Boomerang
Launched	27 May 2000
Owned by	Turner Broadcasting System Europe (Time Warner Inc.)
Audience share	0.5% (July '06, [1])
Sister channel(s)	Cartoon Network Toonami Cartoon Network Too
Timeshift service	Boomerang +1
Website	www.boomerangtv.co.uk
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 603 Channel 621 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 730 Channel 731 (+1)
NTL Ireland	Channel 603

Boomerang's original logo was the same as the U.S. channel, used from launch to 12 September 2004

Boomerang is a television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, launched on 27 May 2000. It is broadcast 24 hours on the Sky Digital, Virgin Media:Virgin Media, Homechoice and Chorus platforms. Programming from Boomerang will also be available on Top Up TV Anytime. Image File history File links Boomerang_Logo. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Turner Broadcasting System Europe is the company managing the collection of cable networks around the europe. ... Time Warner Inc. ... For Cartoon Network in the United States, see Cartoon Network. ... Toonami is a UK childrens channel dedicated to comedy, drama and cartoons. ... Cartoon Network TOO (CN Too for short) is a new spin off television channel aimed at 4-16 year olds, that airs a mixture of original and modern classic cartoons from the Cartoon Cartoons umbrella of programming, everyday at 11pm on Cartoon Network and also airs archived cartoons. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... NTL Communications (Ireland) Limited is a cable television and MMDS company in the Republic of Ireland. ... Image File history File links Boomerang-logo_(CN). ... Image File history File links Boomerang-logo_(CN). ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... HomeChoice is a UK-based consumer Video on Demand service, provided by Video Networks Limited (VNL), based in Shepherds Bush in West London. ... Chorus Communications is a communications provider in Ireland, it offers internet, television and telephone services. ... Top Up TV is a British media company registered on the island of Jersey, that offers subscription television services via digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom. ...

History and Popularity

Boomerang is the most popular Turner channel in the UK with large audiences often beating popular BBC kids channel CBBC and ITV2's GMTV2 Kids^{[citation needed]}. A timeshift channel, Boomerang +1, was launched on March 6, 2006 and another new channel, Cartoon Network Too, was launched on April 24, 2006. Since 2004, the UK version of Boomerang has had a separate on screen identity and logo from the US version (prior to this, the channel had carried US branding and logos). The UK version also has custom made animation clips before and after shows with classic MGM, Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. characters announcing "...and now for more" or, "...there's more after this" (these animations, dubbed into other languages are also used on various Boomerang channels around Europe). The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... The CBBC Logo Childrens BBC and its contraction, CBBC, is the brand for the BBCs childrens television output aimed at children over six, across BBC One, BBC Two and the CBBC Channel. ... ITV2 is a free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Cartoon Network TOO (CN Too for short) is a new spin off television channel aimed at 4-16 year olds, that airs a mixture of original and modern classic cartoons from the Cartoon Cartoons umbrella of programming, everyday at 11pm on Cartoon Network and also airs archived cartoons. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

On July 27 2006 Boomerang, along with Cartoon Network, CN Too, Toonami, Boomerang +1 and TCM, suffered a major technical fault due to a power cut in Soho, London. This was due to the energy supplier EDF cutting power from different parts of Soho one at a time for four hours purposely due to the inability to meet energy demands in the wake of a heat wave. The power cut caused a mix up of channels (i.e. Cartoon Network being broadcast on Boomerang and Toonami, with Boomerang being broadcast on CN Too). Boomerang +1 was off air for some time, while TCM, reverted between TCM France and other programming during the times it was able to provide a service. TCM 2 didn't have a power cut because of its downtimes of timesharing. Most advertising was suspended and several of the channel websites were offline also. However, Those who could still receive the channels had a backup transmission played out, making people curious into why the incorrect programmes were played out when compared to the EPG CN Too and Boomerang were showing episodes of The Flintstones. These backups where played out with a scrolling message which said "We apologise for the disruption to this service. This is due to technical difficulties. We will resume normal programming as soon as possible" in multiple languages. Whilst most channels returned to the air relatively quickly, it took longer for CN Too to resume programming and it was also joked on various animation based forums by Toonami UK viewers, many of whom have made note of their disdain for the direction in which Turner took the Brand in the UK, that the backup transmission was more entertaining, purely on the basis that there's no live action aired during the black out. The idents on Toonami which aired between shows during the black-out displayed the message "Sorry! Toonami is broken, we'll be right back as soon as we fix it.". These idents have since been re-used in disclaimers warning viewers not to try stunts on various shows at home. July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... For Cartoon Network in the United States, see Cartoon Network. ... Cartoon Network TOO is a new spin off television channel aimed at 4-16 year olds, that airs a mixture of original and modern classic cartoons from the Cartoon Cartoons umbrella of programming, everyday at 11pm on Cartoon Network & Also Airs archived Cartoons. ... Toonami is a UK childrens channel dedicated to comedy, drama and cartoons. ... Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a digital television channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. ... Soho is an area of central Londons West End, in the borough of the City of Westminster. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... EDF Energy logo EDF Energy is an energy company that provides gas and electricity to homes throughout the United Kingdom. ... The 2006 European heat wave was a period of exceptionally hot weather that arrived at the end of June 2006 in certain European countries. ... Cartoon Network TOO is a new spin off television channel aimed at 4-16 year olds, that airs a mixture of original and modern classic cartoons from the Cartoon Cartoons umbrella of programming, everyday at 11pm on Cartoon Network & Also Airs archived Cartoons. ... Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a digital television channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. ... TCM 2 was launched in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2006. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Cartoon Network TOO is a new spin off television channel aimed at 4-16 year olds, that airs a mixture of original and modern classic cartoons from the Cartoon Cartoons umbrella of programming, everyday at 11pm on Cartoon Network & Also Airs archived Cartoons. ... The Flintstones is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. ... Cartoon Network TOO is a new spin off television channel aimed at 4-16 year olds, that airs a mixture of original and modern classic cartoons from the Cartoon Cartoons umbrella of programming, everyday at 11pm on Cartoon Network & Also Airs archived Cartoons. ...

Boomerang Programmes

Like the U.S. channel of the same name, the station's programming consists almost exclusively of MGM, Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. archive programming, though it also includes fairly recent programmes featuring older characters, such as Garfield and Friends, Taz-mania, Baby Looney Tunes, and Duck Dodgers. Unlike the U.S. station, commercials are broadcast. The channel occasionally suspends its regular programming for theme weeks, most often for Scooby-Doo. Recently Boomerang UK has been showing new shows, most notably Camp Lazlo. It began airing Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends in February 2006. Boomerang is the name of at least four television networks owned by Cartoon Network. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... Warner Bros. ... There was also an unrelated childrens television series, titled Garfield Goose and Friends from the 1950s through the 1970s. ... Taz as he appeared on Taz-Mania. ... Baby Looney Tunes is an American animated television series that shows Looney Tunes characters as toddlers. ... Daffy Duck, Mars Exploration Rover Mission patch Duck Dodgers is the fictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. ... Scooby-doo is also British naval divers slang for civilian sport scuba diver. Scooby-Doo is an important character in animation up to this day Scooby-Doo is a long-running animated series produced for television by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1969 to 1986, 1988 to 1991, and from 2002... Camp Lazlo is an Emmy nominated, American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and currently airs on Cartoon Network. ... This article or section should include material from Fosters Home of Imaginary Friends. ...

For a few months starting from November 2000, more archive action-oriented programming was shown on the Boomeraction slot at weekends, including shows such as The Fantastic Four, Centurions and Challenge of the GoBots. This endeavour was short-lived however, and the slot and its programmes were permanently dropped from the schedules in May 2001. Fantastic Four is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions (with character designs by Alex Toth), based on Marvels comic book series Fantastic Four, and aired on ABC from 1967 to 1969. ... The Centurions (1985-1987) was a syndicated 30 minute science fiction American animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears and animated in Japan by Sunrise. ... Challenge of the GoBots (also known as Mighty Machine Men) is an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, based on the toy-line released from Tonka. ...

Current programming

• Baby Looney Tunes
• Camp Lazlo
• Cow & Chicken (with I Am Weasel) (late at night)
• Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines (late at night)
• Dexter's Laboratory (late at night)
• Duck Dodgers
• The Flintstones (late at night)
• Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends (late at night)(TBA on 9.30pm)
• Gadget Boy (late at night)
• Johnny Bravo (late at night)
• Laff-A-Lympics (Appears at Scooby specials)
• The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (late at night)(TBA on 9pm)
• Looney Tunes
• The Pink Panther Show / The New Pink Panther Show (70's Series) / The All New Pink Panther Show
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (appears at morning)
• Roobarb / Roobarb and Custard Too (late at night)
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! / Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo / 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo / Other Scooby-Doo series (Note: mainly shows a lot of times due to its popularity)
• Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
• The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
• Tiny Toon Adventures
• Top Cat (Late at night)
• Tom & Jerry
• Wacky Races (late at night)
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?

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Coming Soon

(Note: Due to the constant addition of shows that are not going to air on Boomerang UK, this section can not be stated as fact)

• The Land Before Time (From April 16)

The Land Before Time is an animated television series, based on characters from The Land Before Time film series created by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss. ...

Former programming

• 2 Stupid Dogs
• Animaniacs
• The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
• Banana Splits
• Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
• Cave Kids
• Centurions
• Challenge of the GoBots
• The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
• The Chuck Jones Show
• Dangermouse
• Droopy (Note: Some Droopy shorts still appear on The Tex Avery Show occasionally)
• The Fantastic Four
• Firehouse Tales
• The Flintstone Kids
• Garfield and Friends
• Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch
• Hong Kong Phooey
• The Huckleberry Hound Show
• Inch High, Private Eye
• Inspector Gadget
• Jabberjaw
• The Jetsons
• Josie and the Pussycats
• The Magic Roundabout
• Maisy
• The Moomins
• Ned's Newt
• The New Pink Panther Show (90s series)
• The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
• Popeye
• Pororo The Little Penguin
• Quick Draw McGraw
• The Raccoons
• Sitting Ducks
• The Smurfs
• The Snorks
• Speed Buggy
• Taz-Mania
• The Tex Avery Show
• Thunderbirds
• Tom and Jerry Kids
• Tom and Jerry Tales
• Yogi Bear Show
• Yo Yogi!

2 Stupid Dogs was an American animated television series created by Donovan Cook and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons that ran from September 1993 to January 1995 on TBS Superstation. ... Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs was a popular American animated television series, distributed by Warner Bros. ... The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show was an hour-long Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1965 to 1967 for NBC. The program contained several segments: Atom Ant: a cartoon about a superheroic ant Secret Squirrel: the adventures of a secret agent squirrel and his mole assistant. ... The Banana Splits as pictured on the cover for their 45 RPM single Long Live Love. For the namesake ice cream treat, see banana split. ... A scene from Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–1980) was a Saturday morning cartoon created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. ... Cave Kids is a spinoff show from The Flintstones, produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios. ... The Centurions (1985-1987) was a syndicated 30 minute science fiction American animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears and animated in Japan by Sunrise. ... Challenge of the GoBots (also known as Mighty Machine Men) is an American animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, based on the toy-line released from Tonka. ... The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show was an animated television series featuring characters and storylines from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts. ... Charles Martin Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912–February 22, 2002) was an American animator, artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Brothers cartoon studio. ... DangerMouse is a British animated television series which was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films. ... A low-key character created by Tex Avery at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1943--essentially the polar opposite of his other famous character, loud, whacky Screwy Squirrel. ... Fantastic Four is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions (with character designs by Alex Toth), based on Marvels comic book series Fantastic Four, and aired on ABC from 1967 to 1969. ... Firehouse Tales is an animated television series, which premiered as part of Cartoon Networks Tickle-U preschool television programming block on August 22, 2005. ... The Flintstone Kids is a childrens animated television show, a spin-off of The Flintstones which followed the adventures of Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty as 10-year-olds with pet Dino. ... There was also an unrelated childrens television series, titled Garfield Goose and Friends from the 1950s through the 1970s. ... Help! Its the Hair Bear Bunch! was a Saturday morning cartoon, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1971 for CBS. The series depicted three fun-loving hippie bears, the Afroed Hair Bear (voiced by Daws Butler), Bubi Bear (Paul Winchell), and Square Bear (Bill Callaway), who always find a... Hong Kong Phooey Hong Kong Phooey is a 16-episode (31 shorts) Hanna-Barbera animated series that first aired on ABC Saturday morning from September 7, 1974 to September 4, 1976. ... Huckleberry Hound is a fictional cartoon character created by Hanna-Barbera, and the star of the late 1950s animated series The Huckleberry Hound Show, Hanna-Barberas second series made for television after The Ruff & Reddy Show. ... Inch High, Private Eye was a 1973 Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. ... Inspector Gadget is an animated television series about a clumsy, absent-minded, and oblivious detective, Inspector Gadget, who is a human being with various gadgets built into his anatomy. ... Jabberjaw was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon series created in 1976, starring a fictional shark named Jabberjaw and his four young adult cohorts, who had various adventures in a futuristic underwater world. ... The Jetsons was a prime-time American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and aired on Sunday nights on ABC from September 23, 1962 to March 3, 1963. ... This article is about the Josie and the Pussycats Saturday morning cartoon. ... Le Manège Enchanté (known in English as The Magic Roundabout) was a childrens television programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot. ... Maisy Mouse is a fictional mouse from the picture book series created by British illustrator Lucy Cousins. ... The Moomins are the central characters in a series of books by Tove Jansson. ... Neds Newt was a cartoon frequently shown on Teletoon in the late 90s. ... The Pink Panther Show is a showcase of DePatie-Freleng Enterprises animated cartoons from the 1960s and 1970s, prominently by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng. ... The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop was an American animated cartoon television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969. ... A Popeye comic book cover shows Popeye, with his characteristic corncob pipe and single good eye, and his girlfriend Olive Oyl. ... Pororo is a cartoon series made by the Korean animation firm for Iconix Entertainment. ... Quick Draw McGraw is the name of a fictional cartoon antropomorphic horse, created by Hanna-Barbera and the star of The Quick Draw McGraw Show, Hanna-Barberas third show produced for television after success with The Ruff & Reddy Show and The Huckleberry Hound Show. ... The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series, first broadcast from 1985 to 1992. ... Sitting Ducks is an iconic lithograph created by Michael Bedard in the late 1970s. ... The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs in original French) are a fictional group of small sky blue creatures who live somewhere in the forests of Europe. ... The Snorks was a comic book created by Belgian Freddy Monnickendam in 1974. ... Speed Buggy Speed Buggy was a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, originally airing for 16 30-minute installments on CBS between September 8, 1973 and August 31, 1974; repeats have surfaced on all 3 networks for 9 years. ... Taz as he appeared on Taz-Mania. ... Frederick Bean Tex Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during the Golden Age of Hollywood. ... Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of puppetry dubbed Supermarionation. The series followed the adventures of International Rescue, an organisation created to help those in grave danger using technically advanced equipment and machinery. ... Tom & Jerry title card from the 1940s Tom and Jerry were an animated cat (Tom) and mouse (Jerry) team who formed the basis of a massively successful series of theatrical short cartoons created, written, and directed by animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (later of Hanna-Barbera fame), and produced... Tom and Jerry Tales is an animated television series, currently airing on The CWs Kids WB! block. ... Yogi Bear Yogi Bear is a fictional anthropomorphic bear who appears in a series of animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. ... Yo Yogi! was an animated series from Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired on NBC Saturday Mornings during the 1991-92 season, and was the last television series to feature or star Yogi Bear. ...

External links

• Boomerang UK website
• Boomerang's Virtual Press Office at Turner Europe
• Boomerang - UK TV Listings and Schedules