Guess What Else is Coming to Boomerang..."The Batman" to Premiere in October

[Kolbar]

That's right. While looking at an early October schedule for Boomerang, it looks like 2004's The Batman will premiere on Monday, October 15, at the 11:30pm timeslot following Justice League Unlimited and replacing SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. Boomerang will begin with the pilot episode "The Bat in the Belfry."

In other related news, 2000's Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman will also premiere on Boomerang on Saturday, October 13, at 9:00pm and repeat on Sunday, October 14, at 4:00pm.

[Tobias]

Ugh. I'd rather have Teen Titans, or better yet, Batman Beyond.

[JVipond]

Indeed, Tobias. The Batman is just another cartoon that's too recent to belong on Boomerang. Whatever happened to Boomerang's original mission to show nothing but "classic animation" (which I define as any cartoon made more than 20 years ago)?

[batsy2]

this is cool news hopefully they'll show seasons 1-4 unlike cartoon network who stoped between season 2 this will be an improvement

[Aizen]

Very, very nice! I have missed a lot of episodes in The Batman and I am looking forward to it. Batman:the animated series and Superman:the animated series to air on jetix, The Batman season 5, and The Batman in Boomerang! :D
My only regret is that they don't have Batman Beyond, but oh well

[dth1971]

When will Cartoon Network or Boomerang get the rights to Loonatics Unleashed?

[Antiyonder]

Like I was saying in another thread, do the people at Cartoon Network have something against any cartoon featuring Batman? At least some of the other shows on Boomerang are over. And CN could use more programs in their line up. Plus, it would compliment Teen Titans.

I guess Batman ran over the dog of one of the execs during a drive in the Batmobile.

[Darklordavaitor]

Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!!!!

[Don_East]

Ugh, Toon Disney gets BTAS & STAS while Swat Kats gets replaced with this? It's official Time Warner hates us.

[Starfire6417]

I Like batman the animated series better than the batman because of the animation!

[Silly McGooses]

Why is it that every cable channel created with a specific purpose completely loses sight of what that purpose was?

[Antiyonder]

I Like batman the animated series better than the batman because of the animation!

I myself like both, but that's not the point. The Batman is one of the more successful cartoons on KidsWB. It's even going to be a full 65, which is more than the other KidsWB cartoons on CN have.

So it doesn't even make sense for professional purposes. Yeah, I know DC Comic cartoons cost money for Cartoon Network to air, but I imagine it would be less costly than the Marvel properties they're acquiring (Wolverine & The X-Men and Iron Man).

[Sketch]

Well safe to say that's not coming back to Toonami.

Teen Titans is more worthy of Boomerang at this point but Titans still gets ratings on CN so they're going to drag it along a bit more.

I can't believe The Batman beat freak'n Samurai Jack to Boomerang though much less Batman Beyond.

And I'd have to imagine... Loonatics isn't far behind.

[Draft]

Well safe to say that's not coming back to Toonami.

Teen Titans is more worthy of Boomerang at this point but Titans still gets ratings on CN so they're going to drag it along a bit more.

I can't believe The Batman beat freak'n Samurai Jack to Boomerang though much less Batman Beyond.

And I'd have to imagine... Loonatics isn't far behind.
Naw, that'll be on Toonami first

Lame.., I really don't like this. I wish that they had at least premired the eps on CN first, ut what can ya do...

[Blackstar]

Well, The Batman wouldn't be my 1st choice, as I'm not a fan of that show. Teen Titans or Megas XLR would have been better to me. Heck, they could even have thrown DBZ uncut in there for a little while. Why not? Boomerang doesn't seem to care how old or new a show is in order to air it on the channel.

However, it's about time the Boom revised their Boomeraction schedule, as the reruns of Swat Kats were (IMO), getting kind of old.

[creativerealms]

Toon Disney is getting Batman TAS and Superman TAS and boomerange is getting the Batman? This is just screwed up. And I actually like The Batman.

[batsy2]

Well, The Batman wouldn't be my 1st choice, as I'm not a fan of that show. Teen Titans or Megas XLR would have been better to me. Heck, they could even have thrown DBZ uncut in there for a little while. Why not? Boomerang doesn't seem to care how old or new a show is in order to air it on the channel.

However, it's about time the Boom revised their Boomeraction schedule, as the reruns of Swat Kats were (IMO), getting kind of old.

plus since their taking swat katz off tv maybe they'll release the show on dvd i hope plus boomerang cares only about money not people

[Sketch]

In a more sensible world... Superman and Batman would be airing on Boomerang still and The Batman along with X-Men Evolution would be on Jetix where they'd fit in very well.

[J'onn J'onzz]

On one hand, I'm glad this show will be on a channel other than the CW for personal reasons, as I haven't seen it past the middle of season 2, when I moved to a location which doesn't get CW. On the other hand, it's pretty screwed up to be wanting to watch shows for the first time on Boomerang, considering Boomerang is supposed to be CLASSIC animation. Oh well, I prefer Boomerang airing newer cartoons to CN airing older or newer live action.

[Silverstar]

On one hand, I'm glad this show will be on a channel other than the CW for personal reasons, as I haven't seen it past the middle of season 2, when I moved to a location which doesn't get CW. On the other hand, it's pretty screwed up to be wanting to watch shows for the first time on Boomerang, considering Boomerang is supposed to be CLASSIC animation. Oh well, I prefer Boomerang airing newer cartoons to CN airing older or newer live action.

Hey, if Boomerang is destined to become the new Cartoon Network, I can live with that. With CN circling the drain, it's good to have the Boom to fall back on, just as long as they remain commercial and live-action free.

[Antiyonder]

I understand while they're a rerun oriented channel that they can't play the same shows again and again. But at the same time, they don't need to remove a show to make room for another.

Disney almost has it down themselves they have The Buzz On Maggie rotating with Brandy & Mr. Whiskers on the Disney Channel. Toon Disney does so with the older Power Rangers episodes on Power Rangers Generations.

They simply need to go for rotating their short programs more often. Justice League and Justice League Unlimited despite the different titles are pretty much the same show, so they need to be treated as such. Between them you get 91 episodes. It certainly helps Superfriends slot for the most part.

What's New Scooby Doo could be placed in rotation with the prior incarnations.

Flintstones while I'm sure it will be on the network for some time to come, they could freshen it up by adding Pebbles & Bamm Bamm and The Flintstones Comedy Hour.

Plus they have many Hanna Barbera that are only 13/52 episodes long.

If they would simply incorporate rotation, it would allow them to add more shows without taking current ones off the schedule. Everyone wins, including the execs.

[Tobias]

I understand while they're a rerun oriented channel that they can't play the same shows again and again. But at the same time, they don't need to remove a show to make room for another.

Disney almost has it down themselves they have The Buzz On Maggie rotating with Brandy & Mr. Whiskers on the Disney Channel. Toon Disney does so with the older Power Rangers episodes on Power Rangers Generations.

They simply need to go for rotating their short programs more often. Justice League and Justice League Unlimited despite the different titles are pretty much the same show, so they need to be treated as such. Between them you get 91 episodes. It certainly helps Superfriends slot for the most part.

What's New Scooby Doo could be placed in rotation with the prior incarnations.

Flintstones while I'm sure it will be on the network for some time to come, they could freshen it up by adding Pebbles & Bamm Bamm and The Flintstones Comedy Hour.

Plus they have many Hanna Barbera that are only 13/52 episodes long.

If they would simply incorporate rotation, it would allow them to add more shows without taking current ones off the schedule. Everyone wins, including the execs.

That's what the USA Cartoon Express did when they aquired Scooby, the Flinstone's spinoffs, and the others show during it's run. They aired EVERY Scooby incarnation (Where are you - 13 Ghosts) in one package, and all the Flinstones spinoffs in one slot. It's help Boomerang out a lot if they started following that practice.

Then there are two and a half seasons of the Smurfs that haven't seen the light of day in almost 20 years; Pound Puppies ran a good 21 (?) episodes that could be put into the rotation. There's also all the Popeye spinoffs (the New Popeye Show, Popeye & Son, etc) that can be dusted off and played in the Popeye Show slot after the original shorts are cycled through.

I don't get why Boomerang doesn't do that with Justice League.

[dth1971]

Toon Disney is getting Batman TAS and Superman TAS and boomerange is getting the Batman? This is just screwed up. And I actually like The Batman.

I wish Toon Disney got the rights to rerun 1990's Warner Bros. cartoons Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, and Pinky and the Brain if Boomerang doesn't add these to the lineup by the end of 2007-start of 2008.

[Tobias]

Nickelodean might still hold the t.v. rights to those shows. Tiny Toons and Animaniacs were last seen on Nicktoons about a year or so ago, so Nick might still have them and are just holding them back.

[John Dorian]

Nickelodeon might still hold the t.v. rights to those shows. Tiny Toons and Animaniacs were last seen on Nicktoons about a year or so ago, so Nick might still have them and are just holding them back.



No. That partnership ended in 2005, it first started in 2002 when Nick aired it, then Nicktoons Network aired it in 2003-2005.

[Mister Intensity]

I understand while they're a rerun oriented channel that they can't play the same shows again and again. But at the same time, they don't need to remove a show to make room for another.

Disney almost has it down themselves they have The Buzz On Maggie rotating with Brandy & Mr. Whiskers on the Disney Channel. Toon Disney does so with the older Power Rangers episodes on Power Rangers Generations.

They simply need to go for rotating their short programs more often. Justice League and Justice League Unlimited despite the different titles are pretty much the same show, so they need to be treated as such. Between them you get 91 episodes. It certainly helps Superfriends slot for the most part.

What's New Scooby Doo could be placed in rotation with the prior incarnations.

Flintstones while I'm sure it will be on the network for some time to come, they could freshen it up by adding Pebbles & Bamm Bamm and The Flintstones Comedy Hour.

Plus they have many Hanna Barbera that are only 13/52 episodes long.

If they would simply incorporate rotation, it would allow them to add more shows without taking current ones off the schedule. Everyone wins, including the execs.

That actually makes sense, too bad the folks at Boomerang won't do that. Heck if they think some of the long-run shows are too long, there are some good dividing points. They could air the pre-Scrappy Scooby episodes as one package (not just Where Are You) and the post-Scrappy episodes as another; all the Flintstones spinoffs as one package, divide the Smurfs seasons in half (it does became a bit of a different show after the Smurflings are introduced), show both Justice League shows as one (they are the same show), and block similarly themed shows as a group (similiar to the Mysteries Inc weekend block).

Yeah, The Batman is too recent for Boomerang, heck, it's still in production. Cartoon Network does seem to be a more logical place for The Batman reruns, especially now that there's enough episodes to run it daily.

Mister Intensity

[Antiyonder]

That actually makes sense, too bad the folks at Boomerang won't do that. Heck if they think some of the long-run shows are too long, there are some good dividing points. They could air the pre-Scrappy Scooby episodes as one package (not just Where Are You) and the post-Scrappy episodes as another; all the Flintstones spinoffs as one package, divide the Smurfs seasons in half (it does became a bit of a different show after the Smurflings are introduced), show both Justice League shows as one (they are the same show), and block similarly themed shows as a group (similiar to the Mysteries Inc weekend block).

Yeah, The Batman is too recent for Boomerang, heck, it's still in production. Cartoon Network does seem to be a more logical place for The Batman reruns, especially now that there's enough episodes to run it daily.

Mister Intensity

I was addressing that in a thread I posted on the Cartoon Network forum. Apparenty the group that owns the show is having some difficulties with CN, so in other words it's more of a personal issue than professional reason.

As for the rotation, that's all I have to say about it on this thread (heh heh, shameless plug).

[creativerealms]

In a more sensible world... Superman and Batman would be airing on Boomerang still and The Batman along with X-Men Evolution would be on Jetix where they'd fit in very well.

I know sadly Evo's in Limbo but besides that the revurse is happening.

Still to see Batman and Superman TAS anywhere on TV is nice. Plus maybe Jetix will give them a better time slot then Boomerange did.

[Ishtar]

The Batman on Boomerang? Wow, just wow. Boomerangs been airing some things that aren't that old, but The Batman is a little too recent.

[Brainatra]

Agree with the others that "The Batman" doesn't even remotely belong on Boomerang, esp. since it's still in production. That and it's just sucking away time slots from shows it *should* be airing...

-B.
Who never liked "The Batman" to begin with...

[JLU Dude]

As much as I like The Batman, no. Just no, it doesn't belong on Boomerang. As many people have pointed, Boomerang is supposed to and was for old cartoons, but as also pointed out, it's seemed to lose focus of that goal.

Besides, a number oft he show that Boomerang currently aired, such as JLU, barely qualify as "old cartoons". What makes this even odder is that The Batman's going to be on it's fifth season this fall and thus still on the air.

[sleepyhead]

this is cool news hopefully they'll show seasons 1-4 unlike cartoon network who stoped between season 2 this will be an improvement



same goes here..;)

[Toonfan2000]

Boomerang's apparent criteria:

Regardless of its age, if it features a cartoon character considered "classic", a cartoon is on its airwaves.

What I think: :sad:...

[Blackstar]

Boomerang just takes everything that no longer airs on Cartoon Network. Period. But Boomerang is still better because it's lineup is still live action free (except for the Banana Splits, which only airs fleetingly).

[Eric B]

That's what the USA Cartoon Express did when they aquired Scooby, the Flinstone's spinoffs, and the others show during it's run. They aired EVERY Scooby incarnation (Where are you - 13 Ghosts) in one package, and all the Flinstones spinoffs in one slot. It's help Boomerang out a lot if they started following that practice.

Then there are two and a half seasons of the Smurfs that haven't seen the light of day in almost 20 years; Pound Puppies ran a good 21 (?) episodes that could be put into the rotation. There's also all the Popeye spinoffs (the New Popeye Show, Popeye & Son, etc) that can be dusted off and played in the Popeye Show slot after the original shorts are cycled through.

I don't get why Boomerang doesn't do that with Justice League.
Then, there's also the much neglected made for TV Tom & Jerry shows, especially the ones before Kids, which they almost never played. As it is, they have often been playing the theatrical series in order. They could just continue, and after "Purrchance To Dream", pick up with "No Way, Stowaways" and keep going.