Does anyone else feel that Cartoon Network mistreats Ed, Edd n' Eddy?

[GPRailroad8794]

Honestly, because it certainly feels that way. Besides not finishing the release of the series on DVD (more on that later), I refer back to the 20th anniversary this past year as fuel for this argument. The Eds were featured so minimally in the promos and bumpers and didn't even speak (perhaps they couldn't get a hold of the cast to do voice overs) and outside of a mention or two, seemed to be outcast. Shoot, the 20th anniversary neglected the Cartoons Cartoons in general based on the polls alone. Now for those DVDs:

It's going on 6, SIX years since season 2 was last released and there hasn't even been an announcement of season 3 since. By now we should have every season of Ed, Edd n' Eddy available on home media, possibly a complete series box set, as well The Big Picture Show on DVD so why haven't we? Ed, Edd n' Eddy was one of Cartoon Network's top shows during its run (challenging The Powerpuff Girls for the top spot) if not THE top show on occasion so why is it taking Cartoon Network such a outrageous amount of time to finish releasing the series? And don't say it's because they don't think it'll be profitable when they just announced the release of TWO Annoying Orange DVDs, one of which is a full season set. CN could just release a complete series boxset now and I'm sure it'll sell faster than a McDonald's breakfast combo, they just have to do it because it's completely unnecessary at this point having to search YouTube and hope that episodes weren't removed due to "copyright infringement" or having to resort to some ad-infested website to see episodes in subpar quality. While we're on the topic, why hasn't there been any word on the second seasons of Dexter's Lab, Courage, and Johnny Bravo? Just a mess... And I HIGHLY doubt the decline in DVD sales over the years is the cause of this; the current state of the economy sucks but when has it stopped other shows from being released over the past few years? Sounds like a cop-out if you ask me.

It's blasphemy (for lack of a better word) the way Cartoon Network treats Ed, Edd n' Eddy for numerous reasons:

• It was the first Cartoon Cartoon to not originate from the What A Cartoon! program
• It was and still is one of the most fondly remembered and popular cartoons not just of Cartoon Network but the 90s/ 2000s
• It was originally pitched to Nickelodeon and had they complied to Danny Antonucci's demands then the series would've been airing there instead
• Just to reiterate it was the channel's top show behind The Powerpuff Girls whenever it wasn't the top show and became a household name

IMO Ed, Edd n' Eddy is the series Cartoon Network should be giving special treatment, taking the aforementioned reasons into account. Sorry for going on a rant there but I just wanted to get that off my chest and see if anyone else has ever felt the same. Does Cartoon Network mistreat Ed, Edd n' Eddy? Sans PPG, do they mistreat all their old shows? Sure seems like it.

 

[RandomMe]

I guess so. CN/WB Home Entertainment should release the rest of the series on DVD. I'm unsure if Madman released S3 in AU.
Here in Portugal, my CN feed stopped airing the first two episodes (first two pairs from season 1) a few years ago (that was awkward). We only got to see the movie on July 4th 2012 (I REMEMBER DA DATE!!!).
Plus, as a side note, they even had to CUT THE INTRO IN THE US AND A!!!:
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Well, I may be the biggest EEnE fan in my country. I love this show to death. No other CN show is better than EEnE.

 

[WMania]

There's bigger shows they mistreat: Sheep (great ratings, cancelled, having seen it since), Megas XLR (same there) and a few others. Looney Tunes wasn't on the network for years and on normally for years. Courage was mistreated for a while too.

However, Eds is one of the top for the mistreats. Show not on complete DVD, season 6 episode missing from iTunes, wasn't seen regularly on TV from 2007-2009, aired episodes in two marathons to air one new episode, the movie hasn't seen much attention since 2009 (we've seen more of Hoodwinked and fricking Open Season!!!!!!) So yes, it has been mistreated. Unfairly too.

 

[RockmanDash]

he movie hasn't seen much attention since 2009

False, the movie has aired a few months ago and other times through the 2009-2012 period.

CN actually treated the Eds just fine when it came to putting them on the network(gave them a movie, more episodes past its original cancelled point, and bothered to re-air its material). Complaining that there aren't anymore episodes airing is very silly considering the network is focusing on the future than the past. The only sad aspect really is the lack of DVDS coming out.

Maybe one day though..

 

[GPRailroad8794]

There's bigger shows they mistreat: Sheep (great ratings, cancelled, having seen it since), Megas XLR (same there) and a few others. Looney Tunes wasn't on the network for years and on normally for years. Courage was mistreated for a while too.

However, Eds is one of the top for the mistreats. Show not on complete DVD, season 6 episode missing from iTunes, wasn't seen regularly on TV from 2007-2009, aired episodes in two marathons to air one new episode, the movie hasn't seen much attention since 2009 (we've seen more of Hoodwinked and fricking Open Season!!!!!!) So yes, it has been mistreated. Unfairly too.

Wasn't it Sheep that got the biggest premiere ratings in Cartoon Network history? I don't recall it getting great ratings but not bad ones either, as a matter of fact I don't recall any hearing of Sheep's ratings so who knows. I think if it were around today, pairing it up with MAD would have a lot of potential. Megas XLR was awesome but didn't it get cancelled due to low ratings, so I've heard? Courage still had had plenty of mileage left in it when it got cancelled; really should've ran longer than the 3 years it did (coincidentally the 3 years Cartoon Network was at its absolute peak) but perhaps John Dilworth wanted to move on.

False, the movie has aired a few months ago and other times through the 2009-2012 period.

CN actually treated the Eds just fine when it came to putting them on the network(gave them a movie, more episodes past its original cancelled point, and bothered to re-air its material). Complaining that there aren't anymore episodes airing is very silly considering the network is focusing on the future than the past. The only sad aspect really is the lack of DVDS coming out.

Maybe one day though..

Who was complaining about there not being new episodes?

And its CN's treatment of the show post-cancellation we're talking about.

 

[Dudley]

Considering how they occasionally appear on Cartoon Planet, I'm going to have to say no. Ed, Edd, n Eddy has gotten a lot of airings in the past, and who knows? They might put it back on reruns again. Just because they're currently not, it shouldn't count as a mistreatment.
Besides, if people want Ed, Edd, n Eddy so bad, they can just buy the episodes off of iTunes.

 

[RockmanDash]

Wasn't it Sheep that got the biggest premiere ratings in Cartoon Network history? I don't recall it getting great ratings but not bad ones either, as a matter of fact I don't recall any hearing of Sheep's ratings so who knows. I think if it were around today, pairing it up with MAD would have a lot of potential. Megas XLR was awesome but didn't it get cancelled due to low ratings, so I've heard? Courage still had had plenty of mileage left in it when it got cancelled; really should've ran longer than the 3 years it did (coincidentally the 3 years Cartoon Network was at its absolute peak) but perhaps John Dilworth wanted to move on.


Who was complaining about there not being new episodes?

And its CN's treatment of the show post-cancellation we're talking about.

I think you may have misread my post. I never said "new episodes" just "complaining that there aren't anymore episodes airing is very silly"(outside of Cartoon Planet).

And I'm well aware of what you are talking about. But like other shows airing on Cartoon Planet, its not being treated badly at all. It might also help to know that the term "cancelled" refers to programs that actually don't air at all on TV anymore.

 

[Darklordavaitor]

Well, the show does seem to be forgotten oftentimes when the network attempts to market its older shows again. For example, none of the characters appear in any version of the Punch Time Explosion game, nor has there been any mention of a comic book being made by Boom!'s recent endeavor into Cartoon Network titles.

 

[TheMusicdewd]

IMO, there are WAY more shows that aired on CN that didn't even last two seasons that have thrown into the dust. Ed, Edd, Eddy, IMO, is probably one of CN's most successful original Cartoon Cartoons considering they made new episodes until 2006, and that they have showed reruns for it more than other show in CN history.

 

[GPRailroad8794]

Considering how they occasionally appear on Cartoon Planet, I'm going to have to say no. Ed, Edd, n Eddy has gotten a lot of airings in the past, and who knows? They might put it back on reruns again. Just because they're currently not, it shouldn't count as a mistreatment.
Besides, if people want Ed, Edd, n Eddy so bad, they can just buy the episodes off of iTunes.

More people have a DVD player than an iTunes account. While iTunes is an alternate measure, my personal preference is to own hard copies as is many other people's, a reason DVDs still sell. If anything why not have both? They could put it on Blu-Ray and it will fly off the shelves.

I think you may have misread my post. I never said "new episodes" just "complaining that there aren't anymore episodes airing is very silly"(outside of Cartoon Planet).

And I'm well aware of what you are talking about. But like other shows airing on Cartoon Planet, its not being treated badly at all. It might also help to know that the term "cancelled" refers to programs that actually don't air at all on TV anymore.

Even so, who was complaining about episodes being no longer aired? That is, unless you were simply stating that?

It does help, thanks for the correction. Even so, simply airing it once a week on an hour long show (which isn't long enough for its purpose anyway) isn't exactly a privilege. They may air more than one episode on occasion but that's still far from what I consider special treatment. Releasing it on DVD (not iTunes) is what would really drove the point home of how great the show is. how much it has helped the channel out, and that we as fans deserve to complete ownership of such an excellent series for our own personal viewing pleasure.

 

[TheCtes]

Though I agree with the opening post, Ed Edd n Eddy is shown quite often on the network outside of Cartoon Planet, actually as late as this Monday they aired it, and they still do on Halloween and Christmas too (Christmas doesn't say much, but other than Halloween themed CN series, EEnE seems to be the only thing to air it's Halloween special). It hasn't even been a year since they aired it twice every day regularily. The fact that it has yet to be shown on Boomerang shows that CN still wants it on the main channel the most imo.

 

[DarthGonzo]

CN isn't going to run old shows forever. Ed, Edd and Eddy (from the first episode to the airing of the movie) had almost an 11 year run. That's pretty incredible and is far from a case of mistreatment.

 

[RockmanDash]

Even so, who was complaining about episodes being no longer aired?

Your topic in general is if Cartoonnetwork mistreats Ed, Edd, N Eddy. From the past showings of the series(with numerous reruns in the past years) it just feels naturally silly to really complain if they really "mistreated it" after it ended. I wasn't specifically saying "__ complains about no more airings!" but more that the show has had enough airings where enough love was put into it.

I kind of wish your title was more related to Cartoonnetwork's problem with releasing full DVD sets of older shows, since now I see where you are coming from.

I still wouldn't say its "mistreated" but more that CN has a very hard time releasing other shows besides Adventure Time and Regular Show.

 

[Sketch]

Ed, Edd & Eddy resurfaces constantly so while I think it could be getting more air time overall I'm going to say CN treats the Eds plenty well in recent years.

It didn't get a full DVD release? News flash, the only CN original shows that did were Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls and the various Ben 10 series. Most were lucky to get even one 13 episode set at some point.

Part of the problem with CN being owned by Warner is WHV handles most if not all DVD/BD releases and they simply can't be bothered to put every CN show popular or not out on DVD/BD themselves because they have so many properties to put out on DVD/BD and don't really do much with most of them.

CN and Warner have nothing to do with the Annoying Orange DVDs by the way.That's Vivendi's deal.

Adventure Time and Regular Show's upcoming sets show the potential for Warner to give more CN shows DVD/BD releases but I wouldn't expect all that much from them in the future. I'd like to believe those sets are proof they understand these shows have a growing adult fan base who don't just want those variety discs but want full seasons with no missing episodes.

Thankfully they're starting to use Netflix but iTunes does offer full series of many of those shows you want to see. Yes not everyone can use iTunes but it's a manner in which Warner can put those shows out there for people to buy without spending the cost of printing DVDs.

If you really want more Ed, Edd n Eddy on DVD then write to Warner Bros. and maybe they'll consider releasing it through Warner Archive or something.

 

[SaneMan]

Not really
Compared to most other cancelled CN shows, Ed Edd n Eddy still get allot of exposure from the Network

as far as the Eds not being featured more prominently in the advertising material goes, one has the realise that the characters themselves really aren't all that marketable, compared to the likes of the Powerpuff Girls, Dexter, or even Johnny Bravo

 

[GPRailroad8794]

Your topic in general is if Cartoonnetwork mistreats Ed, Edd, N Eddy. From the past showings of the series(with numerous reruns in the past years) it just feels naturally silly to really complain if they really "mistreated it" after it ended. I wasn't specifically saying "__ complains about no more airings!" but more that the show has had enough airings where enough love was put into it.

I kind of wish your title was more related to Cartoonnetwork's problem with releasing full DVD sets of older shows, since now I see where you are coming from.

I thought that's what the first post was for haha. But at least we have a mutual understanding now; my issue is the DVDs not the TV airings. There, that's better!

Ed, Edd & Eddy resurfaces constantly so while I think it could be getting more air time overall I'm going to say CN treats the Eds plenty well in recent years.

It didn't get a full DVD release? News flash, the only CN original shows that did were Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls and the various Ben 10 series. Most were lucky to get even one 13 episode set at some point.

Part of the problem with CN being owned by Warner is WHV handles most if not all DVD/BD releases and they simply can't be bothered to put every CN show popular or not out on DVD/BD themselves because they have so many properties to put out on DVD/BD and don't really do much with most of them.

CN and Warner have nothing to do with the Annoying Orange DVDs by the way.That's Vivendi's deal.

Adventure Time and Regular Show's upcoming sets show the potential for Warner to give more CN shows DVD/BD releases but I wouldn't expect all that much from them in the future. I'd like to believe those sets are proof they understand these shows have a growing adult fan base who don't just want those variety discs but want full seasons with no missing episodes.

Thankfully they're starting to use Netflix but iTunes does offer full series of many of those shows you want to see. Yes not everyone can use iTunes but it's a manner in which Warner can put those shows out there for people to buy without spending the cost of printing DVDs.

If you really want more Ed, Edd n Eddy on DVD then write to Warner Bros. and maybe they'll consider releasing it through Warner Archive or something.

You are so knowledgeable, bro! Thank you for breaking down the entire process for me; I was just impulsively ranting without thinking of Warner Bros's distribution problems and now it all makes sense. Overall, its a shame that only 3 series have been fully released on DVD and only one being a Cartoon Cartoon. I wonder what inspired them to release those fully but not the others (besides popularity, that is)? I just may write to WB but at the same time I can't help but wonder if there's a better way to do this. Could CN perhaps contract another distribution agency and have them release Ed, Edd n' Eddy and the other shows? Is Shout! Factory a viable option?

as far as the Eds not being featured more prominently in the advertising material goes, one has the realise that the characters themselves really aren't all that marketable, compared to the likes of the Powerpuff Girls, Dexter, or even Johnny Bravo

Ed? Jonny/ Plank? Rolf? General merchandising is another thing but it isn't the characters that sells DVDs, its the show itself.

 

[SaneMan]

General merchandising is another thing but it isn't the characters that sells DVDs, its the show itself.

And if you actually read my post, you'd know that that's exactly what I was talking about
Addressing why CD does not feature the characters in more advertising material

and as the previous poster said, WB is the one to blame for the shabby DVD distribution

 

[GPRailroad8794]

And if you actually read my post, you'd know that that's exactly what I was talking about
Addressing why CD does not feature the characters in more advertising material

and as the previous poster said, WB is the one to blame for the shabby DVD distribution

And by advertising material are you referring to the promos and bumpers because otherwise that has nothing to do with the question. And if you had read my post then you would also have noticed that I mentioned the 3-4 most marketable characters on the show: Ed, Jonny/ Plank, and Rolf. Once again though, advertising and general marketing was not in my original question, DVD distribution was.

And I made it clear that I understood Warner Bros' distributuon issues in the post before my last one if you didn't bother to read that one.

 

[Surreal Kangaroo]

I am going to say that it is not mistreated. The show was on TV (in new episodes) for 10 years. It got a movie plus three holiday specials. As for it not being finished on DVD, the same can be said for many cartoons of that era so it is nothing unique.

 

[GPRailroad8794]

I am going to say that it is not mistreated. The show was on TV (in new episodes) for 10 years. It got a movie plus three holiday specials. As for it not being finished on DVD, the same can be said for many cartoons of that era so it is nothing unique.

I hate to admit this but I guess I wasn't clear enough. I'm sorry for those who misunderstood what I was asking.

Clearly the show was not mistreated during its television run; its CN's longest running show after all. By mistreatment I was referring as to why the entire series isn't on DVD, which like many other shows as you said, were never released. I was ignorant of the distribution problems of Warner Bros. and was focused solely on Ed, Edd n' Eddy and its not getting a full DVD release. I realize that its more Warner Bros' fault than Cartoon Network's now.

Now that that's been cleared up, the new question is HOW can this issue be resolved? Does WB need to reformat its business model or should CN reach outside their own sources to get Ed, Edd n' Eddy, the remaining Cartoon Cartoons and other shows on DVD?