Warner Bros Discovery finalizes split, confirms they plan to cut Cartoon Network loose from Warner.

[Jman]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-post-split-warner-bros-and-discovery-1236331000/
 

 

Wonder which parent gets DeMarco.

[Mr. Idea Box]

Well, according to an interview with Seth Green to promote the Robot Chicken special, Discovery Communications is DeMarco's boss. But, since he was promoted to become WB's new head of action cartoons, Warner Bros. may still have him on their record. It depends on where the turn buckles.

But in all seriousness, while I do understand the split, I do NOT understand why they merged in the first place. Not to mention where AT&T lies in all of this.

[SwimOdin]

Comcast is taking Cartoon Network out of their basic package and putting it into an additional $9.95 a month tier. It feels like this is the beginning of the end for the network and it’s giving me a bit of existential dread.

[rpgamer]

7 hours ago, SwimOdin said:

Comcast is taking Cartoon Network out of their basic package and putting it into an additional $9.95 a month tier. It feels like this is the beginning of the end for the network and it’s giving me a bit of existential dread.

You guys had it in your basic package??

Last few areas I've been to, it's been in a premium package for a long while now.

Big contributing factor for me just cutting loose.

[Sketch]

This split would almost be good (besides the loss of jobs and projects) if AS/CN (and by extension Boomerang) and TCM were on the WB side with HBO. As it stands they feel like two islands in a sea of unscripted TV shows under the Discovery banner.

Nothing much will change for Adult Swim because they mostly rely on Disney owned shows anyway and I don’t think they will lose R&M, the president spin-off, Smiling Friends or any other original series that does well for AS. I would not rule out HBO Max taking some or all of those away but they’re probably sticking with AS for a while yet. But now the network won’t own the rights to those shows and have to pay for the privilege of showing them.

They can develop new IP for the network and on the AS side that probably will happen but the CN side? Not dang likely. Meanwhile WB will make shows for HBO Max or any streamer willing to pay the most.

This could lead to interesting acquisitions for AS and maybe even some for CN if they even care to do that. Or CN will just air whatever WB catalog shows that are affordable enough and maybe WB won’t price them out of Gumball, Adventure Time and Regular Show reruns. Somewhat ironically TTG a WBA show itself is probably gonna stay on the network and even keep premiering episodes there.

Its not all that different than when Turner was largely autonomous under AOL Time Warner but back then Turner had plenty of operating cash they pumped into CN and I don’t see Discovery’s regime doing that for a number of reasons. Honestly I don’t know why they don’t just kill CN outright. Maybe they’ll finally kill it now if it becomes too expensive to air library titles on it. But AS will probably be fine and Toonami by extension will stick around but Rooster Fighter might be the last anime co-pro besides more Ninja Kamui.

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

So what does this mean as far as where will I find AS shows streaming?

[Jman]

21 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

So what does this mean as far as where will I find AS shows streaming?

Newer shows will likely be licensed out.  Older material?

 

 

[Sketch]

Baaed on current and recent developments, older AS shows will continue to stream on the AS website/app and on-demand through cable/satellite/slim packages when HBO Max doesn’t want them.

CN shows are likewise available on-demand if they’re not on Hulu, Amazon or Netflix.

Both libraries should have shows on Tubi and maybe some CN or AS shows will go there like Hanna Barbera and WB shows have already.

[Top Gun]

I wonder if this could be a positive in that these shows may find a home on streaming services that have a much bigger audience than Max.

[Sketch]

12 hours ago, Top Gun said:

I wonder if this could be a positive in that these shows may find a home on streaming services that have a much bigger audience than Max.

The popular ones probably will go to Hulu, Netflix or Amazon if they aren’t already on any of them but the more obscure ones probably won’t go anywhere. Maaaaybe Tubi will get some of the obscure leftovers, that would be neat.

Any of them is a better choice than HBO Max but at this point the value of that service only will continue to diminish.

 

Edited August 2 by Sketch

[Jman]

 

The news seems to be giving cable companies the green light to decouple Cartoon Network from basic packages.  And they wonder why more and more people are cutting cords.

[PokeNirvash]

I've been unable to watch the linear channel on my TV since around the time Toonami Rewind started, but I've been able to watch the shows online through my Spectrum login, so whatevs.

[Top Gun]

Just got the email from Xfinity here. Guess I'm getting bones out of $10 a month. Fuck you too Zaslav.