Of the Spider-Man cartoons that I have watched (i.e. all of them except for the Dan Gilvezan shows), this is how I would rank them.

6. Spider-Man: The New Animated Series.
5. Classic Spider-Man. (Wallopin' websnappers!)
4. Ultimate Spider-Man.
3. Spider-Man Unlimited.
2. Spider-Man: The Animated Series.
1. The Spectacular Spider-Man.

Classic's the one we use for image macros, right?

Yep.

I think it's a product of its time for sure, but I still love it. Easily my favourite Spider-Man cartoon there's been.

Sad news for fans of this show. Seems like another DC animated series will soon bite the dust:

Remaining Episodes of Beware the Batman Will Air in July

In fact, I am beginning to wonder why so many cartoons get canceled so quickly recently, not just on Cartoon Network but on other channels too?

I have two ideas.

1) The ratings aren't what they were back in the days, or that impressive at all. If a network has a show with low ratings, it tends to get cut even if it's liked by fans.

2) Networks don't see cartoons as anything special anymore unless it's a series that has been around for a number of years. They'd rather test the waters with small runs of a show then go with a full run of a season with a good number of episodes.

Sadly the creators knew from the start that action shows aren't as marketable any more, at least we'll see the reamining eps.

I'm just trying to think, what cartoon has really had a long life since the early/mid 2000s? Last time we got full 5 seasons of Justice League, for example.

I guess there are a few long running, recent cartoons: Star Wars The Clone Wars, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, TMNT and The Legend of Korra. Still, everything else gets canceled after the second season at most, if not first.

Or in the case of CW, thrown onto Toonami at 3 or 4 in the morning when the show's main demographic is asleep.

Son of a biscuit.