Orrin Scott

I won’t comment too much on the era of live action shows on Cartoon Network; on the one hand you have to innovate and try new things and live action could have a place on Cartoon Network if it had a tighter focus. On the other hand, it is Cartoon Network and to try and make reality shows fit into their image just was not going to happen. All of that being said, there was one live action show I wish I had seen when it aired; Paul Dini’s Tower Prep, a mystery/superhero show.

It was an American/Canadian co-production that ran for a single season and was lauded for being a direction Cartoon Network could have pursued had its live action episodic broadcasts reverberated better with audiences. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be and no home media has been released. Now, onto today’s shows...

Tower Prep Logo:

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Tower_Prep

Robotomy (2010) ran for a single season and was co-executively produced by Superjail co-creator, Christy Karacas. It has not seen any home media releases.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotomy

Robotomy Logo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robotomy_logo.jpeg

The Problem Solverz (2011) ran for two seasons. There have been no home media releases.

Sources:

https://cartoonnetwork.fandom.com/wiki/The_Problem_Solverz#Home_Media

Problem Solverz Logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/The_Problem_Solverz

Secret Mountain Fort Awesome (2011) ran for two seasons and was also a testing ground for Uncle Grandpa. Neither season has been released on home media.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Mountain_Fort_Awesome

Secret Mountain Fort Awesome Logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Secret_Mountain_Fort_Awesome

Ben 10: Omniverse (2012) is the fourth iteration of the Ben 10 franchise and third continuation of the story. The series ran for eight seasons. Five volumes of the series were released, though the episodes contained within do not reflect production seasons. The first three volumes contain two discs of ten episodes, and the fourth and fifth volumes contain five episodes.

Volume 1 contains S1E1-8 and S2E2-3.

Volume 2 contains S1E9-10, S2E1 and 4-7, and S3E1-2 and 8.

Volume 3 contains S2E8-10, S3E3-7 and 9, and S4E1.

Volume 4 contains S3E10 and S4E4 and 7-9.

Volume 5 contains S5E1-2 and 6-8.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_10:_Omniverse

Ben 10: Omniverse Logo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_10:_Omniverse#/media/File:Ben10Omniverse.svg

Uncle Grandpa (2013) ran for five seasons. Two episodic compilations have been released on DVD, Tiger Trails and Good Mornin’.

Episodes released are as follows:

Season 1 Episode 1 “Belly Brothers”
Season 1 Episode 2 “Tiger Trails”
Season 1 Episode 3 “Space Emperor”
Season 1 Episode 4 “Funny Face”
Season 1 Episode 5 “Moustache Cream”
Season 1 Episode 6 “Nickname”
Season 1 Episode 7 “Driver’s Test”
Season 1 Episode 8 “Uncle Grandpa Sitter”
Season 1 Episode 10 “Uncle Grandpa for a Day”
Season 1 Episode 11 “Afraid of the Dark”
Season 1 Episode 12 “Treasure Map”
Season 1 Episode 13 “Locked Out”
Season 1 Episode 15 “Brain Game”
Season 1 Episode 16 “Mystery Noise”
Season 1 Episode 17 “Charlie Burgers”
Season 1 Episode 19 “Perfect Kid”
Season 1 Episode 22 “Future Pizza”
Season 1 Episode 25 “Bad Morning”
Season 1 Episode 28 “Bezt Friends”
Season 1 Episode 30 “Hide and Seek”
Season 1 Episode 31 “The History of Wrestling”
Season 1 Episode 33 “Vacation”
Season 1 Episode 34 “Aunt Grandma”
Season 1 Episode 35 “Grounded”