Nickelodeon had paved the way in the 1990s. Ĭartoon Network was not the first cable channel to have relied on cartoons to attract an audience. By the time the network launched, Cartoon Network had a 8,500 hour cartoon library. Template:Citation needed At first, cable providers in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Detroit carried the channel. cartoons (the pre-August 1948 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), the 1933–1957 Popeye cartoons, MGM cartoons, and Hanna-Barbera cartoons. It is also still used on The Amazing World of Gumball.Īt 12PM ET on October 1, 1992, Cartoon Network was launched 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. It is still in legal use on rare occasions, at the end of original programs and a variation has been used in some promotional bumpers. The original Cartoon Network logo used from 1992 to 2004. In 1991, it purchased animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions and acquired its large library as well as most of the Ruby-Spears library. In 1988, its cable channel Turner Network Television was launched and had gained an audience with its film library. cartoons, and the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons released by Paramount Pictures). film library, the Harman and Ising Merrie Melodies except Lady, Play Your Mandolin!, the pre-August 1948 color Warner Bros. catalog which includes the pre-1950 Warner Bros. rights to a majority of the RKO Radio Pictures library, and the a.a.p. In 1986, Ted Turner's cable-TV conglomerate acquired most of the pre-May 1986 MGM film and television library (which also included Gilligan's Island and its animated spin-offs, the U.S.
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Original series started in 1994 with Space Ghost Coast to Coast, along with Cartoon Cartoons original programmings like Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd n Eddy and Courage the Cowardly Dog. It also broadcasts many shows, ranging from action to animated comedy. It was served as a 24-hour outlet for classic animation properties from the Turner Broadcasting libraries and was all-ages-oriented, but now the channel serves as a platform for the up & rising animation medium with various programs catering to both adult and child audiences respectively. The channel was launched on Octoafter Turner purchased the animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1991. #PEACEĬartoon Network (abbreviated CN) is an American cable television network owned by Turner Broadcasting which primarily airs animated programming. This is about the United States channel, for other channels worldwide see Cartoon Network (Worldwide) GOD JUST HACKED THIS. Fall is Just Something That Grown-Ups Invented (2007-2008).
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