User blog:Cbcarter34/Journal/Lorimar to give Toonopolis a run for it's money with Cookie Jar

Earlier today, and on the eve of Couch Potato turning 1 on Aug. 2, Journal Media Group and Lorimar Television (the owners of Couch Potato) announced a plan to venture into competition with Toonopolis (which is owned by ABN's parent company, Champion Digital Broadcasting) with the launch of Couch Potato's sister network and the first kids' network owned and operated by Journal and Lorimar, simply titled, "Cookie Jar," acquiring the name of the network from DHX Media, which bought Cookie Jar Group in 2012.

"Cookie Jar will be the place where kids will go to. We have already acquired our four core programs from Toonopolis: Gin Blossom, Lockdown, Red vs. Blue, and Sailor Moon Revolution. I believe that these core programs will be immediate hits for Cookie Jar. Our job is to build around these shows, and have kids come back for more. We've also acquired programming from the company formerly known as DIC Entertainment. Overall, this will be an awesome network, and as much respect as I have for Champion Digital Broadcasting and Toonopolis, I just want them to know that we're not going to back down from this fight," Journal CEO Lester Johnson said.

Cookie Jar will launch on Sept. 3, 2017 and will be available on subchannels across the country.