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For the French-Canadian version of this television channel, see Télétoon (Canada) . Teletoon is a Canadian English Language Cable Television Specialty Channel that specializes in Animation programming, not limited by Age . It has been known as Canada's answer to the American Cartoon Network , with which it shares several series. However, Teletoon is required to show a certain percentage of Canadian content. Ownership of Teletoon is divided between Astral Media (50%) and Corus Entertainment (50%). The name is a Portmanteau of Television and Cartoon . There are separate English and French Language versions of the channel as well. The English channel operates two timeshifted feeds, East ( Eastern Time ) and West ( Pacific Time ). Teletoon has no apparent connection to the television channel in France of the same name. HISTORY When Teletoon first launched in 1997, it had several time blocks devoted to certain content and showed more mature fare as the day progressed, with a strong commitment to air diverse and international programming, as well as the ability to air a great majority of material uncut. A typical broadcast day would start with preschool content at 7:00 a.m. and end with adult content after midnight, airing more adult cartoons such as '' Æon Flux '', '' Duckman '' and various Original Video Animation . However, Teletoon had an incident during their first year when they accidentally broadcast adult content, including cartoon nudity, during a time normally devoted to preschoolers (thus outside of , Angry Kid , Bromwell High , Squidbillies , Stroker And Hoop , Space Ghost Coast To Coast , Tripping The Rift , Venture Bros , Robot Chicken , Aqua Teen Hunger Force , Family Guy , and Futurama . On February 5, 2007, Teletoon's network layout was dramatically changed as was its website, and The Detour's website was moved to teletoon.com, and the aesthetic appearance of both the normal block and The Detour changed. PROGRAMMING Note: The French version of Teletoon contains a different schedule of programs than the English version, some being a French-dubbed version of well-known television shows, such as South Park . For a full list of their programs, please see '' Télétoon (Canada) ''. Fall Morning schedule ''New Episodes'' are in yellow. Current Mountain Time Fall schedule ''The Detour'' is in orange. Teletoon Presents schedule Spin Cycle
TELETOON ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS This a list of Teletoon original productions.
PROGRAM BLOCKS Fall 2007 on Teletoon Teletoon will be premiering , TTPresents , The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show , The Grim Adventures Of Billy & Mandy , Courage The Cowardly Dog , Kappa Mikey , Duck Dodgers , What's New Scooby Doo? , Tom And Jerry Tales and Tom & Jerry TELETOON FALL PRIME TIME SCHEDULE Sunday-7:00> Monday-7:00> Tuesday-7:00> Wednesday-7:00> Thursday--7:00> Friday-7:00> Saturday-7:00> Fall 2007 on Teletoon Retro Returning to Teletoon in September. Shows such as: The Bugs Bunny And Tweety Show , The Road Runner Show , Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids , Superfriends , Scooby Doo , and more will be premiering. TELETOON RETRO SCHEDULE Sunday-7:30 To 8:30 The Bugs Bunny Show Monday-7:30 To 8:30 The Bugs Bunny Show Tuesday-7:30 Wednesday-7:30 To 8:30 The Bugs Bunny Show Thursday-7:30 Friday-7:30 To 8:30 The Bugs Bunny Show Saturday-7:30 Fall 2007 on The Detour On Teletoon Teletoon will be premiering Assy McGee , Perfect Hair Forever , Sealab 2021 , Metalocalypse , The Smoking Gun TV , F'n Good Movie , Frisky Dingo and Moral Oral, and returning John Callahan's Quads! and Clone High USA . Summer 2007 on Teletoon Teletoon will be premiering new shows such as Iggy Arbuckle, Chop Socky Chooks, George of the Jungle, Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island, Total Drama Island and various others. Camp Lazlo will be returning. The new programming shall first appear on June 22nd. Teletoon Presents Teletoon Presents (formerly known as Cinetoon) is a block on Saturdays that airs animated movies, such as , and in a few cases, Live-action movies, such as the recent version of Scooby-Doo . The movies currently air on Saturday afternoons at 5:00 p.m. As of Teletoon's layout change in 2007, Teletoon Presents now has two types movies airing on Saturday, (Scooby Doo at 9 A.M., & etc. at 5 P.M.) but this block as been heard to cancel in the upcoming Fall schedule. The Detour on Teletoon and F-Night The Detour on Teletoon is the name for the animated programming block targeted towards teen and adult audiences. It was launched in fall 2002. Much of which is in the vein of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim ; however, unlike Adult Swim, although there was a strong early commitment to air diverse and international programming, as well as the ability to air a great majority of material uncut. The Detour has never incorporated Anime into its lineup, as YTV's Bionix block on Friday nights contains most of the recent Toonami and Adult Swim anime properties. The Detour was an amalgamation of the old The Detour block, aimed at teenagers, and the former Teletoon Unleashed block, aimed at adults, which had been dropped due to lack of new content. For the start of the 2006-2007 season, a new Friday night companion block "F-Night" debuted, featuring a slightly different lineup consisting of more of the Adult Swim comedies such as Tom Goes To The Mayor and Squidbillies . Current Programs New Programs Kapow! Launched in September 2003, Kapow! is an action type block, currently featuring the shows Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Spider Riders , and The Batman . Kapow! is usually shown on weekend mornings in large sections, although it does show smaller sections during the weekdays. As of September 2006, the block was removed & replaced by Spin Cycle. Spin Cycle Spin Cycle was a block created in September 2006 to replace the Kapow! block. This block showed certain specials, like season finales, episodes & other stuff. It made a short absence in January 2007, until it returned in February 2007. Shortly after the February 2007 revamp, the name was repurposed as the branding for the daily 7pm-8pm Action Block. Starting September 3rd, Spin Cycle will be airing every weekday after school from 4-6 PM with different shows everyday. Teletoon Retro See Also: TELETOON Retro Teletoon Retro was a block that showed some older programming. Although these one-hour blocks have recently disappeared, '' The Flintstones '' and '' The Jetsons '' remained in their timeslots until January 8 2007 , though without the Commercial Bumper s. Teletoon Retro is schedueled to return in Fall 2007. A new digital service of the same name has been approved in August 2005 by the . It is schedueled to air classic shows like The Bugs Bunny And Tweety Show , Scooby-Doo , The Flinstones , The Racoons , The Jetsons , Fat Albert among many others. TRIVIA
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