Monday 29 April 2013

Boomerang UK May 2013 WEEKDAYS

Changes in May on Weekdays are as follows:

1) Tom and Jerry switches timeslots with its other show, Tom and Jerry Tales. An extra slot will replace Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries at 19:30.

2) Pink Panther & Pals moves to a later time at 20:30.

3) The Looney Tunes Show gets an extra slot in the evening at 20:00. This is possibly due to an upcoming UK Premiere of the 2nd Season. If so, A new episode will air 18:00, and then will repeat the next morning at 7:00. An older episode will air at 14:30 and again at 20:00.

As of May, classic Looney Tunes will only air on Weekends.

Times are listed in GMT format.
(Listings Exclude Wednesdays)

6:00 - Tom & Jerry Tales
6:30 - Mr Bean (Animated Series)
7:00 - The Looney Tunes Show
7:30 - Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated
8:00 - Tom & Jerry
8:30 - The Garfield Show
9:00 - Krypto the Superdog
9:15 - Olly the Little White Van
9:30 - Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures
10:00 - Chloe's Closet
10:30 - LazyTown
11:00 - Olly the Little White Van
11:15 - Krypto the Superdog
11:30 - Bananas in Pyjamas
12:00 - Pink Panther and Pals
12:30 - The Garfield Show
13:00 - Scooby Doo, Where are You!
13:30 - The Scooby Doo Show
14:00 - Casper's Scare School
14:30 - The Looney Tunes Show
15:00 - What's New Scooby-Doo?
15:30 - Tom & Jerry Tales
16:00 - Mr Bean (Animated Series)
16:30 - Casper's Scare School
17:00 - Scooby Doo Mystery Incoporated
17:30 - Tom & Jerry
18:00 - The Looney Tunes Show
18:30 - The Garfield Show
19:00 - What's New Scooby Doo
19:30 - Tom & Jerry Tales
20:00 - The Looney Tunes Show
20:30 - Pink Panther & Pals
21:00 - The Garfield Show
21:30 - The Garfield Show
22:00 - Skatoony
22:30 - Skatoony
23:00 - The Cramp Twins
23:30 - The Cramp Twins
0:00 - The Garfield Show
0:20 - The Garfield Show
0:40 - The Garfield Show
1:00 - The Garfield Show
1:30 - The Cramp Twins
1:50 - The Cramp Twins
2:15 - The Garfield Show
2:40 - The Garfield Show
3:05 - The Garfield Show
3:25 - The Garfield Show
3:45 - The Garfield Show
4:05 - The Flintstones
4:30 - Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics
4:55 - Dastardly & Muttley
5:20 - Wacky Races
5:40 - Top Cat

Monday 22 April 2013

Boomerang UK May 2013 WEEKENDS

Another set of random changes to the schedule on Weekends.

1) Mr Bean returns to the schedule... again. This time, both shows are airing on the network together for the first time. The Animated Series will air at 7:30 and 14:00, while the original Live-Action series will air at 14:30 and 19:00. This makes Pink Panther and Pals lose it's hour slot, and left with only one showing at 6:00.

2) The New Scooby Doo Mysteries is gone, though this may vary with Boomerang Cinema. In some cases, this show would air after a Scooby film, but there was one day when they aired an episode of What's New Scooby Doo after a film instead. It's more likely the show won't make an official return.

3) Skatoony returns to late-nights. it gets back the 2:20 slot, with just one episode.

4) a change to the evening schedule. Turned out in the last month, there was a misread error. as opposed to an hour of Scooby Doo Where Are You, only one episode would air, followed by The Garfield Show.
This time, The Garfield Show will air at 19:30, followed by The Scooby Doo Show and Looney Tunes. But 9pm onwards remains the same. The Weekend slots are the only times Looney Tunes will air.

UPDATE: There are some occasional themed weekends coming up this month. They'll be posted at a later time.

Times are listed in GMT format.

06:00 - Pink Panther & Pals
06:30 - The Garfield Show
07:00 - The Looney Tunes Show
07:30 - Mr Bean (Animated Series)
08:00 - Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated
08:30 - What's New Scooby Doo
09:00 - Tom & Jerry
09:30 - Tom & Jerry Tales
10:00 - Boomerang Cinema
12:00 - The Looney Tunes Show
12:30 - Looney Tunes
13:00 - Scooby Doo Where Are You
13:30 - The Scooby Doo Show
14:00 - Mr Bean (Animated Series)
14:30 - Mr Bean (Live-Action Series)
15:00 - Tom & Jerry
15:30 - Tom & Jerry Tales
16:00 - What's New Scooby Doo 
16:30 - Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated
17:00 - Boomerang Cinema
19:00 - Mr Bean (Live-Action Series)
19:30 - The Garfield Show
20:00 - The Scooby Doo Show
20:30 - Looney Tunes
21:00 - The Garfield Show 
21:30 - The Garfield Show 
22:00 - Skatoony 
22:30 - Skatoony 
23:00 - The Cramp Twins 
23:30 - The Cramp Twins
0:00 - The Garfield Show 
0:20 - The Garfield Show 
0:45 - The Garfield Show 
1:10 - The Garfield Show 
1:35 - The Cramp Twins
2:00 - The Cramp Twins
2:20 - Skatoony
2:40 - The Garfield Show 
3:00 - The Garfield Show 
3:20 - The Garfield Show 
3:40 - The Garfield Show
4:05 - The Flintstones
4:30 - Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 
4:55 - Dastardly & Muttley 
5:20 - Wacky Races 
5:40 - Top Cat

Tuesday 9 April 2013

Boomerang UK + European Channel Branding

Miss the old look from 2004? Well, here's a look back at some of those classic bumpers.

These animated bumpers were the start of Boomerang new alternate logo, instead of the US look, with the toys and figurine, which still continues running today.

Back then, they had a huge mix of different idents. The main standard idents were gags from classic cartoons, shorter gags were used inbetween programs and ad breaks, and most well-known were the Next/Later announcement idents where the line draws the character's heads.

Below is a mix of the Standard IDs and short ad break cues. You'll notice the character voices for the brand were provided by Jeff Bergman, who currently reprises the role of Bugs and Daffy in The Looney Tunes Show.


Boomerang Channel Branding "Line" from Yeti Motion Graphics Ltd on Vimeo.

Boomerang Rebrand 2012 - Music

In the last post, i found that the animation team behind the new look was Mainframe. Well, here's another interesting piece of information.

The music for the channel idents was made by Simon Mark Harris, who works for a company called "Off-Set Audio". Off-Set has worked for other well-known clients in the UK, like Cartoonito, Channel 5 and Comedy Central.

Personally, I like how the music fits with these Ident themes, especially the Outer-Space theme.

Below is a video of the "Nexts" bumpers, finally without any sounds from the show or any announcers over it.
and you can find out more about Off-Set Audio at their Official Website.


Boomerang Channel Idents from Offset Audio on Vimeo.

Boomerang UK April 2013 WEEKENDS

A Disappointing change in April (though being there is only a couple of weeks left after the 3-week holiday).

First off, the evening classics block is gone. Instead, the line-up consists of The Looney Tunes Show, Casper's Scare School and an hour of Scooby Doo Where Are You. All the classics now remain only airing on early mornings from 5am.

Scooby-Doo, Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes are the only shows with hour blocks now.

There will be a film showing at 10:00 and 17:00, which will follow with the return of The New Scooby Doo Mysteries at 11:30 and 18:30. As much as I like this show a little but, its an odd choice, considering they don't air any other Scrappy-Doo based shows, apart from 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo, and the occasional ones with either Daphne (The All-New Scooby Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show) or Yabba-Doo (Scooby, Scrappy and Yabba Doo).

Times are listed in GMT format.

06:00 - Pink Panther & Pals
06:30 - The Garfield Show
07:00 - Casper's Scare School
07:30 - The Looney Tunes Show
08:00 - Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated
08:30 - What's New Scooby Doo
09:00 - Tom & Jerry
09:30 - Tom & Jerry Tales
10:00 - Boomerang Cinema

11:30 - New Scooby Doo Mysteries
12:00 - The Looney Tunes Show
12:30 - Looney Tunes
13:00 - Scooby Doo Where Are You
13:30 - The Scooby Doo Show
14:00 - The Garfield Show
14:30 - Pink Panther and Pals
15:00 - Tom & Jerry
15:30 - Tom & Jerry Tales
16:00 - What's New Scooby Doo 
16:30 - Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated
17:00 - Boomerang Cinema

18:30 - New Scooby Doo Mysteries
19:00 - The Looney Tunes Show
19:30 - Casper's Scare School
20:00 - Scooby Doo Where Are You
20:30 - Scooby Doo Where Are You
21:00 - The Garfield Show 
21:30 - The Garfield Show 
22:00 - Skatoony 
22:30 - Skatoony 
23:00 - The Cramp Twins 
23:30 - The Cramp Twins
0:00 - The Garfield Show 
0:20 - The Garfield Show 
0:40 - The Garfield Show 
1:00 - The Garfield Show 
1:25 - The Cramp Twins
1:50 - The Cramp Twins
2:15 - The Garfield Show
2:40 - The Garfield Show 
3:05 - The Garfield Show 
3:25 - The Garfield Show 
3:45 - The Garfield Show
4:05 - The Flintstones
4:30 - Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics 
4:55 - Dastardly & Muttley 
5:20 - Wacky Races 
5:40 - Top Cat

Wednesday 3 April 2013

Boomerang UK April 2013 WEEKDAYS

Changes for this month:

Mr Bean (The Animated Series) returns at 6:30 and 16:00.

The Garfield Show moves back to 8:30 with The Looney Tunes Show at 7:00.

New to the channel is Olly the Little White Van, which currently airs on Cartoonito. The show will air at 9:15 and 11:00, while Krypto the Superdog will air with it at 9:00 and 11:15. The Land Before Time will be removed from the network again, being replaced with Casper's Scare School at 14:00.

Pink Panther and Pals gets an extra slot at 12:00.

As of April, Skatoony now only airs as an double bill at 22:00. It's late-night slot has been replaced with another episode of The Garfield show (talk about being a "Fat Cat", hogging all of Boomerang's schedule)

New episodes of Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated will continue from Easter at 7:30 and 17:00.

Times are listed in GMT format.

6:00 - Tom & Jerry
6:30 - Mr Bean (Animated Series)
7:00 - The Looney Tunes Show
7:30 - Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated
8:00 - Tom & Jerry Tales
8:30 - The Garfield Show
9:00 - Krypto the Superdog
9:15 - Olly the Little White Van
9:30 - Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures
10:00 - Chloe's Closet
10:30 - LazyTown
11:00 - Olly the Little White Van
11:15 - Krypto the Superdog
11:30 - Bananas in Pyjamas
12:00 - Pink Panther and Pals
12:30 - The Garfield Show
13:00 - Scooby Doo, Where are You!
13:30 - The Scooby Doo Show
14:00 - Casper's Scare School
14:30 - The Looney Tunes Show
15:00 - What's New Scooby-Doo?
15:30 - Tom & Jerry
16:00 - Mr Bean (Animated Series)
16:30 - Casper's Scare School
17:00 - Scooby Doo Mystery Incoporated
17:30 - Tom & Jerry Tales
18:00 - The Looney Tunes Show
18:30 - The Garfield Show
19:00 - What's New Scooby Doo
19:30 - Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
20:00 - Pink Panther & Pals
20:30 - Looney Tunes
21:00 - The Garfield Show
21:30 - The Garfield Show
22:00 - Skatoony
22:30 - Skatoony
23:00 - The Cramp Twins
23:30 - The Cramp Twins
0:00 - The Garfield Show
0:20 - The Garfield Show
0:40 - The Garfield Show
1:00 - The Garfield Show
1:30 - The Cramp Twins
1:50 - The Cramp Twins
2:15 - The Garfield Show
2:40 - The Garfield Show
3:05 - The Garfield Show
3:25 - The Garfield Show
3:45 - The Garfield Show
4:05 - The Flintstones
4:30 - Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics
4:55 - Dastardly & Muttley
5:20 - Wacky Races
5:40 - Top Cat