Teletoon

From Free net encyclopedia

(Redirected from TeleToon)

Template:Cleanup-date Template:Infobox Network

For French version of this television channel, see Télétoon.

TELETOON is a Canadian cable television specialty channel which exclusively airs animation, not limited by age or nationality. Separate English and French versions of the station are available in different regions of Canada. It has been known as the counterpart of the American Cartoon Network, with which it shares several series, but due to the station's large (and heavily criticized) commitment to offering Canadian programming, they often have trouble effectively marketing foreign content. It has no apparent connection to the television station in France of the same name.

When TELETOON first launched, it had several time blocks devoted to certain content (for example, the Teletoon Retro block shown old cartoons such as The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show), and showed more mature content as the day progressed, starting with preschool content at 7:00 am, and ending with adult content after midnight, featuring more adult cartoons such as Æon Flux, Duckman and various OAVs. However, Teletoon has had a very bad time with content aimed at an older audience since, stemming from the fact that during their first year, they accidentally broadcast adult content, including cartoon nudity, during a time normally devoted to preschoolers (outside of Watershed). The backlash from the government and parental groups resulted in Teletoon cutting back on almost all of their material focused towards teens and adults. They have since been trying to regain that ground, with the creation of the time block The Detour (see below).

Ownership of TELETOON is divided between Corus Entertainment (40%), Astral Media (40%) and Cookie Jar Entertainment, formerly CINAR (20%). The name is a portmanteau of television and cartoon.

Contents

[edit]

Programming blocks

[edit]

Cinetoon

A block on Saturdays that airs animated movies, such as Tom and Jerry: The Movie, and in a few cases, live-action movies, such as the recent version of Scooby-Doo.The cinetoon movies air on Saturday afternoons at 5:00 p.m.

Image:Wiki letter w.pngThis section is a stub. You can help by [{{fullurl:Template:FULLPAGENAME|action=edit}} adding to it].
[[Category:{{{1|}}} articles with sections needing expansion]]
[edit]

KAPOW!

An action type block, featuring shows like the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Megas XLR.

Image:Wiki letter w.pngThis section is a stub. You can help by [{{fullurl:Template:FULLPAGENAME|action=edit}} adding to it].
[[Category:{{{1|}}} articles with sections needing expansion]]

List of shows on KAPOW! are

[edit]

TELETOON Retro

A block which shows some "classic" programming. Although these one-hour blocks have recently disappeared, shows such as The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, The Flintstones, and The Jetsons still remains in their timeslots. Some more classics are scattered throughout the channel.

A new digital service of the same name has recently been approved by the CRTC for broadcast in both French and English. More information on this should be forthcoming.

Image:Wiki letter w.pngThis section is a stub. You can help by [{{fullurl:Template:FULLPAGENAME|action=edit}} adding to it].
[[Category:{{{1|}}} articles with sections needing expansion]]
[edit]

The Detour on TELETOON

Animated programming targeted towards teen and adult audiences airs during The Detour programming block, much of which is in the vein of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. However, unlike Adult Swim, and, although there was a strong early commitment to air diverse and international programming, as well as the ability to air a great majority of material uncut, The Detour has seemingly refused to incorporate any anime series.

The Detour was an amalgamation of the old Detour block, aimed at teenagers, and the former Teletoon Unleashed block which had been dropped due to lack of new content.

The "F-Night" line-up airs every Friday night starting at 9:00pm. The "F" in the title stands for Friday but is likely also a reduced form of a well-known expletive, helping to reinforce that the programming block is intended for older viewers.

[edit]

Programs currently airing on The Detour

The French version of The Detour contains a different list of programs than the English version on The Detour, much being a French-dubbed version of well-known television shows, such as South Park. For a full list of their programs, please see the article on the French version of this channel.

Here is a list of the programs airing on the English version of Teletoon:

[edit]

Programs on Teletoon (English)

[edit]

Current programs (as of April 2006)

[edit]

Past programs

These programs were formerly aired on Teletoon (English), or they are just not being aired right now.

[edit]

Trivia

  • In its second year, Teletoon was supposed to air the cult favorite series, Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, and even had the show referenced in many promotional materials. However, despite being printed in television listings for weeks, the show never actually aired on the station. The exact reason for the show's abrupt disappearance is unknown, but apparently it involved a royalty dispute with one of the actors interviewed on the show, which has also caused several episodes to be removed from the DVD release. Teletoon will likely never air the series, but in 2004 they did begin airing its spin-off, The Brak Show.
[edit]

External links

Template:Astral Mediafr:Télétoon (Canada)

Retrieved from "http://www.netipedia.com/index.php/Teletoon"