Alright I have a rant for Cartoon Network on two shows that either suck or have really gone downhill.
1. Johnny Test. Does anyone else absolutely hate this show? Because I sure as hell do. I tried to give this show a chance, I really did, but it's just so annoying. And the worst part is it could actually be a good show with tons of potential but it's just written really badly. One of the worst moments is when they fight against an Ice villain who makes terrible generic ice puns and they don't even mock him or snark at him for making them. If they made jokes about how bad they were it would be different, but they dont, that's really bad. And in another one they close out the episode by having everyone start laughing the way generic sitcoms in the 50's did. And they don't make fun of how stupid or generic that is either, they treat it seriously. This show treats Dead Horse tropes seriously, that's bad. It also doesn't help that pretty much every character has a really annoying voice the protagonist is voiced by James Arnold Tyler (a VA who can be alright in roles such as Green Arrow and Harry Osborn but sadly he uses his Tidus voice for this role, god forbid). So yeah this show sucks and unlike my show mentioned above it doesn't really have a Golden Age, it just sucks.
2. Ben 10. Specifically Alien Force and Ultimate Alien. I have to admit I barely even bothered with Ultimate Alien, I just didn't give a crap anymore. Now the first Ben 10 was pretty damn enjoyable, particularly the animated feature Secret of the Omnitrix which actually met the hype that CN gave it. But since Alien Force it's really gone downhill, it's just booring now, the characters have lost the personalities they've had before, Kevin joining the group and getting into a romance with Gwen isn't a bad idea in theory, but god if the execution isn't terrible. And there's so much more I could list as flaws but I'll just say that one of the worst aspects is how much CN shoves it down our throats. You know how much people hated the oversaturation of Naruto on CN when it aired, well at least Naruto was still good then (up until the fillers obviously) but Ben 10 sucks now and CN still seems to think that it's top notch. I think they want to turn Ben 10 into their equivalent of Spongebob (Spongebob sucks too now and Nick still airs it 8 times a day, but that's a whole nother rant) but it would help if you actually wrote it well, idiots.
CN really is a hollow shell of its former self, I'm not saying there aren't still some good shows, but the network I grew up on is gone. I am sad that a channel that brought me so much joy in my childhood is mostly crap now. I miss Fosters, I miss Billy and Mandy, I miss Toonami, I miss the DCAU, I miss Samurai Jack, I miss Code Lyoko, I miss Powerpuff Girls, I miss Courage, I miss Dexter, I'm probably forgetting more those are just the ones that come to mind immediately. The point is goodbye network that I loved, you are sorely missed.
Oh, and good Ben 10 as well. And I personally was fond of Codename: Kids Next Door
But hey, at least there's Generator Rex.