 Turner aired Real Adventures seven nights a week on TBS , TNT , and Cartoon Network for an unprecedented twenty @-@ one weekly showings . Turner aired several commercial spots featuring the Quest logo and show introductions to build viral support . Turner 's marketers surmised that juvenile groups watching TNT in the morning , TBS in the afternoon , or Cartoon Network in prime time and late night were mutually exclusive . Real Adventures premiered August 26 , 1996 , three months after a twenty @-@ hour " Farewell Marathon " of original Quest . 
