Batman: The Brave and the Bold is ending

[Vendikarr]

It's standard practice at both Cartoon Network and Disney to kill a show after reaching 65 episodes. I've read about this before with people disappointed about various series being cancelled.

This practice ties back to the days when local stations aired cartoons in the after school hours during the week. Sixty-five episodes allows a station to strip the show (air each day during the week at the same time) for thirteen weeks. After that time, they would swap in another show, and do the same.

That way they can use four shows in the same time period throughout the year.

I don't know how valid this practice is these days. I can't remember the last time I saw a cartoon on the local stations in Chicago during the 3 - 5 P.M. timeframe.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

^^ 65 is the magic number for syndication but they don't have to necessarily stop there but that is their standard procedure. I don't think most network shows just end because they hit 65.

 

[Vendikarr]

^^ 65 is the magic number for syndication but they don't have to necessarily stop there but that is their standard procedure. I don't think most network shows just end because they hit 65.

Yes, but 65 is the target for most animated programs.

 

[Christopher]

^You're repeating what's already known. Yes, 65 is the minimum target, but the point is that there's no automatic need to stop there. For instance, Batman: TAS ran for 85 episodes, getting an order for an additional 20 after it filled its original order. And that's not even counting The New Batman Adventures.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Shows that go over 65 episodes tend to be rebranded (and often reformatted). Lately, though, the pattern for DC shows that hit 65 episodes has been for them to come to an end and make way for an entirely show. Teen Titans and The Batman both ended at 65 episodes.

 

[Vendikarr]

^You're repeating what's already known. Yes, 65 is the minimum target, but the point is that there's no automatic need to stop there. For instance, Batman: TAS ran for 85 episodes, getting an order for an additional 20 after it filled its original order. And that's not even counting The New Batman Adventures.

I was trying to show why 65 was the standard. And there are always exceptions. I believe Fox paid for the additional episodes for BTAS.

CN is a Warner property, like Batman is. Since the money isn't coming from an outside source, they might as well end things at the default, and start up a new property that they can sell at the end of it's run separately.

 

[Christopher]

^The reason why 65 episodes is standard is because it's 13 weeks times 5 days a week, the standard season package for strip-syndicated animated shows in the '80s and '90s. Thirteen weeks was the standard; Saturday morning shows had 13-episode seasons, stripped shows had 65-episode seasons. (For instance, the first network season of The Real Ghostbusters was 13 episodes long, and the first strip-syndicated season consisted of those 13 plus an additional 52 to complete the package.) But back then that was for a season, not an entire series. Lots of animated shows had multiple seasons and went well beyond 65 episodes. The Transformers had 98 episodes. GI Joe had 95. He-Man had 130. She-Ra had 93. You're talking as though it's always been the standard to stop at 65, and that's simply not so. If it's the standard now for some reason, that's a change from the way it used to be. You're confusing a minimum target length with a desired maximum length.

 

[Samurai8472]

I'm sick of CGI shows.

I still like Batman Beyond, and The Batman the best.

To coincide with the green lantern movie there will also be a CGI cartoon.