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This new block was dubbed “Checkered Past” and aired shows like The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Dexter’s Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed, Edd n Eddy and even more through the past couple of years. But according to a new listing on Adult Swim’s schedule spotted by @swimpedia on X, it seems like the final broadcast of the Checkered Past block will be on Friday, June 27th as the block prepares to come to its end. Instead replaced with more of King of the Hill the following Monday.
What Was Checkered Past?
Checkered Past was a weekly afternoon block filling in the extra time with Adult Swim. It was a fun way to go from Cartoon Network to Adult Swim through a transitional phase that aired older shows like Courage the Cowardly Dog. This block then even resulted in more experimental programming making its way back to Cartoon Network after many years with shows like Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel joining the line up in future iterations. But then things got taken even further as rarer cartoons made their way back to television thanks to this cool block as well like the Cartoon Cartoon pilots that never got their chance to be a full series.
The biggest addition to Checkered Past over its just a little over two year tenure, which also made the entire experiment worth it, was the return of the What a Cartoon! show. This was also one of the earliest pilot programs where franchises like The Powerpuff Girls and Dexter’s Laboratory got their start, and this block had aired many of the pilots that had originally premiered with Cartoon Network decades ago (and hadn’t been seen since). But for a brief time, fans got to see them on TV again (and likely for what was the final time at this point).
