Does anyone who watched Cartoon Network in 2011 remember when they aired Harry Hill's TV Burp and Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard for a brief time?
I never noticed when I watched TV Burp on Cartoon Network but edited out all adult oriented jokes in the show due to Cartoon Network being for kids.
Here are a couple of promos I've found on YouTube:
Yes I remember this! Was a very weird match up. Much as I like TV Burp - much of the shows content was based on shows airing that week and so a lot of it dated quickly. Think it was around the time CN was pushing live action stuff and not really getting anywhere with any of it.
It was unusual for TV Burp to air on a channel dedicated to animated shows. IIRC they shown TV Burp between late 2011-early 2013 and then UKTV got the rights to show it on GOLD. I always thought they started showing it after it finished on (what was then called) ITV1.
It was unusual for TV Burp to air on a channel dedicated to animated shows. IIRC they shown TV Burp between late 2011-early 2013 and then UKTV got the rights to show it on GOLD. I always thought they started showing it after it finished on (what was then called) ITV1.
They also aired the live action Mr. Bean on there as well.
For reasons lost to the mists of time, (live action) Mr Bean also appeared on Nickelodeon, but they had to edit it, since some of his antics are not what you want to impress on the target audience. Things like drinking detergent, getting in dryers and running around hotels naked (although Wiki suggests Mr Bean in Room 426 never aired on Nickelodeon anyway). Makes you wonder why they though it was even a suitable acquisition.
This is similar to the conversation we were having in the Simpsons thread, again it wasn’t strictly a kids show but at its ratings peak it was the lead-in to The X Factor and ostensibly a family show (with some adult jokes/references that went over children’s heads at the time)
Coupled in the schedule with Shark Infested Custard, which was a children’s show, you can sort of understand why they did it (the issue of live-action shows on a channel called Cartoon Network aside)
Would be interesting to recall which series they showed now. Probably not the earliest ones when it was tucked away a bit in the schedules.
For reasons lost to the mists of time, (live action) Mr Bean also appeared on Nickelodeon, but they had to edit it, since some of his antics are not what you want to impress on the target audience. Things like drinking detergent, getting in dryers and running around hotels naked (although Wiki suggests Mr Bean in Room 426 never aired on Nickelodeon anyway). Makes you wonder why they though it was even a suitable acquisition.
I wonder if they intended for some 'Nick at Nite' thing like they do in the US but for whatever reason never went ahead with it at the time but had already acquired the rights to Bean.
They did show the early series. The show wasn't really more adult even on those series anyway for the most part, Harry Hill doesn't really do that sort of humour.
My thinking is that the live action Mr Bean may have been bundled with the animated version seeing as both Nickelodeon and CN were running it at the same time. Same with TV Burp/Shark Infested Custard. It's not an uncommon thing for TV channels to have to show one programme as the result of buying another.
For reasons lost to the mists of time, (live action) Mr Bean also appeared on Nickelodeon, but they had to edit it, since some of his antics are not what you want to impress on the target audience. Things like drinking detergent, getting in dryers and running around hotels naked (although Wiki suggests Mr Bean in Room 426 never aired on Nickelodeon anyway). Makes you wonder why they though it was even a suitable acquisition.
I wonder if they intended for some 'Nick at Nite' thing like they do in the US but for whatever reason never went ahead with it at the time but had already acquired the rights to Bean.
Nick at Nite was meant to exist from Nick's UK launch, but they ended up doing the Paramount Channel (now Comedy Central) instead.
Indeed, and when Nick at Nite did eventually launch over here (2016?) it was reduced to a strand on Nickelodeon which was basically the same as the normal output with a new DOG, bumpers and the odd new(ish to the network anyway) programming.
However I think they have now stopped doing this anyway and its as you were.