 Original DC Nation logo | |
| Network | Cartoon Network |
|---|---|
| Launched | March 3, 2012 (2012-03-03) |
| Closed | March 29, 2014 (2014-03-29) |
| Country of origin | United States |
DC Nation was a programming block ofDC Comics series andshorts that aired on American television channelCartoon Network onSaturday morning. It premiered on March 3, 2012, and was produced byWarner Bros. Animation. Some of the shows in DC Nation includeGreen Lantern: The Animated Series andYoung Justice (withBeware the Batman in 2013).[1] Cartoon Network announced that they revived theTeen Titans animated series asTeen Titans Go!, based on the New Teen Titans shorts, in 2013; episodes began airing in April of that year.
Previous series includeYoung Justice andGreen Lantern: The Animated Series. The final lineup includesTeen Titans Go! andBeware the Batman, along withDC Nation Shorts.
| No. | Show | Run on Block |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Young Justice | March 3, 2012 – March 16, 2013 |
| 2 | Green Lantern: The Animated Series | March 3, 2012 – March 16, 2013 |
| 3 | DC Nation Shorts | March 3, 2012 – March 29, 2014 |
| 4 | Teen Titans Go! | April 23, 2013 – March 29, 2014 |
| 5 | Beware the Batman | July 13, 2013 – October 23, 2013 |
Many short films produced bySam Register air on the show; they are mainlycomedy. In the first season, these includedNew Teen Titans,S.B.F.F. andDC's World's Funnest from Aardman Studios. Season two saw two additional short series:JL Animals andAmethyst: Princess of Gemworld.[2]
On October 13, 2012, two weeks after it had returned from a summer break and ten hours before it was supposed to air, the block was pulled from the schedule by Cartoon Network; an hour ofDreamWorks Dragons was shown on Saturday withJohnny Test on Sunday. DC Nation workers were told about the action by fans. Later that day, Cartoon Network and DC Nation'sFacebook andTwitter profiles stated that the block had been put on hiatus and would resume airing in January 2013.
An online petition was started that day to bring back the block by the end of the year and reached its first goal of 10,000 signatures on October 15. TheGreen Lantern episode "Steam Lantern" and theYoung Justice episode "Before the Dawn", episodes that had been scheduled to air, were released to theiTunes Store and became the top two television programs of that day. They also became available onAmazon.com on October 16. No official explanation has been given for the extended hiatus.[3] As of October 13, all DC Nation consisted ofTeen Titans Go! repeats and various shorts, as well as being pre-empted at least four times in 2014 for special programming (such as the HD remaster ofPokémon: The First Movie).[4]Young Justice,Green Lantern andBeware the Batman were all canceled with little or no information given to the fans other than a rumored report that the DC parent company did not feel these shows' lack of humor appealed to kids anymore.[5]
By 2015, the block's discontinuation was apparent with the shorts airing exclusively duringTeen Titans Go! premiere episodes on Wednesday nights, until they were not.
