The Sci-Fi Channel's Animation Station was a block of animation or puppetry-related television shows on the

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(now Syfy). Some of the shows shown were ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Broadcast in 1995 after being renamed from ''

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'', the programming was eventually dropped on August 29, 1997, due to low ratings.

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, senior vice president of the Sci Fi Channel (Syfy), also stated that ''The Animation Stations cancellation was the result of competition from other networks. As ''Animation Station'' was merely the continuation of ''Cartoon Quest'', a good portion of the shows were retained, such as

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's shows.

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