'Toons & other TV on the Web

Television shows old and new are popping up all over cyberspace these days, a true trend. First Desperate Housewives turned up in iTunes (along with a few other ABC shows). Now AOL announces it's launching an online TV channel, In2TV, offering dozens of old shows like "Welcome Back Kotter" and "Growing Pains," grouped "by genre, including comedies, dramas, animation, sci-fi and horror, action-adventure and 'vintage TV'," the Associated Press reports. The lineup will keep changing, but "within the first year, In2TV will offer more than 100 series and at least 300 episodes per month," the AP adds. According to the New York Times, each show will have "one to two minutes of commercials for each half-hour episode, compared with eight minutes in a standard broadcast. The Internet commercials cannot be skipped." Meanwhile, Nickelodeon has found a new distribution channel for its cartoons: Hasbro's VuGo digital media player, CNET reports. With it, kids will be able to download an episode for $1.99-2.99. "The cartoon offerings range from SpongeBob SquarePants to The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy," CNET says.