Remember about 5 years ago when Cartoon Network was jokingly referred to as the "Teen Titans Go Network"? It was either completely dominating CN's schedule, or it was competing for airtime with The Amazing World of Gumball. It seems like, over the past year, that CN is mostly the Gumball Network now.
Over the past couple of weeks, the maintainer of CN Schedule Archive finally posted a good chunk of CN's schedules from last year after falling way behind. In the past couple of months leading up to Adult Swim's expansion to 5PM, TTG was already lagging behind. The most slots the show would ever receive in a given week (specifically, the week of July 24-30, 2023) is 70. The show wouldn't see that many airings again, falling to lower numbers like the high 50s and 40s.
July 3-30, 2023
July 31-August 27, 2023
Then everything changed--Adult Swim expands to 5PM, and TTG's slots fall even further, usually to a paltry 34 slots per week. Gumball, meanwhile, remains consistently at 100+ slots per week, and the show even GAINS more slots after AS took over those extra hours.
August 28-September 24, 2023
September 25-October 22, 2023
October 23-November 5, 2023
November 6-19, 2023
If you want more recent schedules, check out BrovivoReturnal's graphs on the CN Schedule Updates thread. As of right now, TTG currently airs the following slots per week:
1 hour per weekday, 1-2PM
90 minutes on Saturdays, 10:30AM-noon
Nothing on Sundays.
That's a pitiful 26 slots a week. Aside from that, premieres have also dwindled significantly as well.
I thought I'd go back in time to the premiere threads I've made over the past year (due to the forum shutdown, most of 2023 is missing). Here's a count of all the new episodes that have aired since September.
September 2023: 1 episode
October 2023: 2/3 episodes (WB's 100th anniversary special was a half-hour)
November 2023: 1 episode
December 2023: 1 episode
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March 2024: 5 episodes
...Yeah. That's it. The only time TTG has aired ANY new episodes so far this year was in March, and (spoilers for the July thread, which I will be posting this Monday) there doesn't appear to be any new episodes next month, either. After Craig of the Creek's Sleepover Chronicles arc ends, it will be replaced not with new TTG, but with new Prince Ivandoe.
The show also had minimal presence at this year's Annecy event, which may as well be CN's upfront at this point. A stop-motion special was announced for the show's 400th episode....and that's all she wrote. Will there even be a season 9? Considering how much TTG's presence has diminished on CN's schedule, the show's future seems up in the air at this point.
So now, I open the floor to you. Is CN losing confidence in this show? Whether you think the show has a bright future or not, one thing is certain: The joke moniker "Teen Titans Go Network" no longer applies, at the very least.
Over the past couple of weeks, the maintainer of CN Schedule Archive finally posted a good chunk of CN's schedules from last year after falling way behind. In the past couple of months leading up to Adult Swim's expansion to 5PM, TTG was already lagging behind. The most slots the show would ever receive in a given week (specifically, the week of July 24-30, 2023) is 70. The show wouldn't see that many airings again, falling to lower numbers like the high 50s and 40s.
July 3-30, 2023
July 31-August 27, 2023
Then everything changed--Adult Swim expands to 5PM, and TTG's slots fall even further, usually to a paltry 34 slots per week. Gumball, meanwhile, remains consistently at 100+ slots per week, and the show even GAINS more slots after AS took over those extra hours.
August 28-September 24, 2023
September 25-October 22, 2023
October 23-November 5, 2023
November 6-19, 2023
If you want more recent schedules, check out BrovivoReturnal's graphs on the CN Schedule Updates thread. As of right now, TTG currently airs the following slots per week:
1 hour per weekday, 1-2PM
90 minutes on Saturdays, 10:30AM-noon
Nothing on Sundays.
That's a pitiful 26 slots a week. Aside from that, premieres have also dwindled significantly as well.
I thought I'd go back in time to the premiere threads I've made over the past year (due to the forum shutdown, most of 2023 is missing). Here's a count of all the new episodes that have aired since September.
September 2023: 1 episode
October 2023: 2/3 episodes (WB's 100th anniversary special was a half-hour)
November 2023: 1 episode
December 2023: 1 episode
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March 2024: 5 episodes
...Yeah. That's it. The only time TTG has aired ANY new episodes so far this year was in March, and (spoilers for the July thread, which I will be posting this Monday) there doesn't appear to be any new episodes next month, either. After Craig of the Creek's Sleepover Chronicles arc ends, it will be replaced not with new TTG, but with new Prince Ivandoe.
The show also had minimal presence at this year's Annecy event, which may as well be CN's upfront at this point. A stop-motion special was announced for the show's 400th episode....and that's all she wrote. Will there even be a season 9? Considering how much TTG's presence has diminished on CN's schedule, the show's future seems up in the air at this point.
So now, I open the floor to you. Is CN losing confidence in this show? Whether you think the show has a bright future or not, one thing is certain: The joke moniker "Teen Titans Go Network" no longer applies, at the very least.