Me-TV Toons Classic Cartoon Channel Launching Free OTA

In this video, I talk about the Me-TV Toons classic cartoon channel that's launching free over the air. I interview Weigel Vice Chairman Neal Sabin to ask what cartoons will be on the network, where it's launching, and how to access it.
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[@jamessotherden5909]

This 71 year old cant wait. Jhonny Quest was my fav as a kid.

[@FoulOwl2112]

Sim Sim Salabim!

[@garyt5582]

Mine too!

[@randyjohnson2794]

Never realized they made a second season in the mid 80's

[@LaceRosesIamspecial]

I'm 45 and I'm all with you!!!

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

As the old saying goes, 'You're never too old' to enjoy the things you grown up with.

[@debraonger2379]

Before my best friend passed away we every Saturday watched MeTV channel. I still love it

[@MrLyosea]

These guys are bringing back the original 1992-1997 Cartoon Network era of classic cartoon showcasing! This is long overdue from somebody! Thanks MeTV!

[@cuttothechasenews]

I grew up on this Cartoon Network, I never even knew at the time I was watching "old" shows lol

[@jamesm47766]

It's also just like the boomerang channel

[@williamwatts6463]

Early Cartoon Network was the best.

[@MrLyosea]

@@cuttothechasenews Neither was I. If anything I'd assume the looney tune shows and tom and jerry shows were maybe 30 years old at the most by the age I was 5-6 years old. Had no idea they were from 1930-1950!

[@MG-es2no]

I remember when all the classic cartoons moved were on CARTOON NETWORK, the only problem was by the time my old cable provider picked the cartoon network, ALL were gone and had moved to BOOMERANG. The CARTOON NETWORK had started producing their OWN cartoons. I never got either one cause BOTH cost extra, and most likely still do. No longer have cable, and just cancelled a streaming service with my current cable provider. BOONERANG dropped ALL the classic cartoons and starting showing reruns of their own cartoons. THIS IS MY KIND OF CARTOON NETWORK! 😉😁

[@STB-jh7od]

I'm 53yo man, and now I'm looking forward to wearing PJs, eating cereal while watching these.

[@Denisejohn65NailEd]

Me too !

[@crystalsloboda5592]

Yes!!

[@chrisbrass8930]

Ditto

[@jdslyman1720]

40yo here. I can recreate the full experience, as I have a tube TV from the 70s that still works. It has no remote, full solid state, color, and the channels are tuned through VHF and UHF knobs on the front. Owned since new, it has played 100s of hours of Saturday morning cartoons on it 😄

[@stephendanbom7118]

I just turned 54 and I remember getting up early Saturday mornings, eating Froot Loops to cartoons. Looking forward to this for old times sake.

[@Earthshaker1965]

There's no question why MeTV is the most popular and loved network over the air.❤

[@AntennaMan]

Exactly!

[@voidfilan5055]

Yes. Had to cut my cable but I get both METV and METV+ over PHILO

[@anthonyrazza1344]

I'm getting my Maypo out of mothballs!! 😅

[@JerrySpann-fn4kw]

Because they keep to their themes. Unlike shitty cable channels like crappy ass MTV and shitty TVLand.

[@steveparadis2978]

Reality TV is their force multiplier--a bunch of amateurs trying to act vs the likes of MASH or The Twilight Zone.

[@jeffreyd399]

That shows you that we need Saturday morning cartoons back. This is why you're the best Tyler when it comes to Over the Air TV information. You can't get this information anywhere else.

[@LillyKC23]

I definitely second that! He does an excellent job & I greatly appreciate him!

[@KyleRuggles]

YES!!! Omg, kids these days will never know the pleasure of waking up super early in the morning and watching all the cartoons we could fit in, the joy of running to school to make sure we catch Darkwing Duck and Gargoyles... Folks born in the 80's and early 90's are the last of the pre-internet crap generation. I'm grateful to be born in this era.

[@redstickham6394]

That is true. I remember when Saturday morning was our TV time as well as after school during the week. The cartoons were also of better quality than what is coming out today. I hope this channel becomes available in my town soon.

[@michaelpowell5266]

The news of MeTV's viewership and ratings for its classic theatrical cartoon block, which is astronomical, already to the point that it forces CBS' hand and it plans to return to SatAM cartoons(delayed in 2023, due to the SAG-AFTRA strike). Chances are, both ABC and NBC will eventually follow suit. Of course, the CTA of 1990 will have to undergo significant reform. It's really time for the broadcast networks to return to SatAM cartoons, this time for keeps!!!

[@miquon4717]

I wish that could happen but the problem with that is the FCC has made it very impossible for the broadcast networks to even try to program any SatAM cartoons unless their educational. And also broadcast are so cheap nowadays they rather air more news than air Cartoons. It's sad but it is what is it.

[@MundoFoxValleXHMFV15]

MeTV Toons reminds me of Boomerang from Cartoon Network but now it’s OTA

[@AntennaMan]

That's exactly what it's going to be!

[@donbest5024]

Metv Toons should be better.

[@billybassman21]

I wonder how censored these are going to be? Boomerang got really bad at censoring and omitting certain episodes because they were seemed too offensive. It would be great if we could see the Tom and Jerry with Mammy Two shoes and see all the violence, smoking and alcohol these toons originally had.

[@mikek92]

@@billybassman21 I would love to see the old WB toons from the WW2 era. They removed them for being too "offensive". It's amazing that Japan didn't find them offensive, just some touchy-feely Americans did !

[@game_master_rukia]

it's basically going to be what boomerang should be

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

A great addition to the airwaves. Many viewers are excited about this channel launch!

[@AntennaMan]

Hopefully it launches in Watertown so you get to watch it!

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@AntennaMan That’s Robbie you’re thinking of. I’m not close to a signal. But I do like keeping tabs and reporting on these stories!

[@donbest5024]

Mabe it will be available on fta satellite,hope.

[@channel91uhf]

@@NorthcoasterHobby which Canadian province do you live in?

[@NorthcoasterHobby]

@@channel91uhf Northwestern Ontario

[@abbynormal4740]

24/7 classic cartoons? YES!!! My 65 year old kid of a husband already watches Toon in with MeTV Topeka but as a night owl, I'm looking forward to *hopefully* being able to watch during the day or late, late night. So many wonderful memories of the old Saturday morning cartoons 😄 Thunderbirds Are Go!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@rockville34]

Weigel is a great purveyor of television historic programs. We watch ME-TV, ME-TV+ often. Thanks for the interview.

[@ckstaff]

I suspect they are for the most part boomers like many of us. I think that is why this cartoon channel will be a huge success. They get it. I still think MeTv has the best prime time lineup from MASH to Carol Burnet. Glad they put Beverly Hillbillies in primetime also. Wish there was a way to squeeze in "My 3 Sons" in primetime.

[@donovan311]

As someone who works for this company, this makes me happy to read!

[@DiscipleGabe]

I’m 16 and I love to watch MeTV. I’m an old soul, at heart.

[@AVEXentSUCKS]

Now this is content I will support. There’s a good reason why people have been craving for old TV shows over modern material. They just don’t make them the same anymore.

[@selfdo]

Made long before current Lamestream Media OBSESSION with "Knee-Grows".

[@stlfatman]

There's still good to be found these days. Just look at Star Trek. They've been killing it since Discovery started.

[@johnverley]

right!

[@ckstaff]

I think MeTv is dominating over the air TV. This cartoon channel will for sure crown them king of the hill.

[@phredtoo2]

As a 70 year old kid, I sometimes use to have flashbacks of when cartoons were often hilarious and meaningful. I often wondered where all those cartoons ended up an that if they ended up in the trash I would find them and shared them with this generation of kids. I recall once, about 15 to twenty years ago, I was happy because I just happened to come across an episode of the 'Munsters,' and I was elated! So I asked a few of my nephews to come and watch it with me so they could catch a glimpse of what great TV used to be like when I was young. I saw them restlessly squirming in their seats as they watched me bust up laughing to what they viewed as 'stupid'. When it was over, I asked them, as I smiled from ear to ear, what they thought of the show. The eldest of my nephews commented, "That was stupid and boring!" While another one commented,, "You found that funny?" My smile quickly turned from a smile to a frown,as I answered, "Guys, that there is what we called wholesome and clean entertainment!" All I can say is kudos to MeTV for bringing back ouc classic cartoons!

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Well Ted Turner had them for a while and moved them over to Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the 90s-early 2000s, then they got replaced by newer shows that got cancelled on the main network. This new METV Toons is gonna be more like the old Boomerang which is awesome.

[@ckstaff]

Probably the black and white. We grew up with black and white and get it, they have no concept of black and white TV shows, to them it was the ancient dark ages and don't understand that kind of comedy. Munsters was hilarious. Remember how we all gathered around the TV once a year to watch the Wizard of Oz? My kids so so liked it but my grandkids have no interest in watching the Wizard of Oz.

[@willisjackson7029]

I have a complete DVD collection of The Munsters and the made for television movies. It’s the First And Best Family Of Fright in my opinion.

[@jadedheartsz]

I think some animated shows are still funny.

[@ruhtra-k]

Who else remembers getting the TV guide in late August each year to see which cartoons were coming back in the fall and planning out which shows to watch Saturday morning?

[@Lightsngear]

Those Saturday mornings back in the 70's will never be forgotten!

[@ckstaff]

How about the season premiers on a Friday night showing all the seasons cartoons in the new season lineup. It was like we got Friday night cartoons then in the morning Saturday morning cartoons.

[@HaroldAlexis-bb8sd]

I remember this well.

[@TheOriginal009]

Wow. This is literally Qubo TV times 10! I'm so glad that Neal had a pulse on what people have been yearning to see!

[@santiagohunson6173]

or better yet, Cartoon Network in it's early years times 100

[@tradeofalljacks4358]

Been watching MeTV since 2016 while I was in highschool. Having a channel dedicated to classic toons being on digital antenna is the greatest thing they ever done!

[@joeblow8593]

This is good news, I grew up with the Bugs Bunny Roadrunner Hour on CBS Saturday Mornings. Congratulations on 300,000 subscribers

[@UniSonBBS08]

This is great! I am one of those 500,000 people on Saturday morning. Some of the cartoons that come on I completely forgot about. Honestly MeTV is likely one of the best OTA TV out there.

[@marcus813]

I watch that show most mornings. I often see shorts that I can't watch on Boomerang or Max.

[@davidw5731]

Speed Racer had to be one of my favorite cartoons from childhood. A nearby city had it before we did, and the first time I saw it was looking through snow filled fuzzy pictures from that other city. I was so captured by that show that I watched it through that super fuzzy screen for a year before we had it locally. Yes, I will be watching, and I am in my 60's. These cartoons keep us young forever! Thanks MeTV!!

[@juliolopez-neves4679]

I'm very excited for Me TV Toons to be launched, it's about time we have a Channel with the classic cartoons. Back in the day it was Cartoon Network then that got messed up, then there was boomerang that had all the classic cartoons then that got messed up as well. I'm finally glad a company stepped up to the plate to give us the classic cartoons back as a Channel!

[@patrickdaly5068]

Yeah, they eventually got to where even Boomerang was showing nothing but Dexter’s Laboratory and newer stuff like that. The only classic seemed to be Scooby.

[@marcus813]

Thank goodness Boomerang still has some classic stuff such as Popeye shorts, the Powerpuff Girls and Captain Planet, among other cartoons.

[@StealthNinja4577]

There's a lot of kids that grew up watching the old stuff and the new stuff together on cartoon network at the turn of the century and it was glorious... but old cartoons also had terrible messaging like insurance and warranties are scams and look a gun you might get into hunting your own food and farming and we can't have too many preppers running around self sufficient and not easily manipulated

[@MichaelYT22]

Awesome! I'm 22 and I appreciate the art of old cartoons. Can't wait!

[@Slimjim12347]

I love METV ever since I was 10 years old I'm 21 now and still watch METV. I always watch leave it to Beaver, Andy Griffith, Tune In with me, and many many more.

[@svt4001]

Holy Toledo, Tyler!!! What a SCOOP!!! Thank you for bringing this story to us!

[@AntennaMan]

Thanks for watching!

[@crosslink1493]

Luke on Cord Cutters News mentioned it this morning but didn't have very much information on it, so a tip of the hat to him, too.

[@janieunderwood7069]

Thank you Tyler and thank you me TV. This is definitely something that my generation of 50 years old would really like to have passed down to the youngest generation out there because we know this is highly entertaining and valuable TV for all of us including the youngsters. This is the kind of TV we need. Thank you so very much.

[@BricksVids]

This is awesome and exciting news! I have been wanting a free-to-air channel for cartoons for YEARS considering it's expensive to get cable to watch Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Now my voice as well as others has finally been heard especially since Warner Bros has got Weigel to finally have the syndication rights to these shows. To Neal Sabin, if you are seeing this, thank you so much for finally giving us channels like the ones on cable similar to History Channel and Cartoon Network and for giving cord cutters more options.

[@AntennaMan]

Boomerage is nothing like what it was years ago. It's mostly recycled Cartoon network shows at this point. Me-TV Toons will be like the old Boomerang since they have access to the whole Hannah Barbara Library. Very excited for it to launch!

[@BricksVids]

It's awesome to see the old cartoons air on free-to-air broadcast TV again. Maybe soon we can have the 1990s and early 2000s Cartoon Network like their older originals.

[@bigglou]

@@BricksVids During the promo, Freakazoid and 2 Stupid Dogs was mentioned.

[@BricksVids]

@@bigglou That's good but those are the only 1990s cartoons they are airing so far. I hope they can also air Animaniacs, Tiny Toon Adventures and even the older Cartoon Network stuff like Dexter's Lab for example.

[@bigglou]

@@BricksVids Dexter's Lab is doubtful as Adult Swim is airing it on their Checkered Past block which is doing really well for them.

[@davivman6009]

The lineup in this video looks exactly like the debut of Cartoon Network. I was blown away as a kid that 24 hours a day you could watch a classic cartoon. Love it.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

A lot of these cartoons have a timeless quality to them, having generation after generation of viewers tuning in to them, including Millennials like many of us and our Boomer/Gen-X parents and grandparents...

[@ckstaff]

It does and it was exciting when CN started but this is a bit different. MeTv toons is bringing in a vast wider range of programing than CN had. Much more than Looney Toons, Hanna-Barbera and Tom and Jerry. Classics CN didn't have.

[@BlahBlah-em2ed]

MeTV is doing a great service. What a way to connect generations by playing great cartoons from the past!

[@AntennaMan]

Yes! Me-TV is providing a great service that the big networks aren't.

[@mstanley97]

As a Gen X..I'm so psyched! Saturday morning cartoons were so special as a kid. I cancelled boomerang due to cutting back financially ..so I'm psyched. Hannah Barbera rules!!!!

[@jennifergarrett6809]

My childhood on 24/7!!!!! I've wanted something new to watch and you've given me great news. Ready for this. Thank you for the great news.

[@bigcat618]

What good news this is! I haven't seen "Top Cat" in years! And the MeTv spokesman is right-Jay Ward's "Rocky and Bullwinkle" is really adult cartoons (in a good way)

[@kb1kos]

Saw this video yesterday and looked for it. Wasn't there. This morning it is active with promo. I'm in West Hartford CT watching METV Toons on channel 35.8. THANK YOU, TYLER!

[@BenCampbell01]

Almost a few weeks ago, MEtv's sister channel, Catchy Comedy hosted a weekend marathon of Looney Tunes cartoons, and now there is a 24-hour cartoon channel forthcoming, this is the best news I have ever heard! 🎉🎉🎉

[@unclefester6033]

Yeah i live in RDU area who bought the Catchy channel to broadcast on but they in turn use the channel as their News channel even while broadcasting news on their NBC & FOX channels which they own

[@75aces97]

I watched some of that. Must have been a test run to gauge ratings for sponsors.

[@samanthadrennan]

I turned on the TV and they were showing the classic what's Opera doc and I couldn't believe it!

[@kevin2400]

Lets cancel cartoon network

[@johnwinheim3248]

The quality of those cartoons were much better than what they show on Boomerang, which costs more, but seem like they only show the least controversial episodes and for some reason on my cable system looks over compressed at times. Catchy, MeTV and MeTV+ episode/show quality look better than the cable nets in my area.

[@mstanley97]

Great interview!! Thank you Antenna Man and thank you Me TV 📺 for doing this interview!!

[@vivianmcalexander9999]

Bravo!!!! ❤ I love MeTV!!!! Svengoolie, Toon In With Me, etc. ❤

[@porkysvoice]

Terrific interview. Thanks for sharing. I've been recording promos for MeTV Toons for several months now, and am completely blown away by the sheer vastness of the content! Never has there been a single broadcast platform with this variety of animation studios and franchises.

[@justsayingforafriend7010]

It would be cool if they ran the old toy commercials too...

[@chrissherlock4190]

And old cereal commercials.

[@Lightsngear]

They'd sooner show ads for weight loss!

[@lrstudio3221]

I've always thought that old classic commercials should be a part of a good classic cartoon channel.

[@victoriam.4927]

That would be fun, but they’d have to get the rights to & recordings of those ads as well.

[@HaroldAlexis-bb8sd]

@@justsayingforafriend7010 That would be nice, & nostalgiac. But new ads preferably Cereal companies should step in. The ads they have are not all that. They're very boring & they don't match the cartoons or format.

[@frankoshinski9205]

I'm a Baby Boomer "1950" and I would love to see these cartoons that I grew up with !

[@sunshinecoolwater9528]

Im looking forward to rescanning my television to get this channel. I love ME-TV, except that they are a little heavy on western TV shows.

[@CarlGoldmam]

Isn’t this an all cartoon channel OTA 24/7? Sounds to be it’s a separate channel

[@sunshinecoolwater9528]

​@@CarlGoldmam If you use an antenna, you will need to rescan your television to get whatever broadcast affiliate to get the ME-TV cartoon channel when it launches in your respective area.

[@CarlGoldmam]

@@sunshinecoolwater9528 metv is included with Frndly TV as well as metv plus

[@garylsorrell]

I love the westerns, but you are right, lots of them on air. Like my house in the 70s, my dad watched westerns all the time.

[@Qgnzx_TV]

In my area the main channel is getting replaced by me TV to one channel 33

[@hyperdrivepics]

Hey, that's a cool interview to get! Must be nice to get the recognition from the OTA channels right back. I'm pretty excited to have a cartoon channel on my OTA service soon.

[@Ktu98]

This 71 year old man is a Genius He Knew What He Was doing Nobody Even Thought About This To Actually prevent FCC From touching this channel Because Boomerang Is Already Quiet Now this man will be a legend by the time his network Launches And also the b he talking about was Brooklyn i believe so.... Thank you neal sabin thanks for making our world Happy again with this new tv channel everyone is gonna watch every day without their phones etc.

[@grumpydad56]

This is some of the best news I've heard in a long time. Even at 48 years old, it will be great to take a break from the real world and revisit these classics!

[@VideosSmokin]

Eat your heart out cartoon network & boomerang.

[@VideosSmokin]

I hope they will have "C.O.P.S. " the animated series.

[@Estamosencontact]

Imaging having this Halloween 🎃 and Christmas 🎄 with those specials classic from all this cartoons , can’t wait to be in the season ! Thank I’ll have it in every single tv in my house !

[@adultmoshifan87]

This is a channel you Americans NEED! With all this I'm hearing about kids TV having less of a presence on free TV in the US (the FCC's E/I requirements are mostly to blame, but I also blame Spectrum for letting their late 2010s KidsClick block die just like that, and whoever bought Qubo allowing that channel to die in 2021)! Here in Britain, while cable and satellite was the best option for kids TV in the 90s and 2000s, and still is today, those who couldn't afford cable and satellite still had access to an array of kids programming in the late 90s and early 2000s! The BBC, as part of their Children's BBC block (renamed CBBC later into the 90s) aired Rugrats and The Wild Thornberries ITV, as part of their Citv block, aired Hey Arnold! and Cow & Chicken Channel 4, as part of their teen-skewing T4 block, aired Johnny Bravo and CatDog The BBC launched 2 dedicated kids channels of their own on the virgining digital terrestrial format, CBeebies and a dedicated CBBC channel, in 2002, both are still airing today, but ITV didn't throw their hat in the ring until 2006 when they FINALLY gave Citv its own channel 5 years after they planned to do so! Sadly, a growing number of broadcasters here in Britain, especially the big four, are making a transition to online-only broadcasting! Just recently a subscription-free streaming TV service called Freely launched, which you can watch if you have one of Hisense's newest tellies, but this shuts out those who can't afford home broadband, especially in this worsening Cost of Living Crisis! Kids programming is suffering especially, with ITV having closed the Citv channel last year, moving almost all their kids programming to their ITVX streaming service! Way to shut out children who either don't know how to use the internet or whose houses don't have internet! In March, Narrative moved their Tiny Pop preschool channel online only, another kick in the nuts for families without internet! MeTV Toons is a channel I REALLY wish we had here in Britain, I haven't been so excited over a channel's range of programming in its infancy since Pop, still a year or two old at the time, in 2004 had DiC cartoons like Sonic The Hedgehog, Bump in The Night, the 2 post-Super Show Mario cartoons, the American Dennis The Menace and (not a product of DiC but still) Nelvana show Stickin' Around! (That one aired on Nickelodeon over here when it was new) I feel more needs to be done to keep our favorite cartoons easily available for anyone who wants to watch them! Do you really want to be restricted to what's on the streaming services you can afford to subscribe to? Do you really want to be unable to record shows to preserve for years to come? More importantly, with all this Digital ID, always online and other horrors, do you want a future where you HAVE TO have internet and a smartphone to do ANYTHING in life? Didn't think so! With AI getting into more of our devices, I'm planning to (once I get its capacitors replaced) have my Neo Geo Pocket be my main alarm clock again and I'm planning to rebuild my CD collection, so AI can't get in the way of my morning routine or listening! I miss the days when tech was so user friendly that almost anyone could use it! Would you rather have a TV you can set up as fast as you can unbox it, or one you can only get working if you enter a wifi password you may or may not remember off by heart?

[@thisvideoisback9852]

Finally a good reason to get my OTA setup back up and running!

[@PC4USE1]

Wow,Tyler ,you and Luke at cord cutters are posting vids about this at the same time. Kids will love this and us older kids will enjoy it ,too. Living in Chicagoland, Weigel has been in my life for decades.Your video is more in depth,of course and is dedicated to this one subject. I remember when Neal Sabin was just the general manager of WCIU. Time flies. Yabba Dabba Doo.

[@AntennaMan]

Great minds think alike. Luke produces some really great content on his channel. I don't know how he does it - I barely have the time to publish one video a week!

[@PhonyBalagna]

I watch tune in with me everyday and saturday morning cartoons every Saturday. I am most excited for Rocky & Bullwinkle and Inspector Gadget!

[@CannonSnaky]

I absolutely hope that KZbin TV will in some way carry this channel. They currently don't have MeTV, but they do have Start TV and Dabl, and websites of H&I and Catchy Comedy hinting that maybe KZbin TV will add them in the future. With the Hannah Barbara cartoons will bring me back to my early childhood and would watch that daily.

[@dannyvestal299]

GOOD LORD!! I REALLY hope that the Networks that already offer ME TV will also offer this great NOSTALGIC Offering! You just can't understand until your old enough to REALLY treasure cartoons and toys from your childhood! Such an awesome feeling!👍🏼😀

[@dannyvestal299]

NEW SUBBER!!✊🏼👍🏼👋🏼

[@jasonisaacs6069]

So... Basically old Cartoon Network. 😁I'm in!!! 😁👍🏾

[@ednanieves8572]

Oh wow!!!! This grandma is going to relive her childhood with her grandkid. Great idea 👍 Keep up the good work dear.

[@cynthiamurphy3669]

Warner Brothers characters were always my favorite. Even my mom and grandma cracked up at Pepe LePew and the cartoons with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd singing opera. My dad always got a kick out of Foghorn Leghorn and Yosemite Sam. Hoping some of these are in the Me TV lineup.

[@someguy_6398]

So sad what they did to Pepe. As a kid I didn't think anything past "he smells like skunk so it's no wonder the cat flees". Never thought any of thr other stuff. He was an innocent character. And always one of my favorites.

[@randynelson2265]

I have cut the cable some 15 years ago. I have a channel master VHF UHF combo antenna in the attic. However I am using the Amazon firestick only because I wanted to be able to record some TV shows. But the reason I am here is because I love the Me-TV Toons Chanel. I am 71 years old and this takes me back to my childhood. I really enjoy this chanel. I truly hope it is a financial success for the MeTV network.

[@mephitusincognito7918]

YES!!!!! I've got classic 'history channel' with 'Story TV' now I'm going to get classic 'cartoon network' with 'MeTV Toons' --- we need more remakes of old cable channels like this!

[@AntennaMan]

It will be a lot like the old Boomerang

[@75aces97]

And Movies! Is like early TNT or AMC. Weigel's other retro channels are like early Nick at Nite. They can add an an ersatz early MTV and finish unfixing legacy cable networks. OTA: the new cable! 😄

[@mephitusincognito7918]

@@75aces97 id watch an OTA MTV that actually shows music videos... preferably music from before auto-tune (1997 and older)...

[@gohanuzitrav21]

They even got oxygen true crime channel on over the air now stuff you usually see on cable TV providers is on antenna now

[@mephitusincognito7918]

@@gohanuzitrav21 my mom watches that one 👍

[@ChuckECheeseReel-to-Real-pr9rd]

Wow 😲🤯😲!! I'm just mind blown with all of the amazing classic content that would be shown here. Xiaolin Showdown especially and all of the cartoons that hasn't aired in like 10 years + really sparks my interest in this channel even more. Can't wait to be glued to the TV screen like how I was as a kid.

[@channel91uhf]

This is awesome! I've always wanted a Cartoon Network on free over the air tv and this just feels like a dream come true! It'll be carried in my market (Nashville, TN) through O&O WJFB however my dad lives in an area that does not carry it but does carry me tv, so perhaps we could flood them with requests to carry this new channel. XD

[@AntennaMan]

I'm definitely excited for the launch of this network!

[@lrstudio3221]

Mr. Sabin, this is such great news! I'm really looking forward to watching your lineup. Something I'd absolutely love to see is curated classic commercials to go with your lineup. Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons is like going back in a time machine to our childhoods. This feeling is quickly squashed when a commercial for a law firm hoping to find the dead and dying Camp Lejeune water drinkers pops on. Give us commercials for breakfast cereals and toys! Give us School House Rock! I want to Hanker for a Hunk of Cheese! There is a HUGE market for classic commercials. Many of these products are still sold today and I'd absolutely buy something that brought back these wonderful childhood memories via Saturday Morning Cartoons. And I'm sure I'm not alone in this. Thank you!

[@GIGABACHI]

That is AWESOME news ! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊👍 Thanks, Antenna Man for delivering the news ! 🙏

[@Retospacemonkey]

In the early 90’s I use to complain when MTV played Speed Racer when I wanted to see videos. Yet!!!! I would sit and watch the whole episode. I will probably sit and watch them again now!

[@bk_knight256]

Cartoons are ment to be seen on free TV 📺 it has always been! Back when television was television, especially when on Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons! Will like to see also reruns of Fat Albert, He-Man Voltron, Transformers, G.I. Joe Battle of the Planets, and Thunder ⚡ Cats. Thanks METV!

[@derekhughes8318]

This is awesome! I hope they show Super Friends! ❤

[@MoonjumperReviews]

That’s fantastic! I specifically know a large group of children who have been watching “Josie and the Pussycats” and are in love with it. There’s an erroneous assumption that “modern children” cannot or won’t appreciate classic children’s programming-which is absolute nonsense. There are no “modern children,” there are simply children. And currently there’s very little decent children’s programming available to them. I love sharing my DVD/Blu-ray collection of Hanna-Barbara and Filmation toons with “modern” kids-and their only reaction is to demand more. Several have asked, “why don’t they make cool shows like this now?” Good question. I can only assume that Hollywood doesn’t want to. They are too obsessed trying to appeal to that mythical “modern audience” that doesn’t exist and ignoring the real one that does (because they hate them). MeTV openly loves their audience. They get it. And oh by the way some of this same group of kids I mentioned have talked about watching MeTV and AntennaTV with their families and enjoying classic shows like “Hazel.” I kid you not. But that can’t be possible. “Modern” kids wouldn’t enjoy such things, right?

[@mitchellalexander9162]

What will happen to a Culture that's only good things it has comes from its forefathers and not its Present Citizens?

[@MoonjumperReviews]

@@mitchellalexander9162 - A culture is a lot like a building. One seeks to update, improve, and add on as time passes. But remove its cornerstone, and knockout its foundation upon which is built, the building collapses. There’s nothing left but smoldering rubble.

[@stlfatman]

Finally someone says something other than some variant of "kids these days will never blah blah blah."

[@MoonjumperReviews]

@@stlfatman - Thank you! Exactly, because kids WILL blah blah blah if we would all stop underestimating them and trying to shield them from the past instead of learning about it.

[@saw2814]

I’m more excited about this station than I was waking up early on Saturday morning to watch cartoons with my brother. Thanks for the info TV Man. MeTV for the win!

[@digitalq9702]

Ever since The Flintstones Jetsons and Looney tunes have aired on Me-TV I have been wanting this a 24-hour 7-Day a week me TV cartoon channel and now that it's happening I could not be more excited I am counting the time down

[@AntennaMan]

You got your wish! I'll post updates as they reveal additional markets the network will be carried in.

[@digitalq9702]

@@AntennaMan thank you also thank you for everything that you do for cord cutters I'm a long time fan of yours

[@bruceallen7054]

Yay! When my granddaughters visit they love to watch Sat.morning toons with me. They will be thrilled there are many more days!

[@MrSteveonbroadway]

My best friend was so excited too hear this as i am.. Hope St. Louis gets it.. my grand kids will love it too

[@Astounding33]

This sounds awesome. I'm super excited for this. I'll have this playing for my kids all the time.

[@AntennaMan]

Same here, very excited for this!

[@AntennaMan]

I'm super excited for this too! I'm sure your kids will love the network as much as we will.

[@Poorboychickencoop]

This will be awesome... My favorite day when I was a child was Saturday morning and now we get those same wholesome cartoons again... It's better than Christmas.. It's Saturday morning all day everyday. 🎉🎉🎉

[@Jared_Wignall]

I used to enjoy watching Boomerang back when it had a lot of the classic cartoons that looks like will be heading towards MeTV Toons. Thanks for the video Tyler, I hope you’re doing well. Have a great day and a great weekend. Take care!

[@AntennaMan]

I used to love watching Boomerang as well. It's sad what has become of the network. Thankfully, Me-TV Toons will take its place!

[@donbest5024]

Loved mtv back when they had music videos,cable is mostly garbage now.

[@bobprice9541]

Looking forward to this. Many of my favorite cartoons back in the day were mentioned. MeTV has been a great channel with the classics for free.

[@KyleRuggles]

OMG this is GREAT news! I live in Canada, wondering if I'll also get this as well. I wonder if they'll show some risky toons like Tex Avery, love his stuff! Though might not be acceptable today. lol. Let's see if they decide to encrypt it...

[@hehjr47]

I'm so stoked for this. 😊 many great memories. We need this now more than ever. Our society could use more happiness and this is a very good start. I feel kids nowadays are really missing out.

[@tubefr71]

Awesome interview, awesome news and congrats to AntennaMan and MeTV

[@jajuangordy4394]

I'm 38 and holy crap this is Cartoon Network and Boomerang on steroids. I remember watching Saturday morning cartoons every Saturday throughout the 90s and even early 2000s and I absolutely love the classic cartoons. Cartoon Network was great when it first came out, but it sounds like me TV toons will put that to shame. I will most definitely be watching me TV toons with my young nieces and nephews. It's awesome that they are doing this.

[@Gustavo_Rodriguez]

I know Antenna Man has said this 1 million times. Go buy antenna! Trust me, you don't wanna miss out on these cartoons.

[@Michael-id2hf]

Finally a real cartoon channel for the ones who grew up with saturday morning cartoons

[@NJRoadfan]

Hopefully the folks behind this channel work with the content owners to get some rare gems out of their archives and onto the air. There is a ton of animation series that never saw a home video release or frequent re-airings.

[@jerrydemas2020]

dinosarus & Glenn ?????? DDS

[@agentj642]

As someone who works master control as one of my jobs at a station who re-broadcasts MeTV, I am really looking forward to this. We used to broadcast ThisTV before it went off the air, and I'm going to beg everyone important at my station to get MeTV Toons on the air! Saturday morning cartoons all day everyday.

[@writerpatrick]

Most of the cartoons that get aired are common ones like the Flintstones and Scooby Doo that get repeated all the time. They don't tend to air the rarer ones. I wonder how long the more obscure cartoons will be on the channel.

[@chrispowell3664]

Awesome, looking forward to it launching in Minneapolis. I already watch Tom and Jerry and Looney Toons on Saturday morning. This 60 year old can't wait.

[@ThomasWBaldwin]

....going in the right direction.

[@robertwright7283]

I so miss Saturday Morning cartoons of the early 70's.

[@ThomasWBaldwin]

pitch in on an old TV station with an antenna somewhere and get FCC approval. UHF and VHF TV will back

[@AntennaMan]

Good idea. I'm sure they can purchase a cheap video sender and set one up. I made a video about how this a few years ago linked below. The whole setup costs less than $100. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2W7pXengJtmsJo

[@luisaquino8894]

​@@AntennaManSan Diego Market needs a MeTV because they got rid of MeTV and replaced by Bounce TV they also need MeTV in the San Diego Market

[@Gevalher-Prime]

Thanks a lot for this, I was longing to watch these old cartoons that seemed gold to me compared with "modern" cartoons. Greetings from Bolivia 🇧🇴🇧🇴🇧🇴

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

A TV station currently owned by Weigel is under construction in Green Bay, Wisconsin, "channel 31," licensed to Shawano, Wisconsin. I have my fingers crossed that it will be MeTV on the primary channel with MeTV+ and MeTV Toons as its two digital subchannels...

[@the_rocs_roost]

This is super cool news. Thanks Antenna Man and Neal for doing this interview for us! I'm hoping that this will come to the Tri-Cities Tennessee-Virginia market soon.

[@D0UBLE-R]

Hopefully these will be original versions and not censored.

[@CarlGoldmam]

Saturday on MeTV they are original non censored. I would assume as will this new channel

[@JohnMiller-zn9pf]

rhey go all the way back to the original silverscreen versions in some cases

[@AntennaMan]

I don't think the cartoons will be edited/censored. I noticed that Me-TV airs full/unedited versions of the Twilight Zone while other networks like SyFy cut out parts.

[@ernestsmith3581]

Violence became an issue in the 1960's; major changes were made. I miss the OLD violent Tom and Jerrys, Roadrunners, and Bugs Bunnies (and many others). Is there any reason the edgier ones could not be run after midnight and with R ratings?

[@donbest5024]

There is 1 episode of star trek that is edited,the trouble with tribbles,it is when Scotty and the crew is fighting the klingons on the space station,when the fight is over,Captain Kirk ask Scotty who throws the first punch,that is what is edited out,I'm guessing it because of time or the Deep space nine episode Tails and tribulations.This edited version is also on h&I as well.

[@lrstudio3221]

I'm absolutely thrilled to hear this! My siblings and I grew up in the 70s watching all of these cartoons. Can't wait! I'd love to see some old Battle of the Planets / G-Force episodes as well. Thank you MeTv and Antenna Man! 👍

[@Mr.Pacario]

Glad he mentioned Pepe Le Pew. Poor skunk has been cancelled elsewhere.

[@someguy_6398]

Ironic with that. He was the only tune not actively at another's throat. Sure he didn't smell great but that was the conflict of those shorts. WB hasn't even confirmed if he'll be back 😔

[@Mr.Pacario]

@@someguy_6398 Toon in With Me showcases him all the time, so I'm hopeful.

[@rosemoore5364]

OMG. Thank you so much, Sir for letting us know about this. Please thank Mr. Sabin. Does anyone remember Lance Link Secret Chimp and Simba the white lion? I can't wait. Have a nice day everyone.

[@75aces97]

Wow! This might be the biggest scoop on OTA programming in years. Thanks for the news 🗞️! It’s like Boomerang except…better

[@Hakuna65Matata]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIP Cartoon Network/Boomerang. Hello MeTV/MeTVTOONS!!!!

[@Tigerhawk1981]

most of those cartoons were my childhood, well repeats/syndicated anyway, growing up in the 80s/90s we had the best cartoons, glad there is a company out there with a brain.

[@apacavelithadon96]

They should also bring back Batman The Animated Series,Superman The Animated Series and TMNT from 1987 would be dope for MeTv Toons channel lol 😂

[@donbest5024]

Superfriends cartoon as well.

[@BenChurchill76]

I like this! I miss Cartoon Network's old version of Boomerang, which this seems like a good copy of.

[@freespirit1975]

I ❤MeTV, pretty much the only TV channel I watch!

[@AntennaMan]

Their content is definitely more entertaining than the mostly garbage content that airs on major networks.

[@AAa-qd8hb]

Great for MeTv for doing Toons. I will be watching. Thanks.

[@r66fplaysgames]

Hopefully, MeTV Toons will come to one of the full power TV stations in the Kansas City area!

[@jonathanstewart8777]

That's what i'm hoping for too. that and/or frndly tv.

[@ethansaunders995]

It's not listed as being in my area but hopefully it will be on by the time my 5 month old grandson is hanging out over here. We need this.

[@onehitsword6800]

I'm surprised they're working with WB discovery since WB has the Boomerang network that does something similar.

[@mistermac56]

Great interview! The classic cartoon channel will be a welcome addition. Weigel purchased the local station that was airing MeTV here in Middle Tennessee, when the original owners didn't have the funds to hire a technical staff to install and maintain a new transmitter and antennas during the FCC repack. The original tower wasn't tall enough to adequately cover the Middle Tennessee area, so Weigel rented transmitter and tower space at a much better facility, and moved the new transmitter and antenna to the new facilities. I believe Weigel sold the old transmitter site to a Middle Tennessee FM station.

[@donbest5024]

Now we need a channel that airs Saturday morning tv adds from the 60s,70s,80s and early 90s 24/7.

[@davidmitchell6873]

Its called KZbin.

[@ColorMeConfused29]

@@davidmitchell6873 The same could be said for this bunch of cartoons. However, MeTV is still launching this channel, even though Boomerang is very similar. So, saying "it's called KZbin" is kind of a silly response.

[@ColorMeConfused29]

Agreed.