cartoons (the pre-1948 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), the 1933вЂ“1957 Popeye cartoons, MGM cartoons, and Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Initial programming on the channel consisted exclusively of reruns of classic Warner Bros. On October 1, 1992, Cartoon Network played 'The Star Spangled Banner' (which was a tradition whenever a new Turner-owned network launched) and a video of a person placing a dynamite in a field and then blowing the dynamite up, the channel's launch then occurred on that day and was hosted by the MGM cartoon character Droopy in a special event called Droopy's Guide to the Cartoon Network, during which the first cartoon on the network, The Great Piggy Bank Robbery, was shown. On February 18, 1992, Turner Broadcasting System announced its plans to launch the Cartoon Network as an outlet for Turner's considerable library of animation. In 1991, Turner Entertainment purchased animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions for US $320 million. At this time, Turner's animation library included the MGM cartoon library, the pre-1948 color Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, the Harman-Ising Merrie Melodies shorts (except Lady, Play Your Mandolin!), and the Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios Popeye cartoons.

On October 3, 1988, its cable channel Turner Network Television was launched and had gained an audience with its extensive film library. However, Turner kept much of MGM's film and television library made prior to May 1986 (as well as some of the United Artists library) and formed Turner Entertainment. On August 4, 1986, Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists from Kirk Kerkorian due to concerns over the debt load of his companies, on October 17, 1986, Turner was forced to sell MGM back to Kerkorian after approximately only 74 days of ownership. 5.9 Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe.5.6 High definition channels and service.It is also the related channel of Turner-owned Boomerang.ДЄs of January 2016, Cartoon Network is available to approximately 94.0 million pay television households (80.7% of households with television) in the United States.

A Spanish language audio track for select programs is accessible via SAP some cable and satellite companies offer the Spanish feed as a separate channel. It is primarily aimed at children and young teenagers between the ages of 7 to 14, and targets older teens and adults with mature content during its late night daypart Adult Swim, which is treated as a separate entity for promotional purposes and as a separate channel by Nielsen for ratings purposes. It was founded by Betty Cohen and launched on October 1, 1992. The channel airs primarily children's show - mostly animated programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. Source Cartoon Network (stylized as CARTOON NETWORK or often abbreviated as CN since 2004) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by WarnerMedia through the Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.

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