Kids WB Retrospective (Part 2): Attack the Block (Episode 7)

Competing with increasingly popular cable networks, shifting to an entirely new network, and constant changes in its lineup, the mid to late 2000s featured a new set of challenges for the brand.
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[@erenjeager9442]

I remembered Kids WB from 1997-2008. May you RIP Kids WB. 😢

[@TheValvaradmusPrime]

You got to give Kids WB mad props even though they knew there death was at hand they solidered on at there final bordcast like it was business as usual

[@GatorRay]

Starting to wonder if Warner Bros copyright claimed the Loonatics Unleased footage because the higher ups nowadays recognized that it's a bad show and want to forget that it even existed.

[@athemocracy]

Probably more likely that WB's desperate enough to copyright a video that only featured less than 30 seconds of footage because they'll reboot a almost anything

[@GatorRay]

@@athemocracy True.

[@jaybewavy]

Discovery Kids a huge throwback

[@memeelfman324]

Part 3 is today boys

[@trevonpernell0814]

Don't know why, but the story surrounding The WB itself, not just Kids' WB, is very interesting to me.

[@trevonpernell0814]

@Isaiah Williams Agreed. Wish there was KZbin video documenting the story of The WB, similar to how Connor Higgins did one for UPN.

[@trevonpernell0814]

@Isaiah Williams Well thank you.

[@trevonpernell0814]

@Isaiah Williams If you ask me, The WB was a VERY interesting concept. Believe me, with more successful shows (especially later on in its lifespan), The WB could've been THRIVING.

[@trevonpernell0814]

@Isaiah Williams Remember Freaks And Geeks?

[@trevonpernell0814]

@Isaiah Williams If you ask me, that show tailor-made for The WB, not NBC.

[@dcb99filmz]

I stuck around long enough to remember Viewtiful Joe, Legion of Super Heroes, Spider Riders and Magi-Nation.

[@misterzygarde6431]

You know in a hypothetical Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, and Pinky and the Brain sequel series where the Warners are sent to Acme Looniversity with Pinky and the Brain becoming class pets, what kind of episode ideas would you imagine? I could see one where Pinky and the Brain are trying to deal with their new surroundings, Buster and Babs showing the siblings around Acme Looniversity, and Plucky trying to prank the Warners.

[@TobeyFairre7861]

Watching these both to help the algorithm and because I need something to forget about the current year we're in, 2020. Edit: may just make a bunch of extra accounts just to comment and signal boost this. Your channel deserves so much more attention.

[@futureDreamer4]

I loved Loonatics Unleashed as a kid.

[@TheIkranRider]

Speaking of which, what was that song he used as he was describing it? Idt it belonged to the show itself.

[@JasontheCartoonFan]

24:58-25:09 Not only that, but by that point in the block’s run, ABC Kids was running on auto-pilot. It kept on airing the same 10-12 episodes of Emperor’s New School, The Replacements, Hannah Montana, and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody; and the same 22 episodes of That’s So Raven (with two half-hour broadcasts of that show airing back-to-back in an hour-long timeslot) from then until ABC Kids ended in 2011, with the only series continuing to get episode updates on the block being Power Rangers, which continued to air new episodes on ABC Kids until 2009 (the original Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers aired on the block during the 2009-10 television season, and then Disney sold the broadcast rights to the franchise to Nickelodeon not too long after, leaving ABC Kids as basically a living corpse during its final year on the air). I know that Cinepile Studios already did a really good video on the history of the block, but it still would be awesome if you covered Disney’s 1 Saturday Morning/ABC Kids in a future “Attack the Block” installment.

[@andrejg4136]

It was one of my wake-up calls to the passage of time, I had turned 21 in 2006, and to watch the wholesale collapse of broadcast Saturday Morning cartoons from the turn of the millennium until my college years was basically a bell tolling in the background of my head. Cable and later cable-supported high speed internet had effectively shattered 'the blocks' to the point where anyone not blinded by nostalgia could see they were financially un-viable. It was like watching great nations shatter, but eventually being reborn into greater (in terms of breadth) confederations. Animation has never been more diverse, had more depth, had more breadth, had more range, had more willingness to revisit the old and grasp blindly for the new. And yet, there is just this awful feeling of loss, that concentrated hit of "there is this specific 4 hour block just for YOU" is dead and gone, and for the sake of television, there is simply no need for it to come back. If they care about the content, they will find a way to get it out; if they care about the ads, ads at 5 PM on a Wendsday sell just as well on cable as 10 AM on a Saturday OTA, in theory at least...

[@JRProductions1203]

You watch that video from this channel too!?! Respect: *EARNED*

[@radioangel_ym]

Oddly enough, the same day ABC Kids was aired for the final time, Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension simulcasted on both Disney Channel and ABC

[@Yuginami]

2000 - 2004 were the golden years in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the 90s kids WB as well.

[@the1magageneral323]

90s to early 2000s was the best cartoons for the Kids WB.

[@aaronsarchive82]

​@@the1magageneral323 Agreed. I think 97'-00' were the best years, imo. But I watched the whole thing from 95 till about 05'.

[@EthanCrossMedia]

Nice, that you reuploaded this, after it went private, due to copyright claim from Warner Bros. Entertainment, containing footage from Teen Titans.

[@thealmightypharaoh7106]

I don't know why, but from kidsWB to CW4kids Vortex, even though they said it came on Saturday the block always aired on Sunday for me, I don't if was because of where I lived or the got air dates wrong 😅

[@JasontheCartoonFan]

Actually, it IS because of where you lived. Although Kids’ WB was supposed to be a Saturday morning block, some CW affiliates aired the block on tape delay in favor of showing locally produced and/or E/I-compliant programming, causing it to air on Sundays on those stations instead, and the same thing happened with The CW4Kids.

[@thealmightypharaoh7106]

@@JasontheCartoonFan i always wondered why it played on Sundays 🤔, thank you🙂

[@TheIkranRider]

Ty for bringing them back! And also, please do FoxBox for Episode 8!!

[@TheRacingGenius88]

Well Miguzi is ep 8. Fox Box might be on his ever growing never ending Attack The Block list.

[@TheIkranRider]

@@TheRacingGenius88 I...dk what Miguzi is. But I hope he can get to it soon, at least before the year's out; it'll make the perfect follow up since Pokémon and Yugioh ended.

[@TheRacingGenius88]

@@TheIkranRider It was a Cartoon Network block from back in the day.

[@TheIkranRider]

Oh, you mean Miguzi. Ah. Never heard of it, though.

[@TobeyFairre7861]

I distinctly remember BK or McDonald's having a toy promotion coincide with FoxBox. Some fast food place had a box that features media from that block on the actual box that held food. Idk who, but I remember it, vaguely

[@timbartschwolfman]

In my opinion WB became CW UPN became MyNetworkTV

[@FogHazard]

Love the use of the DBZ Sagas soundtrack. Great video series!

[@TheIkranRider]

Then...what the heck was that song in 2005 I wonder?? It's driving me crazy!

[@minerbloxer6471]

“Here’s one you’ve never heard of, UPN kids!”

[@20035079]

Switch the speed to 1.25 if you want a faster voiceover

[@fyrewatermelons]

I'm so hyped for Part 3! 😃😃😃

[@denickart]

Teen Titans wasn't really a Kids WB show. They were just played reruns of episodes that aired months prior on Cartoon Network.

[@vhsloudfan6855]

I’m definitely Loving kids wb as a kid But looking it back as a grownup it’s no use Knowing mucha Lucia and Xiaolin showdown has a youtube channel now

[@BrianAwesome]

.... Why didn't PowerPuff girls come to Kids' WB, while Toonami was still there ? 🤔

[@torontotowers]

This was so well put together, can’t wait to see what happens next for attack the block. I just subscribed:)

[@TajmirTheRandomFan]

in my honest opinion, if UPN Kids would have lived on till 2006 and then it and Kids WB would have merged too as Kids'CW

[@jonahabenhaim1223]

13:00 Ah, The Ungodly Debut of Coconut Fred, the Spongebob Squarepants Ripoff that didn’t do so well.

[@facusmendoza1061]

23:03 its truth

[@earopooptubeofkpoca]

In wusa , the wb and upn have the same station

[@emmayoung736]

The WB was born five days before UPN and died five years after

[@savvvytyler]

So if im understanding this correctly, the cartoons didnt flop on Kids WB. The network itself kinda flopped and forced the cartoons out?

[@athemocracy]

A combination of factors: (1) the WB network's decline (2) families shifted to cable (3) Parent company Warner Media began prioritizing Cartoon Network over the dying WB network and Kids WB (4) This abandoned Kids WB while making Cartoon Network much more kid focused than in the past.

[@savvvytyler]

@@athemocracy thank u!

[@brain996]

That’s not true brian it’s also The wb Becomes the cw the cw is good

[@coreylineberry8557]

I feel like a minor correction at 6:52 is necessary. While yes, NT Warrior was based on a game series, it was based on the Mega Man Battle Network series.

[@pikakin2375]

Ayo hold up! MEGA MAN NT WARRIOR WAS ON KIDS WB? WHAT!!!

[@mraaronhd]

Yup. It was pretty good as well.

[@pikachu0Z]

It sure was and it was good, but the only downsides was episodes airing out of order or being skipped or not airing at all

[@trevonpernell0814]

16:04-20:13; 17:24 Begins the most interesting part of the story for me.

[@reidsewing6436]

1:21 Wow! Forever Came In 854 Days.

[@jaybewavy]

I vaguely remember fox kids from when I was younger 💀

[@brain996]

The nostalgia

[@TheIkranRider]

Oh, what was the music used to describe 2005? @11:00? Sounded like an SNES game, after the Corneria Starfox theme.

[@robtheoutsider]

Didn’t The Batman still air in 2007-08?

[@dcb99filmz]

I remember it being around then but then again I don't have the best memory

[@fluttershy9448]

Critics Are correct I agree with you

[@thewakkomanguy8715]

I was right I mean I don’t know why Animaniacs tiny toons Sylvester and tweety mysteries was Removed from the block was not only anime it was the educational programming

[@thewakkomanguy8715]

Just like any event That happens on blocks and the cw4kids got Less viewers And Johnny test was the first cartoon To be On the block and ended it’s run to the channel but instead moved to Cartoon Network

[@angrybirdstoyadventures9043]

I know all these shows came to kids wb but there shows were damaging the block

[@pinkiepie3579]

Since johnny test was my childhood show people just hated it And people have no respect be grateful for a show that you didn’t have to watch anime on the day

[@TheIkranRider]

Hey, can anyone identify the music track when he started the description of 2005? W/ the Loonatics Unleashed segment? @10:58?

[@angrybirdstoyadventures9043]

I don’t know the music name it sounds like star fox but it sounds like loonatics

[@TheIkranRider]

@@angrybirdstoyadventures9043 I tried looking for Loonatics, had no luck. Idk what am I missing.

[@pinkydinky4825]

That’s crazy

[@omixiaolin5711]

Still practicing my Ninja skills

[@twilightsparkle9664]

Not on the big three Saturday morning blocks ended it was also Discovery channel’s tlc ready set learn was the one that ruined Saturday morning cartoons back at that era

[@thewakkomanguy8715]

Any One Remembers Maya The Bee

[@tinytoonadventuresoffcial228]

I remember that show That’s really good and fun

[@marytest5518]

I use to watch that when I was younger yesssssssssss

[@fluttershy9448]

That’s a cool show for Saturday morning

[@thewakkomanguy8715]

No it was a Saturday morning series in Australia your wrong Fluttershy

[@tinytoonadventuresoffcial228]

And at 14:10 they literally replaced us to and the show is mainly dark towards kids and whiter audiences

[@tykeishan]

The looney tunes were known for its head at 14:15

[@isaiahshorts4530]

I agree with worst stuff with shit

[@pinkiepie3579]

I mean loonatics was the worst part of the season 1 but it got darker and darker since when it released on Cartoon Network and kids wb It’s crazy

[@vongolajames]

Yeeeeeees!!!!

[@kidswb5983]

So sad bro so sad

[@tykeishan]

I agree Saturday morning cartoons should return but metv brought them back which is dumb there only adding 30s and 50s and 60s it might not work That way

[@angrybirdstoyadventures9043]

Agreed

[@thewakkomanguy8715]

@Isaiah Williams I think it will fail Due to there Money That metv is offering us

[@orlandojuarez9742]

15:20 but why did they get rid of the weekday afternoon lineup?

[@athemocracy]

The afternoon block was eliminated for audiences to transfer to Cartoon Network (also owned by WB).

[@orlandojuarez9742]

@@athemocracy why?

[@robtheoutsider]

@@orlandojuarez9742 Ratings were slipping, and the stations knew that it was a wasted investment to program kids stuff afterschool, when kids would go to Nick or Cartoon Network

[@orlandojuarez9742]

@@robtheoutsider but most kids watch kids wb afternoon

[@robtheoutsider]

@@orlandojuarez9742 Yeah, but cable was the new thing for kids

[@skuljumper]

What was the podcast he was talking about?

[@geekcinemareviews]

what's the music at 14:08? (thanks)

[@nhieltesorero2963]

Like

[@JRProductions1203]

I feel so sorry for you. I can just hear your voice cracking, while you continue to end the video.😞😢

[@athemocracy]

I was actually sick when recording some of this and part 3

[@twilightsparkle9664]

Don’t get me wrong at 0:01 me talking

[@emmayoung736]

I bet the Animaniacs weren't bothered by the water tower transforming, SINCE FREAKING PIKACHU SHOCKED THEM TO DEATH! I'm sick of everyone choosing overrated shit over founding programming and gold.

[@jonahabenhaim1223]

What do you mean? (Unrelated note) Cartoons like Project Geeker deserved to have at least 2 more seasons because It was pulled Quickly by CBS after only 13 episodes.. Are you trying to say that Mainstream Media is Bad and that underrated Media is better? It depends on what you’re personal taste really is.

[@emmayoung736]

@@jonahabenhaim1223 It's mostly and usually the fanbases that ruin stuff

[@emmayoung736]

@@jonahabenhaim1223 Also too much hype

[@spongebobsquarepants188]

The wb Was lucky

[@aangairbender3064]

To bad

[@the1magageneral323]

Activist women at WB is what happened and caused the downfall of the KIDSWB and Saturday morning cartoons in general.

[@angrybirdstoyadventures9043]

Pokémon anime is good

[@dotwarner2141]

What a shame Because Yu gi oh did take our place for sure 😢😢😭😭🥺 and pokemon to

[@thewakkomanguy8715]

I’m here with ya sis Yes it was Pokémon and yu gi oh fault

[@tinytoonadventuresoffcial228]

Agreed

[@hubnetwork585]

@@thewakkomanguy8715 don't worry warner brothers and sister dot I can come back and bring animaniacs in my launch same with tiny toons

[@tykeishan]

And kids click was the one that ruined Saturday morning cartoons

[@spongebobsquarepants188]

Not only that they ruined It there saving Saturday morning cartoons

[@pinkiepie3579]

No

[@hubnetwork585]

@@spongebobsquarepants188 I NOW HATE U SPONGEBOB NICKELODEON WOULD'VE BEEN SAVED IF U WERE CANCELED LOUD HOUSE NEEDS MORE AIRINGS

[@isaiahshorts4530]

Well I know the cw was worst anyway

[@geekedmedia]

Started to fall off in 2005

[@tykeishan]

And Pokémon was good on the block without the Animaniacs

[@marytest5518]

The wb Was suffered from kids wb and upn And the shows we’re pretty bad in my opinion