# Turtles in a half shell coming full circle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtles-in-a-half-shell-coming-full-circle/154294>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 11, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtles-in-a-half-shell-coming-full-circle/154294 "2003-02-11T05:05:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![syphillis\_sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@syphillis\_sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syphillis_sam)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtles-in-a-half-shell-coming-full-circle/154294/21 "2003-02-12T23:30:13Z")

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> \*Originally posted by KKBattousai \*  
> \*\*It probably doesn’t help that Mucha Lucha and TMNT are on completely different networks (WB and Fox respectively). \*\*

No, it probably wouldn’t in most cases. However, here in Phoenix on broadcast tv a local station plays both Kids WB shows AND this Fox Box stuff. Don’t ask me how they arranged this, but I imagine it brings in some pretty sweet advertising money.

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**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtles-in-a-half-shell-coming-full-circle/154294/22 "2003-02-12T23:54:18Z")

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Whoa there buckaroo. The Cartoon Network’s He-Man series is terrible, even if it isn’t a half hour commercial.

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**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtles-in-a-half-shell-coming-full-circle/154294/23 "2003-02-13T05:17:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by raisinbread \*  
> \*\*even if it isn’t a half hour commercial. \*\*

But… it is a half hour commercial.

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**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turtles-in-a-half-shell-coming-full-circle/154294/24 "2003-02-13T20:23:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by syphillis\_sam \*  
> \*\*No, it probably wouldn’t in most cases. However, here in Phoenix on broadcast tv a local station plays both Kids WB shows AND this Fox Box stuff. Don’t ask me how they arranged this, but I imagine it brings in some pretty sweet advertising money. \*\*

Ah. I had an affiliate back home in Hawaii that did the same thing, except it was WB and UPN. Which was cool because, frankly, at the time the two combined were only good enough to supply one station worth of decent content (this was about 7 years ago, before I left for college).

WB and Fox, OTOH, both have a pretty good lineup of Sat morning cartoons (though I’ll admit to a WB bias - even Mucha Lucha has its moments), so my condolences on the situation in your town.

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