Cartoon Network Prime

Cartoon Network Prime is an American subscription video on demand streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment. The service was launched on June 16, 2021, with all previous Cartoon Network programming moving off of other streaming services such as Hulu, HBO Max, and Sling TV. However, the service is included in a bundle with HBO Max, with the regular price without the bundle being $4.99. The streaming service Boomerang was formerly included in the bundle before it was merged with Cartoon Network Prime in March 2022. Disney+ also offered Cartoon Network Prime for free during October to December 2023, due to the majority of its Star Wars animated content moving to the latter service.
The service has received a mostly positive reception, although the lack of original content for exclusively the service being criticized. According to Warner Bros., Cartoon Network Prime had 9.6 million activated subscribers as of December 31, 2021, with the service having a nominal total of 23.4 million paying subscribers, mostly from customers who purchased the HBO Max bundle, but have not yet activated.
== History ==
In late February 2021, WarnerMedia announced that it would launch a streaming service dedicated exclusively to Cartoon Network and its sister channels Toonami, Adult Swim, and Teletoon. Current HBO Max subscribers were given access to the service, along with subscribers of Boomerang, a sister channel of Cartoon Network with its own streaming service.
The service officially launched on June 16, 2021, with all of Cartoon Network's current running shows added onto the service, along with shows from after 2000. A variety of films were immediately added as well, such as the Ben 10 film series, the Bionicle film series, and the first three Pokémon films. More content was added eventually, including the extremely rare 2001 TV film The Flintstones: On the Rocks. In early August, the majority of Adult Swim's original programming was added, including The Boondocks and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. In November, the films Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker and Justice League: The New Frontier were moved from HBO Max onto Cartoon Network Prime.
In February 2022, WarnerMedia announced that Boomerang would be merging with Cartoon Network Prime, since the former service was considered too small to hold up on its own. The service was officially merged in March 2022. The merge received polarized reactions, with some criticizing the loss of content from Boomerang onto Cartoon Network Prime and others praising the additional content to the service. In July, it was reported that all the Spider-Man films would be coming to HBO Max, but WarnerMedia announced the next day that the films would be released on Cartoon Network Prime instead. Many criticized the decision, but the films started streaming on the service in August. However, in January 2023, the films were moved to HBO Max. In April 2023, Disney announced that the 2008 animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars and its follow-up series would be moving to Cartoon Network Prime, which happened in May, and in October, it was announced that all Star Wars animated content would be moving to Cartoon Network Prime and that Disney+ subscribers would be given access to the service for free for two months.
== Content on service ==