Turner axes CNX toon channel

Icehouse

Turner axes CNX toon channel

In the UK, Turner is closing down its new CNX animation channel to focus on a revamped service aimed at the tween and early teen audience. Toonami will replace CNX as of September.

Since its launch in October 2002, CNX filled its schedule with older skewing animation and edgy films aimed to attract a young male audience. Its younger skewing Toonami afternoon block, however, proved was most successful brand on the channel.

Turner has defended the decision to drop CNX, claiming that the adult market is crowded and competitive. Toonami will air programmes such as X-Men and its new acquisition, the animated Star Wars: Attack of the Clones.

Lianne Stewart
3 Jul 2003
© C21 Media 2003

I wonder what the odds are now on TCM scrambling....

Wook

damn i liked CNX ! they sometimes show pretty col asian movies !:mad:

Tony

Originally posted by Wook
damn i liked CNX ! they sometimes show pretty col asian movies !:mad:

I liked the old Kung Fu series

John mac

Bruce lee season is on soon we may miss some of them:( .

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

damnit, that was a damn good channel. samuri jack was always welcome and they just started showing the new he man sereies!

byte

I seldom watch the channel tbh, but it'd still be a shame to see it go. And especially after such a short while on air. You'd think they'd have thought of the competitive market before they launched the channel! :rolleyes:

Ryo Hazuki

NOOOOO!!!

That channel was brillant!

Cowboy Bebop- Best thing Evar
Outlaw Star - Great Series
Gundam Wing - Even better series.

The daytime programmes were not to my liking though.

Dooom

nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
those b*stards!!!

that was like the only channel i really watched! (well...)
toonami doesnt have like samurai jack n he-man in it does it?
curses




*sigh* better add them people who cancelled it to the list
:ninja:

Ebonyks

This is not on!!! Where else am I gonna get Harvey Birdman and Sealab 2021?? Loved all the asian movies etc.

I have noticed they've been kind of slack at the mo, with repeats and stuff. Those presenters for Trailer Park and the channel were pretty good.

That new He-Man series was Toonami allright, don't know about Samurai Jack.

Damn it anyway.....

Dooom

Originally posted by Icehouse
Turner axes CNX toon channel

In the UK....

HOPE?!?!?!?!
or is ireland part of the uk in these type things? but maybe HOPE!!!

DMC

There is only two kinds of Hope in a Sky Digital world.*







*3 if you are from Drogheda

Dooom

hmm, and they'd be....


oh and does assassinating someone who might do something like this - is that a form or intense hope or just murder?




its not a crime unless you're caught

:ninja:

DMC

The intense guilt would be crime enough. :ninja:

Yes, we are all part of the same boat is a subscription channels goes, UK, Ireland, no difference.

And the answers are....

No Hope, Bob Hope, and for our friends in Drogheda, a housing estate called Weir Hope.

Slane

Well, the good news is that the first post in this topic is not 100% correct. Firstly, they are not turning CNX into Toonami so they can focus more on the early teens market totally, although i am sure that will be a big part of this new channel. It seems that although the channel was doing well the ratings continually fell when live-action shows like the shield or boomtown, or kung-fu movies were shown. So with this new channel they will focus totally on all-action-animation and anime. So you can still expect appearances from Samurai Jack, Cowboy Bebop and sealab 2021 along with much more!!! Although its crap to see all those cool kung fu movies go this can only mean even better anime series and movies being included on the channel. So good news for fans of Anime and action-animation, and somewhat sad news for kung-fu movie fans.

Dooom

YES!!!! mwahahahah. i told ya'll it wasnt true.

a well - back to anime marathons....