Cartoon Network (Pre-2013)

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**Cartoon Network** (often shortened to **CN**) is an American cable television network owned by the Kids, Young Adults and Classics division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia through its Studios and Networks Group division.

The channel was launched on October 1, 1992, and primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It currently operates from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) and is targeted at children between ages 6 to 14. Its overnight daypart block Adult Swim is aimed at adults and is treated as a separate entity for promotional purposes and as a separate channel by Nielsen for ratings purposes.

As of November 2020, Cartoon Network is available to approximately 85 million pay television households in the United States.

## Eras

### Checkerboard (1992-1997)

The **Checkerboard** era was the very first Cartoon Network era. It began at the launch of the network on October 1, 1992 and ended in the United States in June 1997. It was succeeded by the Starburst era. The era was named, by fans, both for the black and white Cartoon Network logo that resembled a checkerboard and for its bumpers, which featured tiles of characters featured on the network in a checkerboard pattern. As of 1997, the era's bumpers, promos, and IDs were still during the Starburst era being phased out up until March 1998, while the Powerhouse era was slowly being introduced beginning in December 1997.

### Starburst (1997-1998)

The **Starburst** era was the second era of Cartoon Network. It began in June 1997 and ended on March 1, 1998, running concurrent with Checkerboard. It was succeeded by the Powerhouse era. The era featured the Cartoon Network logo plastered over a colorful starburst. These promos (which promoting the Cartoon Cartoons brand with its three new shows and the second season of *Dexter's Lab* in July from the same year) also often featured an electric guitar riff that ended with a 12-note stinger accompanying the aforementioned starburst logo closing.

### Powerhouse (1998-2004)

The **Powerhouse** era was the third era of Cartoon Network. It began in March 2, 1998 and ended during the early morning hours of June 14, 2004. It was succeeded by the CN City era. The last program to air under the Powerhouse era on June 14, 2004 was *Captain Planet*. It is widely considered the network's best era alongside the CN City era, due to its sheer variety of high-quality programming, and was one of their longest-lasting eras.

### CN City (2004-2006)

The **CN City** era (often shortened to **City**) was the fourth era of Cartoon Network. It began on June 14, 2004, replacing Powerhouse, and was the main branding image of the network from that point until April 2, 2006, when the Yes! era began; the City bumpers were still shown until June 1, 2007. The first program to air under the CN City era was *The Powerpuff Girls*.

### YES! (2006-2007)

The **Yes!** era (also known as **Red**) was the fifth era of Cartoon Network. It began on April 3, 2006, replacing CN City as the network's main branding image, though the City bumpers continued to be shown in the Yes! era. It ended on June 1, 2007 just before a *Pokémon* weekend marathon started on June 2, 2007. The last program to air under the Yes! era on that day was *Ed, Edd n Eddy*.

### Summer 2007 (2007)

The **Summer 2007** era was Cartoon Network's short-lived look for the Summer of 2007. The slogan for CN during this time was "Cartoon Network: All summer long." The theme song for this era (entitled "Get Away") was performed by Cee Lo Green. It was succeeded by Fall.

### Fall (2007-2008)

The **Fall** era was the seventh era of Cartoon Network era that began airing on September 14, 2007, ending the "Summer 2007" era. "We're on it" is their slogan for the rebrand. The look ended on July 13, 2008 with the Noods look replacing it. This era was created and produced by Shilo Designs.

### Noods (2008-2010)

**Noods** were the eighth branding of Cartoon Network. It debuted on July 14, 2008, replacing the Fall brand.

The Noods were new to Cartoon Network, many of them were Next Noods, Remix Character Noods, and Character Noods. On their website, they put the Nood background and a Nood shaking in circles around a rainbow circle. The Noods were based on a D.I.Y. toy called Munny.

The Noods look was eventually replaced with the CHECK it look on May 29, 2010. This era was designed and created by Capacity.

From February 8 to May 28, 2010, there were bumpers with Nood dolls being covered in silver (or multicolored) confetti, was transformed into a Chia Pet, getting splattered with black ink, whiteout, or red paint, and getting covered with dirt by a motorcycle.

### CHECK IT! (2010)

**CHECK it** (also known as **It's A Fun Thing** in Asia and Australia) was a new identity for the channel that was introduced on May 29, 2010 in USA and October 1, 2011 in Asia and Austraila. The network's ninth branding, designed by Brand New School, makes heavy use of the black and white checkerboard motif which made up the network's first logo, as well as various CMYK color variations and various patterns. In May 2013 the channel's bumpers and UP NEXT screens were revamped for their new branding, CHECK it 3.0. The UP NEXT bumpers, for example, consisted of a spinning cube with an animated picture of a character from the show up next in a CMYK color palette, used alongside specially commissioned music from Impactist. On June 1, 2015, the bumpers were revamped again, and relied on heavy gradients and new emojis to become known as CHECK it 4.0 . The slogan CHECK it is a common quote in Regular Show.
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