Nostalgic 2000s TV Blocks - Hats Off 

What was your favorite block growing up?

Jetix was how originally caught reruns of 90s spider-Man X-Men, so I definitely gotta give it credit for that.

I miss how bumpers used to be, especially the ones that had characters from different shows interacting, even the ones I didn’t grow up watching at all I still get a nostalgic feeling from them.

Leave it to DeAngelo to always remind us what we as a TV-consuming society have lost.

Spot the block has stayed rent feee in my head since I was a kid. Right next to that unicef trick or treating game they had on the Cartoon Network website

I was born in the 90s and raised in the 2000s so I got see all the great cartoon channels at their best including all these amazing blocks, now I just wish they would bring them all back just for the sake of the nostalgic fanbases around the world.

Moose and Zee. You mentioning noggin totally unlocked that memory

firstly, that spot the block in the beginning immediately made all the other spot the block commercials get in my head. Secondly, it's so hard to choose because they were all important to me but I think Boomerang just edges out, it was something me and my mom really enjoyed and liked watching with me and I'll always remember those music videos, shout out to Jabber Jaw!!!

I miss when TV channels did blocks of stuff, man. Of course, I remember when Nickelodeon did a block called ME:TV, in 2006-07, and I swear, it was filmed in my hometown. Like, they had a dolphin mascot that was the same as my school's

Those TV blocks were really fun Back in the day especially with both Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, and I especially love those Toon Disney bumpers as well.

Kids WB and the Disney Afternoon were absolutely rad and fun, mostly the commercials, shows and bumpers. "Kids WB will be right back and we hope that you'll back too!"

That no cable at home and watching it at grandparents house really hits home. That’s one of the main reasons I really fell in love with animation as a whole.

I loved Jetix as a kid. But I remember it being a Saturday night block, not morning. This was around 2007-2008. I remember when it got killed off when Disney XD took over Toon Disney.

I remember watching Boomerang with my dad a lot. He loved Hanna Barbera and introduced me to those shows.

It’s crazy to look back on the 90s and 2000s and see how creative bumpers were back then and then see how boring they are now.

" I didnt always have cable growing up so it was cool that there was a way to see these kind of shows outside of trips to my grandma's house" My bad bro i didnt know we were related😂

Dude your channel gives me ALL OF THE NOSTALGIA VIBES!!!!!! I lowkey wanna cry because of how much I miss it now as an adult😢❤

A lot of kids likely won’t ever seen a cartoon block and that’s a thought I fixate on a lot when going to sleep 😔

Ahh man those were fucking sweet blocks all channels had their own style My main PICK BOY LEGENDARY

Toonami will forever be one of the coolest things I've ever known.

This was super nostalgic. I grew up on Toonami and Meguzi. I remember watching TMNT 2003, Code Lyoko and Static Shock after afternoon

This takes me back. Nickelodeon on CBS was mind blowing as a kid! First time I saw Chalk Zone. Growing up my family didn’t get cable till like 2009. So these animation blocks were always a treat when I was lucky enough to tune in Part of the reason why I’m so fascinated with bumpers. Watching cartoons outside PBS Kids was a special occasion

The Disney afternoon is the greatest block of all time.

I love old television blocks, I wish they weren’t so dead nowadays. I put on 90s and 2000s commercial / old CN and Adult Swim bumper compilations when I go to sleep for massive comfy vibes. Miss it… good video bro, a nice walk down memory lane

My favorite block was discovery kids' Saturday night sleepover where they played the spookier shows like truth or scare and mystery hunters. Cartoon Cartoon Fridays holds a close second, it's just classic

Gonna come at you old school from this ‘80’s kid & talk about the era before “the block era” took off. We had more of a “Power Hour (two or more similar shows by the same production company sold as a package together)” type block until “The Disney Afternoon” completely changed the game for “After School Cartoon Blocks”. Once that happened it was game on and you got the explosion into your era…

Man, I loved Cartoon's Network Late Night Black and White. One of my fondest memories was waaaay back on Christmas 94. I was assembling a G.I. Joe base playlet while watching LNB&N.

According to Cartoon Brew, Primal Screen is shutting down this year. They were responsible for producing many of the animated bumpers and indents for CN, PBS Kids, and more. If you haven't already, I highly recommend seeking out their RU-vid channel and saving whatever content you can. My favorite Primal Screen works were their bumpers for Cartoon Cartoon Fridays and HarHarTharsdays.

I didn’t have Boomerang the channel until the early 2010s when it finally hit Optimum, so a lot of its classic format was gone, but there was still Boomeraction on it!

Oh, these take me back. Where to start, well, my first blocks were early Fox Kids and later The Disney afternoon, ironically enough, both debuting in 1990 the year of my birth, those were main stays until more options were expanded later on. Heck in my local NY CW (former The WB) affiliate, WPIX 11 had a block of after school toons starting at 3 during the 80s and had a promo in the most 80s way possible, a shame all of that went away in the start of 06 where the network thought that kids moved on to cable.....I was one of the unlucky ones who didn't have cable. But even though I didn't have cable, I still got to enjoy cable related content as I can growing up. Just like you I grew up knowing few of those blocks and some that existed beforehand especially the Saturday morning stuff, and even though blocks began to wind down in the next decade in utter obscurity with attempts to revitalize the idea of a block (Vortexx CW, ADHD and AS Toonami though that remains) I'll never forget how they shaped me creatively.

I only have a select group of RU-vidrs I click the notification bell for, and you're one of them. Because every video you put out is guaranteed to be heat 🔥❤

While I certainly knew that other people remembered stuff like this, I've always felt like I was the only one who cared. But now I see nostalgic videos like this, and read the comments, and realize that I'm not alone. There are others who remembered and care. Not to get too deep in a RU-vid comment section, but lately I've been feeling like I should let go of entertainment. Maybe go outside more often. Maybe pick up an outdoor hobby. But then other times I see videos like this and think that maybe it's not so bad to hold on to a little bit of my past. I don't know. I'm in a weird place in life right now. Sorry for getting too deep. Thank you for the video. I will definitely stay tuned for videos about the awesome blocks we used to have. Especially Toonami.

I owe a huge thanks to boomerang for introducing me to classics like tom & jerry and popeye, I remember watching so much of those as a kid

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So few people I talk to remember The N, sadly. I wish deeply that more people had grown up watching Radio Free Roscoe. A teen show had zero business being that good. It deserves its own episode. Also G4TV used to actually be good back then haha. UPN45 had possibly my favorite morning block to watch before school, with that dope Sherlock Holmes cartoon.

Cool video as always. Also if you do make another video like this how about TV Block from other non-children channel. Channels like G4, Discovery or even better the SyFy Channel which were legends for both their blocks and bumpers. I think my favorite block from that channel was their anime block and the evolution of it too. I believe during the earliest-ish era of that block they even had Ralph Bakshi to host it for a airing of either project A-KO or I think Akira.

Watching Yu-Gi-Oh! GX on Miguzi was just about the only thing that got me through the day in fourth grade, what an experience ❤ I’d definitely watch a Part 2, especially with Har Har Tharsdays and You Are Here Fridays!

The whole, “Hangin’ with the heroes” theme was uploaded to SoundCloud by the guy that wrote it.

I forgot all about blocks, so this video was a great way to remember them! Really wish there was more cool programming like this nowadays

Ah man, those boomerang buffers gave me some serious flashbacks. Im about 12 years old sitting on my couch at 3am waiting for my parents to arrive home. I had a bit of seperation anxiety and they had a night shift job. Im sitting there waiting for the next episode of dragon ball z to come on, watching all the cool buffers and ads along the way. You know, as a kid you take it for granted. Because you don't really understand how bad things can get, or even are. I haven't been happy in years, and the last time i remember being happy, was when these shows still aired. It was one heck of a time. And i miss it.

Who here remembers Cartoon Network's Grim and courage hour, with puppet Dracula?

i love this concept for videos! the best part of watching tv sometimes really was just the unmatchable vibe, i miss it a lot

Growing up in Canada, we didn't have a lot of the same blocks in spite of having a lot of the same shows (not all) as the US because the channels were not owned by the Cartoon Network, Disney, Nickelodeon, etc. until 2011, but more so 2014-2016ish. So if I were to tell people "Hey I loved the Zone on YTV", a lot of people would be really confused unless you're Canadian. If I told you they used to air Spongbob, Fairly Oddparents, and Danny Phantom you'd be like "nice!"

A lot of the programming blocks really helped keep old media alive in a way that streaming can barely keep up with.

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Toonami is how I got introduced to Yu Yu Hakusho, one of my favorite anime of all time.

This is a really interesting video, man. I remember most of this growing up...

I was there for the great “toon Disney “ reset of 09

Boomeraction was my SHIT as a kid, i vividly remember watching an episode of that old batman animated series with the joker with the big hair

Your comedic timing is on point, and your delivery is dry but natural lol. I'm into it.

The N was SUCH a vibe! I couldn't wait to get home from middle school and watch Degrassi and Radio Free Roscoe.

TV blocks used to be magical and its soul crushing to me they're gone and that the newer generation can never truly know how they felt like. The feelings after school watching Kids WB and then Toonami are some of my fondest memories

16:30 I know you couldn't reveal the kid who made Yoke's design, but he would go on to actually be an animator and storyboarder in some recent cartoons, including being co-director of a notable animated movie lately.

I think I still have the “fight for the Fox Box” dvd from when I was a little kid somewhere around here. It was surreal and amazing to see all these characters interacting way back when. Egg man and the shreader teaming up with other villains was wild.

I have a very controversial take, I actually enjoyed CN Real as a block. Older people treated it like it was Armageddon, meanwhile all of the kids at school were hype when talking about Destroy Build Destroy

Nice I have Steve blums autograph for Spike from cowboy bebop he is an absolute legend!

HEYYY HEYYYY HEEYY!!! DID THAT DOG TURN INTO A FRICKIN' LION IN YOUNG SAMPSON!?!! That's sick!!

So much nostalgia! I agree, what made it more enjoyable to watch a show was the presentation surrounding it provided by the channel and its unique bumpers. An art that has gradually gone away as TV channels have gotten lazier with their bumpers, blocks being phased out, and with the rise of streaming. At least the bumpers can still be enjoyed online.

This is going to show my age, but my best remembered block was one Saturday morning. I'd sing along every time, still know the lyrics

Miguzi was my JAM in 4th grade! i was always stoked to get home and turn it on right after school ❤ next day me and my friends would talk about what we watched rhe previous day. not to mention the bionicle sweepstakes they did! (or was that toonami? either way CN did bionicle sweepstakes at least 3 times)

I'm glad you brought up SVES but it didn't replace Toonami. Toonami replaced it on Saturday nights. It ran on Saturdays from 3/03-4/04

I miss when TV Blocks were fun.

Jetix was actually an entire channel in LatinAmerica, I'm Pretty sure it replace Fox Kids and then Jetix got replaced by Disney XD

Old Boomerang was childhood

I adored Nicktoons for their bumpers, I also adored adult swim for their presentation of bumpers and I would beg my parents to order nicktoons for it's vibes lol.

Please dawg, you gotta make another video like this, IT'S SO GOOD

good ol' Jetix,,, my first exposure to tokusatsu with the best era of Power Rangers :)

And yes more tv blocks would be cool.

One cartoon block that I vaguely remember from Nickelodeon was "Slam!". I remember watching shows like Super Duper Sumos, Butt-Ugly Martians, re-runs of Men in Black: The Series, and the English dub of that highly forgotten Speed Racer X anime.

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Yeah people tend to forget that Jetix basically took over Toon Disney, which was irritating to me 1. They weren't really airing Digimon (my favorite Jetix show besides Ying Yang Yo) as much despite this 2. I preferred comedy shows over action as a kid, and really missed the Disney cartoons 3. It was part of the reason why they rebranded to Disney XD, aside from the whole catering to boys thing On a more positive note, I'm glad you brought up U-Pick. I feel like no one ever talks about that block despite it being a staple of my childhood. I'll never forget Pickboy.

Call me your bigger older brother because before Toonami...before Miguzi and even WB blocks...we had Cartoon Networks Super Saturdays! It featured alot of Hanna Barberra action shows like Mightorr, Herculoids, Birdman, Fantastic 4 and even Pirates of Dark Water later... And more! . Lets not forget my fave Super Chunk ( 3 hour blocks of fave shows like 2 Stupid Dogs/ Swat Kats!) And the Goat Toon Heads! It featured themed cartoons on directors, war era and so much more! Please do another video talking about these blocks! Hell, you didn't even talk about my boy Stick Stickly( way b4 Pick boy!)!❤😂 Btw I challenge your Dik Dik van Dyke with my Eskara, the mad man who perfects special moves!! Yes I still own my GC and PS2 Copy! Its on!!!!

loved miguzi. watched yugioh gx, code lyoko, and totally spies on it all the time. I remember sending a submission for the new character. Should definitely do another block video, perhaps with a focus on 2006/2007-2014 to mirror the time span of this video.

Miguzi is the poor man's Toonami lol

I didn't know that Pick Boy kept appearing.🤯

I also watched Noggin with my little sister. Are we all the same person?!

Nice snowfall reference

"Oughts Blocks" was right there dude

You're pretty much right about Jetix taking up half of Toon Disney, though it later (at least where I live) took up OVER HALF of Toon Disney. It felt like the Jetix channel with a Toon Disney TV block. I liked the stuff airing on Jetix, so I had no issue.

There was this period when I was like 10 where I was banned from the big kid shows for like a year. My mom thought I was getting a bit too disrespectful after watching Disney Channel. So I watched the heck out of Noggin and PBS Kids Sprout. The best show on Noggin was Wow Wow Wubbzy. I always looked forward to that. At Night PBS Kids Sprout had The Good Night Show. It had Nina and Star host. The often did arts and crafts and I would sometimes do them too.

11:53 Is that the Family Channel logo?! You ain't Canadian! As someone from Canada, I always liked watching stuff from American blocks - ABC Kids and Nick on CBS were my only gateways to American stuff. We got WB and FoxBox too, but everything else here is totally alien to me. No nostalgia for Toonami, but it's nevertheless fascinating to hear about.

BIG S/O to LATE NIGHT BLACK AND WHITE!

First off...Hats Off to Code Lyoko when? Serious second off...as you said, you only scratched the surface as I recall Fox Kids & Disney's One Saturday Morning as my blocks of choice - partially cause my cable didn't allow Cartoon Network or the channel Kids WB was on - and before U-Pick Live...well, heck, U-Pick was a segment on Nick in the Afternoon, and preceding U-Pick Live was Slimetime Live, another interactive block. I truly do miss the content that networks use to surround their programming with as it was as much that network's identification; even as I was beginning to phase out of watching CN, I loved CN City, and the season Cartoon Network Summer.

Before Jetix,ABC family had it on lock for me with all of the action cartoons especially feeding my Power Rangers habit mainly because I didn't watch all of it growing up only got the toys back then

i didn't know the phrase for this kind of branding stuff before i saw this vid, but omg! i've been missing it for years lol. glad somebody else agrees. major nostalgia. i think the core of what these blocks bring that modern, efficient streaming lacks is...spectacle! i've never seen my feelings on such a niche little piece of media nostalgia encapsulated so well by another lol.

I remember switching between all the Saturdays morning blocks! The 2000s TMNT, the Canadian Yamroll and Mr Meaty. Then the ABC Disney block with the Weekenders and Recess!!! Then the cartoon network block on Saturday night with Teen Titans and Justice League!

So true bestie

I still miss *Zoog Disney* 😭

Childhood memories.

That’s my problem with the current streaming era, the lack of identity. All of these networks put the effort in to find ways to make their branding unique for us viewers to resonate with. Whether it be underwater aliens on Miguzi, the designs of the TEENick & The N bumpers that made it feel more mature. The rush to make it to the tv and plan out when to watch when channel, the blocks’ identified with us and we and future viewers will no longer get that experience.

Awesome video! The brief bit on defining what makes TV blocks good was nice to have for reference before diving into some of them, and the ones you picked out were cool! Blocks like Miguzi feeling like they're their own shows seems like quite the treat, and The N really did have a fun early 2000s aesthetic~ Speaking of aesthetics, I like yours that you've been using in your videos as of late! :D Your logo especially looks cool, as well as the end of intro shot at 2:26!

Meguzi!!! Ahhh I can't believe I forgot it

Love your videos so sooo much tysm

I love your videos man. Real loveletters to my favorite eras and shows. I hate that it took me this long to find you.

I remember when they had Fried Dynamite when I was little. It's lame looking back. I also liked Toonami when I was little. That's where I got to watch Naruto.

Ça régale tes vidéos mon gars continue 🙏🙏🙏

I have recently been trying to find cartoons that originally aired on either Fox Kids or Fox Box my wife found me TMNT and I got the box set of Digimon 01-04 plus the VHS tapes of 01 Digimon 1&2

Hope you'll have a good day

So, not sure if this count but whatever also sorry for grammar mistakes since english is not my first language and this might be a BIIIT long to read so get ready: There was this block in Disney Channel called Zapping Zone that used to air in the evenings, usually when my sister and i came back from school and usually made me skip the channel because i onlly watch Disney Channel for the cartoons and movies but my sister love watching, it was a 2 hours block that air Disney Channel Sitcoms from the time like Suit Life, Hannah Montana, Cory In the House, Wizards of Waverly Place and maybe if i was lucky Phineas and Ferb and during the commercial breaks they used to do like skits or even game shows, now you may be asking "how i never heard of that before?", easy, it inly used to air in Latin America and something i notice the hosts had a different accent than mine (my sister and i are from mexico) and turns out they we're from Argentina, so yeah, that's the story of this block thst i never liked as a kid but i got a little nostalgic thinking about it

16:22 Congratulations Not Yokian from Jimmy Neutron.