Cartoon Network (Australia and New Zealand)

**Cartoon Network Australia and New Zealand** is an Australian cable and satellite television channel created by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, a unit of Time Warner which primarily shows animated programming, It was launched on 3 October 1995.

The Australian version is available on cable TV networks Foxtel and Optus on 3 October 1995. 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.

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 January 1997 originally during the day on Sky UHF preset channel 7 with Orange (later Sky 1, The Box, and now Sky 5) 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. Cartoon Network Australia and Asia adopted the 24/7 broadcasting hours earlier on 1 July 1997. Cartoon Network Australia was shut down on 14 June 2018.

## History

Cartoon Network 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 1997, 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. On 22 August 1999, Cartoon Network introduced a new rebrand, introducing new bumpers, new shows and a new 'powerhouse' theme.

In April 2004, the channel was added to TransTV. 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.

In February 2008, Adult Swim relaunched on The Comedy Channel airing shows such as Robot Chicken and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. The network transitioned to a widescreen format presentation on 30 November 2010, ahead of a deadline by Foxtel to do so.

On February 7, 2017, Cartoon Network Australia announced an exclusive video on-demand content deal with streaming service - Stan. As part of the deal, episodes from some shows such as Adventure Time and The Powerpuff Girls will premiere on Stan at the same time as the Cartoon Network Australia channel. But on June 14, 2018, Cartoon Network Australia was officially shut down.

### Rerun programming

* *Courage the Cowardly Dog*
* *Johnny Test*
* *The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack*
* *Total Drama All-Stars*
* *Total Drama Island*
* *Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race*
* *Wakfu*
* *Dexter's Laboratory*

### Former programming

* *The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo*
* *2 Stupid Dogs*
* *The Addams Family*
* *The Amazing Splashinis*
* *The Amitie Show*
* *Angelo Rules*
* *Animaniacs*
* *A Pup Named Scooby-Doo*
* *Aqua Teen Hunger Force*
* *The Arle Show*
* *Atomic Betty*
* *Baby Looney Tunes*
* *Baby Jake*
* *Baby Potter: The Series*
* *Bakugan: Battle Brawlers*
* *The Batman*
* *Batman: The Animated Series*
* *Batman: The Brave and the Bold*
* *Blackboy*
* *Beyblade G Revolution*
* *Blue Dragon*
* *Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo*
* *Camp Lazlo*
* *Cartoonverse Adventures: The Series*
* *Chowder*
* *Class of 3000*
* *Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island*
* *Code Lyoko*
* *Codename: Kids Next Door*
* *Conker's Live & Reloaded: The Series*
* *Cow and Chicken*
* *The Cramp Twins*
* *Crash of the Titans: The Series*
* *Crocadoo*
* *Dark Knights*
* *Deltora Quest*
* *Di-Gata Defenders*
* *Dink the Little Dinosaur*
* *Duck Dodgers*
* *The Dukes of Broxstonia*
* *Ed, Edd n' Eddy*
* *Evil Con Carne*
* *The Evilyardigans*
* *Exchange Student Zero*
* *Famta Babies: The Series*
* *Fanta Babies: On the Case*
* *Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes*
* *Feli & Raffina: The Series*
* *The Flintstone Kids*
* *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends*
* *Galaxy Squad*
* *Garfield and Friends*
* *The Garfield Show*
* *Generator Rex*
* *The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy*
* *Hamtaro*
* *Happy Tree Friends*
* *Harvey Street Kids*
* *He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)*
* *Hero: 108*
* *Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5*
* *I Am Weasel*
* *Iggy Arbuckle*
* *Inuyasha*
* *Jacob Two-Two (TV series)*
* *Jimmy Two-Shoes*
* *Johnny Bravo*
* *K-9*
* *Knights-A-Lot*
* *Krypto the Superdog*
* *Lassie*
* *League of Super Evil*
* *The Legend of the Volcano Sisters*
* *The Life and Times of Juniper Lee*
* *Lili's Island*
* *Lola and Virginia*
* *Looney Tunes*
* *The Looney Tunes Show*
* *Magi-Nation*
* *MÄR*
* *Matt's Monsters*
* *Megaman NT Warrior*
* *Megas XLR*
* *Merlin the Magical Puppy*
* *Mike, Lu & Og*
* *Mixels*
* *Mix Master*
* *Mucha Lucha*
* *My Dating's Stepbrother*
* *My Gym Partner's a Monkey*
* *Naruto*
* *The New Adventures of Captain Planet*
* *The New Scooby-Doo Movies*
* *One Piece*
* *Out of Jimmy's Head*
* *Ozzy and Drix*
* *Pablo the Little Penguin: The Series*
* *Pet Alien*
* *Pelswick*
* *Police Academy*
* *The Powerpuff Girls* (the original 1998 series)
* *Puyo Puyo*
* *The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest*
* *The Ringo Show*
* *Robotboy*
* *Samurai Jack*
* *Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated*
* *Sheep in the Big City*
* *Sidekick*
* *Skatoony*
* *Skunk Fu!*
* *The Smurfs*
* *Space Ghost: Coast to Coast*
* *Speed Racer: The Next Generation*
* *Squirrel Boy*
* *Static Shock*
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*
* *SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron*
* *Superbabies*
* *Teamwork Illumination*
* *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*
* *Teen Titans*
* *Thundercats (2011)*
* *Time Squad*
* *Tom and Jerry*
* *The Tom and Jerry Kids Show*
* *Transformers Academy*
* *Transformers Energon*
* *Transformers Cybertron*
* *Transformers: Animated*
* *Transformers: Prime*
* *Tricky TV*
* *The Universe Stops with You*
* *Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?*
* *Winx Club*
* *Woody Woodpecker: Escape from Buzz Buzzard Park*
* *Xiaolin Showdown*
* *The Zeta Project*

## Program blocks

#### *Cartoon Cartoon Fridays* (2001 - 2004)

Cartoon Cartoon Fridays originally began in 2001 as a two-and-a-half hour-long block from 6:30PM to 9:00PM centred around the Cartoon Cartoon family of CN cartoons. Every week between 2001 and 2003 it would be hosted by a different CC character, and would be composed of three segments - a random assortment of Cartoon Cartoon cartoons; .Com Pick, where the show to be aired was voted for on CN's website; and Premiere Premiere, where a new episode of a Cartoon Cartoon cartoon was shown. From 2003 until February 2004 Cartoon Cartoon Fridays' runtime was cut down to one-and-a-half hours from 7:00PM to 8:30PM, wherein each segment had a runtime of 30 minutes, and the random assortment of cartoons was replaced with a feature cartoon. After this the block was discontinued, its timeslot replaced by Megatoon Movie until later in May when Fridays was introduced to take its place.

#### *Acme Hour* (2001 - 2003)

Acme Hour was a Cartoon Network programming block that started in March, 2001. It was an hour-long compilation of Tom & 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 2pm - 3pm and held that timeslot for three years.

#### *Cartoon Network After Dark* (2001 - 2002)

Cartoon Network After Dark was a programming block which started on Cartoon Network in August 2001, and lasted up until March 2002. It kept the same timeslot for the 7 months it went to air, 9pm - 12am weekdays. The name 'Cartoon Network After Dark' was shortened to just 'After Dark' in December 2001.

#### *Toon-O-Scope* (2004)

During 2004, in every Zodiac period a character was assigned to that period and for the duration of the block which would air Fridays at 6:30PM the corresponding show was aired. For example, Billy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy was a Sagittarius, and Blossom from the Powerpuff Girls was an Aries.

#### *Megatoon Movies* (2004)

Megatoon Movies was Cartoon Network Australia's first dedicated movie block, running for only approximately 3 months from February to May 2004 before being replaced by Fridays in its timeslot and Cartoon Network Theatre in its function. Megatoon Movies would showcase movies ranging from Cartoon Network originals to other animated films.

#### *Miguzi* (2004 - 2006)

The latest the Wayback Machine has recorded Miguzi on the CNA website has been June 13 2006.

#### *Fridays* and *Fridays Flick* (2004 - 2008)

Initially, Fridays' programming was not too dissimilar with the preceding Cartoon Cartoon Fridays: it ran from 7:00PM to 8:30PM, and the segments followed: .Com Pick; Fridays Premiere (the same as Premiere Premiere); and an episode of a Cartoon Cartoon cartoon. This changed however in 2005 when Fridays was moved into the 4:00PM - 6:00PM timeslot, and replaced its final segment with Double Play, which played double episodes back-to-back of a Cartoon Network cartoon (not just Cartoon Cartoon cartoons). Fridays Flick was aired on an unknown timeslot and served as the successor to Cartoon Network Theatre. It was discontinued in February 2008 to make way for the All New Show Show, and with the format change on August 31st 2008 to the New Wave era, Fridays Flick was discontinued in favour of Cartoon Network Popcorn.

#### *Cartoon Network Theatre* (2004 - ?)

The successor to Megatoon Movies. It was discontinued at an unknown date in favour of Fridays Flick.

#### *120% Cartoon Network* (2008)

A 2-hour long block for cartoons without advertisements from 4:00PM to 6:00PM. Previously one cartoon per block was aired during each airing, however it was later adapted to air 6 episodes. On Foxtel each episode was lumped into the same 120% CN TV listing.

#### *The All New Show Show* and *It's Your Show Show* (2008 - 2009)

The All New Show Show was a block that was hosted by Bloo from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Every Monday night from 5:00PM to 6:00PM Bloo would showcase a new episode of a show chosen every few weeks. It's Your Show Show would take up the first half-hour of the block, and served as the successor to Fridays' .Com Pick segment where the show to be played during that block was voted for on the CN website. The All New Show Show would take up the latter half of the block. The block was axed in August 2009, possibly due to Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends' final episode, "Goodbye to Bloo" being aired 3 months prior. The timeslot was filled in by Big 5 at 5.

#### *Cartoon Network Neurology* (2008)

A short-lived morning cartoon block from May 2008 that played weekday mornings from 7:00AM.

#### *Cartoon Network Popcorn* (2008 - 2013)

Cartoon Network Popcorn originally aired every Friday at 6:00 PM, and encored on Saturdays at 10:30PM and 8:00 PM, and Sundays at 12:30 PM. CNP showcased movies ranging from Cartoon Network originals to other animated films. With the rebranding to the It's a Fun Thing! era on October 1st 2011 Cartoon Network Popcorn as a block was discontinued before being revived in 2012 and again in 2013 as **Carton Network Popcorn Cinema**, where CN offered airings of cartoons such as Adventure Time, Regular Show and Gumball at certain Hoyts, Village, and Event Cinemas locations. The cartoons were distributed by Fourth Wall Distribution during CNPC's lifespan.

#### *Big 5 at 5* (2009 - ?)

Big 5 at 5 replaced The All New Show Show with an alternate airing schedule. Rather than air one cartoon's new episode every week, each weekday at 5pm showed a new episode based on the weekday it aired on. Mondays aired Chowder; Tuesdays aired Batman: The Brave and the Bold; Wednesdays aired Bakugan Battle Brawlers; Thurdays aired The Secret Saturdays; and Fridays aired Johnny Test.

#### *Cartoon Network Sunblock and Sunblock Summer* (2009)

December 2009 A summer-exclusive block that would run for 7 hours.

#### *Har Har Harlidays* (2010)

A block that played during the summer holidays of 2010 (December - January).

#### *Good Morning Scooby* (2011 - ?)

A Saturday morning cartoon block hosted by characters Scoody Doo and Shaggy from What's New, Scooby Doo?

#### *Alien Network*

A temporary rebranding of Cartoon Network every Saturday where back-to-back episodes of Ben 10 and related spin-off series would play.

#### *Camp Kidney's Bean Scout Jamboree*

A weekend-long block dedicated to Camp Lazlo.

#### *Super Fun Saturdays*

A Saturday morning block dedicated to original CN programming.

#### *Laughternoons*

Laughternoons is a program block that provides mainly comedy and cartoon shows, examples include *Regular Show* and *Uncle Grandpa*. It is only on the channel during school weeks of the year.

##### List of Programs

* *Adventure Time*
* *Amazing World of Gumball*
* *Ben 10*
* *Clarence*
* *Detentionaire*
* *Freaktown*
* *George of the Jungle (2007 TV series)*
* *The Grossery Gang*
* *Johnny Test*
* *The Powerpuff Girls*
* *Regular Show*
* *Steven Universe*
* *Supernoobs*
* *Teen Titans Go!*
* *Uncle Grandpa*
* *We Bare Bears*

#### *Tiny TV*

A mini-block dedicated to cartoons for smaller children, similar to Nick Jr.

##### List of previous programs

* *Dragon Tales*
* *Fantastic Max*
* *Gordon the Garden Gnome*
* *Little Red Tractor*
* *Postman Pat*
* *The Secret World of Benjamin Bear*

#### *Toonami* (2001 - 2005)

Toonami was started on July 7, 2001 as an anime-dedicated programming block. It was axed in September of 2005.

##### List of previous programs

* *Astro Boy*
* *The Batman*
* *Batman Beyond*
* *Battle B-Daman*
* *Cardcaptors*
* *Crush Gear Turbo*
* *Dragon Ball*
* *Dragon Ball GT*
* *Dragon Ball Z*
* *Justice League*
* *Justice League Unlimited*
* *One Piece*
* *Pokemon*
* *Samurai Jack*
* *Star Wars: Clone Wars*
* *Superman: The Animated Series*
* *Transformers: Armada*
* *Teamwork Illumination*
* *Ultimate Muscle*
* *X-Men Evolution*
* *Zatch Bell!*
* *Zoids: Chaotic Century*
* *Zoids: Fuzors*
* *Zoids: New Century*

### Adult Swim

A time block suited for mature audience, targeting adults at least 17 years old and above. The anime block aired from Monday to Thursday and started at 10:00pm and ended at 12:00am.

The comedy block aired on Fridays and Saturdays and started at 10:30 pm and ended at 12:00 am with an encore till 1:30. Before the block was ceased *Squidbillies* also premiered with a special disclaimer about the content, as did most of the anime.

#### Final programming

* *Aqua Teen Hunger Force*
* *The Brak Show*
* *The Evilyardigans*
* *Happy Tree Friends*
* *Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law*
* *Home Movies*
* *Mission Hill*
* *Sealab 2021*
* *Space Ghost Coast to Coast*
* *Squidbillies*
* *Tom Goes to the Mayor*
* *The Venture Bros.*

#### Former programming

* *Air Gear*
* *Blackboy*
* *Black Cat*
* *Bleach*
* *Blood+*
* *Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040*
* *Cowboy Bebop*
* *Fullmetal Alchemist*
* *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex*
* *Gundam Seed*
* *Initial D*
* *InuYasha*
* *Neon Genesis Evangelion*
* *Tokyo Underground*
* *Trigun*

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 starting 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.

### Boomerang

Prior becoming a standalone channel in March 2004, Boomerang was its own block dedicated to older Hanna Barbara cartoons.

#### Former programming

* *Birdman and the Galaxy Trio*
* *Casper and the Angels*
* *Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels*
* *The Centurions*
* *The Flintstones*
* *The Jetsons*
* *Jonny Quest*
* *The Herculoids*
* *The New Shmoo*
* *Richie Rich*
* *Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!*
* *Scooby and Scrappy-Doo*
* *The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries*
* *Space Ghost*
* *Super Friends*
* *Top Cat*
* *ThunderCats (1985)*
* *Wacky Races*
* *Yogi Bear*
* *Yogi's Treasure Hunt*

## Sister channels

### Boomerang

*Main article: Boomerang (Australia and New Zealand)*
As mentioned previously, 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 face-lift. In late 2012, it received the looks of Boomerang (UK & Ireland)

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Currently premiering new episodes
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 This show also airs/has also aired on Boomerang

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19. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051128004741/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule2.asp?
20. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050818085955/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule2.asp
21. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050818085955/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule2.asp
22. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050818085955/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/tv/schedule2.asp
23. ↑ Adult Swim