Qubo News and Discussion Thread

[TheWolfPup2006]

It looks like Qubo's Tuesday marathon for the new schedule is gonna be (once again) Babar!

 

[CartoonLover2604]

Wednesdays marathon will be once again: Classic Bob from 8PM-12AM then an hour of Reboot Bob from 12AM-1AM.

 

[ToonRo]

With Pirates: Adventures in Art still in the new schedule, and there being the least episode count than any other show on qubo (as far as I know), I don't see why it hasn't been moved to weekends (but not airing it for more than an hour), if they insist on keeping it on the air.

Why can't qubo put two shows in one hour, like they did with their past schedules?
(e.x. Marvin, Ned's Newt, Stickin' Around, and Scaredy Squirrel)
After seeing countless Pirates reruns, I'm ready to see these shows back in their previous timeslots (but keep Babar and Badou in the 4th slot), or at least different shows.

Yup, I'm not really liking the new schedule, aside from the new additions and the removal of modern Bob.

 

[CartoonLover2604]

With Pirates: Adventures in Art still in the new schedule, and there being the least episode count than any other show on qubo (as far as I know), I don't see why it hasn't been moved to weekends (but not airing it for more than an hour), if they insist on keeping it on the air.

Why can't qubo put two shows in one hour, like they did with their past schedules?
(e.x. Marvin, Ned's Newt, Stickin' Around, and Scaredy Squirrel)
After seeing countless Pirates reruns, I'm ready to see these shows back in their previous timeslots (but keep Babar and Badou in the 4th slot), or at least different shows.

Yup, I'm not really liking the new schedule, aside from the new additions and the removal of modern Bob.

Yes! I very much agree, Pirates is a good show but seeing the same 22 episodes again over and over gets very tiring.

As a matter of fact, Qubo at this point should air all their shows in 30 min blocks. They seem to have enough shows in their catalogue to air and it also helps for less shows to get removed. Yes I know they have paid programming overnight but that isn't an excuse to just air the same few shows over and over again everyday. I would divide the channel into two blocks: Preschool shows in the morning and early afternoons and family/action and comedy shows in the mid afternoon and evenings. That way Qubo truly does have something for everyone. (Kind of like The Hub)

 

[Theolivepit]

With Pirates: Adventures in Art still in the new schedule, and there being the least episode count than any other show on qubo (as far as I know), I don't see why it hasn't been moved to weekends (but not airing it for more than an hour), if they insist on keeping it on the air.

Why can't qubo put two shows in one hour, like they did with their past schedules?
(e.x. Marvin, Ned's Newt, Stickin' Around, and Scaredy Squirrel)
After seeing countless Pirates reruns, I'm ready to see these shows back in their previous timeslots (but keep Babar and Badou in the 4th slot), or at least different shows.

Yup, I'm not really liking the new schedule, aside from the new additions and the removal of modern Bob.

I definitely agree. I’m not really liking the new schedule either. Qubo really should add a lot more variety to their schedules than they are right now.


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[JMTV]

I would divide the channel into two blocks: Preschool shows in the morning and early afternoons and family/action and comedy shows in the mid afternoon and evenings. That way Qubo truly does have something for everyone. (Kind of like The Hub)

Off Topic Question: You know, now that I think about it, why can't Hasbro partner up with Ion Media instead of Discovery Communications?

I could definitely see The Hub last longer than it did with Discovery. Do you think that could work? I sure do. It would have a mix between Qubo and Hasbro shows. Plus, Qubo is a over the air broadcast network, and I think it's perfect.

Do you think it could work if Qubo rebrand themselves as The Hub again after Discovery's partnership expires? Or do you think The Hub could come back as a programming block on Qubo? Or the Hub could come back as a streaming service?

Let me know.

 

[Tacomaster]

But, despite being over the air, not as many people have Qubo(21 million households as opposed to 55 million for Discovery Family), mainly in part because cable operators are skeptical of Ion’s reputation as basically a ton of informercials(and now that they’ve added them to Qubo, their case became justified). Plus, in addition to advertisers being skeptical of Hasbro’s involvement... why does it have to be The Hub? Can’t Qubo still have its name and yet add Hub-ish programs? And Transformers certainly isn’t a fit for current Qubo, even if MLP is.

In my opinion, Discovery and Ion should merge, and Qubo replaces Discovery Family as the major kids channel, with Hasbro still providing content, and with a wider focus.

 

[TVFan88]

But, despite being over the air, not as many people have Qubo(21 million households as opposed to 55 million for Discovery Family), mainly in part because cable operators are skeptical of Ion’s reputation as basically a ton of informercials(and now that they’ve added them to Qubo, their case became justified). Plus, in addition to advertisers being skeptical of Hasbro’s involvement... why does it have to be The Hub? Can’t Qubo still have its name and yet add Hub-ish programs? And Transformers certainly isn’t a fit for current Qubo, even if MLP is.

In my opinion, Discovery and Ion should merge, and Qubo replaces Discovery Family as the major kids channel, with Hasbro still providing content, and with a wider focus.

Yeah, And Speaking of Ion, Did you saw the news that Scripps is buying Ion Media? E.W. Scripps to Acquire Ion Media for $2.65 Billion With Aid From Berkshire Hathaway

 

[Theolivepit]

Yeah, And Speaking of Ion, Did you saw the news that Scripps is buying Ion Media? E.W. Scripps to Acquire Ion Media for $2.65 Billion With Aid From Berkshire Hathaway

We already knew this a while ago actually.


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[Tacomaster]

Yeah, And Speaking of Ion, Did you saw the news that Scripps is buying Ion Media? E.W. Scripps to Acquire Ion Media for $2.65 Billion With Aid From Berkshire Hathaway

We do.

 

[JMTV]

But, despite being over the air, not as many people have Qubo(21 million households as opposed to 55 million for Discovery Family), mainly in part because cable operators are skeptical of Ion’s reputation as basically a ton of informercials(and now that they’ve added them to Qubo, their case became justified). Plus, in addition to advertisers being skeptical of Hasbro’s involvement... why does it have to be The Hub? Can’t Qubo still have its name and yet add Hub-ish programs? And Transformers certainly isn’t a fit for current Qubo, even if MLP is.

In my opinion, Discovery and Ion should merge, and Qubo replaces Discovery Family as the major kids channel, with Hasbro still providing content, and with a wider focus.

Yeah, you do bring up a good point. It's gonna be really difficult if Hasbro were to partnered with Ion Media. That would be much more of a mess than partner up with Discovery by comparison.

Now that I think about it, Airing Hasbro and former Hub shows on Qubo is a much better idea. I think it's better to give Qubo much more of an expansion to replaced Discovery Family rather than bringing back The Hub name and branding since we already know it failed. In addition to Discovery Family being in zombie mode right now, I agree that Discovery and Ion should merge so they can put that dead channel to rest forever. So that way Hasbro can have more of a breathing room for their content on Qubo. I mean, I can see Qubo being the next generation Hub at this point.

Since Discovery bought Ion Media a couple of months ago, I think Hasbro should at least hold their Discovery partnership a little bit longer so Qubo can aired their shows, Hasbro shows, Hub shows, and new content all in one place.

Oh my gosh, there's so many possibilities they can do with this. And it's perfect!

 

[JaredCap43™]

But, despite being over the air, not as many people have Qubo(21 million households as opposed to 55 million for Discovery Family), mainly in part because cable operators are skeptical of Ion’s reputation as basically a ton of informercials(and now that they’ve added them to Qubo, their case became justified). Plus, in addition to advertisers being skeptical of Hasbro’s involvement... why does it have to be The Hub? Can’t Qubo still have its name and yet add Hub-ish programs? And Transformers certainly isn’t a fit for current Qubo, even if MLP is.

In my opinion, Discovery and Ion should merge, and Qubo replaces Discovery Family as the major kids channel, with Hasbro still providing content, and with a wider focus.

Or perhaps they could rebrand Qubo as a relaunched Discovery Kids (having the same branding as the Latin American one).

 

[CartoonLover2604]

Or perhaps they could rebrand Qubo as a relaunched Discovery Kids (having the same branding as the Latin American one).

In my opinion, there's already enough preschool channels out there. A family network would be a better option in my opinion at least.

 

[JMTV]

In my opinion, there's already enough pre school channels out there. A family network would be a better option in my opinion at least.

Yup. I can see it now:

Qubo: Where Kids and Families Comes Together.

or

Qubo: Making Family Fun

Y'know what I mean.

 

[superkeegan9100]

I had an idea that Qubo and Scripps’ Laff channel could merge into one entity...

 

[JMTV]

I had an idea that Qubo and Scripps’ Laff channel could merge into one entity...

That's pretty cool.

For me, I though it would be a cool idea that Qubo, Scripps/Discovery, and Hasbro could make Qubo as a Hub-inspired family network. That would be great!

 

[TheWolfPup2006]

I had an idea that Qubo and Scripps’ Laff channel could merge into one entity...

That's an awesome idea!

And sorry if I'm being a little off topic here, but I just randomly caught myself quietly singing The Magic School Bus Rides Again's theme song lol... it's completely stuck in my head now after watching a few episodes on Qubo for the past few weeks.

 

[JaredCap43™]

In my opinion, there's already enough preschool channels out there. A family network would be a better option in my opinion at least.

This Discovery Kids would be more like the Hub in terms of programming though.

 

[Tacomaster]

Since Discovery bought Ion Media a couple of months ago

No, EW Scripps bought Ion. The Scripps cable networks Discovery bought and EW Scripps are different things.

I had an idea that Qubo and Scripps’ Laff channel could merge into one entity...

Okay, shoot

 

[JMTV]

No, EW Scripps bought Ion. The Scripps cable networks Discovery bought and EW Scripps are different things.

Oh okay. I thought they were the same. My bad.

But still, like you said, it would be awesome if Ion and Discovery merge together, and have Qubo replace Discovery Family and put it out of it's misery.