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April 10

KidsWB is no more

As of April 11, 2009, CW4Kids will drop Will & Dewitt from their lineup.  This is the last remnant of KidsWB content.  In February, they dropped the other KidsWB content they were carrying, The Spectacular Spiderman.  The transition is complete. 
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January 04

4Kids on Fox is no more

As of January 3, 2009, Fox affiliates will no longer air 4Kids saturday morning cartoons.  In fact, they won't be airing any saturday morning cartoons.  Fox and 4Kids Entertainment agreed to terminate their contract early.  When I turned to my local Fox affiliate to watch Saturday morning cartoons, yesterday morning, I was greated with a five hour block of infomercials.  The plan on Fox's part is to maintain control of 2 hours of saturday morning for their Weekend Marketplace.  So, the local affiliates keep 3 hours of saturday morning for their own programming (probably infomercials) and Fox keeps 2 hours for their own informercials.
 
For those keeping track, Fox Kids started as a four hour saturday morning block in 1990.  This block had some of my favorites: Power Rangers (all series), Batman: The Animated Series, The Tick, Dark Water, X-Men, Big  Bad Bettleborgs, Big Guy and Rusty the Robot.  In 2002, it was rebranded as FoxBox.  Then in 2005, it was rebranded again as 4Kids TV.  As of yesterday, Fox is out of the Saturday morning cartoon business.
 
It's a pretty big blow to Saturday morning cartoons.  First KidsWB gets dropped by the CW, now Fox is dropping 4Kids.  My local ABC affiliate doesn't carry the Power Rangers and my local CBS (Kewlopolis) and NBC (qubo) affiliates are really much more interested in carrying anything other than Saturday morning cartoons on Saturday morning.  Thankfully my local CW affiliate carries the full five hours of CW4Kids on Saturday morning.
 
The one piece of good news is that the new series Kaman Rider: Dragon Knight that started yesterday really reminds me of Power Rangers in a good way.  The other series that started yesterday Huntik: Secrets & Seekers looked like all of the other dueling card game anime shows (in a bad way).
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September 14

qubo announces new season

The new season for qubo starts October 4, 2008
 
The new lineup includes:
  • 3-2-1 Penguins (NEW EPISODES)
  • My Friend Rabbit (NEW EPISODES)
  • Turbo Dogs (NEW SERIES)
  • Zulu Patrol

No mention of:

  • Babar
  • Veggie Tales
  • Jane and the Dragon
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September 07

Saturday Morning Cartoons - September 13, 2008

Disney (ABC)
Emperor's New School The Bride of Kuzco
The Replacements Days of Blunder: Cheer Pressure
That's So Raven The Royal Treatment
That's So Raven Chef-Man & Raven
Hannah Montana It's a Mannequin's World
Suite Life of Zack & Cody Bowling
Power Rangers: Jungle Fury True Friends, True Spirits
Power Rangers: Jungle Fury Path of the Rhino NEW
Kewlopolis (CBS)
Care Bears: Adventures in Care-A-Lot True Heart's Big Trip; Bumbleberry Jammed
Strawberry Shortcake Peppermint's Pet Peeve
Cake Miracle on Ice
Horseland The Secret
Dino Squad The World According to Liam
Sushi Pack Sushi Express; Ring-a-Ding-Ding
4Kids (Fox)
Di-Gata Defenders Doom Chase NEW
Biker Mice from Mars The Tender Mousetrap NEW
Sonic X Beating Eggman
Sonic X That's What Friends Are For
Chaotic: M'arrillian Invasion A Rare Hazzard NEW
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward Future Shellshock
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! One Crazy Knight
Winx Club The Wizard's Challenge
CW4Kids (CW)
Will & Dewitt Things That Go Flump in the Night; My New Boots
Magi-Nation Final Dreamer
Skunk Fu! The Art of Stickiness
Viva Piñata Party Parasite; Hibernation Nation NEW
The Spectacular Spider-Man Survival of the Fittest
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back To The Sewers Tempus Fugit NEW
Dinosaur King Carnival of Chaos NEW
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's On Your Mark, Get Set, DUEL! NEW
Chaotic Allmageddon
Chaotic A Fearsome Fate
qubo (NBC, ION, Telemundo)
Babar Uncle Ben and the Pirates
My Friend Rabbit Hazel's Voice; The Perfect Rock
Zula Patrol Mutual Distraction: What Goes Up Must Come Down NEW
3-2-1 Penguins! Wiki Tiki
VeggieTales King George and the Ducky
Jane and the Dragon Test and Jests

This is the start of the new season for, at least, Kewlopolis, 4Kids and CW4Kids. Although there is no change in the lineup and no new episodes for Kewlopolis so I'm not exactly sure why they refer to it as the start of a new season.

Changes:

4Kids dropped Best of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Dinosaur King
4Kids added Chaotic: M'arrallian Invasion, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward, another episode of Sonic X
CW4Kids dropped Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward, both episodes of Tom & Jerry Tales and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
CW4Kids added Skunk fu!, Viva Piñata, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back to the Sewer, Dinosaur King and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

CW4Kids now has 2 hours of Kids WB content and 3 hours of 4Kids content. I expect this to continue to go down.

For some reason, the episode information for Kewlopolis hasn't been released yet. I'll update this when I get the information.

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CW4Kids will have "Preview Show"

It used to be that the Friday night before the new fall season of saturday morning cartoons, each of the major 3 networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) would, occasionally, have a "Preview Show" with a host that would "preview" all of the new shows that you could watch the next morning.  I used to look forward to this.  But nobody has done this for a very long time.  This Friday, The CW is reviving the tradition with a "preview show" of their CW4Kids lineup.  Look for it Friday afternoon.
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CW4Kids announces new lineup

During last Saturday's cartoons, they announced their new lineup.  It included
  • Chaotic
  • The Spectacular Spider-Man
  • Dinosaur King
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back To The Sewer
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
  • Viva Piñata
  • Skunk fu!
  • Will & DeWitt
  • Gogoriki

No mention of Magi-Nation or Tom & Jerry Tales.  Magi-Nation is scheduled for the start of the new season (next Saturday) but I assume this means it won't be on for long.  Old Kids WB cartoons being held over for the new season include Will & DeWitt, returning Skunk fu! and my favorite The Spectacular Spider-Man. 

Chaotic (moved from 4Kids) will be reruns of the previous season
The Spectacular Spider-Man (retained from Kids WB) will start with reruns of previous season and include 2nd season episodes mid-season
Dinosaur King (moved from 4Kids)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back to the Sewer will be new episodes of the season following TMNT: Fast Forward
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's will be a brand new series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! line
Viva Piñata (moved from 4Kids) will be new episodes
Skunk fu! (returning from Kids WB) may have new episodes
Will & DeWitt (retained from Kids WB)
Gogoriki is a brand new series

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September 04

What's New?

Many of the Saturday Morning Cartoons are shows that were originally aired either overseas (Japan) or on cable TV and the repackaged for broadcast in the US.  When it's the first time that a show is broadcast (over the air) in the US, I will label it as "NEW".
 
Examples,
 
Power Rangers: Jungle Fury are first shown on Toon Disney on cable, then they are later shown on ABC Kids over the air.
any of the anime are usually first shown in Japan and then later repackaged for the U.S. and shown a year or years later.
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