Disney Discussing Marvel TV Channel

[turtlefanforever]

With the success of the Marvel block and all things Marvel as of late for that matter (for the most part) Disney CEO Bob Iger likes the idea of a Marvel network/TV Channel.

http://www.slashfilm.com/marvel-star-wars-tv-channel/

I'd be all for it. Especially if it keeps some of the newer shows i like running. They could have some good success airing older cartoons/shows as well.

[TurtleTitan97]

If it weren't for the fact that Marvel's current line of cartoons sucked, I'd actually be excited for this.

[CyberCubed]

They don't have enough content to make a Marvel channel. Even if you were to air all the Marvel shows combined dating back to the 60's Spiderman cartoon.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

No.

Agents of S.M.A.S.H. sucks.

Ultimate Spider-Man sucks.

Avengers Assemble sucks.

They don't have enough content - let alone good content - for a Marvel channel.

Especially if it keeps some of the newer shows i like running. They could have some good success airing older cartoons/shows as well.

Don't they do that already on Disney XD, except replace all the dialogue with fart jokes?

[Mew]

Meh...

[CyberCubed]

X-men Evolution was so good. And underrated.

[NinjaPug]

Agreed with everyone saying there's not enough content to support it. Plus, the majority of Marvel TV blows now.

[sdp]

They do have enough content if you count all Marvel related thing ever made but that's not going to get ratings on a channel, you either need new shows or re-runs of cops but usually re-runs of old shows don't do very well. Now, an actual channel won't happen but they could have an "online" channel that could work. This is probably more of a move because they're seeing DC take over the TV with all their shows and they might feel like they're missing out of some money. But yeah you can only make so many MCU stuff since it all appeals to the same kind of person, you can't make a whole channel out of it.

[Redeemer]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

X-men Evolution was so good. And underrated.

Agreed

but on topic I agree with others saying they do not have enough content. Unless it focused on all marvel media. Including movies, tv shows, and a comic book discussion hour or something along with some more programming then maybe just maybe they could do it.

But then again look at Cartoon Network, when they launched they had almost no original programming and rode on the backs of Hannah-barbera and Looney Tunes programming for years so who knows....

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Oh, there's plenty of content. We have cartoons going all the way back to the sixties, plus movies going as far back as Howard the Duck, plus all the new LA shows. They could do blocks of different types of programming depending on time of day or even day of the week. Late nights could be reserved for things like Punisher and Blade, Saturdays for older cartoons,

[sdp]

And nearly no one would watch that channel.

[BabyTurtles]

That'd be great!

......if the Marvel shows were......better?

[Shred Head]

There is enough content with all the cartoons and live action shows. They could even pad it out with other Disney action shows and movies like Star Wars, Darkwing Duck, and Gargoyles. The thing is would anyone watch it. That was answered already apparently no. Disney XD was pretty much a Marvel channel. It was supposed to be the boy version of the Disney channel. Yeah that experiment failed and they found they could make more money showing reruns of Zack and Cody and made it Disney Channel 2. This happened back when Marvel content wasn't **** what do you think would happen with endless marathon of Ultimate Spider-Man.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

This is why you have programming blocks. A couple hours here and there of different types of shows, some movies during prime viewing hours, and fill in the gaps with movie/tv/comic "news" shows, interviews, and the like. And I could see a daily two-hour block of Spider-Man TAS or X-Men TAS, X-Men Evolution, or even newer stuff like the Daredevil, Agents of SHIELD, and Agent Carter shows doing well. Pretty sure Disney could also buy rights to air Marvel movies from Sony, Fox, etc, as well. Save the "new" cartoons and such for after-school hours, Saturday filler, or whatever.

But there's enough of it to fill out a schedule- and with more movies and LA shows to come, as well as several decent animated movies that have been produced (Iron-Man, Dr. Strange, Wolverine vs. Hulk or Wolverine vs. Thor to name a few) we could potentially get some really great stuff all in one place! Heck, I'd even throw in the old Hulk TV show (and its spin-off movies) just for fun! (The Hulk vs. Thor one was QUITE entertaining!)

Of course, the downside would be possibly having to sit through the Nick Fury movie that starred David Hasselhoff, but that at least has some laugh-fodder potential. And I'll defend Howard the Duck to my dying breath as an underrated Marvel gem....

[sdp]

There's enough content to make a Marvel channel but no one would watch that however especially if it's full of older questionable content. Even if it was only top level quality Marvel stuff you can't have a channel of only Marvel superheroes. Heck even more broad appealing channels like Discovery and History needed to become something else in order to survive, who besides a few thousand hardcore fans would watch the channel regularly? .

[Leo656]

I think it'd go over about as well as G4 ended up doing.

Which was Not Good, for anyone who missed it.

[Amaranthus]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

X-men Evolution was so good. And underrated.

Is that the show with the great Deadpool scenes?

[Cure]

Nah, Deadpool was not in X-Men Evolution.

[Shred Head]

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

Is that the show with the great Deadpool scenes?

I think your either talking about Ultimate Spider-Man or the movie Wolverine vs Hulk. He had a few cameos like in the 90's X-Men show and the X-men Anime. I also think he was in Marvel Disc Wars anime but I haven't watched that.

[snake]

Make the channel have more comic content and I'm all for it.