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Fans of Cartoon Network and Warner Bros Animation haven't had a lot of victories in the last couple of years. Cartoon Network abandoned their webpage and shifted everything to HBO Max, then called MAX.  The Boomerang stand-alone streaming service shuttered and threw everything to MAX. Then MAX dropped nearly everything animated, including nearly every Cartoon Network series, every Hanna-Barbera cartoon including The Flintstones, The Jetsons , and Scooby-Do o, Tom & Jerry, and even the venerable classic Looney Tunes shorts and most of the spinoffs. The message seemed clear to the "fandom:" Warner Bros HATES cartoons. It did look bleak, but something started happening in spring 2024. First, Warner Bros launched Cartoon Rewind, a FAST channel that aired older and seemingly random cartoons. Silverhawks, Beetlejuice, Richie Rich, Shirt Tales, Pac-Man, Challenge of the Go-Bots, Mister T, Pirates of Dark Water, Thundarr the Barbarian, Fantastic Max, Centurions, Police Aca...

Much like Paramount Pictures , I’m not going to talk about what CBS Studios should do creatively because, again, creativity shouldn’t be mandated by the suits, and creators should have a playground to tell their own stories, share their own experiences, and create their own visions without the political and cultural interference of studio executives and owners. CBS Studios, as di  all television studios, should allow creators to create. I also want CBS Studios to understand the collective legacy of their past. CBS Studios foundation was built by CBS Productions (which gave the world Perry Mason, The Honeymooners, Gunsmoke,  The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five-0, and The Carol Burnett Show ),  Desilu Productions (the studio founded by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and produced iconic shows like I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffin Show, The Untouchables, Mannix, and Star Trek ) , the original Paramount Television (one of the most iconic television studios that produced shows that c...

I started this project largely because of hate towards the current ownership of Paramount as well as their lack of understanding of what they actually have on tap. And it's a lot.  As I mentioned from the start, I'm not going to rebuild the entire company. I actually rebuilt MTV back in September, and what I'm doing here isn't going to be as extreme as that.  These are just small bullet points for the most vital units of Paramount, or at least the units that need the most help, and if I were in charge, these are the ones I'd focus on.  And I obviously have to begin with the unit that's been most prominent in the news cycle largely because of its news division, the CBS television network. While many consider broadcast television being on borrowed time, I feel CBS is the most important unit at Paramount because it reaches a wider audience than theatrical releases and streaming media.  I also feel that CBS should have more of a place in streaming beyond the sub...

 I love Bluesky as well as the folks I interact with over there. It's pretty calm and not as chaotic as other social media platforms. Having better tools like muting of words and individuals as well as de-tagging your username and removing your posts from those who want to attack you really enhances the experience. Is it a perfect place?  No. There's no such space known as "the perfect place." That's a lesson I learned from Yogi's Ark Lark when I was a little kid.  I've been a huge Hanna-Barbera fan since I watched the lion's share of their works in syndication and on the USA Cartoon Express back in the early 1980s, and I still am to this day. Those shorts and shows not only entertained me for decades but, much like their corporate cousins Looney Tunes, they are a core part of my creative DNA.  I think that's a reason I've been enjoying MeTV Toons lately.  One of the many, many reasons. Folks, I'm still lucky I could watch it locally via c...

January 31, 2007, is a day that would live in infamy in Adult Swim's lore. On that day, an ad agency hired by Cartoon Network installed LED light panels featuring Mooninites from the Adult Swim series Aqua Teen Hunger Force throughout several major cities, most notably Boston, Massachusetts, to promote a movie based on the series.  The light panels were placed in random points throughout the city that people felt they were explosives, and this caused a bit of a panic. A lot of chaos and fallout came out of that incident that would ultimately lead to the craziest cycle of events in media history to the point of having a pair of media juggernauts, a nepo baby-lead company that has completely ignored the media company he just bought and a tech company that has altered the film and television industries this century, are fighting each other for control of the biggest media company on the planet, Warner Bros Discovery. It's a wild ride, so let me try to explain each domino as much ...

Before I begin, I think it's important that you, the reader, should familiarize yourself with the  core units of Paramount: CBS Entertainment Group (Broadcast Production) Paramount Pictures (Film Production) Paramount Media Networks (Cable Networks and Brands) Paramount Streaming Paramount International Networks I won’t focus too much on streaming and the international side of Paramount. I also won’t be focusing on lesser linear channels like CMT, Comedy Central, VH1, POP, Paramount Network, Smithsonian Network, TV Land, or LOGO because, and I’m going to be honest, most of them are not vital for the future of the company. There are shows on those outlets that are worth saving, but that’s a conversation for another time. I want you all to understand the core brands of Paramount as well because these are where most of the company's attentions should be focused on, and for some reason, not a lot of people acknowledge them, especially when talking about Skydance's sta...