According to Clicktv.com, the schedule for Kids' WB! on February 12th is:

8:00 - The New Batman/Superman Adventures
8:30 - Pokémon
9:00 - Batman Beyond
9:30 - Pokémon
10:00 - Pokémon
10:30 - Men In Black
11:00 - Detention
11:30 - Tiny Toon Adventures

Please note, the schedule can change if Kids' WB! decides to change it, but that seems unlikely. I think Max Steel will premiere in the 9:30 Pokémon slot. I doubt Kids' WB! will premiere Max Steel at a 11:30 timeslot, especially since it's lead-in is Detention, which is a comedy series and Max Steel is action/adventure. Nice move for Kids' WB! moving Men In Black since Men In Black's ratings have skyrocketed in the 10:30 timeslot, with it's lead-in of Pokémon. Only the future will tell.

---Rembrant

AOL's Ultimate Poké-site; Daffy on N64
Mon Jan 31 07:03:06 2000

My apologies for slacking on the news - thankfully Rembrandt, MadHatter, CornyDog and others have contributed regularly. Many thanks to them for helping to keep everyone informed.

These two news briefs come courtesy of the latest issue of ZENtertainment.com:

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KID NEEDED TO CREATE 'Pokémon' AOL SITE WARNER Home Video and AOL are holding a contest where kids aged six to thirteen can submit an essay for a chance at helping the WB ONLINE design team create the "ultimate" Pokémon website. The winner of the contest, which ends this Tuesday at 11:59pm ET, will be flown with their family to Hollywood to spend the weekend with the design team, and they'll also receive a tour of the WARNER lot, a $100 WB STUDIO STORE gift certificate, and $500 cash. Pokémon: THE FIRST MOVIE will be released on VHS & DVD on March 21st.
AOL KEYWORD: ko
AOL KEYWORD: Pokémon

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'DUCK DODGERS' FOR THE N64
INFOGRAMES will release a DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24th 1/2 CENTURY game for the NINTENDO 64 this summer. The 3D action-adventure has Dodgers trying to stop Marvin the Martian from destroying the Earth alongside his trusty sidekick, Porky Pig. Aided with gizmos like an ACME jetpack, raygun, boxing gloves, and Instant
Martian decoys, the action travels across five different worlds of wacky obstacles and silly enemies.
http://www.us.infogrames.com/


Gookie
--hopes to see a Bugs vs Daffy matchup on Cartoon Network's THE BIG GAME XXXIX.

Dini: X-MEN Not at WB Animation
Fri Jan 28 16:50:37 2000

According to comicscontinuum.com, X-Men: The Series WILL air on Kids' WB! next fall, but will not be produced by WB Animation. Paul Dini had this to say about X-Men: The Series when he spoke to comicscontinuum.com:

"Here's all I know," said Paul Dini, producer of Batman, Superman and Batman Beyond at Kids' WB!, "Kids' WB! will probably buy and run X-Men, but the production will be done elsewhere.

"The look of the show will probably be that of the currently filming live-action movie, and no one on our art or writing staff is involved with its creation.

"Seriously. It's like Pokémon. Our network is running it, but we ain't makin' it."

---Rembrant

Kids' WB! delivers big time!
Fri Jan 28 16:46:05 2000

Though Pokémon is the highest rated children show on television, several other Kids' WB! shows are raking up some big numbers in ratings (except The Big Cartoonie Show). Kids' WB! won it's 18th consecutive victory this season and leads all networks as number one children's net, even beating out former #1 kids' net, Nickelodeon.Here were last week's ratings for Kids' WB!:

POKÉMON, in its 10:00 a.m./ET time period, dominated the competition to rank as the #1 program for the morning with a 7.4/23 rating/share among Kids 2-11. The series also led the morning among all competition in Kids 6-11 (9.5/30), Boys 2-11 (9.8/33), Boys 2-5 (5.9/21) and Boys 6-11 (12.2/39). In the 8:30 a.m./ET time period, POKÉMON also ranked #1 among Kids 2-11 (5.7/28), Kids 2-5 (4.2/23) Kids 6-11 (6.6/31), Boys 2-11 (7.8/38), Boys 2-5 (5.7/36) and Boys 6-11 (9.1/39) for the morning.


Additional Kids’ WB! Saturday morning highlights include:

THE NEW BATMAN/SUPERMAN ADVENTURES captured its 8:00 a.m./ET time period, delivering a 2.3/17 among Kids 2-11, topping all broadcast and cable competition. The series also led the half-hour among all competition in Kids 6-11 (2.8/19), Boys 2-11 (3.3/23), Boys 2-5 (2.0/21), Boys 6-11 (4.1/24).

At 9:00 a.m./ET, BATMAN BEYOND outperformed its time period competition among Kids 2-11 (4.3/17), Kids 2-5 (3.5/14), Boys 2-11 (6.0/24), Boys 2-5 (5.5/25) and Boys 6-11 (6.4/24).

MEN IN BLACK ranked #1 among the 10:30 a.m./ET time period broadcast competition in Kids 2-11 (4.2/14) and Kids 6-11 (4.6/15). The series dominated all competition, including cable, among Boys 2-11 (5.4/20), Boys 2-5 (5.7/22) and Boys 6-11 (5.3/19).

DETENTION posted a 3.1/11 in Kids 2-11 to dominate its 11:00 a.m./ET time period broadcast competition. The series captured the half-hour among all competition, including cable, in Boys 2-11 (4.2/17), Boys 2-5 (4.7/18) and Boys 6-11 (3.9/16).

At 11:30 a.m./ET, THE SYLVESTER AND TWEETY MYSTERIES topped its broadcast time period competition among Kids 2-11 (3.1/13), Kids 6-11 (3.5/14) and Boys 6-11 (4.1/18). The series dominated all broadcast and cable time period competition among Boys 2-11 (4.0/17) and Boys 2-5 (4.0/16).
Kids’ WB!’s weekday season-to-date ratings/share (2.5/15) among Kids 2-11 continues to outperform Nickelodeon’s (2.3/16) and Fox Kids’ (1.9/11) morning (7:00-8:00 a.m. ET) and afternoon (3:00-5:00 p.m.) blocks. For the week, POKÉMON, in its 4:00 p.m. time period, ranked as the #1 program with a 5.1/23 among Kids 2-11 and, in its 7:00 a.m./ET time period, the series(3.8/31) ranked among the top five programs. In addition, BATMAN BEYOND (M&F) and THE NEW BATMAN/SUPERMAN ADVENTURES (T-W-Th) weekday average posted a 2.5/11 to rank among the top ten programs.

---Rembrant

According to AnotherUniverse.com, Max Steel will premiere February. I haven't seen any promos for the show as of yet (but heck, I haven't watched Kids'WB! for a few weeks), but I heard someone saw some promos for it anyway. Just thought I'd mention that.

---Rembrant

Superman on Batman Beyond
Thu Jan 20 13:35:51 2000

Animated Shorts @ Mania Magazine has a column of Paul Dini speaking on the future of Batman Beyond and Superman. In it he says that sometime this year, Kids' WB! will air the one-hour series finale of Superman. He also mentioned that next second, Batman Beyond's third-season, will be it's last. He is on work next season's episode, including the series-finale starring, guess who....Superman! This is what he had to say on the BB-Superman teamup,"We just started production on that one and our plans are to make it the finale of the third and final season," says Dini. "That's right, we end it when Superman shows up, and he's not going to be alone. There's going to be a lot of big surprises when that episode airs. It's going to be an episode that a lot of fans have wanted to see for a lot of reasons." He also spooke on the Batman Beyond: The Movie saying that it will answer alot of questions, and bring up some new ones. I'm kinda bummed out though, next season is the final season for Batman Beyond, plus there isn't any more Batman and Superman is ending. Well..only time will tell what happens.

---Rembrant

Dexter's Lab: Ego Trip Airs Saturday!
Fri Jan 14 22:11:37 2000

Whoever it was that said they keep missing it - you've got no excuse this time.

"Ego Trip" airs Saturday night at 7:30pm (CST) - that's actually 6:30pm where I live, so be sure to check your own local listings.

It really is a great cartoon, and funny too - especially for sci-fi buffs. I'd go as far as to say this cartoon is already a classic.

Don't miss it this time!

---Gookie

WB's "Cats and Dogs" Movie
Wed Jan 12 10:18:39 2000

Just found this over on Yahoo!'s Entertainment
News:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000112/re/film_cats_1.html

-Jon

New H!s (including Martin Luther King!)
Tue Jan 11 17:38:39 2000

Direct from the mouth of TR, via a.t.a.:

One of the remaining three new episodes of "Histeria" will premiere this coming Monday, Jan. 17. Check local listings if you care to tune in. It premieres on Monday for a reason -- that's the day most folks are celebrating "Martin Luther King's Birthday," and Martin has a key role in this particular episode.

The other two new episodes are not scheduled yet, to my knowledge, but have been in the can for several months now. Kids WB plans to use them in Feb., I believe.

-C
Looking forward to it...I'm sure I'm not the only one hoping MLK is handled in a tasteful yet humorous fashion....

Iron Giant on TNT, MIB's rise
Tue Jan 4 17:57:01 2000

MEN IN BLACK: THE SERIES has been picking up steam on Kids WB! The Sony Pictures Entertainment show has increased its ratings by 110% since its second season last year. It has earned a 4.2 rating with kids 2-11 and a 5.0 rating with kids 6-11.


In a move much like a parent buying their child a toy and then receiving money from their kids allowance for it, Warner Bros. Features has sold THE IRON GIANT to Cartoon Network and TNT. Cartoon Network couldn't handle the license fee of US$3 million, so sister Turner channel, TNT, came in to help out on a six-month pre-Cartoon Network window. TNT will get six runs of the critically acclaimed box-office disappointment within that six month time period. Both networks plan to promote the film as a special picture that was overlooked (mis-marketed to some) at the box office. Hopefully, everyone over at the Time Warner family of WB Features, Cartoon Network and TNT will be pleased once THE IRON GIANT makes it to the less-giant screen.

(both news are from AWN Headline News)

---Rembrant

Pokémon toys gone/BB toys in early?
Tue Jan 4 11:00:20 2000

Okay, here's some collectible news that's hopefully a little more timely. I'm sure most of you have heard that Burger King has had to pull all 57 of its Pokémon toys after a 13-month-old managed to suffocate herself with part of a Pokéball. The entire Pokémon line is gone from BK now.

Something I'm curious about... does this mean that they'll be starting their Batman Beyond promotion early? One BK in my neck of the woods says that it's still starting on Jan. 10, the other (via the temporary sign below the marquee) says that they're already here. Anyone know for sure what's going on? I never eat there... plus I'm too lazy to check for myself.

Hatter

(sorry about the double post below... somehow, my computer did that!)

It's the Brak show!!!
 Mon Jan 3 17:52:08 2000

Okay, a few of you around here share my love of that goofy little former space pirate cat-thing. Now, it looks like he's going to get his own show! Well, a pilot of such, anyway. Apparently, it's going to be a variety-style show with Brak and Zorak (no Space Ghost) singing along with various musical guests. Works for me! Here's what Brak had to say about it:

The Brak Show Debuts Feb. 20 Cartoon Network

I am so tired. I've been taping my new show and hobnobbing with the big time celebrities appearing on my show and eating butter. I'm worn out, buddy buddy! Television is hard. How does Space Ghost do it? Man! I got to get in the limo and make sure the t.v. in there is on the right channel. And then I got to get in makeup for three hours. And people want me to sign things like checks and their navels and babies. I got to call Ohio and make sure they get the cable so they can see my show. And I got to memorize my lines. What lines? Who said that? What? What? What? And I get told "no" a lot by the Cartoon Network people. You can tell that they're important. They're the only ones who bathe. Like I asked for a talking dinosaur that sets his tail on fire and makes bunnies appear. They said no. Then I asked for a talking house that spins plates and rides tigers. They said no. Then I asked for an exploding pineapple army. They said no. Then I asked for Tom Selleck. They said no. So I had to settle for Freddie Prinze, Jr. He's funny. He spits when he sings.

(Zorak: Ask for an exploding cast of 7th Heaven!)

You know where I'll be that day!

Hatter

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: HI, MY NAME IS BRAK!!