Antiyonder
08-25-2007, 09:28 PM
Problem with network execs is to them running a network is seems than working in a scientific field.
Here's the scenario. You put up a satelight/digital network for the purpose of airing Cartoons that are decades old and of course have ended, but just the same you don't want to run the same show in the ground. So how do you add more shows on said network, without taking off another show? The answer:
Rotation. They do so for Superfriends and have done so for Scooby Doo. So why can't they pursue the concept further I wonder?
The big example I used are Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. They're both are the same show, with JLU continuing plot elements from the previous series as well as it's own. So they need to be treated as such. 91 episodes says that it makes sense.
The Smurfs, simply need to air all episodes/season.
The Flintstones, has Pebbles & Bamm Bamm and The Flintstones Comedy Hour. So treat them as additional episodes.
Not all of their short lived programs are of the same title, so some that rotate need are going to be random, but if possible try to find some common ground for the shows in question.
Since I'm more familiar with the Toon Disney/Jetix library, I use some of their show to demonstrate rotation choices:
House Of Mouse/Quack Pack (39 episodes each)- Both are the more recent shows for two of their classic characters (before Mickey Mouse Clubhouse).
The Little Mermaid/The Legend Of Tarzan (39 episodes each)- Both are based off a Disney Animated Feature.
The Tick/Legend Of The Dragon (36/39 episodes respectively)- Not much of a common aspect save that they are US Animation rather than anime.
Perhaps one suggestion I can give for Boomerang is pooling together The Flintstone Kids/A Pup Named Scooby Doo/Hey There It's Yogi Bear. All of them featuring younger version of established characters.
Rotation would only help the network as you'd get to keep a show and still add more at the sametime.
Here's the scenario. You put up a satelight/digital network for the purpose of airing Cartoons that are decades old and of course have ended, but just the same you don't want to run the same show in the ground. So how do you add more shows on said network, without taking off another show? The answer:
Rotation. They do so for Superfriends and have done so for Scooby Doo. So why can't they pursue the concept further I wonder?
The big example I used are Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. They're both are the same show, with JLU continuing plot elements from the previous series as well as it's own. So they need to be treated as such. 91 episodes says that it makes sense.
The Smurfs, simply need to air all episodes/season.
The Flintstones, has Pebbles & Bamm Bamm and The Flintstones Comedy Hour. So treat them as additional episodes.
Not all of their short lived programs are of the same title, so some that rotate need are going to be random, but if possible try to find some common ground for the shows in question.
Since I'm more familiar with the Toon Disney/Jetix library, I use some of their show to demonstrate rotation choices:
House Of Mouse/Quack Pack (39 episodes each)- Both are the more recent shows for two of their classic characters (before Mickey Mouse Clubhouse).
The Little Mermaid/The Legend Of Tarzan (39 episodes each)- Both are based off a Disney Animated Feature.
The Tick/Legend Of The Dragon (36/39 episodes respectively)- Not much of a common aspect save that they are US Animation rather than anime.
Perhaps one suggestion I can give for Boomerang is pooling together The Flintstone Kids/A Pup Named Scooby Doo/Hey There It's Yogi Bear. All of them featuring younger version of established characters.
Rotation would only help the network as you'd get to keep a show and still add more at the sametime.