Toon Zone Talkback - MTV Sets Up Comedy/Animation Department

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For the first time since 2002, MTV Animation has returned.

I worry MTV may have demographically condemned itself, and that reality is the only thing that'll attract any numbers anymore due to all other interests ignoring the channel altogether now.

Here's hoping this results in something as excellent as Clone High. As well as something that lasts longer than one season.
 
MTV has been in a bit of an identity crisis this year. They still air their garbage reality shows like Jersey Shore but they've also been airing movies, like the Star Wars series, and TV shows like Scrubs and Degrassi. So, returning to animation seems to fit with their "searching" mentality.
 
This is interesting and could be potentially good for fans of animation but I can't see MTV creating an animated series that would last much longer than a year or so, if the department even lasted that long. Still, this could be kind of cool for the short term if they can bang out something fun an original.
 
They've also been airing South Park weeknights in prime time lately. Albeit, they're airing the older edited syndicated episodes from the first few seasons but it's still really weird seeing South Park on MTV.

MTV doesn't seem like it allows its animated series more than one season. DJ & the Fro premiered to huge ratings this summer but for the rest of the show's run MTV moved it to 6 different timeslots, as if they were trying to get it canceled.

Where My Dogs At? also got really big ratings back in summer 2006 on MTV2, but MTV canceled it because of a controversy with an episode, even though Jersey Shore is attracting controversy and that's still on the air.
 
Gosh MTV just needs to go back to videos and The real world. I've seen what MTV shoots out from the cartoon dept they'll be dead within the second season and with shows like South Park and Family Guy setting a new standard for Cartoons the shows were looking at could just be gross, sick, and twisted. I mean look at their knock-off of Robot Chicken it's basically the same thing the only difference is they have to say their name every 10 seconds.
 
Uh..what?

I'm confused by what you're talking about in regards to Robot Chicken, are you talking about Titan Maximum? If so, yes that show is garbage.

MTV needs to learn to take their finger off the trigger when airing animated series, if they aren't hits right out of the gate, they kill em'.

Even if they are hits, they still tend to kill them considering the fate of Where My Dogs At?

That show attracted 18 million viewers total over the course of its 6 episode run. That's 2 to 3 million viewers an episode. How was that not renewed?
 
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