DC Nation was a programming block of

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series and

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that aired on American television channel

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on Saturday morning. It premiered on March 3, 2012, and was produced by

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. Some of the shows in DC Nation include '' Green Lantern: The Animated Series'' and ''

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'' (with ''

Beware the Batman ''Beware the Batman'' is an American computer-animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. The series premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on July 13, 2013, as part of their DC Nation block, replacing ''Batman: ...

'' in 2013). On June 8, 2012, Cartoon Network announced that it would revive the ''

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'' animated series as ''

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'', based on the New Teen Titans shorts, in 2013; episodes began airing in April of that year.

Shows

Previous series include ''

'' and '' Green Lantern: The Animated Series.'' The final lineup includes ''

'' and ''

'', along with ''

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''.

Theme songs

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– "Rock N Roll" * Richardson & Macklin & Tom Ford – "Acid Cube"

Shorts

Many short films produced by

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air on the show; they are mainly

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. In the first season, these included ''New Teen Titans'', ''S.B.F.F.'' and ''DC's World's Funnest'' from Aardman Studios. Season two saw two additional short series: ''JL Animals'' and ''Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld''.

Controversy

On October 13, 2012, two weeks after it had returned from a summer break and ten hours before it was supposed to air, the block was ceased from the schedule by Cartoon Network; an hour of ''

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'' was shown on Saturdays with ''

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'' on Sundays. DC Nation workers were told about the action by fans. Later that day, Cartoon Network and DC Nation's

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and

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profiles stated that the block had been put on hiatus and will resume airing in January 2013. An online petition was started that day to bring back the block by the end of the year and reached its first goal of 10,000 signatures on October 15. The ''Green Lantern'' episode "Steam Lantern" and the ''Young Justice'' episode "Before the Dawn", episodes that had been scheduled to air, were released to the

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and became the top two television programs of that day,. They also became available on

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on October 16. No official explanation has been given for the extended hiatus. As of October 13, all DC Nation consisted of is ''Teen Titans Go!'' repeats and various shorts, as well as being pre-empted at least four times in 2014 for special programming (such as the HD remaster of '' Pokémon: The First Movie''). ''Young Justice'', ''Green Lantern'' and ''Beware the Batman'' were all canceled with little or no information given to the fans other than a rumored report that the DC parent company did not feel these shows' lack of humor appealed to kids anymore. By 2015, the block's discontinuation was apparent with the shorts airing exclusively during ''Teen Titans Go!'' premiere episodes on Wednesday nights, until they were not.

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