CW kids' lineup to include Tom & Jerry, Scooby, Legion of Superheroes

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Kids WB! on CW Unveils Lineup
By John Eggerton

Kids WB! on CW will add four new shows when it moves from The
(folding) WB to the new CW network when the latter launches in the
fall, including several featuring classic Warner Bros. toons.

Making way for the classic animation will be some anime offerings,
including including Yu-Gi-Oh, Viewtiful Joe, and the one-time
powerhouse brand, Pokemon.

Three of the four new shows are from Warner Bros. Animation, whose
parent, Time Warner, co-owns the new CW network, as it did The WB.

With all four remaining shows from the Warner Bros. toon shop, that
means seven of the eight shows announced so far for the
Saturday-morning kids block are in-house productions.

The new shows are Legion of Super Heroes, a familiar title to Boomer

Rob Jensen...

I dare them to do *all* of the versions of the Legion, including the
TMK team.

-- Rob

comic fans; and the familiar faces of Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue,
Tom & Jerry Tales, and Monster Allergy (from Rainbow S.P.A.).

Sticking around for the switch are The Batman, Loonatics Unleashed,
Xiaolin Showdown and Johnny Test, not to be confused with Johnny
Quest.

The five-hour block will begin at 7-8 a.m. with "Pillow Head," two
as-yet-unidentified education/informational shows, which means they
qualify towards the FCC's three-hour weekly minimum of E/I shows.

To add a spoonful of sugar to the educational block, it will have a
host, a "youth correspondent," Giselle, who will do "red carpet"
interviews with celebrities about "pillow hair" experiences and other
pillow-related fare, according to Warner Bros.