#cartoon network nostalgia

[johnny-2000s]

This Halloween, we’re diving into the hauntingly hilarious world of Cartoon Network’s spookiest episodes! In this retrospective, we’re looking back at Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: Nightmare on Wilson Way, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and Chowder’s quirky take on the holiday. Cartoon Network turned Halloween into a celebration filled with creepy adventures, bizarre humor, and spooky fun. Join me as we explore the magic that made Halloween episodes on Cartoon Network a cornerstone of October, filled with iconic characters, eerie visuals, and a lot of laughs! Let’s relive those childhood memories together.

[magicalmikuri]

"Get tooned, Morocco Mole"

[cartoon-network-things]

As promised: the Cartoon Network UK Schedule for May 2013 (possibly the week starting from the 14th).

Like I said before, this schedule is not very good. It's nostalgic for sure, but not great in retrospect. Only a few shows during the day, and most of them consist of just Regular Show, Adventure Time, Gumball and Johnny Test, sometimes in THAT specific order. It's very lazy and boring, despite the fact that at least three of them are really good shows. It's not like CN was lacking in content at that point as the US feed was way ahead of the UK with a variety of different shows in different slots, though to be fair, half of those were aired on either Boomerang or CN Too, leaving the main channel a lot less to work with.

In terms of "new" content that week, or in this case, THAT YEAR, Gormiti: Forces of Nature is one I did not expect to see. I literally cannot recall a single memory of that show, despite being sliced inbetween Ben 10 Omniverse and Regular Show. Probably because it was only on for about a few weeks and disappeared soon after. This was however, a week or two AFTER Star Wars: The Clone Wars aired it's season premiere, so that's cool. In terms of other content, you got some early morning Chowder reruns, plus an hour of Ultimate Alien at 12pm. I was usually in school by then so it makes sense why I never saw it, despite having access to a DVR and knowing how to use one. You've also got some Dreamworks Dragons: Riders of Berk reruns exclusive to weekends, which I definitely remember seeing at the time. Notice how I managed to talk about every show on the daytime schedule in just ONE paragraph.

And if you thought THAT was bad, wait til you see the night-time schedule. Sure, you got some rather odd but cool lineup of classic cartoons from 9 to 11pm, and then an hour of Chop Socky Chooks, followed by two hours of Hero 108, also followed by the exact show preceeding it for another hour, AND THEN ANOTHER TWO HOURS OF HERO 108 AGAIN, followed by MORE Chop Socky Chooks at 5am. You see the problem? Over HALF of the graveyard slots are filled with just two shows for over 7 hours. And in case you're wondering what happened to Robotboy and all the other shows from 2010-2011ish, they were either moved to CN Too & Boomerang or just completely gone from all three (this is likely what happened with Fantastic Four). Though to be fair, it's not nearly as bad as you think because let's be real here: who the hell is gonna watch Cartoon Network at 3am? (totally not me lol)

Phew! Got tired from writing all of this shit. Maybe I'll post an ideal version of this schedule at some point by fixing some of its issues and just making something that could've been. Now if only I was this dedicated to actual important things.

[amalgamationillustration]

A little Courage animation for the weekend

[silvermoon424]

Yes this poll is very biased in favor of North America lol

[lostinthemarinarasaucejpeg]

look at him look at him look at him look at him

[catchymemes]

Cartoon Network's website officially closed after 26 years

[1-800-poetic]

Via Suki Kawaii on X/Twitter

[ferntern]

Might as well post the oldish redraw I've been using as my header :P

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Hot Topic the golden age

[t00thpasteface]

not done messing with their shapes yet actually

[oopsallbangersart]

Ploppin’ a doodle

[cartoon-network-things]

The CN UK Schedule from 27th February 2012 - 4th March 2012.

Not only a decent improvement from early 2010 but also miles ahead of 2013 AND 2014. This is honestly one of their best schedules that I've seen so far. So much variety, especially in primetime hours. Really interesting to see Gumball getting slightly more timeslots than Regular Show and Adventure Time. Also cool to see early morning Flapjack reruns at 6am, as well as the surprise return of both Billy & Mandy and Ed Edd n Eddy (weekends only).

The Daytime schedule as you can clearly see is very colourful and filled with a variety of different shows. The Mid-Day slots consist of mostly Hero 108 & Fantastic Four reruns plus Generator Rex & Ultimate Alien. Primetime (4pm to 9pm) is pretty much where the schedule peaks imo, with not a single show taking up more than TWO timeslots, making Gumball and Adventure Time the only ones to do that, with the latter only applying to weekends. In terms of programs being shown in that time frame, Transformers Prime, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien and Bakugan: Mechtainum Surge (the 4th and final season of the 2007 Bakugan anime) are the most notable, with Generator Rex and Redekai: Conquer the Kairu airing on weekends (the former also airs on weekdays but not through primetime hours), and Thundercats 2011 was probably the most recent show (at the time) to only air on weekend mornings.

I suppose it's now time to address the elephant in the room: Harry Hill's TV Burp. For those who are aware of the man (and those who grew up watching UK Television), you may be scratching your heads thinking: "what the FUCK was Harry Hill doing on Cartoon Network???" and my honest answer to that is I DON'T KNOW. Not sure what they were thinking back then, though I will add that the original Mr Bean was ALSO airing on the channel around that same time, just likely not the same week. Obviously this did not last very long and was quickly removed after a few months, along with Mr Bean. IIRC the show's CN UK airings as of today are considered Lost Media, as I'm pretty sure the version they aired was fairly censored to a level of which they could show on the network without getting into too much trouble with UK TV regulators (ofcom basically).

As for the night-time schedule, it’s not much different from 2013. It’s very much the same minus the inclusion of Cartoon Cartoons (not the original run from 2005-2010) and the 2006 Fantastic Four series.

Overall, this is genuinely one of the best CN UK schedules I have seen. So colourful and pleasing to look at! Not a single show DOMINATES the chart, and it makes use of its library fairly well, despite missing a few big ones that week (Clone Wars & Young Justice). I guess I’ll leave it here then. Not much else to say otherwise.

[goobersplat]

Courage The Cowardly Dog Katz Motel Keychain

[warakami-vaporwave]

See You Space Cowboy...

[nupsume]

Buttercup 💚