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  • ️Fri May 31 2024

MeTV Toons (Creator)

I'm glad we still have funny cartoons to watch!

—Mr. Magoo, in a voice-line often used in the network's bumpers

MeTV Toons is a spin-off of American broadcast TV network MeTV that, like its parent network, is owned by Weigel Broadcasting. But whereas MeTV proper is dedicated to classic TV sitcoms, Westerns, mystery shows, and the like, MeTV Toons is dedicated to showcasing animated television spanning a wide range of time from the 1930s all the way up to the mid-2000s, coming about as a result of the success of Toon In With Me and the dedicated Saturday Morning Cartoons block on the parent channel. Most of the channel's catalogue is licensed from Warner Bros. Discovery (including Hanna-Barbera and MGM), with a few cartoons from third party studios such as Universal, Sony Pictures Television, WildBrain, Paramountnote  and Shout! Factory.

Though the channel is not merely a re-run channel, as it also features original programming created by animation historian Jerry Beck, such as the interstitial series Cartoon College that shares trivia about the various characters and shows featured on the channel.

The channel launched with 55 affiliates across the USA on June 25, 2024 and is also available on live-TV streaming services Frndly TV and Philo. The official website can be found here!

Trailers: Launch date trailer; Network Preview.

Original Programming:

  • Cartoon All-Stars
    • Sunday Night Cartoon All-Stars
    • Cartoon All-Stars: Christmas Edition
  • Toon In With Me (shared with parent network)
  • Hare's to Bugs! A Bugs Bunny Celebration - A hour-long documentary celebrating Bugs Bunny's 84th anniversary.
  • Scooby-Doo Sunday Special Hosted by House of Svengoolie - A two-hour block of horror-themed Scooby-Doo cartoons hosted by the Svengoolie gang on the Sunday before Halloween 2024.
  • ''House of Svengoolie's Cartoon BOO-Nanza' - A hour-long block of horror-themed Bugs Bunny cartoons hosted by the Svengoolie gang on the Sunday before Halloween 2024.
  • A Very Merry Bugs Bunny Christmas - A compilation of Christmas-themed Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts
  • Rabbits, Ducks & No Turkeys! - A marathon of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck cartoons for Thanksgiving Day 2024.
  • Black (& White) Friday - Marathon of black and white Popeye, Betty Boop and Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes cartoons for Black Friday 2024.
  • The House of Hanna-Barbera - an anthology of the various Hanna-Barbera Funny Animal shows of the late 1950's and early 1960's.

Shows that have aired or are scheduled to air on the network include:note 

Movies and specials that have aired and are scheduled to air on the network include:

MeTV Toons provides examples of:

  • The Artifact: The late-night "No Strings Attached" block featuring Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation shows was originally three hours long, as reflected in a clip of Captain White stating "That gives us three hours" in the opening bumper for it. The block was reduced to 90 minutes in February 2025 to make room for a new block of superhero cartoons, but the Captain White clip was still used in the opener despite the block now longer being three hours long.
  • Bowdlerize: Like with the main channel, cartoons with Blackface or other racially insensitive jokes are edited, along with odd cases of extreme violence (such as Suicide as Comedy). However, they handle cartoons with a much gentler touch than previous networks that have aired classic cartoons.
  • Made-for-TV Movie: A few have aired, such as The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones.
  • Take That!: One Cartoon College segment about Tom and Jerry post-Hanna-Barbera speaks charitably about Chuck Jones' series of shorts...but doesn't extend the same charity toward Gene Deitch's infamous series of Tom and Jerry shorts, openly calling them "Mistake #2" after "Mistake #1" (which was MGM firing Bill and Joe from Tom and Jerry in the first place) note .