Today i felt like talking about a channel/childhood memory of mine that i use to enjoy and watch when i was younger. Growing up, Cartoon Network was my go-to channel. channel 63 (that's what cartoon network was when i was young) was the first channel i learned to type into a remote. Johnny Bravo, Courage the dog, Ed Edd n' Eddy, Powerpuff Girls, DBZ, Dexters Lab, 2 Stupid Dogs, Cartoon fridays, cow and chicken, pokemon, and ofcourse the big one, Toonami were the greatest ways i had to spend my free time. Even after these shows were canceled i still liked some of the (then) new shows like camp lazlo, fosters home for imaginary friends, Kids Next Door, Samuri Jack, and Teen Titans. 

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?! okay now we have shows like the outsiders, survive this, and destroy build destroy (greatest money waster known to man). these are LIVE ACTION. this is a network for cartoons! i mean it would be different if these shows were okay.....but they're awful. The only show that they air now that is decent to watch is regular show.  chowder is....meh, I don't like flapjack, TDA and TDI are okay, Adventure Time is also Meh, The Amazing world of gumbal is not good,  and MAD is just god awful

They even got rid of their checker board logo (i realize that happened some time ago....but the older one looked so much better). it just doesn't seem that cartoon network knows what they want to do right now, scheduling is random, they're airing preteen cartoons (just give me my childish humor...really), airing live action (WHY) and having only "meh" cartoons. they are NOT disney channel or nick (why doesn't anyone call it nickelodeon anymore?), and airing a lot of things that just bomb quickly (fried dynamite/out of jimmys head) So i guess my question is, do you like the direction cartoon network is going? 

Here is a video explanining the history of how Cartoon Network Rised and Fell from glory. (Note: This video is kinda dated)

Although I agree that Cartoon Network is not as good as it used to be during the era you mentioned, I also admit that it is now a different generation watching it. It's time to move on. Perhaps the shows they have now kids from this generation will be saying "hey remember how Cartoon Netowrk used to be amazng etc." It's time to let go! Also, the video posted is too long, I was done 1 minute in with it.

do they still have toonami and adult swim? those were the only shows i watch back in the days. Outlaw Star etc

i feel this same about MTV. it should be renamed SRTV(Stupid Realities TV)

The sad thing is, it was a great channel not too long ago, and there is a bit of decent content to this day. But yeah, the channel has gone downhill over the past 5 or 10 years.

I'll tell you what happened. The president at the time of these awesome shows got ousted because of some viral marketing he did for Aqua Teen Hunger Force that people didn't like. The guy that came in and most likely is still in charge, is a total douche. He had all the shows that were running re-pitch themselves. I also take it the guy in charge doesn't like anime, cause he let Dragon Ball Kai and Naruto Shippuden off the station. Can't say what Naruto's ratings were, but Dragon Ball single handily made that channel (Like everything was pretty much built around Dragon Ball). Plus it seems this guy doesn't like action shows or comedies either. He effectively ran the station into the ground. Sad day in the world when 4Kids has a better lineup.

...what else is there? Surreal stuff like Adventure Time can only get you so far.

Don't forget about G4TV... lol it is as big of a joke as MTV.  They both don't barely show anything that they originally were created for.  G4TV has about a 10 hour block of Cops and Campus Police.  I assume people getting arrested is somehow gaming related?

This is the problem with Cartoon Network.  The guy in charge obviously doesn't like cartoons, has no passion for the network, and figures the programming he has now can bring in better advertisement.  Newsflash, you can't charge higher advertising if no one is watching.  This is actually a problem with Nickelodeon's counterpart in Canada (YTV), they figured they can get more money from diaper advertising, so they got rid of all the action shows that isn't Pokemon.  Now the station is filled with family friendly programming that'd even embarrass family oriented channels.

Adventure time and the regular show were the best