Boomerang (American TV channel)
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| Boomerang | |
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| Launched | April 1, 2000 |
| Owned by | Time Warner, Inc. |
| Sister channel(s) | Cartoon Network |
| Website | Official Site |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 297 |
| Dish Network | Channel 175 |
| Cyfrowy Polsat | Channel 42 |
| N | Channel 94 |
| Cable | |
| StarHub | Channel 36 |
| Verizon FiOS | Channel 218 |
| Also available on other digital cable systems such as Time Warner Cable, Comcast, etc. | Consult your cable provider |
- For Boomerang worldwide, see Boomerang (TV Channel).
Boomerang is the name of at least four television networks owned by Cartoon Network.
The United States version of Boomerang initially carried a weekly looping programming format. Notably, Boomerang does not carry product commercials. The only advertising on the channel is for Boomerang or Cartoon Network programming.
During its looping format, which lasted through January 17, 2005, program days began at 8 a.m. Eastern time (5 a.m. Pacific time). The looping format had 8 hours of programming repeated three times a day. Monday through Thursdays had been just normal programming days, with a variety of half-hour and hour-long cartoon programs shown. On Fridays, "monthly feature" cartoons were shown for the entire day; one cartoon was featured for each Friday of a given month for 24 hours straight. As of January 22, 2005, this banner became known as "monthly character of the month", and is now shown on weekends from 2 to 4 p.m. eastern and as of March 2007 it it known as Boomeroyalty. On Saturdays, a calendar year was featured with the cartoons of that year (ranging from approximately 1963 to 1983, one year per week in sequence). Sundays carried the "Boomeraction" theme, with animation featuring action and adventure such as SuperFriends, SpaceGhost, Jonny Quest, and Battle of the Planets. In recent years, Boomerang began airing shows from more recent times, such as Batman: The Animated Series, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, The Addams Family Cartoon, and Pokémon.
[edit] Shows on Boomerang
Boomerang has carried both theatrical animated shorts and television series from several libraries, including:
- Warner Bros. Animation
- Baby Looney Tunes
- Batman: The Animated Series/The New Batman Adventures
- Duck Dodgers
- Krypto the Superdog
- Superman: The Animated Series
- Justice League
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies and ToonHeads (Taken off in January 2006, returned September 2006.)
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Hanna-Barbera
- 2 Stupid Dogs
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
- The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
- The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
- Banana Splits
- Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
- Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
- Cattanooga Cats
- Clue Club
- Cow & Chicken (Starts April 2007)
- Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
- Fantastic Four
- The Flintstones
- The Flintstone Kids
- Funky Phantom
- Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
- Godzilla
- Goober and the Ghost Chasers
- The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (Wally Gator, Touche Turtle and Dum Dum, Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har)
- Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch
- I Am Weasel (Aired during Holiday programming in December 2006)
- The Herculoids
- Hong Kong Phooey
- The Huckleberry Hound Show
- Inch High, Private Eye
- Jabberjaw
- The Jetsons '
- Jonny Quest
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Kwicky Koala
- Loopy de Loop
- The Magilla Gorilla Show
- The New Adventures Of Captain Planet
- The New Shmoo
- Pac-Man
- The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
- The Pirates of Dark Water
- Quick Draw McGraw
- Richie Rich
- Ruff and Reddy
- Scooby-Doo
- Sealab 2020
- Shazzan
- Space Ghost and Dino Boy
- Super Friends
- The Snorks
- The Smurfs
- Top Cat
- Wacky Races
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
- Yogi Bear Show
- Yogi's Gang
- Yogi's Treasure Hunt
(...and many others)
- Ruby-Spears Productions
- Fangface
- Goldie Gold and Action Jack
- Heathcliff/Dingbat and the Creeps/Marmaduke
- Karate Kommandos
- Mr. T
- Thundarr the Barbarian
(...and many others)
- Paramount Pictures (Fleischer/Famous Studios)
- Popeye and The Popeye Show
- Superman
- The Harveytoons Show (Until 2005, Properties later sold to Harvey Comics)
- Sandy Frank Entertainment
- Battle of the Planets (April-November 2004)
- United Artists (DFE) (June 2005-March 2007)
- United Productions of America
- Mr. Magoo (Until 2005)
- Hal Seeger Studios
- 4Kids Entertainment
- Jay Ward Productions
- The Bullwinkle Show (Until 2005)
- Film Roman
- DiC Entertainment
- Captain Planet & The Planeteers
- Dennis the Menace (US version)
- Total Television
- Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
- Underdog various times
- Kinofilm Studios
- Mike Young Productions
- Cookie Jar Entertainment
Boomerang has featured many exclusive programming blocks such as Hanna-Barbera's Cartoon Corral, The Zoo, Boomeracers, Acme Hour (originally a part of Cartoon Network), and Late Night Black and White.
In 2005, Boomerang began to carry more modern series, including 2 Stupid Dogs, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002 series), Baby Looney Tunes, Duck Dodgers, and What's New, Scooby Doo?. In 2006, Boomerang began to experiment with reruns of the Cartoon Network original series Dexter's Laboratory, and Mike, Lu & Og. Because of this, many Boomerang fans wonder if Boomerang might become a "Cartoon Network Too" in the US.
The first five seasons of the U.S. dubbed Pokémon animated series began airing on the network July 31, however the show was taken off the network's schedule on October 20, 2006 along with Baby Looney Tunes. Krypto the Superdog and the Tickle-U version of Gerald McBoing-Boing began airing on February 5, 2007 along with the return of Baby Looney Tunes.
Boomerang's promotional slogan, Boomerang: It's All Coming Back To You, used until late 2005 on Boomerang itself, was one of nostalgia that accurately reflected its programming of the time. However, this slogan is still used on promos airing on sister channel Cartoon Network.
The announcer for most promos for the channel is actor and current Family Feud host John O'Hurley.
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