Cartoon Network (United States)

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Cartoon Network
Launched	October 1, 1992
Owned by	Time Warner (through TBS)
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Country	United States
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia
Sister channel(s)	Boomerang, Adult Swim
Website	CartoonNetwork.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 296 (SD/HD) (East) Channel 297 (West)
Dish Network	Channel 176 (East) Channel 177 (West)
Cable
IO digital cable	Channel 32
Available on most cable systems	Check local listings for channels

Cartoon Network (abbreviated CN, corporately known as The Cartoon Network, Inc.) is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. The original American channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 with the Bugs Bunny short Rhapsody Rabbit being its first-ever aired program.^{[citation needed]} Cartoon Network originally served as a 24-hour outlet for classic animation properties from the Turner Broadcasting libraries and is mainly youth-oriented, but shares channel space with a late-night adult-oriented channel programming block called Adult Swim. Since 2003 however, Cartoon Network began airing a small amount of live-action programming, mostly movies.

[edit] History

[edit] Late 1980s-1999

By the end of the 1980s, Ted Turner's cable-TV conglomerate had acquired the MGM film library (which included the older catalog of pre-August 1948^[1] color Warner Bros. cartoons), and its cable channel Turner Network Television had gained an audience with its film library. In 1990, it purchased animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions and acquired its large library as well as most of the Ruby-Spears library. By October 1, 1992, Cartoon Network was created as an outlet for Turner's considerable library of animation, and the initial programming on the channel consisted exclusively of reruns of classic Warner Bros. (like Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), MGM (like Tom and Jerry and Droopy Dog), and Hanna-Barbera cartoons (like The Jetsons and The Flintstones), with many Hanna-Barbera TV cartoons like Wally Gator used as time fillers. Most of the short cartoons were aired in half-hour or hour-long packages, usually separated by character or studio—Down With Droopy D aired old Droopy Dog shorts, The Tom and Jerry Show presented the classic cat-and-mouse team, and Bugs and Daffy Tonight provided classic Looney Tunes shorts. The majority of the classic animation that was shown on Cartoon Network no longer airs, with the exception of Tom and Jerry, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!.

Hanna-Barbera started production on The What-A-Cartoon! Show (also known as World-Premiere Toons and "What-A-Cartoon"), a series of creator-driven short cartoons that premiered on Cartoon Network in 1995. It was the network's third original series (the second was Space Ghost Coast to Coast and the first was The Moxy Show). The project was spearheaded by several Cartoon Network executives, plus The Ren and Stimpy Show creator John Kricfalusi (who was an advisor to the network at the time) and Fred Seibert (who was formerly one of the driving forces behind the Nicktoons, and would go on to produce the similar animation anthology series Oh, Yeah! Cartoons). The chief purpose of The What A Cartoon Show was to help Cartoon Network expand its library of exclusive programming and it introduced a number of new cartoon ideas. Eight of them were spun off into their own series runs. These eight series, Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Mike, Lu & Og became the origins of the network's original cartoons, collectively known as Cartoon Cartoons.

[edit] Enter Time Warner

In 1996, Turner successfully merged with Time Warner. This consolidated ownership of all the WB cartoons, so now post-July 1948^[2] releases were being shown on the network, leading up to a 2000 announcement that Cartoon Network would be the exclusive TV home of the classic Warner Bros. animated library. Newer animated productions by WB also started appearing on the network—mostly reruns of shows that had aired on Kids' WB, plus certain new programs such as Justice League.

In 2006, CN became the exclusive US outlet for the Pokémon anime—reruns and first-run, the latter hitherto appearing on Kids' WB, and the former off and on since 2002.

[edit] Cartoon Network's 10th anniversary

On October 1, 2002, Cartoon Network's 10th birthday, Cartoon Network aired a one-day special bumper acknowledging their 10th anniversary. The promo showed quick clips from shows, bumpers, and promos throughout Cartoon Network's history.^[3]

[edit] A new era

On June 14, 2004, Cartoon Network relaunched itself with a new logo and slogan, “This is Cartoon Network.”^[4] The first program ever aired on the relaunched Cartoon Network was Rescue Heroes. The bumps now featured 2D cartoon characters from their shows interacting in a CGI city composed of sets from their shows. By now, nearly all of Cartoon Network's classic cartoon programming had been relocated to its sister network Boomerang to make way for new programming, with the exception of a select few, such as Tom and Jerry, a longtime staple of the Turner networks. Within a few months, the network took off more shows from the 1990s (Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, etc.) and put them on a 30 minute block called The Cartoon Cartoon Show. Some shows like Time Squad, Mike, Lu & Og, I Am Weasel, Looney Tunes, and Sheep in the Big City were taken off the network completely. Ed, Edd n Eddy is currently the only currently-running Cartoon Cartoon (Courage the Cowardly Dog is being broadcasted via reruns), of which its sixth season is on hiatus for a production of an upcoming movie.

[edit] Cartoon Network today

In the summer of 2006, Cartoon Network's slogan was a simplistic “Cartoon Network — Yes!,” as spoken by Fred Fredburger, a character on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. Before then, the network's original slogan, "the best place for cartoons", had remained the network's slogan for nearly five years. The network also used bumps featuring the cast of Camp Lazlo as stick puppets and characters in front of a red background.

The 2006-2007 campaign featured three different styles of bumps. The first style is "Lunchbox of Doom", featuring an assortment of show clips inside a CGI gothic lunchbox, a reference to an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. The second is "VS.", comparing two cartoon characters. Their next style was a reprise of the 2004 CGI City look, using flat, dark colors.

Jim Samples, president of the Cartoon Network, resigned on February 9, 2007 due to the Boston Mooninite Scare. Samples had been network president for 5 years.^[5]

Through 2007, Cartoon Network retained the image campaign that began in 2006, albeit a slightly refreshed version.^[6] On October 15, 2007, the channel began broadcasting in 1080i High Definition.^[7] On 1st September 2007, the network look was revamped, and bumpers and station identification were themed to The Hives song "Fall is Just Something That Grown-Ups Invented", and aired for several months. Another bumper named "Ridiculously Short Cartoons" airs shorts edited from shows as if they lasted five or 10 seconds.

Every October since 2007, Cartoon Network airs 40 episodes of the 1995 Children's Program Goosebumps, which is based on the novels written by R.L. Stine. It is unknown whether or not Cartoon Network will maintain the show for permanent, or for annual airings.

Cartoon Network announced at its 2008 Upfront that it is working on a new project called "Cartoonstitute", which is headed by animators Craig McCracken (as executive producer) and Rob Renzetti (as supervising producer). Both report to Rob Scorcher, who created the idea. The program will work in a way similar to What A Cartoon!, by creating at least 150 pieces of animation within 20 months.^[8]

Cartoon Network has also begun to air some imported Canadian programs from Teletoon such as George of the Jungle, 6teen, Total Drama Island, and Chaotic. Beginning May 25, 2008, Cartoon Network has been airing animated shorts, called Wedgies, to fill in spots between two programs.

On July 14, 2008, the network took on a brand new look created by Tristan Eaton and Kidrobot. The current bumpers have white, faceless characters called Noods. ^[9] The Noods look similar to the do-it-yourself toy known as Munny, also created by Kidrobot. A Nood would often come in contact with a color blob or a color bar and absorb the color to become a Cartoon Network character, or change into another color, if not already colored. Other bumpers feature characters interacting with one another. Various commercial parodies were aired, also using Cartoon Network characters. From July 2008 to the start of October, Greg Cipes, Kevin's voice actor in Ben 10: Alien Force became the network's announcer. The programming blocks also were changed to fit in with this new look, with different Noods (or a rainbow of color for Har Har Tharsdays) being used. The standard network logo is now completely white, adopting different colors based on the occasion in the same style. As of June 12, 2009, the screen bug is now all black with white letters.

In April 2008, Cartoon Network began airing a one minute sign-off bumper, depicting a child's daily activities from sunrise to nighttime. In the end, it reads "Good Night. See you tomorrow!" before the Adult Swim program block began. It was their first sign-off bumper after 7 years of showing such a nightly block. This sign-off was later revised to match the network's new look. A Nood paints on a parental advisory warning for Adult Swim. There is also a sign-on bumper consisting of a Nood painting the Cartoon Network background on. Then, two others bring in the Cartoon Network logo. Warnings now also appear before programs rated TV-PG and higher airing outside of Adult Swim.

[edit] Programming

A Spanish language audio track is accessible via SAP, some cable companies offer the Spanish feed as a separate channel.

[edit] Current programming blocks

[edit] Adult Swim

Adult Swim is Cartoon Network's adult-oriented sister network, which premiered on September 2, 2001, in the USA.

Originally a Sunday-only block that was rerun on Thursdays, Adult Swim now airs all week starting at 10:00 PM (E/P) with an encore airing at 2 a.m. every night and then ending with an hour of older shows on every night but Sunday. The block, programmed by Williams Street, plays American animated comedy series and shorts as well as a wide variety of mature anime series (now moved exclusively to Saturday and early Sunday morning) and Original video animations (OVA) geared towards audiences 17 and older.

[edit] CN Real

CN Real is a programing block with reality shows usually on Wednesdays and Saturdays that premiered on June 17, 2009. Shows such as The Othersiders, Survive This, BrainRush, and Destroy Build Destroy can be found in this programming block. The Othersiders and Survive This premiere on Wednesdays, while BrainRush and Destroy Build Destroy premiere on Saturdays. Network executives expressed concern about alienating Cartoon Network's core audience with this block.^[10]

[edit] Flicks

Flicks is a movie block on Cartoon Network that started airing in the summer of 2008. The first movie it aired was The Ant Bully. It airs mostly live-action movies, but airs animated movies sometimes. It comes on every Sunday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. A spin-off called Action Flicks aired as a temporary replacement block for Toonami. It aired action/adventure movies, such as Naruto movies. This was the only part of Cartoon Network in which aired TV-14 programs. Then it was taken off the air and replaced by a block containing Total Drama Island and 6teen. Both were replaced by CN Real.

[edit] Har Har Tharsdays

Har Har Tharsdays (formerly CN Thursday Nights) is a block of programming on Cartoon Network that started airing June 5, 2008. During this block, comedy shows are being aired from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The shows have brand new episodes. These television shows consist of Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Total Drama Action, and 6teen, although this schedule changes regularly. The block sometimes changes its name to commemorate certain events, like "Star Star Starsdays" (in honor of the premiere of Star Wars: The Clone Wars) "Heart Heart Theartsdays" (for Valentine's Day) or "Scare Scare Scaresdays" (for Halloween). On June 11, 2009, Total Drama Island was replaced by Total Drama Action.

[edit] Saturday CrushZone

Taking the place of the Dynamite Action Squad portion of Fried Dynamite, Saturday CrushZone is a spin-off of the block, Thumbtastic Afterschool Event. It is a Saturday morning action block that shows The Secret Saturdays and Ben 10: Alien Force, along with airing premieres of action shows like Pokemon, Bakugan, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and Chaotic. It is more action-oriented that the original, Thumbtastic Afterschool Event. Along with these shows, it is shown that TWF (Thumb Wrestling Federation) will be part of it.

[edit] Wedgies

Wedgies are shorts that appear occasionally after a show or a movie, usually as a time filler. Some Wedgies include Nacho Bear, Big Baby, Calling Cat 22,The Talented Mr. Bixby, and The Bremen Avenue Experience, but one is a spin-off from a show that is The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. This was a replacement of the original Cartoon Network Extra, which featured the usually 11-minute episodes of some Cartoon Network series. Wedgies also include skits by Blake and the Fried Dynamite crew, which air mostly after school from 3pm-5pm.

[edit] Past programming blocks and blocks on hiatus

[edit] Toonami

Toonami ran from March 17, 1997 through September 20, 2008, making it the longest-running programming block in Cartoon Network's history. The block premiered masses of action-oriented cartoons and was hosted originally by a CGI rendition of Moltar (from Space Ghost Coast to Coast), who was eventually replaced with four versions of TOM.

[edit] Fried Dynamite

Fried Dynamite premiered on August 31, 2007 on Cartoon Network, replacing Fridays. Fried Dynamite was the Friday-Saturday block of cartoon shows, hosted by Blake Michael, which aired on every Friday night from 7pm-11pm and Saturday morning from 9am-11am. It ended October 3, 2008 in the wake of the new block, You Are Here. On Saturday, January 17, 2009, Dynamite Action Squad, the longer lasting portion of the block is canceled for the spin-off of Thumbtastic Afterschool Event, Saturday CrushZone.

[edit] Fridays

Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, was launched on April 30, 1999 and last aired on May 2, 2003. Cartoon Cartoon Fridays was the Friday night version of "Cartoon Cartoons". This program block on Cartoon Network that showcased the channel's original cartoon series, with new episode premieres usually taking place in this block. The block was "hosted" by cartoon characters that were part of Cartoon Cartoons shows. The block aired between 7 p.m.-5 a.m., with the shows and segments repeating at least twice.

On February 23, 2007, Cartoon Network aired the last Fridays before being replaced with Fried Dynamite.

[edit] Cartoon Cartoons

Cartoon Cartoons is a collective name for Cartoon Network original series which premiered before 2003. These cartoons were originally produced by Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network Studios, but over the years, studios like a.k.a. Cartoon, Kino Films, Stretch Films, Blanky Blook and Curious Pictures produced these series for Cartoon Network. Any and all Cartoon Cartoons have been featured as a part of Cartoon Network's original Friday night programming block, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays.

[edit] Miguzi

Miguzi was a cartoon block that premiered on April 19, 2004. This block was themed around Erin, a girl who finds refuge within the confines of a strange spaceship that is trapped underwater and inhabited by aquatic creatures. Not surprisingly, this lighter-toned action block was from Williams Street, the producers of late-night programming block Adult Swim and Toonami, a block of programming which Miguzi replaced in the weekday-afternoon timeslot. Miguzi changed its shows often.

As of June 2007, Miguzi is no longer on the Cartoon Network lineup and was replaced by Master Control, an interactive block.

[edit] Master Control

Master Control was a viewer-arranged programming block on Cartoon Network which ran from September 24, 2007 to November 9, 2007. The website for the block offered viewers the chance to choose between one of three teams (Blastadons, Shadowmark, and Vikinators) and vote on which shows would air during the week. Various codes, given out during the block, allowed players to multiply their vote. The block had one thirty-minute timeslot on Mondays to Thursdays, while a two-hour block airs on Fridays. The block is similar in principle to Teletoon's "SpinCycle!" block. The final episode of Master Control aired Friday, November 9, 2007, revealing the winner of Master Control was Shadowmark.

[edit] Saturday Video Entertainment System

The Saturday Video Entertainment System was a Toonami-like block of action animation airing Saturday nights from March 15, 2003 to April 10, 2004. SVES was packaged like a video game, with a Samus Aran-like character in bumps reminiscent of older arcade/SNES game design. This block was also designed by Williams Street.

[edit] Preschool programming

The first preschool programming block on Cartoon Network in the United States was Small World, afterward Big Bag premiered on June 2, 1996. Big Bag featured animated shorts from around the world and live action Muppet scenes. Big Bag ended in September 1998.

The second block, Tickle U premiered on August 22, 2005. Pipoca, Henderson, and Place hosted the block. Tickle U stopped in September 2006.

Currently, Cartoon Network broadcasts preschool programs on weekday mornings, although there is no preschool specific block.

[edit] Saturday afternoon blocks

Cartoon Network has aired Saturday afternoon mini-marathon blocks throughout the years. One of the first blocks the network aired was Super Chunk. From 1992-2001, Super Chunk aired a three-hour marathon of shows from its library of programming, mostly classic shorts and older Hanna-Barbera shows.

After a short-lived revamp, Super Chunk was replaced with Cartoon Olio, which premiered on July 7, 2001 and last aired on June 1, 2002. The block aired marathons of Cartoon Cartoons franchises such as Dexter's Laboratory, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Johnny Bravo, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Powerpuff Girls, Time Squad and Cow and Chicken. The block also aired marathons of Hanna-Barbera franchises such as The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.

In 2004, the block was revamped yet again with the introduction of Cartoon Network Block Party. Unlike its predecessors, Cartoon Network Block Party aired new episodes of some of the shows they presented. It aired Saturday afternoon from 3pm-6pm (sometimes 3pm-5pm). It lasted from June 19, 2004 - January 22, 2005. This block aired Cartoon Cartoon franchises such as The Powerpuff Girls, Codename: Kids Next Door and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and non-Cartoon Cartoon franchises such as The Cramp Twins, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Code Lyoko, Hamtaro and Totally Spies,

Cartoon Network Block Party is also the current title for the network's anthology comic published by DC Comics as well as a Mario Party-style game.

[edit] June Bugs

June Bugs was a yearly 48 hour marathon of Bugs Bunny cartoons which started on the first weekend in June 1996. In 2001, the marathon was intended to air nearly every Bugs Bunny cartoon ever made in chronological order, but Time Warner demanded to pull off 12 cartoons deemed "politically incorrect" by today's standards. However, with there being considerably less than 48 hours of shorts, it would repeat several times. June Bugs has occasionally aired on sister network Boomerang.

[edit] Last Bell

Last Bell was an afternoon block which aired 2:00pm to 5:00pm on weekdays, from August 2003 to June 11, 2004, airing franchises like A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd n Eddy, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Codename: Kids Next Door, and The Cramp Twins.

[edit] Invaded

[edit] Summer @ Seven

Summer @ Seven was the name of the summer line up that premiered on June 4, 2007. New episodes were shown every Monday through Friday night at 7 pm along with Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. A new show called Storm Hawks premiered in Summer @ Seven. The block ended August 31 and was replaced by Hullabanew on September 3.

• Mondays: Storm Hawks
• Tuesdays: Code Lyoko
• Wednesdays: Camp Lazlo
• Thursdays: Class of 3000 in the first weeks, Ben 10 for the remainder.
• Fridays: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends in the first weeks, My Gym Partner's a Monkey for the remainder.

[edit] HullabaNew

HullabaNew was a month-long block of programming which began on September 3, 2007, and ran for the remainder of September. During the event, one show was featured during a week, with new episodes airing several days during that week.

• Week 1: Camp Lazlo (September 3-6)
• Week 2: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (September 10-13)
• Week 3: My Gym Partner's a Monkey (September 17-20)
• Week 4: Squirrel Boy (September 24-27)

After the block finished its run, Cartoon Network has aired Goosebumps at 8:00, but Camp Lazlo and Courage the Cowardly Dog had aired on October 1, 2007 as a regular block.

[edit] Thumbtastic Afterschool Event

The Thumbtastic Afterschool Event was an afternoon block on Cartoon Network that premiered on November 3, 2008. It was mainly an action-comedy block consisting of Chop Socky Chooks, Chowder, 6teen, Total Drama Island, and Thumb Wrestling Federation. The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack also aired every other weekday. It ran from 3:00PM to 5:00PM. Though short-lived, it did spawn a spin-off. Its spin-off, Saturday CrushZone, is more action-oriented, and airs on Saturday mornings.Now in 3:00 to 5:00 there is Shorties (Fried Dynamite).

[edit] You Are Here

You Are Here is a Friday night action/adventure block that premiered on October 3, 2008, and temporarilly taken off the air on June 26, 2009, which airs between 8 PM and 10 PM as other blocks do. While official press releases list the block as "Action Fridays" or simply "Friday night action/adventure block", it is commonly referred to as 'You Are Here' or '2nd Pulse' but the Limited monicker was added, as well as a new blue color scheme, on May 1, 2009. The programming consists of The Secret Saturdays, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Star Wars: The Clone Wars decoded, and, formerly, Ben 10: Alien Force. The block will be back on Fall 2009.

[edit] Movies

[edit] Cartoon Network's The Flicks

The Flicks (formerly Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre) is a motion picture television series on Cartoon Network, featuring animated theatrical feature films, animated made-for-TV feature films, and films made for Cartoon Network. It originally ran once a week on Saturday nights, the feature film of each week would be regularly advertised on the network making it an anticipated special movie event. The block used a classical western style with a theatrical quality of feel in its bumpers, involving a realistic-looking old-time ticket machine and a freely drifting movie ticket on top of a wood desk accompanied by the voice of Don LaFontaine, the footage being used before and after commercial breaks and in commercials advertising the block itself. The amount of time Cartoon Theatre ran varied, and based solely on the amount of time the feature film ran, and would perhaps disagree with Cartoon Network's hour-by-hour schedule. To even out the block's time-frame, a sub-block titled Toon Extra (later Cartoon Network Extra), a block based on newspaper delivery, aired after Cartoon Theatre films showing one or more cartoons helping to add less than an extra hour of content to span out the perhaps uneven time slot, when the block was still called Cartoon Theatre. If Toon Extra didn't completely fill the time slot a few extra commercials may be aired, plus the occasional black-out for lesser amounts of unadded seconds. Since 2004, live-action films, regardless if they are cartoon-related (though most are), became part of Cartoon Network's library of movies.

[edit] Made-for-TV-movies

18 made-for-TV movies have aired on Cartoon Network. Except for Party Wagon (which had been a pilot for a later scrapped series), these films are, in effect, feature-length special episodes of Cartoon Network series Dexter's Laboratory, Camp Lazlo, Codename: Kids Next Door, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Teen Titans, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Ed, Edd n Eddy, and Ben 10. Also among the original movies are Cartoon Network's first original live-action movies, Re-Animated, and Ben 10: Race Against Time. House of Bloo's and Home were pilot movies for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and Class of 3000, respectively.

• Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip (aired December 10, 1999)
• The Flintstones: On the Rocks (aired November 3, 2001)
• Party Wagon (aired February 27, 2004)
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: House of Bloo's (aired August 13, 2004)
• Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O. (aired August 11, 2006)
• Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (aired September 15, 2006)
• Class of 3000: Home (aired November 3, 2006)
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Good Wilt Hunting (aired November 23, 2006)
• Re-Animated (aired December 8, 2006)
• My Gym Partner's a Monkey: The Big Field Trip (aired January 14, 2007)
• Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo? (aired February 18, 2007)
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (aired March 30, 2007)
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen (aired July 6, 2007)
• Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix (aired August 10, 2007)
• Ben 10: Race Against Time (aired November 21, 2007)
• Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S. (aired January 21, 2008)
• My Gym Partner's a Monkey: Animal School Musical (aired May 25, 2008)
• Underfist: Halloween Bash (aired October 12, 2008)
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination^[11] (November 27, 2008)
• Scooby-Doo 3: The Mystery Begins^[12] (2009)
• Ben 10: Alien Swarm^[13] (2009)

[edit] Action Flicks

Action Flicks was a movie block that replaced Toonami on Saturday evenings in October 2008. The majority of the movies that have been broadcasted on Action Flicks included numerous DC super hero films (mostly Batman) and all three Naruto movies. Action Flicks will be back Fall 2009.

[edit] Related projects

[edit] Boomerang

Boomerang was originally a programming block on Cartoon Network aimed towards the generation of baby boomers. It originally aired for four hours every weekend. The block's start time jumped frequently, with the Saturday block moving to Saturday afternoons, then back to the early morning, and the Sunday block moving to Sunday evenings. Eventually, Boomerang was shortened by an hour, making the total airing time 2 hours each weekend instead of the original four hours.

Boomerang (both the programming block and the original spinoff channel that launched on April 1, 2000) followed a unique programming format — every week, cartoons produced during a certain year (and cartoons produced during years prior to that year) would be showcased. For example, if Boomerang was showcasing the year 1969, the viewer would more than likely see an episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! or Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (both have presently been taken off the network).

[edit] Get Animated

When Cartoon Network still ran its CGI city look (see 2004-2006), a promo aired involving the Mayor of Townsville officially opening Movement Inc., a fictional recreational dome facility. Thus began Cartoon Network's still-running Get Animated promotion, a campaign encouraging children to get active, more importantly in outdoor areas. Created in part of the American government's goal for a more active, and generally healthier generation, other kids' channels generally aired similar promotions during this time (such as Nickelodeon's Go Healthy Challenge). Original promos involved many different cartoon characters, and real kids, enjoying physical activities inside the Animation Station. Once Cartoon Network scrapped their CGI city look the Animation Station promos were abandoned, but the Get Animated campaign still continued. Current promos still show cartoon characters playing alongside kids, though occasional sports celebrities (such as Freddy Adu) make appearances. Other promos show real kids who make great physically-related achievements, or cartoon characters explaining ways of getting active.

[edit] Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall

[edit] Cartoon Network HD

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Cartoon Network began to simulcast in 1080i high definition picture. It is currently available in the east feed of Cartoon Network. The west feed, however, is currently only in standard definition.

Cartoon Network HD is available to most cable and all satellite providers.

[edit] See also

• Boomerang
• Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
• Cartoon Network Video

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Official Cartoon Network Press Release site

v • d • e Cartoon Network Original Series Cartoon Cartoons Codename: Kids Next Door • Courage the Cowardly Dog • Cow and Chicken • Dexter's Laboratory • Ed, Edd n Eddy • Evil Con Carne • The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy • Grim & Evil • I Am Weasel • Johnny Bravo • Mike, Lu & Og • The Powerpuff Girls • Sheep in the Big City • Time Squad • What a Cartoon! • Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? Cartoon Network Studios Originals Ben 10 • Ben 10: Alien Force • Camp Lazlo • Chowder • Class of 3000 • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends • The Life and Times of Juniper Lee • The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack • Megas XLR • My Gym Partner's a Monkey • Samurai Jack • The Secret Saturdays • Squirrel Boy • Transformers Animated CN Real Live-action Series The Othersiders • BRAINRU$H • Destroy Build Destroy Upcoming shows Adventure Time with Finn and Jake  • The Cartoonstitute Co-Productions European co-productions Spaced Out • The Cramp Twins • Robotboy • Skatoony • Fat Dog Mendoza North American co-productions George of the Jungle  • Out of Jimmy's Head  • Storm Hawks  • Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi  • Star Wars: Clone Wars 2003  • 2008 Regions United States • Australia • Europe • India • Italy • Japan • Latin America • Nordic (Scandinavia) • Pakistan • Philippines • Southeast Asia • Turkey • United Kingdom and Ireland Made-for-TV films Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip (1999) • The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001) • Party Wagon (2004) • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: House of Bloo's (2004) • Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O. (2006) • Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006) • Class of 3000: Home (2006) • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Good Wilt Hunting (2006) • Re-Animated (2006) • My Gym Partner's a Monkey: The Big Field Trip (2007) • Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo? (2007) • The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (2007) • The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen (2007)  • Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix (2007) • Ben 10: Race Against Time (2007) • Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S. (2008) • My Gym Partner's a Monkey: Animal School Musical (2008) • Underfist: Halloween Bash (2008) • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination (2008) • Scooby-Doo 3: The Mystery Begins (2009) • Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009) Games Cartoon Network: Block Party • Cartoon Network Racing • Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall • Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am • Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Imagination Invaders • George of the Jungle and the Search for the Secret • Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law • Ben 10: Alien Force • Ben 10: Protector of Earth • The Powerpuff Girls: Bad Mojo Jojo • The Powerpuff Girls: Paint the Townsville Green • The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-traction • The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage See also Cartoon Network Video • Cartoon Network Invaded • Williams Street • Boomerang • Cartoon Network Too • Cartoonito • Toonami (Toonami Jetstream) • Adult Swim • Cartoon Cartoons

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v • d • e Williams Street Studios / Ghost Planet Industries Vice presidents Mike Lazzo • Keith Crofford Divisions Toonami (Toonami Jetstream) • Adult Swim (Adult Swim Video, AS shows, Super Deluxe) • GameTap Current productions Aqua Teen Hunger Force (film) • Delocated • Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil • Metalocalypse • The Rising Son • Robot Chicken • Squidbillies • Superjail! • That Crook'd 'Sipp • The Venture Bros. • Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! • Xavier: Renegade Angel Past productions 12 oz. Mouse • Assy McGee • The Brak Show • Cartoon Planet • The Drinky Crow Show • Fat Guy Stuck in Internet • Frisky Dingo • Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law • Immortal Grand Prix • Korgoth of Barbaria • Let's Fish • Minoriteam • Moral Orel • Perfect Hair Forever • Saul of the Mole Men • Sealab 2021 • Space Ghost Coast to Coast • Spacecataz • Stroker and Hoop • Tom Goes to the Mayor • The Xtacles • Young Person's Guide to History Williams Street Records ATHF:MFFT: the Soundtrack (Various artists) • African Swim (Various Artists) • Awesome Record, Great Songs! (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) • Definitive Swim (Various Artists) • The Dethalbum (Dethklok) • The Dethalbum II (Dethklok) • The Diary of an American Witchdoctor (Witchdoctor) • Ghostly Swim (Various Artists) • The Venture Bros.: The Music of JG Thirlwell (J. G. Thirlwell) • Warm & Scratchy (Various Artists) • World Wide Renewal Program (Various Artists) Miscellaneous Williams Street West