New Disney Channel Block?

[loyalheart]

Premieres August 21 at 8:00 PM ET/PTThis quintessential buddy comedy follows the comical misadventures of a pampered pooch and an excitable, offbeat rabbit that must forge a friendship while surviving in the Amazon rainforest. Brandy & Mr. Whiskers also launches a weekly block of original animated programming every Saturday with an all-new episode of an animated series. this came from controlyourtv.org but has anyone heard of a new program block being launched? the only other new animated series, besides KP, doesnt come on until 2005 unless you count jetix toons....

[Wanted]

Nope. I haven't heard a thing, and I usually hear from here.

[loyalheart]

yes it's real!!!! kim possible, dave the barbarian, brand and mr.whiskers and lilo & stitch, it's called Magner Toons (i think) and is hosted by some little weird toon characters

[Czar Gato]

That's cool. The cartoons are really the only shows on Disney that I watch (all their live action shows suck), so it's great that they're forming an actual block for them.

[MouseEars07]

oh! That explains why they are going to show an animated movie every Friday night!

[Bigdaddy83]

Would this be considered Disney's answer to Miguzi(correct me if I'm wrong)?

[Donald Duck 12]

Would this be considered Disney's answer to Miguzi(correct me if I'm wrong)?

It should be, it makes perfect sense! But Disney (like every studio) is stuborn. This will most likely be the two hours before Miguzi. I won't be able to watch it then, because I'm in school at that time. So where's the Proud Family? But now that I do think about it Miguzi's ratings are unbeliveble! So this would be Disney's answer. I think, put Magnar Toons in that slot and put the teen stuff and other cartoons around it. And the new Brandy and Mr. Whiskers were going to premeire on Saturdays, so why not have new episodes of everything on ABC Kids?

8:00 Lilo and Stitch: The Series
8:30 Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
9:00 Dave the Barbarian
9:30 Kim Possible
10:00 Proud Family
10:30 Phil of the Future
11:00 That's So Raven
11:30 Power Rangers Dino Thunder

Poor Fillmore!, maybe put him with House of Mouse and Recess on Disney. I'm pretty sure that American Dragon: Jake Long will also premiere on Magnar Toons. And lets hope the Magnar hosts aren't Zoogs.

[loyalheart]

it's on every saturday night at 8pm for 2 hours, Magnet-Tuned. and they are animated magnets. but they probably don't want it on abckids just yet because they humor doesnt seem 100% for tiny tots. could be wrong.

but so far this block of programing is no where near miguzi's timeslot on CN - maybe they're hoping it's their awnser to SNICK?

[Chad Bonin]

Isn't Jetix their answer to Toonami/SNICK?

... SNICK's still around?

[loyalheart]

well i dont think they call it snick but it's still snick...

i assume in someways that if it were their awnser to certain programing blocks jetix and magnet-tude would air the same times...possibly

[Wolfcruiser]

Where the @#*$ are all the new episodes of Dave the Barbarian?!?!?!?

[loyalheart]

this new block will air them, it sounds like all these toons will air new episodes on this block

http://barbarianscn.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=dtb&action=display&num=1088517075

read that post, so if "its good for the show" then that's what they're doing

[Donald Duck 12]

I just got all excited to find out that Disney Channel isn't going through a big change! So it's just Saturday nights? Why did I get all excited then? It's not like I can't catch those shows other places.

[loyalheart]

don't know, im seeing brandy being aired on sunday at 1pm and 4:30pm, so dunno, have to see what disneychannel.com's schedule looks like when its updated...unless a better article comes around

[Czar Gato]

... SNICK's still around?I think TeeNick is technically Snick's replacement, although it's on Sunday instead of Saturday.

[Wanted]

I'm still going to be watching Toonami over this.

[loyalheart]

this is from Cynopsis kids


If you have been watching Disney Channel lately, you will have seen any number of promos introducing the networks’ newest animated series and characters, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers to viewers. Disney Channel will premiere Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, Saturday, August 21, 8p. A buddy show, the series stars, Kaley Cuoco (8 Simple Rules) as the voice of Brandy Harrington, a pampered and fashion-conscious dog who is not much interested in Mr. Whiskers, played by Charlie Adler (a veteran animation voice over actor/ Jakers: the Adventures of Piggly Winks, I am Weasel, Cow & Chicken, Rugrats etc). Mr. Whiskers is a wackadoo bunny who likes to explore and is overjoyed at having Brandy as a friend. That all said, through a mishap in the cargo hold of a plane (long story) the mismatched pair find themselves stranded together in the Amazon Rainforest, Mr. Whiskers excited to explore, have adventures and make new friends, while Brandy can hardly tolerate her new home, filthy clothes and Mr. Whiskers. The theme song for the show is performed by Lou Bega (Mambo No. 5).

and if i have to hear that mambo no.5 one more freaking time!!! lol
anyway nobody cares what your watching over this to be honest.

[Donald Duck 12]

I just saw the Magnet-Tude (or whatever) promo and Disney Channel has went off the deep end. You could live with the Zoogs and Erin you can easily mentally drain out, but these magnets are going to be so annoying! Clay and Face are more sane than those guys! The new episodes better be good or this will end up with Slam! and UPN Kids. Anyways I can catch the reruns other places, so that's no big. But Disney could have made that block so much more.

So let's look at Saturday nights:
Disney Channel: Magnet-Tude
Pros: New episodes of great shows like Dave, Kim, and Stitch. Plus could signal change to Disney Channel.
Cons: Annoying hosts, and Brandy and Mr. Whiskers has the possibility to be bad.

Nickelodean: Saturday Night Nickelodean (just call it Snick)
Pros: Hillarious shows like All That and the Amanda Show.
Cons: Reruns and terrible shows like Romeo! and All Grown Up.

CN: Toonami (I just won't count Adult Swim)
Pros: Fair amount of action and Toonmaster's choice for Saturdays.
Cons: Targets one genre (basically).

Toon Disney: Jetix
Pros: Fair amount of action and Donald Duck 12's choice for Saturdays.
Cons: Donald Duck 12 (and many other people) don't get Toon Disney.

ABC: The Wonderful World of Disney
Pros: There were some a few years ago.
Cons: Always gets pre-empted and the movies they show aren't Disney's best.

Tough, I agree with Toonmaster (for once). And Hyper Link (um, Sensai) is right. Toonami OWNZ Saturdays. But fall is coming, and in the fall things change.

[loyalheart]

people will probably watch but find them annoying. People watched disney but HATED the zoogs

[Wanted]

Yeah. But, nobody seemed to mention the correct name for the block, which is Magnet-Tude.

[Donald Duck 12]

I just saw the Magnet-Tude (or whatever) promo and Disney Channel has went off the deep end.

So let's look at Saturday nights:
Disney Channel: Magnet-Tude
Pros: New episodes of great shows like Dave, Kim, and Stitch. Plus could signal change to Disney Channel.
Cons: Annoying hosts, and Brandy and Mr. Whiskers has the possibility to be bad.

Yup, I believe I said Magnet-Tude twice there.

[tucsoncoyote]

Alright I've been reading all the posts and I have the 411 on this new Disney block and what DIsney is trying to do...

First off the name of the block is called "Magnet-tude" and the hosts of the show are 4 talking refrigerator magnets..(Like that is creatvie?)

but what is even more interesting is that each Saturday night there will be a 2 HOUR block of one show... and each week the shows will roatate..

so Like this Saturday (August 21st), when the block premieres, the show will be of Course Brandy and Mr. Whiskers.

Then the next Saturday (August 28th) the block will be a 2 hour block of Lilo and Stitich: the series.

The Third and fourth weeks (September 4th and 11th) respectively will be 2 hour blocks of Dave the Barbarian and Kim Possible.

Then the whole cycle begins again.

Now my question to this is why is Disney doing this? Actually I have two possible theories here..

1. Disney is trying to compete with Snick (after all cross compare Disney schedules with Snick Schedules.. and they are fairly evenly matched. ) So this is most likely the area Disney is trying to focus in.

-- or --

2. Disney is trying to compete with CN's Toonami (A bit Less Plausible as Toonami is the king of the hill and with shows Like Teen Titans, Justice League Unlimited, and even Megas XLR, there is no real way that (David) Disney can defeat (Goliath) CN.. after all Toonami has a massive 1,2,3, punch with these three shows in place.

so if Disney is thinking they can beat Snick, maybe, but if they think they can beat CN's Toonami.. Little or no chance.. Even with a Show as Popular as Kim Possible, there is no way Kim could stand up to a Giant 80 Ton Robot, known as Megas XLR

and that is all I need to say about that..

:coyote:

[Donald Duck 12]

So it's like:

Week One: That one new show with poor animation. For two hours.

Week Two: New episodes of Lilo and Stitch the series for two hours.

Week Three: New episodes of KP for two hours.

Week Four: New Dave for two hours. At last!

Week Five: Starts all over again with 4 new Brandy and Mr. Whiskers

What!?!? The reason Disney never has any new episodes is because they show them all at once! Rather than once a week, and then we have wait months to get new ones! It is much better like:

7:00 Lilo and Stitch: The Series
7:30 Kim Possible
8:00 Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
8:30 Dave the Barbarrian

So let's compare mine to Snick and Toonami (how they are now):

Lilo and Stitch vs. Teen Titans vs. All Grown Up= Teen Titans
KP vs. JLU vs. Romeo!= KP with JLU close behind
BMW vs. Megas vs. All That= Tough, they are all popular. But BMW may just sag a little behind XLR
Dave vs. YYH vs. Amanda= Dave is good, but not too good in ratings and if Amanda was big we'd see her out of Snick, so YYH

Okay Disney would beat Snick, but change their Jetix schedule and they may have a better chance.

[Chad Bonin]

Actually Coyote, don't forget Toonami's mega-ratings-smash-for-the-past-5-or-so-years, the Dragonball franchise.

And Gundam.

And Yu-Yu Hakusho.

[loyalheart]

the thing that get's me is people around this forum wanted disney to do some primetime stuff (like 8pm) but now that they do, you don't like it.

obviously, they are doing things for ratings/money but if it's something the fans want in the first place shouldnt we be taking advantage of it? it would be like gargoyle fans wanting dvds and disney agrees to release them but the fans decide not to buy them..
fans are a two-edged sword sometimes.

Donald Duck 12- the line up,except this first week is 4 different shows. and BAMW doesn't have poor animation - the character designs are done by "Teacher's Pet's character designer, except the two leads were re-designed so they "would look cute on t-shirts".

[Donald Duck 12]

Yeah, the animation could be worse. I didn't like the idea at first, because I thought it would be done differently. Then I warmed up to the idea, but then I hear it would be new episodes of one thing for the whole night. Now I'm hearing differently again. That changes things. Besides, I'm not the one who wanted primetime Disney (though I have some ideas for it I won't get into now).

[tucsoncoyote]

Actually Coyote, don't forget Toonami's mega-ratings-smash-for-the-past-5-or-so-years, the Dragonball franchise.

And Gundam.

And Yu-Yu Hakusho.Oh I didn't forget Knux Five, and in fact that's why I am tsaying that Disney can't compete with Toonami.. but with Snick? It's a different ball game..

I mean have you seen the line up for Snick?

800PM All Grown up
830PM Romeo
900PM All That
930PM The Amanda Show

now who says that even Brandy and Mr. Whiskers can't beat that line up? I kknow that Lilo and stitch , might, and Kim Possible? Definitely.. But as for Toonami.. Disney's gonna have to Dig Deeper if they want to unseat the king of the hill Knux..

:coyote:

[loyalheart]

Gargoyles could be the key. I know disney won't do it but IF they would be smart and be able to get the original gang to make new episodes based on Greg's other Gargoyle-Series ideas... it might be big. but it's disney

[ahwm]

So it's like:

Week One: That one new show with poor animation. For two hours.

Week Two: New episodes of Lilo and Stitch the series for two hours.

Week Three: New episodes of KP for two hours.

Week Four: New Dave for two hours. At last!

Week Five: Starts all over again with 4 new Brandy and Mr. Whiskers

What!?!? The reason Disney never has any new episodes is because they show them all at once! Rather than once a week, and then we have wait months to get new ones! It is much better like:

7:00 Lilo and Stitch: The Series
7:30 Kim Possible
8:00 Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
8:30 Dave the Barbarrian

So let's compare mine to Snick and Toonami (how they are now):

Lilo and Stitch vs. Teen Titans vs. All Grown Up= Teen Titans
KP vs. JLU vs. Romeo!= KP with JLU close behind
BMW vs. Megas vs. All That= Tough, they are all popular. But BMW may just sag a little behind XLR
Dave vs. YYH vs. Amanda= Dave is good, but not too good in ratings and if Amanda was big we'd see her out of Snick, so YYH

Okay Disney would beat Snick, but change their Jetix schedule and they may have a better chance.Actually, it will likely only be ONE new episode of each show each week that show is on. Remember the KP two hour marathon on the 5th where they ended with Rewriting History? That is most likely what it will be. So like on the 11th or 4th of September (I heard somewhere KP is actually on the 11th, but I have also heard the 4th) Disney will do an hour and a half of KP followed by ONE new episode - this time, namely Showdown at the Crooked D. and Dave, well, Dave is basically cancelled prior to 65 (or that's my understanding) so it won't show new episodes for very long - probably just like once or twice. I know coyote knows more, but I honestly think Dave is getting cancelled around 20 episodes and about 38-40 shows. Lilo and Stitch, I don't know what goes on there. And Brandy and Mr. Whiskers? That one won't last long... Anyway, that's what is really going on. And for Kim, they're spreading the new episodes out. One each month for like nine or ten months with the second movie as the series finale. Anyway, that's the sitch here...

[tucsoncoyote]

After reading a lot of posts here.. the final poster has got it correct (ahwm, good job)

The Name of the block is called "Magnet-tude" and in fact the way this series is lined up is that there will be just one SHOW per 2 hour block

so in short this Saturday (August 21st), It's Brandy and Mr. Whiskers for 2 hours. 8PM to 10 PM

Next week (on the 28th) it's Lilo and Stitch for 2 Hours (again 8 PM to 10 PM

Third Week (on the 4th ) it'll be either KP or Dave..(Same 2 hours and most likely with a New ep at the end of it..)

and finally on September 11th it'll be either KP or Dave (The one that wasn't shown on 9/4, will be in this week's 2 hour block)

Now as for what this is? It's a Fight to see what viewing aduience will get what Channel.. Will it be Snick (or Teen Nick)? Will it be CN's Toonami? or will Magnet-tude, be the one that makes Disney right

My Analysis shows that Disney could go up against Snick (Teen Nick) on Most Saturday nights with Just Kim possible, after all this is a very popular Disney show..

but if Disney is trying to fight Toonami.. two words.. Forget it.. Toonami is too firmly well trenched and has killer shows even 2 hours of Kim Possible Can't Stand up to Teen Titans, Justice League Unlimited, and Megas XLR, plus Yu Yu Hakisho.. no way no how..

so right now Disney is probably going after the Snick Crowd to lure them in.. only to have in 9 months time removing both Kim Possible and Dave the Barbarian as they are being Terminated.. and replacing them will something of substandard quality to shore this up..

in my opinion.. Magnet-tude is a Disney Disaster waiting to happen.. if this had been done 2 years ago. when Toonami wasn't on, perhaps they could have started to cut into CN's Blocks of shows.. but now.. It's a Case of Too Little Too Late.. and the best Disney Channel Can hope for is to Cut into the Snick line up..

Now as for the Line up for this week here is what we got..(For the 21st..)

Brandy and Mr. Whiskers vs. Teen Titans vs. All Grown Up= Teen Titans
Brandy and Mr. Whiskers vs. JLU vs. Romeo!= JLU
Brandy and Mr. Whiskers vs. Megas vs. All That= Megas will clean everything off.
Brandy and Mr. Whiskersvs. YYH vs. Amanda= This one is so close but YYH will be still YYH winning out.. Amanda has zero chance..

Next week (August 28th)

Lilo and Stitch vs. Teen Titans vs. All Grown Up= Teen Titans
Lilo and Stitch vs. JLU vs. Romeo!= JLU
Lilo and Sitich vs. Megas vs. All That= Megas will clean everything off.
Lilo and Stitch vs. YYH vs. Amanda= again YYH is the clear winner here

Final Analysis:
In later posts as I find out the info as to which block will be up, we can use the Same Analogy yet again.. Seems KP Might be the best of the four.. and Lilo and stitch will be weak at best.. Brandy and Mr. W will be eaten alive, and Dave considering it's getting Cancelled after the inital run of 8 new shows, well it migh be the only thing saving this barbarian at the gate.


that's really all I need to say.

:coyote:

[Andrew T. Hingson]

Toonami shouldn't be in the same league as Disney's block or maybe even Nick's.

Nick and Disney will win the girls and younger kids who aren't allowed to watch Toonami. Yes there are some. Some older girls will watch Toonami as well and Teen Titans and JLU should draw in some females to Toonami bit by bit as well. But Disney will always own the 6-11 girl demo.

If a teenager is home and likes cartoons then Toonami is their choice plain and simple. Same goes for tween boys.

It was brilliant for CN to target boys Saturday night in the same way Disney looks to be targeting girls. Both blocks will find success. I will be watching Toonami. That's all there is to it.

[ahwm]

In response to your post, Tuc, if you can catch the same episodes that air on Saturday the next day (Sunday), would you watch Kim and catch them the next day? So here is what I am suggesting:

September 4th or 11th: Two hours of Kim Possible

Would you miss your Saturday night episodes of Toonami and catch them the 5th or 12th? Say Kim is on the 4th. You miss Toonami to watch Kim. You catch last night's episodes on the 5th. Is that even a possibility?

[tucsoncoyote]

In response to your post, Tuc, if you can catch the same episodes that air on Saturday the next day (Sunday), would you watch Kim and catch them the next day? So here is what I am suggesting:

September 4th or 11th: Two hours of Kim Possible

Would you miss your Saturday night episodes of Toonami and catch them the 5th or 12th? Say Kim is on the 4th. You miss Toonami to watch Kim. You catch last night's episodes on the 5th. Is that even a possibility?That is so very True there Ahwm, and the reason is that JLU Comes on Sundays after the "Miguzi Block" on CN at 5pm.. and Megas XLR and Teen Titans come on before Adult swim that evening.. at 10:30 and 10 PM respectively just ahead of Adult swim.. so is it possible to watch Kim Possible and Toonami? Definitely. and In fact I would give up 2 hours of Toonami just to have that 120 minutes of KP..

:coyote: