Cartoon Network
- This article is about the American television channel. For international versions, see Cartoon Network (international) found on channel 63.
Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN and stylised as CARTOON NETWORK) is an American television channel. It broadcasts television programs that are suitable for older children and teenagers. Most of the shows are animated cartoon series, but some live-action shows are also broadcast. However, at night Cartoon Network switches to CNN Primetime which broadcasts programs for news instead.
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Cartoon Network first launched on October 1, 1992 through cable and satellite television in the United States by Turner Broadcasting System (or TBS for short). In the early years, many of the shows featured on the channel were classic cartoons and Hanna-Barbera shows. TBS later launched Cartoon Network Studios to make flagship original shows specifically for Cartoon Network.
After successfully launching the channel in the United States, TBS decided to launch the channel in other countries. The Cartoon Network channels in other countries distributes Cartoon Network's original shows in different languages.
Cartoon Network is a cable channel for the franchises like Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo, Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and many others.
History
On August 9, 1986, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. On October 18, Turner forcibly sold back MGM. However, Turner kept much of the film and television library made before May 1986 (including some of the UA library) and formed Turner Entertainment Co.[1] On October 8, 1988, its cable channel Turner Network Television was launched and gained an audience with its extensive film library.[2] In 1991, Turner also purchased the library of animation studio Hanna-Barbera.[3][4] Ted Turner selected Betty Cohen (then-Senior Vice President of TNT) to devise a network to house these programs.[5] On February 18, 1992, Turner Broadcasting announced its plans to launch Cartoon Network as an outlet for an animation library.[6] On October 1, 1992, the network officially launched as the first 24-hour single-genre cable channel with animation as its main theme. The continuity announcers would call it "The Cartoon Network," until 1995, when it was simply dubbed Cartoon Network as it is today.
In 1994, Hanna-Barbera's new division Cartoon Network Studios was founded and started production on What a Cartoon! This show debuted in 1995, offering original animated shorts. In 1996, Cartoon Network aired two programs: Big Bag, a live-action/puppet show produced by Children's Television Workshop (not counting Sesame Street), and Small World an anthology TV series. Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner,[7] which consolidated/reverted ownership of all the Warner Bros. cartoons. The network could then continue more original productions.
Production company
Cartoon Network Studios is an production company. It was founded in 1995.
Cartoon Network Media
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Related pages
Other websites
- Official Site Archived 2020-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ↑ Delugach, Al (March 4, 1986). "Way Cleared for Turner's MGM Deal". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
- ↑ Hall, Jane (January 23, 1990). "Ted Turner's TNT Exploding Onto the Cable Scene". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
- ↑ "TBS Buys Animator Hanna-Barbera Library for $320 Million". Los Angeles Times. Oct 29, 1991. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-30-fi-565-story.html. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
- ↑ "Turner Buying Hanna-Barbera". The New York Times. October 30, 1991. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/30/business/company-news-turner-buying-hanna-barbera.html. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- ↑ "Betty Cohen". SheMadeIt.com. The Paley Center for Media. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
- ↑ Carter, Bill (February 19, 1992). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Turner Broadcasting Plans To Start a Cartoon Channel". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/19/business/the-media-business-turner-broadcasting-plans-to-start-a-cartoon-channel.html. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ↑ Lander, Mark (September 23, 1995). "Turner To Merge Into Time Warner, A $7.5 Billion Deal". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/23/us/turner-to-merge-into-time-warner-a-7.5-billion-deal.html. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
