Video World's Cartoon News

Updated on Monday, March 11, 2002.

CARTOON NETWORK NEWS (Mar 11, 2002) CN will be getting more episodes of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z along with the popular anime series, Hamtaro, about a pet hamster. Hamtaro will premiere in the summer of 2002. No word on the rumored acquistion of G.I. Joe. TV Loonland reports that Turner holds the US distribution rights. Might want to contact CN and say what's up, where's our Joes!

THUNDERCATS TO RETURN (Mar 11, 2002) ThunderCats will return to Cartoon Network April 15th on weekday afternoons at 4pm CST / 5pm EST replacing Zoids!

BREAKING NEWS: NEW HE-MAN ANIMATED SPECIAL TO AIR ON CARTOON NETWORK! (Mar 11, 2001) According to Toon Zone, the new He-Man animated special being made to promote the new toy line will air on Cartoon Network sometime this year. The special is being written by Michael Reaves. He-Man and Cartoon Network used in the same sentence! Maybe the old series will also air on Cartoon Network?

BREAKING NEWS: G.I. JOE COULD BE ON CARTOON NETWORK (Mar 11, 2002) Recently Turner Entertainment, the owners of Cartoon Network purchased the broadcast rights to the G.I. Joe cartoon series from TV Loonland, the company that now owns Sunbow Entertainment. G.I. Joe could be on Cartoon Network soon but it is not confirmed it will air, just that they now have the broadcast rights. Source: Quick Kick's Theatre.

WANT MORE ADULT SWIM? (Jan 25, 2002) Cartoon Network is going to give you more Adult Swim. Beginning Saturday Feb 23, an all-new Adult Swim Action block will premiere with three new shows and returning favorites. Here's the schedule (all times Eastern) 11PM Yu Yu Hakusho, 11:30PM Cowboy Bebop, 12AM Pilot Candidate, 12:30AM Gundam 0083, 1AM Outlaw Star, and 1:30AM Tenchi Muyo!. Also, following the block will be some classics: Batman, Superman, Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, Herculoids and Birdman. The Sunday Adult Swim will stay the same except no more Cowboy Bebop as it will be only on Saturdays and it will no longer repeat on Thursday nights.

JUSTICE LEAGUE SCHEDULE CHANGES (Jan 25, 2002) Justice League, one of the hot new shows on Cartoon Network, will be changing its airing times again. Beginning Feb 10, new episodes will premiere on Sundays at 7pm instead of Mondays. The show will still air in its Monday timeslot of 9:30pm and Saturdays at 12:30am. On Feb 23, the same night as the premiere of a Saturday Adult Swim, the Justice League will also begin airing at 10pm. All times are Eastern.

ALL-NEW SCOOBY-DOO (Jan 25, 2002) Kids WB is planning a new Scooby-Doo series, the first since 1988-1991's A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. The series tentatively titled The All-New Scooby-Doo will air in the fall.

MORE RETURNING FAVORITES (Jan 25, 2002) Beginning March 2nd you can see some of your favorite Marvel Super-Heroes on ABC Family. X-Men (1992-1997), Spider-Man Unlimited (1999-2000-2001), Fantastic Four and Iron Man (1994-1996) will be airing Saturday mornings on the network.

ADULT SWIM NEWS (Nov 26, 2001) In the second run of Cowboy Bebop, the three episodes that were not shown (#6 Sympathy For the Devil, #8 Waltz For Venus and #22 Cowboy Funk) will air. Also starting January 6th, Baby Blues will premiere along with a second season of Home Movies.

BATMAN AND SUPERMAN ALSO RETURNING (Nov 26, 2001) The Batman and Superman animated series will return to Cartoon Network after a long hiatus. Starting January 7th, a hour of Batman and Superman will air from 10pm - 11pm CST / 11pm - 12am EST on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

CARTOON NETWORK RETURNING SHOWS (Nov 26, 2001) In December Outlaw Star, Tenchi Muyo! and ThunderCats will be returning to the CN line-up again. Outlaw Star will air in the Toonami Midnight Run replacing Gundam 0080 as of Dec 3 at 11:30pm. Tenchi Muyo! will replace Zoids as of Dec 31 at 4pm. ThunderCats will come on bright and early at 5:30am. All times listed above are Central and all three shows will air Mondays - Fridays.

JLA COMING YOUR WAY (Nov 8, 2001) The new Justice League series will premiere Saturday Nov 17 at 6pm CST / 7pm EST. The show will be edited into a movie of the first three episodes "Secret Origins" Parts 1 - 3.

FOX FAMILY BOUGHT BY DISNEY (Nov 8, 2001) The Walt Disney Company has completed its previously announced acquisition of Fox Family Worldwide, Inc. from Haim Saban and Fox Broadcasting Corp. The FOX Family Channel will be renamed ABC Family and the channel and FOX Kids Worldwide will be restructured.

X-MEN: EVOLUTION SEASON 2 DATES (Sept 22, 2001) Kids'WB! has announced the premiere dates for the second season of the hit series X-Men: Evolution. The second season of the show will premiere on the Kids' WB! network with the all new episode, Growing Pains, on Saturday, September 29 at 10:30am EST as part of Kids'WB!'s all new Big Premiere weekend. The on Saturday, October 6th will be the third episode of the second season, Bada-Bing, Bada BOOM. This episode will be airing in place of the Jean Grey focused episode Power Surge, which was originally set to start the season.

COWBOY BEBOP TEMPORARILY OFF THE AIR (Sept 22, 2001) Cartoon Network pulled Cowboy Bebop and Mobile Suit Gundam from their schedules this past week due to the recent tragedies in our country. AOL / Time Warner felt that the violence and depiction of war was inappropriate at this time to air. Cowboy Bebop will be the first to return back and is scheduled again to air this Sunday Sept 23rd, although this could change. No word on when Mobile Suit Gundam will return. Also MSG: The 08th MS Team will return to the weekday Toonami line-up on Monday Oct 1st. It will also return to the Midnight Run replacing Outlaw Star as of Oct 10th. In other scheduling news, Batman Beyond will also premiere on Toonami Oct 1st.

MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM OFF THE AIR (Sept 16, 2001) Cartoon Network is no longer airing Mobile Suit Gundam, for now. The series original run was scheduled to end on Sept 18. Monday's episode did not air, but Tuesday's episode did. For the rest of the week it was replaced by Dragon Ball. It is not known why MGS was taken off, as it had been scheduled to run at least into the rest of September but it may have to due with the terrorist attack on Tuesday or may be the lower ratings it was getting.

INSPECTOR GADGET AND GARFIELD RETURN (Aug 29, 2001) Both of these cartoons will be returning to the airwaves after two years of hiatus on FOX Family Channel's daytime line-up starting Tuesday Sept 4th. Inspector Gadget will air weekdays at 12:30pm Central/1:30pm Eastern and Garfield & Friends will air twice a day at 11:30am Central/12:30pm Eastern and 1pm Central/2pm Eastern.

COWBOY BEBOP ON CARTOON NETWORK (Aug 6, 2001) The rumors are true! The anime series Cowboy Bebop will indeed air on Cartoon Network, but not on Toonami. Instead the series will air on the network's new show, Adult Swim, premiering Sept 2nd. This new adult program will air Sunday and Thursday nights from 10pm-1am Eastern Time. Cowboy Bebop will air at midnight. In addition, Space Ghost: Coast-to- Coast, the UPN cancelled Home Movies and the new Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law will air on the block. Expect Cowboy Bebop to be mostly uncut!

NEW HE-MAN TOY LINE IN THE WORKS (July 9, 2001) He-Man.org reports that Mattel is planning to make an all new He-Man toy line in the Spring of 2002, with a preview at the July 19 San Diego Comic Con. The new figures will be sculpted by the legendary "Four Horsemen" team employed by McFarlane Toys. These figures will not be as detailed as the Spawn figures though. Mattel has also launched the new Masters Of The Univere.com with pictures of the previous re-released figures. The Re-releases of the original figures are still expected with another assortment debuting in the fall and another five pack with an exclusive figure yet to be revealed. No word on if an all-new cartoon series will debut or if the original will return yet. Lou Scheimer Productions has been meeting with Mattel though!

DENNIS THE MENACE RETURNS (July 9, 2001) The Dennis the Menace 1980s animated series quietly returned to television after a two year hiatus. Last appearing on the FOX Family Channel in 1999, Cartoon Network began airing the series July 2nd at 7:30am Central/8:30am Eastern time on weekday mornings. The series is distributed by the Program Exchange which also distributes Sailor Moon episodes #1-82. Hopefully Cartoon Network will continue with a good relationship with the Program Exchange since they own other DiC animated cartoons like Heathcliff!

GUNDAM NEWS (July 9, 2001) Toonami will begin airing not one but two Gundam series July 23rd! The original "Mobile Suit Gundam" from 1979 will air weekdays at 4pm Central/ 5pm Eastern and the sequel 1996 series "Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team" will air in the Midnight Run at 11pm Central/12am Eastern. Although this is great, I have learned from Gundam fans that by watching 13 episode 08th MS Team series, which takes place after the 43 episode original series, will spoil some surprises for you before the original's run is complete. I would suggest taping the 08th MS Team series and watching it after you see all of Mobile Suit Gundam so it won't ruin it for you! I am told the original is the best of all the many Gundam series. Gundam Wing, the series that premiered last year, takes place in an alternate universe so don't expect any of the previous characters to be in these new series!

MORE CHANGES FOR TOONAMI (May 8, 2001) Toonami will be cut back for an hour and two other shows will also be put on hiatus. Gundam Wing will begin airing two episodes starting Monday May 7th at 3pm and 3:30pm CST. But, Gundam Wing and Big O will be taken off the afternoon block after Friday May 11th. Big O will continue to air in the Midnight Run until Thursday May 24th. A new two hour Toonami block will start on Monday May 14th. Dexter's Lab and that Ed show will take over the 3pm-4pm slot. Superman will move to 4pm, Tenchi will be on at 4:30pm and an hour of DBZ will run from 5pm-6pm. No word on what show will be replacing Big O, but I guarantee it will be another episode of DBZ.

THUNDERCATS AND SAILOR MOON CANCELLED, TOONAMI CUT BACK (Apr 29, 2001) Bad news for CN fans. ThunderCats last airing on the network will be this Friday, May 4th. It will be replaced by, you guessed it, more of those Cartoon Cartoon shows. Sailor Moon will also be cancelled on May 3rd but it is expected to return later. Also Toonami is planning to cut back an hour. All this is trouble is being caused by Jamie Kellner, the new CEO of Turner Programming. Please take the time to write a letter to Cartoon Network and let them know we at least want ThunderCats back! CARTOON NETWORK C/O PROGRAMMING DEPARTMENT, 1050 TECHWOOD DRIVE NW, ATLANTA, GA 30318

ODYSSEY CHANGES NAME AGAIN (Mar 29, 2001) The Odyssey Network which is co-owned by Hallmark Entertainment and Crown Media Holdings will change its name to "The Hallmark Channel" on Aug 6. The network will continue to air Hallmark produced movies and programming, while reducing the religious programming. It will also try to get several broadcast reruns on its line-up. Odyssey has the broadcast rights to He-Man and a few other Filmation cartoons, so lets hope they air them! Write a letter to Odyssey and ask them to add He-Man and others to their line-up.

IN PASSING OF WILLIAM HANNA (Mar 27, 2001) William Hanna died at the age of 90 on Thursday. Hanna with Joe Barbera created most of the cartoons you see on Cartoon Network from Tom and Jerry to the Flintstones.

THE BIG O (Mar 27, 2001) "The Big O" will premiere Apr 2 at 4:30pm CST replacing Outlaw Star on Toonami. It will also air at 11:30pm CST. The 13 episodes will be shown twice throughout April and early May.

GUNDAM WING RETURNS (Mar 11, 2001) Gundam Wing returns to Cartoon Network after a three month hiatus. Sailor Moon moves up to 3pm CST replacing Ronin Warriors. Gundam Wing will air at 3:30pm CST on weekdays. Also Toonami will air the Sailor Moon R movie next Friday March 16th and the Sailor Moon S movie will air on April 13th.

MORE HE-MAN TOYS ON THE WAY (Feb 24, 2001) An exclusive Toys 'R' Us 5 pack will be released this spring, sometime between March and May. This 5 pack will include He-Man, Beastman, Man-At-Arms, Skeletor and a Prince Adam that will only be available in the set. All figures will be in reproductions of their original packaging.

A 10 pack will be released through JC Penny in July. This set will be limited to 1000 and will include all 10 of the figures from the original rerelease assortment, an unique package design, and a copy of William George's famous collector poster.

A second rerelease assortment is slated for September of this year. This rerelease will contain Battle Armor He-Man and Battle Armor Skeletor limited to 15,000 figures as well Buzz-Off, Zodac, Stratos, and Clawful all limited to 10,000 figures. All will be in reproductions of their original packaging.

CARTOON NETWORK ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES AND PROJECTS (Feb 24, 2001) Many new things are coming to CN in 2001. Here are some of the new programs: TIME SQUAD, a new, original half-hour comedy series coming in June 2001. SAMURAI JACK, a new, original half-hour action-adventure series coming in August 2001. GRIM AND EVIL, a new, original half-hour comedy series coming in October 2001. JUSTICE LEAGUE, a new one-hour action-adventure series coming in November 2001. Also, thirteen new episodes of DEXTER'S LABORATORY will premiere. 96 new episodes of DRAGON BALL Z to premiere in the Summer. Six new anime series will premiere on Toonami including: OUTLAW STAR, THE BIG O premiering in April, followed by MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM, GUNDAM 8S, PILOT CANDIDATE and the original DRAGONBALL series. Seems like CN will be very busy this year!

MORE TRANSFORMERS VIDEOS AND DVDS (Feb 24, 2001) Rhino will release two more Transformers videos now available on VHS and DVD in May. Transformers: Heroes will have the three part "Rebirth" (the final episodes #96-98). Transformers: Villans will feature the three part "The Ultimate Doom" (episodes #12-14)

NEW TRANSFORMERS COMIC IN THE WORKS (Feb 24, 2001) Top Cow is reportly in talks to produce a new Transformers comic. Pat Lee, who drew a Transformers pin-up for an issue of Wizard last fall is interested in drawing the comic if it launches. The Transformers comics were original published by Marvel from 1984-1991.

NICK-AT-NITE FEATURES SPECIAL 1980s WEEK (Feb 24, 2001) The Nick-At-Nite cable network will air a special "Revenge of the 80s" week. Each night, nine episodes from a different 1980s sitcom will air. Sunday-Diff'rent Strokes, Monday-Silver Spoons, Tuesday-The Facts of Life, Wednesday-ALF, Thursday-227 and Friday- Square Pegs. The Facts of Life has regular aired on the network since the Fall of 2000, and its premiere marathon gave Nick-At-Nite its highest ratings. ALF still airs on the Odyssey Network in the afternoons. Also Diff'rent Strokes will start airing regular on Nick-at-Nite on March 12th. It seems that Nick-At-Nite listens to their viewers and the 1980s Reniassance will continue to grow!

NEW TRANSFORMERS CARTOON FOR FALL 2001 (Feb 15, 2001) The latest Transformers series is coming to FOX in the fall of 2001. It will be dubbed episodes of the Japanese "Transformers 2000" cartoon. This series features the return of the car to robot transformations. Most characters will retain their original names. Fire Convoy will be called Optimus Prime and will transform into a fire truck. The show will be renamed "Transformers: Robots In Disguise" and will air six days a week on FOX Kids. Toys from the series will be released also.

TOONAMI NEW SCHEDULE CONFIRMED (Feb 8, 2001) Here is Toonami's new schedule starting Feb 19th (All times are Central) 3pm Ronin Warriors , 3:30pm Sailor Moon, 4pm Dragonball Z, 4:30pm Outlaw Star, 5pm Tenchi Universe, 5:30pm Superman Also SilverHawks will be cancelled and ThunderCats will move to 2:30pm starting March 5th. SWAT Kats will be on at 2pm.

CARTOON NETWORK SCHEDULE CHANGES (Jan 30, 2001) It seems a new Toonami line-up will appear on Feb 19th. Some shows will stay like Ronin Warriors, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z and Tenchi. Outlaw Star will be shown again as well. I don't know the specifics of the line-up and the fate of Batman and Superman is undetermined as of now. Also it seems SilverHawks will be put on hiatus after March 2nd. ThunderCats will move to 2:30pm and it is unknown what will be on at 2pm. For more info, keep looking at Cartoon Network's schedule grid on their site. Source-the Sailor Scout Bears and Cartoon Network.com

NEW JLA CARTOON (Jan 30, 2001) A new Justice League of America cartoon series is in development for the Cartoon Network's Toonami block. Word has it that 26 episodes will be produced by none other that Bruce Timm who did the latest Batman and Superman series for Warner Bros.

HE-MAN SELLING WELL, AGAIN! (Jan 30, 2001) The new He-Man re-issue figures are selling well. So much that I can't find them myself. Mattel announced that a box set of 5 or 10 figures will be released later this year.

NEW RHINO DVDS (Jan 30, 2001) Rhino will be releasing select episodes from the following series on DVD this year: Transformers, G.I. Joe, Inhumanoids, My Little Pony, Robotix and Battle of the Planets! Source: The Digital Bits

NEW TOONAMI SHOW TO PREMIERE IN JANUARY 2001! (Jan 5, 2001) Commericals have began running about the new show on the Toonami block, Outlaw Star. This series will begin airing Jan 15th at 6:30pm! Outlaw Star was made in 1998 in Japan and has been released on video and DVD for the US this year.

OWNER OF SUNBOW CARTOONS BOUGHT OUT! (Dec 10, 2000) Jeff Harris reports that a German animation film company, TV Loonland, bought the Sony Wonder division of Sony Entertainment. They now have the Sony Wonder library of 2,000 programs such as many Sunbow cartoons like G.I. Joe, Transformers, Jem and many others.

CHECK OUT WIZARD THE COMICS MAGAZINE #111 ON SALE NOW! (Dec 10, 2000) In it are cool drawings of 1980s cartoons: Transformers by Pat Lee, G.I. Joe by J. Scott Campbell (Gen13 and Danger Girl artist), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Joe Madueria (Uncanny X-Men and Battle Chasers artist), ThunderCats by Jimmy Cheung and He-Man by Ed McGuinness (Superman artist). Wizard acknowledges that an 80s renaissance is happening. Back issues of the 1980s Marvel G.I. Joe and Transformers comic book series are rising in prices. And these charactes could return to comics soon if the fans demand it!

NEW TOONAMI LINE-UP, AGAIN! RONIN WARRIORS TO REPLACE REBOOT! (Nov 15, 2000) Now the schedule grids show that an almost different line-up will premiere on Nov 13th. Here it is: RONIN WARRIORS return at 4pm, Sailor Moon stays at 4:30pm, DBZ at 5pm, Tenchi Muyo! moves up tp 5:30pm, Gundam Wing moves to 6pm and Superman replaces Batman at 6:30pm.

NEW TOONAMI LINE-UP (Oct 29, 2000) The new line-up will start November 13th. ReBoot will be cancelled again and Superman will be added to the line-up (hopefully for sure this time) 4pm Ronin Warriors, 4:30pm Sailor Moon, 5pm DragonBall Z, 5:30pm Tenchi Universe, 6pm Gundam Wing, 6:30pm Superman: The Animated Series. Also starting November 10th every Friday at 5pm, Toonami will show the In-Flight Movies. Up for the first week is the delayed Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. The others will be: Batman and Superman: World's Finest (Nov 17), DragonBall Z: The World's Strongest (Nov 24), Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Dec 1). The Midnight Run will also change on Nov 13. No more Gundam Wing uncut as DragonBall Z will be on at 12am and Tenchi Muyo! will be on at 12:30am. (all these times are EST). Also a new Rising Sun line-up will be announced later. Check out CartoonNetwork.com

TRANSFORMERS VIDEOS (Oct 29, 2000) Don't forget about the new Transformers videos coming out from Kid Rhino! Transformers the Movie DVD is out now and The Original Transformers Vol. 10-12 will be released on Nov 7, 2000. You can order them through Rhino Home Video.

NEW FOX KIDS SATURDAY LINE-UP (Oct 29, 2000) Fox Kids has a new schedule on the Saturday Morning Line-Up. Here it is as of October 28, 2000. 8am Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, 8:30am Action Man, 9am Digimon: Digital Monsters, 9:30am Digimon: Digital Monsters, 10am Beast Machines, 10:30am Digimon: Digital Monsters, 11am NASCAR Racers, 11:30am Cybersix. And that's the schedule for Saturday Mornings. Check out FoxKids.com

ESCAFLOWNE GONE FROM FOX KIDS (Oct 29, 2000) Well, we all knew it wasn't going to last, didn't we? The odds were against Vision of Escaflowne on Fox Kids ever since it was announced that it was on the fall lineup. People that were familiar with the original version were worried that Fox Kids would get rid of the original music, cut out a lot of unnecessary things, and basically present a bastardized version of the series. Ever since Sean Akins made a statement that this was one of the shows he wanted on Toonami, Fox Kids snagged it up quicker than you can say "five," as in five years. And now, with the show no longer on the Fox lineup, you'd expect Toonami to pick it up, right? Sorry, no. The network was the rights to Escaflowne for five years, even though it'll be sitting on the shelves gathering dust. Pity. And the fates doesn't look that good as well, as Fox Kids is rumored to be getting another classic anime that Toonami doesn't have, which could begin this spring. Some flat-chested, red-headed cutie with sorcerery powers and a dim yet nobel blond-haired sidekick.

BREAKING NEWS: HE-MAN NOT ON CN BUT BACK ON TOY SHELVES! (Oct 17, 2000) Cartoon Network denies the rumors that they were in negociations with Hallmark to get He-Man or other cartoons right now because they are too expensive. But the good news is that original He-Man figures will be avaibale again in toy stores everywhere. He-man.org announced from Toyfare Magazine #40, that Mattel will re-release ten Masters of the Universe figures in their original packages in January 2001. The figures re-released are: He-Man and Skeletor limited to only 15,000. Also, these figures will be released limited to only 10,000: Teela, Man-At-Arms, Beast Man, Evil-Lyn, Faker, Mer-Man, Trap Jaw and Tri-Klops. Also two-packs will be released of He-Man with Battle Cat and Skeletor with Panthor. Additional figures may be released including unproduced ones like He-Ro and Eldor. Thanks Mattel!!!

SILVERHAWKS WILL DO AN ENCORE RUN AS WELL AS SAILOR MOON SUPER S! (Oct 15, 2000) Cartoon Network says SilverHawks is doing better in the ratings and they will probably let the series run a second time after the first run of all 65 episodes are over. Also Sailor Moon Super S will repeat itself after the original run concludes. Source-SailorScout Bears.

BLUE SUBMARINE 6 AND GUNDAM WING: ENDLESS WALTZ DELAYED! (Oct 15, 2000) The Blue Submarine 6 mini-series will now air through Nov 6-10. Also, Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz will start the new "Toonami In-Flight Movies" on Nov 10th!

TOONAMI NEWS, FROM THE MAN HIMSELF (Oct 15, 2000) Sean Akins, producer of Toonami, did an interview on Fantasticon.com and here's some of the highlights of it: The next new series to debut on Toonami is Outlaw Star and it will be on the air by early 2001. The next Gundam series to be shown is the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam, and no deals have been set but look for this show to be ready in 2001. Also Sean answered many fans questions about the classic shows of Speed Racer, Voltron and G-Force. Sean said these shows don't get good enough ratings to continue showing them. He also said that he grew up watching such shows as Transformers, Mighty Orbots, and G.I.Joe himself (he's one of us!) and would love to show them but they might not do well in ratings either. Let's convince him otherwise. Write a letter to Toonami and suggest they try airing Transformers or G.I.Joe. Tell them about the recent success of the Rhino videos and that Transformers the Movie was on Amazon's top selling list. With these series hopefully people would watch them. Also to support this idea, please everyone watch the ThunderCats/SilverHawks hour weekdays at 2pm CST/MST and 3pm EST/PST.

BOOMERANG SNEAK PEEK ALL OCTOBER ON CN (Oct 15, 2000) To get a glimpse of what you are missing on Boomerang, every Saturday in October, you can get a sneak peek of the shows on Boomerang. Running from 3pm-5pm CST/MST and 4pm-6pm EST/PST, you can go back in time with two hours of Boomerang programming. Most of these shows haven't been on Cartoon Network for a while since they were knocked off by the original stuff. Also go to www.boomerang.cartoonnetwork.com and find out how you can get this new channel!

HE-MAN ON CARTOON NETWORK? (October 6, 2000) He-Man.org reports that rumors are going around that Cartoon Network is in negociations with Hallmark about He-Man and other 80s cartoons. The webmaster confirms that there have been talks but no deals have been set. See this space for further details!

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS OFF FOX! (Oct 6, 2000) Yesterday FOX began airing commericals that DinoZaurs would take over D&D's timeslot of Tues-Fri at 3pm. D&D won't be airing on the network for the next few weeks at least, but lets convince them to move to the FOX Family Channel! Write letters to FOX Fam and tell them to add the series to their line-up!

THUNDERCATS RETURN, HO! (Oct 1, 2000) Cartoon Network has a new schedule grid on their site under the TV section. This is more detailed and it tells you what episodes of your favorite shows are airing and the year it was made in. It also goes to three weeks in advance (to Oct 16). Starting this Monday, ThunderCats returns to the weekday line-up at 2pm CST/MST & 3pm EST/PST. SilverHawks is still after that at 2:30pm CST/MST & 3:30pm EST/PST. That means we got our wish for the Rankin-Bass Animated Hour! Goodbye Captain Planet! (Well he is on early now, but at least SilverHawks has a strong lead-in)

LAFF-A-LYMPICS RETURN (Oct 1, 2000) Also, the Laff-A-Lympics series has been airing on CN mornings at 8:30am CST/9:30am EST for the Syndey 2000 Olympics. Like they did for the Atlanta 1996 games. This show also pops up on Boomerang.

NEW TOONAMI RISING SUN LINE-UP (Oct 1, 2000) Starting Oct 7th Toonami Rising Sun has a new line-up (times CST) 8am-9am ThunderCats, 10:00am Sailor Moon, 10:30am Tenchi Muyo!, 11:15am Superman (1996-2000 series) will start at 11am in later weeks but some Tenchi episodes run over and 11:45am to be announced (probably Powerpuff Girls). Superman will be shown on Saturdays rather than Fridays as previously reported.

UPCOMING TOONAMI SPECIALS AND MOVIES (Oct 1, 2000) The four-part Blue Submarine No. 6 OAV series, will airs Oct 16-20. This sci-fi tale follows the crew of a super-submarine as they battle an evil genius and his underwater mutant minions. On Oct. 20, CN will show Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, a follow-up movie to the popular Gundam Wing TV series.