Were nearing the end of Cartoon Network month with this entry, a Toonami entry tomorrow and a two part top ten epic for the weekend.
Today we look at things Cartoon Network need to improve on.
10. Drop Ben 10
It's served it's time and there is only so many alien designs you can make before you lose focus, 2nd & 3rd seasons were fairly forgettable in the grand scheme of things and season 4 felt like a step backwards in evolution, so it's time to put this series to bed.
9. Expand Toonami
Back in the UK, Toonami briefly ran as an extra channel and although there's been several clones of it there has been nothing since and I don't think being on Adult Swim at stupid O'Clock is really going to help it. Speaking of Adult Swim.
8. Drop Adult Swim
From everything I've researched on Adult Swim it's possibly the worst run channel I've ever seen and I also blame it for ruining Cartoon Network in the first place with it's stupid advertisement campaigns. I certainly won't miss it.
7. Finish Unfinished Shows
A number of action shows were unfairly cut before reaching a reasonable climax with Samurai Jack, the above picture from Sym Bionic Titan & Megas XLR to name but a few, would be nice to have some closure over them so we can stop asking about it.
6. Restore Classic Shows Under New Channel
While I'm aware that Boomerang already does this we need another separate channel for Cartoon Network's old works, more so than what they currently do with Cartoon Planet; if were keeping the trend of naming channels after native weapons then lets call this channel Yo-Yo.
5. Don't Follow Trends
When it's tried to follow trends Cartoon Network fails 95% of the time, it doesn't need to follow trends set by it's rivals, we don't need a Spongebob Clone, we don't need a Phineas & Ferb Clone and we certainly don't need the next entry.
4. Drop Live Action Shows
I can't forgive them for 2009, the channel is called Cartoon Network, not live action Network, there are still some of these shows hanging about so maybe it's about time to end them and continue what you do best.
3. Avoid CGI if Possible
I've heard rumors that the Powerpuff Girls reboot special will be a CGI piece. CGI suits animation companies who are good at it, namely Pixar & Dreamworks, not shows like Star Wars, Transformers or the absolutely terrible Gormiti: Nature Unleashed which is the worst CGI cartoon ever created.
2. Stop Relying so Heavily on 2nd & 3rd Party Series
I've noticed the huge influence DC Comics & Warner Bros has on Cartoon Network and is literally saturating the channel with it's shows not to mention the amount of cartoons were getting from Canada with very little offering from the Network itself. Batman can't solve all your problems.
1. Drop Johnny Test
I don't think I'm alone in this statement, Johnny Test is another representation of how far the Network has fallen in the last few years and still continues to broadcast despite the fact that the series has become as universally hated as the thought of another season of the Simpsons.
Johnny Test wasn't a bad series but I felt it was ten years too late; back then a show like this would be well appreciated for creative and funny episodes but in modern day it's dated, been done before, ripping off better shows and doesn't deserve to keep going alongside Adventure Time, Regular Show & Amazing World of Gumball.
