Fridays (partially found interstitials from Cartoon Network channel block; 2003–2007)

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Fridays is a former programming block featuring live-action segments that aired on Cartoon Network on Friday evenings to showcase new episodes of the network's original animated series. It debuted on October 3, 2003, and was broadcast until February 23, 2007. It began as a replacement for Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, which had been Cartoon Network's Friday-night block since June 11, 1999. Fridays was hosted by Tommy Snider and Nzinga Blake, but Blake would be replaced by Tara Sands beginning in 2005.

New episodes of Fridays were aired once a week, and, unlike its predecessor, segments were never repeated or recycled. Because of this, availability for most episodes is limited to contemporary home recordings, usually from VHS tapes. The only official release has been a single compilation DVD by Cartoon Network.

History

Summer Fridays

On May 23, 2003, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays was temporarily replaced by a hostless Summer Fridays, which ran from 7pm until 12am every Friday night. Unlike CCF, these segments were not hosted by a character.

Online footage of Summer Fridays is scarcely available; CCFfreak, a YouTube user who archives Cartoon Cartoon Fridays host segments, stated that he did not like the block as soon as he saw the first host segment and only has the first half or so of a Kids Next Door episode from the first night saved. As time passed, more footage began to be preserved; CN archivist SpongeBranded uploaded a few host segments from the block in November 2016, and Captain B. Zarre has uploaded the intro and a few host segments of the "Fridays" block that use very similar bumpers.

Fridays

On October 3, 2003, a live-action iteration took its place. Simply titled Fridays, the new block featured a different introduction and theme music, and its hosts were Tommy Snider and Nzinga Blake. Unlike the old CCF format, which occasionally recycled old animation, Fridays featured brand new segments every week. In addition to live-action characters, the revamped block often incorporated other formats for segments, such as puppetry. Blake would be replaced on the block two years later by voice actress Tara Sands.

Fridays would occasionally interview celebrities, including Johnny Depp,[1][2] George Lucas,[2] Charles Barkley,[2] Kevin Spacey,[2] Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Amy Lee, Jackie Chan, Jason Mraz, and Robin Williams.[3] The lost or found status of these interviews has not been confirmed.

Later iterations

On February 23, 2007, the Fridays block ended and was replaced by Friday Night Premiere Thunder, which premiered on April 6, 2007. This block went on hiatus after May 25, 2007, until it was replaced on June 1 by Fried Dynamite, which aired new segments until September 26, 2008. Fried Dynamite would be replaced by You Are Here shortly afterwards.

Availability

The Cartoon Network Fridays: Volume 1 DVD was released by Cartoon Network in the mid-2000s.[4]

Unlike its predecessor, Fridays host segments changed every week, meaning that its host segments are much more difficult to find than the CCF host segments. Many of these segments are currently lost, although they have been mentioned on forums such as ToonZone. A few segments from mid-2004 have resurfaced and were uploaded in a compilation video. YouTuber JDTFridaysFan97 has uploaded many clips from the series to his channel, but the channel is not a complete archive.

References

  1. ↑ Tommy Snider interviewing Johnny Depp on Cartoon Network's Friday's (2006) at IMDb.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tara Sands at FanCons.com.
  3. ↑ Tommy Snider interviewing Robin Williams for Cartoon Network's Friday's (2006) at IMDb.
  4. ↑ Cartoon Network Fridays, Vol. 1 [DVD]. Amazon.com.

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