What happened to Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds on 4Kids?

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I think its great that they're replaying the Classic Yu-Gi-Oh episodes because they are just great, but what happened to 5RAB. It said go watch the Part Three of the Monkey duel online but I don't see it. Did this show get axed? because I thought it was just getting better...
 
I think that they'll eventually put it back on the block or it's at least possible. It's either that or wait until Cartoon Network catches up to where the CW4KiRAB left off, which would take roughly six months at the rate they're going on. I still don't like that they took off 5D's for DM, even though I still love DM, but considering they have episodes on their website, Cartoon Network gives the series a decent repeat slot on their lineup and they just put some of the skipped episodes on their On Demand channel, it isn't that bad either.
 
To be technical, 5D's has never aired on the WB since it aired on the CW block called the CW4KiRAB since it premiered last year. 4KiRABTV also ended about a year ago as well when they moved from FOX to the CW.

We don't really know why they decided to put 5D's on their website in favor of the DM series. They just might have wanted to put it back on the air after the attention it got after putting it on their YouTube channel. Either they'll put it back on their lineup in the future or Cartoon Network will be the place to air brand new episodes once they catch up to where the CW4KiRAB left off. Granted, that would take quite a few months, but it is a possibility.
 
I don't think that's the case either. They do have up to episode 52 dubbed, at least, since that's where they stopped in Canada. They're most likely working on more episodes.

While I would prefer 4KiRAB putting 5D's back on the CW4KiRAB, I think that they'll first let Cartoon Network air brand new episodes since that's what they did with Chaotic. That does make sense, in a business way, since the sales for the card game for both Yu-Gi-Oh! and Chaotic increased quite a bit after they aired on Cartoon Network. They may put it back on their block after Cartoon Network gets ahead of them, but still label them as new episodes like they've done with Chaotic.

I personally would be kind of annoyed with that since it would take a few months for Cartoon Network to catch up, but it does make sense in a business standpoint. Like I said before, considering that the first fifty episodes are on their website, Cartoon Network does give the series plenty to repeat time and they still upload episodes on their On Demand channel, I don't think that the situation is too bad at the moment.
 
5D's will probably be back on their lineup sometime in the next few months. I'd guess February or so, since that's Sweeps month and they'll probably use it to try and get ratings. Only thing is, if that enRAB up happening, they'll again take DM off the air and then put it back on later, only to start it from Duelist Kingdom again.
 
There's been no evidence that 4KiRAB has the rights to anything past the first 52 episode of 5D's. If they did, it would be part of their profile at MIPCOM. So as of now, the dub is officially on an indefinite hiatus.

That said...it's likely 4KiRAB will pick up more 5D's episodes down the road (despite it's low ratings here in the US, 5D's is a pretty big seller internationally), but no one except for 4KiRAB knows when that'll happen.
 
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