Why did Cartoon Network discontinue the "Cartoon Cartoon"

Because cartoons are for children. The CN wants that hip tween demographic.

Cartoon Network tried to get rid of cartoons 2007-2008, introducing live action, cancelling toonami and anime, cancelling the last of the old cartoon cartoons, etc

The plan was foiled but the brand didn't survived

Multiple reasons.

What did most(with a few exceptions) of the Cartoon Cartoons have in common? One, they started off as shorts, and kids voted on whichever one they liked best to become a full series. Two, the Cartoon cartoons started off as being animated by Hanna-Barbera, then they transferred over to digital animation when H-B was deprecated. They had similar animation styles (again with the exception of EEnE): flat, angular, 60s-esque stuff.

Codename Kids next door was the last show to premiere under the Cartoon Cartoon brand, since that was CN's last original show to be greenlit based on voting results from kids, and the last one made with some H-B involvement (they did the pilot episode). Shows like Camp Lazlo, Hi Hi Puffy amiyumi, and Class of 3000 had no business being under the Cartoon Cartoon name since those were simply CN original series made from scratch with no Hanna-Barbera connection, and the animation styles had changed.

>>92209958
What really irritates me is not the discontinuation, but that Samurai Jack and Megas XLR aren't there.

>>92211464
There's a reason for that. The Cartoon Cartoons, when the brand was still around, were intended to be mostly straight-up comedies. Samurai Jack was more of an action show with a bit of comedy, so it wasn't branded as a Cartoon Cartoon.

As for Megas XLR, the same explanation applies (it's more of an action-comedy that a straight-up comedy). But in addition, Megas premiered in May 2004, nearly a year after CN had discontinued the Cartoon Cartoon name.

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>>92209958
fgt ceo wanted to turn it into a reality TV station

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>>92212474
Greedy fuck killed alot of jobs. Alot of the tools went to Boomerang never to return again.

>>92211988
But both of them use the old CN logo with the custom ending snippet made for each show.

watching cartoon cartoon fridays is still one of my favorite memories of middle schoo

>>92211988
>But in addition, Megas premiered in May 2004, nearly a year after CN had discontinued the Cartoon Cartoon name.
The pilot came out in 2002 though, did it not?

>>92212920
Yes, but the show proper came out when the Cartoon Cartoons brand name was 95% phased out

>>92209958
They ran out of shorts from the What a Cartoon Show around that time.

No idea why they never kept going with it. It was a good idea. Creators get a chance to get a show on the air and pilot to execs and audiences. Made a really good farming ground for future series. Added loads of variety to the lineup.