Cartoon Network Too

Cartoon Network Too (trademarked Cartoon Network TOO, abbreviated CN Too) is a British TV network created by Turner Broadcasting. CN Too is the sister station of Cartoon Network, and it often airs programmes a while after they are shown on the main Cartoon Network.^[3] During the daytime, it will usually air some action-adventure programming such as Ben 10: Alien Force and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. During overnight hours, usually between midnight and 06:00, it also airs some shows which are no longer being produced, and are no longer in high demand (i.e. Skatoony).

History

2006-2007: Launch and early years

On 24 April 2006, Cartoon Network Too was launched on Sky, replacing Cartoon Network +1 which timeshifted the main Cartoon Network channel by one hour. It also became available on SCTV Digital when that service became available in 2006, along with the main Cartoon Network Channel and Boomerang. During its early months, it broadcast cartoons primarily made by Hanna-Barbera such as Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Wacky Races and Cow & Chicken.^[4][5] It also showed some other cartoons such as Ed, Edd n Eddy, The Cramp Twins and Courage the Cowardly Dog. The channel launched at 10:15 with Dexter's Laboratory being the first program to air. It was then followed by Cow and Chicken at 10:30, and Wacky Races at 11:00 during its original launch morning. Many of the shows originally on the channel have been removed since.

Technical faults and interruptions

On 27 July 2006 in the UK, Cartoon Network Too along with its sister channels suffered a major technical fault due to a power cut in Soho, London. This was due to the energy supplier EDF cutting power from different parts of Soho one at a time for four hours, purposely, due to the inability as the 2006 European heat wave had hit Turner Broadcasting System Europe. The power cut caused a mix up of channels (i.e. Cartoon Network being broadcast on Boomerang and Toonami, with Boomerang being broadcast on CN Too). Boomerang +1 was off air for some time, while TCM, reverted between TCM France and other programming during the times it was able to provide a service. TCM 2 didn't have a power cut because of its downtimes of timesharing. Most advertising was suspended and several of the channel websites were offline also. Those who could still receive the channels had a backup transmission played out, making people curious into why the incorrect programmes were played out when compared to the EPG CN Too and Boomerang were showing episodes of The Flintstones. These backups where played out with a scrolling message which said "We apologise for the disruption to this service. This is due to technical difficulties. We will resume normal programming as soon as possible" in multiple languages. Whilst most channels returned to the air relatively quickly, it took longer for CN Too to resume programming and it was also joked on various animation based forums by Toonami UK viewers, many of whom have made note of their disdain for the direction in which Turner took the Brand in the UK, that the backup transmission was more entertaining, purely on the basis that there's no live action aired during the black out. The idents on Toonami which aired between shows during the black-out displayed the message "Sorry! Toonami is broken, we'll be right back as soon as we fix it.". These idents have since been re-used in disclaimers warning viewers not to try stunts on various shows at home.

Classic channel/Cartoonito block

Within a few months of broadcasting, the channel relaunched itself into a modern classic programming channel with shows like Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry. Starting from September 4, 2006, the channel gave up 9 of its 16 hours of programming a day for Cartoonito as a programming block from 06:00 until 15:00, which was not a popular choice for some viewers. The channel aired from 03:00 to 19:00, however actual CN Too programming only aired between 03:00 and 06:00 then from 15:00 until 19:00 as it contained Cartoonito's programming until it became a full channel. Under its original version, it shared a channel with TCM 2, another UK-only spin-off station from TCM.

2007-present: As a 24 hour channel

On 23 May 2007 at 19:00, the old version of the channel closed for the last time. Then, on 24 May 2007 at 03:00, Toonami was shut down permanently by its owners and CN Too was moved into Toonami's slot, letting Cartoonito launch in CN Too's original timeshared slot and expand its schedule from 9 hours a day to 16 hours a day. Viewers of Toonami were given three weeks of notice before Turner took the channel off air. However, the USA version of Toonami stayed on air until 20 September 2008. CN Too was in the process moved to Sky Digital channel 602 and it was launched on Virgin Media channel 732 as the current version. Cartoonito later changed its hours to 04:00 until 20:00.

In June 2007, Cartoon Network Too became available on Top Up TV Anytime, which is a video-on-demand service. However, on 2 June 2009 it was removed, but the main Cartoon Network channel continues to be accessible via Top Up TV Anytime. In June 2010, CN Too was removed from SCTV Digital as a result of that service going into administration.

Logos and idents

Programmes

Current programming

Late at night only

• Chop Socky Chooks (shown only between 22:00 and 03:40; also airs during school hours and late at night on the main Cartoon Network schedule)
• Hero 108 (shown only between 23:00 and 02:35; re-runs from the main Cartoon Network schedule)
• Skatoony (shown only between 01:05 and 05:15; re-runs only)

Former programming

Re-runs only Now on Boomerang *Late at night only

References

External links

• CartoonNetwork.co.uk – official website