Final Five Foster's Episodes This Sunday

Hey, Cartoon Network, thanks for the early notice... just saw an advertisement that the final five episodes of Craig McCraken's Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends will beat airing all at once in a marathon this Sunday at 1 PM EST on Cartoon Network.

Pretty sad to see this show ending, especially considering it hasn't been part of Cartoon Network's schedule for some time now. And not to be grim, but I can't see the show airing on CN in the future, what with a whole mess of shows coming, including the dreaded CN Real series, which are essentially further dumbed down reality shows with kids instead of sad adults.

Not to mention, when Genndy Tartakovsky's Samurai Jack ended, Cartoon Network aired its final four episodes in a mini marathon, and then the episodes were never seen again until a DVD release about four years later. Certainly not the fate I wish upon Foster's, but with the McCracken run Cartoonstitute, and Genndy Tartakovsky's upcoming Symbiotic Titan, it shows the network at least knows to hold on to the right people. Then again, they do air Total Drama Island and 6Teen ... and I won't even begin to write out my hate for the studio that produces those piles of... I think you know where this is going.

The Power Flash Girls

Remember the other day when I posted about the Powerpuff Girls' 10th Anniversary? The one with the brand new episode? The one I was curious about as to whether it would be made like the old episodes or be Flash animated like Craig McCracken's current series, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends? Well I got my answer in this video from Cartoon Network:

Powerpuff Girls' 10th Anniversary Preview

Straight from McCracken's mouth he says that the new episode, "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", is being animated by the Foster's Flash animation unit; thus ending my speculation. Can't say I'm overly pleased by this, despite McCracken's claim that, "It's gonna look really cool."

It's not that Flash animation is bad, but a lot of studios tend to use it as a cheap way of production instead of treating the program as digital paper. I'll have to be the judge come Monday night though, maybe you'll watch it too?

Foster's Rick Rolls New York City

What a way to go out. With the series' first of its last few episodes airing tonight as a made for TV movie, Destination Imagination, it seems the Foster's crew wanted to go out with a bang. Here's a video of their parade float.

Yeah, they got Rick Astley himself to Rick Roll the entire Macy's Thankgiving Day Parade! How epic is that?! It's sad to see Foster's go, but at least they had their moment, I just hope I can catch the movie tonight.

*If you're perplexed, let me explain. Earlier this year, during Comic-Con 08, we reported that Foster's would be ending with five final episodes. The five being, "Destination Imagination" which consists of three episodes, and then a two part series finale. I just didn't think it would happen so soon.

SDCC - Goodbye Foster's

Some pretty bumming news from the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends panel at the San Diego Comic-Con. ToonZone reports that the series will be ending next year, in it's sixth and final season. There will be a 3 part movie called "Destination Imagination" and 5 final episodes ending it "Goodbye to Bloo".

I'll say I'm pretty sad to see the show ending so soon, but even my favorite, Camp Lazlo ended just a couple months ago; and both premiered around the same time. But I think Cartoon Network themselves is to blame, lately they've been showing almost no original programming. Instead they've been outsourcing from Canada's Teletoon to give us awful shows like Johny Test, Skunk Fu!, George of the Jungle, and Total Drama Island; all of which clog the schedule, leaving no room for original programming. In fact the only original shows airing currently are Chowder, The Misadventure's of Flapjack, Ben 10: Alien Force, and Transformers Animated, all of which only have a handful of episodes to constantly re-air.

via ToonZone