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

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Status: Partially Found

Fridays was a 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 2004.

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.

History

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.

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 series the following year by voice actress Tara Sands.

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.