Cartoon series
A cartoon series is a set of regularly presented animated episodes with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same characters and a basic theme. For television broadcasts, programs are created or adapted with a common series title, usually related to one another and can appear as much as up to once a week or daily during a prescribed time slot. Cartoon series also apply outside broadcast television, as was the case for the Tom and Jerry shorts that appeared in movie theaters from 1961–1962. Series are created to be both open-ended, not with a predetermined number of episodes, or with a finite set of episodes.
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Structure
The duration of each episode varies depending on the individual series. Traditionally, series are produced as complete half-hour programs; however, many cartoons series are produced as animated shorts of 15 minutes or less, which can then paired with other shorts to fill a set time period. Cartoon series are sometimes grouped together according to network programming demands. Thus a particular cartoon series may appear in a number of formats or time block, such as The Batman/Superman Hour.
Content
In general a cartoon is a piece of art, usually developed for humorous intent. This usage dates to 1843 when Punch magazine applied the term cartoon to satirical drawings in its pages. Since, the cartoon, and later the cartoon series, has been used for comedy. However, animated programs have fallen into other genres such as the action/adventure series (for example, Speed Racer and G.I. Joe).
The 1980s and 1990s was a renaissance of the cartoon series for children and adults. Various broadcast networks and media companies began creating television channels and formats designed specifically for airing cartoon series. Companies that already had these types of formats in place began to revamp their existing models during this time. Examples of these are:
- Cartoon Network
- Fox Kids
- Kids' WB!
- UPN Kids
- Nickelodeon
- Nicktoons Network
- Toon Disney
- Boomerang
- One Saturday Morning
- The Animation Station
- Cartoon Quest
- Nick Jr.
- USA Action Extreme Team
- USA Cartoon Express
- ABC's Saturday Morning (1955–1999)
- CBS Kidshow (1980–2000)
During the 1990s more mature content than those of traditional cartoon series began to appear more widely extending beyond a primary audience of children. These cartoon series included The Simpsons, Beavis and Butt-head, King of the Hill, Family Guy and South Park. The series ReBoot, which began as a child friendly show, shifted their target age group to ages 12 and older, resulting in a darker and more mature storyline.[1]
See also
- List of animated television series
References
- ↑ Hetherington, Janet L. "As Mainframe's technology reaches adolescence, there's a 'ReBoot' Renaissance". Animation Magazine #59. Vol. 11, Issue 8, September 1997.
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