what !!! you didnt like young justice? or billy and mandy or get into Adventure time at lease a little? I would say that they get SOME!!! great shows and cool ideas and they either scrap them once they become popular to put some crap in or dont even fund them compared to stupid junk like uncle grandpa.

@RetrospectRealm

You go to defend Cartoon Network and the best examples you come up with are Adventure Time or Regular Show...too shows which are ridiculously over hyped and are really average at best

They rely on being random to be funny instead of having an actual story of any kind and it comes off as stupid. My hate against CN is totally justified, they have turned to crap over the years, any other person can see that.

"They REALLY DON'T have some great shows"

Fixed your fix.

@Shadonic

"what !!! you didnt like young justice? or billy and mandy or get into Adventure time at lease a little?"

What are you talking about I mentioned Billy and Mandy as Grim and Evil (same thing)

You keep saying "They rely on being random to be funny instead of having an actual story of any kind and it comes off as stupid" and yet you still praise Dexter's Lab, Cow and Chicken, Courage and a number of other shows that did the exact same thing to be funny.

Like Regular Show and Adventure Time both have underline stories and plots that get expanded upon in various episodes. There is definately no linear structure, but there is enough to rival (arguably beat) Dexter's Lab or Powerpuff Girls. The same can be said for humor, as a lot of shows from the 90's relied on randomness to be funny or interesting.

Powerpuff girls had Fuzzy's meat gun. Dexter had episodes like the decoder ring (to join action hanks gang), the one with the beard (so he was man enough to take out the gang), the one with super powers and many more. Ed, Edd and Eddy achieved a lot of its humor in how they ultimately failed, which was typically random and silly. A lot of Courage in general was weird, like the chicken from outer space, anything with Katz and a number of other villains.

Another thing to keep in mind is that a lot of these series, much like Regular Show, gets a lot of humor through satire / references / parody. Like Dexter had the never remove from box episode (also one of the best examples of being random for humor too), Johnny Bravo had a lot of references to Elvis, Megas XLR was almost completely dominated by this concept and many other series to a lesser degree (I don't have a photographic memory of every cartoon from the 90's, sorry).

I would say CN is going down hill, but I've also read studies that people generally prefer the cartoons they grew up with, opposed to the ones they did not grow up with. I've watched series like Steven Universe and wondered how that got green lit, but it will probably last longer than it should. Likewise, I've rewatched things like Rocko and am amazed this made it on the air as a kids show (though it's still awesome). In the end, I still prefer the series that are closer to what I had, than the new wave stuff.

You had some good points Foxtrot but then you went downhill towards the end.

Have you even watched Adventure Time, Regular Show, Gumball or the new one Steven Universe? Those are hilariously funny and way ahead of anything you listed.

2 Stupid Dogs!? Ed, Edd and Eddy? FLINTSTONES!? Those shows were horrible!

"Then you have political correctness and all that crap which means shows can't get away with stuff they used to."

So you want cartoons to be racist or prejudice like the old Loony Tunes and Tom and Jerry's? And by the way I thought they were hilarious but they have no place for todays viewing for kids or young adults.

Also you need to actually watch Regular Show, they are consistent with being funny and out the box. One of the best episodes was a whole spoof of the King of Kong documentary movie. You tell me if Ed, Edd and Eddy ever had comedy like that?

My problem with CN is them taking away awesome shows like Young Justice, Green Lantern:TAS, Thundercats and other shows that have a more mature theme and more story driven than other cartoon shows.

If anything CN should make another channel like Boomerang. Make it an independent Toonami channel where they can show the more mature shows like Young Justice, Green Lantern and Thundercats. Because all those shows were cut down way in their infancy and it wasn't fair to the fans who loved that show.

By the way part of the reason why YJ was cut was because CN executives thought the show was appealing to much to the whole family and especially to GIRLS! Can you believe that?

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"You keep saying "They rely on being random to be funny instead of having an actual story of any kind and it comes off as stupid" and yet you still praise Dexter's Lab, Cow and Chicken, Courage and a number of other shows that did the exact same thing to be funny."

admiralvic is exactly right. I think you're just saying you like the old shows and they are better cause you might've grew up with them and you feel a sense of nostalgia. These new shows are practically the same, but you're not a kid anymore, so you don't feel the same way. Shame...