forcepreview
343
edits
Pokémon in Brazil: Difference between revisions
→Pokémon anime
| Line 33: | Line 33: | ||
Pokémon started airing on {{wp|Record (television network)|Rede Record}} on May 10, 1999. It aired daily in the morning. A few months later, it also began to air on {{wp|Cartoon Network (Latin America)|Cartoon Network}}. Both channels noticed the great success that they had in their hands, and after several reruns of the [[S01|first season]], the [[S02|second season]] began to air on both channels, first on RecordTV, and then on Cartoon Network starting the week after. | Pokémon started airing on {{wp|Record (television network)|Rede Record}} on May 10, 1999. It aired daily in the morning. A few months later, it also began to air on {{wp|Cartoon Network (Latin America)|Cartoon Network}}. Both channels noticed the great success that they had in their hands, and after several reruns of the [[S01|first season]], the [[S02|second season]] began to air on both channels, first on RecordTV, and then on Cartoon Network starting the week after. | ||
The second season had also high ratings, but was not as successful as the first. This was due to the broadcast of the ''{{wp|Digimon}}'' series on a rival channel of | The second season had also high ratings, but was not as successful as the first. This was due to the broadcast of the ''{{wp|Digimon}}'' series on a rival channel of Record, {{wp|TV Globo|Rede Globo}}, in the same time slot. Eventually, Record acquired [[S03|seasons three]] and [[S04|four]] as well. Around this time, in 2002, the success of Pokémon on Record led another network, {{wp|Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão|SBT}}, to buy the rights to the first three movies in partnership with [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. International Television]], making the films a well-known part of SBT's film rotation. | ||
Since | Since Record had aired its episodes in a short period of time, it started to rerun episodes frequently, a fact which lowered its overall audience ratings. Because of this, Globo purchased the rights to [[S05|season five]] in 2003. Pokémon was so successful in the mornings on Globo that it also acquired the [[S06|sixth]] and [[S07|seventh]] [[season]]s. When they too ran out of new episodes, Globo reran them a few times and eventually took the show out of its morning schedule. | ||
In 2008, {{wp|RedeTV!}} needed a temporary cartoon to fill a space which would be taken by a new show, and acquired the first season to do so. However, Pokémon was so successful that RedeTV! acquired other seasons to air at night on the channel at 6pm. In 2009, RedeTV! was the first to air [[S11|season eleven]], even before Cartoon Network, which usually is the first to air new episodes. | In 2008, {{wp|RedeTV!}} needed a temporary cartoon to fill a space which would be taken by a new show, and acquired the first season to do so. However, Pokémon was so successful that RedeTV! acquired other seasons to air at night on the channel at 6pm. In 2009, RedeTV! was the first to air [[S11|season eleven]], even before Cartoon Network, which usually is the first to air new episodes. | ||