Temporary Timeslot For TF: Animated?!? *Update*

Get ready to set your DVR's to see TF ANIMATED now. Why you ask? Well, simply because it appears that Cartoon Network is again flirting with the disastrous timeslot of 6:00 AM for a fledgling Transformers show, something that experience should probably have taught them has been like bringing death to newer Transformers cartoon series.

Alright that's a little overzealous of a conclusion, but this same schedule was done to the entire A/E/C series after each premiered at a more friendly timeslot originally. Once moved these series seemed to quickly lose favor with many individuals who would not even try to watch them due to the very unfriendly time, and thus, they lost a lot of the working adult TF community's support, as well as, many TV viewing children's support. This is pure conjecture of course, the shows may also not have been good enough to keep the support and popularity no matter what time they were on, but this did not seem to help.

While it is true there are many legal and illegal options to seeing episodes after they have aired, will younger children have these resources available to them to keep interest in this show going, after all it is aimed at them?

According to the CN schedule "Elite Guard" will be the last new episode as well as the last episode on Saturday/Sunday mornings for the foreseeable future.

Starting Monday, April 14th Transformers Animated will start airing at 6:00 AM with "Home is where the Spark is" The schedule lists rerun episodes at this timeslot until at least April 24th where the listing ends with "Survival of the Fittest".

What happens after that? Will TF ANIMATED be returned to the original weekend timeslots when new episodes are to be presented? Will it stay at weekdays at 6:00 AM which has put off many viewers in the past?

You can view the Cartoon Network schedule yourself here, and keep watchful of it for more updates, as they fill it in for later dates.

What do you think? Is the schedule change permanent? Is it friendlier for children than the collector community? Is it a minor, or major inconvenience, or not inconvenience at all? Do you care?
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*UPDATE* Overcharge has found that TV.com states that TF ANIMATED will be returning on Satuday, April 26th with the new episode, "Return of the Headmaster".

So are they simply just replacing the worn Cybertron reruns with Animated reruns? It appears so. But we have our eye on you Cartoon Network, we have our eye on you...