A list of things in the WB library that never aired on CN?

[mattpricetime]

Someone in another setting asked me if I had a list of everything WB/Warner Media owns cartoon wise that for whatever reason never found its way onto Cartoon Network over the years. I had to tell them, in full that I did not. Through asking questions at the Warner Archive (and some of their releases) I've got a good feel around the Hanna Barbera and Ruby Spears side of this but I admit i'm not as well versed to know how many of the LT/MM and MGM shorts were excluded. There's also some odds and ends that we'd have to discuss in this question as well.

To anybody's knowledge here, has such a list ever been attempted to be made? Or maybe between us and connections we have here we might be able to compile one? I'm kind of hoping maybe someone who was active back in the days at the Termite Terrace Trading Post forum might have made a list at least for the WB and MGM cartoons as it happened to help fill in that gap.

But we might also need some serious help in areas like some of the KidsWB era stuff, the stuff they own from the other companies, etc.

[wileyk209]

"Loonatics Unleashed" and "Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue" never aired on Cartoon Network. They outright REFUSED to rerun both shows, seeing how poorly-received they were, even before premiering!

[scoobnick]

loonatics unleashed was imo better than Get a Clue, even though Loonatics was clearly a Power Rangers eque type of show. at least loonatics unleashed had some history to support it, such as bugs becoming like Superman and Daffy becoming Duck dodgers. But scooby having superpowers was a completely out of left field idea. It COULD have worked if the series was better.

[Deleted]

It's a sad thing with Loonatics though, especially since Loonatics actually did respect the history of the classic shorts. Also I think another reason Loonatics tanked was because of Duck Dodgers airing at the same time (right at the first logo switch from Powerhouse to CNCity) so maybe viewers prefered Dodgers to Loonatics? Also there was Baby Looney Tunes airing on both Kids WB and CN at the time with the same core lineup as loonatics (Sylvester, Bugs, Daffy, Taz, Lola, Tweety, Granny and later on Petunia and Melissa) I actually liked Loonatics better though given that it was what you get when you put the Looney Tunes in the DCU's Legion of Superheroes era. It was also the first time WB actually did something with "Lola" who was rather flat in Space Jam.

[mattpricetime]

Here's the list as best I can compile it on my own. I'm sure there's some missing here that others can help us fill in.

From the WB Side:
The Censored 11 (and probably some more, which i hope someone helps out with)
Pinky and the Brain
Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain
Histeria!
Detention
Loonatics Unleashed
Shaggy and Scooby Doo Get a Clue

From the MGM Side:
Some of the MGM shorts were probably excluded here too
Mighty Orbots

From the HB/RS side of things we have:
Jana of the Jungle
Space Stars Finale Segments
The Puppy's New Adventures (and the specials preceding it)
Jokebook

Paddington (80s version)

Yo Yogi

The Greatest Adventure: Stories From The Bible
Rubik the Amazing Cube
The Little Rascals (This one is co-owned)
The Last of the Curlews
Rock Odyssey
The Three Musketeers (70s special version, 60s version aired regularly on Banana Splits)
(The following three only joined the roster after the Time Warner merger they were WB property not Turner)
The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show
The Dukes
Police Academy: The Animated Series

From the based on DC comics group from any studio:
Legion of the Super Heroes
New Adventures of Batman (Filmation version)
Superman (Ruby Spears version)

From the odds and ends:
(The following three they have rights to English dub versions of only)
Marine Boy
Magic Boy
Hugo the Hippo
The Comic Strip (Tiger Sharks, Karate Kat, Street Frogs, Mini Monsters)
The New Adventures of Gilligan
Gilligan's Planet
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero


Things in debate:
Teen Force (Some say it aired on Toonami and Powerzone, no bumpers have surfaced)
Turbo Teen (He appeared in a bump on CN but some think the show itself never aired)
Dumb & Dumber: The Animated Series (It aired on foreign CN's but some think it did in the US too)
Trollkins (This one is skipped on a lot of online lists but people claim to have seen it)
Heidi's Song
Cyrano (HB version)
Bunnicula (RS special)
Robo Force (RS special)
The Zeta Project
The Wind and the Willows (Rankin bass version)


A few other points i'd need help on:
- Did The Popeye Show air all the segments they own. I believe they only directly own the theatrcials everything else is licensed.

- Do puppets count as animation here? If so The Hanna Barbera Happy Hour could be added to the list

- Does WB own anything Peanuts related. Warner Archive has released some. But I think they only own a few select things from them. Some stuff was licensed over the years but I have no clue which ones should or shouldn't be on this list.


One point I will make, I don't think a lot of the ones that were owned when Cartoon Network launched were deliberately snubbed. I think these are the ones that just never had prints made to be sent to Atlanta. If they had, they probably would have aired. CN was very risk taking back then. While we might say some of these look controversial, we shouldn't forget things that had some of their same "problems" did air in that period

The only one that has explicit confirmation it got snubbed was Histeria!. Samples turned down WB's attempt to get it on CN.

[manbearpig]

CN aired "Shaggy and Scooby Doo Get a Clue" in Poland, France, Italy, Latin America and probably in some other countries, so this thread refers only to the original American CN.

[mattpricetime]

Yes that is correct, this main list should be about the main American CN. In some cases some of the above list have actually aired on the international versions. In other cases foreign CN's don't actually have rights to some things Warner Media owns in the US.

[wileyk209]

Oh, "Yo Yogi!" is another show CN and Boomerang refused to rerun in the USA. Turner considered it a major embarrassment and a huge mistake, and it also had a part to play in killing NBC's Saturday morning cartoon lineup.

[mattpricetime]

Thanks Wiley, I'll add that one on my next edit. You wouldn't happen to know someone from one of the Looney Tunes fan groups that might have some of the LT and MGM information missing from this list would you?