Cartoon Network Going Commando
Yeah, this is another post ragging on Cartoon Network as is spirals down the drainpipe of doom. I was at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood last night where found this flyer (at left, click to enlarge thumbnail), recruiting “male teens” for a new reality show. It reads: “Are you between 13 and 16 years old? Would you like to have a team of Former military SPECIAL FORCES train you and your friends to plan and execute real life missions? Learn how to use night vision? Hydro Reconaissance? Rappelling? Who wouldn’t!” “We are looking for kids who have real problems that …

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…but that ain’t gonna happen, though part of me wishes it could. Turner made this statement in an interview today with Bloomberg News . Unfortunately Ted would remove Superman and run Captain Planet in prime time. But at least he’d return cartoons to the channel. Watch the video of Turner’s statement here .
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