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You probably should have saw this coming, and if you haven't, you really haven't been paying attention to Adult Swim. Checkered Past will no longer be a part of Adult Swim's weekday afternoon. The block, which was the catalyst for Adult Swim's expansion beyond primetime and into weekdays, was a daily showcase of some of Cartoon Network's most iconic originals like Dexter's Laboratory, Ed, Edd 'n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Cow & Chicken, I Am Weasel, Grim & Evil, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Evil Con Carne, What A Cartoon!/Cartoon Cartoons Show, and Cartoon Planet.  Its final broadcast aired moments ago at the time of this posting (June 27, 2025). What's replacing Checkered Past shouldn't be of any surprise to anybody. It's King of the Hill .  It's ALWAYS King of the Hill , the safest, most banal choice to open Adult Swim, and now, it'll be the opening series on weekdays and weekends at 5 PM E/P starting on Jun...

Do you watch Cartoon Network? I have to ask this question because I get the feeling a lot of folks who claim to be fans of the channel really don't. The ones who have been so vocal about the latest news , especially in regard to the library and studio (who kind of missed the news that both were folded into Warner Bros Animation back in 2023 as well as literally anything regarding the network itself since then ) and the latest from Comcast saying they're dropping Cartoon Network from Xfinity's Core linear package and putting it in the More Sports and Entertainment package for an additional $10 a month where it'll be included with fellow WBD network TCM and NBA TV as well as NFL Network, NFL Red Zone, Big 10 Network, CBS Sports, and Military History Channel starting on August 12. Oh, and DirecTV dropped Cartoon Network from its entertainment-only package but kept Adult Swim there (they literally air nothing in that channel space from 5 PM to 6 AM E/P every day now).  They...

 On June 25, 2024, MeTV Toons launched nationwide as an over-the-air classic animation channel aimed towards older adult audiences, In partnership with Warner Bros Entertainment (who is a creative consultant and programming partner), Weigel Broadcasting gave viewers who wanted classic cartoons a channel that celebrated the medium with showcased dedicated to Looney Tunes, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Fleischer, Harveytoons, Screen Gems, UPA, Jay Ward, Total Television, Gerry Anderson, and Walter Lantz. Rarities not seen on broadcast television in decades, including a few that haven't aired since they first aired, were found on MeTV Toons.  In short, it was a cartoon channel we haven't seen since, well, the original Cartoon Network launched in 1992. A bud of mine, The Real Don East , made this homage video to Cartoon Network's original pre-launch promo for MeTV Toons. It fits quite well with what the new channel had to offer because it had all of the same shows CN had at launch. Ther...

Hey, remember last month when I talked about the rumored split of Warner Bros Discovery and how I'd think it would go down even though I had doubts it would happen? Well, it's no longer a rumor. It's happening , and yeah, it's not going down like I hoped it would. You remember when you were a child, you were told to not touch a hot stove because it would burn you and hurt you? Hopefully, you weren't one of those kids who decided to touch it anyway. If you did, I hope you learned your lesson and never did it again.  Unless you're a weirdo who loved the pain and the scent of burning flesh. The C-suite of the soon-to-be-divided Warner Bros Discovery are apparently these kinds of weirdos. So... what's the breakdown? Warner Bros is cutting off Discovery. And the Turner channels, including CNN. And Bleacher Report.   They're keeping TNT Sports globally but getting rid of it domestically. As I said, sports is big business around the world, so the Streaming/St...