Og tends to create inventions that get the trio in trouble including his self-proclaimed Princess of the Island cousin Lu. It's a fun and different, but short-lived, series from Cartoon Network.
Two animal siblings both voiced by Charlie Adler with human parents had wacky misadventures in their messed-up city and interacted with its equally messed-up civilians. Chicken was the cocky older brother of the naive and sweet-natured Cow. They were usually pursued by the Red Guy also Adler , who enjoyed making them suffer. Viewers gravitated towards characters like Cow and the Red Guy as they were seen as the funniest on the show.
However, some were turned off by the unattractive art-style and gross content. The hilarious, but somewhat forgotten cartoon, I. Weasel Michael Dorn was sophisticated and intelligent in contrast to his dim-witted and sloppy friend I.
Baboon Charlie Adler. Baboon was envious of Weasel and always tried to outdo him comedically with little luck. It also had an interesting turn where Baboon eventually succeeded and became the star of the series instead of Weasel. The Red Guy also appeared on the show as an antagonist.
It was an anthology series full of classic cartoon sketches that had added interludes of Moxy Bobcat Goldthwait and Flea Penn Jillette originally and then Chris Rock. The series is considered Cartoon Network's first original series, but it wasn't a fully produced show and has become somewhat lost due to the series not being rerun or released for purchase.
A puppet series for preschoolers. Similar to Sesame Street , the puppet characters co-existed in a world with humans.
The two puppet leads Chelli and Bag ran a store together. The series ran for two seasons. Viewers were fans of the colorful characters and animated segments. DC Comics, the comic book subsidiary, published a series featuring the Powerpuff Girls, indicating it could handle other CN-related characters.
Warner Bros. Kevin Sandler considered it likely that this 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 Adult Swim often stylized as [adult swim] or [as] is the adult-oriented programming brand of Cartoon Network.
The programs featured on Adult Swim are geared toward a mature audience, in contrast to the all-ages, preteen daytime programming of Cartoon Network. As a result, Adult Swim is treated by Nielsen as a separate network in its ratings reports similar to Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite and now-defunct Nickmom blocks and marketed as such because of its differing target demographics. Adult Swim is usually broadcast from p. Its start time was moved up an hour to pm on March 31, , though the timeslot was given back to Cartoon Network on numerous occasions.
Such occasions include the premieres of Adventure Time: Stakes in , the final season of Regular Show in , new episodes from the sixth season of The Amazing World of Gumball in , and the first ten episodes of Steven Universe Future in Toonami a portmanteau of "cartoon" and "tsunami", suggesting a "tidal wave" of animated cartoons is a brand used for action-oriented programming blocks and television channels worldwide.
The original program block launched on Cartoon Network in the United States on March 17, and primarily aired both American cartoons and Japanese anime. The block would end its original run on September 20, , before it was later revived on May 26, , as a relaunch of Adult Swim's Saturday night anime block.
Toonami's current incarnation is similar to that of the "Midnight Run", a special version of the block that originally ran on Saturday nights and was the forerunner for Adult Swim. The block is best known for its branding and aesthetic, including its animated host, a robot named TOM, that was later voiced by Steven Blum. Cartoonito is an upcoming programming block aimed at preschoolers that will launch on the network in Fall Boomerang is a brand dedicated to classic and theatrical cartoons aimed towards the Baby Boom generation.
It was originally a weekend programming block that aired on Cartoon Network from December 8, until October On April 1, , Boomerang received a new look and was spun off into its own cable channel. Move It Movement previously named Get Animated is a campaign of the channel, encouraging children to get active, more importantly in outdoor areas.
Cartoon Network on Demand is the network's video on demand service, which launched in , and allows viewers to watch the latest episodes of their original series. Cartoon Network HD is a high definition feed version of Cartoon Network that launched on October 15, , and is available from many cable and all satellite service providers. Older content is stretched to fill a aspect ratio. This process results in a warped picture, which is especially apparent during horizontal panning.
All programs produced in HD are aired letterboxed on the Standard definition feed. Cartoon Network Studios is a production studio located in the network's West Coast headquarters of Burbank, California, which serves as the network's first animation studio division to provide original programs for the network. Williams Street Productions is the adult production studio division that provides original program to the network's late-night program Adult Swim that is located in Atlanta, Georgia, along with the main headquarters of the network.
Cartoon Network Studios Europe formerly known as Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe until and soon to be Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe is the network's European production studio division that is located in London, England, which provides other original programs but from the United Kingdom. Cartoon Network Productions is the network's distribution arm. It distributes the shows, pilots, and movies through various international Cartoon Network channels since Cartoon Network Games formerly known as Cartoon Network Interactive until is the video game developer and publisher of video games based on Cartoon Network shows since Cartoon Network Enterprises is the network's global licensing and merchandising arm established in Cartoon Network has a mobile app that provides the latest full episodes, a live stream from the East and West coast, and games, as well as the network's schedule.
In , Cartoon Network characters were featured in a four-player mascot brawler fighting game similar to Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Several video games based on the cartoon series Ben 10 were released by Cartoon Network as well. The Cartoon Network website also features various flash games incorporating characters from various Cartoon Network franchises.
For example, FusionFall which was a massive multiplayer game released on January 14, , and shut down on August 29, Main category: Cancelled Programming Blocks. Cartoon Network had a long history of action-oriented programming blocks.
One of the network's first blocks was Super Adventures. It aired on weekday afternoons, and also had a weekend afternoon counterpart known as "Super Adventure Saturdays". In , Super Adventures was replaced with Afternoon Adventures , which presented a more varied mix of old and then-recent action cartoons, such as James Bond Jr.
That same year, a Saturday late-night block called Power Zone debuted, which mostly aired the same action shows as its predecessor blocks. Power Zone supplanted Afternoon Adventures in Cartoon Planet is an animated variety show that originally premiered in on TBS Superstation and continued its run from to on Cartoon Network.
A spin-off of the animated Space Ghost Coast to Coast talk show, the premise was that Space Ghost had recruited his imprisoned evil arch nemesis Zorak and his loud and extremely dimwitted archenemy Brak to assist him in hosting a variety show.
The block featured old classic shows hosted by Zorak and Brak Space Ghost is absent for unknown reasons. Main article : Fridays Cartoon Cartoon Fridays.
Cartoon Cartoon Fridays then known as Fridays , was launched on June 11, and last aired on February 23, 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 Usually along with new episodes of their respective shows airing on their corresponding night.
The block aired between 7 p. There would be a Cartoon Cartoon short that aired every Friday at 9pm, before a brand-new episode of a Cartoon Cartoon. The Big Pick was discontinued in Miguzi was a cartoon block that premiered on April 19, at 5 p.
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.
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. Main article: Saturday Video Entertainment System. The Saturday Video Entertainment System was a Toonami -like block of action animation airing Saturday nights which ran March 1, to April 10, This block was also designed by Williams Street. Tickle U was a two-hour programming block for pre-schoolers on weekday mornings from August 22, to January 5, June Bugs was a yearly 48 hour marathon of Bugs Bunny cartoons which started on the first weekend in June In , 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.
CN Real was a block that featured Cartoon Network's first live action shows that started airing in June The block originally aired on Wednesday and Saturday nights with 2 shows on each day, but they were then merged to only airing on Wednesdays. The block received negative reception and most of the shows were canceled along with the block itself. A lot of viewers hate CN Real. Main article: CN Sports. The programs aired Saturday nights with a Sunday afternoon encore, featuring 10 Count a countdown list program and Re:Evolution of Sports a program which previously aired under the same arrangement on the Fox Sports Net family of regional sports networks.
Last aired on November 1, Wedgies are shorts that appear occasionally after a show or a movie, usually as a time filler. This was a replacement of the original Cartoon Network Extra , which featured the usual minute episodes of some Cartoon Network series.
Wedgies also include skits by Blake and the Fried Dynamite crew, which air mostly after school. Main article: Cartoon Network Invaded. On May 28, and June 1, the event concluded with a mini-marathon of all shows aired back-to-back with their alternate endings. Main article: Har Har Tharsdays. These shows rotated through.
Also, without any changing of the name, the block took on a Green look for Ben 10 week, featuring Ben Tennyson in clips with the other characters directly before or after commercial breaks. This block ended before April 5, , when all of Cartoon Network's comedy programs moved to Mondays.
Super Chunk is a marathon block on Cartoon Network that first aired from —, then started airing again on August 17, This block was dedicated to airing three-hour marathons of shows from its library of programming. It was replaced by Cartoon Olio. Then, after an almost seven-year hiatus, Cartoon Network brought the block back again, yet again revamped with a giant Nood in the forest with the words Super Chunk painted in the sky, but the block ended a few weeks after.
It was taken off the air again after May 28, , the night before the network rebranded along with a new logo. These shows were moved to a new block called Night of Action. Flicks formerly Mr. Since , live-action films from Warner Bros. Although airs movies from Warner Bros. The name of the block was changed on Christmas to " Flicksmas ". On July 3, , "Flicks" were rebranded with a live-action human family, no longer containing the Noods. It was later hosted by internet personality KevJumbua Kevin Wu , and finally, the sentient C and N letters from the current network logo along with a dog named "Flicksy" began hosting.
The block was discontinued at the end of February 28, Movies are still shown on the network but without the Flicks branding. The Cartoon Network Wiki Explore. Back to School Marathon. Explore Wikis Community Central. It must have gotten a bit repetitive since all Turner had was the pre library at that time. The sad fact is, Boomers craving the cartoons of their youth are a shrinking demographic — even within the Boomer population.
But stranger things have happened, with the comparatively recent release of Magoo and the theatrical UPAs. The ones I do recall that night were these…. If involved a salesman trying to convince an owner of a company about an insurance plan for his workers. It was a little frustrating for classic WB and MGM fans during the first year or two, because despite the fact that TBS and TNT had been airing remastered versions of many Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerrys not coincidentally the same shorts they had released on home video in the several years prior , CN started out airing the older, faded, scratched and dirty prints those had replaced.
I suspect the old carts were still on shelves, and when the new network needed cartoons, the tapes were put back into service rather than dubbing new ones. They had simply gone back to what I suspect were the IB prints provided to AAP back in the day and made new video transfers.
This would seemingly contradict that, instead that perhaps the June Bugs of sparked the attention of the cable world in 93 and they capitalized on it to start their trend in Your email address will not be published.
Jim Korkis is an internationally respected animation historian who in recent years has devoted his attention to the many worlds of Disney. He was a columnist for a variety of animation magazines. He taught animation classes at the Disney Institute in Florida as well as instructing classes on acting and animation history for Disney Feature Animation: Florida.
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