Do you remember Boomerang? The pay-TV channel for children and teenagers was responsible for filling the spare time of several children and teenagers with a program full of animations, where it was possible to check out the adventures starring characters like Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny and Scooby Doo.
In addition to the cartoons, the channel that was owned by Warner Bros. it also broadcast series beloved by the public in the early 2000s, such as: “H2O: Meninas Sereias”, “Garotas Apaixonada”, “Clube do Travesseiro”, “Rebelde” and “Pretty Little Liars”.
It is worth remembering that the Turner Broadcasting System channel appeared in Latin America on July 2, 2001 and remained on the air for a long 20 years, bringing titles that marked an entire generation until it ended on November 30, 2021, in Brazil.
Why did Boomerang end?
The truth is that Boomerang ended up being replaced. The signal on all operators began to be occupied by Cartoonito, WarnerMedia’s children’s channel that reached the pay TV grid in Latin America on December 1st, as confirmed by the operator SKY Brasil in a press release at the time.
With that, Cartoonito inherited some of the titles that belonged to Boomerang’s programming, although many of them ended up being left out, since the new channel has another target audience: children from 2 to 6 years old. Additionally, WarnerMedia and Discovery merged to form Warner Bros. discoveryso the channel also brings some of the titles that belonged to Discovery Kids.
In this way, Cartoonito displays cartoons such as “Ben 10”, “The Teen Titans in Action”, “Scooby Doo”, “Tom & Jerry”, “The World of Greg”, “Looney Tunes”, “Apple and Onion”, “Jorel’s Brother” and “The Amazing World of Gumball”, as well as providing preschool content for parents and young children.
It is also worth mentioning that Cartoonito appeared in 2006 as a segment of Cartoon Network programming in the United Kingdom, but a year later it was transformed into its own channel, although it only arrived in the United States in 2021, as well as in the countries of America. Latin.
Source: Recreio
