The Complete History of CN Real

I find it rather ironic that this whole thing started with a bomb scare and that one of the shows they ended up making was literally about blowing things up.

It’s weird to think that for a few years, some shows on Cartoon Network weren’t cartoons.

Yes, I remember watching these back in the late 2000s-early 2000s. Yes, I watched Destroy Build Destroy and Dude, What Would Happen? (both shows that survived after the CN Real block was discontinued when Cartoon Network rebranded to the Check It era in 2010).

This was well worth the wait. Fine work as usual. I always saw CN Real as Cartoon Network's attempt at gaining the audiences that Nickelodeon and Disney Channel got with their live action shows. The problem was that Cartoon Network either liked to half-ass things or didn't put in any time or money to make something with any staying power, they think, if we do the thing it's bound to work no questions asked. About the only thing that had any potential in CN Real is Tower Prep, even Destroy Build Destroy depending on who you ask. When you look into things from a business perspective, it helps paint a clearer picture, but by the end CN Real had nothing worth defending, like they threw whatever they could at the wall.

1992-1998 - Checkerboard 1998-2004 - Powerhouse 2004-2006 - CN City 2006-2008 - Yes! / Fall / Summer 2008-2010 - Noods / CN REAL (<- this unholy era) 2010-2016 - Early Renaissance Era (Check it / YEEEAUHHHH) 2016-2021 - Late Renaissance Era (Mash Up / Dimensional / Sticker) 2021-Now - Modern Era (RYW / Pastel)

Even as a kid I thought it was stupid for a channel based solely on cartoons would suddenly do live action stuff.

I think the problem wasn’t just CN Real but more everything surrounding it, cancelation of cartoons, lack of new cartoons etc. The Noods deserved a better era. Also Jim Samples wasn’t innocent ether he allowed Re-animated and started airing live action movies around ‘05. Edit: Overabundance of licensed shows too, I like Total Drama as much as the next guy but Canadian cartoons outnumbered the amount of original stuff.

I’d like to see a video about Tickle U, CN’s failed preschool block.

it's fascinating how short these ran for, and the only ones i really did remember were Destroy Build Destroy and Dude What Would Happen before the hybrid of cartoons and live action also, those edits during the destroy build destroy section were amazing, just recreating the transitions from pure passion for it being "The Okay One!" and i love it

I love Hole in the Wall. That show was awesome. It was a game show where panels were pushed across a stage and you had to match the shape of the hole inside them or it would push you into the water.

I remember seeing some advertisements for Destroy Build Destroy back when CN Real was still going, and I honestly never understood it at all.

They also had chowder at the time too

I was a stupid kid in 2009, I didn't know any of the behind the scenes. I enjoyed Brain Rush, DBD, and Dude, what would happen. They were dumb but enjoyable, the rest sucked, and I would have gotten so much money on Brain Rush if I had gotten on.

I remember actually enjoying the CN real shows back when I was 12

here in brazil, cn tried too to seel live actions shows too like level up and mr young, but this really shows of cn real never got airing here. And i can see why.

When it comes to CN Real, I see it as a necessary evil because of two quotes I read from DarktonReturns (formerly known as darkton93) of deviantART: 1. CN Real was a last resort, a way to keep the network afloat during the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America Strike and Great Recession that made animation hard to do. 2. Stuart Snyder may have done CN Real, but he was in a bad position. The 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America Strike and Great Recession hit right around the time it started, and without CN Real, the network couldn't have survived because it would be forced to air reruns, or why else do you think that period got so heavy on Canadian cartoons? The shows were pre-made and only needed to be licensed. It was no different from licensing an anime.

"Perhaps we treated Teen Titans Go too harshly..."

More like the TRAGEDY of CN REAL.

I remembered Watching Cartoon network from 2001 to 2011. After watching Amazing World of Gumball, Adventure Time, Regular Show, and Stephen's Universal. Even though they are geared towards the latter half of Generation Z to the early half of Generation Alpha, I get a lot of entertainment value. It gets me through dark times in life. The best dark show ever on Cartoon network is Courage the Cowardly Dog. That cartoon helped many children overcome fear of things they shouldn't be afraid of.

I find it funny that Knott's Berry Farm made was on Cartoon Network of all places.