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Cartoon Network Gets In Front of the Upfront

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST

Armed with record-setting ratings success as the only top kids’ network to achieve across-the-board growth in 2012 and its most-watched year in Prime in its 20-year history, Cartoon Network is jumping ahead of the customary Kids Upfront season and taking its show on the road with the CARTOON NETWORK ROAD TOUR. With more than a dozen new productions and multiple returning hit series now slated for the 2013 and early 2014 season, Cartoon Network brought its road-show presentation directly to key clients and promotional partners at their respective home bases the week of January 21 and will continue into March.

Turner Broadcasting and Warner Bros. Television Group Announce Multi-Year Agreement with Netflix

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif – January 14, 2013 - Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., The Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG),  and Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today announced licensing agreements bringing to U.S. Netflix members complete previous seasons of animated and live-action programming from Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. Animation and Adult Swim, as well as the TNT serialized drama Dallas (produced by Warner Horizon Television).

Nick Cannon’s Incredible Crew Premieres on Cartoon Network

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST

Incredible Crew, is a live-action, half-hour, sketch comedy series from producer and entertainer Nick Cannon premiering on Cartoon Network THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 at 8:00 p.m. (ET, PT).Every episode of this high-energy, fast-paced show delivers hilarious comedy bits, outrageous hidden camera pranks, original music videos and commercial parodies all with a distinct attitude – a contemporary blend of internet sensibility mixed with kid imagination. Incredible Crew showcases six up-and-coming young comedy stars featured in diverse roles in every genre: a rap video called “Running Errands with my Mom”, a skit about a sensitive Viking named Olaf, a riff on school bus news an

Fist Pump! Cartoon Network’s Emmy®-Winning Regular Show

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST

Regular Show, Cartoon Network’s Emmy®-winning animated comedy featuring best friends Mordecai, a six-foot-tall blue jay and Rigby, a hyperactive raccoon, returns for a fourth season on Monday, Oct. 1, at 8 p.m. (ET, PT) with an epic 30-minute premiere full of surprises. Season four of this hit series will answer all of those burning questions about Margaret and Mordecai’s budding relationship while taking the good times to another level.

Viewers Invited to CARTOON NETWORK’S BIRTHDAY PARTY in October

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EST

This October, the world’s first 24-hour, all-animation cable network will celebrate its first 20years by hosting CARTOON NETWORK’S BIRTHDAY PARTY, an on-air and online birthday tribute created especially for kids and kids-at-heart who’ve grown up with the wildly fun and outrageous network since its launch in 1992. Launching on Oct. 1, 1992 within just two million U.S. homes, Cartoon Network has since grown to become the #1 television network among boys 6-11, and is currently seen in over 175 countries and in more than 360 million households worldwide.

It’s Hero Time with the Global Launch of Ben 10 Omniverse

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST

One kid. All kinds of hero. That’s our Ben Tennyson, and he’s coming to Cartoon Network in an all-new series, Ben 10 Omniverse, with a global launch like no other. For the first time in its history, Cartoon Network territories covering over 178 countries and 27 languages will premiere a series closely together with a coordinated global campaign that begins in the United States on Saturday, September 22 at 9 a.m. (ET/PT).

DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk Brings High-Flying, Fire-Breathing Fun

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EST

DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk premieres Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network. The Academy Award®-nominated film, How To Train Your Dragon, which grossed approximately $500 million at the worldwide box office and opened as the #1 film in over 30 countries, serves as the launching pad for the third episodic television series from DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) and its first-ever on Cartoon Network.   

CARTOON NETWORK’S ANNOYING ORANGE SLICES INTO PRIME TIME

Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 EST

Boasting more than 1 billion YouTube views to date, Annoying Orange is the Web sensation transformed into a new television series that follows Orange and his buddies as they go on a wide range of adventures – setting out from the fruit stand to parts unknown and everything in between. With jaunts to the Prehistoric Era and even Colonial Times, Orange and the rest of the fruit stand gang are dropped into outrageous adventures and challenged to squeeze their way out of them. Joining Orange on his escapades are popular produce pals from the Web series including the level-headed Pear, potential paramour Passion Fruit, resident goody goody Apple, the always upbeat Marshmallow and Orange’s nemesis the hulking Grapefruit. The only human to interact with this veritable fruit salad is a brand new character, Nerville (played by YouTube sensation Toby Turner), the proprietor of a fruit cart where Orange and his crew “reside.” Annoying Orange will feature guest voices by Mich

Turner Ramps Up Its Affiliate Promotions

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:30:00 EST
Turner Network Sales, the distribution division of Turner Broadcasting, is ramping up its affiliate promotions in the third and fourth quarters around the MLB Postseason on TBS, season 12 of truTV’s buzzy series World’s Dumbest…and season four of the popular Cartoon Network series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Cartoon Network's Ben 10: Ultimate Alien and Generator Rex Premiere #1 in Their Timeslots Among Boys on All TV

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST
Cartoon Network premiered two new original action-adventure animated series on Friday, April 23, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (8 p.m.) and Generator Rex (8:30 p.m.) that ranked #1 on all television in their time periods among boys 6-11 and boys 9-14, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. Additionally, Generator Rex ranked #1 in its timeslot on all TV among kids 2-11. Both new series also earned powerful triple-digit ratings and delivery gains vs. the same time period in 2009. These outstanding premiere performances have prompted the network to order 32 additional episodes of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien and 20 new episodes of Generator Rex. Both series are produced at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, CA.