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CW kids' lineup to include Tom & Jerry, Scooby, Legion of Superheroes
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Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:08:55 -0400
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David...
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Kids WB! on CW Unveils Lineup
By John Eggerton
Kids WB! on CW will add four new shows when it moves from The
(folding) WB to the new CW network when the latter launches in the
fall, including several featuring classic Warner Bros. toons.
Making way for the classic animation will be some anime offerings,
including including Yu-Gi-Oh, Viewtiful Joe, and the one-time
powerhouse brand, Pokemon.
Patrick Joseph McNamara...
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Generally not good news for anime fans. Yu-Gi-Oh was ending anyways,
although WB was suppose to be getting into GX. Unless they plan for
mid-season, I guess those plans are scrapped. Pokemon has been on a long
time and while there is suppose to be more seasons, it's just as well they
end it. Besides, I suspect those new seasons will appear elsewhere along
with the rest of Viewtiful Joe.
Ian J. Ball...
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Indeed - not good news at all. "Yu-Gi" and "Pokeman" were the only
current toons shows that I would occasionally flip over to if nothing
else was on Sat. morning. With them gone, it looks like I won't be
watching *any* (unless they're planning to show "classic" episodes of
"Superfriends", which it doesn't sound like they're going to).
Fi, I say. Fi!
ANIM8Rfsk...
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Hey! You won't watch "Supergirl and the Legion" as first seen on JLU?
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Jude Cormier...
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A revival of the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show would get me back.
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Three of the four new shows are from Warner Bros. Animation, whose
parent, Time Warner, co-owns the new CW network, as it did The WB.
With all four remaining shows from the Warner Bros. toon shop, that
means seven of the eight shows announced so far for the
Saturday-morning kids block are in-house productions.
The new shows are Legion of Super Heroes, a familiar title to Boomer
Rob Jensen...
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I dare them to do *all* of the versions of the Legion, including the
TMK team.
-- Rob
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comic fans; and the familiar faces of Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue,
Tom & Jerry Tales, and Monster Allergy (from Rainbow S.P.A.).
Sticking around for the switch are The Batman, Loonatics Unleashed,
Xiaolin Showdown and Johnny Test, not to be confused with Johnny
Quest.
Patrick Joseph McNamara...
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I would have preferred something else to Johnny Test, and I suspect The
Batman will be another 13 episode season.
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The five-hour block will begin at 7-8 a.m. with "Pillow Head," two
as-yet-unidentified education/informational shows, which means they
qualify towards the FCC's three-hour weekly minimum of E/I shows.
To add a spoonful of sugar to the educational block, it will have a
host, a "youth correspondent," Giselle, who will do "red carpet"
interviews with celebrities about "pillow hair" experiences and other
pillow-related fare, according to Warner Bros.
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