Cartoon Network (1992-2008, 2011-2014, 2018-2020)

**Cartoon Network** is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The channel opened on October 1st, 1992. The channel used to be one of the best channels in recent times, and responsible for airing all-time classics, such as The Powerpuff Girls (1998), Dexter's Laboratory, Regular Show, Adventure Time and more.

## Why It Used To Be The Best Place for Cartoons

1. The idea of launching a 24/7 network dedicated to animation was pure original.
2. It was served as a 24-hour outlet for classic animation properties from the Turner Broadcasting libraries such as Warner Bros. (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), pre-1986 MGM (Tom and Jerry, Droopy, MGM Cartoons), and Hanna-Barbera (Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones, and The Jetsons).
3. Ever since Turner Broadcasting System purchased Hanna-Barbera in 1991, the company produced What a Cartoon. Speaking of which, they aired the very first decent original series, The Moxy Show, along with great original shows like Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, The Powerpuff Girls (1998), Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Time Squad, Samurai Jack, Codename: Kids Next Door, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Evil Con Carne, The Kramp Twins, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, Ben 10 series, Robotboy, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Camp Lazlo, Class of 3000, plus My Gym Partner’s a Monkey, Mike, Lu And Og and Squirrel Boy (despite their flaws), Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, 6teen, Total Drama, Adventure Time, Generator Rex, Regular Show, Sym-Bionic Titan, Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Steven Universe, Uncle Grandpa (Depending on your view), Mixels, Sonic Boom, Over The Garden Wall, Summer Camp Island, Infinity Train, Craig of the Creek, Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart, Victor and Valentino, Apple & Onion, etc.
4. It launched Cartoon Network Studios, where it produced some of the shows, and some shows they co-produced by the network itself without the studio.
	* Their outro logos also look very creative and funny and it was introduced in 2001, the shows from the 90s also had seasons in 2000s that would include this logo which is nice to look at such as Dexter's Laboratory (Revival seasons), Johnny Bravo (Season 4) and The Powerpuff Girls (1998) (Seasons 4-6 and the two special movies), the logo from 2010-2014 is also good, there is a whole compilation video of these logo's which can be found here [1] and here [2].
5. It even aired some programming blocks like Toonami, Miguzi, Har Har Thursday and You Are Here: 2nd Pulse as well as the movies from Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, among others.
6. When Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner in 1996, it began to air some of the programs from either Fox Kids or Kids' WB, such as Animaniacs (1993), Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid!, ¡Mucha Lucha!, Xiaolin Showdown, shows that were based on DC Comics like Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Super Friends, Static Shock, Justice League (Animated Series), Teen Titans and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, as well as other shows including MAD (2010), Scooby Doo series and Tom and Jerry series and The Looney Tunes Show produced by Warner Bros. Animation.
7. They also aired acquired shows like LEGO Ninjago, Totally Spies!, Atomic Betty, Johnny Test (2005), Total Drama and 6teen.
8. Their network logos are interesting to look at from 90s, 2004 and 2010-2014.
9. They used to air Fridays, where they showed new episodes of the shows, and while Toonami aired on weekdays and Saturday nights, where it showed anime series like Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Naruto as well as some American programs like Megas XLR, Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003), and ThunderCats.
10. In 2001, it launched an adult block that airs adult cartoon shows at midnight called Adult Swim.
	* It also launched Boomerang in 2000, which used to air most of the libraries of Warner Bros., MGM, Hanna-Barbera and even Cartoon Network itself.
11. During the early to the mid-2000s, following the introduction of their then-new creative logo, they introduced the CN City graphics, where the characters from Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. appeared in between 2D and CGI.
12. It spawned clothing and video games based on its shows.
13. Their website was fun and entertaining. The commercials were great as well, in which they showed promos or bumpers each era (including Checkerboard, Powerhouse, CN City, Noods, and Check It; although the Yes!, Fall and Preface eras are considered the weakest of all eras due to poor reasons), music videos, and more.
14. They managed to recover after the infamous CN Real incident which was amazing, sadly it went downhill again in 2014 when it started to focus alot on Teen Titans Go!, luckly it was toned down in 2018 and got somewhat better since they still created some good new shows, only to go downhill yet again in 2021 and hasn't recovered yet.

## Bad Qualities

1. They first slightly went downhill somewhere in 2009 because of the infamous CN Real Block, which is really out of place since it aired some live action shows **in an animation block**, although there are some of them that are actually good such as: Level-Up, Tower Prep and Unnatural History and the decline is nowhere near as bad as 2015 where it started to mainly focus on the infamous Teen Titans Go! show and the awful superhero reboots in 2016 such as The Powerpuff Girls (2016) and Ben 10 (2016)]].
2. Even before the **real downfall**, they aired a few bad shows such as The Problem Solverz, Robotboy (Series 2) (Depending on your view), The Season 4-6 of Johnny Test (2005), plus Out of Jimmy's Head, La CQ and Incredible Crew (Which doesn't help that all three of these shows were during the CN Real block), Eliot Kid (Depending on your view) and Bratz (2005).
3. Some of their shows despite being very well received, it ended way too fast and are short-lived because of the lack of popularity, mostly notable Evil Con Carne.
4. Unlike Disney Channel, they didn't utilize Widescreen 16:9, until 2010s, except for Ben 10 (2005)
5. Most of their older shows, mostly notable from 90s and 2000s are hard to watch/rewatch nowadays as they didn't got released on any streaming platforms, only a small part of it made it to streaming services, mostly notable Samurai Jack on HBO Max, (Although this might be by Adult Swim).
6. During most of the 2010s, Cartoon Network had a weird habit of airing holiday episodes and specials out of season. (e.g., airing the Christmas and Halloween episodes of Teen Titans Go!, the Christmas episode of Dexter's Laboratory, the Christmas special movie of The Powerpuff Girls (1998) and The Amazing World of Gumball in the middle of summer and the Easter episodes of TTG! in November) It was very out of place and jarring because other networks tend air their holiday episodes and specials during the season (e.g. airing Christmas episodes after Thanksgiving) (unlike the Hallmark Channel, which airs terrible Christmas movies year round) and it does not feel appropriate and can become a nuisance to the audience. Nobody would want to see a Christmas episode in June. Thankfully, Cartoon Network stopped this habit in 2018 and reran the holiday episodes and specials at their appropriate times.