Cartoon Network Abruptly Pulls
DC Nation From October Lineup

Saturday, October 13th, 2012 at 10:39am
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Cartoon Network Abruptly Pulls <br />DC Nation From October Lineup  

Fans of the DC Nation programming block lit up Twitter this morning after discovering that Cartoon Network has unexpectedly pulled Young Justice and Green Lantern: The Animated Series from the remainder of its October schedule. New episodes had begun airing just two weeks ago.

Green Lantern producer Giancarlo Volpe explained that, “Apparently Cartoon Network preempted it in celebration of their 20th birthday. Their logic, not mine. I am very disappointed. [...] Preempted means they replaced it (hopefully only temporarily) with How to Train Your Dragon.”

Volpe was just as surprised by the move as everyone else, writing, “I am hoping they’ll be back in two weeks. But nobody knows for sure. ”

Disappointed fans also began peppering the DC Nation Facebook page with criticism, with one person suggesting “Cartoon Network executives” in response to a poll question about “your favorite super-villain.” The network has yet to release an official statement, but when it does, it may have to explain the decision to this face:

“This is my son’s ‘where’s Green Lantern?’ face,” Bryan Lindsey wrote in a Twitter message directed at the network.

DC Nation debuted on Cartoon Network in March, anchored by Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice, and featured well-received animated shorts starring Batman, Teen Titans, Animal Man, Amethyst, Plastic Man and other DC Comics characters. Full-length series Beware the Batman and Teen Titans Go! will join the lineup next year.

UPDATE (1:45 PT): Cartoon Network has announced on Twitter, “Hey #DCNation fans! Have you heard?? DC Nation will return in January with all new episodes!”

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  • Xaos

    Hmm, I remember them doing this during what ended up being the last season of Justice League, I think. The show was pulled from the schedule somethng like a day or two before it was supposed to return from hiatus and took 6-8 months to actually air.

  • Paul

    What a bummer!   I’ll miss GL:TAS.  Hopefully it’ll be back.

  • Xaos

    Also, not for nothing, but did Cartoon Network’s 20th anniversary take them by surprise? Like, it seems as though an anniversary is a fairly predictable event.

  • http://www.cogonline.net Digital Jedi

    This is why I watch shows months later, online. All of this essentially becomes meaningless, when you’ve got a backed up queue.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Norris/549202608 Bill Norris

    this sucks, im recording at home for nothing now….was gonna watch after work. this really sucks.

  • Guest

    Outrage!

  • Bronzetiger

    DC Nation and Robot Chicken are the only reasons I watch CN, I won’t watch it at all if they don’t fix their error.  Happy Anniversary!  Hope you choke.

  • Lizziemackenzie

    As long as Batman and TT Go aren’t in place of….

  • http://twitter.com/PopCultureOtaku Richie Simonsen

    This is why cartoon network sucks.  Their logic and though process makes no sense.  Why not have it part celebration.  This is just another example of why cartoon network is in trouble.

  • http://www.facebook.com/swingblade808 Micah Cartajena

    for canceling dc nation… i give you this one warning… beware my wrath

  • syvyn11

    Don’t watch Adventure Time, Almost Naked Animals, The Annoying Lemon, Total Drama, The Clone Wars or much anything else except DC Nation and Toonami.  FIX THIS NOW CARTOON NETWORK!

  • Jello dude

    Cartoon network has been run by idiots’ for the last 8 years. They never keep a programming schedule in place for long, fail to promote when a show has new episodes, canceling shows that are actually getting good ratings and the list goes on.

  • Yddegauthier

    At the very least cartoon network should air the episode on the site tout suite!

  • MrFreezeRhino

    Thanks Cartoon Network for this wonderful surprise! As a gift to you the millions of viewers who would have watched DC Nation are now going to watch something else during that time slot.

     Happy Birthday.

  • beane2099

    I was cheesed off this morning too, but I didn’t realize it was causing this much of a stir.  It was a dick move.  How is “How to Train Your Dragon” any more representative of Cartoon Network’s 20th Anniversary than DC Nation? 

  • schen

    Hey guys, Cartoonnetwork’s twitter just said DCNation is coming back in January. Who else wants to burn CN headquarters with me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/gary.d.anderson Gary Anderson

    This sucks!!!

  • http://www.captainmeow.com/ JP Lallos

    I hope Canada or Australia continue airing at least Young Justice so I can just download the episodes. Waiting until January for what should be airing now is ridiculous. They probably did this because DC Nation wasn’t working as a Saturday morning block. They never should’ve blown up their Friday Night Action Block, and they never should’ve given Adult Swim the 9PM hour. 

  • Paul

     What a stupid move!!

  • Paul

     What a stupid move!!

  • Olaorun

    I Think there is more to the story…doth DC and CN are owned by Warner Bros. The 20th anniversary bull is a smoke screen. It is a programming change fine and you adding more to it and want to have a bigger lineup and include GL and YJ with it fine…no problem but don’t sell us a canoe when we wanted a yacht.

  • Savas715

    what’s the real story here?! This excuse seems like BS.

  • http://twitter.com/annericelover Eric

    The big problem with network TV is because 95% of shows are released on DVD, they expect you to buy the sets and no longer have reruns. I mean I had to illegally download episodes of Batman: The Brave & the Bold, just to catch up current airings cause they never air reruns. This move will have ramifications on the network and possibly the shows, with no airings of the shows for 3 months and no reruns people will forget about the shows and won’t bother tuning in when it does returns, for viewers like me who ONLY tune in during that hour only my DVR will remind me that the show is on and that is IF it comes back at the same time

  • http://www.captainmeow.com/ JP Lallos

    Either it wasn’t performing well on Saturday mornings or they want to stop while they still have plenty of YJ and GL left so they can add the new Batman and Teen Titans show and make the block bigger. 

    Or its just Cartoon Network devolving into another Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, where they’ll air 1 or 2 episodes of a show and then stop it for weeks or months before airing a new one. Seriously one of the worst ways to program a network. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/GatesTheComic Hal Hefner

    screw these guys. It looks like their execs have learned nothing about how to treat your fans in their twenty years of existence. Cartoon Network really screwed the pooch on this move. Terrible.

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  • Jon

    Cartoon Network is owned by Turner Broadcasting.

  • Matt Decker

    Forget Cartoon Network – Just post those Young Justice episodes on Amazon.com. I’ll gladly pay $2 a episode and skip the commercials. 

  • Xaos

     Which is a Time Warner compant

  • Clements_01

    Telling someone they can’t watch their favourite shows for another three months isn’t a consolation, it’s a battle cry. Against insane CN executives.

    For that matter, what the hell happened to Thundercats?

  • Warhawk871

    guess cartoon network doesnt have their new batman animated sseries ready yet, hence the push back of both dc nation shows til jan. looks like the only show ill look fwd to on sat now is clone wars season 5

  • Renz Cortes

    why didnt they take thundercats, how to train your dragon, and star wars off the schedule if they want to be so loyal to their 20th anniversary?

  • http://twitter.com/chrisdeneen Chris Deneen

    Young Justice was just getting in to high gear. blargh

  • Mr. Martian

    I’m still pissed!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/james.mcdonald.35110418 James McDonald

    Another reason Kids WB needs to resurface. DC Nation….bring back Animaniacs. It’d be quite awesome for our kids.

  • http://www.captainmeow.com/ JP Lallos

    Thundercats hasn’t been on in a LONG time. It is pretty much canceled. Star Wars they can’t touch because of George Lucas. They can’t spread one season of that over 2 or 3 calendar years like like they can other shows. 

  • Mr. Martian

    I’m still pissed!!!

  • http://twitter.com/TheDarkDiaries TheDarkDiaries

    I’m still pissed!!!

  • Princess of Paradise Island

    You never come between a geek and their comics. CN, you guys f**ked up big!!! Really?!?! You guys lost like three months worth of ratings. This is how you lose your audience. For what?! Are you guys dump or just plain stupid?!

  • http://twitter.com/brunoshort Jenn

    Maybe he’s a bad husband like that. ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/brandonjoseph2011 Brandon Joseph

    Cartoon network can be such dumbasses I knew they would find away to miss things up. I really hope another network gets the shows so I don’t have to watch that channel anymore

  • http://twitter.com/EliasAlgorithm Elias Algorithm

     Hotel Transylvania must be doing REALLY well to upset CN this much, but why take it out on us? Because DC viewers tend to side with Tartakovsky?

  • No

    Oh look… [Cartoon Network has announced on Twitter, “Hey #DCNation fans! Have you heard?? DC Nation will return in January with all new episodes!”]

    And that’s supposed to make it all better? Really? Somehow I don’t think so…

  • Green Lantern

    JANUARY?

    You guys are jerks, Cartoon Network.

  • jrau18

    JANUARY!?

  • Erik Business1234

    Wow talk about FUBAR!  Now I have to wait time 2013 to get a new episodes of Young Justice and Green Lantern!  This is absurd! IMO Warner/DC should see this as an opportunity to start their  own channel with DC Action Block, Looney Tunes and their vast selection of movies plus some additional new intellectual properties!  I for one would love to see warner villians show where you could see the like of Dr. Sivana, Lex Luthor and Pinky & The Brain team up or go against each other to take over the World.

  • http://khiaao.blogspot.com/ Khiaao

    No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Chosenwriter513

    If you have a season pass for iTunes you can download the episodes that were supposed to air yesterday. I’m not sure if it’s available to everyone, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t be. I also doubt it will work that way next week, but at least we can watch what we missed so abruptly yesterday morning.

  • Rcruz61

    My thoughts on the whole DC Nation and CN fiasco? Imagine you’re in charge. It’s the 20th anniversary celebration of Cartoon Network. The one you run. And you make a decision – for whatever reason- that preempts two shows that have a rabid, if not loyal following. Good shows; that can stand easily shoulder to shoulder with any live-action program. A decision again, for whatever reason, that led to the constant echoing of fans saying, “CN SUCKS!” ON. THE. CABLE. CHANNEL’S. ANNIVERSARY.Without a doubt, it sucks to be YOU.

  • http://www.theurbanpolitico.com/ FED_UP

    They replaced this with Dragons… Come one Cartoon Network… Really?  I guess I’ll stop watching Cartoon Network now. 

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