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+ Cartoon Network (abbreviated CN, corporately known as The Cartoon Network, Inc.) is an American cable television network owned by Turner Broadcasting which shows animated programming. The channel was launched on October 1, 1992 after Turner purchased the animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1991. It was served as a 24-hour outlet for classic animation properties from the Turner Broadcasting libraries and is youth- oriented, but shares channel space with a late-night adult oriented channel programming block called Adult Swim which was launched on September 2, 2001. It also broadcasts many shows, ranging from action to animated comedy. Original series started in 1994 with Space Ghost Coast to Coast, along with Cartoon Cartoons original programmings like Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd n Eddy and Courage the Cowardly Dog. In 2009 it started airing live-action +

Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain − for Nickelodeon. The series premiered on August 11, 1991 and aired its last episode on June 8, 2004. programming, including movies from Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. Despite the network's name, Cartoon + Network currently airs several live- action shows in its lineup. − The show focuses on eight babies, as well as a dog, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving common life experiences that become adventures in the babies' imaginations. It was one of the first three Nicktoons and also aired on Nick Jr. in 1995. − ==Characters== + ==History== − + ===Early developments and launch=== − 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. rights to a majority of the RKO Radio Pictures library, and the a.a.p. catalog which includes the pre-1950 Warner Bros. film library, the Harman and Ising Merrie Melodies except Lady, Play Your Mandolin!, the pre-August 1948 color Warner Bros. cartoons, and the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons + released by Paramount Pictures). In 1988, its cable channel Turner Network Television was launched and had gained an audience with its film library. In 1991, it purchased animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions and acquired its large library as well as most of the Ruby-Spears library. The show originally revolved around four children (three boys and one girl) and a dog. The fearless brave leader Thomas "Tommy" Pickles (whose family moved from Akron, Ohio to their current location in California), the cautious toddler Charles "Chuckie" Finster who reluctantly agreed to venture out into the open, unsafe areas of the house, the twin-infants Phillip "Phil" and Lillian "Lil" DeVille who were ready for a new challenge, and Spike, Tommy's dog. The toddlers are able to communicate with each other through baby speak, although viewers can understand them, because it is 'translated'. A running gag in the show is that they mispronounce words or use poor grammar and their speaking is full of malapropisms. An example of − this is using the word "poopetrator" instead of "perpetrator" in "The Trial"

episode. The group is often reluctantly joined by Tommy's cousin, Angelica Pickles. At three years old, Angelica is able to communicate and understand language from both the toddlers and the adults, which she often uses as an advantage when she wants to manipulate either party. She is usually very mean to the babies. Susie Carmichael, who lives across the street from the Pickles, is also able to communicate on the same level as Angelica, though she is not manipulative. As a result of this, as well as being favored by the babies, she often clashes with Angelica. The promotional logo the network used from 1991 to 1992 before it began broadcasting had a cartoon character in a circle outline with the words "CARTOON" above and "NETWORK" below. It was intended to be the first logo, but was scrapped. In 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. cartoons (the pre- August 1948 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), the 1933–1957 + Popeye cartoons, MGM cartoons, and Hanna- Barbera cartoons. At first, cable providers in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Detroit carried the channel.

After The Rugrats Movie (1998), in which Tommy's baby brother Dylan "Dil" Pickles is born, he was soon added as a character on the show. As a 1 year old baby, Dil is not able to communicate with anyone. Later after Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) was released, Kimi − Finster was added as a character. She is Chuckie's stepsister. Cartoon Network was not the first cable channel to have relied on cartoons to attract an audience. Nickelodeon had paved the way in the 1980s. In 1991, Nickelodeon had launched three "high- profile" animated series: Doug, The Ren & Stimpy Show, and Rugrats. Further signifying the importance of cartoons in its programming. The Disney Channel and the Family Channel had also included animated shows in their programming. But in each of these cases, cartoons were only broadcast during the

+ morning or the early afternoon. Prime time and late night television hours were reserved for live-action programs. Following the assumption that television animation could only attract child audiences. While Cartoon Network was a 24-hour single-genre channel with animation as its main theme. Turner Broadcasting System had defied conventional wisdom before by launching CNN, a channel providing 24-hours news coverage. The concept was previously thought unlikely to attract a sufficient audience to be particularly profitable. But the CNN experiment had been successful and Turner could hope that CN could also find success. Leaving the safety of their own playpen, the children would explore their surroundings and try to make sense out of what the adults are doing. The babies often manage to get away with meandering off and going on escapades, for the reason that Tommy’s daddy, Stu, is more often than not trying to create toys downstairs in the basement. Tommy's mother, Didi, is normally reading the most modern good-parenting guide too actively to take any kind of notice, and his paternal grandfather, Lou, is customarily sleeping in front of the television, oblivious to their antics. While most of the time, the babies are in their playpen, they always manage to get out using a plastic screwdriver Tommy keeps in his diaper (unbeknownst to any of the adults). When they create any kind of mess or visible damage, they are almost never seen as the instigators, due to them being babies. If an older person is in the

vicinity of the mess (usually Angelica), that individual is held accountable. The most treacherous escapade the babies embarked occured in The Rugrats Movie where they got lost in the forest going against a man-eating wolf and a pack of circus monkeys determined to steal their baby food. Initially, the channel would broadcast cartoons 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The network's first theme was the Checkerboard theme with bumpers involving the Cartoon Network's first logo, used from 1992 to 2004. Most of the short cartoons were aired in half- hour or hour-long packages, usually separated by character or studio—Down Wit' 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. Late Night Black and White showed early black- and-white cartoons (mostly from the + Fleischer Studios and Walter Lantz cartoons from 1930s), and ToonHeads, which would show three shorts with a similar theme and provide trivia about the cartoons. There was also an afternoon cartoon block called High Noon Toons which was hosted by cowboy hand puppets (an example of the simplicity and imagination the network had in the early years). The majority of the classic animation that was shown on Cartoon Network no longer airs on a regular basis, with the exception of Tom and Jerry and, as of March 14, 2011, Looney Tunes. The Pickles are a mixed Jewish- Christian family. There are two episodes that reflect the Pickles' Jewish heritage, one episode deals with the Passover holiday and the other with Hanukkah (in addition to episodes about Christmas, Easter, Kwanzaa, etc.). − ==Origins== The first challenge for Cartoon Network was to overcome its low penetration of + existing cable systems. When launched in October 1992, the channel was only carried by 233 cable systems. But it benefited from package deals. New subscribers to sister stations TNT and WTBS could also get access to Cartoon Network through such deals. Making it more affordable that Nickelodeon. The high ratings of Cartoon + Network over the following couple of years led to more cable systems including it. By the end of 1994, Cartoon Network had become "the fifth most popular cable channel in the United States". Rugrats was formed by the then husband-and-wife duo of Gabor Csupo and Arlene Klasky, along with Paul Germain in 1989. Klasky-Csupo had a major animation firm at the time which also provided services for commercials and music videos. Klasky, Csupo, and Germain were also animating The Simpsons at the time, which they would continue to do until 1992. The trio decided to create their own series − in reaction to a proclamation by the children's cable network Nickelodeon that they were to launch their own line of animated shows, which would be later called Nicktoons. With the comedic stimulation branching from the antics of Klasky and Csupo's infant children, the 6$1/2$–minute pilot episode, "Tommy Pickles & the Great White Thing" (never to be aired), went into production. + ===The original series and the Time Warner acquisition=== − Peter Chung, along with Klasky and Csupo, co-designed the characters and directed the series pilot, "Tommy Pickles And The Great White Thing," as well as the opening sequence. The production was completed in 1990 and they submitted it to Nickelodeon, who tested it with an audience of children. The feedback for the pilot episode was primarily positive. With that, the series went into production. Chuckie and Angelica were added as characters. The network's first original show was The Moxy Show and was first

aired in 1993. The first series produced by Cartoon Network was Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994). But the show mostly consisted of "recycled animation cels" from the archives of Hanna- Barbera. Select cels were combined with new backgrounds to create the new + series. The series itself being an ironic deconstruction of a talk show. Featuring live-action guests, mostly consisting of celebrities which were past their prime or counterculture figures. The production cost was "minimal". The series found its audience among young adults who appreciated its "hip" perspective. Kevin Sandler considered that Space Ghost Coast to Coast was instrumental in establishing Cartoon Network's appeal to older audiences. Space Ghost, a 1960s superhero by Hanna-Barbera, was recast as the star of a talk show parody. This was arguably the first time the Network revived a + "classic animated icon" in an entirely new context for comedic purposes. Grown- ups who had ceased enjoying the original takes on the characters could find amusement in the "new ironic and self- referential context" for them. Promotional shorts such as the "Scooby- Doo Project", a parody of the The Blair Witch Project, gave similar treatments to the Scooby gang. Paul Germain felt that the series needed a bully. Angelica was based on a bully in Germain's childhood, who was a girl. In addition to that, it was Germain who

− decided that Angelica would be a spoiled brat. Arlene Klasky, one of the show's creators initially did not like Angelica Pickles. Klasky also protested Angelica's actions in episodes like "Barbecue Story" (where she threw Tommy's ball over the fence). However, there were less successful efforts at such revivals. A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith and Boo Boo Runs Wild (1999), featured new takes on Yogi Bear's supporting cast by John Kricfalusi. Their "tasteless" + humor, sexual content and lack of respect for the source material was rather out of place among the rest of the Cartoon Network shows. These shorts do not seem to have much of a fan- following and the network rarely found a place for them in its programming. In 1994, Hanna-Barbera's new division Cartoon Network Studios was founded and started production on What-a- Cartoon (promotionally known as World Premiere Toons). This show debuted in 1995, offering original animated shorts commissioned from Hanna- Barbera and various independent animators. The Network promoted the series as an attempt to return to the "classic days" of studio animation. Offering full animator control, high + budgets, and no limited animation. The project was spearheaded by several Cartoon Network executives, plus John Kricfalusi and and Fred Seibert. Kricfalusi was the creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show and served as an advisor to the Newtwork. Seibert was formerly one of the driving forces behind the Nicktoons. He would go on to produce the similar animation anthology series Oh, Yeah! Cartoons and Random Cartoons − In a New Yorker article, Klasky said, "I think she's a bully. I never liked Angelica." Klasky never fully approved of her character development. Her bullying caused Arlene to disdain her. Angelica started to become a problem for the some of the Rugrats staff. In some instances, her voice, Cheryl Chase, had trouble portraying a mean Angelica. To help Chase out, Steve Viksen, one of the writers, would mention that Angelica was the series's J.R. Ewing. Cartoon Network was able to assess the potential of certain shorts to serve as pilots for spin-off series. Signing contracts with their creators to create ongoing series. Dexter’s Laboratory was the most popular short series according to a vote held in 1995 and eventually became the first spin-off of What a Cartoon! in 1996. Three more series based on shorts debuted in 1997: Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, and I Am + Weasel (the latter two as segments of the same show). Followed by the The Powerpuff Girls in 1998. Concluding with Courage the Cowardly Dog and Mike, Lu & Og  in 1999. The unrelated series Ed, Edd n Eddy was also launched in 1999. After the episode "The Trial," Klasky complained that the Rugrats were starting to act too old for their age. Csupo often acted as a mediator in arguments between Klasky and the writers, with the writers often winning. Some of the offscreen tensions ultimately found their way into the scripts and, naturally, into the show. In 1993, shortly before Nick premiered the last of the original 65, production

− of new episodes ceased, and most of the Rugrats writing team left Klasky- Csupo. After the first run days were over, Nick had enough episodes to show every day, and did just that in 1994, scheduling the show in the early evening, when both kids and parents will be watching. After 3 years of repeats, the show went back into production. However, the tensions between Klasky- Csupo and their former writers still existed. − After The Rugrats Movie and seeing the "new" Angelica in the film, Klasky changed her tune: "I think she's great for the show; I love Angelica." These original series were intended to appeal to a wider audience than the average Saturday morning cartoon. Linda Simensky, vice-president of original animation, reminded adults and teenage girls that cartoons could appeal to them as well. Kevin Sandler's article of them claimed that these cartoons were both less "bawdy" than their + counterparts at Comedy Central and less socially responsible" than their counterparts at Nickelodeon. Sandler pointed at the whimsical rebelliousness, high exaggeration, and self-consciousness of the overall output. While each individual series managed to be "visually bold and energetic" in its own way.  In 1996, Turner merged with Time Warner. This consolidated ownership of all the Warner Bros. cartoons, so now post-July 1948 and the former Sunset-owned black-and- + white cartoons (which Warner Brothers had reacquired in the 1960s) releases were being shown on the network. Although most of the post-July 1948 cartoons were still contracted to be shown on Nickelodeon, the network wouldn't air them until September 1999. Newer animated productions by Warner Bros. also started appearing on the network—mostly reruns of shows that had aired on Kids' WB, plus certain new programs such as Justice League. − ==Production== Rugrats was Nickelodeon's second Nicktoon, debuting on the same day as Doug (which premiered before it) and The Ren and Stimpy Show (which debuted after). The first run of the series was produced from 1991 to 1993 before production went on a hiatus (episodes that had not yet been released at that point continued to be released through 1994). Between 1995 and 1996, only two Jewish-themed specials were aired, and the rest of the series aired in reruns. Production on new episodes began 1997, and the show aired in    Nickelodeon's Snick block from 1997 to 2000. As of 2011, it is the longest- − lasting Nicktoon to date, at over fourteen years longevity, and did not cease production of new episodes until 2004. In terms of number of episodes, it is still in first, but by 2011 it will be surpassed by SpongeBob SquarePants, which will have 178 episodes by the end of its eighth season, barring a Rugrats revival or a SpongeBob cancellation; SpongeBob will reach Rugrats in terms of years on air in 2013. On August 11, 2001, Rugrats celebrated its 10-year anniversary. The special/TV movie, Rugrats: All Growed Up was produced for the occasion. After the show, a special retrospective lookback aired, entitled "Rugrats: Still − Babies After All These Years." It was narrated by Amanda Bynes. Nickelodeon approved of its ratings and popularity so much (about 70% of viewers with cable tuned in), they eventually commissioned a full series, All Grown Up, which ran from 2003 to 2008. Cartoon Network's programming wouldn't  be available in Canada until 1997, when a Canadian specialty network entitled + Teletoon and its French language counterpart launched. − Rugrats ended on June 8, 2004, along with fellow Nicktoon, Hey Arnold. After the run, two fairy- tale themed direct-to-video films based on the original series under the title, Rugrats: Tales from the Crib were produced and then released separately in 2005 and in 2006. Cartoon Network underwent its makeover in 1997, launching the Powerhouse era until June 13, 2004. The channel used bumpers involving characters from most of the cartoons it aired with the Powerhouse music, or just objects and + places with the Cartoon Network's logo at that time. The Checkerboard bumpers were still used at the time between 1997 until 1998. By 1998, the Powerhouse era became the sole identification of Cartoon Network. The Powerhouse music was no longer used starting in the second quarter of 2003. − ===Voice actors=== + ===2000s=== On September 2, 2001, Adult Swim was officially premiered with the airing of the "Director's Cut" episode of Home Movies. The + first theatrical film The Powerpuff Girls Movie was released in 2002. However, the film performed poorly at the box office despite receiving positive reception. − Through its full run, Rugrats, occupied several main voice actors. E.G. Daily provided the voice of Tommy Pickles, except in the unaired pilot where Tami Holbrook provided the voice; Christine Cavanaugh was the original voice of Chuckie Finster, but left after 2001 for personal reasons and was subsequently replaced by Nancy Cartwright in 2002. The fraternal twins, Phil and Lil (as well as their mother, Betty) were voiced by Kath Soucie; Dil Pickles (and Timmy McNulty) were voiced by Tara Strong. Cheryl Chase initially auditioned for the role of Tommy, but was passed up. When the show came to series, she was brought on board to be cast as the voice of Angelica Pickles. Dionne Quan was the voice of Kimi Finster, however as she is legally blind, in order to do the voice, the producers had to interpret the scripts into Braille, so she could read them by sensing the bumps with her fingers. Susie was primarily voiced by Cree Summer, though in two episodes where she could not be in attendance E.G. Daily filled in. Other regular voice actors included Melanie Chartoff as Didi Pickles, Jack Riley as Stu Pickles, Tress MacNeille as Charlotte Pickles, and Michael Bell as Drew Pickles and Chaz Finster. David Doyle provided the voice of Grandpa Lou Pickles until his death in 1997, where Joe Alaskey

took over till the end of the series. In 2000, Debbie Reynolds joined the cast as Lulu Pickles, Lou's second wife, and remained until the series' end. At 6AM ET on the morning of June 14, 2004, Cartoon Network debuted its second logo and its slogan, “This is Cartoon Network!” This is the first Cartoon Network + era with a female voice announcing for the network. The bumpers 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. Jim Samples, president of the Cartoon Network for 13 years, resigned on February 9, 2007 due to the 2007 Boston bomb scare. Following Samples's resignation, Stuart Snyder was named his successor. Through 2007, Cartoon Network retained the image campaign that began in 2006, albeit a slightly refreshed version. − ==Episodes== − On September 1, 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.". On October 15, 2007, the channel began broadcasting in 1080i high definition. Every October since 2007, Cartoon Network would air 40 episodes of the former Fox Kids program Goosebumps, though Cartoon Network lost the rights to the show on October 31, 2009 and stopped airing the program. Cartoon Network announced at its 2008 Upfront that it was working on a new project called Cartoonstitute, which was headed by animators Craig McCracken as executive producer and Rob Renzetti as supervising producer. Both reported to Rob Scorcher, who created the idea. It would have worked similar to What A Cartoon!, by creating at least 150 pieces of animation within 20 months. + Cartoonstitute was eventually cancelled, and out of all the shorts, two Regular Show and Secret Mountain Fort Awesome were selected, after animator Craig McCracken (the creator of The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) eventually left the network after 15 years in 2009 mostly due to the late 2000s recession. On September 20, 2008, Cartoon Network ended Toonami after its 11-year run. − ===Other projects=== − −

The network has also began to air some imported Canadian programs from Teletoon such as George of + the Jungle, 6teen, Total Drama Island and its successors Total Drama Action and Total Drama World Tour, Chaotic and Bakugan Battle Brawlers.

− ==DVD releases== − {| class="wikitable" − |- !Nick DVD name!! style="text- − align:center;"| Release date!!Discs!! Episodes − |-  |Season 1 (1991–92)||June 2, 2009|| − style="text-align:center;"|3|| style="text-align:center;"|13 − |-  |Season 2 (1992–93)||June 2, 2009|| − style="text-align:center;"|3|| style="text-align:center;"|13 − |-  |Tommy Troubles || February 13, 2006 || − style="text-align:center;"|1|| style="text-align:center;"|4 − |-  |Save The Day || August 8, 2005 || − style="text-align:center;"|1|| style="text-align:center;"|9 − |-  |Run Riot ||April 25, 2005 || − style="text-align:center;"|1|| style="text-align:center;"|9 − |-  |Mysteries || September 6, 2004 || − style="text-align:center;"|1|| style="text-align:center;"|4 − |-    |Movie Trilogy ||March 15, 2011 || − style="text-align:center;"|3|| style="text-align:center;"|3 Films − |- − − |}   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 newer look created by Tristan Eaton and was animated by Crew972. The bumpers of that era had white, faceless characters called Noods, based on the DIY toy, Munny. The standard network logo was then completely white, adopting different colors based on the occasion in the same style. On June 12, 2009, the screen bug then turned all black with white letters and starting March 2010, the words + "CARTOON NETWORK" in Eagle (typeface) font is now white instead black and it starting to push down little further. In June 2009, a block of live-action reality shows began airing in a programming block promoted as CN Real. The network has also aired some limited sports programming, including Slamball games, during the commercials. − ==Nick Picks DVDs== + ===2010s=== A new logo was introduced on May 29, 2010, along with a new theme and new bumpers. The network's current branding, + designed by Brand New School, makes heavy use of the black and white checkerboard which made up the network's first logo. Since December 27, 2010, Adult Swim began starting 1 hour earlier at 9 PM. In February, Cartoon Network aired their first sports award show, called Hall of Game Awards. Up   − ==Reception and achievements== − ===Critical reception=== At its 2011 upfront, Cartoon Network has announced 13 new series (many of which are rated TV-PG sometimes with a D or V subheading), including The Problem Solverz, formerly known as Neon Knome, The Looney Tunes Show, Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Level Up, a scripted live-action + comedy series which will have a 90- minute starting film, Green Lantern, How to Train Your Dragon, the series based on the Dreamworks film, The Amazing World of Gumball, Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, the sequel of Total Drama World Tour; and Thundercats. The network also has a new Ben 10 series planned. The network announced a new block planned to air called "DC Nation"; this block will focus on the titular heroes, the first being Green Lantern. 9 Story's Almost Naked Animals, an animated comedy about a group of shaved animals in their underwear running a hotel called the Banana Cabana, was also picked up by the network and will make its US debut sometime around this summer. Since its debut in 1991, Rugrats generally received positive reviews from critics and fans. In a 1995 interview, Steven Spielberg referred to the show as one of several shows that are the best children's programming at the time. Spielberg described Rugrats as "sort of a TV Peanuts of our time." It was named the 92nd-best animated series by IGN. Rugrats was also considered a strong point in
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− Nickelodeon's rise in the 1990s. In a press release celebrating the show's 10th anniversary, Cyma Zarghami stated, "During the past decade, 'Rugrats' has evolved from a ratings powerhouse, being the number one children's show on TV, to pop icon status. It has secured a place in the hearts of both kids and adults, who see

it from their own point of view". According to Nickelodeon producers, this show made them the number-one channel in the 1990s. Jeff Jarvis reviewed Rugrats and stated, "When the Simpsons was a segment on The Tracey Ullman Show, it was just a belch joke with hip pretensions. As a series, it grew flesh and guts. It was my favorite cartoon...until I discovered Nickelodeon's Rugrats, a sardonic, sly, kid's eye view of the world that skewers thirty-something parents and (The) Cosby (Show) kids."      In summer 2011, Cartoon Network started using newer bumpers featuring + minimalistic doodles and characters onto a black backdrop by the graphic design team, Awesome Incorporated.    ===Popularity, appeal, and − controversy=== −    When Rugrats débuted in 1991, it was   not as hugely popular as it would later + == Programming ==  − become. When production went on a hiatus from 1994, Nick began showing Rugrats repeats everyday. More and more people began to take notice of the show, with ratings and popularity for Rugrats and Nick rising. From 1995 to 2000, it was the highest-rated show on Nickelodeon and the highest rated kids' show. The show experienced a wide diverse audience consisting of kids, teenagers and adults alike. Rugrats was successful in receiving an average of 26.7 million viewers every week: 14.7 million kids (2-11), 3.2 million teens (12-17), and 8.8 million adults (18 and over). In addition, Rugrats was seen internationally in over 76 countries. It was the only one of the three original Nicktoons that continued in the 2000s, and had its own spin-off. It is the most successful of the three original Nicktoons. While the other Nicktoons were popular during their run, Doug would later slip out of Nick's hands and into Disney's; and Ren and Stimpy would crash and burn in a creative rights dispute (only to return several years later in a much raunchier version on another network). During its run, Rugrats was enjoyed by a number of famous stars including Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Amanda Bynes, Aaron Carter, Ray Romano, Nivea and Bow Wow. +   Many of the programs were actually aired including the original series that were produced by Cartoon Network Studios, like Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Codename: Kids Next Door and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, including non- productions like Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog and Adventure Time. The network also + carries acquired programs that some of them were produced by Warner Bros. Animation and third party animation studios, which were not produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It also has original live-action series like Out of Jimmy's Head, The Othersiders, Destroy Build Destroy and Dude, What Would Happen. A Spanish language audio track is accessible via SAP, some cable and satellite companies offer the Spanish feed as a separate channel. Cartoon Network benefited from having access to "the largest collection of animated programming" available. The + titles available for broadcasting included the libraries of threatrically- released shorts produced by both Warner Bros. − With 172 episodes produced over the course of nearly 13 years, Rugrats remains the longest-running Nicktoon to date. SpongeBob SquarePants will surpass both benchmarks when it airs its 173rd episode on February 27, 2012. (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies) and the Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer cartoon studio (''[[Tom and

Jerry]] and other series), the television series produced by the Hanna-Barbera animation studio + (The Flintstones, Scooby- Doo, and many others), syndicated shows from Kids' WB (Batman: The Animated Series and others), and licensed anime shows (Dragonball Z, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing). By the early 2000s, Cartoon Network had established programming blocks aimed at different age demographics. The shows broadcast during the early morning had preschoolers as their target audience and mostly had prosocial behavior as a theme. The Toonami programming block, featured later in the day, mostly included anime shows and their target audience were tweens and + teenagers. Prime time shows mostly included classic cartoons, featured as part of theThe Tex Avery Show, The Chuck Jones Show and The Bob Clampett Show''. Their target audience included teenagers and adults. The Adult Swim franchise, launched in 2001, was broadcast at night hours. Including "mature" series aimed at adult audiences. Rugrats was one of very few shows that pictured observant, identifiably Jewish families. Jewish and Christian religion − groups gave the show high praises for their special holiday episodes. Nonetheless, at one point the Anti- Defamation League and the Washington Post editorial page castigated the series for its depiction of the Pickles grandparents, who purportedly looked like Nazi caricatures. Jason Mittell considers Cartoon Network to have helped the "cartoon genre" (animation in general) reach a wider audience in the 1990s. Mittell noted that Disney feature films starting with The Little Mermaid (1989), prime time animated series starting with The Simpsons (1989-present), and the success of Cartoon Network all helped end the "stigma" of animation only appealing to children. Allowing adults to enjoy animation once again. He also credited the Network for returning cartoons initially designed for mass audiences back to their original purpose. But noted that in the case of + the Hanna-Barbera shows, Cartoon Network only broadcast the most successful and well-regarded of them. Largely overlooking the "lesser efforts" of the company in an apparent belief that these would turn off their adult viewers. The Network's target audience, however, is stated to include "people who love cartoons" in general, regardless of their age. Whether the viewers approach cartoons as a form of nostalgia, due to an appreciation of the art form, or simply seeking entertainment, Cartoon Network seems to

− ===Awards and nominations=== {| class="wikitable" style="text- − − ! Year − ! Association − ! Award Category − ! Nominee − ! Result − |- cater to the tastes of both children and adults.  align:center;" − |- − | − | − | −| − | − |- 1992 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Animated Program Won − | 1993 − | Daytime Emmy Award − Program −| − | Won − |- rowspan=2|1994 CableAce Animated Programming Special or Series Won − | − | − | −| − | − |- − | Daytime Emmy Award − Program −| − | Won − |- − | rowspan=3|1995 − | Annie Award − Writing in the Field of Animation − | 'A Rugrats Passover' − | Nominated − |- − | Humanitas Prize − | Children's Animation Category − | 'I Remember Melville' − | Nominated − |- − | CableAce − | −| − | − |- − | − | − | −| − | − |- − | − | − | −| − | − |- − | − | −| − | − |- − | Young Artist Awards − | Best Performance in a Voiceover Animated Programming Special or Series Nominated 1996 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon Won rowspan=4|1997 Emmy Award Outstanding Children's Program Nominated Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Cartoon − Won Bunnies/Educating Angelica
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− In the October 2001 issue of Wizard Magazine, a leading magazine for comic book fans, they released the results of the 100 Greatest Toons ever, as selected by their readers, Rugrats ranked at #35. Three other Nicktoons —SpongeBob SquarePants, Invader Zim, and Ren and Stimpy—also placed on the list. Records]]. In product development and marketing, the Network has benefited from its relation to corporate parent Time Warner. Allowing for mutually- beneficial relationships with various subsidiary companies. Time Warner Cable, the cable- television subsidiary of the corporate parent, distributed Cartoon Network as part of its packages. Turner Broadcasting System, the subsidiary overseeing various Time Warner-owned networks, helped cross-promote Cartoon Network shows and at times arranged for swapping certain shows between the networks. For example, Samurai Jack, one of CN's original shows, was at times seen at Kids' WB. While Cardcaptors, an anime show licensed by Kids' WB, was at times seen at Cartoon Network. In each case the swap intended to cultivate a shared audience for the two networks. Time + Inc., the subsidiary overseeing the many magazines of the corporate parent, ensured favorable coverage of Cartoon Network and advertising space across its

− In a list of TV Land’s The 2000 Best Things About Television, ranking the all-time TV shows, channels, commercials, people, catch phrases, etc., Rugrats is ranked #699. publications. Printed advertisements for CN shows could appear in magazines such as Time, Entertainment Weekly, and Sports Illustrated Kids. AOL, a sibling company to Time Warner covering Internet services, helped promote Cartoon Netwoerk shows online by offering exclusive contents for certain animated series, online sweepstakes and display advertising for CN. Warner Home Video. the home video subsidiary, distributed VHS tapes and DVDs featuring Cartoon Network shows. Rhino Entertainment, a record label subsidiary, distributed cassette tapes and CDs wirh Cartoon Network-related music. All such products were also available through the Warner Bros. Studio Store. DC Comics, the comic book subsidiary, published a series featuring the Power Puff girls. Indicating it could handle other CN- + related characters. Warner Bros., the film studio subsidiary, released The Powerpuff Girls Movie in 2002. Kevin Sandler considered it likely that the film would find its way to HBO or Cinemax, two television network subsidiaries which regularly broadcast feature films. Sandler also viewed book

tie-ins through Warner Books as likely, since it was the only area of marketing not covered yet by 2001. Angelica Pickles placed 7th in TV Guide's list of “Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time” in 2002. − ==Rugrats in other media== − ===Films=== In 1998, The Rugrats Movie was released, which introduced baby Dil, Tommy's little brother, onto the show. It grossed in worldwide results, $140,894,675, making it a very large box office success, considering its modest $24 million budget. Not only was the movie a commercial success, the film earned mixed to positive reviews from − critics. As of 2011, it remains the highest grossing Rugrats film to date. In 2000 a sequel, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, was released, with two new characters introduced, Kimi and Kira. Kimi would become Chuckie's sister and Kira would become his new mother, after marrying his father. While it received a positive reception, it did not gross as high as the first film. In 2003, Rugrats Go Wild was released. It was a crossover between the Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys. It is the lowest grossing Rugrats film to date. Cartoon Network has broadcast at times most of the Warner Bros animated shorts, originally created between the 1930s and the 1960s. But the censorship practices of the Network and its corporate parent resulted in editing out scenes depicting discharge of gunfire, alcohol ingestion, Cowboys and Indians gags, and racist humor. The unedited versions were kept from + both broadcasting and wide release on the video market. "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" (1943), a racist but critically well-regarded short, was notably omitted entirely. While "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" (1950) and " Feed the Kitty" (1952), both well- regarded, had their finales largely edited out due to violence. − ===Comics=== From 1998 to 2003, Nick produced a Rugrats comic strip, which was distributed through Creator's Syndicate. Initially written by show- writer Scott Gray and drawn by comic book artist Steve Crespo, with Rob Armstrong as editor. Will Blyberg came on board shortly after as inker. By the end of '98, Lee Nordling, who had joined as a contributing gag writer, took over as editor. Nordling hired extra writers, − including Gordon Kent, Scott Roberts, Chuck Kim, J. Torres, Marc Bilgrey, and John Zakour, as well new artists including Gary Fields, Tim Harkins, Vince Giaranno, and Scott Roberts. Stu Chaifetz colored the Sunday strips. The Rugrats strip started out in many papers, but as often happens with spin- off strips, soon slowed down. It's still seen in some papers in re-runs. Two paperback collections were published by Andrews McMeel It's A Jungle-Gym Out There and A Baby's Work Is Never Done. There was controversy in 2001 over a Network decision concerning further omissions from broadcasting. The Cartoon Network scheduled a 49-hours long marathon promising to broadcast every Bugs Bunny animated short in chronological order. The Network originally intended to include 12 shorts that had become controversial for using ethnic stereotypes, albeit broadcasting them past midnight to ensure no children were watching. With introductions concerning + their historic value as representatives of another time. The Network's corporate parent, however, considered it likely that there would be complains concerning racial insensitivity. Leading to all 12 being omitted in their entirety. Laurie Goldberg, vice-president of public relations, defended the decision pointing "We're the leader in animation, but we're also one of the top-rated general entertainment networks. There are certain responsibilities that come with that." During this time, Nickelodeon also published 30 issues of an all Rugrats comic magazine. Most of these were edited by Frank Pittarese and Dave Roman, and featured stories and art by the comic strip creators and others. The last nine issues featured cover art by Scott Roberts, who wrote and drew many of the − stories. Other writers included Roman, Chris Duffy, Patrick M. O'Connell & Joyce Mann, and Jim Spivey. Other artists included Joe Staton and Ernie Colón. The magazine also included short stories, many by Pittarese, and games, as well as reprints from an earlier, UK produced Rugrats comic. Following complains by its adult fanbase, the Network offered a compromise solution. Including the 12 omited animated shorts in upcoming documentaries. The first of them was a special on "The Wartime Cartoons". It notably included "Herr Meets Hare" (1945) in its entirety, but only certain clips of "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips" + (1943). Kevin Sandler considered it a positive sign of the Network being willing to "confront and unveil" some of the dishonorable aspects of animated history. But noted that so far only the Warner Bros. shorts got this serious treatment. Not the MGM animated shorts also broadcast by the Network. Finally, Nick produced a special, 50

page comic magazine retelling of the − film Rugrats In Paris, edited by Pittarese and Roman, with script by Scott Gray, pencils by Scott Roberts, and inks by Adam DeKraker. − ===Video games=== + == Related projects == + === Boomerang === +   Boomerang US + logo.svg Boomerang was a programming block on Cartoon Network (since the network's launch in '92) aimed towards The Baby Boom Generation. The block's start time jumped frequently but was always aired in the weekends. On April 1, 2000, Boomerang received both a new look and a cable spin off channel. The block lasted until October 2004. − − − (PlayStation) (PlayStation) (Nintendo 64) * Rugrats in Paris - The Movie − (Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, − PC CD Rom, PlayStation) (PlayStation, Game Boy Color) * ''Rugrats: Totally Angelica Boredom − Busters'' (PC CD Rom) * Rugrats: Go Wild (PC CD Rom, Game Boy Advance) − Bolder]]'' (PC CD Rom) * Rugrats: Castle Capers (Game  Boy Advance) −   * Rugrats: Royal Ransom − (PlayStation 2, Nintendo  GameCube) * Rugrats: I Gotta Go Party (Game − Boy Advance) − − − − − − Boy Color]]) (PC CD Rom) computer|PC CD Rom]]) Phone]]) computer|PC CD Rom]]) Color]])  − (PC CD Rom)    * Rocket Power: Team Rocket Rescue − (PlayStation) (Tommy & Angelica appear as guest characters)  * Nickelodeon Party Blast − (Gamecube), Xbox (Tommy and Angelica are playable)  * Nicktoons Racing   (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, − Game Boy Color, Microsoft  Windows, Arcade)   (Tommy and Angelica playable)   * Nicktoons Basketball − (PC CD Rom) (Tommy appears in All Grown Up! appearance)   * Nicktoons: Attack of the   Toybots (Wii, Nintendo DS, − PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance) (Tommy and Angelica are seen, but are not playable characters.) − ===Live performances=== + === Get Animated === Get Animated is a campaign of the channel, encouraging children to get active, more importantly in outdoor areas. Original promos involved many different cartoon characters, and real kids. 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. Rugrats—A Live Adventure was a show about Angelica's constant attempts to scare Chuckie. To help Chuckie combat his wide range of fears, Tommy invents a magic wand called the "People-ator" to make Chuckie brave. Angelica, however, wants Chuckie to stay scared, so she steals Tommy's wand. The Rugrats try to get it back, but to no avail. Angelica becomes Princess of the World. Eventually, Chuckie becomes brave thanks to the help of Susie, Mr. Flashlight and the audience. Many songs were included in the play, including the theme song. The music was met with a rather mixed − reception, which applause was tepid at best. However, the dancing was much better received. In addition, as soon as a character approached the stage to engage the crowd, the response from the kids was wild. Chuckie's pleas help from the audience to stop Angelica's megalomaniacal march toward world domination elicited much excitement and response. Overall, despite the criticism, the show was well received. The show had two 40-minute acts, with a 20- minute intermission (or a commercial break). + === Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall === +   Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall is a massively multiplayer online  game developed by Cartoon Network and − ==Merchandise== Grigon Entertainment. FusionFall uses the Unity engine as its client technology basis. For the first year, the full game required a subscription; free accounts could only access to a portion of the + content. It was scheduled to be released in fall 2008, but the release date was pushed back to January 14, 2009. The game became free-to-play on April 19, 2010. + == High definition channels and service == A Cartoon Network HD channel is available from many cable and all satellite service providers. Actual high definition content however, remains limited to a few newer programs. Older 4:3 content is stretched to fill a 16:9 aspect ratio. This process results in a warped picture, which is especially apparent during horizontal panning. All programs produced in HD are aired in letterbox on the SD feed. Cartoon Network HD only airs in the United States. + == See also == Merchandise that was based on Rugrats varied from video games toothpaste, Kellogg’s cereal to
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− slippers, puzzles, pajamas, jewelry, wrapping paper, Fruit Snacks, Inflatable balls, watches, pens, pencils, markers, cookie jars, key rings, action figures, and bubblegum. The show also managed to spawn a popular merchandise line at Wal-Mart, K- Mart, Target, EBay, Hot Topic, JCPenney, − Toys "R" Us, Mattel, Barnes & Noble and Basic Fun, just to name a few. + + * Cartoon Cartoons + * Cartoon Network Studios + * Cartoon Network Original Series and Movies + * Cartoon Network/TCM + * Boomerang + * Toonami + * Cartoonito + * Tooncast +

+ == References == The Rugrats had their own cereal made by Post called Reptar Crunch Cereal. The Rugrats and Reptar were

predominantly featured on the front, there's a board game on the back, and a special $3 rebate for Runaway Reptar on the side. This cereal was released for a limited time only, sold at US supermarkets 8/1/99 to 9/15/99 only, and not all supermarkets carried the cereal. To memorialize the movie, Rugrats in − Paris, another Rugrats-based cereal came out in October 2000. Simply called the Rugrats in Paris Cereal, it has a similar appearance to Trix; it's a sweetened, multi-grain cereal with small-round bits in plain, red, purple and green. Small Eiffel Towers could also be seen. Rugrats made fast-food appearances − as well with the most appearances being on Burger King. Their first fast food appearance was in 1994, when the Hardee's fast food chain offered a collection of Nicktoons toys as premiums that were included with kids' meals at Hardee's. All 4 Nicktoons at that time were featured—Ren & Stimpy, Rocko’s − Modern Life, Doug and Rugrats. Other food items that feature Rugrats were Fruit Snacks, Macaroni and Cheese, Bubble Gum and Campbell's Rugrats Pasta with Chicken and Broth. +      + ==Sources== − In their first tie-in with Burger King, 5 Rugrats toys were offered with their Kids Club meals, a different one with each meal. Each toy came with a 12- page (including covers) miniature version of Nickelodeon Magazine, which featured the toy's instructions, word search, picture puzzle, "Say What?”,a scrambled word puzzle, a coupon for Oral-B Rugrats toothpaste & toothbrush, and entry blanks to subscribe to Rugrats Comic Adventures, Nick Magazine and the Kids Club. From 1998 till 2003, "Rugrats" based-products included watches and various toys.    *     − ==See also== + == External links == + + * + ork/home/ Official mobile website + cfm?section_id=43 Official Cartoon Network Press Release site   −

− * Klasky Csupo − * Rocket Power − * SpongeBob SquarePants − * The Fairly OddParents − * Aaahh!!! Real Monsters − * Hey Arnold! − ==References== − + + +  +  − ==External links== − − * − * + + + + + + + + + + Cartoon Network − * −         −
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The channel was launched on October 1, 1992 after Turner purchased the animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1991. It was served as a 24- hour outlet for classic animation properties from the Turner Broadcasting libraries and is youth-oriented, but shares channel space with a late-night adult oriented channel programming block called Adult Swim which was launched on September 2, 2001. It also broadcasts many shows, ranging from action to animated comedy. Original series started in 1994 with Space Ghost Coast to Coast, along with Cartoon Cartoons original programmings like Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd n Eddy and Courage the Cowardly Dog. In 2009 it started airing live- action programming, including movies from Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. Despite the network's name, Cartoon Network currently airs several live-action shows in its lineup. Country Cartoon Network Template:TVUS Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia (General) Los Angeles, California (West Coast) Language(s) English Programming Ownership Owner Turner Broadcasting System (a Time Warner company) Links Website www.cartoonnetwork.com (http://www.cartoonnetwo rk.com/) Contents History Early developments and launch The original series and the Time Warner acquisition 2000s 2010s Programming Marketing Censorship Related projects Boomerang Get Animated Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall High definition channels and service See also References Sources External links History Early developments and launch In 1986, Ted Turner's cable-TV conglomerate acquired most of the pre- May 1986 MGM film and television library[1] (which also included Gilligan's Island and its animated spin-offs, the U.S. rights to a majority of the RKO Radio Pictures library, and the a.a.p. catalog which includes the pre-1950 Warner Bros. film library, the Harman and Ising Merrie Melodies except Lady, Play Your Mandolin!, the pre-August 1948 color Warner Bros. cartoons, and the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons released by Paramount Pictures). In 1988, its cable channel Turner Network Television was launched and had gained an The original Cartoon Network logo used from October 1, 1992 to June 13, 2004. It is still in legal use at the end of original programs and on the teeth in the Adult Swim skull logo. A variation has been used in some promotional bumpers. [2] Hanna-Barbera Productions and acquired its large library as well as most of the Ruby-Spears library. audience with its film library. In 1991, it purchased animation studio [3] The promotional logo the network used from 1991 to 1992 before it began broadcasting had a cartoon character in a circle outline with the words "CARTOON" above and "NETWORK" below. It was intended to be the first logo, but was scrapped. In 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. cartoons (the pre-August 1948 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), the 1933–1957 Popeye cartoons, MGM cartoons, and Hanna-Barbera cartoons. At first, [4]    cable providers in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Detroit carried the channel. Cartoon Network was not the first cable channel to have relied on cartoons to attract an audience. Nickelodeon had paved the way in the 1980s. In 1991, Nickelodeon had launched three "high-profile" animated series: Doug, The Ren & Stimpy Show, and Rugrats. Further signifying the importance of cartoons in its programming. The Disney Channel and the Family Channel had also included animated shows in their programming. But in each of these cases, cartoons were only broadcast during the morning or the early afternoon. Prime time and late night television hours were reserved for live-action programs. Following the assumption that television animation could only attract child audiences. While Cartoon Network was a 24-hour single-genre channel with animation as its main theme. Turner Broadcasting System had defied conventional wisdom before by launching CNN, a channel providing 24-hours news coverage. The concept was previously thought unlikely to attract a sufficient audience to be particularly profitable. But the CNN experiment had been successful and [5] Initially, the channel would broadcast cartoons 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The network's first theme was the Checkerboard theme with bumpers involving the Cartoon Network's first logo, used from 1992 to 2004. Most of the short cartoons were aired in half-hour or hour-long packages, usually separated by character or studio—Down Wit' 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. Late Night Black and White showed early black-and-white cartoons (mostly from the Fleischer Studios and Walter Lantz cartoons from 1930s), and ToonHeads, which would show three shorts with a similar theme and provide trivia about the cartoons. There was also an afternoon cartoon block called High Noon Toons which was hosted by cowboy hand puppets (an example of the simplicity and imagination the network had in the early years). The majority of the classic animation that was shown on Cartoon Network no longer airs on a regular basis, with the exception of Tom and Jerry and, as of March 14, 2011, Looney Tunes. The first challenge for Cartoon Network was to overcome its low penetration of existing cable systems. When launched in October 1992, the channel was only carried by 233 cable systems. But it benefited from package deals. New subscribers to sister stations TNT and WTBS could also get access to Cartoon Network through such deals. Making it more affordable that Nickelodeon. The high ratings of Cartoon Network over the following couple of years led to more cable systems including it. By the end [5] The network's first original show was The Moxy Show and was first aired in 1993. The first series produced by Cartoon Network was Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994). But the show mostly consisted of "recycled animation cels" from the archives of Hanna-Barbera. Select cels were combined with new backgrounds to create the new series. The series itself being an ironic deconstruction of a talk show. Featuring live-action guests, mostly consisting of celebrities which were past their prime or counterculture figures. The production cost was "minimal". The series found its audience among [6] Kevin Sandler considered that Space Ghost Coast to Coast was instrumental in establishing Cartoon Network's appeal to older audiences. Space Ghost, a 1960s superhero by Hanna-Barbera, was recast as the star of a talk show parody. This was arguably the first time the Network revived a "classic animated icon" in an entirely new context for comedic purposes. Grown-ups who had ceased enjoying Turner could hope that CN could also find success. of 1994, Cartoon Network had become "the fifth most popular cable channel in the United States". The original series and the Time Warner acquisition young adults who appreciated its "hip" perspective. the original takes on the characters could find amusement in the "new ironic and self-referential context" for them. Promotional shorts such as the "Scooby-Doo Project", a parody of the The Blair [7] In 1994, Hanna-Barbera's new division Cartoon Network Studios was founded and started production on What-a-Cartoon (promotionally known as World Premiere Toons). This show debuted in 1995, offering original animated shorts commissioned from Hanna-Barbera and various independent animators. The Network promoted the series as an attempt to return to the "classic days" of studio animation. Offering full animator control, high budgets, and no limited animation. The project was spearheaded by several Cartoon Network executives, plus John Kricfalusi and and Fred Seibert. Kricfalusi was the creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show and served as an advisor to the Newtwork. Seibert was formerly one of the driving forces behind the Nicktoons. He would go on to produce the similar animation anthology series Oh, Yeah! Cartoons and Random Cartoons [9] [6] Cartoon Network was able to assess the potential of certain shorts to serve as pilots for spin-off series. Witch Project, gave similar treatments to the Scooby gang. efforts at such revivals. A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith and Boo Boo Runs Wild (1999), featured new takes on Yogi Bear's supporting cast by John Kricfalusi. Their "tasteless" humor, sexual content and lack of respect for the source material was rather out of place among the rest of the Cartoon Network shows. These shorts do not seem to have much of a fan-following and the network rarely [8] However, there were less successful found a place for them in its programming. [6] popular short series according to a vote held in 1995 and eventually became the first spin-off of What Signing contracts with their creators to create ongoing series. Dexter’s Laboratory was the most Three more series based on shorts debuted in 1997: Johnny Bravo, Cow and [10] Chicken, and I Am Weasel (the latter two as segments of the same show). Followed by the The [9] [6] [11] [5] The unrelated series Ed, Edd n Eddy was also launched in 1999. These original series were intended to appeal to a wider audience than the average Saturday morning cartoon. Linda Simensky, vice-president of original animation, reminded adults and teenage girls that cartoons could appeal to them as well. Kevin Sandler's article of them claimed that these cartoons were both less "bawdy" than their counterparts at Comedy Central and less socially responsible" than their counterparts at Nickelodeon. Sandler pointed at the whimsical rebelliousness, high exaggeration, and self-consciousness of the overall output. While each individual series managed to [12] [13] Cartoon Network's programming wouldn't be available in Canada until 1997, when a Canadian specialty network entitled Teletoon and its French language counterpart launched. a Cartoon! in 1996. Powerpuff Girls in 1998. Concluding with Courage the Cowardly Dog and Mike, Lu & Og in 1999 .              be "visually bold and energetic" in its own way. In 1996, Turner merged with Time Warner. cartoons, so now post-July 1948 and the former Sunset-owned black-and-white cartoons (which Warner Brothers had reacquired in the 1960s) releases were being shown on the network. Although most of the post-July 1948 cartoons were still contracted to be shown on Nickelodeon, the network wouldn't air them until September 1999. Newer animated productions by Warner Bros. also started appearing on the network—mostly reruns of shows that had aired on Kids' WB, plus certain new programs such as Justice League. This consolidated ownership of all the Warner Bros. Cartoon Network underwent its makeover in 1997, launching the Powerhouse era until June 13, 2004. The channel used bumpers involving characters from most of the cartoons it aired with the Powerhouse music, or just objects and places with the Cartoon Network's logo at that time. The Checkerboard bumpers were still used at the time between 1997 until 1998. By 1998, the Powerhouse era became the sole identification of Cartoon Network. The Powerhouse music was no longer used starting in the second quarter of 2003. 2000s On September 2, 2001, Adult Swim was officially premiered with the airing of the "Director's Cut" episode of Home Movies. The first theatrical film The Powerpuff Girls Movie was released in 2002. However, the film performed poorly at the box office despite receiving positive reception. At 6AM ET on the morning of June 14, 2004, Cartoon Network debuted its second logo and its slogan, “This is Cartoon Network!”[14] This is the first Cartoon Network era with a female voice announcing for the network. The bumpers 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. Jim Samples, president of the Cartoon Network for 13 years, resigned On September 1, 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.". On October 15, 2007, [18] Cartoon Network announced at its 2008 Upfront that it was working on a new project called Cartoonstitute, which was headed by animators Craig McCracken as executive producer and Rob Renzetti as supervising producer. Both reported to Rob Scorcher, who created the idea. It would have [19] The network has also began to air some imported Canadian programs from Teletoon such as George of the Jungle, 6teen, Total Drama Island and its successors Total Drama Action and Total Drama World Tour, Chaotic and Bakugan Battle Brawlers. File:Cartoon Network 2004- 2010 logo.svg The second Cartoon Network logo used in various forms/different colors from June 14, 2004 to May 28, 2010. It is still being used in some other countries. on February 9, 2007 due to the 2007 Boston bomb scare. [15][16] [17] campaign that began in 2006, albeit a slightly refreshed version. Following Samples's resignation, Through 2007, Cartoon Network retained the image Stuart Snyder was named his successor. the channel began broadcasting in 1080i high definition. Network would air 40 episodes of the former Fox Kids program Goosebumps, though Cartoon Network lost the rights to the show on October 31, 2009 and stopped airing the program. Every October since 2007, Cartoon worked similar to What A Cartoon!, by creating at least 150 pieces of animation within 20 months. Cartoonstitute was eventually cancelled, and out of all the shorts, two Regular Show and Secret Mountain Fort Awesome were selected, after animator Craig McCracken (the creator of The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) eventually left the network after 15 years in 2009 mostly due to the late 2000s recession. On September 20, 2008, Cartoon Network ended [20]    Toonami after its 11-year run. 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 newer look created by Tristan Eaton and was animated by Crew972. The bumpers of that era had white, faceless characters called Noods, based on the DIY toy, Munny. The standard network logo was then completely white, adopting different colors based on the occasion in the same style. On June 12, 2009, the screen bug then turned all black with white letters and starting March 2010, the words "CARTOON NETWORK" in Eagle (typeface) font is now white instead black and it starting to push down little further. In June 2009, a [21] A new logo was introduced on May 29, 2010, along with a new theme and new bumpers. The network's current branding, designed by Brand New School, makes heavy use of the black and white checkerboard which made up the network's first logo. In February, Cartoon At its 2011 upfront, Cartoon Network has announced 13 new series (many of which are rated TV-PG sometimes with a D or V subheading), including The Problem Solverz, formerly known as Neon Knome, The Looney Tunes Show, Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Level Up, a scripted live-action comedy series which will have a 90-minute starting film, Green Lantern, How to Train Your Dragon, the series based on the Dreamworks film, The Amazing World of Gumball, Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, the sequel of Total Drama World Tour; and Thundercats. The network also has a new Ben 10 series planned. The network announced a new block planned to air called "DC Nation"; this block will focus on the block of live-action reality shows began airing in a programming block promoted as CN Real. network has also aired some limited sports programming, including Slamball games, during the commercials. 2010s The [22] Network aired their first sports award show, called Hall of Game Awards. Since December 27, 2010, Adult Swim began starting 1 hour earlier at 9 PM. [23] comedy about a group of shaved animals in their underwear running a hotel called the Banana titular heroes, the first being Green Lantern. Cabana, was also picked up by the network and will make its US debut sometime around this 9 Story's Almost Naked Animals, an animated [24] In summer 2011, Cartoon Network started using newer bumpers featuring minimalistic doodles and characters onto a black backdrop by the graphic design team, Awesome Incorporated. Programming summer. Many of the programs were actually aired including the original series that were produced by Cartoon Network Studios, like Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Codename: Kids Next Door and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, including non-productions like Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog and Adventure Time. The network also carries acquired programs that some of them were produced by Warner Bros. Animation and third party animation studios, which were not produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It also has original live-action series like Out of Jimmy's Head, The Othersiders, Destroy Build Destroy and Dude, What Would Happen. A Spanish language audio track is accessible via SAP, some cable and satellite companies offer the Spanish feed as a separate channel. Cartoon Network benefited from having access to "the largest collection of animated programming" available. The titles available for broadcasting included the libraries of threatrically-released shorts produced by both Warner Bros. (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies) and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio (Tom and Jerry and other series), the television series produced by the Hanna- Barbera animation studio (The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, and many others), syndicated shows from Kids' WB (Batman: The Animated Series and others), and licensed anime shows (Dragonball Z, [12] By the early 2000s, Cartoon Network had established programming blocks aimed at different age demographics. The shows broadcast during the early morning had preschoolers as their target audience and mostly had prosocial behavior as a theme. The Toonami programming block, featured later in the day, mostly included anime shows and their target audience were tweens and teenagers. Prime time shows mostly included classic cartoons, featured as part of theThe Tex Avery Show, The Chuck Jones Show and The Bob Clampett Show. Their target audience included teenagers and adults. The Adult Swim franchise, launched in 2001, was broadcast at night hours. Including "mature" series [25] Jason Mittell considers Cartoon Network to have helped the "cartoon genre" (animation in general) reach a wider audience in the 1990s. Mittell noted that Disney feature films starting with The Little Mermaid (1989), prime time animated series starting with The Simpsons (1989-present), and the success of Cartoon Network all helped end the "stigma" of animation only appealing to children. Allowing adults to enjoy animation once again. He also credited the Network for returning cartoons initially designed for mass audiences back to their original purpose. But noted that in the case of the Hanna-Barbera shows, Cartoon Network only broadcast the most successful and well-regarded of them. Largely overlooking the "lesser efforts" of the company in an apparent belief that these would [26] Network seems to cater to the tastes of both children and adults. Marketing Mobile Suit Gundam Wing).           aimed at adult audiences.   turn off their adult viewers. who love cartoons" in general, regardless of their age. Whether the viewers approach cartoons as a form of nostalgia, due to an appreciation of the art form, or simply seeking entertainment, Cartoon [27] The Network's target audience, however, is stated to include "people Cartoon Network shows with established fan followings, such as the The Powerpuff Girls, allowed the Network to pursue licensing agreements with companies interested in selling series-related merchandise. For example, agreements with Kraft Foods led to widespread in-store advertising for Cartoon Network-related products. The Network also worked on cross-promotion campaigns with both Kraft and Tower Records. In product development and marketing, the Network has benefited from its relation to corporate parent Time Warner. Allowing for mutually-beneficial relationships [28] Time Warner Cable, the cable-television subsidiary of the corporate parent, distributed Cartoon Network as part of its packages. Turner Broadcasting System, the subsidiary overseeing various Time Warner-owned networks, helped cross-promote Cartoon Network shows and at times arranged for with various subsidiary companies. swapping certain shows between the networks. For example, Samurai Jack, one of CN's original shows, was at times seen at Kids' WB. While Cardcaptors, an anime show licensed by Kids' WB, was at times seen at Cartoon Network. In each case the swap intended to cultivate a shared audience for the two networks. Time Inc., the subsidiary overseeing the many magazines of the corporate parent, ensured favorable coverage of Cartoon Network and advertising space across its publications. Printed advertisements for CN shows could appear in magazines such as Time, Entertainment Weekly, and Sports Illustrated Kids. AOL, a sibling company to Time Warner covering Internet services, helped promote Cartoon Netwoerk shows online by offering exclusive contents for certain animated series, [28] Warner Home Video. the home video subsidiary, distributed VHS tapes and DVDs featuring Cartoon Network shows. Rhino Entertainment, a record label subsidiary, distributed cassette tapes and CDs wirh Cartoon Network-related music. All such products were also available through the Warner Bros. Studio Store. DC Comics, the comic book subsidiary, published a series featuring the Power Puff girls. Indicating it could handle other CN-related characters. Warner Bros., the film studio subsidiary, released The Powerpuff Girls Movie in 2002. Kevin Sandler considered it likely that the film would find its way to HBO or Cinemax, two television network subsidiaries which regularly broadcast feature films. Sandler also viewed book tie-ins through Warner Books as likely, since it was the only [28]     online sweepstakes and display advertising for CN. area of marketing not covered yet by 2001. Censorship Cartoon Network has broadcast at times most of the Warner Bros animated shorts, originally created between the 1930s and the 1960s. But the censorship practices of the Network and its corporate parent resulted in editing out scenes depicting discharge of gunfire, alcohol ingestion, Cowboys and Indians gags, and racist humor. The unedited versions were kept from both broadcasting and wide release on the video market. "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" (1943), a racist but critically well- regarded short, was notably omitted entirely. While "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" (1950) and "Feed the [29] There was controversy in 2001 over a Network decision concerning further omissions from broadcasting. The Cartoon Network scheduled a 49-hours long marathon promising to broadcast every Bugs Bunny animated short in chronological order. The Network originally intended to include 12 shorts that had become controversial for using ethnic stereotypes, albeit broadcasting them past midnight to ensure no children were watching. With introductions concerning their historic value as representatives of another time. The Network's corporate parent, however, considered it likely that there would be complains concerning racial insensitivity. Leading to all 12 being omitted in their entirety. Laurie Goldberg, vice-president of public relations, defended the decision pointing "We're the leader in animation, but we're also one of the top-rated general entertainment networks. There are certain responsibilities that come with that." [29] Following complains by its adult fanbase, the Network offered a compromise solution. Including the 12 omited animated shorts in upcoming documentaries. The first of them was a special on "The Wartime Cartoons". It notably included "Herr Meets Hare" (1945) in its entirety, but only certain clips of "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips" (1943). Kevin Sandler considered it a positive sign of the Network      Kitty" (1952), both well-regarded, had their finales largely edited out due to violence. being willing to "confront and unveil" some of the dishonorable aspects of animated history. But noted that so far only the Warner Bros. shorts got this serious treatment. Not the MGM animated [29] shorts also broadcast by the Network. Related projects Boomerang Boomerang was a programming block on Cartoon Network (since the network's launch in '92) aimed towards The Baby Boom Generation. The block's start time jumped frequently but was always aired in the weekends. On April 1, 2000, Boomerang received both a new look and [30] File:Boomerang US logo.svg The logo for Boomerang. a cable spin off channel. Get Animated The block lasted until October 2004. Get Animated is a campaign of the channel, encouraging children to get active, more importantly in outdoor areas. Original promos involved many different cartoon characters, and real kids. 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. Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall is a massively multiplayer online game developed by Cartoon Network and Grigon Entertainment. FusionFall uses the Unity engine as its client technology basis. For the first year, the full game required a subscription; free accounts could only access to a portion of High definition channels and service [31] January 14, 2009. The game became free-to-play on April 19, 2010. the content. 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Opening
A keyhole appears on Cinderella Castle. A narration says: "And they all lived happily ever after... Each of us has a dream, a heart’s desire. It calls to us. And when we’re brave enough to listen, and bold enough to pursue, that dream will lead us on a journey to discover who we’re meant to be. All we have to do is look inside our hearts and unlock the magic within..."

Magical pixie dust flows through the keyhole and covers the castle and surrounding turrets in royal red and gold as the Happily Ever After theme song plays.

Dreams
Introduced by Tiana, we see various Disney characters longing for their deepest desires – Ariel wishing to be ‘part of our world’, Remy for his own career as a cook in Paris, Rapunzel for freedom from her tower, and Quasimodo for one day to be ‘out there’ from the tower of Notre Dame.

Songs include: "Down in New Orleans (Prologue)", "Part of Your World", and "Out There".

Journey
Introduced by Merida, characters from Brave, A Bug's Life, Cars, Up, Finding Nemo, and Moana are shown embarking on their adventures.

Songs include: "Touch the Sky" and "How Far I'll Go".

Friendship
Introduced by Aladdin, this segment highlights the friendships shared by Disney characters from Tarzan, The Lion King, Toy Story, The Jungle Book, Wreck-It Ralph, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Inside Out, Monsters Inc., and Aladdin. The segment comes full circle with a showstopping performance by the Genie.

Songs featured: "Trashin' the Camp", "Hakuna Matata", "You've Got a Friend in Me", "The Bare Necessities", "I've Got No Strings", "That’s What Friends Are For", and "Friend Like Me".

Love
Introduced by Olaf, a full moon rises across the castle that leads into romances and acts of love shared by characters from Wall-E, The Lion King, Tarzan, Zootopia, Finding Dory, Up, and Dumbo. The castle turns into a garden with waterfalls and then transitions to show silhouettes of Disney princes and princesses; floating lanterns from Tangled are seen covering the castle as Rapunzel and Flynn Rider duet and send their own lanterns to the top of the castle.

Songs featured are "Love is an Open Door", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", "You'll Be in My Heart", "A Whole New World", and "I See the Light".

Adversity
Introduced by the Emperor of China from Mulan, the show becomes aggressive and loud, highlighting the climactic battles and challenges the characters face including epic scenes from The Incredibles, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, and Pirates of the Caribbean. The castle and its surroundings are peppered with explosions as many more climactic scenes are shown. When it is over, the castle is left a flaming ruin with gaping holes in its sides.

Music featured include instrumental selections from Frozen and The Lion King, and "He's a Pirate".

Triumph
The visage constellation of Mufasa appears across a starry sky reminding us to “remember who [we] are”. As an inspirational version of "Go the Distance" from Hercules plays, turret by turret, the castle gradually repairs itself while we see the featured characters in their triumphant moments. As the music swells, the structure turns gold with stained-glass portraits of the characters, all of them accomplishing their 'happily ever after'.

Finale
The show ends with the narrator challenging the audience to unlock their own magic and make their dreams come true, just as the characters did. The keyhole reappears and a pixie flies from it, leaving a trail of dust around the central plaza. As the castle restores itself to red and gold, the pixie flies up to the highest spire, where it’s revealed to be Tinker Bell, making her flight over the park to the familiar refrain of "You Can Fly". The castle and illuminated central plaza change color as multi-color peony fireworks appear in the sky. The keyhole then turns and opens, unleashing a colorful final set of fireworks.