According to Cartoon Network, new episodes of Batman: The Brave and The Bold are slated to resume airing on the network toward the end of May 2011. New episodes include “Scorn of the Star Sapphire!” on May 27th, 2011 and “Time Out for Vengeance!” on June 3rd, 2011. Reruns are slated to air for the remainder of the month. Schedule details for upcoming Batman: The Brave and The Bold episodes are available below, with unaltered episode descriptions directly from Cartoon Network.
Friday, May 6th, 2011 at 6:30pm (ET) – “#50 Darkseid Descending!”
Batman assembles a new, motley Justice League to thwart a pending Earth invasion by Darkseid. The rag-tag group can hardly get along–let alone battle a near god–but when they become Earth’s last hope, they have to learn to pull it together.
Friday, May 13th, 2011 at 6:30pm (ET) – “#29 Death Race to Oblivion!”
Mongul holds Earth ransom, forcing it’s greatest heroes–and villains!–to race for the planet’s survival. It’s a crooked bargain wherein even if Batman wins, he dooms his fellow heroes–if the villains don’t doom them first!
Friday, May 20th, 2011 at 6:30pm (ET) – “#30 The Siege of Starro, Part One!”
Led by Faceless Hunter, the Starro Invasion comes on full swing. Only Batman and a handful of unlikely heroes remain uninfected to thwart the alien parasites and their mind-controlled hosts before all of Earth is sucked dry.
Friday, May 20th, 2011 at 7:00pm (ET) – “#40 The Siege of Starro, Part Two!”
Star Conqueror may be defeated, but Faceless Hunter is not! The alien warrior manipulates B’Wana Beast, forcing him to combine the tiny Starros into one massive beast he plans to use to destroy the planet! But Batman has his own back-up — the Metal Men!
Friday, May 27th, 2011 at 6:30pm (ET) – “#56 Scorn of the Star Sapphire!” — New!
Batman teams up with Green Lantern Hal Jordan to face the evil Star Sapphire!
Friday, May 27th, 2011 at 7:00pm (ET) – “#18 The Color of Revenge!”
Batman and Robin team up again, but it’s not like it always was–there was a reason Robin left to go work on his own. As Crazy Quilt comes after Robin for revenge, all the dirty laundry comes out between the dynamic duo!
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 at 6:30pm (ET) – “#58 Time Out for Vengeance!” — New!
The JLI travel to the past to try and stop a force that wants to wipe out all the incarnations of Batman throughout time (Cave-Batman, Pirate Batman).
Please note schedule details are subject to change without notice. Batman: The Brave and The Bold airs Fridays at 6:30pm (ET) on Cartoon Network. An updated episode guide for the series, featuring episode production numbers, can be found at The World’s Finest Batman: The Brave and The Bold subsite.
Cartoon Network has also released schedule details for the May 2011 installments of the acclaimed Young Justice animated series. Reruns are currently slated to air during the month of May 2011, but new episodes will start up beginning Friday, June 3rd, 2011 with “Targets.” The schedule break-down is as follows below, including details on a special 90-minute block of Young Justice reruns on Friday, May 27th, 2011, along with episode-specific descriptions.
Friday, May 13th, 2011 at 7:00pm (ET) – “#5 Schooled”
Superboys anger over his non-relationship with Superman is getting out of control. He refuses to train with Black Canary, and when the team faces an opponent that even the Justice League had trouble defeating, the Boy of Steel goes rogue.
Friday, May 27th, 2011 at 7:30pm (ET) – “#3 Welcome to Happy Harbor”
After Speedy declines to join the new team, Robin, Aqualad and Kid Flash fear Young Justice is just a big jokewhile new member Miss Martian fears theres no room for her to be part of it. So when the four heroes and Superboy come up against Mister Twister, it looks like all their fears have just been realized
Friday, May 27th, 2011 at 8:00pm (ET) – “#4 Drop Zone”
On their first official assignment a covert recon mission to the Venom-producing island of Santa Prisca the team finds itself caught in a struggle between the deadly Bane and cult leader Kobra for possession of something far worse than they suspected.
Friday, May 27th, 2011 at 8:30pm (ET) – “#8 Downtime”
After a disastrous mission with the team, Aqualad returns to Atlantis to choose between a life on the surface world or one beneath the waves with the Aquagirl of his dreams. But other forces are at play, which may make Aqualad’s decision for him.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 at 7:00pm (ET) – “#10 Targets” — New!
Red Arrows battle to prevent the League of Shadows from inciting a war, pits him against the worlds most dangerous assassins and allies him with someone more dangerous still. Too bad Aqualad couldnt convince him to ask the team for help
Young Justice airs Fridays at 7:30pm (ET) on Cartoon Network. Please note Young Justice will be pre-empted on Friday, May 6th, 2011 due to a special Ben 10: Ultimate Alien programming event, and again on Friday, May 20th, 2011 due to a special hour-long Batman: The Brave and The Bold programming event.
Stay tuned for further schedule updates and coverage on both Batman: The Brave and The Bold and Young Justice here soon at The World’s Finest.
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