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11-25-2009, 07:06 PM
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Boomerang now plays commercials...
Yes folks Boomerang is now playing commercials. In the past hour I have seen ads for Gerber, birth control pills, and insurance. But they still play shorts / groovies.
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11-25-2009, 07:18 PM
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Here comes the beginning of the end.
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11-25-2009, 07:21 PM
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How much longer until I can get it on Comcast now? :P
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11-25-2009, 08:41 PM
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Maybe it's because those commercials will support Boomerang financially.
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11-25-2009, 09:01 PM
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Could be but the commercials are really annoying. After the Jetsons ended Boomerang put on a TDA commercial but then out of nowhere the "local" ads returned.. Also Boomerang was running late because the ads were playing so during a show earlier they cut into the ad and just started airing the show.
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11-25-2009, 09:24 PM
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Oh, Nooooooooooo
This is only the beginning of the end of a once great channel that had potential. Throw in the "crunching credits", edited episodes for not only content but time, and move more rejected CN shows from this decade, and it will be officiially over. It will be 10 years (April 1, 2010) since Boomerang spun off as a channel, and now I hear it's going to add commercials?! Can't say I'm going to want Boom in the future if my fears come true about the dreaded changes mentioned earlier.
I can say that Boomerang is going to suffer more because of the added commercials (too bad they didn't listen about putting some retro commercials as said on this post, but then again, it costs money to obtain those "pesky" rights from them). Sad day for the Boom, the LAST channel out there that plays classic cartoons from TV's golden era. Just fold already, we know it's bound to happen, maybe another CN channel, perhaps?. |
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11-25-2009, 09:31 PM
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They still play the groovies and shorties. I just watched the Huckleberry Hound shortie. They still seem to be about the classics and I can only hope that the ads are there to give Boom the money to keep going the way they are and not to hurt them.
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11-25-2009, 09:33 PM
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Are you sure about this?
I'm not saying that you're wrong, but I've been watching Boomerang all week and I haven't seen any ads running on it other than the usual promos for Boom and Cartoon Network shows. It's possible that this is just your local cable/satellite company inserting their own local commercials over Boomerang's filler segments. If this were a national change, I imagine there'd be some mention of it, like a press release or something. A Google search on this also turned up nothing.
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11-25-2009, 09:40 PM
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Bye Boomerang. It was nice knowing ya.
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11-25-2009, 09:42 PM
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11-25-2009, 09:46 PM
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If this is true, then Turner must be adding commercials in an attempt to get Boomerang in more homes. The good news is that ads would mean more money and that Boom might eventually be able to acquire some different shows. Goodness knows that Boom's lineup is in need of improvement.
The down side is that if Boom truly does become ad supported, then this will most likely mean that Boom will need to obtain some new and original shows in order to pay for it's sponsors, meaning that we would be less time devoted to the "classics' and that Boom would become Cartoon Network 2 in short order. In any case, I think that we should refrain from mourning the loss of Boomerang about this until we hear something official. I personally have yet to see any commercials on Boom. This could just be something that some local cable/satellite providers are doing, like Silverstar already said. EDIT: I just been watching Boom from the end credits of Dexter's Lab to the opening credits of The Powerpuff Girls and no commercials, unless you count the ad for Saturday Morning Cartoons, Volume 2. Last edited by Blackstar; 11-25-2009 at 10:04 PM. |
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11-25-2009, 10:07 PM
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It could very well be my cable provider. I have FiOS if that matters. I was just shocked to see ads.
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11-25-2009, 10:17 PM
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Yeah... I haven't seen ads on Boomerang either.
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11-25-2009, 10:17 PM
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They still play the groovies and shorties. I'm watching the Huckleberry Hound shortie right now. They still seem to be about the classics and I can only hope that the ads are there to give Boom the money to keep going the way they are and not to hurt them.
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11-25-2009, 10:22 PM
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I don't think it's Boomerang doing this. I have DirecTV in Maryland and I have yet to see a single ad on Boom; it's been business as usual here. This sounds like something your local provider has decided to start doing.
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11-25-2009, 10:29 PM
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Anyone wanna end this discussion? I'm pretty convinced my local provider may be doing this.
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