Disney, masters of PR and timing, have announced a price raise for Disney+, Hulu, and most of its bundles effective October 21. variety.com/2025/digital...

Pete Smith Day, Adult Swim's yearly late-September celebration of former on-air writer/Brak Show co-creator Pete Smith, seems to not be happening this year unless we get a very last minute schedule change.

My Gym Partner's a Monkey joins the Discovery Family weekend lineup starting Saturday, October 11 at 1:00p. One of the more out of left field additions to the network's lineup ever since it started adding CN and WB series.

Think Nick@Nite moving up to 7pm shows that we're well past the point of no return for these kids nets. Nick@Nite is on 12 hours a day, Adult Swim is on 13... They're just trying to catch the viewers that are left on cable TV... and none of those are kids.

The Women Wearing Shoulder Pads AMA post is up early so you can send in questions. AMA starts in two hours reddit.com/r/adultswim/...

AMA with the creator and crew of Women Wearing Shoulder Pads happening on r/adultswim this Friday at 3:00 PM EST / 12:00 PM PST www.reddit.com/r/adultswim/...

Mr. Pickles replaces Smiling Friends on weekdays at 12:30a starting October 8 (the day after Smiling Friends S3 premieres at 11:30p). Joe Pera replaces Squidbillies at 4:30a.

After the season finale of Women Wearing Shoulder Pads on Sunday, September 28 at 12:00a, a two-hour movie edit of the season, dubbed in English, airs at 12:15a. It'll also stream on HBO Max.

MeTV Toons is teasing the addition of Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, the 80s Ralph Bakshi adaptation that was a forerunner for the creator-driven cartoons of the 90s onward, in a quickly-deleted sizzle reel. youtu.be/5bscFrRyWiA

Paramount Skydance Corporation is exploring a bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. It would be for the company as it currently is, rather than the two separate companies WBD plans to be in the future. deadline.com/2025/09/para...

Scoobtober starts up again on September 29, with the CN weekday lineup showing a medley of Scooby shows: 9:32a - Where Are You! 10:00a - The Scooby-Doo Show 10:30a - and Scrappy-Doo 11:00a - What's New? 11:30a - Mystery Inc 12:00p - and Guess Who?

Warner Archive is releasing ALL 114 shorts from the original run of Tom and Jerry on Blu-ray December 2. Comes with a 28 page booklet, 20 commentaries, and a bonus disc with 3 hours of extras, including new "The Story of Mammy Two Shoes" and "Animal Hijinks" featurettes.

Per The Wrap: Greg Cipes was reportedly offered a new role for Teen Titans Go after "performance issues", along with a development deal to "keep him involved". Cipes has recorded a couple of scripts as the new character already. www.thewrap.com/teen-titans-...

Greg Cipes says that he was fired as the voice of Beast Boy on Teen Titans Go! around February, accusing Sam Register of firing him right after he publicly shared his Parkinson's diagnosis.

Got a marathon of Smiling Friends season 1 and 2 Friday, September 26 from 1:00a - 5:00a. The sole missing episode is the Brazil special.

"Krypto Saves the Day!", a new animated short series from DC, premieres on Cartoon Network Saturday, September 27. Lineup: 9:00a - Teen Titans Go (new) 9:12a - Krypto Saves the Day (new) 9:21a - Teen Titans Go 9:36a - We Baby Bears (new) 9:51a - Krypto Saves the Day (repeat)

Arcane wins

Appears that Nick@Nite did a last minute save of its nighttime rights to air Friends. So last minute it happened AFTER what we thought was the final showing on Thursday. TBS, which has daytime rights, briefly added nighttime showings to its schedule, but those were removed today.

Cartoon Network, DC, and Warner Bros. have sued AI image/video generator Midjourney for copyright infringement, violating copyright protections to generate images of characters like Superman and Bugs Bunny. "Midjourney thinks it is above the law." www.cnet.com/tech/service...

YouTube has struck a deal with Sesame Workshop to license "hundreds" of classic episodes of Sesame Street starting in January. New episodes will air on Netflix and PBS same-day starting in November, moving away from HBO Max.

HBO and Cinemax have renamed several channels, effective immediately, to "better reflect the respective content offerings". HBO2 -> HBO Hits HBO Signature -> HBO Drama HBO Zone -> HBO Movies MoreMAX -> Cinemax Hits ActionMAX -> Cinemax Action 5starMAX -> Cinemax Classics

The Cartoonito channel in Latin America has gone commercial-free, a response to families asking for a place that prioritizes content over commercial messages. There are also now only two feeds: one in Brazil, and one for the rest of Latin America.

Not officially confirmed but Nelvana, one of Canada's most storied animation studios, appears to have quietly closed down on Friday, yet another casualty of Corus Entertainment's struggle to survive.

Season 8 of Rick and Morty is now available on HBO Max and Hulu.

HBO Max removed the last two Boomerang shows and four more Adult Swim shows last night. The Boomerang removals, Scooby-Doo Where Are You and The Scooby-Doo Show, leave the hub completely empty. And it doesn't know what to do about that.

Live now through Sunday on MTV2, MTV Live, MTV Classic, and here: pluto.tv/us/live-tv/5...

Childrens Hospital is now streaming on Howdy, the best streaming service ever made: therokuchannel.roku.com/details/3921...

Bob's Burgers' thirteenth season, the first after the release of the movie, premieres on Adult Swim Sunday, September 21st at 6:00p. 5 new to the network episodes in a row.

Adult Swim has been posting new episodes of Ambient Swim exclusively to YouTube lately. Here's a new one produced by Julian Glander (Boys Go to Jupiter): youtu.be/VEDEjQJSJnA

More on this week from Billboard: - Will air on MTV2, MTV Live, MTV Classic, and Pluto TV's MTV Biggest Pop - 700+ music videos scheduled for the week - Most played artist will be Britney Spears (21 videos) - Themed categories explained below www.billboard.com/music/awards...

Bizaar, a FAST animation channel, has launched on Samsung, Xumo Play, and Plex. The company has backing from Jimmy Iovine and George R. R. Martin. It offers titles ranging from Speed Racer, Case Closed, Red vs. Blue, to shorts from animators like Vewn and Maddie Brewer.

Psi Cops is joining the lineup of Animation+, a FAST channel focused on adult animation available on The Roku Channel, Plex, Visio, Samsung, etc. It'll premiere tomorrow at 10:00p ET. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPLT...

Haha, You Clowns, from Joe Cappa, premieres Sunday, October 19 at 11:45p on Adult Swim, streaming on HBO Max the next day. It's the first Adult Swim Smalls production to get a full series.

Smiling Friends season 3 premieres Sunday, October 5 at 11:30p, streaming on HBO Max the next day.

Coming to The Hulu in September: - The Bob's Burgers Movie (9/1) - How to Train Your Dragon 1 / 2 (9/1) - Space Jam (9/1) - Hannah Montana: The Movie (9/2) - Jeopardy (next day streaming + seasons 20, 21, 27, 34, 35, 9/9) - Wheel of Fortune (next day streaming + seasons 16-18, 28, 37-39, 9/9)

Coming to The HBO Max in September: - Women Wearing Shoulder Pads (new episodes Mondays) - Barney's World (season 1D, 9/1) - Children Who Chase Lost Voices (9/1) - Fireworks (9/1) - Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (9/1) - Ghost Cat Anzu (9/1) - Lonely Castle in the Mirror (9/1)

Today in unrelated news: the schedule for MTV2's week of actually playing music videos in the lead-up to the Video Music Awards has been revealed. It starts at 6:00a on September 1 and ends at 7:00p on September 7, when the VMA preshow starts, and simulcasts on MTV Classic/Live.

New CN schedule heading into September: 6:00a - Regular Show 6:56a - Tom and Jerry Gokko / Ivandoe shorts 7:00a - Batwheels (Barney on Friday) 7:12a - Bugs Bunny Builders (Barney on Friday) 7:28a - Gumball 8:36a - Looney Tunes Show 9:04a - Tom and Jerry Show 9:32a - Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

Today in unrelated news: Somehow, Noggin has returned, set to launch a new gaming/streaming app aimed at 5 - 12 year olds. The team behind the previous Noggin service is back, with this new company being completely independent from Paramount Skydance. kidscreen.com/2025/08/21/n...

We Baby Bears finally returns for new episodes Saturday, September 6 at 9:30a respectively. However, it seems like they're skipping a whole arc for now, going from Yokai Art School to Cosmic Space Bros.

There's some changes up in Canada on the Corus kids nets September 1, the same day Disney XD/Disney Jr/Nick Canada die. All Nick programming, including SpongeBob and Loud House, are GONE from YTV and Treehouse, making TTG and Gumball the new flagship acquired shows for YTV.

Today in unrelated news: MSNBC is getting a name change, to MS NOW, later this year when it, along with almost every other cable channel NBCUniversal has, splits off into its own company, Versant. It's short for My Source | News | Opinion | World.

HBO Family died peacefully its sleep tonight at midnight. It was only 28 years old. Its last words consisted of half of a promo for DC League of Super-Pets, before cutting to a test pattern for WBD master control in Atlanta.

Tubi, the service of the people, now has 789 Looney Tunes shorts available for free. That's more than HBO Max had at any point in its life.

New shows joining MeTV Toons starting the week of September 15: - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (weekdays 7:30a, 4:00p, 12:00a) - Star Trek: The Animated Series (Saturdays at 11:00p) - Where's Huddles? (Sundays at 12:00a) - Linus the Lionhearted (Sundays at 12:30a)

The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series lands on MeTV Toons Monday, September 15. It'll air weekdays at 7:30a, 4:00p, and 12:00a. www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/cowa...

NYCC panels this year include first looks at Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal season 3, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake season 2, and the premiere of the English dub for Rooster Fighter.

First look at Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake season 2, posted by Cartoon Network over on the other site. Coming soon to HBO Max.

HBO Max's relationship with GKIDS is getting deeper... 20 anime and live-action films will be added to the service, many streaming in 4K for the first time. Coming September 1: - Children Who Chase Lost Voices - Fireworks - Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko - Ghost Cat Anzu - Lonely Castle in the Mirror