Which do you think was better?

The Golden Age of Nickelodeon from 1991-1998

Or

The Powerhouse era of Cartoon Network from 1997-2004


I would like to hear your opinions on this? Since I notice a lot of 90's kidd herald 90's Nick as the greatest thing ever while many 00's kids herald CN in the early-mid 00's as the greatest thing ever

Both were awesome in their own way. As I was able to witness both golden ages, Nickelodeon and CN put out the best work during those eras. They had diversity where everyone and their families watched the cartoons and the sitcoms. Heck, they weren't even watered-down at all. I recall watching Nickelodeon before Spongebob was even on the channel and it was very different from the 2000s. There was something for everyone and they were able to relate to whatever was on. As for CN, it was excellent before Adult Swim premiered. I remember watching Toonami coming on in the afternoon and at midnight; CCF was wonderful as the characters themselves were hosting and I can recall the pre-CCF days as well; the bumpers and the announcer were hilarious; and there were songs from the cartoons that kids can listen to and even sing along. Both eras were truly amazing on their own.

Can I cheat and say both? ;D ;D ;D  But seriously, I caught Nick when the Kalsey Cuspco era begun and when Cartoon Network was at the prime of it's life. I was still pretty damn young when Nick was in it's golden period. So, I went back and watched the old Nick stuff online and I was like "WOW :o  Nick was really great! I wish I had been a little bit older to watch it"  They had diverse programming sitcoms, game shows, original nicktoons, even their own news show(Linda Ellerbee).Cartoon Network on the other hand before Adult Swim EVEN premiered! They were putting out a KICK ASS product, Cartoon Cartoons on Fridays and even on prime time, Toonami block on the weekdays, Hannah Barbera and Looney Tunes reruns on the weekends and on weekdays after Toonami ended. IT WAS AWESOME!!! Then Adult Swim came on the scene and that changed everything! It was clear that in the new millennium Cartoon Network was now the top dog, they were the cool kids channel. It definitely felt like the most mature kids network out there. Nick still had their fans from the previous years, but CN was considered by my peers as cutting edge, fresh, and badass.
It was like the SNES vs Genesis battles. ;D 

Then Adult Swim came on the scene and that changed everything!


When Adult Swim premiered in 2001 even then it was only on about 2 or 3 times a week only and would start at 11pm, while the rest of the nights Cartoon Network was still 24 hours. Throughout Summer 2002 Cartoon Network would be 24 hours everyday except Saturday nights or Sunday nights from 11pm-2am but Mon-Fri Primetime and Cartoon Cartoon Fridays went all night long including the Hanna Barbera & Looney Tunes classics at midnights. It wasn't until 2003 when Adult Swim got extended to 5 nights a week (Sunday-Thursdays) starting at 11pm, when you started to see it take over Cartoon Network more. However throughout 2003 Friday and Saturday nights was still 24 hours. By 2004 Fridays were the only nights left Cartoon Network went throughout the whole night, and since 2007 up to now Adult Swim has been coming on everyday and being pushed to start at earlier hours, like 8pm every night. I see how throughout the years Adult Swim has really ruined Cartoon Network. I do miss it when Adult Swim wasn't around at all or when it was only on a couple of nights not starting until 11pm. Back in Cartoon Network's prime especially on the nights of Cartoon Cartoon Fridays or Primetime you'd always be staying up all night long watching Cartoon Cartoon marathons. They didn't care about kids going to bed early back then they kept you up.

I enjoyed both channels as a kid, but Cartoon Network had the edge because I recall watching that channel more. Whenever my family would get cable in our home, I'd be excited about getting to watch Cartoon Network without having to go my my grandma's house to watch it all the time.

That's why I'm still waiting (in vain, it seems) for nostalgia for Power House-era Cartoon Network to take off like it is for '90s Nickelodeon.

I enjoyed both channels as a kid, but Cartoon Network had the edge because I recall watching that channel more. Whenever my family would get cable in our home, I'd be excited about getting to watch Cartoon Network without having to go my my grandma's house to watch it all the time.

That's why I'm still waiting (in vain, it seems) for nostalgia for Power House-era Cartoon Network to take off like it is for '90s Nickelodeon.


You think nostalgia for Cartoon Network's Powerhouse Era (1997-2004) hasn't taken off yet? That's been going on for a long time now lol. Heck there's already been nostalgia for the CN City Era since last year that's been going viral on the internet but you probably don't notice it here though. But I'll always believe that the Powerhouse age was the best.

Probably Cartoon Network's golden age.  Although there were a few Nickelodeon shows I remember being especially funny (particularly Rocko's Modern Life and The Angry Beavers), Cartoon Network had shows that were not only more humorous, but also had more original premises.  The only Nicktoons with truly original setups, as opposed to focusing on school life or just having quirky leads, were Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, and while the channel's programs were definitely enjoyable back then, they didn't have that much that truly holds up, at least not for me.  Cartoon Network, on the other hand, was an eclectic channel throughout the late 90s and early 2000s, filled with out-of-the-box setups and extremely memorable characters, including a trio of plushie-shaped super-heroines, a visually extravagant Pink Dog who protects his elderly owners from all sorts of bizarre things, a boy genius with a secret laboratory that looks like a set from Star Wars, a Grim Reaper forced to live with a couple of kids though a lost game (even though this is sort of knocking off Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey), and, perhaps most memorably, an entire universe that literally functions as most kids see the world, executed as a spy parody.  As quirky and unpredictable as shows like Ren & Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life were, the programs on Cartoon Network did far more to inspire my imagination, thanks to taking that extra step beyond just the funny characters and gags.

I'd like to ask this question. Did any 80s babies watch cartoon network at all in the 90s, or did most of them watch only nickelodeon and cartoon network is only a 90s baby thing?

I think that Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network were both great in the 90s and 2000s. They both had great programming and they were keeping it up for their fans and such back then. I know that Cartoon Network is still doing that, but Nickelodeon is just awful obviously.

You think nostalgia for Cartoon Network's Powerhouse Era (1997-2004) hasn't taken off yet? That's been going on for a long time now lol. Heck there's already been nostalgia for the CN City Era since last year that's been going viral on the internet but you probably don't notice it here though. But I'll always believe that the Powerhouse age was the best.


I'm not saying it hasn't, it just doesn't seem to be as big as Nickelodeon nostalgia.

I'd like to ask this question. Did any 80s babies watch cartoon network at all in the 90s, or did most of them watch only nickelodeon and cartoon network is only a 90s baby thing?


I think Cartoon Network was starting to get big around the late 90s and early 2000s, when they started to make original programming. But I would think that early 90s babies were the oldest fans of Cartoon Network, aside from their other fans who just watch it for the reruns of the golden age cartoons.

Which do you think was better?

The Golden Age of Nickelodeon from 1991-1998

Or

The Powerhouse era of Cartoon Network from 1997-2004


I would like to hear your opinions on this? Since I notice a lot of 90's kidd herald 90's Nick as the greatest thing ever while many 00's kids herald CN in the early-mid 00's as the greatest thing ever


It's no contest-- Early '90s era Nickelodeon wins.


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Both were awesome in their own way. As I was able to witness both golden ages, Nickelodeon and CN put out the best work during those eras. They had diversity where everyone and their families watched the cartoons and the sitcoms. Heck, they weren't even watered-down at all. I recall watching Nickelodeon before Spongebob was even on the channel and it was very different from the 2000s. There was something for everyone and they were able to relate to whatever was on. As for CN, it was excellent before Adult Swim premiered. I remember watching Toonami coming on in the afternoon and at midnight; CCF was wonderful as the characters themselves were hosting and I can recall the pre-CCF days as well; the bumpers and the announcer were hilarious; and there were songs from the cartoons that kids can listen to and even sing along. Both eras were truly amazing on their own.


Yeah your right both eras were amazing!

Can I cheat and say both? ;D ;D ;D  But seriously, I caught Nick when the Kalsey Cuspco era begun and when Cartoon Network was at the prime of it's life. I was still pretty damn young when Nick was in it's golden period. So, I went back and watched the old Nick stuff online and I was like "WOW :o  Nick was really great! I wish I had been a little bit older to watch it"  They had diverse programming sitcoms, game shows, original nicktoons, even their own news show(Linda Ellerbee).Cartoon Network on the other hand before Adult Swim EVEN premiered! They were putting out a KICK ASS product, Cartoon Cartoons on Fridays and even on prime time, Toonami block on the weekdays, Hannah Barbera and Looney Tunes reruns on the weekends and on weekdays after Toonami ended. IT WAS AWESOME!!! Then Adult Swim came on the scene and that changed everything! It was clear that in the new millennium Cartoon Network was now the top dog, they were the cool kids channel. It definitely felt like the most mature kids network out there. Nick still had their fans from the previous years, but CN was considered by my peers as cutting edge, fresh, and badass.
It was like the SNES vs Genesis battles. ;D


I actually found this schedule online the other day of the Nickelodeon schedule from September 2003, the absolute peak of my childhood! It brings back so much nostalgia and it epitomizes the Klasky Csupo Era to a tea!


Sept. 2-28:

Weekdays
6:00AM Cable in the Classroom (Nick News, Doug and Inside TV Land)
6:30AM The Wild Thornberrys
7:00AM Hey Arnold!
7:30AM Rocket Power
8:00AM Rugrats
8:30AM SpongeBob SquarePants
9:00AM Max & Ruby
9:30AM Rubbadubbers
10:00AM Dora the Explorer
10:30AM Blue's Clues
11:00AM Dora the Explorer
11:30AM Tweenies
12:00PM Oswald
12:30PM Little Bill
1:00PM Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
1:30PM Bob the Builder
2:00PM Tiny Toon Adventures
2:30PM The Wild Thornberrys
3:00PM Rugrats
3:30PM CatDog
4:00PM Hey Arnold!
4:30PM Rocket Power
5:00PM U-Pick Nicktoons
5:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants
6:00PM U-Pick Nicktoons
6:30PM Hey Arnold!
7:00PM Rugrats
7:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants
8:00PM The Fairly OddParents
8:30PM The Amanda Show (Mon-Thurs); My Life as a Teenage Robot (Fri)
9:00PM NICK@NITE (Mon-Thurs); The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Fri)
9:30PM NICK@NITE cont. (Mon-Thurs); ChalkZone (Fri)

Weekends:
6:00AM Tiny Toon Adventures
6:30AM Tiny Toon Adventures
7:00AM CatDog
7:30AM CatDog
8:00AM Rugrats
8:30AM Rugrats (Sat); ChalkZone (Sun)
9:00AM SpongeBob SquarePants
9:30AM SpongeBob SquarePants
10:00AM The Fairly OddParents
10:30AM The Fairly OddParents
11:00AM The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
11:30AM The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
12:00PM My Life as a Teenage Robot (Sat); Hey Arnold! (Sun)
12:30PM ChalkZone (Sat); Hey Arnold! (Sun)
1:00PM Hey Arnold! (Sat); The Wild Thornberrys (Sun)
1:30PM Hey Arnold! (Sat); The Wild Thornberrys (Sun)
2:00PM Rugrats (Sat); CatDog (Sun)
2:30PM Rugrats (Sat); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (Sun)
3:00PM Rocket Power (Sat); The Angry Beavers (Sun)
3:30PM Rocket Power (Sat); Rocko's Modern Life (Sun)
4:00PM The Fairly OddParents (Sat); Rocket Power (Sun)
4:30PM The Fairly OddParents (Sat); Rocket Power (Sun)
5:00PM SpongeBob SquarePants (Sat); The Fairly OddParents (Sun)
5:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants (Sat); The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Sun)
6:00PM As Told by Ginger (Sat); Kenan & Kel (Sun)
6:30PM ChalkZone (Sat); As Told by Ginger (Sun)
7:00PM The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Sat); My Life as a Teenage Robot (Sun)
7:30PM The Fairly OddParents (Sat); Romeo! (Sun)
8:00PM All That (Sat); The Brothers Garcia (Sun)
8:30PM Romeo! (Sat); Nick News (Sun) *SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH (Sun, effect. 9/28)
9:00PM The Amanda Show (Sat); NICK@NITE (Sun)
9:30PM Cousin Skeeter (Sat); NICK@NITE cont. (Sun)

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It's no contest-- Early '90s era Nickelodeon wins.


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You got a point. As much as I loved Nick in the early 00's, Nick in the early 90's literally was the best! The perfect balance of great Nicktoons and awesome NickComs

I'd like to ask this question. Did any 80s babies watch cartoon network at all in the 90s, or did most of them watch only nickelodeon and cartoon network is only a 90s baby thing?

Probably the youngest 80s babies! But, yes Cartoon Network is mainly a 90s baby thing!

Probably the youngest 80s babies! But, yes Cartoon Network is mainly a 90s baby thing!


Or unless some early-mid 80s babies had Cartoon Network at the time, and they watched their reruns of classic cartoons in 1992-1996.

I'd like to ask this question. Did any 80s babies watch cartoon network at all in the 90s, or did most of them watch only nickelodeon and cartoon network is only a 90s baby thing?


Yes, many of us did. In my group of friends (most of whom were born from 1986-88) Cartoon Network was very popular in the late '90s, particularly Toonami stuff like Dragon Ball Z and Gundam Wing, which were huge during my junior high years. I even know some older kids born in 1984 and '85 that watched CN around 2000 because of the popularity of anime and Toonami at that time.

It wasn't just Toonami though, as I really liked alot of the early "Cartoon Cartoons" like Dexter's Lab and Johnny Bravo. I can't really speak to CN before the late '90s (as we didn't get it on our cable until 1997), but my perception at the time was that by 1998-99 Nickelodeon was losing some it's luster among kids my age as CN and Kids WB exploded in popularity, largely due to DBZ and Pokemon respectively.

Which do you think was better?

The Golden Age of Nickelodeon from 1991-1998

Or

The Powerhouse era of Cartoon Network from 1997-2004


I would like to hear your opinions on this? Since I notice a lot of 90's kidd herald 90's Nick as the greatest thing ever while many 00's kids herald CN in the early-mid 00's as the greatest thing ever


definitely Golden Age of Nickelodeon.

I'd like to ask this question. Did any 80s babies watch cartoon network at all in the 90s, or did most of them watch only nickelodeon and cartoon network is only a 90s baby thing?


I watched a lot of Nickelodeon.

I actually found this schedule online the other day of the Nickelodeon schedule from September 2003, the absolute peak of my childhood! It brings back so much nostalgia and it epitomizes the Klasky Csupo Era to a tea!


Sept. 2-28:

Weekdays
6:00AM Cable in the Classroom (Nick News, Doug and Inside TV Land)
6:30AM The Wild Thornberrys
7:00AM Hey Arnold!
7:30AM Rocket Power
8:00AM Rugrats
8:30AM SpongeBob SquarePants
9:00AM Max & Ruby
9:30AM Rubbadubbers
10:00AM Dora the Explorer
10:30AM Blue's Clues
11:00AM Dora the Explorer
11:30AM Tweenies
12:00PM Oswald
12:30PM Little Bill
1:00PM Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
1:30PM Bob the Builder
2:00PM Tiny Toon Adventures
2:30PM The Wild Thornberrys
3:00PM Rugrats
3:30PM CatDog
4:00PM Hey Arnold!
4:30PM Rocket Power
5:00PM U-Pick Nicktoons
5:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants
6:00PM U-Pick Nicktoons
6:30PM Hey Arnold!
7:00PM Rugrats
7:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants
8:00PM The Fairly OddParents
8:30PM The Amanda Show (Mon-Thurs); My Life as a Teenage Robot (Fri)
9:00PM NICK@NITE (Mon-Thurs); The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Fri)
9:30PM NICK@NITE cont. (Mon-Thurs); ChalkZone (Fri)

Weekends:
6:00AM Tiny Toon Adventures
6:30AM Tiny Toon Adventures
7:00AM CatDog
7:30AM CatDog
8:00AM Rugrats
8:30AM Rugrats (Sat); ChalkZone (Sun)
9:00AM SpongeBob SquarePants
9:30AM SpongeBob SquarePants
10:00AM The Fairly OddParents
10:30AM The Fairly OddParents
11:00AM The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
11:30AM The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
12:00PM My Life as a Teenage Robot (Sat); Hey Arnold! (Sun)
12:30PM ChalkZone (Sat); Hey Arnold! (Sun)
1:00PM Hey Arnold! (Sat); The Wild Thornberrys (Sun)
1:30PM Hey Arnold! (Sat); The Wild Thornberrys (Sun)
2:00PM Rugrats (Sat); CatDog (Sun)
2:30PM Rugrats (Sat); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (Sun)
3:00PM Rocket Power (Sat); The Angry Beavers (Sun)
3:30PM Rocket Power (Sat); Rocko's Modern Life (Sun)
4:00PM The Fairly OddParents (Sat); Rocket Power (Sun)
4:30PM The Fairly OddParents (Sat); Rocket Power (Sun)
5:00PM SpongeBob SquarePants (Sat); The Fairly OddParents (Sun)
5:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants (Sat); The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Sun)
6:00PM As Told by Ginger (Sat); Kenan & Kel (Sun)
6:30PM ChalkZone (Sat); As Told by Ginger (Sun)
7:00PM The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Sat); My Life as a Teenage Robot (Sun)
7:30PM The Fairly OddParents (Sat); Romeo! (Sun)
8:00PM All That (Sat); The Brothers Garcia (Sun)
8:30PM Romeo! (Sat); Nick News (Sun) *SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH (Sun, effect. 9/28)
9:00PM The Amanda Show (Sat); NICK@NITE (Sun)
9:30PM Cousin Skeeter (Sat); NICK@NITE cont. (Sun)

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Thanks for posting this! I've always liked to look at old TV schedules and see how they've changed over the years. My first reaction would be that I'm glad to see that some of my favorite kids shows were still airing in 2003 (like Tiny Toons, Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, etc.). I also like the fact that there was still a good bit of variety on Nick back in '03, since one of my biggest complaints against the network these days is that they repeat the same shows (particularly Spongebob Squarepants) way too often.

Just for the sake of comparison, I decided to get out one of my old TV Guides, and go ten years further back to see how the Nickelodeon of my era stacks up.

Weekend schedule for Nickelodeon (Saturday, February 27, 1993)

6:00 AM - Kids' Court
6:30 AM - Littl' Bits
7:00 AM - Eureeka's Castle
7:30 AM - Lassie
8:00 AM - Doug
8:30 AM - Rugrats
9:00 AM - Muppet Babies
9:30 AM - Muppet Babies
10:00 AM - Heathcliff
10:30 AM - Yogi Bear
11:00 AM - You Can't Do That on Television
11:30 AM - You Can't Do That on Television
12:00 PM - Dennis the Menace
12:30 PM - Dennis the Menace
1:00 PM - Nick News
1:30 PM - Beyond Belief
2:00 PM - Peter of Placid Forest (Movie)
3:30 PM - Rapunzel
4:00 PM - You Can't Do That on Television
4:30 PM - Get the Picture
5:00 PM - Welcome Freshmen
5:30 PM - Salute Your Shorts
6:00 PM - Family Double Dare
6:30 PM - GUTS
7:00 PM - Doug
7:30 PM - Rugrats
8:00 PM - Clarissa Explains it All
8:30 PM - Roundhouse
9:00 PM - Ren and Stimpy
9:30 PM - Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Weekday schedule for Nickelodeon (Monday, March 1, 1993):

6:00 AM - Mr. Wizard's World
6:30 AM - Danger Mouse
7:00 AM - Lassie
7:30 AM - Yogi Bear
8:00 AM - Looney Tunes
8:30 AM - Heathcliff
9:00 AM - Muppet Babies
9:30 AM - David the Gnome
10:00 AM - Little Koala
10:30 AM - Fred Penner's Place
11:00 AM - Eureeka's Castle
12:00 PM - Elephant Show
12:30 PM - Nightingale
1:00 PM - Noozels
1:30 PM - Littl' Bits
2:00 PM - Muppet Babies
2:30 PM - Dennis the Menace
3:00 PM - Flipper
3:30 PM - Looney Tunes
4:00 PM - Underdog
4:30 PM - Yogi Bear
5:00 PM - Nick Arcade
5:30 PM - Hey Dude
6:00 PM - What Would You Do?
6:30 PM - Wild & Crazy Kids
7:00 PM - Looney Tunes
7:30 PM - Rocky & Bullwinkle
8:00 PM - Get Smart
8:30 PM - Superman

Just for the sake of comparison, I decided to get out one of my old TV Guides, and go ten years further back to see how the Nickelodeon of my era stacks up.

Weekend schedule for Nickelodeon (Saturday, February 27, 1993)

6:00 AM - Kids' Court
6:30 AM - Littl' Bits
7:00 AM - Eureeka's Castle
7:30 AM - Lassie
8:00 AM - Doug
8:30 AM - Rugrats
9:00 AM - Muppet Babies
9:30 AM - Muppet Babies
10:00 AM - Heathcliff
10:30 AM - Yogi Bear
11:00 AM - You Can't Do That on Television
11:30 AM - You Can't Do That on Television
12:00 PM - Dennis the Menace
12:30 PM - Dennis the Menace
1:00 PM - Nick News
1:30 PM - Beyond Belief
2:00 PM - Peter of Placid Forest (Movie)
3:30 PM - Rapunzel
4:00 PM - You Can't Do That on Television
4:30 PM - Get the Picture
5:00 PM - Welcome Freshmen
5:30 PM - Salute Your Shorts
6:00 PM - Family Double Dare
6:30 PM - GUTS
7:00 PM - Doug
7:30 PM - Rugrats
8:00 PM - Clarissa Explains it All
8:30 PM - Roundhouse
9:00 PM - Ren and Stimpy
9:30 PM - Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Weekday schedule for Nickelodeon (Monday, March 1, 1993):

6:00 AM - Mr. Wizard's World
6:30 AM - Danger Mouse
7:00 AM - Lassie
7:30 AM - Yogi Bear
8:00 AM - Looney Tunes
8:30 AM - Heathcliff
9:00 AM - Muppet Babies
9:30 AM - David the Gnome
10:00 AM - Little Koala
10:30 AM - Fred Penner's Place
11:00 AM - Eureeka's Castle
12:00 PM - Elephant Show
12:30 PM - Nightingale
1:00 PM - Noozels
1:30 PM - Littl' Bits
2:00 PM - Muppet Babies
2:30 PM - Dennis the Menace
3:00 PM - Flipper
3:30 PM - Looney Tunes
4:00 PM - Underdog
4:30 PM - Yogi Bear
5:00 PM - Nick Arcade
5:30 PM - Hey Dude
6:00 PM - What Would You Do?
6:30 PM - Wild & Crazy Kids
7:00 PM - Looney Tunes
7:30 PM - Rocky & Bullwinkle
8:00 PM - Get Smart
8:30 PM - Superman


Wow!  I had no idea that the classic Nicktoons were on television so scarcely even a year and a half after their premiere. :o

Thanks for posting this! I've always liked to look at old TV schedules and see how they've changed over the years. My first reaction would be that I'm glad to see that some of my favorite kids shows were still airing in 2003 (like Tiny Toons, Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, etc.). I also like the fact that there was still a good bit of variety on Nick back in '03, since one of my biggest complaints against the network these days is that they repeat the same shows (particularly Spongebob Squarepants) way too often.

Just for the sake of comparison, I decided to get out one of my old TV Guides, and go ten years further back to see how the Nickelodeon of my era stacks up.

Weekend schedule for Nickelodeon (Saturday, February 27, 1993)

6:00 AM - Kids' Court
6:30 AM - Littl' Bits
7:00 AM - Eureeka's Castle
7:30 AM - Lassie
8:00 AM - Doug
8:30 AM - Rugrats
9:00 AM - Muppet Babies
9:30 AM - Muppet Babies
10:00 AM - Heathcliff
10:30 AM - Yogi Bear
11:00 AM - You Can't Do That on Television
11:30 AM - You Can't Do That on Television
12:00 PM - Dennis the Menace
12:30 PM - Dennis the Menace
1:00 PM - Nick News
1:30 PM - Beyond Belief
2:00 PM - Peter of Placid Forest (Movie)
3:30 PM - Rapunzel
4:00 PM - You Can't Do That on Television
4:30 PM - Get the Picture
5:00 PM - Welcome Freshmen
5:30 PM - Salute Your Shorts
6:00 PM - Family Double Dare
6:30 PM - GUTS
7:00 PM - Doug
7:30 PM - Rugrats
8:00 PM - Clarissa Explains it All
8:30 PM - Roundhouse
9:00 PM - Ren and Stimpy
9:30 PM - Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Weekday schedule for Nickelodeon (Monday, March 1, 1993):

6:00 AM - Mr. Wizard's World
6:30 AM - Danger Mouse
7:00 AM - Lassie
7:30 AM - Yogi Bear
8:00 AM - Looney Tunes
8:30 AM - Heathcliff
9:00 AM - Muppet Babies
9:30 AM - David the Gnome
10:00 AM - Little Koala
10:30 AM - Fred Penner's Place
11:00 AM - Eureeka's Castle
12:00 PM - Elephant Show
12:30 PM - Nightingale
1:00 PM - Noozels
1:30 PM - Littl' Bits
2:00 PM - Muppet Babies
2:30 PM - Dennis the Menace
3:00 PM - Flipper
3:30 PM - Looney Tunes
4:00 PM - Underdog
4:30 PM - Yogi Bear
5:00 PM - Nick Arcade
5:30 PM - Hey Dude
6:00 PM - What Would You Do?
6:30 PM - Wild & Crazy Kids
7:00 PM - Looney Tunes
7:30 PM - Rocky & Bullwinkle
8:00 PM - Get Smart
8:30 PM - Superman


Wow that was very interesting thanks! This really begs the question, which version was more a '90's' Nick? The 93 schedule you provided or the 03' schedule I provided? Because Infinity just mentioned and I agree that its weird to realize that well into the Nicktoon era, there were very few showings of Nicktoons. Plus if you talk to many hardcore Nick fans they will mention that shows like Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Rugrats, Ahh Real Monsters, Hey Arnold & CatDog were the it toons. They will also mention a few live action shows like All That & Kenan and Kel, both which were airing well into the early 00's through reruns or in the case with All That new episodes as well. So when did it really feel like the true 90's Nick that many 90's kids fathom on about? Because in many ways it seems like the 2003 schedule example seems more 90's than the 1993 schedule

Yes, many of us did. In my group of friends (most of whom were born from 1986-88) Cartoon Network was very popular in the late '90s, particularly Toonami stuff like Dragon Ball Z and Gundam Wing, which were huge during my junior high years. I even know some older kids born in 1984 and '85 that watched CN around 2000 because of the popularity of anime and Toonami at that time.

It wasn't just Toonami though, as I really liked alot of the early "Cartoon Cartoons" like Dexter's Lab and Johnny Bravo. I can't really speak to CN before the late '90s (as we didn't get it on our cable until 1997), but my perception at the time was that by 1998-99 Nickelodeon was losing some it's luster among kids my age as CN and Kids WB exploded in popularity, largely due to DBZ and Pokemon respectively.
I never knew that. Whenever I hear 80s babies speak of cartoons they watched in the 90s I always see them mention nickelodeon and never cartoon network. As for myself, I never watched nickelodeon much back in the 90s. For me the cartoons I watched were mostly from cartoon network, fox kids, PBS, and to a lesser extent kids wb, although I did watch some Disney cartoons back in the mid 90s and did watch nickelodeon sometimes, but it wasn't until 2001 where I started watching nick regularly.

Since somebody decided to upload some classic Nickelodeon schedules, then how about some 2002 Cartoon Network schedules!!! Man I still miss a lot of these epic lineups! Any thoughts on these?


Friday, March 15th, 2002

6:00am Thundercats
6:30am Zoids
7:00am Bugs & Daffy
7:30am Powerpuff Girls
8:00am Ed, Edd n Eddy
8:30am Mike, Lu & Og
9:00am Alvin & The Chipmunks
9:30am Tom & Jerry Kids
10:00am Flintstones
10:30am Flintstone Kids
11:00am Smurfs
11:30am Smurfs
12:00pm A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
12:30pm Scooby & Scrappy
1:00pm Bugs & Daffy
2:00pm Tom & Jerry
3:00pm Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
3:30pm Johnny Bravo
4:00pm Ed, Edd n Eddy
4:30pm Zoids
5:00pm Tenchi in Tokyo
5:30pm Dragon Ball
6:00pm Dragon Ball Z
6:30pm Batman Beyond
7:00pm Samurai Jack
7:30pm Dexter's Laboratory
8:00pm Powerpuff Girls
8:30pm Grim & Evil
9:00pm Time Squad
9:30pm Ed, Edd n Eddy
10:00pm Courage the Cowardly Dog
10:30pm Johnny Bravo
11:00pm Sheep in the Big City
11:30pm I Am Weasel
12:00am Powerpuff Girls
12:30am Grim & Evil
1:00am Time Squad
1:30am Ed, Edd n Eddy
2:00am Courage the Cowardly Dog
2:30am Johnny Bravo
3:00am Sheep in the Big City
3:30am Powerpuff Girls
4:00am Cow and Chicken
4:30am I Am Weasel
5:00am Cartoon Cartoon Show
5:30am Dexter's Laboratory


Saturday, March 30th, 2002

6:00am Magilla Gorilla
6:30am Jonny Quest
7:00am Quick Draw McGraw
7:30am Porky Pig
8:00am Looney Tunes
12:00pm Samurai Jack
12:30pm Justice League
1:00pm Dragon Ball Z
1:30pm Dragon Ball Z
2:00pm Dragon Ball Z
2:30pm Dragon Ball Z
3:00pm Dexter's Laboratory
3:30pm Dexter's Laboratory
4:00pm Dexter's Laboratory
4:30pm Dexter's Laboratory
5:00pm Dexter's Laboratory
5:30pm Dexter's Laboratory
6:00pm Dexter's Laboratory
6:30pm Dexter's Laboratory
7:00pm Cartoon Theater: Land Before Time V: Mysterious Island
9:00pm Powerpuff Girls
9:30pm Samurai Jack
10:00pm Justice League
10:30pm Batman Beyond
11:00pm Yuyu Hakusho
11:30pm Cowboy Bebop
12:00am Pilot Candidate
12:30am Gundam 0083
1:00am Outlaw Star
1:30am Tenchi Muyo
2:00am Superman: The Animated Series
2:30am Batman: The Animated Series
3:00am Jonny Quest
3:30am Space Ghost / Dino Boy
4:00am Herculoids
4:30am Birdman / Galaxy Trio
5:00am Small World

Well since somebody decided to upload some classic Nickelodeon schedules, then how about some 2002 Cartoon Network schedules bruh!? Any thoughts on these?


Saturday, March 30th, 2002

6:00am Magilla Gorilla
6:30am Jonny Quest
7:00am Quick Draw McGraw
7:30am Porky Pig
8:00am Looney Tunes
12:00pm Samurai Jack
12:30pm Justice League
1:00pm Dragon Ball Z
1:30pm Dragon Ball Z
2:00pm Dragon Ball Z
2:30pm Dragon Ball Z
3:00pm Dexter's Laboratory
3:30pm Dexter's Laboratory
4:00pm Dexter's Laboratory
4:30pm Dexter's Laboratory
5:00pm Dexter's Laboratory
5:30pm Dexter's Laboratory
6:00pm Dexter's Laboratory
6:30pm Dexter's Laboratory
7:00pm Cartoon Theater: Land Before Time V: Mysterious Island
9:00pm Powerpuff Girls
9:30pm Samurai Jack
10:00pm Justice League
10:30pm Batman Beyond
11:00pm Yuyu Hakusho
11:30pm Cowboy Bebop
12:00am Pilot Candidate
12:30am Gundam 0083
1:00am Outlaw Star
1:30am Tenchi Muyo
2:00am Superman: The Animated Series
2:30am Batman: The Animated Series
3:00am Jonny Quest
3:30am Space Ghost / Dino Boy
4:00am Herculoids
4:30am Birdman / Galaxy Trio
5:00am Small World


4 consecutive airings of Dragon Ball Z with 8 consecutive airings of Dexter's Lab. Wow, I'm surprised they did that long before 2007. If that's the case, then why was everyone upset over Cartoon Network airing the same stuff six times in a row since the late 2000s?

4 consecutive airings of Dragon Ball Z with 8 consecutive airings of Dexter's Lab. Wow, I'm surprised they did that long before 2007. If that's the case, then why was everyone upset over Cartoon Network airing the same stuff six times in a row since the late 2000s?


It was just a marathon for one week probably, and back then marathons were done on special occasions for a purpose, and if you look at the regular schedules it wasn't like that regularly. Since that's on a weekend I guarantee you it wasn't exactly like that every Saturday they probably switched it up with a different Cartoon Cartoon for the next Saturday and on. BTW those Dragon Ball Z reruns was probably the Toonami Super Saturday block. Read closely and you'll see that in the morning they aired 4 hours of Looney Tunes shorts too, from 8am-12pm before Samurai Jack came on. Technically longer than DBZ and Dexter's Laboratory separately.

I think I need to post a Sunday schedule from 2002 Cartoon Network as well, so everyone will be aware of the other shows that were still around as well. Note: one of the only days of the week Adult Swim is on from 10pm-12am

Sunday, March 31st, 2002

6:00am Looney Tunes
10:00am Cartoon Theater: Land Before Time V: Mysterious Island
12:00pm New Scooby-Doo Movies
1:00pm Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
1:30pm A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
2:00pm Cartoon Cartoon Top 5
3:00pm Johnny Bravo
3:30pm Cow and Chicken
4:00pm Ed, Edd n Eddy
4:30pm Powerpuff Girls
5:00pm Dexter's Laboratory
5:30pm Courage the Cowardly Dog
6:00pm Time Squad
6:30pm Grim & Evil
7:00pm Justice League
7:30pm Batman: The Animated Series
8:00pm Toonheads
8:30pm The Tex Avery Show
9:00pm The Chuck Jones Show
9:30pm Sheep in the Big City
10:00pm Home Movies
10:30pm Baby Blues
11:00pm Lewis Lectures
11:15pm SeaLab 2021
11:30pm Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
12:00am Rocky & Bullwinkle
12:30am The Popeye Show
1:00am Ruff & Reddy
1:30am Huckleberry Hound
2:00am Yogi Bear
2:30am Quick Draw McGraw
3:00am Magilla Gorilla
3:30am Peter Potamus
4:00am Atom Ant
4:30am Secret Squirrel
5:00am Wacky Races
5:30am The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

I'll might do the same with posting Cartoon Network schedules from the week of May 16, 2005.

New Eps=BOLD

Monday, May 16, 2005

6:00am Transformers Energon

6:30am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

7:00am Codename: Kids Next Door

7:30am Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

8:00am What’s New Scooby Doo?

8:30am A Pup Named Scooby Doo

9:00am Krypto the Superdog

9:30am Baby Looney Tunes

10:00am MOVIE: Scooby Doo and the Legend of the Vampire

10:30am continued…

11:00am continued…

11:30am What’s New Scooby Doo?

12:00pm Tom and Jerry

12:30pm continued…

1:00pm Baby Looney Tunes

1:30pm Baby Looney Tunes

2:00pm Krypto the Superdog

2:30pm Pet Alien

3:00pm Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

3:30pm The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

4:00pm Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

4:30pm Krypto the Superdog

5:00pm Winx Club

5:30pm Totally Spies

6:00pm Teen Titans

6:30pm Static Shock

7:00pm Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

7:30pm Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

8:00pm Ozzy & Drix

8:30pm Mucha Lucha

9:00pm Codename: Kids Next Door

9:30pm Yu-Gi-Oh!

10:00pm Teen Titans

10:30pm Dragon Ball GT

11:00pm – 6:00am Adult Swim Programming

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

6:00am Transformers Energon

6:30am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

7:00am Codename: Kids Next Door

7:30am Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

8:00am What’s New Scooby Doo?

8:30am A Pup Named Scooby Doo

9:00am Krypto the Superdog

9:30am Baby Looney Tunes

10:00am MOVIE: Scooby Doo and the Monster of Mexico

10:30am continued…

11:00am continued…

11:30am What’s New Scooby Doo?

12:00pm Tom and Jerry

12:30pm continued…

1:00pm Baby Looney Tunes

1:30pm Baby Looney Tunes

2:00pm Krypto the Superdog

2:30pm Pet Alien

3:00pm Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

3:30pm The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

4:00pm Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

4:30pm Krypto the Superdog

5:00pm Winx Club

5:30pm Totally Spies

6:00pm Teen Titans

6:30pm Static Shock

7:00pm Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

7:30pm Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

8:00pm Ozzy & Drix

8:30pm Mucha Lucha

9:00pm Codename: Kids Next Door

9:30pm Yu-Gi-Oh!

10:00pm Teen Titans

10:30pm Dragon Ball GT

11:00pm – 6:00am Adult Swim Programming

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

6:00am Transformers Energon

6:30am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

7:00am Codename: Kids Next Door

7:30am Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

8:00am What’s New Scooby Doo?

8:30am A Pup Named Scooby Doo

9:00am Krypto the Superdog

9:30am Baby Looney Tunes

10:00am MOVIE: Scooby Doo and the Witches Ghost

10:30am continued…

11:00am continued…

11:30am What’s New Scooby Doo?

12:00pm Tom and Jerry

12:30pm continued…

1:00pm Baby Looney Tunes

1:30pm Baby Looney Tunes

2:00pm Krypto the Superdog

2:30pm Pet Alien

3:00pm Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

3:30pm The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

4:00pm Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

4:30pm Krypto the Superdog

5:00pm Winx Club

5:30pm Totally Spies

6:00pm Teen Titans

6:30pm Static Shock

7:00pm Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

7:30pm Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

8:00pm Ozzy & Drix

8:30pm Mucha Lucha

9:00pm Codename: Kids Next Door

9:30pm Yu-Gi-Oh!

10:00pm Teen Titans

10:30pm Dragon Ball GT

11:00pm – 6:00am Adult Swim Programming

Thursday, May 19, 2005

6:00am Transformers Energon

6:30am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

7:00am Codename: Kids Next Door

7:30am Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

8:00am What’s New Scooby Doo?

8:30am A Pup Named Scooby Doo

9:00am Krypto the Superdog

9:30am Baby Looney Tunes

10:00am MOVIE: Scooby Doo on Zombie Island

10:30am continued…

11:00am continued…

11:30am What’s New Scooby Doo?

12:00pm Tom and Jerry

12:30pm continued…

1:00pm Baby Looney Tunes

1:30pm Baby Looney Tunes

2:00pm Krypto the Superdog

2:30pm Pet Alien

3:00pm Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

3:30pm The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

4:00pm Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

4:30pm Krypto the Superdog

5:00pm Winx Club

5:30pm Totally Spies

6:00pm Teen Titans

6:30pm Static Shock

7:00pm Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

7:30pm Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

8:00pm Ozzy & Drix

8:30pm Mucha Lucha

9:00pm Codename: Kids Next Door

9:30pm Yu-Gi-Oh!

10:00pm Teen Titans

10:30pm Dragon Ball GT

11:00pm – 6:00am Adult Swim Programming

Friday, May 20, 2005

6:00am Transformers Energon

6:30am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

7:00am Codename: Kids Next Door

7:30am Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

8:00am What’s New Scooby Doo?

8:30am A Pup Named Scooby Doo

9:00am Krypto the Superdog

9:30am Baby Looney Tunes

10:00am MOVIE: Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster

10:30am continued…

11:00am continued…

11:30am What’s New Scooby Doo?

12:00pm Tom and Jerry

12:30pm continued…

1:00pm Baby Looney Tunes

1:30pm Baby Looney Tunes

2:00pm Krypto the Superdog

2:30pm Krypto the Superdog

3:00pm MOVIE: Aloha, Scooby Doo

3:30pm continued…

4:00pm continued…

4:30pm Krypto the Superfog

5:00pm Winx Club

5:30pm Totally Spies

6:00pm Teen Titans

6:30pm Codname: Kids Next Door

7:00pm Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

7:30pm Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi

8:00pm MOVIE: Pokemon 4ever

8:30pm continued…

9:00pm continued…

9:30pm continued…

10:00pm Codname: Kids Next Door

10:30pm Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

11:00pm Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi

11:30pm The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

12:00am Zatch Ball

12:30am Duck Dodgers

1:00am Gundam SEED

1:30am .hack//Legend O

2:00am Dexter’s Laboratory

2:30am What’s New Scooby Doo?

3:00am Ed, Edd n’ Eddy

3:30am The Powerpuff Girls

4:00am Courage the Cowardly Dog

4:30am Scooby Doo

5:00am 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo

5:30am A Pup Named Scooby Doo

Saturday, May 21, 2005

6:00am D.I.C.E.

6:30am Baby Looney Tunes

7:00am Krypto the Superdog

7:30am Ozzy & Drix

8:00am Static Shock

8:30am Static Shock

9:00am Codename: Kids Next Door

9:30am Codename: Kids Next Door

10:00am Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

10:30am The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

11:00am The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

11:30am Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi

12:00pm Teen Titans

12:30pm What's New Scooby-Doo?

1:00pm Ozzy & Drix

1:30pm Mucha Lucha

2:00pm Krypto the Superdog

2:30pm What's New Scooby-Doo?

3:00pm Ed, Edd 'n Eddy

3:30pm Ed, Edd 'n Eddy

4:00pm Codename: Kids Next Door

4:30pm Atomic Betty

5:00pm MOVIE: Pokémon 4Ever

5:30pm continued…

6:00pm continued…

6:30pm continued…

7:00pm Duel Masters

7:30pm Rave Master

8:00pm Teen Titans

8:30pm The Batman

9:00pm Justice League Unlimited

9:30pm Zatch Bell

10:00pm One Piece

10:30pm One Piece

Sunday, May 22, 2005

6:00am Dexter's Laboratory

6:30am Baby Looney Tunes

7:00am Krypto the Superdog

7:30am Ozzy & Drix

8:00am Static Shock

8:30am Static Shock

9:00am Codename: Kids Next Door

9:30am Codename: Kids Next Door

10:00am Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

10:30am The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

11:00am The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

11:30am Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi

12:00pm Teen Titans

12:30pm What's New Scooby-Doo?

1:00pm Ozzy & Drix

1:30pm Mucha Lucha

2:00pm Krypto the Superdog

2:30pm What's New Scooby-Doo?

3:00pm Ed, Edd 'n Eddy

3:30pm Ed, Edd 'n Eddy

4:00pm Codename: Kids Next Door

4:30pm Zatch Bell

5:00pm MOVIE: Pokémon 4Ever

5:30pm continued…

6:00pm continued…

6:30pm continued…

7:00pm Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

7:30pm Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi

8:00pm Totally Spies

8:30pm Atomic Betty

9:00pm Cartoon Cartoon Top 5

9:30pm continued…

10:00pm Teen Titans

10:30pm Duck Dodgers

Wow that was very interesting thanks! This really begs the question, which version was more a '90's' Nick? The 93 schedule you provided or the 03' schedule I provided? Because Infinity just mentioned and I agree that its weird to realize that well into the Nicktoon era, there were very few showings of Nicktoons. Plus if you talk to many hardcore Nick fans they will mention that shows like Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Rugrats, Ahh Real Monsters, Hey Arnold & CatDog were the it toons. They will also mention a few live action shows like All That & Kenan and Kel, both which were airing well into the early 00's through reruns or in the case with All That new episodes as well. So when did it really feel like the true 90's Nick that many 90's kids fathom on about? Because in many ways it seems like the 2003 schedule example seems more 90's than the 1993 schedule


That's very true. If you look at the schedule, the Nickelodeon of 1993 still had a very heavy presence of '80s shows like Heathcliff, You Cant Do That on Television and Danger Mouse, as well as classic stuff like Flipper and Dennis the Menace. The only times that Nick typically aired Nicktoons or it's own original live action shows were on Saturdays, and Nick-at-Nite started an hour earlier at 8 PM on weekdays. From my memory, I would say that the Nick schedule continued like that up until around 1995 or 1996, by which point the increased number of Nicktoons began to take up considerably more airtime.

Going by that, I would agree that the 2003 Nick schedule actually is a bit closer to what most people would consider quintessential "Nineties Nick" than the 1993 schedule, due in large part to the overabundance of older shows. I guess you could say that both schedules kind of mirror each other in that the '93 lineup still has quite a few '80s holdovers, and the '03 lineup has a considerable number of '90s holdovers.

That's very true. If you look at the schedule, the Nickelodeon of 1993 still had a very heavy presence of '80s shows like Heathcliff, You Cant Do That on Television and Danger Mouse, as well as classic stuff like Flipper and Dennis the Menace. The only times that Nick typically aired Nicktoons or it's own original live action shows were on Saturdays, and Nick-at-Nite started an hour earlier at 8 PM on weekdays. From my memory, I would say that the Nick schedule continued like that up until around 1995 or 1996, by which point the increased number of Nicktoons began to take up considerably more airtime.

Going by that, I would agree that the 2003 Nick schedule actually is a bit closer to what most people would consider quintessential "Nineties Nick" than the 1993 schedule, due in large part to the overabundance of older shows. I guess you could say that both schedules kind of mirror each other in that the '93 lineup still has quite a few '80s holdovers, and the '03 lineup has a considerable number of '90s holdovers.


Yeah this is very true! I think we could both agree though that modern Nick's lineup is a bit sparse (thats putting it lightly). Here is Nick's lineup as of this current school week in comparision to the lineups we grew up with:

6am: George Lopez
6:30: George Lopez
7am: Spongebob
7:30: Alvinn and the Chipmunks (a new reboot)
8am through 1:30pm: Nick Jr.
2pm: Alvinn and the Chipmunks
2:30: Spongebob
3pm: Spongebob
3:30: Spongebob
4pm: Spongebob
4:30: Spongebob
5pm: Alvinn and the Chipmunks
5:30: Alvinn and the Chipmunks
6pm: Henry Danger
6:30: Henry Danger
7pm: The Thundermans
7:30: The Thundermans
8pm: iCarly
8:30:iCarly

Now here is the schedule from September 2003 again using the same time slots:

Weekdays
6:00AM Cable in the Classroom (Nick News, Doug and Inside TV Land)
6:30AM The Wild Thornberrys
7:00AM Hey Arnold!
7:30AM Rocket Power
8:00AM Rugrats
8:30AM SpongeBob SquarePants
9:00AM Max & Ruby
9:30AM Rubbadubbers
10:00AM Dora the Explorer
10:30AM Blue's Clues
11:00AM Dora the Explorer
11:30AM Tweenies
12:00PM Oswald
12:30PM Little Bill
1:00PM Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
1:30PM Bob the Builder
2:00PM Tiny Toon Adventures
2:30PM The Wild Thornberrys
3:00PM Rugrats
3:30PM CatDog
4:00PM Hey Arnold!
4:30PM Rocket Power
5:00PM U-Pick Nicktoons
5:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants
6:00PM U-Pick Nicktoons
6:30PM Hey Arnold!
7:00PM Rugrats
7:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants
8:00PM The Fairly OddParents
8:30PM The Amanda Show (Mon-Thurs); My Life as a Teenage Robot (Fri)



So in other words with the modern schedule, only 2 Nicktoons are shown throughout the entire weekdays and 3 generic tween shows.

While in the September 2003 schedule there were 7-9 Nicktoons shown on a weekday and typically only 1 tween show on the weekdays.



It pains me so much because its not like I actually hate these shows, but I feel that this god awful scheduling is dumbing down our kids and not exposing them to various other kind of shows, both old and new.

I also tend to watch these channels a lot because I have a cousins, nephews and nieces born in the late 00's/early 10's, and boy I feel very bad for them! My little cousin notably who I babysit a lot is about 7 1/2 years old right now and going into 2nd grade. So basically the same age I was back in September of 2003. And oh boy the differences in what channels do to catter to kids are now are MUCH different when I was a kid! I truly feel bad for him and the rest of my younger family members  :\'( because they are getting fed crap!  >:(


Sorry about that long rant I just needed to vent...

I don't really care, both were good.

Yeah this is very true! I think we could both agree though that modern Nick's lineup is a bit sparse (thats putting it lightly). Here is Nick's lineup as of this current school week in comparision to the lineups we grew up with:

6am: George Lopez
6:30: George Lopez
7am: Spongebob
7:30: Alvinn and the Chipmunks (a new reboot)
8am through 1:30pm: Nick Jr.
2pm: Alvinn and the Chipmunks
2:30: Spongebob
3pm: Spongebob
3:30: Spongebob
4pm: Spongebob
4:30: Spongebob
5pm: Alvinn and the Chipmunks
5:30: Alvinn and the Chipmunks
6pm: Henry Danger
6:30: Henry Danger
7pm: The Thundermans
7:30: The Thundermans
8pm: iCarly
8:30:iCarly

Now here is the schedule from September 2003 again using the same time slots:

Weekdays
6:00AM Cable in the Classroom (Nick News, Doug and Inside TV Land)
6:30AM The Wild Thornberrys
7:00AM Hey Arnold!
7:30AM Rocket Power
8:00AM Rugrats
8:30AM SpongeBob SquarePants
9:00AM Max & Ruby
9:30AM Rubbadubbers
10:00AM Dora the Explorer
10:30AM Blue's Clues
11:00AM Dora the Explorer
11:30AM Tweenies
12:00PM Oswald
12:30PM Little Bill
1:00PM Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
1:30PM Bob the Builder
2:00PM Tiny Toon Adventures
2:30PM The Wild Thornberrys
3:00PM Rugrats
3:30PM CatDog
4:00PM Hey Arnold!
4:30PM Rocket Power
5:00PM U-Pick Nicktoons
5:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants
6:00PM U-Pick Nicktoons
6:30PM Hey Arnold!
7:00PM Rugrats
7:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants
8:00PM The Fairly OddParents
8:30PM The Amanda Show (Mon-Thurs); My Life as a Teenage Robot (Fri)



So in other words with the modern schedule, only 2 Nicktoons are shown throughout the entire weekdays and 3 generic tween shows.

While in the September 2003 schedule there were 7-9 Nicktoons shown on a weekday and typically only 1 tween show on the weekdays.



It pains me so much because its not like I actually hate these shows, but I feel that this god awful scheduling is dumbing down our kids and not exposing them to various other kind of shows, both old and new.

I also tend to watch these channels a lot because I have a cousins, nephews and nieces born in the late 00's/early 10's, and boy I feel very bad for them! My little cousin notably who I babysit a lot is about 7 1/2 years old right now and going into 2nd grade. So basically the same age I was back in September of 2003. And oh boy the differences in what channels do to cater to kids are now are MUCH different when I was a kid! I truly feel bad for him and the rest of my younger family members  :\'( because they are getting fed crap!  >:(


Sorry about that long rant I just needed to vent...


As much as I loved Nickelodeon from the early/mid/late 2000s before they changed their logo, they were the sheesh. Especially from that schedule. Also, I feel the same thing with kids born from the late '00s/early '10s with only getting the same crap over and over again. I'm glad I'm not one of them, because if I looked at Nickelodeon ten years from now and I was like one of those 2010s kids who would reminisce over my childhood, I would just be ashamed of it. Compare the current crap to the 90s and 2000s, and those kids would've been saying that they're 2000s kids instead of 2010s kids.

As much as I loved Nickelodeon from the early/mid/late 2000s before they changed their logo, they were the sheesh. Especially from that schedule. Also, I feel the same thing with kids born from the late '00s/early '10s with only getting the same crap over and over again. I'm glad I'm not one of them, because if I looked at Nickelodeon ten years from now and I was like one of those 2010s kids who would reminisce over my childhood, I would just be ashamed of it. Compare the current crap to the 90s and 2000s, and those kids would've been saying that they're 2000s kids instead of 2010s kids.


I agree dude! 90's kids like to complain about mid-late 90's babies trying to pass as 90's kids but in all honesty I think it's going to be much worse within the next 5-10 years as mid-late 00's babies might try to pass as 00's kids. Heck I'm already seeing it now, kids born in 2002 and 2003 trying to claim they were true 2000's kids lol

I agree dude! 90's kids like to complain about mid-late 90's babies trying to pass as 90's kids but in all honesty I think it's going to be much worse within the next 5-10 years as mid-late 00's babies might try to pass as 00's kids. Heck I'm already seeing it now, kids born in 2002 and 2003 trying to claim they were true 2000's kids lol


There's kids born in 2002 and 2003 that are trying to claim that they were the true 2000s kids? That's just dull. Somebody enlighten these people that they have to be at least 10 years old at the end of the 2000s in order to become true 2000s kids. Same with mid-late 90s babies claiming that they're 90s kids, even though they have little to no memories of the 90s.

@ocarinafan96
@Eazy-EMAN1995

Take a look at these commercials and bumpers for Cartoon Network (Primetime) recorded in Fall 2001, I love how the voice announcers are in these bumpers.
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If people are actually posting commercials about their favorite childhood networks back then, so should I.

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I grew up on Nick and loved it, but I was always so jealous of people who had Cartoon Network. It didn't get added to our cable package until I was almost too old for it, but I do remember Dexter's Lab, Power Puff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Ed Ed & Eddy, Grim & Evil (and later the Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) being the main shows at that time (early '00s)

I grew up on Nick and loved it, but I was always so jealous of people who had Cartoon Network. It didn't get added to our cable package until I was almost too old for it, but I do remember Dexter's Lab, Power Puff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Ed Ed & Eddy, Grim & Evil (and later the Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) being the main shows at that time (early '00s)


When did Cartoon Network got added to your cable package?

Around 2001

The one show that stuck in my mind with Nickelodeon was You Can't Do That On Television.

@ocarinafan96
@Eazy-EMAN1995

Take a look at these commercials and bumpers for Cartoon Network (Primetime) recorded in Fall 2001, I love how the voice announcers are in these bumpers.
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Yeah I remember those, bring back great memories!

I saw this wiki post I was wondering if you guys think its are pretty accurate?

http://nickelodeon.wikia.com/wiki/2004

I saw this wiki post I was wondering if you guys think its are pretty accurate?

http://nickelodeon.wikia.com/wiki/2004


That's a lot of changes, I wonder if Cartoon Network has one too.

Here's some more Cartoon Network schedules but this time from May to early June 2003 which was still an overall great laid back time. This is around the time Summer had just begun. Lineups aren't that distant from 2002 but it's different for sure.

MON-THURS
6:00 a.m. Max Steel
6:30 a.m. Transformers Armada
7:00 a.m. Hamtaro
7:30 a.m. Pecola
8:00 a.m. Baby Looney Tunes
8:30 a.m. Sitting Ducks
9:00 a.m. Pokemon
9:30 a.m. The Powerpuff Girls
10:00 a.m.Ed, Edd n Eddy
10:30 a.m.Dexter's Laboratory
11:00 a.m.Courage The Cowardly Dog
11:30 a.m.Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries
12:00 p.m.Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
12:30 p.m.Pup Named Scooby-Doo
1:00 p.m.Tom & Jerry
2:00 p.m.Hamtaro
2:30 p.m.Sitting Ducks
3:00 p.m.Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries
3:30 p.m.The Powerpuff Girls
4:00 p.m.Dexter's Laboratory
4:30 p.m.Ed, Edd n Eddy
5:00 p.m.G Gundam
5:30 p.m.Dragon Ball Z
6:00 p.m.Yuyu Hakusho
6:30 p.m.Rurouni Kenshin
7:00 p.m.The Powerpuff Girls
7:30 p.m.Dexter's Laboratory
8:00 p.m.Ed, Edd n Eddy
8:30 p.m.Courage The Cowardly Dog
9:00 p.m.Pokemon
9:30 p.m.Jackie Chan
10:00 p.m.Justice League
10:30 p.m.X-Men: Evolution
11:00 p.m.Futurama
11:30 p.m.Family Guy
12:00 a.m.Lupin the 3rd
12:30 a.m.Inuyasha
1:00 a.m. Trigun
1:30 a.m. Cowboy Bebop
2:00 a.m. The Powerpuff Girls
2:30 a.m. Ed, Edd n Eddy
3:00 a.m. Dexter's Laboratory
3:30 a.m. Courage The Cowardly Dog
4:00 a.m. Johnny Bravo
4:30 a.m. Cow And Chicken
5:00 a.m. Time Squad
5:30 a.m. Captain Planet

FRIDAYS (6:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. same as Mon-Thur)
7:00 p.m.Samurai Jack
7:30 p.m.Justice League
8:00 p.m.What's New Scooby-Doo
8:30 p.m.Johnny Bravo
9:00 p.m.The Powerpuff Girls
9:30 p.m.Ed, Edd n Eddy
10:00 p.m.Codename: Kids Next Door
10:30 p.m.Grim & Evil
11:00 p.m.Dexter's Laboratory
11:30 p.m.Courage The Cowardly Dog
12:00 a.m.Johnny Bravo
12:30 a.m.Time Squad
1:00 a.m.Cartoon Cartoon Top 5
2:00 a.m.Dexter's Laboratory
2:30 a.m.What's new Scooby Doo
3:00 a.m.Ed, Edd n Eddy
3:30 a.m.The Powerpuff Girls
4:00 a.m.Courage The Cowardly Dog
4:30 a.m.Scooby-Doo, Where Are You
5:00 a.m.13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
5:30 a.m.A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

SATURDAYS
6:00 a.m.Boomerang
7:00 a.m. Dexter's Laboratory
7:30 a.m. Codename: Kids Next Door
8:00 a.m. Courage The Cowardly Dog
8:30 a.m. The Powerpuff Girls
9:00 a.m. Looney Tunes
10:00 a.m.Looney Tunes
11:00 a.m.Tom & Jerry
12:00 p.m.He-Man
12:30 p.m.Transformers Armada
1:00 p.m.Hamtaro
1:30 p.m.Sitting Ducks
2:00 p.m.Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries
2:30 p.m.Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries
3:00 p.m.Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
3:30 p.m.Scooby & Scrappy-Doo
4:00 p.m.A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
4:30 p.m.What's New Scooby-Doo
5:00 p.m.Tom & Jerry
6:00 p.m.Ed, Edd n Eddy
6:30 p.m.Dexter's Laboratory
7:00 p.m.Pokemon
7:30 p.m.He-Man
8:00 p.m.Samurai Jack
8:30 p.m.Jackie Chan Adventures
9:00 p.m.X-Men: Evolution
9:30 p.m.Yu-Gi-Oh
10:00 p.m.Yuyu Hakusho
10:30 p.m.G Gundam
11:00 p.m.Transformers Armada
11:30 p.m.Samurai Jack
12:00 a.m..Hack//SIGN
12:30 a.m.GI Joe
1:00 a.m. Batman: The Animated Series
1:30 a.m. Superman: The Animated Series
2:00 a.m. Popeye Show
2:30 a.m. Chuck Jones Show
3:00 a.m. ToonHeads
3:30 a.m. ToonHeads
4:00 a.m. Bugs & Daffy
5:00 a.m. Tom & Jerry

SUNDAYS
6:00 a.m.Boomerang
7:00 a.m. Dexter's Laboratory
7:30 a.m. Codename: Kids Next Door
8:00 a.m. Courage The Cowardly Dog
8:30 a.m. The Powerpuff Girls
9:00 a.m. Grim & Evil
9:30 a.m. Ed, Edd n Eddy
10:00 a.m.Cartoon Theater
12:00 p.m.What's New Scooby-Doo?
12:30 p.m.Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
1:00 p.m.New Scooby-Doo Movies
2:00 p.m.Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries
2:30 p.m.Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries
3:00 p.m.Tom & Jerry
4:00 p.m.Codename: Kids Next Door
4:30 p.m.Whatever Happened To Robot Jones
5:00 p.m.Ed, Edd n Eddy
5:30 p.m.The Powerpuff Girls
6:00 p.m.Hamtaro
6:30 p.m.Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries
7:00 p.m.Chuck Jones Show
7:30 p.m.Popeye Show
8:00 p.m.ToonHeads
8:30 p.m.ToonHeads
9:00 p.m.Cartoon Cartoon Top 5
10:00 p.m.Justice League
10:30 p.m.X-Men: Evolution
11:00 p.m.Home Movies
11:30 p.m.Harvey Birdman
11:45 p.m.Aqua Teen
12:00 a.m.Sealab 2021
12:15 a.m.Space Ghost Coast To Coast
12:30 a.m.Oblongs
1:00 a.m. Trigun
1:30 a.m. Cowboy Bebop
2:00 a.m. The Powerpuff Girls
2:30 a.m. Ed, Edd n Eddy
3:00 a.m. Dexter's Laboratory
3:30 a.m. Courage The Cowardly Dog
4:00 a.m. Johnny Bravo
4:30 a.m. Cow And Chicken
5:00 a.m. Time Squad
5:30 a.m. Captain Planet

Thanks for posting this! I've always liked to look at old TV schedules and see how they've changed over the years. My first reaction would be that I'm glad to see that some of my favorite kids shows were still airing in 2003 (like Tiny Toons, Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, etc.). I also like the fact that there was still a good bit of variety on Nick back in '03, since one of my biggest complaints against the network these days is that they repeat the same shows (particularly Spongebob Squarepants) way too often.

Just for the sake of comparison, I decided to get out one of my old TV Guides, and go ten years further back to see how the Nickelodeon of my era stacks up.

Weekend schedule for Nickelodeon (Saturday, February 27, 1993)

6:00 AM - Kids' Court
6:30 AM - Littl' Bits
7:00 AM - Eureeka's Castle
7:30 AM - Lassie
8:00 AM - Doug
8:30 AM - Rugrats
9:00 AM - Muppet Babies
9:30 AM - Muppet Babies
10:00 AM - Heathcliff
10:30 AM - Yogi Bear
11:00 AM - You Can't Do That on Television
11:30 AM - You Can't Do That on Television
12:00 PM - Dennis the Menace
12:30 PM - Dennis the Menace
1:00 PM - Nick News
1:30 PM - Beyond Belief
2:00 PM - Peter of Placid Forest (Movie)
3:30 PM - Rapunzel
4:00 PM - You Can't Do That on Television
4:30 PM - Get the Picture
5:00 PM - Welcome Freshmen
5:30 PM - Salute Your Shorts
6:00 PM - Family Double Dare
6:30 PM - GUTS
7:00 PM - Doug
7:30 PM - Rugrats
8:00 PM - Clarissa Explains it All
8:30 PM - Roundhouse
9:00 PM - Ren and Stimpy
9:30 PM - Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Weekday schedule for Nickelodeon (Monday, March 1, 1993):

6:00 AM - Mr. Wizard's World
6:30 AM - Danger Mouse
7:00 AM - Lassie
7:30 AM - Yogi Bear
8:00 AM - Looney Tunes
8:30 AM - Heathcliff
9:00 AM - Muppet Babies
9:30 AM - David the Gnome
10:00 AM - Little Koala
10:30 AM - Fred Penner's Place
11:00 AM - Eureeka's Castle
12:00 PM - Elephant Show
12:30 PM - Nightingale
1:00 PM - Noozels
1:30 PM - Littl' Bits
2:00 PM - Muppet Babies
2:30 PM - Dennis the Menace
3:00 PM - Flipper
3:30 PM - Looney Tunes
4:00 PM - Underdog
4:30 PM - Yogi Bear
5:00 PM - Nick Arcade
5:30 PM - Hey Dude
6:00 PM - What Would You Do?
6:30 PM - Wild & Crazy Kids
7:00 PM - Looney Tunes
7:30 PM - Rocky & Bullwinkle
8:00 PM - Get Smart
8:30 PM - Superman


This is an awesome discovery. From looking at this schedule, It shows me that Nicktoons were barely played during that time-frame. I think one of the reasons for that is there was only 3 of them and there wasn't many Nicktoons until the late 90s. In addition from what you said, the schedule still had a large 80s presence of shows which could mean that most of the shows were geared towards an older audience and not the children.

Now that we know most of the 90s Nickelodeon schedules were the like the one you provided, this will clearly show that the arrogant 90s kids are in for a rude awakening. The schedules they constantly talk about where 90s were the best for nicktoons weren't even popular until at least 1997/98 as that's when there was 10 Nicktoons by then. From 1991 to most of 1996, there were only 3-5 nicktoons at the time, so how could they say the 90s was the Golden Age of Nickelodeon when most of the shows were actually the live-action programming? I have this feeling that not only are they hypocrites, they are also ignorant as well.

I actually found this schedule online the other day of the Nickelodeon schedule from September 2003, the absolute peak of my childhood! It brings back so much nostalgia and it epitomizes the Klasky Csupo Era to a tea!


Sept. 2-28:

Weekdays
6:00AM Cable in the Classroom (Nick News, Doug and Inside TV Land)
6:30AM The Wild Thornberrys
7:00AM Hey Arnold!
7:30AM Rocket Power
8:00AM Rugrats
8:30AM SpongeBob SquarePants
9:00AM Max & Ruby
9:30AM Rubbadubbers
10:00AM Dora the Explorer
10:30AM Blue's Clues
11:00AM Dora the Explorer
11:30AM Tweenies
12:00PM Oswald
12:30PM Little Bill
1:00PM Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
1:30PM Bob the Builder
2:00PM Tiny Toon Adventures
2:30PM The Wild Thornberrys
3:00PM Rugrats
3:30PM CatDog
4:00PM Hey Arnold!
4:30PM Rocket Power
5:00PM U-Pick Nicktoons
5:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants
6:00PM U-Pick Nicktoons
6:30PM Hey Arnold!
7:00PM Rugrats
7:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants
8:00PM The Fairly OddParents
8:30PM The Amanda Show (Mon-Thurs); My Life as a Teenage Robot (Fri)
9:00PM NICK@NITE (Mon-Thurs); The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Fri)
9:30PM NICK@NITE cont. (Mon-Thurs); ChalkZone (Fri)

Weekends:
6:00AM Tiny Toon Adventures
6:30AM Tiny Toon Adventures
7:00AM CatDog
7:30AM CatDog
8:00AM Rugrats
8:30AM Rugrats (Sat); ChalkZone (Sun)
9:00AM SpongeBob SquarePants
9:30AM SpongeBob SquarePants
10:00AM The Fairly OddParents
10:30AM The Fairly OddParents
11:00AM The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
11:30AM The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
12:00PM My Life as a Teenage Robot (Sat); Hey Arnold! (Sun)
12:30PM ChalkZone (Sat); Hey Arnold! (Sun)
1:00PM Hey Arnold! (Sat); The Wild Thornberrys (Sun)
1:30PM Hey Arnold! (Sat); The Wild Thornberrys (Sun)
2:00PM Rugrats (Sat); CatDog (Sun)
2:30PM Rugrats (Sat); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (Sun)
3:00PM Rocket Power (Sat); The Angry Beavers (Sun)
3:30PM Rocket Power (Sat); Rocko's Modern Life (Sun)
4:00PM The Fairly OddParents (Sat); Rocket Power (Sun)
4:30PM The Fairly OddParents (Sat); Rocket Power (Sun)
5:00PM SpongeBob SquarePants (Sat); The Fairly OddParents (Sun)
5:30PM SpongeBob SquarePants (Sat); The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Sun)
6:00PM As Told by Ginger (Sat); Kenan & Kel (Sun)
6:30PM ChalkZone (Sat); As Told by Ginger (Sun)
7:00PM The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Sat); My Life as a Teenage Robot (Sun)
7:30PM The Fairly OddParents (Sat); Romeo! (Sun)
8:00PM All That (Sat); The Brothers Garcia (Sun)
8:30PM Romeo! (Sat); Nick News (Sun) *SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH (Sun, effect. 9/28)
9:00PM The Amanda Show (Sat); NICK@NITE (Sun)
9:30PM Cousin Skeeter (Sat); NICK@NITE cont. (Sun)

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Here is the original link to the forum post:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=79759


What do you guys think?
This is more of the 90s Nick schedule that the arrogant 90s kids are talking about. Comparing this one to the '93 one, the former is definitely more 90s while the latter is more 80s. In addition, this schedule brings back huge nostalgia to me despite me aging out of the kid audience. 

This is more of the 90s Nick schedule that the arrogant 90s kids are talking about. Comparing this one to the '93 one, the former is definitely more 90s while the latter is more 80s. In addition, this schedule brings back huge nostalgia to me despite me aging out of the kid audience.


Same I was 7 1/2 at the time, so at my absolute peak in my childhood, so this just brings back great memories of starting 2nd grade, watching TRL with my sisters, going outside with neighborhood kids, still watching Pokemon during the tail end of their original popularity and the ever growing popularity of YuGiOh, playing with YuGiOh cards at friends houses, Playing my PS1/2, & of course watching this epic lineup on Nick back in the day!  8)

Digging through a few more of my old TV Guides, I was able to find something else you all might find intriguing. This is Cartoon Network's line-up from the Spring of 1998, which is the oldest I've been able to find from CN so far.

Cartoon Network's Schedule for Wednesday, April 1, 1998:

6:00 AM - Dynomutt
6:30 AM - Josie and the Pussycats
7:00 AM - Acme Hour
8:00 AM - Yogi Bear
8:30 AM - Fantastic Max
9:00 AM - Scooby Doo
9:30 AM - Tom & Jerry
10:00 AM - Gumby
10:30 AM - Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00 AM - Big Bag
11:30 AM - Small World
12:00 PM - The Smurfs
12:30 PM - The Smurfs
1:00 PM - Scooby Doo Movies
2:00 PM - Acme Hour
3:00 PM - The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
3:30 PM - The Pirates of Dark Water
4:00 PM - Thunder Cats (Toonami)
4:30 PM - Robotech (Toonami)
5:00 PM - Super Adventures (Toonami)
5:30 PM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest (Toonami)
6:00 PM - Batman: The Animated Series (Toonami)
6:30 PM - Batman: The Animated Series (Toonami)
7:00 PM - The Jetsons
7:30 PM - Scooby Doo
8:00 PM - Dexter's Laboratory
8:30 PM - The Flintstones
9:00 PM - Bugs & Daffy
9:30 PM - Bugs & Daffy
10:00 PM - Tom & Jerry
10:30 PM - Scooby Doo
11:00 PM - Dexter's Laboratory
11:30 PM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest
12:00 AM - Speed Racer
12:30 AM - The Flintstones
1:00 AM - The Jetsons
1:30 AM - Bugs & Daffy
2:00 AM - Tom & Jerry
2:30 AM - Scooby Doo
3:00 AM - Rocky & Bullwinkle
3:30 AM - Gumby
4:00 AM - Bannana Splits
4:30 AM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest
5:00 AM - Speed Racer
5:30 AM - Pink Panther

Digging through a few more of my old TV Guides, I was able to find something else you all might find intriguing. This is Cartoon Network's line-up from the Spring of 1998, which is the oldest I've been able to find from CN so far.

Cartoon Network's Schedule for Wednesday, April 1, 1998:

6:00 AM - Dynomutt
6:30 AM - Josie and the Pussycats
7:00 AM - Acme Hour
8:00 AM - Yogi Bear
8:30 AM - Fantastic Max
9:00 AM - Scooby Doo
9:30 AM - Tom & Jerry
10:00 AM - Gumby
10:30 AM - Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00 AM - Big Bag
11:30 AM - Small World
12:00 PM - The Smurfs
12:30 PM - The Smurfs
1:00 PM - Scooby Doo Movies
2:00 PM - Acme Hour
3:00 PM - The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
3:30 PM - The Pirates of Dark Water
4:00 PM - Thunder Cats (Toonami)
4:30 PM - Robotech (Toonami)
5:00 PM - Super Adventures (Toonami)
5:30 PM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest (Toonami)
6:00 PM - Batman: The Animated Series (Toonami)
6:30 PM - Batman: The Animated Series (Toonami)
7:00 PM - The Jetsons
7:30 PM - Scooby Doo
8:00 PM - Dexter's Laboratory
8:30 PM - The Flintstones
9:00 PM - Bugs & Daffy
9:30 PM - Bugs & Daffy
10:00 PM - Tom & Jerry
10:30 PM - Scooby Doo
11:00 PM - Dexter's Laboratory
11:30 PM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest
12:00 AM - Speed Racer
12:30 AM - The Flintstones
1:00 AM - The Jetsons
1:30 AM - Bugs & Daffy
2:00 AM - Tom & Jerry
2:30 AM - Scooby Doo
3:00 AM - Rocky & Bullwinkle
3:30 AM - Gumby
4:00 AM - Bannana Splits
4:30 AM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest
5:00 AM - Speed Racer
5:30 AM - Pink Panther


Still a lot of Hanna-Barbera cartoons on here despite Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, and Cow & Chicken already being around, but those were only 3 Cartoon Cartoons though, once Powerpuff Girls and Ed, Edd n Eddy premiered from November 1998-January 1999 that's when more Cartoon Cartoons started becoming noticeable. I consider Summer 1997-Spring 2004 as the golden age of Cartoon Network's Powerhouse age with 1999-2002 being the absolute peak years of that time. This schedule was definitely still in the earlier Powerhouse years when the era was still pretty young.

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Digging through a few more of my old TV Guides, I was able to find something else you all might find intriguing. This is Cartoon Network's line-up from the Spring of 1998, which is the oldest I've been able to find from CN so far.

Cartoon Network's Schedule for Wednesday, April 1, 1998:

6:00 AM - Dynomutt
6:30 AM - Josie and the Pussycats
7:00 AM - Acme Hour
8:00 AM - Yogi Bear
8:30 AM - Fantastic Max
9:00 AM - Scooby Doo
9:30 AM - Tom & Jerry
10:00 AM - Gumby
10:30 AM - Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00 AM - Big Bag
11:30 AM - Small World
12:00 PM - The Smurfs
12:30 PM - The Smurfs
1:00 PM - Scooby Doo Movies
2:00 PM - Acme Hour
3:00 PM - The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
3:30 PM - The Pirates of Dark Water
4:00 PM - Thunder Cats (Toonami)
4:30 PM - Robotech (Toonami)
5:00 PM - Super Adventures (Toonami)
5:30 PM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest (Toonami)
6:00 PM - Batman: The Animated Series (Toonami)
6:30 PM - Batman: The Animated Series (Toonami)
7:00 PM - The Jetsons
7:30 PM - Scooby Doo
8:00 PM - Dexter's Laboratory
8:30 PM - The Flintstones
9:00 PM - Bugs & Daffy
9:30 PM - Bugs & Daffy
10:00 PM - Tom & Jerry
10:30 PM - Scooby Doo
11:00 PM - Dexter's Laboratory
11:30 PM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest
12:00 AM - Speed Racer
12:30 AM - The Flintstones
1:00 AM - The Jetsons
1:30 AM - Bugs & Daffy
2:00 AM - Tom & Jerry
2:30 AM - Scooby Doo
3:00 AM - Rocky & Bullwinkle
3:30 AM - Gumby
4:00 AM - Bannana Splits
4:30 AM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest
5:00 AM - Speed Racer
5:30 AM - Pink Panther


Yeah this is why I loved the powerhouse era because of its huge variety of older cartoons (80's & before at the time) and the contemporary toons at the time like the Kids Wb reruns & Fox Kids reruns and the Cartoon Cartoons  8)

Gumby was on Cartoon Network? It's not even a cartoon! :D

I remember watching Gumby on Nick Jr. a lot when I was a toddler. Interesting that it's not on the 1993 list machine posted.

Gumby was on Cartoon Network? It's not even a cartoon! :D

I remember watching Gumby on Nick Jr. a lot when I was a toddler. Interesting that it's not on the 1993 list machine posted.


Gumby was just an animated green figure.

Still a lot of Hanna-Barbera cartoons on here despite Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, and Cow & Chicken already being around, but those were only 3 Cartoon Cartoons though, once Powerpuff Girls and Ed, Edd n Eddy premiered from November 1998-January 1999 that's when more Cartoon Cartoons started becoming noticeable. I consider Summer 1997-Spring 2004 as the golden age of Cartoon Network's Powerhouse age with 1999-2002 being the absolute peak years of that time. This schedule was definitely still in the earlier Powerhouse years when the era was still pretty young.


Yeah, I agree that this was the early part of Cartoon Network's "peak", though it was still clearly before Cartoon Cartoon's began to have a bigger presence on the channel. I really want to find some TV listings from CN's early years in 1992-93 to compare, but unfortunately, all of my TV Guide's from the early '90s don't have the channel listed.


Gumby was on Cartoon Network? It's not even a cartoon! :D

I remember watching Gumby on Nick Jr. a lot when I was a toddler. Interesting that it's not on the 1993 list machine posted.


You are correct, Gumby did air on Nickelodeon in the '90s. I used to watch it all the time, and then attempt (rather poorly) to make my own Gumby out of Play-Doh. From my recollection, I believe that Gumby aired regularly on Nick around 1994 and 1995.

Yeah, I agree that this was the early part of Cartoon Network's "peak", though it was still clearly before Cartoon Cartoon's began to have a bigger presence on the channel. I really want to find some TV listings from CN's early years in 1992-93 to compare, but unfortunately, all of my TV Guide's from the early '90s don't have the channel listed.


Here's a Cartoon Network schedule from November to early December 1999 on a Sunday, and here's a video of it I happened to found that lines some shows up together. Look at all the Kids WB reruns that were airing a long with the Cartoon Cartoons, this is the best I could put up together.

November/December 1999 (Sunday)

6:00am Big Bag
6:30am Small World
7:00am Small World
7:30am Small World
8:00am Boomerang
9:00am Bugs & Daffy
10:00am Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre
12:00pm The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1:00pm Beetlejuice
1:30pm The Addams Family
2:00pm Road Rovers
2:30pm SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
3:00pm Super Friends
4:00pm Hong Kong Phooey
4:30pm Jabberjaw
5:00pm Animaniacs
5:30pm Tiny Toon Adventures
6:00pm Bugs & Daffy
7:00pm Batman: The Animated Series
7:30pm Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
8:00pm The Flintstones
8:30pm The Tex Avery Show
9:00pm ToonHeads
9:30pm Tom and Jerry
10:00pm Johnny Bravo
10:30pm Courage the Cowardly Dog
11:00pm I Am Weasel
11:30pm The Powerpuff Girls
12:00am What a Cartoon!
12:30am Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1:00am Late Night Black & White
1:30am O, Canada
2:00am Droopy
2:30am Popeye the Sailor
3:00am The Yogi Bear Show
3:30am Huckleberry Hound
4:00am Atom Ant
4:30am Secret Squirrel
5:00am The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
5:30am Dudley Do-Right

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Here's a Cartoon Network schedule from November to early December 1999 on a Sunday, and here's a video of it I happened to found that lines some shows up together. Look at all the Kids WB reruns that were airing a long with the Cartoon Cartoons, this is the best I could put up together.

November/December 1999 (Sunday)

6:00am Big Bag
6:30am Small World
7:00am Small World
7:30am Small World
8:00am Boomerang
9:00am Bugs & Daffy
10:00am Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre
12:00pm The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1:00pm Beetlejuice
1:30pm The Addams Family
2:00pm Road Rovers
2:30pm SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
3:00pm Super Friends
4:00pm Hong Kong Phooey
4:30pm Jabberjaw
5:00pm Animaniacs
5:30pm Tiny Toon Adventures
6:00pm Bugs & Daffy
7:00pm Batman: The Animated Series
7:30pm Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
8:00pm The Flintstones
8:30pm The Tex Avery Show
9:00pm ToonHeads
9:30pm Tom and Jerry
10:00pm Johnny Bravo
10:30pm Courage the Cowardly Dog
11:00pm I Am Weasel
11:30pm The Powerpuff Girls
12:00am What a Cartoon!
12:30am Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1:00am Late Night Black & White
1:30am O, Canada
2:00am Droopy
2:30am Popeye the Sailor
3:00am The Yogi Bear Show
3:30am Huckleberry Hound
4:00am Atom Ant
4:30am Secret Squirrel
5:00am The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
5:30am Dudley Do-Right

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Great lineup! This time right here (late 1999/early 2000) was probably when I watched Cartoon Network the most, so I remember that schedule very well. I know I'm a bit biased, but I'd say that this is probably the absolute peak of CN as a channel, with just the right mix of early Cartoon Cartoon's, Hannah-Barbera classics, and action cartoons on Toonami. It just doesn't get any better than that.

Also, thanks for reminding me about SWAT Kats. That was one of my favorite shows growing up, and I had almost totally forgotten about it. I wonder if there's any episodes on YouTube?

Great lineup! This time right here (late 1999/early 2000) was probably when I watched Cartoon Network the most, so I remember that schedule very well. I know I'm a bit biased, but I'd say that this is probably the absolute peak of CN as a channel, with just the right mix of early Cartoon Cartoon's, Hannah-Barbera classics, and action cartoons on Toonami. It just doesn't get any better than that.

Also, thanks for reminding me about SWAT Kats. That was one of my favorite shows growing up, and I had almost totally forgotten about it. I wonder if there's any episodes on YouTube?


Personally the absolute peak of Cartoon Network for me was the entire year of 2002 as a whole because I really loved all the variety of Cartoon Cartoons at the time like Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Powerpuff Girls, Ed Edd n Eddy, Time Squad, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Grim & Evil, etc. Reruns of Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh came on, and catching the premieres of What Ever Happened to Robot Jones and Codename: KND was awesome. Watching those on Primetime and Cartoon Cartoon Fridays throughout that year was like heaven. Although by 2002 it was mostly Cartoon Cartoons being played making less room for Hanna-Barbera classics although you still had Scooby-Doo shows, Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, and Tom & Jerry but not as many other classics like the earlier Powerhouse years. However still an overall great time though. Cartoon Theater had great movies. Not to mention Toonami had epic lineups at the time with action shows like DBZ, Samurai Jack, He-Man (2002), Justice League, and Batman Beyond. I probably get nostalgic for the Spring, Summer, & Fall 2002 lineups for Cartoon Network, Toon Disney, Nickelodeon, and Kids WB at the time. That's why I pick 2002 as my favorite year. But I'm glad 1999-2000 was the peak of Cartoon Network for you and I know that would've been an awesome time to experience. 8)

My absolute 2nd favorite year of Cartoon Network goes to 2003 no doubt, 2003 Cartoon Network comes close at 2nd, despite Cartoon Cartoon Fridays getting replaced by live-action Fridays later that year, most of 2003 still had Cartoon Cartoon Fridays & Summer Fridays, Primetime was still around, catching the premieres of Teen Titans and Duck Dodgers. When TOM 3 debuted on Toonami while it was still on weekdays, shows like Yu Yu Hakusho, Rurouni Kenshin, and a new season of Dragon Ball Z would come out. Saturday Video Entertain System with Saturday night action cartoons. Still tons of Cartoon Cartoons and new episodes being played regularly and classics like Looney Tunes. First full year Codename: KND was around. More episodes of Samurai Jack & Justice League, etc.

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Personally the absolute peak of Cartoon Network for me was the entire year of 2002 as a whole because I really loved all the variety of Cartoon Cartoons at the time like Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Powerpuff Girls, Ed Edd n Eddy, Time Squad, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Grim & Evil, etc. Reruns of Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh came on, and catching the premieres of What Ever Happened to Robot Jones and Codename: KND was awesome. Watching those on Primetime and Cartoon Cartoon Fridays throughout that year was like heaven. Although by 2002 it was mostly Cartoon Cartoons being played making less room for Hanna-Barbera classics although you still had Scooby-Doo shows, Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, and Tom & Jerry but not as many other classics like the earlier Powerhouse years. However still an overall great time though. Cartoon Theater had great movies. Not to mention Toonami had epic lineups at the time with action shows like DBZ, Samurai Jack, He-Man (2002), Justice League, and Batman Beyond. I probably get nostalgic for the Spring, Summer, & Fall 2002 lineups for Cartoon Network, Toon Disney, Nickelodeon, and Kids WB at the time. That's why I pick 2002 as my favorite year. But I'm glad 1999-2000 was the peak of Cartoon Network for you and I know that would've been an awesome time to experience.

Yeah, I was just one school year too late!! >:( :\'(  I wish I could have experience TOM 1 era toonami and DBZ when the freeza saga first aired and when gundam wing first aired, that would have been SICK!!!!! :D  I didn't even know what CN was. The only kids networks I was only familiar with were Nick, Kids WB,Fox kids, PBS kids and Disney channel before 2000-01!

Yeah, I was just one school year too late!! >:( :\'(  I wish I could have experience TOM 1 era toonami and DBZ when the freeza saga first aired and when gundam wing first aired, that would have been SICK!!!!! :D  I didn't even know what CN was. The only kids networks I was only familiar with were Nick, Kids WB,Fox kids, PBS kids and Disney channel before 2000-01!


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If this doesn't spark so many golden memories, then I don't know what else does. :o All of these commercials are like yesterday to me! Although for some reason I don't remember watching the Dexter's Lab President's Day marathon I just remember seeing promos for it. I had just turned 7 around the time when all of these aired.

Yeah, I was just one school year too late!! >:( :\'( I wish I could have experience TOM 1 era toonami and DBZ when the freeza saga first aired and when gundam wing first aired, that would have been SICK!!!!! :D  I didn't even know what CN was. The only kids networks I was only familiar with were Nick, Kids WB,Fox kids, PBS kids and Disney channel before 2000-01!
As someone who was at the age to witness it, it was wonderful. I remember it like it was yesterday. I remember watching the afternoon line and I stayed up all night to watch the midnight run when it first began and it was awesome. Sailor Moon, DBZ, Gundam Wing etc., it couldn't get any better. Man I wish you were able witness it.


Also, here's the logo of the TOM 1 era and the original TOM himself.

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Digging through a few more of my old TV Guides, I was able to find something else you all might find intriguing. This is Cartoon Network's line-up from the Spring of 1998, which is the oldest I've been able to find from CN so far.

Cartoon Network's Schedule for Wednesday, April 1, 1998:

6:00 AM - Dynomutt
6:30 AM - Josie and the Pussycats
7:00 AM - Acme Hour
8:00 AM - Yogi Bear
8:30 AM - Fantastic Max
9:00 AM - Scooby Doo
9:30 AM - Tom & Jerry
10:00 AM - Gumby
10:30 AM - Alvin & the Chipmunks
11:00 AM - Big Bag
11:30 AM - Small World
12:00 PM - The Smurfs
12:30 PM - The Smurfs
1:00 PM - Scooby Doo Movies
2:00 PM - Acme Hour
3:00 PM - The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
3:30 PM - The Pirates of Dark Water
4:00 PM - Thunder Cats (Toonami)
4:30 PM - Robotech (Toonami)
5:00 PM - Super Adventures (Toonami)
5:30 PM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest (Toonami)
6:00 PM - Batman: The Animated Series (Toonami)
6:30 PM - Batman: The Animated Series (Toonami)
7:00 PM - The Jetsons
7:30 PM - Scooby Doo
8:00 PM - Dexter's Laboratory
8:30 PM - The Flintstones
9:00 PM - Bugs & Daffy
9:30 PM - Bugs & Daffy
10:00 PM - Tom & Jerry
10:30 PM - Scooby Doo
11:00 PM - Dexter's Laboratory
11:30 PM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest
12:00 AM - Speed Racer
12:30 AM - The Flintstones
1:00 AM - The Jetsons
1:30 AM - Bugs & Daffy
2:00 AM - Tom & Jerry
2:30 AM - Scooby Doo
3:00 AM - Rocky & Bullwinkle
3:30 AM - Gumby
4:00 AM - Bannana Splits
4:30 AM - Real Adventures of Johnny Quest
5:00 AM - Speed Racer
5:30 AM - Pink Panther



Here's a Cartoon Network schedule from November to early December 1999 on a Sunday, and here's a video of it I happened to found that lines some shows up together. Look at all the Kids WB reruns that were airing a long with the Cartoon Cartoons, this is the best I could put up together.

November/December 1999 (Sunday)

6:00am Big Bag
6:30am Small World
7:00am Small World
7:30am Small World
8:00am Boomerang
9:00am Bugs & Daffy
10:00am Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre
12:00pm The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1:00pm Beetlejuice
1:30pm The Addams Family
2:00pm Road Rovers
2:30pm SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
3:00pm Super Friends
4:00pm Hong Kong Phooey
4:30pm Jabberjaw
5:00pm Animaniacs
5:30pm Tiny Toon Adventures
6:00pm Bugs & Daffy
7:00pm Batman: The Animated Series
7:30pm Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
8:00pm The Flintstones
8:30pm The Tex Avery Show
9:00pm ToonHeads
9:30pm Tom and Jerry
10:00pm Johnny Bravo
10:30pm Courage the Cowardly Dog
11:00pm I Am Weasel
11:30pm The Powerpuff Girls
12:00am What a Cartoon!
12:30am Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1:00am Late Night Black & White
1:30am O, Canada
2:00am Droopy
2:30am Popeye the Sailor
3:00am The Yogi Bear Show
3:30am Huckleberry Hound
4:00am Atom Ant
4:30am Secret Squirrel
5:00am The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
5:30am Dudley Do-Right

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Thanks for these schedules guys. So much nostalgia from those days. I recall watching most of the cartoons as before the 00s, CN still mostly aired HB and non-CN animations despite the network already having its own shows.

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With 1997 & 2004 being transition years for Cartoon Network into the Powerhouse Era and out of it, the entire years of 1998-2003 for the channel.... just man, all the antics, voice-overs, the afford put into the bumpers & promos, the specials, new shows premiering each year, different lineups, all the great blocks like CCF, Primetime, & Toonami, all the variety of Cartoon Cartoons, classic cartoon reruns, action shows, anime, and Kids WB reruns. It's unbelievable how I wasn't aware of all this when I was a young kid watching Cartoon Network back then but at the same time I just remember how flawless and amazing the time was. Being in Kindergarten, 1st grade, & 2nd grade at the time. If only I was born a couple years earlier I could've experienced the whole era rather than just the 2nd half of it..... it sucks that I was only 8 about to start 3rd grade when this amazing era got halted. Nonetheless the City Era still gave me 2 more great years of programming but honestly I preferred the Powerhouse's variety much better.

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With 1997 & 2004 being transition years for Cartoon Network into the Powerhouse Era and out of it, the entire years of 1998-2003 for the channel.... just man, all the antics, voice-overs, the afford put into the bumpers & promos, the specials, new shows premiering each year, different lineups, all the great blocks like CCF, Primetime, & Toonami, all the variety of Cartoon Cartoons, classic cartoon reruns, action shows, anime, and Kids WB reruns. It's unbelievable how I wasn't aware of all this when I was a young kid watching Cartoon Network back then but at the same time I just remember how flawless and amazing the time was. Being in Kindergarten, 1st grade, & 2nd grade at the time. If only I was born a couple years earlier I could've experienced the whole era rather than just the 2nd half of it..... it sucks that I was only 8 about to start 3rd grade when this amazing era got halted. Nonetheless the City Era still gave me 2 more great years of programming but honestly I preferred the Powerhouse's variety much better.


Well at least we were in elementary school during that era! Imagine being born in 99', then we would of entered elementary school AFTER the Powerhouse era. I think that would've personally sucked, even though Cartoon Network was still pretty good upto 2006. However it was no way in the same quality and variety of the Powerhouse era. Plus I first watched the Network around 1999 or 2000. So yeah I don't have that much regrets

Well at least we were in elementary school during that era! Imagine being born in 99', then we would of entered elementary school AFTER the Powerhouse era. I think that would've personally sucked, even though Cartoon Network was still pretty good upto 2006. However it was no way in the same quality and variety of the Powerhouse era. Plus I first watched the Network around 1999 or 2000. So yeah I don't have that much regrets


Technically speaking 1995 born's were the last to have the majority of the Powerhouse Era in their elementary school years since they had finished 3rd grade when it ended, while 1997 born's were the first to have the majority of the time after the Powerhouse Era in their elementary school years since they had only finished 1st grade when it ended, and as you already stated everybody born after 1998 had no Powerhouse years their entire elementary school years. Not only this is extremely important to your childhood memories of Cartoon Network, but even remembering all the special events that occurred throughout the Powerhouse Era, all the blocks that were around, the lineups, and when all the shows started/ended is key as well depending on your age or when you started elementary school.

Like for example someone born in 1995, even though they'd probably be 9 about to start 4th grade when the Powerhouse Era ended, their whole Kindergarten-2nd grade years would've been spent when Cartoon Cartoon Fridays was around, since they'd be in 3rd grade when live-action Fridays debuted, they would've spent most of their elementary school years watching all the events and marathons the Powerhouse Era did, and would've been able to remember tons of lineups from the TOM 2 era with Toonami on weekdays. They'd probably remember Cartoon Network before existed too, and would've spent most of their elementary school years when Cartoon Cartoons were making new episodes regularly.

Someone born in 1997, would've most likely only been in Kindergarten during the last season of Cartoon Cartoon Fridays and had barely missed out on a lot of the events and specials the Powerhouse Era did, they'd probably miss out on most of the TOM 2 era although you still had great lineups from TOM 3, they'd only be towards the end of 1st grade when Toonami was moved to Saturday nights for Miguzi, and they'd only be in 1st grade or just about to start 2nd grade when a lot of Cartoon Cartoons started coming to an end and many classics started leaving for Boomerang. However, there are exceptions though, some people might have started watching Cartoon Network when they were 4 or in pre-K because they had older brothers, sisters, or cousins who exposed it to them regularly at a young age, regardless of what grade they were in when the Powerhouse Era started/ended or when the City Era started/ended.

Anyways, you make a good point ocarinafan, that "better than nothing" mentality. We are one of the last group of people to have grown up with a good chunk of the Powerhouse Era right before it ended. Hey, at least our entire 1st half of elementary school years were spent in the latter half of the Powerhouse Era, and even though I wished I had experienced some of the stuff the earlier Powerhouse years offered, personally I get more nostalgic for the 2001-2003 Powerhouse lineups rather than the 1998-2000 ones, but each of the lineups were great in its own ways. As you know my school district in Georgia lasts from August-May every year, so the City Era debuted about 2.5 to 3 weeks after I had already finished 2nd grade. So my childhood was even & even on the cusp between Powerhouse & City, so I got the best of both worlds.