Cartoon Network (Centralia)

**Cartoon Network** is a Centraliese kids TV channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery International Centralia.

## History

### Pre-launch

In 1992, Cartoon Network was originally launched in the United States. The launch was in response to Turner's acquistion of MGM (including its library of cartoons), which was happened in 1988.

### Launch and the early years (1993-2000)

In 1993, Turner had announced that TNT & Cartoon Network would launch in Europe (including Centralia), the announcement came after Turner's decision to expand Cartoon Network worldwide back in 1992.

The channel was launched on September 17, 1993 in Centralia with Morning Crew as its first programme. The channel's main plan to compete over The Children's Channel, The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon in Centralia, held by many cartoons from MGM, and Hanna-Barbera's libraries.

The channel was timeshared with a fellow channel, TNT Classic Movies. Cartoon Network broadcast towards the morning and afternoon timeslots, while TNT taking the evening and overnight timeslots. Cartoon Network's very first identity in Centralia and the Centraliese Islands features an cartoon-like backgrounds, with the logo being in a black and white checkerboard with the channel's full name on it.

The closedown bumper was played daily at 20:00 CET, featuring Hi-Ball the Jester seeing a hourglass with the Cartoon Network logo on top, if the top part (with the logo) was empty, that meant that Cartoon Network was done for the day, while Hi-Ball pulls an lever to TNT mode, he get a electric shock and the dynamite stick moving around, which lights up and explodes to the TNT ident. The closedown bumper got an review in a TVArk page of the Cartoon Network UK branding page, stating that the branding was "one of the best examples of television presentation" and seemed to be "nightmare fuel-ish".

On October 6, 1994, Cartoon Network Asia was launched in the Centraliese region, operating on satellites as an companion channel of the European feed.

In 1997, both TNT and Cartoon Network became available on Star Select. Like on other satellites, these 2 channels timeshare each other.

In 1999, the channel was rebranded, on the European feed, it got a different branding package made by AMGFX, while the Asian feed (broadcast in the Centraliese region) used the same branding package and graphics used in the American feed by Primal Screen (albeit some bumpers was used in Europe).

### Launch of their nationwide feed, rebrandings (2000-2015)

On January 1, 2000, both European and Asian feeds of Cartoon Network in the Centraliese region were merged to their own Cartoon Network feed. Until July 1, 2022, Cartoon Network Centralia still timeshares with TCM Movies. The branding package until 2002 used bumpers, promos and idents from the European and Asian feeds, dividing by each 50/50 usage.

On September 30, 2002, Cartoon Network Centralia was rebranded with the European version, to the "Casillas" (translated as "boxes" in Spanish) era, designed by Ink Apache, the branding package featured an cartoon character doing various things in a square, while another square takes another action made by another square. It had won few Promax awards. During this era, the channel started to air few acquired live-action shows, such as Chuck Finn which was premiered in 2004.

In 2005, Cartoon Network was rebranded to the American branding package that it was released back in 2004. The branding package was entitled as "CN City" and was designed by Animal Logic.

In 2007, along with the British version, Cartoon Network Centralia was rebranded to the Pesky era. The era saw acquired live-action programming being removed from the lineup to make way for distributed programmes from Cartoon Network Europe.

In 2008, Cartoon Network Centralia was rebranded to the Arrow era. The branding package was made by Stardust.

In 2009, the channel was rebranded to the New Wave era. The New Wave era saw more acquired shows going to the lineup (such as The Fairly OddParents). The Arrow era was kept. In 2010, CN Drama was launched as an temporary live-action drama block. On October 10, 2010, CN Drama was discontinued and Cartoon Network Centralia announced its distribution rights to Hasbro's new series, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

On October 1, 2011, the channel was rebranded to match the American counterpart with the premiere of The Amazing World of Gumball. The branding package was designed by Brand New School, it made heavy usage of a black and white checkerboard motif, and with various CMYK colors. However, some older bumpers and advertisements from the **New Wave**/**Arrow** eras is retained albeit with the new logo.

On the same day, Cartoonito block on Cartoon Network were announced and will launch on October 3rd after TCM at 6am to 8am, It was later launched as a channel in 1st December 2012.

Cartoon Network Centralia introduced the HD channel in 2012 along with the channel showing the past and present programs on HD. On 21st June 2014, the *It's a Fun Thing!* on-air slogan was removed and Cartoon Network Centralia relaunched to the Check It 3.0 era, the Check It 1.0 era will be still on air like Asian counterparts. On the same day, Cartoonito was removed as a block on Cartoon Network.

In 1st January 2015, Cartoonito as a channel is now discontinued. From July 6th 2015 to August 31st 2022, the schedule were now the same as the Asian version, albeit with some changes including the one that airs different programming like the Filipino version. In mid-2015, Cartoon Network added an another era called **Check It 4.0**, some bumpers from the Check It 1.0 is kept until late-2016.

In early-2017, following the premiere of Adventure Time miniseries **Islands**, Cartoon Network rebranded to Dimensional.

### The current era (2020-present)

In January 8th 2022, Cartoon Network rebranded to Redraw Your World following We Baby Bears premiere in Asia (including Taiwan and South Korea) and Centralia. At the time of the change, this is the only country in Europe to rebrand to RYW. The first program to air during the rebrand was Talking Tom Heroes.

On April 4th 2022, Cartoonito block was launched on this channel but airs from Mondays to Saturdays from 6am to 11:50am, few months after the relaunch of CTV's block.

However, the timing for the Cartoonito block changes overtime during it's history; on May 1st 2022, the Cartoonito block ending hours was shortened into 8:55am, to make way for the Redraw Your Summer block. On July 1st 2022, the Cartoonito block hours were moved from 7am to 10am due to WBDI Centralia's business changes.

On July 2nd 2022, due to the international Cartoon Network feeds had been already 24 hours, TCM Movies was removed from Cartoon Network's schedule, making both Cartoon Network and TCM Movies go 24 hours.

On September 1st 2022, the Cartoonito block hours were moved from 8am to 2pm due to the upcoming launch of Cartoonito on the pan-European version of Boomerang, On the same day, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic will be revived after 4 year hiatus circa 2019.

Sometime between 2023-24, due to the relaunch of Boomerang Centralia to Cartoonito, programming from the Cartoonito block on the Cartoon Network was moved to the upcoming channel.

## Programming

### Current

#### Cartoon Network Studios/WB Animation

* Adventure Time (April 6, 2011-present)
* The Amazing World of Gumball (October 1, 2011-present)
* The Heroic Quest of the Vailant Prince Ivandoe (2023-present)
* Lamput (April 13, 2017-present, also aired as shorts)
* Regular Show (2012-present)
* Steven Universe (January 6, 2014-present)
* Teen Titans Go! (January 6, 2014-present)
* We Baby Bears (January 8, 2022-present)
* We Bare Bears (November 16, 2015-present)

#### Acquired

* Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2018-present)
* My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (December 4, 2010-November 2019; September 1, 2022-present)
* My Little Pony: Pony Life (April 10, 2020-2021; 2022-present)
* Stars Align (currently on hiatus)
* Total Dramarama (currently on hiatus)

#### Cartoonito (revival, 4th April 2022-present)

* Alice and Lewis
* Baby Looney Tunes
* Brave Bunnies
* Dino Ranch
* Esme and Roy (also aired on Panda Channel)
* Lucas the Spider
* Mumfie
* Mush-Mush and the Mushables
* Monchichi Tribe
* Ranger Rob

### Former

#### Cartoon Network Studios/WB Animation/Hanna-Barbera

* The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (2000-2001)
* A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (2000-2001)
* The All New Popeye Hour (2000-2001)
* Apple and Onion (2019-2022)
* Arabian Nights (aired as part of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour)
* The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (2000-2001)
* Batman: The Animated Series (2000-2001)
* Batman: The Brave and Bold (2008-2011, 2019-2022, 2022)
* Ben 10 (2005) (2006-2014, 2022)
* Ben 10 (2016)
* The Berenstain Bears (2001-2004)
* Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (2000-2001)
* CBS Storybreak (2000-2001)
* Chowder (2007-2017; 2022)
* Clarence (2015-2022)
* Codename Kids Next Door
* Craig of the Creek (2018-2023)
* Danger Island (aired as part of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour)
* Dexter's Laboratory (2000-201?)
* DC Super Hero Girls Series (2019-2022)
* Ed, Edd and Eddy
* Elliot from Earth (2021-2022)
* The Flintstone Comedy Hour (2000-2003)
* Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
* The Fungies! (2020-2022)
* Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses (2022)
* Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (2000-2001)
* Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
* Hong Kong Phooey (2000-2005)
* Inch High Private Eye (January-October 2000)
* Jeannie (2000-2001)
* Jellystone! (January 20, 2022-2023)
* Josie and the Pussycats (2000-2002)
	+ Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space (2001-2002)
* Justice League Action (2017-2022, 2022-2023)
* The Life & Times of Juniper Lee
* Looney Tunes (2000-2011)
* Looney Tunes Cartoons (2021-2022)
* The Looney Tunes Show
* Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart (2019-2022)
* Micro Ventures (aired as part of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour)
* Mighty Magiswords (2017-2022)
* Monster Beach (2020-2022)
* ¡Mucha Lucha! (2003-2006)
* My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005-2014, 2022)
* New Looney Tunes (2015-2022)
* The New Scooby-Doo Movies (2000-2005)
* The New Yogi Bear Show (2003-2004)
* Paddington Bear (2000-2002)
* The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (2001-2004)
* The Powerpuff Girls (2000-2015)
* The Powerpuff Girls (2016) (2016-2022)
* The Problem Solverz (2012-2014)
* Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2022)
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (2000-2007)
* Summer Camp Island (2019-2023)
* Teen Titans
* The Three Musketeers (aired as part of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour)
* Tom and Jerry (2000-2011)
* Tom and Jerry in New York (2021-2022)
* The Tom and Jerry Show (1975) (2001-2006)
* The Tom and Jerry Show (2014) (May 5, 2014-2022)
* Top Cat (2000-2003)
* Victor and Valentino (2018-2022, 2022-2023)
* Wacky Races (1968) (2000-2011)
* Wacky Races (2019) (2019-2022)
* What's New Scooby-Doo (2005-2011)
* The Yogi Bear Show (2001-2005)
* Yogi's Treasure Hunt (2002-2005)

#### Acquired

* ABC Monsters (as a Cartoonito (2011-2014) programme)
* The Adventures of Chuck & Friends (as a Cartoonito (2011-2014) programme, moved to Nicktoons)
* Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures (March 19th-27th 2022)
* Best Ed (2008-2011)
* Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot (2008-2010) (as a Tiny TV programme till 2009)
* Chop Socky Chooks (2009-2011)
* Chuck Finn (2004-2006, moved to KidsCo)
* Committed
* Donkey Kong Country (2000-2001; moved to Boomerang Centralia)
* Eliot Kid (2009-2013)
* Eric Smith (2018-January 1st 2022, July 1st 2022-2023)
* The Fairly OddParents (Nelvana-distributed seasons only) (2009-2015, later seasons aired on Nickelodeon)
* George of the Jungle (2007-2011)
* Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (2009-2012)
* Little People (2005-2008, as Tiny TV programme)
* Little Robots (US dub) (as a Tiny TV programme)
* Marsupilami (2000) (2003-2006)
* Monster Allergy (also aired on Boomerang)
* My Life as a Teenage Robot (2009-2015)
* My Spy Family (2008-2011)
* M.I. High (2009-2011)
* Ninja Hattori-kun (2009-2011)
* Pokémon (2002-2016, moved to Disney Channel)
* Poochini
* Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville (as a Cartoonito (2011-2014) programme)
* Rob the Robot (2012-2014)
* Sailor Moon (2009-2011)
* Shaun the Sheep (2013-20??)
* Short Cuts (2005-2007)
* So Little Time (2006-2007)
* Strange Hill High (2014-2015)
* Takeshi's Castle (2010-2011)
* Talking Tom and Friends (2018-2022)
* Talking Tom and Friends Minis (2019-2022)
* Talking Tom Heroes (2021-2022)
* Tracey McBean
* Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! (2005-2009, as a Tiny TV programme)

### References

1. ↑ A schedule of Cartoon Network Europe/TNT Classic Movies during the launch day by HS.fi, see here
2. ↑ Cartoon Network Identity, Hatmaker Studios - now part of Corey, McPherson and Nash
3. ↑ TNT / Cartoon Network Transition, Hatmaker Studios - now part of Corey, McPherson and Nash
4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20200308101147/https://www.tvark.org/?page=1240 Cartoon Network, TVArk - in the Cable & Satellite section of the branding page
5. ↑ Untitled Document (AMGFX - Cartoon Network Europe's branding package)
6. ↑ REFACE "CASILLAS", Ink Apache