Why?
This show isn’t a cartoon -- it’s live action.
So then... what is the rationale for Cartoon Network hosting this show?
It would seem more a Sci-Fi (SyFy) series. Did they reject it?
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If it was on SyFy I never would have seen it. It seems like a good kid's show, it reminds me of the more glory days in children's programmings on Nick and Disney where they didn't just try to make kids identify with the characters because they failed an algebra test and got grounded or don't know who to take to the prom, and actually developed plots... but putting it on Cartoon Network?
It just leaves a horrible taste in your mouth. The same taste you get from watching MTV and VH1, which was suppose to be the remedy when MTV forgot that it was a music channel! I don't mind this show being on the network, but Turner needs to trash all their other live action crap plans for sterilizing the network with. Cartoon Network is better off not trying to be Nickelodeon or the Disney Channel.
This isn't the first show that's been on the Cartoon Network that's not been a cartoon. There have been plenty of other shows and movies in the past that were live action.
Frankly, considering the HISTORY Channel has shows about pawn shops, ice trucking, loggers, and guys who con people out of their antique posessions...I don't think The Cartoon Network having a live action show is the worst travesty on cable TV.
I'd like to see The History Channel go back to actually being about history and these other shows go on another network (maybe even a new one called the "Zzz Reality Show Network").