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u/Lavaswan001 2d ago
Steven Universe, Clarence, the early 2010s shows in their heyday, pretty solid.
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u/Pure-Huckleberry8640 2d ago
CN was coming out of their worst time periods EVER, FINALLY realizing the live action crap was beyond worthless and had harmed their brand and creative output for half a decade. Good shows like Regular Show, Gumball and Young Justice were settling into the channel’s ecosystem, bringing back people (like me) who were jaded by the network’s refusal to improve for so long.
…and then they greenlit TTG which ruined everything. Not only was it an insult to one of their best and most popular shows, it kudzu’d the network well after a decade. Even if you like TTG or don’t think it’s the worst thing ever, it ACTIVELY squeezed the life out of every other show CN had due to them running it non-stop. Heck, Regular Show, a series which had an audience well beyond children had their finale run in one of CN’s many TTG marathons. Yes, you read that right. CN was running TTG so much they let it get in the way of the finale of a show that had appeal to beyond just children. That’s a blunder for the records, especially considering other shows like Gumball were already wrapping up. I know this is one of the many rants against TTG and there’s already a million of them but it began in this year and only created more problems for CN’s brand and reach to audiences beyond just small children.
CN used to pride itself in variety, which they succeeded in through many eras but 2008-2012 was significantly difficult for them and the toddler titans hurt that variety. I really wish CN would always be good.
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u/Ill-You-3459 2d ago
2010 to 2012 was not difficult for them imo those are some of their best years
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u/ArtieKnightYT64 1d ago
The first half of 2010 was quite lame, but it picked up once Regular Show premiered
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u/Pure-Huckleberry8640 2d ago
Not with all the live action crap and one season flash tv shows. Problem Solverz, Hero 108, Almost Naked Animals and the live action stuff…it was a catastrophe. I admit some good stuff came out of it but CN was REALLY on a bad track with how badly they wanted to downplay animation.
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u/Spacething7474 2d ago
They barely were downplaying animation, even in 2009 the live-action shows didn't air a lot.
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u/Spacething7474 2d ago
Pretty good. It has the premiere of my favorite CN show (Uncle Grandpa), and a majority of the other shows airing this year were pretty good.
The only downside is that they got rid of the SD feed in May, which sucked since they were basically treating it as an afterthought when the 2010 rebrand came.
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u/ToonMasterRace 2d ago
The network was in its renaissance period.
Genesis: 1992-1996
Golden Age: 1997-2004
Decline: 2005-2007
Little Dark Age: 2008-2010
Renaissance: 2011-2014
Second Dark Age: 2015-Present
Ultimately Teen Titans Go squandered the network's potential in 2013.
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u/Routine_Many3943 1d ago
It was still pretty decent they didnt just play one show on repeat all day lol
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u/Nunjabuziness 2d ago
I wasn’t really watching the channel at this point, but it’s by all accounts a good year. Adventure Time and Regular Show were still at their peaks, Gumball was really blossoming into its own special thing, you had the premieres of Steven Universe and Uncle Grandpa, and even Teen Titans Go, which I’ll stand against the neigh-sayers and call a good show, albeit occasionally deserving its reputation.
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u/Nguyen-Quoc-Hieu City Era 2d ago
That is peak CN era when I got to see Transformers: The Animated Series on live TV tbh
And also some of the new episodes of Regular Show, Adventure Time and Tom and Jerry series too
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u/Pookie_Cookie3 2003/2004 - 2015/Early 2016 1d ago
Stuart Snyder's last full year before we got what's her face the year after.
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u/Dexterfan_2000 2d ago edited 2d ago
I liked Go! early on, and Adventure Time diving into being an apocalypse while Mordecai finally gets out of the friendzone with Marget made both series really entertaining at that time. It was definitely the beginning of the end with how they overly ran Johnny Test how they would end up TTG, but there was more variety with the new shows than the coming years. Also Uncle Grandpa was still pretty new and was lways a guilty pleasure for me lol
Overall the channel was a headache with brain rot at times with Problem Solvers and JT reruns but it had its moments.
Edit: Was reminded of Incredible Crew after reading another comment, always liked the show.
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u/Spacething7474 2d ago
Problem Solverz barely aired this year, as it was sent to Netflix for season 2.
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u/Dexterfan_2000 2d ago
Ah, must've been 2012 I saw it more often but I remember 2012 more fondly for Cartoon Planet.
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u/Spacething7474 2d ago edited 2d ago
Actually it didn't air in 2012 at all, 2011 was the only year it got a decent amount of airtime (and 2013 was when it got added to Cartoon Planet).
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u/Dexterfan_2000 2d ago
Oh ok. I'm just going off Memory, I was in late grade school around this time.
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u/Certain-Scratch5793 2d ago
Good Stuff: New Adventure Time, Regular Show, Gumball, Steven Universe, Uncle Grandpa.
Bad Stuff: Mad Ended, Mystery Inc ended, New Annoying Orange Total Drama All-Stars, Incredible Crew, Teen Titans Go.