Do You Want The OLD Cartoon Network Back? 

Do you think Cartoon Network can return to it's "original charter"?

Of course, having Cartoon Network back to the way it used to be back during it's glory days would a dream come true!

It’s not that I want the old shows back, it that I want them to be actually entertaining and original, and the ones that are don’t get cancelled so freakin early.

I think it would be cool if Cartoon Network starts accepting pitches from the public. One could think you don't always need connections or college degrees to have good ideas.

What I REALLY want is Cartoon Network making new shows with a variety of different art styles to make sure it's good enough. I'll create my own series where the art style changes in each episode

Remember folks, nostalgia is blinding and we were all much less observant as children. We only filter the good stuff into long term memory and leave all the niggles and annoyances behind.

Remember when Cartoon Network had more than 3 shows still producing episodes? I remember.

No matter how hard you try to put everything back together, it's never gonna be exactly how it once was. -J.G.

What I want from Cartoon Network is for them to make banger shows for a new generation, that I (someone who grew up in the early to late 2010s) can also enjoy. Going back to the 2010s or 2000s way of doing things would just stagnate the network, not allowing new creatives to do new things. Also that Kanye parody is fire.

as much as I LOVED Shows like Adventure Time Regular Show and Steven Universe I'd just hope that Cartoon Network will one day go back to it's roots and provide new and original Shows that BOTH Kids and Adults will like

If there's one thing I miss within the animation industry in the past decade is the magic and charm from the 90s and 2000s media. Ed Edd n Eddy, Teen Titans, Fosters Homes for Imaginary Friends, Camp Lazlo, Krypto the Super Dog. But that's Cartoon Network, so I also have strong feelings for other network shows like Spongebob, Jimmy Neutron, Fairly Odd Parent, Kim Possible, anything that people has fond memories of.

I also want the good ol' Cartoon Network return back to it's original roots before Teen Titans Go.

I hope they make cartoons with actual story and action again

I literally stopped watching and grew out of Cartoon Network's older shows altogether for good because these stupid, toxic 90s and 2000s brats won't stop crying about Cartoon Network not airing their past cartoons

Yes the Cartoon Network can return to its original charter in the 90s and 2000s!

Cartoon Networks golden age was through the Checkerboard Era through the City Era. As well as throughout the CHECK It era.

I grew up during the 2010's renaissance, not the 2000s or the 1990s, and it was shows like Gumball, We Bare Bears and Steven Universe that inspired me to write me own One of the things that I think made that decade so special is the variety. Every single show was completely different in tone, setting, artstyle, and characters. And the writing and dialogue of each show was completely different. It felt like I could read the script, with no characters, and instantly recognize which show it was from. And that is what I want. I want each new show to feel completely different. And I have faith in the new shows to so that Also Gumball movie is not cancelled I will not hear it lalalala I'm not listening

From this video: -The Kanye reference to start was funny - i was on channel 32 growing up, not anymore - I don’t think the Gumball movie is fully canceled (yet), so that was kinda surprising to hear you say that Great video, and I just hope CN gets better in general.

When I think back on what made CN, it was having wide variety of different entertainments as Cartoons. Ranging from action, slice of life, horror, silly comedy, and episodes that don't need to have bigger plots. So many art styles, different people, the creative passion, ranging from the early 90s to around 2010 era. The problem with slightly modern CN shows (not all but some few) the company would focus more on profits and silly excuse claiming it needs to marketing instead of a captivating audience and their humble feedback. Shows that make you question if they truly were meant to be this long and not end the show much earlier.

9:13 I agree and disagree to this. As someone who mainly grew up with shows in the 2010's, I would like to see something that has the pros of 2010's shows as well as other generations before. Pushing away all these audiences away after all these years is one of the major problems the channel sort of has. Acknowledge the others who grew up with your channel as well. Don't just move on and forget about the generations before. *But* I also want this new decade of cartoons to accomplish what other shows couldn't do or didn't do. Use the past decades of cartoons from the channel to achieve what it was able to do and what it couldn't do while also having it's own sense of style on the channel. Haven't been able to love any of the new stuff but I *would love* to be proven wrong :D

I think the thing that makes me saddest is the death of creative branding. I have a very special interest in bumpers, IDs, indents, the like, literally anything with tv branding. It’s disappointing with the jump to streaming services that this creative medium of network branding in those forms, those time capsules of history, we’re not going to have them anymore. The day cable dies is the day that we lose the way we catalogue the histories of these networks. It’s just saddening to me. I’d love to have the old era of shows back, but I’ll be honest the bumpers make me the saddest. I don’t know if that’s silly, but it’s just unfortunate.

6:33 I disagree to an extent. Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Lab are 2 of my favorite cartoons of all time. They are both before my time. I discovered them on Netflix when I was 12. I was born in 98. That isn't nostalgia talking. If those shows came out today I would love them. Alot of the older cartoon network shows have a good track record for holding up. I prefer to like things objectively than be nostalgic.

I know Michael knows what he’s doing, and I know that CN will come back around to be brighter and return to its golden routes we just need faith in them to make sure that the studio will see the light of day for new projects coming in next year like invincible fight girl, Fiona and cake, and brand new season total drama

If we are talking about 90s CN - then yes, yes and yes. Sadly, it´s not possible. The time has passed, there were changes and it WON´T happen.

I don’t exactly want the old Cartoon Network days back, I definitely agree that nostalgia plays a big part of the fond memories of watching shows at that time so it wouldn’t ever really be the same again. What I really want, and what I hope they can do, is for there to be new shows that are as good as the shows from back then and that I enjoy just as much

As long as they remember one thing don't focus dividing cartoon from kids, adults, girl, and boy and just make cartoons. No demographics just good story telling, funny characters, and amazing animation. They do this they'll be fine

I don't want the old CN back, I just want better schedules and treatment for their cartoons

I would love for Cartoon Network to go back to its glory days when they had original content and fun and original shows. But these days I just prefer to support independent animators and artists instead of the bull crap that’s going on right now.

I would be happy if it played more then 2 shows all day until adult swim gets on

Really, really great idea to be able to have a new Batman show and decide let's do the cars

Tbh I've given up on cartoon network at this point but knowing we are getting some new shows other than teen titans go is a welcome change.

i have up cartoon network when i was 22 i’m 27 now. it’s not the same vibe as fosters home for imaginary friends or the grim adventures of billy and mandy or code name kids next door or the misadventures of flapjack or chowder vibe to it anymore. new gen CN is just torture.

I agree with everything you've said - hoping the new shows are able to stand up on their own and the creators get to have their vision fully played out 🤞🤞🤞 PLEASE LET THEM ALSO BRING BACK INFINITY TRAIN 😭😭😭

Cartoon Network has always been an animation channel instead of being called a kids channel. True story, growing up, both my parents and I love watching shows like Ed Edd Eddy, Ben 10, samurai Jack, regular show even Johnny bravo which was actually my dad’s personal favorite😅, So basically Michael wasn’t wrong.

I love Craig of the Creek. I’m sad that this coming season will be the last, but at least it’s getting a movie as well that will hopefully be a proper send off.

Even my little brother prefers older CN, so I’m pretty sure it’s not just nostalgia.

Yeah,I definitely want the old Cartoon Network and the old Boomerang. I really grew up with watching the old original shows.

As long as it's cheap and experimental (along with getting away from certain that was prevalent in the 2010's), you can sort of get that feeling back. You don't need the exact same thing, just the elements that made the old thing what it was, which forced to be cheap, but open to be experimental. As in get away from the thing, cal arts outlines and more ed edd n eddy and fosters and whatever else that stood out. What made CN unique was how experimental with its style vs something more in line that was nick or disney. Even adult swim just reused old animation and made something new. The old ATHF episode was pretty much photoshop in a sense. It's what made those shows stand out and it's what you remember...

I just hope they put both the old and new hit shows together on the schedule it would great to wake up to classic shows like Dexter's Laboratory Ed Edd n Eddy and Courage the Cowardly Dog followed by the new hits like Adventure Time Steven Universe and Regular Show.

I pretty much moved on a loooong time ago. As much as I love CN back in the day I'd probably still not go back and watch it even if it goes back to exactly how it was. Just hope future generations can enjoy the same quality of shows that were around back then.

I never wanted the return of the “glory days” of the 2000s to early 2010s (well aside from a couple things) but I just want CN to produce quality content again which they’ve been struggling with for a few years now

I hope some of the cancelled projects come back after they get a bigger budget.

"The Gumball movie is guaranteed not to come out" Me: NOOOOOO!!!! DON'T SAY THAT!!!! It just needs to be bought by other streaming services so it can then be released! My only hope is to see this movie!!!!!!!

I think this is just another symptom of the death of an era in animation. I remember as a kid back in the 90's watching "What A Cartoon" and "2 Stupid Dogs", and the pilots for PPG, Dexter, Johnny Bravo, etc... The point is, animation then took a risk and went running the whole nine yards with it. Studios were willing to gamble and trust in the vision of their animators andnproducers rather than a bunch of out of touch, heartless board of investora. There has been promising pilots being made during the years, like Rocket Dog or Claire, but since studios care more about satisfying the ever fickle moneybags than to build a reputation for passion in animation, well... *it is the end of big screen programming as we know it.*

I want another show as ballsy and mature as Code Lyoko with a villain as extreme, psychotic, creepy and iconic as X.A.N.A..

My area for Cartoon Network growing up is 39,Disney is 36 and Nickelodeon was 31 until my cable company had a dispute with Viacom which Nick falls under and now is 92

Hey! Remember when Mr. Warburton released a trailer for the Galactic Kids Next Door, and wanted to end the series on a high note!? But the CN Execs turned it down!? Maybe it's time!

Honestly, the thing I'm *really* pissed off at is *YET ANOTHER* Powerpuff Girls reboot. Like, it died three times already. Craig McCracken pitched like, 15 original things to Netflix and all of them got shot down - now we have to suffer through two versions of the same property with one of them under the excuse of "expanding the world" and the other one under the sole purpose of killing it. I'm tired of seeing the Powerpuff Girls. I really am. Update: okay, so they canceled the one that was killing it *BUT I’M STILL MAD. LET THE SHOW DIE.*

I miss 90s cartoon network. Johnsondaypool is better.

It should go back to it's old days

out of all of the New Shows that have been announced I truly do hope that Unicorn Warriors Eternal will live up to the Hype knowing they brought back Gennady Tartakoskey for Adult Swim's PRIMAL which was EPIC and LOVED his work from Both Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack I hope that Unicorn Warriors Eternal will be good and live up to the hype also they really need to bring Back Sym Bionic Titan back for more Seasons

"the median is 29" Well, yeah. My mother loved the Total Drama series, and my father was a big fan of anything DC related like batman. Cartoons aren't "kids only."

considering my favourite CN shows of all time are Adventure Time, Gumball, Regular Show, Infinity Train and Steven Universe, i definitely don't miss what most people call "the old cartoon network" lmao. i really don't get the hype over shows like Ed, Edd and Eddy or whatever. obviously the channel is pretty stale right now but what i miss is the 2010s era, not the 90s or early 2000s, even though i was around for most of that era

Love your videos

Yes I would love to have the old cartoon network back from the 2000's and 2010's!!!

What the WHAT? They cancelled the Gumball movie? WTF dude?!

When their schedules were more varied? Definitely.

I dunno about the 2010's. In the 90's and 2000's you could watch cartoon Network all day and have 20 different shows. 2010's felt like only 3 shows running over and over again. The old cartoon cartoons and segments that pretty much aired pilots with a "let's just throw new stuff on the wall and see what sticks" attitude was great for creativity. That's the time when some of the greatest cartoonists of our time like Genndy Tartakovsky started their career. I guess what I'm actually missing is Hanna-Barbera, their absorption into the Warner Bros. Animation was a great loss for the cartoon world. But besides HB Cartoon Network still had many shows from other studios including anime. I guess if everyone wants to make their own exclusive streaming platform a traditional TV station has to struggle for content. They could transform into a TV+streaming platform themselves and take on many small creators. Commission youtube animators for example to make one season of a cartoon for their TV channel/online library to spice things up, at least that's how I would do it. At least what Ouweleen says sounds promising. I'm not holding out an hopes, but maybe we might get positively surprised.

I want the Toonix era back, not because I liked it, but because I had to grow up with having to put up with marathons of Destroy Build Destroy instead of TTG and I want everyone to feel that pain

You had me at gremlins 3

Cartoon network used to have a certain vibe. That vibe was cultivated not by the main shows, but by the interstitial content. Instead of just a constant stream of content with no fanfare, they made the entertainment last into the commercial break, which helps viewer retention and loyalty. My personal favorite is when the characters were actual employees of cartoon network and chilled out together in a semi out of character situation. It wasn't in your face or directly trying to advertise something, it was world building within a 5-30 second long bumper. This whole design philosophy later birthed adult swim which still carries that torch to this day. Now everything is sterile and trying really hard to be relatable. This on top of the stale lineup lacks soul and viewers will just change the channel the moment they had enough.

To think that the words of a CN veteran turned CEO could give me so much hope for the future. Finally, after years of being trekked through the mud, being ricked across the coals and braving through the storm, a brilliant ray of light sits at the end of it all. But of course, words are just that, words, what matters more is action! Only time will tell if that ray of light was ever truly there or just a desperate hallucination.

Legends with verizon knows the channel is 257

My Cartoon Network channel was 24, i think. 44-45 was Fox, 25, 26 and 29 were Nickelodeon, Disney, and Disney XD. 23 was Paka Paka and 31 was a broken channel that always put the CRT calibration screen (the color bars). I only remember it because as a kid i always used to be perplexed by how the yellow was made, because zooming really close to the screen you couldn't see yellow, only red green and blue lines, also zooming too close gave you electric static shocks, one of the reasons why i get scared of being close to screens. Anyway in DirectTV, it was 304 for Cartoon Network and 220 (i think) was TruTV, 204 was Fox, and uh, that's all i remember in DirectTV.

I hope CN will be a better for next year. I hope

My channel for Cartoon Network was Chanel 66

Code name kids next door, chowder, courage the cowardly dog, the misadventures of flapjack, teen titans, ed edd n eddy, camp lazlo, Ben 10, scooby doo, dexter's laboratory, Johnny bravo and fosters home for imaginary friends , they were truly the greats.

I want new projects to be announced. Not really acquiring existing ips. Thought right now that would be better than what we have now

4:55 I guess our dreams don’t always come true, and we often fail to accept that.

I would love to see CN greenlight shows that could give the new generation their own version of what we felt back then since the new generation wouldn't know about the good times we had so it would be really good if they could experience that but primarily in their own way

I also loved the in-credits scenes from the 2000s CN shows to death.

1:30 I live in the UK, and the channel number was 601, along with 602 for Cartoon Network+ and that number is forever imprinted in my mind.

Here's what I tahe from "bring back old cn," bring back variety, bring back the theatrical shorts and Hanna Barbera cartoons Ted Turner bought back in the day, bring back blocks like Maguzi and Har Har Tharsdays, bring back imports like Totally Spies and 6Teen (and kid friendly anime), and maybe re air some of the older CN shows that are rotting on hard drives. Like, I get that I personally won't be able to go back to Cartoon Cartoon Fridays at my grandparents house, but as far as I can tell, modern kids don't have "Cartoon Cartoon Fridays at their grandparents house" now. Also, I didn't enjoy The Flintstones and Hing Kong Fooy on Cartoon Network because I grew up with them in the 60s and 70s, and didn't enjoy watching Tom and Jerry and Bugs Bunny and Popeye on Cartoon Network because I watched them in the theater before the main picture back in the 40s, I enjoyed them because they are just good. Also, my grandparents would watch them with me because they remembered watching them in the theaterd. Who's to say a Johnny Bravo, or Kids Next Door, or Chowder, won't generate a similar response from this generation? It's funny, earlier today I had the thought "when it comes to syndication, why is it only shows from the major broadcast networks going to cable networks, why is it never cable networks acquiring other cable network shows?" I'm sure with streaming there's something about "why you should get the streaming service," but why wouldn't a MeTV or similar get an Invader Zim or Bonkers or Mike Lou and Og?

I absolutely do want the old cn back.

Definitely I'm 28 so I grew up with 90s early 2000s after Ed edd n eddy ended in 2009 they started going down hill. I hope they come back with similar shows or bring them back with new seasons

They need more original cartoons that aren't based on popular brands (Teen titans go, We baby Bears are all carried by past shows) like Craig of the Creek. I feel like COTC is the only good show rn. We need more creative new stories that are enjoyable to all demographics, like adventure time or TAWOG

Okay, pre 2010 Cartoon Network with Gumball and Adveture Time would be actual perfection

I remember watching the old Cartoon Network and sometimes boomerang back when I was in elementary school, I really just wish it would stay the same or either go back in time to when I was younger and relive my childhood… it was so good back then 🥲

It is upsetting to think about the fact that CN only has 3 shows currently airing new episodes, those being Teen Titans Go, Craig of the Creek, and We Baby Bears. And Craig of the Creek is ending after season 5.

I mean, I don’t watch TV anymore. Neither do I care about western animations any longer. So I don’t really want anything back at all. They lost me to the point of full indifference.

Let viewers vote. Actually give variety to themes of cartoons: comedy, action, etc. let different art styles come out. Cartoon Network really had everything for everything back then.

Gumball S7 is in production

Yes I Do Want Old CARTOON NETWORK Shows Back

Alpha Jay Show, I remember when I was a kid, my family used to subscribe to a cable provider called AT&T Broadband. My channel for Cartoon Network was on channel 49. Then, I remember having DirecTV and Cartoon Network was on 296 until they added a West Coast feed for channel 297 years later. Boomerang later moved to channel 298 (where it used to have Noggin prior to the switch).

1:30 My channel number for CN was 60 while nickelodeon was 25 and Disney was 24.

Old cartoons > new cartoons

My adventures with superman? And summer camp island back? *HELL YEAH* 8:45

For me before i got cable when i was little CN was 32 and nickelodeon was 23 then when we got cabke it changed to nickelodeon on 23 and 32 and CN was 45

My CN channel was 302. Newly sucscribed btw

I haven’t watched Cartoon Network in ages but of course I miss the old cn the adventure time, regular show, Clarence era was very good

Ayyy channel 32 gang Also, man I feel ya on the lack of original content. I saw Craig Mckracken saying that he's essentially on board for another powerpuff girls because his original pitches aren't getting attention

If CN makes something like steven universe I'm down with that

To answer your question: Yes. And my channel for Cartoon Network is 22.

Old Cartoon Network is the reason why is reason why people watched it more than Nick and Disney Channel Samurai Jack, OG Teen Titans, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Justice League, Pokemon, Star Wars and Toonami on Saturdays with Dragonball Z and Naruto CN freaking spoiled us

The old cartoon network had a lot more variety.

My channel for Cartoon Network growing up was 51

“Do you want OLD Cartoon Network to come back?” Me: Give me Robot Jones or I’ll break your bones

Edd,Ed,n Eddy and all those early 2000's cartoons from CN were apart of my childhood, we've seen some harsh examples of trying to take what worked at the time and apply it to modern standards such as the powerpuff girls and Ben 10. Trust me when I say these words: I love what we had, we were lucky to have them as they were, but trying to bring back the dead doesn't sound very morally correct if us older folk are looking through rose-colored glasses; Let sleeping dogs lie, let this this generation of animation flourish on its own merits, while still honoring what was left behind. It hurts hearing from myself and looking through my now adult eyes that decade has ended. Some of the wildest, versatile cast of wacky characters are now having to pass the torch to brand new ones. It's gonna be a "rip the band-aid deal here": I'll miss that version of CN, the one before they tried making live action shows and failed miserably and went on a path of a uncertain future, i'll miss billy and mandy, the ed boys, the KND, Camp Lazlo, Fosters Home for Imaginary friends, the og power puff girls, ben 10, teen titans, Titans that still hold value and weight even to this day in my opinion anyway

I just want CN to be filled with reruns of og Powerpuffgirls, batman tas and beyond, chowder, regular show, adventure time, Dexter, Johnny bravo etc

4:32 They got me hyped for nothing!!! I was actually very excited for the movie😢😢😢