| Cartoon Network | |
|---|---|
| Cartoon Network's current logo, used as of 1 October 2011. | |
| Launched | 3 October 1995 |
| Owned by | Turner International Australia Time Warner |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) |
| Audience share | 0.5% (September 2011, [1]) |
| Slogan | It's a Fun Thing! |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Australia, New Zealand |
| Sister channel(s) | Boomerang Turner Classic Movies (Asia) |
| Website | www.cartoonnetwork.com.au |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 713 |
| Austar | Channel 713 |
| Sky Network Television | Channel 042 |
| Cable | |
| Optus TV | Channel 713 |
| Foxtel | Channel 713 |
| Austar | Channel 713 |
| TelstraClear InHomeTV | Channel 42 |
| Neighbourhood Cable | Channel 13 |
| TransACT | Channel 203 |
Cartoon Network (abbreviated CN, corporately known as The Cartoon Network, Inc.) is an Australian cable and satellite television channel created by Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner which primarily shows animated programming.
The Australian version is available on Pay TV (Foxtel, Optus and Austar). It is also on 3 as a part of its new mobile TV service for $4 a month although this feed is merely a heavily repeated media stream of Cartoon Network's best shows.[1] Telstra also broadcasts Cartoon Network on mobile service, though this is the same feed as seen on Foxtel. Neighbourhood Cable broadcasts the network in yet another feed in regional Victoria. SKY Network Television has broadcast the network in New Zealand, on 1 September 1997 originally during the day on SKY UHF preset channel 7 with Orange (later SKY 1, and now The Box) broadcasting during the evenings. The Cartoon Network became a separate 24-hour channel in New Zealand in 1998 when the SKY Digital service was launched.[2] Cartoon Network Australia and Asia followed suit on 1 July 2001.
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It had started its broadcast in Australia in 1995 as the dual-channel TNT & Cartoon Network as part of the Foxtel cable TV launch, operating from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with Turner Classic Movies (formerly TNT) taking the remainder of the daily schedule. On 1 July 2001, Cartoon Network Australia became a separate 24-hour channel, with exclusive local feeds for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Darwin, etc. It originally aired only Hanna-Barbera cartoons such as Yogi Bear, Top Cat, The Flintstones etc. The channel quickly started to develop though, airing for the first time MGM cartoons (Tom and Jerry, Droopy, and Spike and Tyke) on 1 January 1996, and (after Time Warner's purchase of Turner in 1996) Warner Bros shows (Looney Tunes, and several other Looney Tunes related cartoons) on 1 January 1997. In Mid 1997, Cartoon Network started to air its first original shows (Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Dexter's Laboratory and The Moxy Show), however The Moxy Show was soon cancelled.
22 August 1999 was the day Cartoon Network received its first facelift, introducing new bumpers, new shows and a new 'powerhouse' theme. The new shows for 1999 were Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel and The Powerpuff Girls.
The following year, 2000, saw even more Cartoon Network originals being introduced, including Mike, Lu & Og, Ed, Edd n Eddy, and Courage the Cowardly Dog. Some of these shows (Mike, Lu & Og, Ed, Edd n Eddy and Courage the Cowardly Dog) were not produced by Cartoon Network.
In 2001, the rate of new Cartoon Network originals kept going, with Sheep in the Big City, Time Squad, and Samurai Jack being brought in. Due to the large number of Cartoon Network originals that were on Cartoon Network, they decided to name these shows Cartoon Cartoons, which led to the Friday night block Cartoon Cartoon Fridays being introduced to Australia later in 2001. Also in 2001, Cartoon Network introduced other programming blocks including Toonami, Acme Hour, Prime Time, Boomerang (now a channel) and Cartoon Network After Dark.
2002 saw more Cartoon Cartoons introduced including Grim & Evil, Robot Jones, and Codename: Kids Next Door. Grim & Evil eventually spun off into two separate series, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne. Justice League and Mucha Lucha! also debuted on Cartoon Network in 2002.
In 2003, there were no new Cartoon Network original shows added to the schedule, however there were several new programming blocks and non-Cartoon-Cartoons added. The programming blocks include Boomeraction (currently a block on the channel Boomerang), and Tiny TV (currently also a block on Boomerang). Shows added to the line-up in 2003 include The Mask, and X Men: Evoloution.
2004 saw the introduction of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, the sole new show to premiere on Cartoon Network that year. Programming blocks introduced in 2004 include Fridays (as a replacement for the now-cancelled Cartoon Cartoon Fridays) and Eyeballs A Go-Go. Early in 2004, the Boomerang network - a spin off from the previously aired block on Cartoon Network - launched as part of the new Foxtel digital package. Following this, much of Cartoon Network's older Hanna-Barbera programming migrated to Boomerang in order to free up space on the Cartoon Network schedule which was at the time very crowded. Popular older shows such as The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Top Cat, however, remained on the network a little longer. The most popular older programs, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry, have as of 2011 retained a more or less permanent spot on the network's schedule. In April, the channel was added to TransTV.[3]
In addition, Cartoon Network for a brief period would show segments of kids getting prizes during the holidays but this was axed from poor viewer response. Cartoon Network had, up until mid-2004, been tied with the Disney Channel as Australia's most popular family network. The removal of older programming from the network during this period led to a fall in average audience share during 2004 as fans of older cartoons moved to Boomerang. Cartoon Network had slipped to second spot among Australian family networks behind the Disney Channel by the end of the Powerhouse Era[4].
On 16 August 2005, the bumpers were replaced with 3-D animations of the 'CN (Cartoon Network) City' that all the Cartoon Network toons lived in. Show-specific bumpers were replaced with 3-D animations of a well-known scene from the particular show (e.g.: a Dexter's Laboratory bumper would feature Dexter's house, a Powerpuff Girls bumper would feature most likely the PPG household, and so forth). The retro checker board logo was replaced with a 'CN' city-style logo, a parody on the late 1950s Hanna-Barbera watermark.
In 2006, several new Cartoon Network originals premiered, including Robotboy, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Camp Lazlo, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, My Gym Partner's a Monkey and Squirrel Boy.
Between January 2006 and May 2007, Cartoon Network phased out all Hanna-Barbera animation and shows previously labelled Cartoon Cartoons (as of May 2007, the only shows made before 2003 airing on Cartoon Network were Tom and Jerry, Ed Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and The Powerpuff Girls, although since then a few older cartoons have come and gone). The Cartoon Cartoons moniker previously used for Cartoon Network originals was also dropped in 2006. On Sunday 6 May 2007, Cartoon Network officially aired Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel and Johnny Bravo for the last time before those shows migrated to Boomerang.
In February 2008, adult swim relaunched on The Comedy Channel airing shows such as Robot Chicken and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
On 31 August 2008, the format of Cartoon Network's bumpers and commercials changed, and the Cartoon Network Theatre and Fridays Flicks were renamed to Cartoon Network Popcorn. This mimics a similar decision made by Cartoon Network Southeast Asia, with the major visual theme being the recurring 'dynamic line' on the network's official website and also in all the Station IDs, bumpers, etc.
During the New Wave Era, much of Cartoon Network's comedy/fun-oriented programs (such as Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and Camp Lazlo), which were popular in the early-mid 2000s, are being shown much less frequently on the network, making way for more anime and action-oriented shows (such as Ben 10, Ben 10: Alien Force, The Secret Saturdays, Pokemon DP Battle Dimension).
Cartoon Network has also slowly moved away from its long-standing tradition of themed programming blocks. In the New Wave Era, Cartoon Network has opened for a more universal feel to the channel with few programming blocks over the past two years.
Cartoon Network also transferred from 4:3 to 16:9 broadcasting on Monday 30 November 2010 at 5:30am (Australian Eastern Daylight) as part of Foxtel's plan to convert all of its channels to widescreen before the end of 2010. The last show shown in this era was What's New Scooby Doo, on Good Morning Scooby.
On 12 September 2011, Cartoon Network Australia advertised the premiere of The Amazing World of Gumball (1 October) along with its new theme.
On 1 October 2011, during The Amazing World of Gumball premiere, Cartoon Network introduced its new branding and logo. Designed by Brand New School, it makes heavy use of the black and white checkerboard motification logo, as well as various CMYK color variations and patterns. The slogan It's a Fun Thing! was also introduced.
Certain episodes of shows on the network are available for download for FOXTEL & Foxtel from Telstra subscribers via the FOXTEL website.
Channel 24 on Virgin Australia domestic flights within Australia
Premiering movies that range from Cartoon Network specials to non-related movies on Friday at 6:00 pm and encore on Saturday at 10:30 am and 8:00 pm and Sunday at 12:30 pm. The block was previously titled Cartoon Network Friday Flick until the revamp of the channel in 2008.
120% Cartoon Network is Cartoon Network's weekend afternoon programming block. It airs from 4pm to 6pm and is very popular since it has no ads. It currently airs older cartoons from the Cartoon Cartoon era such as Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog and The Powerpuff Girls and newer Cartoon Network originals, including My Gym Partner's a Monkey, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Camp Lazlo and Codename: Kids Next Door.
Super Fun Saturdays is a thing that happens on Saturdays with shows like Gumball, Adventure Time and others.Super Fun Saturdays starts at 9am on Saturday 1 October.This is part of the New It's a fun thing Era with the new show Gumball.Super Fun Saturdays was pronounced in the start of the 7 day coundown with the new show and the new Cartoon Network.
The block first aired on Boomerang in 2006 (Originally just called Good Morning Scooby!) with an original lineup of The Scooby & Scrappy Doo Show and The Scooby-Doo Show. Soon after the block was moved to weekday mornings, then eventually onto Cartoon Network as a weekend and weekday block. Eventually becoming just a weekend block again, it currently aires from 7am to 9am with a new lineup of The Scooby-Doo Show, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and What's New, Scooby-Doo?.
For the best part of the last decade Cartoon Network has annually aired special lineups for weekdays during the summer holidays. Particularly in recent times these summer schedules have barely changed apart from the branding, with the same programming each year. The lack of quality new shows being produced by Cartoon Network in recent years has led to a decline in its summer lineups, which in the past (Eyeballs A Go-Go in 2003-04, Eyeballs 2 in 2004-05, and Holidaze in 2005-06) used to involve major prizes such as TVs, holidays and iPods, and many consolation prizes. In the summers of 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10, there were no prize winners on Cartoon Network.
Previous summer lineups on Cartoon Network include:
Fridays, originally titled Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, was the Friday afternoon program block on Cartoon Network that showcased the channel's original animated series. Cartoon Cartoon Fridays would always be hosted by a different Cartoon Cartoon character every week, which was one of its main appeals. Between 2001 and 2003, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays was two and a half hours in length, starting at 6:30 pm and ending at 9:00 pm. Random Cartoon Cartoons were shown during the first hour, followed by a feature Cartoon Cartoon, .Com Pick (a segment where viewers vote for the show they want to watch on the network's website), and Premiere Premiere, which, as its name suggests, would show a premiere episode of a Cartoon Cartoon. During 2003 and early 2004, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays lost its significance somewhat on Cartoon Network, and was cut down to just one and a half hours in December 2003 (airing from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm with a feature Cartoon Cartoon, .Com Pick and Premiere Premiere).
In February 2004, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays was axed from Cartoon Network, leaving a gap in the usual Friday night schedule which was filled temporarily by Megatoon Movie (otherwise known as Cartoon Network Theatre and now Cartoon Network Popcorn) before the new version of Fridays began airing in May 2004. Initially, the programming of the new Fridays was not dissimilar to Cartoon Cartoon Fridays - 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm with .com Pick, Fridays Premiere and an episode of a Cartoon Cartoon (although they weren't referred to as Cartoon Cartoons on the new Fridays). In 2005, Fridays moved to the 4:00 pm-6:00 pm timeslot, and now included 'Double Play', a segment where a double episode of a Cartoon Network cartoon would be aired. During this time Fridays for the first time began to air non-Cartoon Cartoons. Fridays declined somewhat in 2007 and was eventually axed for good in February 2008 in favour of The All New Show Show, which would go to air on Mondays from 5:00 pm.
In February 2008, The All New Show Show replaced Fridays as Cartoon Network's destination for premiere shows and viewer-selected shows. The All New Show Show aired for 1 hour on Monday afternoons starting at 5:00 pm. Each week, The All New Show Show, which was hosted by Blooregard Q. Kazoo (a popular character on Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends), was broadcasted from different locations across Australia. The first half-hour of The All New Show Show was known as "It's Your Show Show" and it replaced The .Com Pick as Cartoon Network's viewer-selected program. In the second half-hour of The All New Show Show, you would most likely see a brand new premiere episode of Class of 3000, Ben 10 Alien Force, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Speed Racer: The Next Generation or Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. The All New Show Show (much like its predecessor Fridays) started to lose its fan appeal and was axed in August 2009, bringing to an end an era of viewer-selective programs and premiere episodes in the one show on Cartoon Network.
Toonami launched on Cartoon Network Australia on 7 July 2001[7] as an outlet for action animation. Most of its lineup consisted of anime, including already popular shows such as Dragonball Z, as well as the Australian premiere of Cardcaptors and exclusives such as Gundam Wing and Yu Yu Hakusho. Occasionally it also broadcast action cartoons from the United States such as Batman of the Future.
On its launch, Toonami broadcast on Saturday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and on Sunday afternoons from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Each day's programming was repeated in the Toonami "Late Run" from 11:00 pm to 1:00 am. Toonami soon expanded to weekdays, and for a number of years could be seen seven days a week. Although timeslots varied, the main Toonami block remained on weekday afternoons; in 2005 it was airing weeknights from 6.00pm, with mini-marathons playing on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
In September 2006, Toonami was dropped from the Cartoon Network schedule. Former Toonami programming, and new programming that would have previously gone to Toonami is now spread out across the network's other timeslots.
Aired on every holiday in 2007 beginning with chunky holiday toons, then chunkier, then chunkiest which had no breaks and no time for pitstops (similar to 120% cartoon network) The block aired on weekdays from 9:00 am.
Acme Hour was a Cartoon Network programming block that started in March 2001. It was an hour-long compilation of Tom and Jerry, Popeye and Looney Tunes cartoon shorts. The block's schedule remained unchanged before coming to an end in May 2003. It aired weekdays from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm and held that timeslot for three years.
Cartoon Network After Dark was a programming block which started on Cartoon Network in August 2001, one month after the network introduced 24 hour programming, and lasted up until March 2002. It kept the same timeslot for the 7 months it went to air, 9:00 pm - 12:00 am weekdays. The name "Cartoon Network After Dark" was shortened to just "After Dark" in December 2001.
Now Cartoon Network's sister TV channel Boomerang was originally a Cartoon Network block for the lesser-known Hanna-Barbera classic cartoons that didn't already have regular half-hour slots. It began in April 2001 as a morning block airing at 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, but in August 2001 also aired as an hour-long mini block in Cartoon Network After Dark. The shows on Boomerang changed randomly every week, for both the morning and the evening block. The Boomerang blocks had bumpers which featured children's toys of characters in Hanna-Barbera cartoons coming to life, identical to the Boomerang bumpers used in the United States. These bumpers were sometimes also used on the TV channel. The evening block last aired in March 2002, and the morning block last aired in September 2004. However late-night airings of Boomerang on Cartoon Network continued until early 2005, when the Boomerang channel received a facelift.
A time block suited for mature audience, targeting adults at least 17 years old and above.The comedy block that started at 10:30pm and ended at 12:00am with an encore till 1:30 on Fridays and Saturdays aired the following shows: Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law, The Brak Show, Home Movies, The Venture Bros., Tom Goes to the Mayor. And before the block was ceased Squidbillies also premiered with a special disclaimer about the content, as did most of the anime. The anime block which aired from Monday to Thursday included Bleach, Cowboy Bebop, InuYasha, Air Gear, Black Cat, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Blood+, and other various adult programs.
Prior to its removal for strategic reasons, the Australian feed was one in the Asia-Pacific region to have this block. This block is currently shown on The Comedy Channel with Harvey Birdman and Aqua Teen Hunger Force as well as the premiere of Robot Chicken and Moral Orel. Most of the anime that previously aired on Adult Swim now air on the Sci Fi Channel with its own anime block.
Madman Entertainment has also been releasing Adult Swim DVD in region 4 staring with Aqua Teen, Harvey Birdman and Robot Chicken in 2007. It has since released most volumes of every series that has a DVD, including future releases.[8]
It is planned to relaunch it as a proper channel in the future.[9]
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