Nice! How is Disney Channel and Toon Disney holding up?
Cool! Does the other Chucky films still get made because I'm noticing that's not on the list? And what is Cartoon Network and Adult Swim up to? I think it's time we start doing an cable equivalent to the SatAM lineups, like see what's on each kids' network during a specific time period, and we should do it at least twice a year.
Cool! How is Ion faring so far ITTL? And what' Premavision?
Cool, what's Odyssey up to? I see Inspector Gadget and Sailor Moon is mysteriously gone........
Cool! How is Oaxis? Hopefully they're doing ok after the Amy Pascal situation.
What happened to Merv Griffin and how did Grand Diamond come back?
Also, how is Warner Freeform's kids stuff performing?
Cool! I can come up with quite a bit for the animation side of things.
Cool. I also see that Lionsgate is still small. How's One Piece working for them?
Nice! How is Nickelodeon?
Oh, and what about my Japanese movie suggestions I sent in the PM some time ago?
Damn............
The Disney Channel is holding up steadily with
Rockin' Rhonda and
The Clone Wars, while Toon Disney's main ratings draw is still
Naruto as part of the Nezumi block.
Speaking of anime, we've seen 20th Century-Fox's dynasty in the late Seventies and through the Eighties. New Line entered the anime dubbing arena with
Robotech in the later Eighties and Warner Bros. entered the scene in the early Nineties with
DBZ. Also in the Nineties we saw Touchstone partner with Ghibli. Then with the start of a new century and new millennium, we saw Columbia-TriStar reenter with
Pokemon and
Yu-Gi-Oh, then Lionsgate with
Flint the Time Detective. Universal, after they failed with
Dog of Flanders wound up returning with
Cardcaptors.
Now in 2010, the new kid on the anime block is TBS+Paramount under the MGM label.
Grand Diamond came back because the profitability of Disney's Hyperion and Gramercy under MCA and Polygram in the Nineties prompted TimeWarner to revive the brand after Grand Diamond went dormant as a result of its 1988 merger with Carolco.
Oaxis so far has been enjoying much-needed positive momentum after Amy Pascal's departure.
Blanche Boudreaux reflecting on dealing with Amy Pascal
"She was so obsessed with my 'whale tail' sticking out of my pants in the office. But for her to slut-shame me in broad daylight is ironic, considering that shag carpet she called a hairstyle. If there's one word that defined my teens and early twenties, that would be trauma. Because of the trauma that Ms. Pascal inflicted during my time at Nelvana, I've pretty much started wearing French-cuts at my new job at Legendary while saving my preferred thongs for weekends at home, or at the gym."
Right now, Warner Freeform is filling time slots with reruns of the series that WB Animation churned out during the Steven Spielberg/Tom Ruegger era (Tiny Toons, Taz Mania, Animaniacs, Freakazoid) plus the
Men in Black cartoon series,
Detention,
Road Rovers, Hysteria! and
Waynehead. The mindset is one of trying to attract a crossover audience. Not only is Warner Freeform trying to reconnect with 90's kids who are now in their twenties, but they're also attempting to introduce those characters and series to a newer generation.
Nickelodeon is still on a roll with
Hannah Montana and
Wizards of Waverly Place. But with Miley's 18th birthday approaching this November, she's understandably going to want to break out of her Hannah shell. Until then,
Adventure Time comes out in April.
Inspector Gadget and
Sailor Moon are still lucrative for New Line, but only if you or a friend like to shop at Hot Topic or Spencer's Gifts.
Send me a new PM because I may have forgot about your ideas. Also, I'll need to know which studios you prefer for each project.