What Happened to Boomerang?

#boomerang #videoessay #cartoonnetwork

[@pdbferox2635]

I’ll be honest, I actually told my little cousin about the Boomerang I grew up and the classic cartoons and he grew jealous of me saying he wanted to experience the shows I saw as a kid and not the ones he saw. As a bonus he hated TTG when I told him about the original.

[@ettazay5088]

Boomerang is even more repetitive now than it was then. They need to bring more of the classics back.

[@justzaveee163]

Facts

[@jamesm47766]

Only good thing they started doing was adding Flintstones Jetsons and Popeyes to the lineup

[@Jeffy2010Official]

True

[@joshmontemayor1212]

​@@jamesm47766, don't forget The Powerpuff Girls (1998).

[@Peaceful_Hippie.2450]

Fax bro

[@WalterKnox]

People like to talk about how you can just stream any show you want to now, and while that is all fine and good, there is a completely different feeling between just picking out a show and watching it and actually watching Boomerang. The old bumpers, groovies, shorties and the "boomerang-a-longs" were also a big part of the channel's feel which was just as important as the shows they were playing on it. I know people complained about it's repetitive nature, but that was sort of the point. It was like a time capsule, and like a time capsule it really didn't need to be messed with much. They could have continued to air it how it was for many years. However, it wasn't profitable enough, so sadly it is fading into obscurity.

[@SNESJerry]

I’m about to become a really big nerd here, but the toys seen in the OG bumpers are actual Hanna Barbera merchandise sold back in the day! According to Primal Screen, the people behind the bumpers, they were walked into a warehouse full of these inside and used them to create the bumpers, brilliant!

[@justzaveee163]

Thats actually cool as hell. Never knew that until now!

[@SNESJerry]

@@justzaveee163 now you do ;) I actually own a couple toys that were seen in those bumpers! They were smaller than I expected.

[@justzaveee163]

@@SNESJerry thats awesome!

[@SNESJerry]

@@justzaveee163 ikr? I even have a boomerang channel but abandoned it due to loss of interest youtube.com/@mr.magilla3656

[@ArtieRaccoonReviews]

Boomerang is getting gradually better fortunately! They've added Popeye, Top Cat, Taz-Mania, Wacky Races, The Powerpuff Girls, and The Flinstones back to the schedule and hopefully there is more to come.

[@FearChasm]

Oh man seeing those bumps again was a trip. The sad reality with streaming services it didnt just kill these channels but also theres definitely a quality difference from what shows like cartoon network was putting out in the early 90s-2000s (early 2010s with adventure time and gumball) and even the older stuff like all the classic cartoon reruns on boomerang. Sure we get the occasional good cartoon some are REALLY good and a lot that good comes from streaming service. But theres also a lot more bad and its a shame to see how quality, love, and creative writing has become ignored by a lot of different platforms because they want to make a quick buck. Anyways great short video! You've earned yourself a subscriber man I love cartoons!

[@justzaveee163]

Thank you for subscribing means alot to me! Yea old boomerang just hits different i actually went and remade old school boomerang and old commericals added to it as well but cant upload to yt

[@vullord666]

There was a BRIEF period where everyone thought streaming was the answer to the content quality drop we had been experiencing. Its so sad we’re here now and experiencing more animated shows getting canceled than ever and some taken off streaming completely and just not existing anywhere else because originals aren’t available for purchase.

[@redracer1985]

Used to, this was a channel I had on my TV 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (or 366 if it's a leap year) since I got it back in 2004, I miss Boomerang the way it was, instead of it now being nothing but crap, that 2015 reboot was a complete giant middle finger to those who loved the old cartoons that was shown on this channel. Rest in peace Boomerang: 2000-2014

[@JoLiKMC]

I'm glad you mentioned that Boomerang was what Cartoon Network was back when it first started, but even better in terms of presentation. But, like Cartoon Network, Boomerang quickly turned into the "Cartoon Cartoons Network". Very depressing, but I totally understand why they did it.

[@animeknight8958]

i remember how Boomerang was the place to watch old CN shows

[@justzaveee163]

Same its sad what it became

[@joshmontemayor1212]

I remember when Boomerang was the only place you could find The Flintstones on TV. Now, both Boomerang & MeTV air reruns.

[@Stompinginmyairforce1s]

In my opinion, it was not streaming services that killed Boomerang. To this day, people still watch regular TV/cable (including me). I think that it was CN that killed Boomerang. It was when they started when they started removing most of the obscure/lesser-known HB/WB cartoons, adding shows from normal CN, and especially when the rebrand was launched. These things damaged boomerang severely and why people no longer watch Boomerang. Edit: I dont think boomerang is that dead anymore. I was watching it on tv the other day and its not even that bad of a schedule. It has more originality and variety than CN i dare say. Even though they still spam Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry and Scooby Doo, its still got some good shows in there. Top Cat, Flintstones and Yogi Bear still air and it is more mixed in terms of airing. IMO Boomerang still has some potential, even in the streamimg landscape.

[@justzaveee163]

streaming services def had a huge part in it but i agree with your take as well

[@prof.x3821]

I agree with both of you.

[@noahsmith4877]

@@prof.x3821 but I thought boomerang was the old cartoon Network

[@prof.x3821]

@@noahsmith4877 Yes, it was. Then it slowly started to turn into the current Cartoon Network. It was inevitable. It may sound crazy, but I kind of already predicted this back then.

[@noahsmith4877]

@@prof.x3821 I miss the old one

[@captchaos83]

Nice recap and analysis! I used to be a fan of the old Boomerang...and then they ruined it.

[@justzaveee163]

same here ahah. hoping maybe one day they will air back to their original routes

[@joshmontemayor1212]

At least they brought back The Flintstones & The Powerpuff Girls (1998).

[@DrMonkey98]

I used to watch Boomerang a lot when I was a kid. I always watch it before & after school & on the weekend. It has my favorite programming like Boomeroyalty, Bomerrang-a-long, Boomerang Zoo, Boomerang theater & others. That channel was the best for me. Until by the time I started high school in 2012 & sometimes during 2011-2012 in 8th grade, they slowly started to kill those off one by one. Leaving Boomerang theaters the only 1 left to remain even in the rebranded era of Boomerang. The channel wasn't the same to me as it was anymore. I went to that channel to watch a lot of the old cartoons, considering old is better then new for some. I don't know why, but it felt like the old shows don't even matter no more & it's all about the modern shows. I'm worried as well that the old shows will just be in the abyss just like you said. I always prefer Boomerang from Cartoon Network. What was once an archive of old shows, has now been turned into modern & recent cartoons of today.

[@andreblueboy6019]

This I will never understand for the life of me. I love a lot of the cartoons in this program, even obscure ones like the snorks and super secret squirrel for example! But one thing I never understand is why they changed it instead of keeping the bumpers of toys like it is back then…. It just sucks we don’t get to see those as much anymore…. Which makes me even more sad with how it is now… still I still like boomerang program wise since I grew up with it back in 2004, but you know? I wish this was back.

[@SuperBoy-ps9dz]

I loved watching the old promos and short films from when I was a kid.

[@AnimatedKadenMusicAndCartoons]

I was just watching videos the last few hours on ruination of boomerang and this was uploaded 55 minutes ago lol you uploaded right what i was looking for, you just gained a sub

[@justzaveee163]

Hell yea man thank you for the sub! Glad you enjoyed the video

[@andy-floriplay-time7366]

I am from Romania and when boomerang launched there ,in the first few years the channel was in english but i still watched it and as a 5th grader than it helped me understand english better! These days its not even called Boomerang anymore but Cartoonito instead(in my country anyway)

[@justzaveee163]

Cartoonito in the US is just a block that they air educational kids shows on boomerang. Thats awesome though that boomerang helped you learn english!

[@cammy85]

Here in Canada, we actually just had Boomerang replace Cartoon Network, while long-running Teletoon just rebranded as Cartoon Network!! 🤣 Sorry it's not running in the US anymore. Weird, though!! I agree on the repetitiveness of a lot of the cartoons.

[@justzaveee163]

we still have boomerang out here in us but it just completely shifted gears into an awful direction

[@saturdaymorningfan3123]

Same set of looney tunes over and over, same tom and jerrys over and over and flintstones, jetsons and smurfs shoved to weekend nights. The streaming app has more shows many that are not even airing on the channel anymore, but both need more shows.

[@maximusprime3459]

For some reason they felt Boomerang was no longer a place for CLASSIC cartoons but became a channel for Cartoon Network castoffs that never were classics.

[@shoresean1237]

So, I have the streaming app, and it is great. It is missing some things, like some of Chuck Jones' MGM stuff (Bear That Wasn't, The Dot And The Line) but for the most part, you can see it all, except for dark pieces like 'Cheese Chasers' and 'Chow Hound'. My problem is, you can pretty much always find someone running Bugs, The Flintstones, Jetsons, et al. What you have trouble finding is the more obscure stuff - 'Where's Huddles?' etc, and some of the films shown on Boomerang Theater. Same thing when the format changed on the channel - the biggies and well remembered will get shown - but the WTF? stuff will fall by the wayside, and that for me was some of the best appeal of Boomerang.

[@justzaveee163]

True. The less popular shows rarely get any air time and its sad

[@jamesm47766]

Yeah it's missing so many shows I had the streaming out for a couple months but then I got tired of them not adding a couple of shows that I wish they had not even hbomax has some of those shows

[@justzaveee163]

@@jamesm47766 yea it sucks when i look for the shows and can only find them on sketchy sites and what not

[@shoresean1237]

@@justzaveee163 They took off the movie version of 'Yogi's Ark Lark' in favor of the syndicated episode version, which has several scenes missing.

[@lisaknox7722]

I've often wondered what happened to boomerang?

[@Chris-on4jp]

I guess some of you haven't been watching the channel lately. They brought back a lot of the classics. Yogi Bear, Jabberjaw (starting next week), Taz-Mania (starting today), Top Cat, Wacky Races, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, and even Popeye are back on the regular schedule. I say Boomerang is starting to get better again.

[@joshmontemayor1212]

The Powerpuff Girls (1998) has also returned to the channel.

[@justzaveee163]

i watch it pretty avidly and havent seen anything other than scooby doo, looney tunes, flintstones and the jetsons

[@joshmontemayor1212]

@@justzaveee163, what about The Powerpuff Girls (1998)?

[@Chris-on4jp]

@justzaveee163 Popeye comes on late at 1 in the morning. Top Cat airs on Fridays around 6:30. Yogi Bear comes on Mon-Thu at 6:00 pm Fridays at 5-6:30. Taz-Mania Weekends at 5. Next week for Shark Week, Jabberjaw will be taking Yogi Bear's spot for a week.

[@justzaveee163]

@@Chris-on4jp might be different by location

[@20thCY]

The Cartoonito block is for international Boomerang. The US has it on CN instead of Boomerang thankfully

[@DanielElevators]

I still remember watching the old boomerang back in either 2013 2014 i forgot. when 2015 came by when I saw the boomerang icon change that’s when I stopped watching it due to the stupid rebrand. but I still miss the old boomerang, the best place to watch old Cartoon Network shows

[@nostalgiamostalgia0319]

I hated how the channel was automated for so many years. The writing was on the wall and I didn't consider it for a while either, though.

[@yungkoopa9262]

oh, last time i watched BOOMERANG, they only airing the same 3 cartoons, and playing same episodes over and over again,, Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry.

[@justzaveee163]

Yup sad part is for the most part they still kind of are doing that still today. Theres a few additions to the programing but not much

[@richallenxbox1976]

I actually cancelled the kids channels on Sky recently because Boomerang went crap a couple of years back, at least back in the day they repeated the classics such as the original Wacky Races. Also, Cartoon Network's been crap since 2004 IMO.

[@justzaveee163]

Wacky races was amazing!

[@robloxfan23_]

Boomerang used to be the number #1 2000’s kids television but now they aren’t. Because of Turner.

[@BlooCNBoy02]

And now, 85% of the Boomerangs worldwide became Cartoonito... including my region.

[@DarksoulAndDarkKnight_]

I experienced the network more recently, and it is repetitive. I watched the later night blocks of 2000s cartoons, but I would always catch the same Bugs Bunny cartoon at around 10:30 P.M.

[@justzaveee163]

Yea same here. They tend to play the same shows and the episodes which is annoying since they have a whole catalogue of different media to play

[@ChildrenShowArchive456]

Boomerang should add the used to be HBO Max exclusive Looney Tunes shorts like Operation Rabbit, The 3 Little Bops, The Honey Mousers, Chow Hound, One Froggy Evening, ETC along with Cow And Chicken and The Pink Panther on their app.

[@matthwe3468]

From what I've heard is that WB bumped the prices up so Boomerang could no longer afford the massive animation library. Hence the awful state it is currently in

[@icecreamhero2375]

I still watch Boomerang and this video is inaccurate at least currently. They air Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Scobby Doo all day long. Then at midnight, they air the Cartoon Cartoons. Sometimes they throw in a few episodes of the Flintstones.

[@justzaveee163]

Throughout the day the air mostly the more current tom n jerry and etc. at night they tend to have an airing block of the older media. But its the same shows over and over back then there was way more variety and today its more condensed to certain shows.

[@icecreamhero2375]

@@justzaveee163 Not true. They air the Classic Tom and Jerry, Tom and Jerry Tales, The Chuck Jones version, and The Tom and Jerry Show. Try looking at a current Boomerang schedule. Maybe your schedule is different because you aren't in the US.

[@icecreamhero2375]

@@justzaveee163 A good website is tv passport.

[@justzaveee163]

@@icecreamhero2375 I am in the US and I have looked at the schedule. Ive always sat down and watched current boomerang hence why i made this video lol. There has been plenty of times that i have turned on boomerang and have seen newer modern shows being played and or newer modern episodes of older shows being played. One of my points i made in the video was that they air the same things new or old quite often with little to none variety. When was the last time you seen top cat? or johnny bravo? secret squirrel? wally gator? before the re brand ofc.

[@icecreamhero2375]

@@justzaveee163 They usually don't but I don't see modern shows.

[@louisduarte8763]

As if the main Cartoon Network doesn't play reruns of Gumball and Teen Titans Go enough.

[@Gittykitty]

Man, Boomerang was awesome. Then it started getting weird shows like Bearnando and commercials .

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

Same of what happened to MTV, the History Channel and list goes on.

[@justzaveee163]

the downfall of MTV was sad af honestly

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

@@justzaveee163 It's something that Musk should think of. That is create and own his very own network or just buy out some of these network and clean house by turning them back of what they were once before.

[@justzaveee163]

@@ScorpioBornIn69 thats if musk doesnt charge us 8 dollars a month for Boomerang Blue lol

[@kootunesscrewy]

I don't mind the new rebrand actually. I thought the bumpers and logo look as good as the current CN eras. It's just the scheduling that was cringe. But then again, every animated network is now like this.

[@justzaveee163]

Yea animated networks sadly are getting worse and worse as we know it

[@madden8021]

Boomerang should of gone with a Powerhouse or CN City era kind of bumpers look to tend to the needs of Millennials and Gen Zers/Doomers but NOOOOOOO, they fucked up and went for the Check it Copycat bumpers kind of look.

[@kevin10001]

The problem was that Christina miller was brought over from the internet side of the brand to run the channels and she didn’t care about them she only really cared about how the Cartoon Network was perceived online that’s why her rebranding of the channels effectively killed boomerang and Cartoon Network hasn’t really recovered from and they don’t really have that stand out show anymore cause everything premieres on max first then is delayed aired on Cartoon Network something paramount+ also does and why we just got what felt like days long marathons of teen titans go essentially alienating the audience who wanted a schedule with variety like me and not just days long marathons of teen titans go

[@simonparry5958]

Streaming services lose generally a lot of money

[@IsaacGravity]

Boomerang? They may as well call it the Tom & Jerry Network these days. Because that's what eats up the bulk of the timeslots. It's maddening. Not even a fan of Tom and Jerry.

[@justzaveee163]

True that

[@Dashiell777]

Yeah it sucks that Boomerang disappeared. But that's happened to other channels like Playhouse Disney. Were they completely got rid of Playhouse Disney a rebranded Disney Junior

[@justzaveee163]

That is interesting i wanna look into that maybe ill make a video about that 👀

[@watchforever1724]

This is why I collect physical media for a lot of old cartoons cause watching it on television is meh now

[@justzaveee163]

i just remake old school boomerang on my own time to re enjoy it again

[@watchforever1724]

@@justzaveee163 true

[@Peaceful_Hippie.2450]

Even tho we don't have the old boomerang we have a channel similar to the old boomerang it's called "Tooncast" only the bumpers are different tho

[@justzaveee163]

never heard of tooncast whats that all about?

[@ArtieRaccoonReviews]

@@justzaveee163 Its a channel only available in Latin America similar to Boomerang, airing old Cartoon Network/Boomerang shows.

[@Peaceful_Hippie.2450]

Including some shows from the 2000's I think

[@TheCommenterDragon]

Boomerang didn't deserve that death sentence of a reboot, The orginal Boomerang was just fine but they decided to mess everything up.

[@justzaveee163]

Honestly!

[@mediamuncher69]

TeenNick is the boomerang.

[@stevenlisten]

I love cartoons

[@justzaveee163]

Same

[@omar_cruz132]

I remember watching the boomerang but not boomeraction

[@melmen2379]

Old boomerang was way better they need to air the 1950s and 60s cartoons more.

[@lavarusher]

Bro its loony tunes then scooby doo then tom and jerry

[@justzaveee163]

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[@michaelmoss9198]

Boomerag used to be good. Nowadays their more like Nicktoons. CN removes shows out of their channel then passes of to boomerang. Examples: Mixels, Gumball, My Knight and Me etc.

[@justzaveee163]

Yea its sad to be honest. I might even make a what happened to nicktoons vid now that u said that

[@michaelmoss9198]

@@justzaveee163 Boomerang will never be as good as it use to be. I remember coming home after finishing homework and seeing wedgie shorts. Favorites being: MR Bigsby, Cat 22, Nacho Bear etc

[@justzaveee163]

@@michaelmoss9198 true that. i remade old school boomerang just to get the feeling kind of back lol

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

@@michaelmoss9198I loved _Nacho Bear_ and _The Talented Mr. Bixby._

[@joshmontemayor1212]

When it comes to Boomerang, the 2 Hanna-Barbera shows that should ALWAYS be on the channel are The Flintstones & The Powerpuff Girls (1998).

[@justzaveee163]

technically HB didnt make powerpuff it was a co produced show from them. but powerpuff cool it should def come back to boomerang

[@joshmontemayor1212]

@@justzaveee163, both The Flintstones & The Powerpuff Girls (1998) have returned to Boomerang.

[@ChildrenShowArchive456]

Tom And Jerry: Am I A Joke To You!!!???

[@rising_dragonsol5332]

The only channel that my parent's allowed me to watch thats by cartoon network and yes i have strict parent's

[@somosgenel]

What Happened to Boomerang?

[@justzaveee163]

lol

[@d-manimator5000]

Can I ask you something? Who has the best cartoons in your opinion? Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera, DiC, or Nelvana?

[@justzaveee163]

Hanna Barbera

[@d-manimator5000]

@@justzaveee163 Oh, OK! Cool! My name's D-Man by the way. What's your's?

[@ryupkm7229]

W video

[@justzaveee163]

Thank you mr ryu!

[@Stevetstevets]

* laughs in asian *

[@ArtieRaccoonReviews]

Boomerang Thailand still has the old logo!

[@Stevetstevets]

@@ArtieRaccoonReviews YES * LAUGHS EVEN LOUDER *

[@caidenjohnson7391]

I hate the the boomerang rebrand

[@justzaveee163]

Same man same

[@saturdaymorningfan3123]

Boomerang streaming app is just as bad. Classics like wacky races, yogi and jetsons on it but they have not updated or added anything new in over 2 years!

[@ElgraeProductions]

metv is better

[@joshuav875]

They even have a morning block everyday except Sunday dedicated to classic shows from mgm and Warner brothers too.

[@joshmontemayor1212]

​@@joshuav875, they air The Flintstones every Sunday morning.

[@ChildrenShowArchive456]

Wish they had a streaming app though.