Ratings were very steady for those shows at the time. Tom and Jerry was parked in that 1 PM slot for years.
How much Cartoon Network aired each show from 2004 onward?
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Ratings were very steady for those shows at the time. Tom and Jerry was parked in that 1 PM slot for years.
And now here's the 2009 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 sources as 2007-08.
2009:
Originals by Cartoon Network:
On the classic cartoons side of things, Looney Tunes returns after initially leaving in 2004 (or 2005 if you count The Bob Clampett Show and ToonHeads rerunning on Adult Swim). It aired on New Year's Day 2009 and November 15 2009 for all day marathons before airing regularly in November. The Flinstones, The Smurfs, and The Jetsons also make a surprising brief return in December to air their Christmas episodes during the holidays for the first time since 2004. Kind of a shock knowing all three aired during the Nood era.
The last remnant of Toonami disappears with Naruto officially leaving after February.
On the Cartoon Network originals side of things in terms of ended shows, The Powerpuff Girls returned for one day on January 19 for an all day marathon leading up to The Powerpuff Girls Rule special in honor of its 10th anniversary and again on August 17. Similarly, Cow and Chicken would also return for one day on April 1 for an all day marathon. Ed Edd n Eddy would return on a more regular basis in February after being removed in the big summer 2008 revamp (outside of holiday specials). Foster’s Home would also return in February, but much more brief, only airing one day every couple of weeks before being removed again (outside TV movies) after the final episodes aired on May 3 with only a brief return in September and October. Squirrel Boy and Johnny Bravo also made brief returns for about a month in February and November respectively. Camp Lazlo would be removed after May and Billy & Mandy and Courage left in November.
Despite the initial improvement in the first five months in the year with the initial decreased live action and return of some of the older shows on the schedule, June was when things pretty much went down again. CN Real began, with Cartoon Network going all in on live action shows. Initially airing a lot in its first two months, the CN Real shows would get a decrease in airing as it went on and by August, they remained exclusively on Wednesday nights with only Destroy Build Destroy getting one weekly rerun outside that depending on the week with reruns of the older shows returning as a result. So it seems they were quick at realizing that spamming a schedule with live action wasn’t working.
For the originals that were airing new episodes this year, Foster’s Home and Ed, Edd, n Eddy would take their final bows this year, though at least the latter was still getting a decent amount of reruns each week even when it ended. Transformers Animated also ended this year and stopped rerunning entirely by October. Officially it was due to low toy sales, but there was also a chance that the development of The Hub (which would launch the following year) also played a role in that too since Hasbro probably didn’t want to help potential competition to The Hub and opted to move on to Transformers Prime on The Hub instead. The Secret Saturdays initially started off with a decent amount of airtime but by summer, it pretty much took a hit with the show only airing on the Saturday Crushzone block (and sometimes the You Are Here block on Fridays). The Ben 10 franchise still gets a decent amount of airtime this year and continues being one of Cartoon Network’s cash cows. Chowder still soldiers on as the most aired CN original this year and third most overall. Flapjack continues to get a solid amount of airtime, being the second most aired CN original and fifth most aired overall.
The number of acquired cartoons not from Cartoon Network or Warner Bros increases a lot this year, probably the most they’ve had so far up to this point. Guessing they were compensating for the lack of new original cartoons this year. Johnny Test and Total Drama in particular were the channel’s biggest favorites of the year and the top 2 most aired, especially with Cartoon Network now commissioning new seasons of the former.
Quite a rollercoaster year. One gets the sense they were partially trying to fix things with increased regular airings of their older shows (Ed, Edd, n Eddy in particular got more airings than the still in production The Secret Saturdays this year), bringing back Looney Tunes, and even bringing in non-Scooby Doo Hanna Barbara content for December. On the other hand, live action really starts to take its peak with more live action shows premiering this year. Thankfully most of them didn’t survive past October, with only Destroy Build Destroy and Dude What Would Happen making it to 2010 and none of them got to 100 airings. Still, quite a jarring year.
Even as one of their lowest points (before 2015 onward proved how much lower they’d sink), Cartoon Network was about to bounce back from this. While Adventure Time had already been greenlit the previous year, 6 more original cartoons would be greenlit over the course of the year and were about to bring the channel out of its first slump.
Same sources as 2007-08.
2009:
Originals by Cartoon Network:
- Chowder: 579.5
- The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: 513
- Ben 10 Alien Force: 315
- Ed Edd n Eddy: 259
- Ben 10 2005: 241
- Transformers Animated: 222
- The Secret Saturdays: 195
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: 168.5
- Courage the Cowardly Dog: 137
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: 79
- Camp Lazlo: 73
- The Powerpuff Girls 1998: 41
- Johnny Bravo: 23
- Cow and Chicken: 22
- Squirrel Boy: 6
- Codename Kids Next Door: 3
- Batman the Brave and the Bold: 368
- Teen Titans: 204
- What's New Scooby Doo: 168
- Mucha Lucha: 72
- Krypto the Superdog: 67
- Baby Looney Tunes: 60
- Justice League Unlimited: 4
- Destroy Build Destroy: 79
- BrainRush: 56
- The Othersiders: 37
- Survive This: 36
- Dude, What Would Happen: 35
- Goosebumps: 33
- Bobb’e Says: 23
- SlamBall: 14
- Re:Evolution of Sports: 6
- 10 Count: 5
- Johnny Test: 1062
- Total Drama: 592
- 6teen: 349
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: 341
- League of Super Evil: 198
- Chaotic: 193
- George of the Jungle 2007: 153
- The Mr. Men Show: 124
- The Super Hero Squad Show: 89
- Stoked: 86
- The Garfield Show: 85
- Skunk Fu: 78
- Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return!: 58
- Casper's Scare School: 56.5
- Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: 45
- Robotboy: 38
- Pokemon: 413
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers: 295
- Yu-Gi-Oh: 184
- Naruto: 5
- Tom and Jerry: 554
- A Pup Named Scooby Doo: 114
- Looney Tunes: 87
- Scooby Doo Where Are You: 83
- Pink Panther: 38
- The Smurfs: 5
- The Flintstones: 4
- The Jetsons: 2
- Johnny Test
- Total Drama
- Chowder
- Tom & Jerry
- The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
On the classic cartoons side of things, Looney Tunes returns after initially leaving in 2004 (or 2005 if you count The Bob Clampett Show and ToonHeads rerunning on Adult Swim). It aired on New Year's Day 2009 and November 15 2009 for all day marathons before airing regularly in November. The Flinstones, The Smurfs, and The Jetsons also make a surprising brief return in December to air their Christmas episodes during the holidays for the first time since 2004. Kind of a shock knowing all three aired during the Nood era.
The last remnant of Toonami disappears with Naruto officially leaving after February.
On the Cartoon Network originals side of things in terms of ended shows, The Powerpuff Girls returned for one day on January 19 for an all day marathon leading up to The Powerpuff Girls Rule special in honor of its 10th anniversary and again on August 17. Similarly, Cow and Chicken would also return for one day on April 1 for an all day marathon. Ed Edd n Eddy would return on a more regular basis in February after being removed in the big summer 2008 revamp (outside of holiday specials). Foster’s Home would also return in February, but much more brief, only airing one day every couple of weeks before being removed again (outside TV movies) after the final episodes aired on May 3 with only a brief return in September and October. Squirrel Boy and Johnny Bravo also made brief returns for about a month in February and November respectively. Camp Lazlo would be removed after May and Billy & Mandy and Courage left in November.
Despite the initial improvement in the first five months in the year with the initial decreased live action and return of some of the older shows on the schedule, June was when things pretty much went down again. CN Real began, with Cartoon Network going all in on live action shows. Initially airing a lot in its first two months, the CN Real shows would get a decrease in airing as it went on and by August, they remained exclusively on Wednesday nights with only Destroy Build Destroy getting one weekly rerun outside that depending on the week with reruns of the older shows returning as a result. So it seems they were quick at realizing that spamming a schedule with live action wasn’t working.
For the originals that were airing new episodes this year, Foster’s Home and Ed, Edd, n Eddy would take their final bows this year, though at least the latter was still getting a decent amount of reruns each week even when it ended. Transformers Animated also ended this year and stopped rerunning entirely by October. Officially it was due to low toy sales, but there was also a chance that the development of The Hub (which would launch the following year) also played a role in that too since Hasbro probably didn’t want to help potential competition to The Hub and opted to move on to Transformers Prime on The Hub instead. The Secret Saturdays initially started off with a decent amount of airtime but by summer, it pretty much took a hit with the show only airing on the Saturday Crushzone block (and sometimes the You Are Here block on Fridays). The Ben 10 franchise still gets a decent amount of airtime this year and continues being one of Cartoon Network’s cash cows. Chowder still soldiers on as the most aired CN original this year and third most overall. Flapjack continues to get a solid amount of airtime, being the second most aired CN original and fifth most aired overall.
The number of acquired cartoons not from Cartoon Network or Warner Bros increases a lot this year, probably the most they’ve had so far up to this point. Guessing they were compensating for the lack of new original cartoons this year. Johnny Test and Total Drama in particular were the channel’s biggest favorites of the year and the top 2 most aired, especially with Cartoon Network now commissioning new seasons of the former.
Quite a rollercoaster year. One gets the sense they were partially trying to fix things with increased regular airings of their older shows (Ed, Edd, n Eddy in particular got more airings than the still in production The Secret Saturdays this year), bringing back Looney Tunes, and even bringing in non-Scooby Doo Hanna Barbara content for December. On the other hand, live action really starts to take its peak with more live action shows premiering this year. Thankfully most of them didn’t survive past October, with only Destroy Build Destroy and Dude What Would Happen making it to 2010 and none of them got to 100 airings. Still, quite a jarring year.
Even as one of their lowest points (before 2015 onward proved how much lower they’d sink), Cartoon Network was about to bounce back from this. While Adventure Time had already been greenlit the previous year, 6 more original cartoons would be greenlit over the course of the year and were about to bring the channel out of its first slump.
Literally the only time I watched CN in 2009 was to watch Ed Edd n Eddy’s Big Picture Show. I would occasionally watch Flapjack and Chowder on my cable’s On Demand (I did that in 2008 too but I forgot to mention it in my other post). The days of leaving CN droning in the background were long over for me.
I'm surpised that My Gym Partner's a Monkey didn't air once in 2009, could've sworn I saw a schedule that had it.
J'onn J'onzz
Best Male Member '08
It is interesting how little the CN Real shows aired. They must have realized they weren’t working quickly. I don’t recall ever watching any of them even once. I had already given up on CN for the most part by this point though. I was only watching new episodes of Batman Brave and Bold.
Looking at this bumper that aired in early 2010, it really does highlight how low the amount of original cartoons was at that time.
Chowder, Flapjack, and the Ben 10 franchise were the only original shows to appear in that with the rest of the shows in that bumper either being live action (Dude What Would Happen, Destroy Build Destory, Scooby Doo The Mystery Begins, and Ben 10 Alien Swarm), the third party cartoon Star Wars The Clone Wars, or Canadian imports (Johnny Test and the Fresh TV cartoons). If the bumper had come out either four years earlier or later, there would've been WAY more original cartoons in that.
Chowder, Flapjack, and the Ben 10 franchise were the only original shows to appear in that with the rest of the shows in that bumper either being live action (Dude What Would Happen, Destroy Build Destory, Scooby Doo The Mystery Begins, and Ben 10 Alien Swarm), the third party cartoon Star Wars The Clone Wars, or Canadian imports (Johnny Test and the Fresh TV cartoons). If the bumper had come out either four years earlier or later, there would've been WAY more original cartoons in that.
And now here's the 2010 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 sources as 2007-09.
2010:
Originals by Cartoon Network:
For programming blocks, Har Har Tharsdays would be replaced by Monday Nights as the destination for comedy premieres starting in April and You Are Here was replaced by Night of Action for the premieres of action cartoons in September.
In the summer, the channel went through a major rebranding from the Noods to Check It 1.0, with a new logo change to boot.
By the end of the year, Adult Swim took the 9 PM hour from Cartoon Network.
Totally Spies makes one last return to the network this year to air its fifth season with the spin off The Amazing Spiez airing too. Until the seventh season premieres, this marked the final year the franchise aired on the network.
Looney Tunes was removed again after the New Year's Day marathon on January 1, 2010.
On the Cartoon Network originals side of things in terms of ended shows, several older shows would return this year. Codename Kids Next Door returned at the start of the year, surprisingly getting a lot of airtime after dwindling in 2008 and being near non-existent in 2009, the most airtime of the ended shows this year and surprisingly more airtime than it had in 2007-09, even making top 5 for the first time since 2006. Camp Lazlo and My Gym Partner’s a Monkey also returned from March to November, the latter airing for the first time since the final episode aired back in November 2008. And in November, Dexter’s Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls returned for regular reruns for the first time since July 2008.
For the in production shows, things would see a shift. The Secret Saturdays ended with very little fanfare and left the channel completely in February, not even making it to the Check It era for reruns. Flapjack dwindled beginning in March and hardly reran. Despite technically being the only Nood-era show that was still producing episodes in the Check It era (the entirety of season 3 and the final episodes of season 2 aired in that era), it ultimately went off on a whimper with a series finale that may not have even been advertised. Chowder surprisingly gets a lot of airtime this year (despite having been confirmed for cancellation months ago back in May 2009), even having a couple weeks where it aired more than Johnny Test and having a marathon send off for the series finale. Despite this, the show ultimately ended this year but continued in reruns for a while and ended up as the most aired original cartoon this year (being the year it aired the most) and second most aired overall. An army of new shows premiered with 6 new shows, more than how many premiered in 2007 and 2008 combined. Adventure Time was the clear winner of this batch, getting the most airtime and being what helped save the channel from its first slump. Sym-Bionic Titan and Generator Rex also get off to an okay start so far. The Ben 10 franchise was also still going strong this year, even getting a marathon on October 10, 2010 for the triple 10 date. Regular Show didn’t get too much airtime yet, likely due to not having enough episodes yet with only 6.5 half hours of episodes premiering this year, but it will probably grow more later on. Robotomy hardly airs and doesn’t come off as a shock that it ended up being short lived.
Warner Bros also makes a large return to producing shows for the channel after stagnating during the Nood-era (where Batman The Brave and the Bold was the only show from them added) with three new shows added.
Among the acquired shows, Johnny Test was still riding high as the most aired show for the third year in a row. Aside from Johnny Test, Star Wars The Clone Wars, and Total Drama though, a lot of the acquired shows from 2008-early 2009 were getting phased out this year.
On the live action side of things, seems Cartoon Network was still determined to make it work. In addition to Destroy Build Destroy and Dude What Would Happen continuing, four new live action shows premiered. Three of them would each have hour long episodes. Among the four, only Run It Back and Hole in the Wall survived past this year. Hole in the Wall was the only one of the four with any staying power, as the other three were pretty short lived shows that only lasted for a couple months at best before getting cancelled. Destroy Build Destroy and Dude What Would Happen still continued after this year but at least they didn't air outside Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings.
Overall, 2010 was definitely the beginning of a new renaissance and a new era. Sure the live action wasn't completely gone, but at least there were a lot more original cartoons premiering this year and the older shows returned to regular airing again.
Same sources as 2007-09.
2010:
Originals by Cartoon Network:
- Chowder: 800.5
- Codename Kids Next Door: 648.5
- The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: 278
- Adventure Time: 259
- Ed Edd n Eddy: 253.5
- Courage the Cowardly Dog: 234.5
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey: 160
- Ben 10 2005: 134
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: 133.5
- Camp Lazlo: 132
- Generator Rex: 96
- Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: 92
- Ben 10 Alien Force: 75
- Sym Bionic Titan: 59
- Regular Show: 30.5
- Dexter’s Laboratory: 29
- The Powerpuff Girls 1998: 19
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: 12
- Robotomy: 9
- The Secret Saturdays: 7
- Johnny Bravo: 4
- Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated: 227
- What's New Scooby Doo: 149
- Teen Titans: 82
- Batman the Brave and the Bold: 64
- Krypto the Superdog: 53
- MAD: 48
- Young Justice: 2
- Unnatural History: 132
- Dude, What Would Happen: 131
- Destroy Build Destroy: 110
- Hole in the Wall: 71
- Tower Prep: 40
- Run It Back: 16
- BrainRush: 2
- Bobb’e Says: 2
- Johnny Test: 1178
- The Garfield Show: 690.5
- Hero 108: 413
- Total Drama: 349
- The Super Hero Squad Show: 192
- Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: 192
- Star Wars The Clone Wars: 155
- Chaotic: 136
- Totally Spies: 96
- The Amazing Spiez: 89
- 6teen: 76
- League of Super Evil: 48
- MetaJets: 40
- Casper's Scare School: 38.5
- George of the Jungle 2007: 38
- Stoked: 38
- Pink Panther and Pals: 18
- Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return!: 1
- Pokemon: 502
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers: 317
- Yu-Gi-Oh: 156
- Beyblade: 107
- Tom and Jerry: 648
- Looney Tunes: 22
- Scooby Doo Where Are You: 10
- Johnny Test
- Chowder
- The Garfield Show
- Codename Kids Next Door
- Tom & Jerry
For programming blocks, Har Har Tharsdays would be replaced by Monday Nights as the destination for comedy premieres starting in April and You Are Here was replaced by Night of Action for the premieres of action cartoons in September.
In the summer, the channel went through a major rebranding from the Noods to Check It 1.0, with a new logo change to boot.
By the end of the year, Adult Swim took the 9 PM hour from Cartoon Network.
Totally Spies makes one last return to the network this year to air its fifth season with the spin off The Amazing Spiez airing too. Until the seventh season premieres, this marked the final year the franchise aired on the network.
Looney Tunes was removed again after the New Year's Day marathon on January 1, 2010.
On the Cartoon Network originals side of things in terms of ended shows, several older shows would return this year. Codename Kids Next Door returned at the start of the year, surprisingly getting a lot of airtime after dwindling in 2008 and being near non-existent in 2009, the most airtime of the ended shows this year and surprisingly more airtime than it had in 2007-09, even making top 5 for the first time since 2006. Camp Lazlo and My Gym Partner’s a Monkey also returned from March to November, the latter airing for the first time since the final episode aired back in November 2008. And in November, Dexter’s Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls returned for regular reruns for the first time since July 2008.
For the in production shows, things would see a shift. The Secret Saturdays ended with very little fanfare and left the channel completely in February, not even making it to the Check It era for reruns. Flapjack dwindled beginning in March and hardly reran. Despite technically being the only Nood-era show that was still producing episodes in the Check It era (the entirety of season 3 and the final episodes of season 2 aired in that era), it ultimately went off on a whimper with a series finale that may not have even been advertised. Chowder surprisingly gets a lot of airtime this year (despite having been confirmed for cancellation months ago back in May 2009), even having a couple weeks where it aired more than Johnny Test and having a marathon send off for the series finale. Despite this, the show ultimately ended this year but continued in reruns for a while and ended up as the most aired original cartoon this year (being the year it aired the most) and second most aired overall. An army of new shows premiered with 6 new shows, more than how many premiered in 2007 and 2008 combined. Adventure Time was the clear winner of this batch, getting the most airtime and being what helped save the channel from its first slump. Sym-Bionic Titan and Generator Rex also get off to an okay start so far. The Ben 10 franchise was also still going strong this year, even getting a marathon on October 10, 2010 for the triple 10 date. Regular Show didn’t get too much airtime yet, likely due to not having enough episodes yet with only 6.5 half hours of episodes premiering this year, but it will probably grow more later on. Robotomy hardly airs and doesn’t come off as a shock that it ended up being short lived.
Warner Bros also makes a large return to producing shows for the channel after stagnating during the Nood-era (where Batman The Brave and the Bold was the only show from them added) with three new shows added.
Among the acquired shows, Johnny Test was still riding high as the most aired show for the third year in a row. Aside from Johnny Test, Star Wars The Clone Wars, and Total Drama though, a lot of the acquired shows from 2008-early 2009 were getting phased out this year.
On the live action side of things, seems Cartoon Network was still determined to make it work. In addition to Destroy Build Destroy and Dude What Would Happen continuing, four new live action shows premiered. Three of them would each have hour long episodes. Among the four, only Run It Back and Hole in the Wall survived past this year. Hole in the Wall was the only one of the four with any staying power, as the other three were pretty short lived shows that only lasted for a couple months at best before getting cancelled. Destroy Build Destroy and Dude What Would Happen still continued after this year but at least they didn't air outside Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings.
Overall, 2010 was definitely the beginning of a new renaissance and a new era. Sure the live action wasn't completely gone, but at least there were a lot more original cartoons premiering this year and the older shows returned to regular airing again.
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I had a vague memory of KND randomly being played a lot, but I didn’t realize it was that much. Anyways, this is the first year where I never made a conscience effort to watch anything from CN. I watched Adventure Time and Regular Show a handful of times on On Demand, but nothing on the channel.
J'onn J'onzz
Best Male Member '08
Not a favorite year of mine, but you can see the channel starts to improve as they air some of their 2010s hits and enter a new area. Still, I was mainly just watching Batman in this era. CN loses another hour to AS, which is a sign of the gradual rise of adult animation.
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