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Well luckily after 8,000 episodes of looking at the stupidest criminals in the known universe, you haven't learned how to hurt anybody and get away with it before breaking down in a tearful confession and revealing that it was all because your father was sleeping with your husband...or something.
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No, it's not a hoax, not a dream, not an imaginary story!
Saved By the Bell has become a featured part of CN's Adult Swin line-up.
Meanwhile, viewers in Latin America report that the versions of CN and Boomerang down there have already made a complete shift to being mostly live action channels featuring sitcoms, teen dramas, and 90s live action comedy movies.
This is not a good sign.
There is a faint sliver of light showing: Cox cable is apparently displeased...they've been getting a lot of complaints from customers over the change in prgramming. They say if they continue to get so many complaints, Cox may step in and take action to get CN to return to its original programming charter...showing CARTOONS, darn it!
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quote:Originally posted by pH: Besides, the tearful confession only happens all the time in Criminal Intent, which is by far the weakest of the Law and Orders.
-pH
Well its such a distinguishing lot. Only a program of true quality can compete with 10 years worth of Jerry Orbach wisecracks.
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quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: Meanwhile, viewers in Latin America report that the versions of CN and Boomerang down there have already made a complete shift to being mostly live action channels featuring sitcoms, teen dramas, and 90s live action comedy movies.
So now that we have spike, someone's gotta jump in and fill the mile wide crappiness gap that TNN left behind a few years ago.
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quote:Besides, the tearful confession only happens all the time in Criminal Intent, which is by far the weakest of the Law and Orders.
Are you including Law and Order: SVU, aka, The Sexual Deviant's Happytime? I don't think I've seen an episode yet (maybe half a dozen to a dozen, an admittedly poor sample size) that hasn't involved some sort of incest.
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SVU is my favorite. And there aren't that many incest episodes. They're actually really varied. But they do generally include sexual assault, since, uh, that's the whole point of that particular unit.
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I just saw an ad for Saved by the Bell. I wasn't going to believe it til I saw it but now there's no denying it. I LIKE SbtB, it brings back fond memories growing up. But its not a cartoon so I'm lost on the logic of adding it to channel, much less to Adult Swim.
And I like SVU too. I think the cast and characters are what really make it shine.
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quote:SVU is my favorite. And there aren't that many incest episodes. They're actually really varied. But they do generally include sexual assault, since, uh, that's the whole point of that particular unit.
I do have that kind of luck when I only sporadically watch TV shows. I've only seen half a dozen episodes or less of Spongebob, but I think three of those were the same one that I happened to see on three different occaisions when I stayed home sick. :shrug:
As far as [as] goes, I saw them do a short segment where a viewer wrote in demanding that they A) recall that they're on the CARTOON NETWORK, and revise their lineup accordingly, or B) change their name to [crappy 80s preteen sitcom swim]
They said something along the lines of, "your objections have been duly noted.
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Update: It's been confirmed that the UK version of CN's spin-off Toonami channel ( action-oriented cartoons aimed largely at a 12-17 year old demographic) has begun showing...Parker Lewis Can't Lose...
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Okay, this has to be stopped. Right now.
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"Saved By The Bell" in Adult Swim is disturbing. It is neither Adult, nor prone to actually encouraging anyone to swim. Indeed, drowning may be a better alternative to watching it.
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Don't know if this has been posted or not (going to bed, too tired to read the whole thread again), but Adult Swim has now started displaying [crappy 80s preteen sitcom swim] in the lower right hand area of the screen (the network badge area) when showing Saved by the Bell.
I can't tell if they're defending the decision or mocking it.
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I happened to see one of the emails they displayed on the black screen. A writer had written in complaining about the Saved by the Bell addition, and pointed out that they're [adult swim], not [crappy 1980s preteen sitcom network] (not exact words). The writer then said they should either not show Saved by the Bell or change their name.
That's when the label on the bottom changed, and it's gone back and forth from that to [adult swim]. Sometimes while showing SBTB, and sometimes during other shows.
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Insiders from the network have come forward with the following revelations:
1) The Disney Channel live action tween sitcoms and made-for-tv movies get ratings CN can only dream of.
2) The current regime at CN, instead of seeking to make better cartoons, has decided the medium is to blame and that "kids just don't watch cartoons anymore".
3) 90s Jim Carrey Movies and 80s Saturday Morning Sitcoms can be shown for almost no cost.
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