Toonostalgia!

[Belchic]

Okay, lately, I have been fed up with TV canceling a lot of my favorite shows, and of course, bringing back 101 Dalmatians just to censor it. So that's why I decided to come up with my own TV station where the lineup is entirely made of all my favorite cartoon series' from the past 30 years. I had a hard time coming up with a name for this network, but I think I finally decided on one: "Toonostalgia!" Does that sound like a clever name? If at all possible, I would love for this network to become a reality, and these shows that I am about to list will be the only shows they will ever play, and they will never change their lineup in any way:

Weekday Lineup
12:00 A.M. Cartoon Planet
12:30 A.M. Total Drama Island
1:00 A.M. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
1:30 A.M. Family Guy
2:00 A.M. Robot Chicken
2:30 A.M. South Park
3:00 A.M. Digimon: Digital Monsters
3:30 A.M. Pokemon
4:00 A.M. Kirby: Right Back At Ya!
4:30 A.M. Hamtaro
5:00 A.M. Dragon Tales
5:30 A.M. Martha Speaks
6:00 A.M. Rugrats
6:30 A.M. Care Bears
7:00 A.M. PAW Patrol
7:30 A.M. Muppet Babies
8:00 A.M. The Magic School Bus
8:30 A.M. Gumby Adventures
9:00 A.M. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
9:30 A.M. Alvin and the Chipmunks
10:00 A.M. Tiny Toon Adventures
10:30 A.M. Pound Puppies
11:00 A.M. 101 Dalmatains
11:30 A.M. Adventures of the Gummi Bears
12:00 P.M. House of Mouse
12:30 P.M. Lilo & Stitch
1:00 P.M. The Angry Beavers
1:30 P.M. Littlest Pet Shop
2:00 P.M. Timon & Pumbaa
2:30 P.M. Animaniacs
3:00 P.M. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
3:30 P.M. CatDog
4:00 P.M. Garfield and Friends
4:30 P.M. The Raccoons
5:00 P.M. Duck Tales
5:30 P.M. Dexter's Laboratory
6:00 P.M. Johnny Test
6:30 P.M. Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers
7:00 P.M. Rocko's Modern Life
7:30 P.M. Ed, Edd n Eddy
8:00 P.M. Beverly Hills Teens
8:30 P.M. The Powerpuff Girls
9:00 P.M. Codename: Kids Next Door
9:30 P.M. Darkwing Duck
10:00 P.M. Aaahh! Real Monsters
10:30 P.M. Danger Mouse
11:00 P.M. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
11:30 P.M. The Real Ghostbusters

Saturday Lineup
12:00 A.M. Cartoon Planet
12:30 A.M. Total Drama Island
1:00 A.M. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
1:30 A.M. Family Guy
2:00 A.M. Robot Chicken
2:30 A.M. South Park
3:00 A.M. Case Closed
3:30 A.M. Jewelpet Sunshine
4:00 A.M. Mega Man
4:30 A.M. Transformers: Robots In Disguise
5:00 A.M. The Barrenstein Bears
5:30 A.M. Fantastic Max
6:00 A.M. My Little Pony Tales
6:30 A.M. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
7:00 A.M. The Wuzzles
7:30 A.M. The Chucklewood Critters
8:00 A.M. Fraggle Rock
8:30 A.M. Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
9:00 A.M. Gumby Adventures
9:30 A.M. Care Bears
10:00 A.M. Tiny Toon Adventures
10:30 A.M. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
11:00 A.M. 101 Dalmatains
11:30 A.M. Pound Puppies
12:00 P.M. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
12:30 P.M. Alvin and the Chipmunks
1:00 P.M. Duck Tales
1:30 P.M. Timon & Pumbaa
2:00 P.M. Dexter's Laboratory
2:30 P.M. Animaniacs
3:00 P.M. Littlest Pet Shop
3:30 P.M. Ed, Edd n Eddy
4:00 P.M. The Powerpuff Girls
4:30 P.M. Codename: Kids Next Door
5:00 P.M. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5:30 P.M. Darkwing Duck
6:00 P.M. Animated Movie Special
6:30 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
7:30 P.M.
8:00 P.M. Kablam!
8:30 P.M. Wander Over Yonder
9:00 P.M. Earthworm Jim
9:30 P.M. Sheep in the Big City
10:00 P.M. Mighty Max
10:30 P.M. Sonic the Hedgehog
11:00 P.M. 2 Stupid Dogs
11:30 P.M. Invader Zim


Sunday Lineup
12:00 A.M. Cartoon Planet
12:30 A.M. Total Drama Island
1:00 A.M. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
1:30 A.M. Family Guy
2:00 A.M. Robot Chicken
2:30 A.M. South Park
3:00 A.M. Case Closed
3:30 A.M. Jewelpet Sunshine
4:00 A.M. Mega Man
4:30 A.M. Transformers: Robots In Disguise
5:00 A.M. The Barrenstein Bears
5:30 A.M. Fantastic Max
6:00 A.M. My Little Pony Tales
6:30 A.M. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
7:00 A.M. The Wuzzles
7:30 A.M. The Chucklewood Critters
8:00 A.M. Fraggle Rock
8:30 A.M. Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
9:00 A.M. Gumby Adventures
9:30 A.M. Care Bears
10:00 A.M. Tiny Toon Adventures
10:30 A.M. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
11:00 A.M. 101 Dalmatains
11:30 A.M. Pound Puppies
12:00 P.M. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
12:30 P.M. Alvin and the Chipmunks
1:00 P.M. Duck Tales
1:30 P.M. Timon & Pumbaa
2:00 P.M. Dexter's Laboratory
2:30 P.M. Animaniacs
3:00 P.M. Littlest Pet Shop
3:30 P.M. Ed, Edd n Eddy
4:00 P.M. The Powerpuff Girls
4:30 P.M. Codename: Kids Next Door
5:00 P.M. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5:30 P.M. Darkwing Duck
6:00 P.M. 2 Stupid Dogs
6:30 P.M. Sheep in the Big City
7:00 P.M. Sonic the Hedgehog
7:30 P.M. Invader Zim
8:00 P.M. Hamtaro
8:30 P.M. Kirby: Right Back At Ya!
9:00 P.M. Pokemon
9:30 P.M. Digimon: Digital Monsters
10:00 P.M. Mega Man
10:30 P.M. Transformers: Robots In Disguise
11:00 P.M. Jewelpet Sunshine
11:30 P.M. Case Closed

Now, for some explanations on why I chose this particular lineup:

As you may notice, there is a wide variety of different shows made for different age groups and manufactured by different companies.

You may notice that all the shows that are made for adults and the Animes are broadcasted in the wee hours of the morning, and the Animes are also being shown on Sunday nights. That's because that is most likely the time when little kids aren't watching, so that's probably the safest time to air them.

Also, you may notice how I planned out the schedule of the day. The stuff that is made for very young children airs early in the morning, while the stuff targeted at older kids air later in the evening. You may also notice that some shows only air on weekends, some only on weekdays, and some air all seven days. Well, I did a calculation based on how many episodes each series has, and the shows that contain more episodes should air more often, while the shows with fewer episodes air less often. Any shows I find with a good number of episodes and I think are worthy enough to air weekdays and weekends I have air on all seven days.

Now, on this network, all shows that are broadcasted will have all episodes intact, and they will be completely uncut.

On this network, before every show begins, there will be a little station bumper that will end with one specific character from that particular show popping out and saying, "Toonostalgia!" (If you want to know which character comes out for any of the shows I listed, let me know, and I'll tell you.) Then after that, there will be a brief interlude telling you about the show's rating. Here's what they will say for each:

TV-Y: The following program is rated TV-Y; it has been approved for children of all ages.

TV-Y7: The following program is rated TV-Y7, because it contains some material that may not be appropriate for children under 7.

TV-G: The following program is rated TV-G; it has been approved for general audiences.

TV-PG: The following program is rated TV-PG; viewer descression is advised.

TV-14: The following program is rated TV-14, for it contains some material that may not be appropriate for viewers under 14.

TV-MA: The following program is rated TV-MA, for it is not reccomended for viewers under 17.

Now, I know what a lot of you are thinking right now. It would not be possible for anything like this to happen. The main reason being that all the shows I listed are all owned by different companies like Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Teletoon, 20th Century Fox, 4Kids, Warner Bros., etc. So obviously, to make a station like this, one would have to purchase the rights to air these shows from all those different companies. I'm sure most companies might not care considering how old and obscure some of them may be, or they could possibly be in the public domain if the companies went out of business.
There could be the possibility that some of these major companies may not want their name branded on the shows if they air on other networks. For example, I remember when 101 Dalmatians was in production and was airing on ABC and syndication; I remember the Saturday morning show ended with the Walt Disney Studios logo because ABC was owned by Disney, however the syndicated weekday afternoon show ended with the Buena Vista logo because that network was not a Disney-owned station. So in this case, the Disney shows could end with the Buena Vista logo, the Nickelodeon and Comedy Central shows could end with the Viacom logo, etc. Speaking of logos, the logos that show at the end of each show will actually be the current version that company's logo, and not the version that was shown during the time of that show's production.

But anyway, I know it's kind of a rambling way of saying it, but there's Toonostalgia for you. I hope you were all amused by this. If this network ever does become a reality, I would so totally watch it, keep it in my favorites on my DirecTV, and cherrish it for life!

[Dana]

Cool channel idea! I'd definetly subscribe!

[Belchic]

If only, Dana. If only...

[Belchic]

I thought carefully about which character from which show will get to say "Toonastolgia!"


Danger Mouse (1981) - Danger Mouse
Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983) - Alvin
Muppet Babies (1984) - Fozzie
The Barrenstein Bears (1985) - Papa Q. Bear
Care Bears (1985) - Grumpy Bear
The Raccoons (1985) - Bert Raccoon
Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985) - Cubbi Gummi
The Wuzzles (1985) - Rhinokey
The Real Ghostbusters (1986) - Slimer
Duck Tales (1987) - Louie
Beverly Hills Teens (1987) - Troy
Fraggle Rock (1987) - Red
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) - Michallangelo
Gumby Adventures (1988) - Gumby
Garfield and Friends (1988) - Garfield
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988) - Winnie the Pooh
Fantastic Max (1988) - Max
Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers (1989) - Chip
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989) - Mario
Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) - Plucky Duck
Darkwing Duck (1991) - Darkwing Duck
Rugrats (1991) - Tommy Pickles
My Little Pony Tales (1992) - Clover
Beavis and Butthead (1992) - Beavis
Mighty Max (1993) - Max
2 Stupid Dogs (1993) - Little Dog
Animaniacs (1993) - Wakko Warner
Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) (1993) - Sonic
Case Closed (1994) - Conan
The Magic School Bus (1994) - Ms. Frizzle
Mega Man (1994) - Mega Man
Aaahh! Real Monsters (1994) - Ickis
Cartoon Planet (1995) - Brak
Timon & Pumbaa (1995) - Timon
Earthworm Jim (1995) - Jim
Dexter's Laboratory (1996) - Dexter
Kablam! (1996) - Henry
The Angry Beavers (1997) - Dagget
Cow and Chicken (1997) - Chicken
South Park (1997) - Stan Marsh
101 Dalmatians (1997) - Lucky
Caillou (1998) - Caillou
The Chucklewood Critters (1998) - Rusty
Pokemon (1998) - Pikachu
CatDog (1998) - Dog
The Powerpuff Girls (1998) - Bubbles
Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999) - Eddy
Family Guy (1999) - Peter Griffin
Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999) - Patamon
Dragon Tales (1999) - Cassie
Sheep in the Big City (2000) - Sheep
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000) - Meatwad
House of Mouse (2001) - Mickey Mouse
Invader Zim (2001) - Zim
Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001) - Optimus Prime
Hamtaro (2002) - Hamtaro
Kirby: Right Back At Ya! (2002) - Kirby
Codename: Kids Next Door (2002) - Numbuh One
Lilo & Stitch (2003) - Stitch
Brandy and Mr. Whiskers (2004) - Brandy
Robot Chicken (2005) - A random character
Johnny Test (2005) - Johnny Test
Shaun the Sheep (2006) - Shaun
The Land Before Time (2007) - Littlefoot
Total Drama Island (2007) - Chris McLain
Martha Speaks (2008) - Martha
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2010) - Pinkie Pie
Pound Puppies (2010) - Cookie
Jewelpet Sunshine (2011) - Ruby
Littlest Pet Shop (2012) - Zoe

[Cruella]

I don't have TV anymore. How did was 101 Dalmatians censored this year?

[Belchic]

Say, bab? Since you contributed an idea you had to my Toon Attack thread, do you think you could come up with something for this one too?

[Belchic]

Yeah, I definitely don't see this channel ever happening. I mean, if someone tried to make a station that aired shows owned by Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network AND Hasbro, there would be lawsuits up the ass! Though, it still would be great if one day, all those companies would join forces and dedicate a station to their Nicktoons, HubToons, Cartoon Cartoons and Disney Afternoon shows.

[Belchic]

I was just thinking maybe having this station wouldn't necessarily be impossible. I mean, where I live, "Family Guy" is currently playing on at least 4 different TV stations. So there could be some hope, I guess.

[Belchic]

Just thought I'd let you guys know another change was made to the lineup.

In the weekday lineup, Rocko's Modern Life has been added to the schedule replacing Johnny Test's old time. Johnny Test has been moved to Littlest Pet Shop's old time, Littlest Pet Shop has been moved to Shaun the Sheep's old time, and Shaun the Sheep has been pulled from the lineup entirely.

The weekend lineup is still the same.

[Belchic]

Made another change to the lineup. Caillou has now been pulled entirely from the lineup. It's been replaced with PAW Patrol (surprise, surprise).

[Belchic]

I thought I'd share a couple more things here:

1. You may notice show for Saturday's at 6:00 PM, I have "Animated Movie Special". This 2-hour block (6-8) is reserved for an animated movie, which is different every week. I decided since the station is dedicated to nostalgic animation, the rule is that all animated movies they show have to be at least 10 years old. I was considering changing that to 5 years old, but I wasn't sure, so I asked a question in the This Or That topic if a movie needs to be 5 or 10 years old first before it could be considered nostalgic; Flowgli answered 10, so I decided to keep it at 10.

2. In addition to that, I remember during the glory days of Cartoon Network, whenever they played an animated movie, and they had a big gap space of time to fill after the movie was over, they'd have this thing called "Toon Extra" where they'd play a random bonus cartoon short to fill in that gap (usually related to the movie they just showed). Toonostalgia will have something like that too.

3. You may notice I have a few shows listed that are not that old, and some are even still in production. Well, having recent stuff in a nostalgic concept isn't always a bad thing. I mean, if you've been watching the Nostalgia Critic's more recent videos, he's been reviewing movies that aren't even that old (like the 2012 version of The Lorax), and has done the same with his Top 11 lists (like his Top 11 Recent Halloween Specials).
So anyway, I guess I could say that there is a special guideline here: If any shows broadcasted here are still in production, the network is forbidden to air any episodes from the show's current season until at least four weeks after the season finale.

But like I said, this isn't a real station, and it most likely never will exist, but like Cinderella said: they can't order me to stop dreaming.

[Belchic]

Another thing I was thinking of doing on this station was have it play nostalgic commercials during the commercial breaks. Then I thought that might not work well as the station won't make much money especially because of how outdated a lot of those commercials may be which could result to false advertising. I then decided that they would only be shown on Thursdays in honor of Throwback Thursday. Depending on whatever show is on at the time, they will play commercials from the year that show was released during the break. Sound like a cool idea for a blast to the past?

[Belchic]

Okay, I did say at the start of this thread that all shows will be uncut, but there is one exception:

The show, Martha Speaks, will be edited down. What will be cut from the broadcasts of this show are the educational short segments where the characters talk to the audience about certain words as well as the bonus stuff at the end, the mentions of the website for PBS Kids, and the funding credits at the beginning. Only the episodes will be shown. The reason all that stuff is cut from the Toonostalgia broadcast is so there will be time for commercial breaks.

[thunderbolt2019]

Awesome

[Belchic]

Wow. It’s been a while since I have talked about this station!

Well, in that case, here’s an update: Back in 2019, the network was shut down. In January 2020, it was relaunched as a streaming service containing all these shows and then some as well as some new original series that are exclusive to the service.