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[i_amtrunks]

Good News for all the Dinobot fans!

Cartoon Network have altered their known schedule for the Transformers: Animated series.

The episode "Total Meltdown" which was supposed to air as Episode 5 on January 12th 2008 has now been replaced by episode 6 "Blast from the Past" to air at the same date and time.

No reason for the episode change has been given, and episode 7 "Thrill of the Hunt" will air following "Blast from the Past" on January 19th, so for the moment it would seem that "Total Meltdown" will be skipped for some time.

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[Menbailee]

Considering how the subject matter from Blast from the Past would resonate with kids, I suspect they have every reason to put that as early in the series as possible. The Meltdown episode, on the other hand, introduces a villain who won't become relevant till much later. Other considerations could be behind the decision, but right off the bat I see reasons that a network would consider the switch a sound decision. I just hope that this doesn't interrupt continuity in character development, since the relationships do appear to evolve over time, and even kids notice character regression.

[Blurrz]

That's dumb. I see no reason for this... but do we have our first BANNED Transformers Animated Episode?

[Sabrblade]

Oh, great! It's the TF: Cybertron thing all over again. They skipped three episodes and then aired them later with the first two merged as one (but the second was aired as an individual episode later).

[Predacon Rampage]

I am glad they skipped over the human villian.

[Omega Charge]

Hmmm...confusing. Will it still be relevant as episode 5 or is it being skipped to be played later as a different episode because it is not important to the story? I don't want to miss anything important.

[bumblezzz]

This great, now the dinobot will apear earlyier they supposeally. yes.

[soundwave13c]

the dinobots are coming! the dinobots are coming, i did not know this, this is great!!

[Moonbase2]

NOOOOOOO!!!!!

Not this early!!!!

[TheMuffin]

Figures. They have a smaller than expected viewer turnout, so CN decides to flip episodes around to try and gain more viewers. So sad. But typical of that station. I give it a few more weeks until they start flipping them back and forth and changing airing times.