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{{quote|''"It's unbelievable! The [[Cartoon Network]] is running live-action sitcoms now! They're the ''Cartoon'' Network! They're supposed to run cartoons! How can they get away with this?! It'd be like a news network running stuff besides news!"''|'''Jason Fox''', ''[[FoxTrot]]''}}
{{quote|'''Zodd:''' ''Don't you think we can do a little better than DTV?''
'''Phil:''' ''Why, what's wrong with DTV? It's television for demons, we're demons -- it's perfect.''
'''Zodd:''' ''Yeah, but you know how these specialty cable networks are: they start out real good, but then they lose their focus and things go downhill real quick. Just look at what happened to G4!''|''[[Berserk Abridged]]''}}
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{{quote|''"Des [Lynham] switched sides to [[ITV]] as it has more live football than [[The BBC]], unsurprising as even [[Cartoon Network]] has more live football than the BBC."''|'''Angus Deaton''', ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''}}
{{quote|By the way, Mom dropped cable in 1990 and I haven't had access to it since. I imagine if I ever wanted to come back, I'd have this conversation with the cable guy:
"So, I can get music videos on [[MTV]] with this?"
"No, they don't do those anymore. They do supercheap reality programs."
"Oh......What about [[VH
"They show nothing but I Love The __'s shows now."
"But that's an even bigger niche than showing only videos! How could that possibly be more profitable?"
"Dunno, but it's their station."
"How about [[Tech TV]]?"
"They changed their name to [[G 4]] and their focus to video games."
"So they cover game news?"
"No, they buy repeats of male-centered shows and run them."
"That doesn't make any sense."
"I'm sure it does to somebody."
"What are they running on [[Nickelodeon|Nick At Nite]]?"<br />
"Nothing made earlier than 2000."<br />
"[[
"Yes, but you couldn't learn anything from it now if you tried."<br />
"What's on the [[Disney Channel]]?"<br />
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Sad.|[[Platypus Comix]]'s article on [http://www.platypuscomix.net/videos/toptwenty.html MTV's Top 20 Videos of 1984]}}
{{quote|'''[[CNN]] Representative:''' These new scripted programs will attract deep-pocketed advertisers!
'''Mulberry:''' But what if I want to watch the news? Where am I gonna get THAT?
'''CNN Representative:''' Eh...we sell reruns on DVD, if anyone's interested...|''[[
{{quote|''"Hello, cable service? I'm watching [[Black Entertainment Television]], but there aren't any black people and it isn't entertaining."''|'''Huey Freeman''', ''[[The Boondocks]]''}}
{{quote|"[[Who Wants to Be
{{quote|'''Announcer:''' Coming soon on Ninja Movie Week! Ninja Dry Cleaner, Ninja Shoe Repair, Ninja Video Rental and Ninja Dentist! Coming this week on... See-Fee?... [[
{{quote|''"This weekend on [[The History Channel]], someone digs through old plastic junk ("It's a Dukes of Hazzard wastebasket!"), someone else tries to sell a doll head ("I used to take the heads off the bodies, and I kept the heads")... and Larry the Cable Guy taste-tests Tabasco sauce ("I can't feel my dadgum tongue!"). The History Channel. What the hell happened to us?"''|''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]''}}
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{{quote|''"[[Animation Age Ghetto|ANIME IS A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME!]] WE'RE GOING ALL [[Live Action TV|LIVE ACTION]] THIS SUMMER!"''|[[Adult Swim]] [http://www.bumpworthy.com/bumps/3862 lampshading their ''own'' Network Decay].}}
{{quote|''"I want to apologize to all of you. I was SEVERELY mislead. Was told we were bagging the 'movie' to do what [[The Weather Channel|this network]] was created for."''|[http://twitter.com/#!/JimCantore/status/13165039488 Jim Cantore], [
{{quote|''"[MTV]'ve been celebrating their 30th anniversary. I don't know why they bother. MTV is not what MTV was. It's like the Oklahoma City Thunder celebrating their years as the Seattle Supersonics. One is not the other, so why even pretend?"''|[[Todd in
{{quote|''"There was U2, and Blondie, and music still on MTV..."''|[[Bowling for Soup]], "1985"}}
{{quote|''"They're allowed to watch half an hour of television, and only cartoons. Which means no [[Cartoon Network]]."''|From ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force
{{quote|''"Remember [[Cartoon Network|they]] used to run “[[What a Cartoon Show|What-A-Cartoon]]”? Now it’s “Where’s-the-Cartoons?”"''|'''Jerry Beck''', ''[[
{{quote|"[[Adult Swim]] is kind of like [[Image Boards|4chan]]. In the beginning they were both small corners of the world where American anime fans could congregate. Then a bunch of [[Fan Hater|anime-haters]] hop onboard and [[Animation Age Ghetto|complain about the content that started it all.]]"|'''hwkerins'''; [[YouTube]] user, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdGhgHj1GCE commenting on an old Adult Swim bumper.]}}
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{{quote|''"Maybe I'm suffering from 90's baby "Who Moved My Cheese?" syndrome, but [[Cartoon Network]] may want to focus on CARTOONS. […] Even [[Adult Swim]] sucks. With the exception of [[The Boondocks]], the [[Anime]]-Satruday blocks, and few other shows, it's horrible. [[Tim and Eric]] aren't funny. The World Around You is not funny. Where is my adult-oriented funny?!? "''|'''Jhenne Tyler B. ''', [http://jhennebean.blogspot.com/2009/03/et-tu-cartoon-network.html Et Tu Cartoon Network?]}}
{{quote|Your name is [[Cartoon Network]],
so you expect to see,
nothing but [[Animated Shows|animation]] when [[Exactly What It Says
[[The Millennium Age of Animation|But the times they are a-changing,]]<br />
[[Animation Age Ghetto|so don’t get left behind,]]<br />
because now [[Live Action TV|we’ve got real people]] and,<br />
[[Blatant Lies|we’ve heard it blows your mind.]]|'''[[Andrew
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