Cartoon Network: The History Of, and Downfall

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I started watching television when I was four. It was 1999-2000 I believe, and I was introduced to Cartoon Network, and instantly fell in love. I've never seen anything like it before, having been the only source of entertainment for me at the time was my toy cars and Hot Wheels sets. I grew up with cartoons like Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, and all the other classic and original Cartoon Cartoons, even the later ones like Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. I loved the shows, I thought Nickelodeon couldn't compete. I never did like Nickelodeon that much, they have some good shows but nowadays it's just all iCarly and SpongeBob.

CN grew up fast, and took on a look in 2004 that blew me away and had me even more captivated. It was a CGI city, where all the cartoon characters were intertwined with each other, living in this big city made up of the settings from various shows. It was really well done and gave a more 'connected' feeling among the network. New shows came along, I liked them too. They were all good, with a few sour apples inbetween here and there but it was still a great network.

2006 I stopped watching TV a lot. Mainly because CN was on it's downfall, cancelling and replacing a lot of the originals I had once loved with newer shows like The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Camp Lazlo, Totally Spies, etc etc. I didn't really like these. I could tolerate them, but I really wished they'd bring back a lot of their shows from the early days. Although, they ran these at hours when hardly anyone was up and I couldn't see them.

From there it was just all downhill. Real live shows, a new look with Noods, really took away the personality that the network once had. To me, the name Cartoon Network doesn't really suit them anymore. While I know television shows never last, the nostalgia you have with them doesn't subside. I'm sure other people have another perspective on the whole thing with me, maybe some like Chowder, or Flapjack, or Total Drama Island. That's great, but have they ever seen Johnny Bravo? THAT'S a cartoon, not this. To me, they're the pile of trash that killed a great network. I don't even think they're deserving of the title "cartoon".

CN's ratings have dropped since they cancelled Toonami, and yet they still insist on digging their own grave. Sadly, I don't think they're coming back out of it, they pretty much put the final nail in the coffin with it when they aired the last episode, and with the other series as well. How can you bring back some of them after being tossed aside for so long? Oh well.

Life goes on, though, and we all must deal with losing what was once great, be it a television show or a pet hamster you loved dearly. Sucks, doesn't it? :(

Music used in this video: "Machete" by Buckethead and "Ghost" by Buckethead.

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"CN has gone even shittier in 2010, having lame ass live action movies. And they took away the blank noodz or whatever you call em and just have random CN characters run around the place in ripped backgrounds. More CN Real shows are coming. Courage is the only original show still broadcasting. Johnny Bravo showed on that Johnny Johnny day. And Foster's Home got cancelled sadly. And when WB Kids got cancelled, they sent some shows to CN like Skunk Fu and Johnny Test. Skunk Fu is cancelled, decent show. The Garfield Show comes to CN, awesome show actually. And they don't have Har Har Tharsdays, You Are Here, Saturday Action Movies, and Flicks anymore. And that's all I know."

- shows42nite, May 12th 2010

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[Sim3gerProductions]

I used to watch CN solidly when I was younger but gradually the programs got worse and worse. The last program I enjoyed was Camp Lazlo. Luckily I have my favourites on DVD (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Johnny Bravo, Cow And Chicken, Dexter's laboratory, The Power puff Girls, billy and mandy and codname kids next door). Out of Jimmy's head was a horrible excuse for a show and don't get me started on Flapjack...

[GhostOfAStranger1]

Cartoon Network...I don't know you anymore; you're breaking my heart! You're going down a path I can't follow!

[JaMsTeR971]

Cancellation of Toonami = Downfall of Cartoon Network

[MegaAnifreak]

so said

[TheBluedawg01]

I may only be 11, but I still kinda grew up watching these shows. My mom showed them to me when I was about 4 or so. When I saw the x go over all those shows, I almost shorted out the outlet my iPod was plugged into because I cried so much.

[RaandomTuber]

Actually in CN Europe they continue to broadcast original cartoons , i miss that vresion of channel !

[killroyify]

i.....miss ed edd eddy..... cn you fucked up

[Dante33ification]

I almost cried when I saw toonami

[Manutd4ever8]

im 13 years old.. born in 1998.. Cartoon network.. i was watchiing it when i was 4 till i think 6 or 7.. remember all those amazing shows.. codname kids next door,Dexter's laboratory,ed edd and eddy,but then i saw stuff like ben 10 come.. and i stopped watching it... it was amazing before.. i really wanna watch those shows again.. why cant the put a new channeel for those shows

[NatedogJr]

I was born in 1994. I have been watching Cartoon Network everyday since 1999. It was awesome. It was in 2007 where I slowly stopped watching Cartoon Network. Shows like Total Drama Island, Flapjack and Chowder came out and I hardly watch Cartoon Network. Now I am 17 years old and I only watch re-runs of Cartoon Cartoons. Boomerang needs more improvement in my opinion. Young Justice, Star Wars, Batman Brave are the shows I watch on CN.

[sidwerd1hater]

I remember. In fact I was there. I was there when its strength failed. It started as a simple "Dexter's Lab" Marathon: two new episodes would come out. What we got in its place was a good marathon and two shitty episodes. Then they reran those bad episodes and left the good ones to rot until they finally came out one last time in 2007. The Marathon Dexter Conquers the World was the breaking point. That's where everything (DC, Nick, CN) went in a spiraling downfall into oblivion.

[jpeg560]

Now make a video like this but with Disney Channel, and Nickelodean