Cartoon Network000



Cartoon Network is a cable television network owned by Turner Broadcasting. The network was created in 1992, and airs only animated programming. The network began by airing only classic animated shorts owned by Turner Broadcasting, but has since begun airing original animated series. In 2001, an adult-oriented channel skein called Adult Swim took over Cartoon Network's late-night bloc.

In 1996, Time-Warner Cable purchased Turner Broadcasting, and with it Cartoon Network. This purchase gave Cartoon Network the rights to the entire Warner Bros. animation library. Time Warner changed the focus of the Hanna-Barbera Production company to creating original series for Cartoon Network. In time, the classic animated shorts of Warner Bros. and MGM were largely moved to a sister network, Boomerang.