During the week, Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled Unicorn Warriors Eternal and My Adventures Of Superman. Initially slated for Cartoon Network years prior with silence regarding the fate of these shows following the reconstruction of the company.
It was announced that these series will fold under Adult Swim bringing an end to plot driven animation on Cartoon Network as Batman: Caped Crusader another show also anticipated for the channel at one point was picked up by Amazon Prime Video for 2 seasons.
Cartoon Network has been going through an uphill battle compared to international counterparts as they've been losing consumers on a yearly basis with Teen Titans GO! taking over most of the channel and basically being branded off as the SpongeBob of the network.
Internationally, Warner Bros. Discovery was able to cover up those bruises as they've been licensing content from various studios as a means to make up the dismal original offering. Some of the shows include Bionic Max, Big Blue, Ninjago and Jade Armor.
If you take into account the following shows I just mentioned you'd notice that none of these are how some parents would describe Regular Show vulgar or inappropriate for children's television. I mean Infinity Train hasn't been seen on most Cartoon Network feeds.
As mentioned already, Unicorn Warriors Eternal and My Adventures With Superman aren't rolling out under Cartoon Network but Adult Swim. It got me thinking what if Warner Bros. Discovery is restructuring these brands to meet the demand for modern audiences.
Instead of Cartoon Network pulling off more shows like Regular Show or Adventure Time. It will however be similar to most international feeds and offer kid oriented programming without the adult humour, violent scenes or as seen this week edgy storylines.
I mean we got shows like Invincible Fight Girl and the second reboot to The Powerpuff Girls which will likely be action comedic as Teen Titans GO! and Tiny Toons Looniversity which like Craig Of The Creek will have kids going on escapades basically being kids.
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