How much Cartoon Network aired each show from 2004 onward?

[Stumpos]

Looking at the debates on when Cartoon Network went downhill, I decided to try and see when it all began and how the schedule evolved.

I decided to start in 2004 since that's often a common cited year for when the channel went downhill plus doing 1992-2003 is a huge hassle on it's own (especially with the schedule records not being as clear back then).

Keep in mind I won't include Adult Swim shows in this since they're seen as a separate brand from Cartoon Network. I'll only include movies if they're TV movies related to Cartoon Network shows (The Powerpuff Girls Movie isn't a TV movie so it won't count).

I'll count by half-hours to be on the safe side. Each post will be year-by-year.

I am using this as my source for the schedules: Schedules

2004 (how many half hours each show aired in the year):

Originals by Cartoon Network:

1. Ed Edd n Eddy: 1294
2. Codename Kids Next Door: 977.33
3. The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: 691
4. Dexter's Laboratory: 532
5. The Powerpuff Girls 1998: 516.5
6. Time Squad: 266
7. Courage the Cowardly Dog: 250.5
8. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: 157
9. Johnny Bravo: 111.5
10. Megas XLR: 108
11. Evil Con Carne: 65.5
12. Samurai Jack: 37
13. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: 23
14. Whatever Happened to Robot Jones: 16
15. Star Wars Clone Wars: 14.33
16. Grim and Evil: 2
17. Cow and Chicken: 1

Originals by Warner Bros:

1. Baby Looney Tunes: 737
2. Teen Titans: 521
3. What's New Scooby Doo: 173
4. Mucha Lucha: 162
5. Justice League: 139
6. Static Shock: 121
7. Duck Dodgers: 113
8. The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries: 113
9. Ozzy & Drix: 95
10. Justice League Unlimited: 50

Acquired shows from others:

1. Totally Spies: 623
2. Jackie Chan Adventures: 271
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003: 220
4. Code Lyoko: 177
5. The Cramp Twins: 93
6. Rescue Heroes: 65
7. Atomic Betty: 42
8. X Men Evolution: 36
9. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: 11
10. Sitting Ducks: 6

Anime:

1. Yu-Gi-Oh!: 395
2. Pokemon: 259
3. Transformers Energon: 164
4. Duel Masters: 108
5. Transformers: Armada: 100
6. Dragon Ball Z: 78
7. Yu Yu Hakusho: 77
8. Dragon Ball GT: 64
9. Dragon Ball: 57
10. SD Gundam Force: 41
11. Zoids: Chaotic Century: 40
12. Cyborg 009: 38
13. Hamtaro: 37
14. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: 35
15. Rave Master: 25
16. .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet: 22
17. Rurouni Kenshin: 20
18. Astro Boy 2003: 16
19. Knights of the Zodiac: 12
20. .hack//SIGN: 11
21. Zoids Fuzors: 7
22. Hot Wheels World Race: 5
23. MegaMan NT Warrior: 4
24. Shaman King: 4

Older cartoons:

1. Tom and Jerry: 819.33
2. The New Scooby Doo Movies: 357
3. A Pup Named Scooby Doo: 279
4. Captain Planet and the Planeteers: 257
5. Scooby Doo Where Are You: 244
6. Looney Tunes (The Looney Tunes Show anthology, The Chuck Jones Show, The Bugs and Daffy Show): 129
7. 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo: 50
8. Toon Heads: 28
9. The Flintstones: 16
10. The Jetsons: 11
11. Josie and the Pussycats: 8
12. The Popeye Show: 8
13. The Smurfs: 7
14. Jonny Quest: 6
15. The Perils of Penelope Pitstop: 6
16. The Tex Avery Show: 5
17. Cattanooga Cats: 5
18. Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines: 5
19. Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch: 5
20. The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: 4
21. Dynomutt Dog Wonder: 4
22. The Funky Phantom: 4
23. Jabberjaw: 4
24. Speed Buggy: 4
25. Top Cat: 4
26. Hong Kong Phooey: 3
27. Magilla Gorilla: 3
28. Valley of the Dinosaurs: 3
29. Wacky Races 1968: 3
30. Yogi Bear: 3
31. Birdman and the Galaxy Trio: 2
32. Butch Cassidy: 2
33. Clue Club: 2
34. Devlin: 2
35. Fantastic Four 1967: 2
36. Goober and the Ghost Chasers: 2
37. The Herculoids: 2
38. Shazzan: 2
39. The Roman Holiday: 2
40. Space Ghost and Dino Boy: 2
41. Super Friends: 2
42. Yogi's Gang: 2
43. Atom Ant: 1
44. The Banana Splits: 1
45. CB Bears: 1
46. Fangface: 1
47. Frankenstein Jr and the Impossibles: 1
48. Laff a Lympics: 1
49. The New Scooby Doo Mysteries: 1
50. The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show: 1
51. Peter Potamus: 1
52. Quick Draw McGraw: 1
53. Sealab 2020: 1
54. Secret Squirrel: 1
55. The Skatebirds: 1
56. These Are the Days: 1
57. Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch: 1
58. Yogi's Space Race: 1

Notably, the Looney Tunes branding blocks stopped after the big CN City and new logo rebranding, airing without a brand for the remainder of their run on the network.

Aside from one Great Gazoo themed marathon in May, the non-Scooby Doo Hanna Barbara cartoons were relegated to the early morning Boomerang block at this point that got reduced further to just a half hour in August until that ended in October. The final year that had those shows air.

By the end of the year, Tom and Jerry, Captain Planet, and Scooby Doo are the only classic cartoons still airing by that point.

Notably, Ed Edd n Eddy seems to have been the MVP show for Cartoon Network, getting the most airtime by a lot. Seems before Johnny Test, Gumball, and Teen Titans Go came, we had Ed Edd n Eddy. Though at least variety itself is pretty solid.

Definitely a transition point of the classic cartoons getting phased out and more emphasis on the original content and modern acquired shows.

Interesting how Johnny Bravo, Samurai Jack, and Evil Con Carne got way less airtime this year despite ending this year without a big celebration about it. Compared to other shows that began that year such as Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and even stuff that ended already such as Dexter's Laboratory and Courage the Cowardly Dog, it's pretty sad how much they got shafted in the end.

 

[Mejo]

Looking at the debates on when Cartoon Network went downhill, I decided to try and see when it all began and how the schedule evolved.

I decided to start in 2004 since that's often a common cited year for when the channel went downhill plus doing 1992-2003 is a huge hassle on it's own (especially with the schedule records not being as clear back then).

Keep in mind I won't include Adult Swim shows in this since they're seen as a separate brand from Cartoon Network. I'll only include movies if they're TV movies related to Cartoon Network shows (The Powerpuff Girls Movie isn't a TV movie so it won't count).

I'll count by half-hours to be on the safe side. Each post will be year-by-year.

I am using this as my source for the schedules: Schedules

2004 (how many half hours each show aired in the year):

Originals by Cartoon Network:

1. Ed Edd n Eddy: 1294
2. Codename Kids Next Door: 977.33
3. The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: 691
4. Dexter's Laboratory: 532
5. The Powerpuff Girls 1998: 516.5
6. Time Squad: 266
7. Courage the Cowardly Dog: 250.5
8. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: 157
9. Johnny Bravo: 111.5
10. Megas XLR: 108
11. Evil Con Carne: 65.5
12. Samurai Jack: 37
13. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: 23
14. Whatever Happened to Robot Jones: 16
15. Star Wars Clone Wars: 14.33
16. Grim and Evil: 2
17. Cow and Chicken: 1

Originals by Warner Bros:

1. Baby Looney Tunes: 737
2. Teen Titans: 521
3. What's New Scooby Doo: 173
4. Mucha Lucha: 162
5. Justice League: 139
6. Static Shock: 121
7. Duck Dodgers: 113
8. The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries: 113
9. Ozzy & Drix: 95
10. Justice League Unlimited: 50

Acquired shows from others:

1. Totally Spies: 623
2. Jackie Chan Adventures: 271
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003: 220
4. Code Lyoko: 177
5. The Cramp Twins: 93
6. Rescue Heroes: 65
7. Atomic Betty: 42
8. X Men Evolution: 36
9. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: 11
10. Sitting Ducks: 6

Anime:

1. Yu-Gi-Oh!: 395
2. Pokemon: 259
3. Transformers Energon: 164
4. Duel Masters: 108
5. Transformers: Armada: 100
6. Dragon Ball Z: 78
7. Yu Yu Hakusho: 77
8. Dragon Ball GT: 64
9. Dragon Ball: 57
10. SD Gundam Force: 41
11. Zoids: Chaotic Century: 40
12. Cyborg 009: 38
13. Hamtaro: 37
14. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: 35
15. Rave Master: 25
16. .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet: 22
17. Rurouni Kenshin: 20
18. Astro Boy 2003: 16
19. Knights of the Zodiac: 12
20. .hack//SIGN: 11
21. Zoids Fuzors: 7
22. Hot Wheels World Race: 5
23. MegaMan NT Warrior: 4
24. Shaman King: 4

Older cartoons:

1. Tom and Jerry: 819.33
2. The New Scooby Doo Movies: 357
3. A Pup Named Scooby Doo: 279
4. Captain Planet and the Planeteers: 257
5. Scooby Doo Where Are You: 244
6. Looney Tunes (The Looney Tunes Show anthology, The Chuck Jones Show, The Bugs and Daffy Show): 129
7. 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo: 50
8. Toon Heads: 28
9. The Flintstones: 16
10. The Jetsons: 11
11. Josie and the Pussycats: 8
12. The Popeye Show: 8
13. The Smurfs: 7
14. Jonny Quest: 6
15. The Perils of Penelope Pitstop: 6
16. The Tex Avery Show: 5
17. Cattanooga Cats: 5
18. Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines: 5
19. Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch: 5
20. The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan: 4
21. Dynomutt Dog Wonder: 4
22. The Funky Phantom: 4
23. Jabberjaw: 4
24. Speed Buggy: 4
25. Top Cat: 4
26. Hong Kong Phooey: 3
27. Magilla Gorilla: 3
28. Valley of the Dinosaurs: 3
29. Wacky Races 1968: 3
30. Yogi Bear: 3
31. Birdman and the Galaxy Trio: 2
32. Butch Cassidy: 2
33. Clue Club: 2
34. Devlin: 2
35. Fantastic Four 1967: 2
36. Goober and the Ghost Chasers: 2
37. The Herculoids: 2
38. Shazzan: 2
39. The Roman Holiday: 2
40. Space Ghost and Dino Boy: 2
41. Super Friends: 2
42. Yogi's Gang: 2
43. Atom Ant: 1
44. The Banana Splits: 1
45. CB Bears: 1
46. Fangface: 1
47. Frankenstein Jr and the Impossibles: 1
48. Laff a Lympics: 1
49. The New Scooby Doo Mysteries: 1
50. The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show: 1
51. Peter Potamus: 1
52. Quick Draw McGraw: 1
53. Sealab 2020: 1
54. Secret Squirrel: 1
55. The Skatebirds: 1
56. These Are the Days: 1
57. Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch: 1
58. Yogi's Space Race: 1

Notably, the Looney Tunes branding blocks stopped after the big CN City and new logo rebranding, airing without a brand for the remainder of their run on the network.

Aside from one Great Gazoo themed marathon in May, the non-Scooby Doo Hanna Barbara cartoons were relegated to the early morning Boomerang block at this point that got reduced further to just a half hour in August until that ended in October. The final year that had those shows air.

By the end of the year, Tom and Jerry, Captain Planet, and Scooby Doo are the only classic cartoons still airing by that point.

Notably, Ed Edd n Eddy seems to have been the MVP show for Cartoon Network, getting the most airtime by a lot. Seems before Johnny Test, Gumball, and Teen Titans Go came, we had Ed Edd n Eddy. Though at least variety itself is pretty solid.

Definitely a transition point of the classic cartoons getting phased out and more emphasis on the original content and modern acquired shows.

Interesting how Johnny Bravo, Samurai Jack, and Evil Con Carne got way less airtime this year despite ending this year without a big celebration about it. Compared to other shows that began that year such as Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and even stuff that ended already such as Dexter's Laboratory and Courage the Cowardly Dog, it's pretty sad how much they got shafted in the end.

How long did it take for you to compile all of this? Just wondering.

Also, what do the decimals represent for airings (ie .33, .5 etc.)?

 

[Stumpos]

How long did it take for you to compile all of this? Just wondering.

Also, what do the decimals represent for airings (ie .33, .5 etc.)?

Took about a week or so for the year (being why I'm doing the years post-by-post on this thread rather than all at once). 0.5 represents an 11-minute episode slot and 0.33 represents a 7-mimute episode slot, which is prominent when dealing with occasions such as the Top 5 Cartoon Cartoons and airing one segment of a half hour slot after a movie.

 

[Mejo]

Took about a week or so for the year (being why I'm doing the years post-by-post on this thread rather than all at once). 0.5 represents an 11-minute episode slot and 0.33 represents a 7-mimute episode slot, which is prominent when dealing with occasions such as the Top 5 Cartoon Cartoons and airing one segment of a half hour slot after a movie.

Ah, gotcha. I'm truly impressed with your research here. Great job.

 

[J'onn J'onzz]

Great statistics here. Honestly I would’ve guessed Billy and Mandy or KND aired more than Ed Edd n Eddy, but 2004 is still early in those shows’ runs, while Ed Edd n Eddy had already run for four seasons by the end of 2004.

Also it’s very funny to look at the shows which aired just once. Who knew CN aired CB Bears one time in 2004? There are a lot of shows that were randomly rotating on Boomerang’s last days on CN, and most of them stuck out like a sore thumb by that point. The advances in digital animation occurring in the early to mid 2000s made a lot of earlier animation seem badly dated quickly. When SVES started, they had shows like Super Friends, but that had to be replaced fairly quickly, even at 1 am, by Batman and Superman, and eventually Justice League.

 

[Surreal Kangaroo]

Some observations:
-Time Squad was on more than Courage? What and how?
-Scooby Movies was the most played Scooby Doo program, which doesn’t make any sense to me because I don’t recall it being on during the City Era.
-Why was Grim & Evil on?

 

[Stumpos]

Some observations:
-Time Squad was on more than Courage? What and how?
-Scooby Movies was the most played Scooby Doo program, which doesn’t make any sense to me because I don’t recall it being on during the City Era.
-Why was Grim & Evil on?

Time Squad was aired at 5 AM on every weekday of the year. While Courage kinda trickled down in reruns around the time of the CN City rebrand, only rerunning at 4AM on Saturdays.

Technically it only seems that way in the sense of Scooby Movies airing the most half hours of the year. If only counting the number of times an episode aired rather than "half hour slots", it'd be way less (every episode was an hour long).

 

[PinkieLopBun]

Scooby Movies was the most played Scooby Doo program, which doesn’t make any sense to me because I don’t recall it being on during the City Era.

I actually remember watching it during the city era’s first year. Don’t know if it aired past that point, but I know I watched it then.

 

[J'onn J'onzz]

A lot of people forget this, but CN still had 5 am at this point. That is the hour where Time Squad and Captain Planet always aired, until Adult Swim took 5 am and replaced them with shows like Toonheads, Bob Clampett, and the Popeye Show.

 

[Stumpos]

And now here's the 2005 breakdown on how often each show aired. Half hours are the measurement for this, 0.5 being a 11-minute segment and 0.33 being a 7-minute segment.

Same source as 2004.

2005:

Originals by Cartoon Network:

1. Codename Kids Next Door: 1172.33
2. The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: 984.17
3. Ed Edd n Eddy: 956
4. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: 755
5. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: 335.33
6. Camp Lazlo: 260
7. The Life and Times of Juniper Lee: 194
8. Dexter's Laboratory: 158
9. The Powerpuff Girls 1998: 133.5
10. Time Squad: 69
11. Courage the Cowardly Dog: 52
12. Megas XLR: 45
13. Johnny Bravo: 29.67
14. Evil Con Carne: 19.17
15. Star Wars Clone Wars: 11.5
16. Samurai Jack: 7
17. I Am Weasel: 5.33
18. Sunday Pants: 5
19. Cow and Chicken: 4
20. Whatever Happened to Robot Jones: 2.17
21. Ben 10 2005: 2
22. My Gym Partner's a Monkey: 2

Originals by Warner Bros:

1. Teen Titans: 781
2. Baby Looney Tunes: 532
3. Krypto the Superdog: 456
4. Static Shock: 403
5. Mucha Lucha: 400.5
6. Ozzy & Drix: 291
7. What's New Scooby Doo: 238
8. Duck Dodgers: 67
9. Justice League Unlimited: 48
10. The Batman: 17
11. Justice League: 17

Acquired shows from others:

1. Totally Spies: 493
2. Atomic Betty: 148.5
3. Code Lyoko: 151
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003: 131
5. Winx Club: 101
6. Jackie Chan Adventures: 99
7. Pet Alien: 85
8. The Cramp Twins: 10
9. Robotboy: 2
10. Zixx: 2

Anime:

1. Yu-Gi-Oh: 306
2. Duel Masters: 172
3. Transformers Energon: 118
4. Pokemon: 115
5. Zatch Bell: 89
6. Dragon Ball GT: 84
7. Dragon Ball Z: 75
8. Naruto: 74
9. One Piece: 64
10. Rave Master: 46
11. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: 47
12. .hack//Legend of the Twilight: 46
13. D.I.C.E.: 36
14. Yu Yu Hakusho: 20
15. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: 14
16. Transformers Cybertron: 12
17. Rurouni Kenshin: 11
18. IGPX: 8
19. Alien Racers: 3

Tickle U:

1. Peppa Pig: 74
2. Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!: 73
3. Gordon the Garden Gnome: 58
4. Firehouse Tales: 60.67
5. Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs: 55
6. Gerald McBoing Boing: 45
7. Little Robots: 26.83

Classic cartoons:

1. Tom and Jerry: 387
2. Captain Planet and the Planeteers: 61
3. A Pup Named Scooby Doo: 55
4. 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo: 32
5. Scooby Doo Where Are You: 32
6. The New Scooby Doo Movies: 6
7. The Tom & Jerry Show 1975: 6
8. ToonHeads: 2

On March 29th of the year, Adult Swim expanded into 6 AM which likely led Captain Planet reruns to end (as they were only airing at 5:30 AM for a couple years now).

As far as originals go, looks like Codename Kids Next Door is the new MVP for the channel. Time Squad and Megas XLR stop airing regularly after spring and after briefly returning on Sundays in August, they're gone for good in September. Similarly, most of the Cartoon Cartoons stopped airing individually by the end of summer with only Ed Edd n Eddy, Codename Kids Next Door, and Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy still airing regularly at this point.

Notably, the Top 5 Cartoon Cartoon Show expanded into The Cartoon Cartoon Show, being the most consistent outlet for the old Cartoon Cartoons that ended at this point.

Side note, seems Looney Tunes apparently did air this year, but it was only on Adult Swim on The Bob Clampett Show and Toon Heads at 5:30 AM until they got removed in May.

Adult Swim gains the 10 PM hour on Sundays beginning on October 2nd.

They briefly tried to expand into a preschool audience in Tickle U to emulate Nick Jr and Playhouse Disney, though it seems to have failed with the block ending a couple weeks into the following year.

Scooby Doo content also begins decreasing a bit now. While the direct to video movies still aired regularly, the other Scooby material stopped airing around July.

Fridays also becomes more focused on just the Cartoon Network originals with Duck Dodgers and Atomic Betty being removed by mid-2005 from the Fridays schedule.

They also began airing live action movies starting in November 19 with Batman 1989.

 

[Mejo]

And now here's the 2005 breakdown on how often each show aired. Half hours are the measurement for this, 0.5 being a 11-minute segment and 0.33 being a 7-minute segment.

Same source as 2004.

2005:

Originals by Cartoon Network:

1. Codename Kids Next Door: 1172.33
2. The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: 984.17
3. Ed Edd n Eddy: 956
4. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: 755
5. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: 335.33
6. Camp Lazlo: 260
7. The Life and Times of Juniper Lee: 194
8. Dexter's Laboratory: 158
9. The Powerpuff Girls 1998: 133.5
10. Time Squad: 69
11. Courage the Cowardly Dog: 52
12. Megas XLR: 45
13. Johnny Bravo: 29.67
14. Evil Con Carne: 19.17
15. Star Wars Clone Wars: 11.5
16. Samurai Jack: 7
17. I Am Weasel: 5.33
18. Sunday Pants: 5
19. Cow and Chicken: 4
20. Whatever Happened to Robot Jones: 2.17
21. Ben 10 2005: 2
22. My Gym Partner's a Monkey: 2
23. Robotboy: 2
24. Zixx: 2

Originals by Warner Bros:

1. Teen Titans: 781
2. Baby Looney Tunes: 532
3. Krypto the Superdog: 456
4. Static Shock: 403
5. Mucha Lucha: 400.5
6. Ozzy & Drix: 291
7. What's New Scooby Doo: 238
8. Duck Dodgers: 67
9. Justice League Unlimited: 48
10. The Batman: 17
11. Justice League: 17

Acquired shows from others:

1. Totally Spies: 493
2. Atomic Betty: 148.5
3. Code Lyoko: 151
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003: 131
5. Winx Club: 101
6. Jackie Chan Adventures: 99
7. Pet Alien: 85
8. The Cramp Twins: 10

Anime:

1. Yu-Gi-Oh: 306
2. Duel Masters: 172
3. Transformers Energon: 118
4. Pokemon: 115
5. Zatch Bell: 89
6. Dragon Ball GT: 84
7. Dragon Ball Z: 75
8. Naruto: 74
9. One Piece: 64
10. Rave Master: 46
11. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: 47
12. .hack//Legend of the Twilight: 46
13. D.I.C.E.: 36
14. Yu Yu Hakusho: 20
15. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: 14
16. Transformers Cybertron: 12
17. Rurouni Kenshin: 11
18. IGPX: 8
19. Alien Racers: 3

Tickle U:

1. Peppa Pig: 74
2. Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!: 73
3. Gordon the Garden Gnome: 58
4. Firehouse Tales: 60.67
5. Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs: 55
6. Gerald McBoing Boing: 45
7. Little Robots: 26.83

Classic cartoons:

1. Tom and Jerry: 387
2. Captain Planet and the Planeteers: 61
3. A Pup Named Scooby Doo: 55
4. 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo: 32
5. Scooby Doo Where Are You: 32
6. The New Scooby Doo Movies: 6
7. The Tom & Jerry Show 1975: 6
8. ToonHeads: 2

On March 29th of the year, Adult Swim expanded into 6 AM which likely led Captain Planet reruns to end (as they were only airing at 5:30 AM for a couple years now).

As far as originals go, looks like Codename Kids Next Door is the new MVP for the channel. Time Squad and Megas XLR stop airing regularly after spring and after briefly returning on Sundays in August, they're gone for good in September. Similarly, most of the Cartoon Cartoons stopped airing individually by the end of summer with only Ed Edd n Eddy, Codename Kids Next Door, and Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy still airing regularly at this point.

Notably, the Top 5 Cartoon Cartoon Show expanded into The Cartoon Cartoon Show, being the most consistent outlet for the old Cartoon Cartoons that ended at this point.

Side note, seems Looney Tunes apparently did air this year, but it was only on Adult Swim on The Bob Clampett Show and Toon Heads at 5:30 AM until they got removed in May.

Adult Swim gains the 10 PM hour on Sundays beginning on October 2nd.

They briefly tried to expand into a preschool audience in Tickle U to emulate Nick Jr and Playhouse Disney, though it seems to have failed with the block ending a couple weeks into the following year.

Scooby Doo content also begins decreasing a bit now. While the direct to video movies still aired regularly, the other Scooby material stopped airing around July.

Fridays also becomes more focused on just the Cartoon Network originals with Duck Dodgers and Atomic Betty being removed by mid-2005 from the Fridays schedule.

They also began airing live action movies starting in November 19 with Batman 1989.

Once again, wonderful research.

 

[Surreal Kangaroo]

How did Robot Jones air 2.17 episodes?

 

[Ace]

This is a pretty great way to analyze the channel. Actual ratings info is spotty but this is a great way to show the actual success and the history of Cartoon Network. How well they treated shows and how relatively popular they were in that respective year.

 

[Stumpos]

How did Robot Jones air 2.17 episodes?

It aired on The Cartoon Cartoon Show block in 2005 a few times with both 7 minute and 11 minute segments airing on that block. Keep in mind 0.5 is a 11 minute slot and 0.33 is a 7-minute slot, so it'd easily be that 2 7-minute episodes and 5 11-minute episodes aired on the block meaning it'd be (0.5 * 3) + (0.33 * 2) = 2.17

 

[J'onn J'onzz]

This is more how I remembered the city era. Which makes sense, because half of 2004 is not even city era, and 2005 was the only year to be 100% city. The packaging is very classic, but they did overair the top 3 cartoon cartoons.

It is also worth noting that Teen Titans aired a LOT. It has even more showings than Foster’s! Teen Titans is like reverse Energon. It aired in all the same blocks (SVES, Toonami, Miguzi, Saturday Block Party), but actually had long lasting and successful runs on them.

 

[Checkerboard]

This is a good history window. Some results are surprising.

 

[Stumpos]

And now here's the 2006 breakdown on how often each show aired. Half hours are the measurement for this, 0.5 being a 11-minute segment and 0.33 being a 7-minute segment.

Same source as 2004-06.

2006:

Originals by Cartoon Network:

1. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: 1020
2. The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: 1014.83
3. Ed Edd n Eddy: 950.5
4. Codename Kids Next Door: 855.5
5. Camp Lazlo: 740.5
6. My Gym Partner's a Monkey: 443
7. Ben 10 2005: 390
8. The Life and Times of Juniper Lee: 129
9. Squirrel Boy: 127
10. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: 80.67
11. Courage the Cowardly Dog: 64.5
12. Class of 3000: 52
13. The Powerpuff Girls 1998: 52
14. Johnny Bravo: 26.17
15. Dexter's Laboratory: 20.17
16. Evil Con Carne: 3.83
17. Cow and Chicken: 2.33
18. I Am Weasel: 1.33
19. Whatever Happened to Robot Jones: 1

Originals by Warner Bros:

1. Xiaolin Showdown: 617
2. Teen Titans: 462
3. Baby Looney Tunes: 226
4. Krypto the Superdog: 142
5. What's New Scooby Doo: 67
6. Ozzy & Drix: 51
7. Static Shock: 15
8. Justice League Unlimited: 11
9. The Batman: 6

Acquired shows from others:

1. Totally Spies: 178
2. Code Lyoko: 158
3. Robotboy: 128
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003: 43
5. Team Galaxy: 23
6. Dragon Hunters: 22
7. Fantastic Four World's Greatest Heroes: 18
8. Zixx: 16
9. Pet Alien: 9
10. Winx Club: 4
11. Wilin Warriors: 2
12. Atomic Betty: 1

Anime:

1. Pokemon: 320
2. Transformers Cybertron: 239
3. Yu-Gi-Oh: 207
4. Naruto: 205
5. One Piece: 158
6. Zatch Bell: 121
7. Pokemon Chronicles: 84
8. Dragon Ball Z: 62
9. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: 39
10. Battle B-Daman: 20
11. IGPX: 19
12. Duel Masters: 13
13. Yu Yu Hakusho: 12
14. .hack//Roots: 8
15. Idaten Jump: 8
16. .hack//Legend of the Twilight: 7
17. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: 6
18. Dragon Ball GT: 4
19. MAR: 1
20. The Prince of Tennis: 1

Tickle U:

1. Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs: 142
2. Gerald McBoing Boing: 100
3. Peppa Pig: 92.33
4. Little Robots: 69.33
5. Firehouse Tales: 60.5
6. Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!: 34.5
7. Gordon the Garden Gnome: 5

Classic cartoons:

1. Tom and Jerry: 356.33
2. A Pup Named Scooby Doo: 205
3. Tom and Jerry Kids: 51
4. Scooby Doo Where Are You: 43
5. SWAT Kats The Radical Squadron: 14
6. The Pink Panther: 4

Tickle U was unsuccessful and ended a few months into the year, but some shows on the block still aired on weekday mornings for another year alongside the babyfication shows based on Scooby Doo, Looney Tunes, and Tom & Jerry. Seems they didn't give up despite the Tickle U brand not catching on.

Among the originals, looks like Ed Edd n Eddy, Billy & Mandy, KND, and Foster's Home still continue to dominate as the big 4 of Cartoon Network during the mid-2000s period. Recent series Camp Lazlo also emerges a network favorite too, becoming the fifth most aired show to make it the big 5. My Gym Partner's a Monkey and Ben 10 officially begin regular airing and surprisingly prove to be network favorites in their first year.

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi on the other hand really took a hit in airtime after getting a decent amount the previous year, barely airing outside of Fridays and getting pushed off after September. Wonder why the network just sorta gave up on the show this year?

Juniper Lee also gets less airtime as well after getting a modest amount last year, not even making it to 2007 with the final 2 episodes aired on the Cartoon Network website instead. Guessing it didn't perform as well as the network wanted, especially compared to Camp Lazlo (which had premiered around the same time).

Saturday mornings also become the premiere home for the cartoons that are too episodic and comedic to be in Miguzi and Toonami, but action oriented enough to not be on Fridays. Codename Kids Next Door and The Life & Times of Juniper Lee move premieres to this block alongside newcomers Ben 10, Robotboy, Zixx, and Dragon Hunters.

While the Yes era did arrive on April 2006, that didn't mean the CN City era ended since they were still airing and producing new CN City bumpers for another year.

Zixx's brief run marks the first TV show with live action to air on the channel. While having animated segments, you can see how live action was slowly starting to show up on the channel even before Snyder arrived. Re-Animated also fueled this too, planting the seeds for their first live action series....

Similarly, Adult Swim began airing live action shows such as Saved by the Bell and Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Looks like the network was already starting to lean to live action even before Samples left.

Additionally, the TV movies for animated shows really starts to increase this year. While there was House of Bloo's in 2004 and Ego Trip in 1999, 2006 is when the TV movies based on their cartoons began getting more frequent. Similarly, there would also be shorts based on the animated originals that began to air this year.

This year marks the point where the Pokemon franchise officially moved premieres to Cartoon Network, likely due to Kids WB switching to the CW. Guessing the Warner Bros executives were losing interest in Kids WB and may have moved off Pokemon to Cartoon Network to give it a more popular outlet to grow in.

Xiaolin Showdown (which had aired its final episodes on Kids WB this year) really proves to be a new favorite of the network this year, as the most aired series that wasn't produced by Cartoon Network.

Naruto also really seemed to be well liked at the network, with hour long slots on Toonami and even having a 13-hour marathon on December 31st.

Looks like this was definitely one of the busiest years for Cartoon Network with 11 original series in production this year. Definitely their last stable year in quality for a while (until 2010) considering what happens next year.

 

[J'onn J'onzz]

Definitely shows the dominance of Fosters and Billy and Mandy in the late city/yes eras. At this point they made Bloo, Cheese, and Fredfredburger into the mascots for the channel. They were all over bumpers and even billboards. I am a little surprised Xiaolin Showdown aired even more than Teen Titans, but they did air it a lot. Teen Titans may have taken a step back from CN’s favorites list due to being cancelled at the start of the year. Considering how much it aired in the previous couple of years, it’s strange a sixth season was never made.

A couple minor quibbles:
Wulin Warriors is not anime. It is a puppet show from Taiwan. I don’t blame anyone for not knowing this as it aired for only two weeks.

Also I don’t think GT actually aired on CN in 2006. I believe they stopped airing it right before DBZ uncut premiered in summer 2005. Some schedules I believe show it airing on Friday nights in 2006, but CN was actually airing the Garlic Jr and Androids Sagas on Friday nights in the Yes era.

 

[Stumpos]

Considering how much it aired in the previous couple of years, it’s strange a sixth season was never made.

Producer David Slack addressed why the show didn't get a season 6:

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[Surreal Kangaroo]

Why did KND take such a sizable drop between 2005 and 2006?