney as reasons for the switch.

Kids WB! had dropped to no. 2 on Saturdays, behind ABC's teenybopper line-up of Disney Channel fare, since the WB network folded last year and melded with UPN to form the CW. Warner Bros. Animation said they would continue to produce stuff for cable, direct-to-video, broadband and wireless.

emperor26 · 10-03-2007, 04:26 AM

Well thats a bummer. I really like that block.

Oh well, looks like I'm going to stick to CN now once this block is gone.

Ricky Fieldmouse · 10-03-2007, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Ccook50

Run a five-hour block of shows from 4Kids Entertainment (who continue to run a block for Fox's Saturday morning line-up).

What? Poisoning children with their "Japan doesn't exist" scheme on two channels isn't enough?

Kootiebirdo · 10-03-2007, 12:16 PM

In a way, wouldn't this mean that 4Kids is now competing against itself since it already has a Saturday morning block on another channel?

Ccook50 · 10-03-2007, 12:21 PM

Technically yes. Consider, though, that Fox has more affiliates over-the-air than CW does (many CW affiliates are second-tier digital allocations on existing stations while CW in other areas is on cable only), while the 4Kids shows on Fox is not shown in four markets (Atlanta one of them).

One Radical Dude · 10-03-2007, 12:30 PM

This is another loss for animation fans, even if one didn't watch a lot of Kids WB!.

Medikor · 10-03-2007, 01:50 PM

I really liked the Kids WB. It really felt like Saturday mornings from my youth when I watched it. I what what stings most is 4Kids taking over. The quality of many of their shows is pretty low. Definitely not what WD, CN, and Nick give us.

fosters home fan · 10-03-2007, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by One Radical Dude

This is another loss for animation fans, even if one didn't watch a lot of Kids WB!.

eh, there wasn't much on it, though.

I was WAY better than anything "D!zn3y" could come up with ,though.

Ccook50 · 10-04-2007, 03:47 AM

Anything on Disney that isn't for toddlers is for teenyboppers.

fosters home fan · 10-04-2007, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Ccook50

Anything on Disney that isn't for toddlers is for teenyboppers.

Of which, I am neither.

10-03-2007, 01:47 AM	#1
Ccook50 Foster's Legend Don't forget to turn left at Greenland Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cumming GA Posts: 510	CW to drop Kids WB!; acquire 4Kids fare At the end of this current season, the CW network will drop the Kids WB! block of programming and run a five-hour block of shows from 4Kids Entertainment (who continue to run a block for Fox's Saturday morning line-up). They cite a softening of the marketplace, government clampdown on advertising food products and the competition from Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney as reasons for the switch. Kids WB! had dropped to no. 2 on Saturdays, behind ABC's teenybopper line-up of Disney Channel fare, since the WB network folded last year and melded with UPN to form the CW. Warner Bros. Animation said they would continue to produce stuff for cable, direct-to-video, broadband and wireless. __________________ "God forgot to make stupidity painful." --Ivan Stang (Church of the SubGenius)

10-03-2007, 04:26 AM	#2
emperor26 Foster's Legend Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California Posts: 725	Well thats a bummer. I really like that block. Oh well, looks like I'm going to stick to CN now once this block is gone. __________________ See ya!

10-03-2007, 12:21 PM	#5
Ccook50 Foster's Legend Don't forget to turn left at Greenland Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cumming GA Posts: 510	Technically yes. Consider, though, that Fox has more affiliates over-the-air than CW does (many CW affiliates are second-tier digital allocations on existing stations while CW in other areas is on cable only), while the 4Kids shows on Fox is not shown in four markets (Atlanta one of them). __________________ "God forgot to make stupidity painful." --Ivan Stang (Church of the SubGenius)

10-03-2007, 12:30 PM	#6
One Radical Dude Big Insensitive Jerkface Still Awesome Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 2,738	This is another loss for animation fans, even if one didn't watch a lot of Kids WB!. __________________ Visit these pages: Facebook, Twitter, Google+

10-03-2007, 01:50 PM	#7
Medikor Robot Master I'm a bubble man! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 1,428	I really liked the Kids WB. It really felt like Saturday mornings from my youth when I watched it. I what what stings most is 4Kids taking over. The quality of many of their shows is pretty low. Definitely not what WD, CN, and Nick give us. __________________

10-03-2007, 12:16 PM	#4
Kootiebirdo Settling In I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Long Beach, NY Posts: 71	In a way, wouldn't this mean that 4Kids is now competing against itself since it already has a Saturday morning block on another channel?

10-04-2007, 03:47 AM	#9
Ccook50 Foster's Legend Don't forget to turn left at Greenland Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cumming GA Posts: 510	Anything on Disney that isn't for toddlers is for teenyboppers. __________________ "God forgot to make stupidity painful." --Ivan Stang (Church of the SubGenius)