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Cartoon Cartoons
Cartoon Cartoons is a collective name used by Cartoon Network for their original animated television series from July 14, 1997, to June 14, 2004, and produced primarily by Hanna-Barbera and later Cartoon Network Studios. The first Cartoon Cartoon, '' Dexter's Laboratory'', premiered in 1996, a year before the moniker's introduction. Further original series followed: '' Johnny Bravo'', '' Cow and Chicken'', '' I Am Weasel'', '' The Powerpuff Girls'', ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'', '' Mike, Lu & Og'', '' Courage the Cowardly Dog'', '' Sheep in the Big City'', '' Time Squad'', '' Grim & Evil'', '' Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?'', '' Codename: Kids Next Door'', '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', and '' Evil Con Carne''. Originally, Cartoon Network mainly focused its programming on reruns of older animated series which it had acquired through its parent company's film library, but soon began to introduce more original programming. The Cartoon Cartoons originated with Fred Seibert's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kids Next Door
''Codename: Kids Next Door'' is an American animated television series created by Mr. Warburton for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a diverse group of five children who operate from a high-tech treehouse, fighting against adult and teenage tyranny with advanced 2×4 technology. Using their code names (Numbuhs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), they are Sector V, part of a global organization called the Kids Next Door. The series' pilot premiered on Cartoon Network in mid-2001 as part of ''The Big Pick II'', a special broadcast event showcasing 11 pilots for different series. The winner of a viewers' poll by Cartoon Network would decide which pilot would be greenlit to be a full series. After winning the poll, the series premiered on December 6, 2002, and concluded on January 21, 2008, after six seasons and 81 episodes. Two television films were broadcast: ''Operation: Z.E.R.O.'', which aired in 2006, and ''Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.'', which aired as the series f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multichannel News
''Multichannel News'' was a magazine and website published by Future US covering multichannel television and communications providers, such as cable operators, satellite television firms and telephone companies, as well as emerging Internet video and communication services. It ran from 1980 to 2024. History and profile ''Multichannel News'' was founded by Fairchild Publications and Paul Maxwell. Its first issue was published on September 15, 1980. A subsidiary publication, ''Multichannel News International'' focusing on non-American markets, was distributed between the mid-1990s and mid-2002. The Walt Disney Company owned the magazine for a year after acquiring Fairchild parent Capital Cities/ABC, then sold it to Cahners Business Information, part of Reed Elsevier. In 2009, owner Reed Business Information sold '' Twice'', ''Broadcasting & Cable ''Broadcasting & Cable'' (''B&C'', or ''Broadcasting+Cable'') was a telecommunications industry monthly trade magazine and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Ghost Coast To Coast
''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' is an American live-action/ adult animated hybrid television series created by Mike Lazzo for Cartoon Network and first broadcast in 1994. It takes the form of a surreal parody of talk shows, hosted by a reimagined version of the Hanna-Barbera character Space Ghost. It incorporates surrealism and non-sequitur humor. ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' is the first TV show produced by Williams Street (formerly known as Ghost Planet Industries), which started Adult Swim in the early 2000s. It contrasts the original 1960s series, '' Space Ghost'', which aired as a standard Hanna-Barbera Saturday-morning superhero cartoon. ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' is one of the first original series produced for Cartoon Network, and the earliest not to broadcast pre-existing cartoons. It premiered on April 15, 1994, and originally ended on December 17, 1999. It was revived on May 7, 2001, and was moved to the new Adult Swim late-night programming block on Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moxy Show
''The Moxy Show'', also known as ''The Moxy Pirate Show'' and ''The Moxy & Flea Show'', is an American animated anthology television series produced by Colossal Pictures for Cartoon Network. It consists of classic cartoons inter-spliced with segments featuring commentary from an anthropomorphic dog named Moxy, who purportedly works for Cartoon Network as a janitor but secretly hijacks their signal every Sunday. ''The Moxy Show'' was Cartoon Network's first exclusive original programming and was created out of Cartoon Network's desire for an animated host that could be aired live. They contracted Colossal Pictures to develop the character and the motion capture technology to realize Cartoon Network's vision. Moxy was voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait, while Colossal Pictures' software used John Stevenson as an actor for Moxy's movements. The series first aired as ''The Moxy Pirate Show'' on December 5, 1993, before being rebranded as ''The Moxy Show'' on November 6, 1994, alongside t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animation World Network
Animation World Network (often just "AWN") is an online publishing group that specializes in resources for animators, with an extensive website offering news, articles and links for professional animators and animation fans. Content Specifically, AWN covers animator profiles, independent film distribution, major animation studio activities, licensing, CGI and other animation technologies, as well as current events in all fields of animation. AWN also publishes print magazines. The magazines are ''Animation World'', dedicated to animation in general, and ''VFX World'', which focuses on special effects and computer-generated imagery. History In 1995, Ron Diamond partnered with Dan Sarto and founded the Animation World Network. A year after ''Toy Story ''Toy Story'' is a 1995 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the first installment in the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise and the First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederator Studios
Frederator Studios is an American animation television production studio founded by Fred Seibert in January 1997. It is a division of Frederator Networks, Inc., itself a part of Kartoon Studios' Canadian holding company Wow Unlimited Media. The studio's slogan is "Original Cartoons since 1998." Frederator and Seibert have been credited with producing various, critically-acclaimed media projects, predominantly in animation suitable for general audiences. The studio has offices in New York City and Burbank, California. In 2016, Frederator would be acquired by Canadian animation studio Rainmaker, and merged into Wow! Unlimited Media where Seibert was Chief Creator Officer; he would remain at the company until August 2020. After departing, he would found a successor company, FredFilms, in February 2021. History Founding and early years Before Frederator, in 1983, Fred Seibert founded Fred/Alan, Inc. in New York City with his college friend Alan Goodman; in 1988, Fred/Alan par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicktoons
Nicktoons is the brand name used by Nickelodeon for their original animated series. All Nicktoons are produced partly at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio and list Nickelodeon's parent company (Paramount Global) in their copyright bylines. Since its launch in the late 1970s, Nickelodeon's schedule incorporated animation produced by other companies. The channel did not invest in its own original cartoon series until 1989 when producer Vanessa Coffey visited Los Angeles to accept pitches from local animators. Geraldine Laybourne, the channel's then-president, greenlit three pitches for full series: ''Doug (TV series), Doug'', ''Rugrats'', and ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. On August 11, 1991, the three cartoons premiered as part of a 90-minute block, becoming the first branded Nicktoons. In contrast to the merchandise-based cartoons that dominated the 1980s animation industry, Vanessa Coffey and Geraldine Laybourne agreed that the Nicktoons should be creator-driven: based on original ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children, it is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 to 17, along with a broader family audience through its programming blocks. The channel began as a test broadcast on December 1, 1977, as part of QUBE, an early cable television system broadcast locally in Columbus, Ohio. On April 1, 1979, the channel was renamed Nickelodeon and launched to a new nationwide audience, with '' Pinwheel'' as its inaugural program. The network was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until 1984. Nickelodeon gained a rebranding in programming and image that year, and its ensuing success led to it and its sister networks MTV and VH1 being sold to Viacom in 1985. Nickelodeon began expanding as a franchis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Planet
''Cartoon Planet'' is an American television programming block that originally ran from 1995 to 1998 and 2012 to 2014 on Cartoon Network. A spin-off of ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', the series centered on Space Ghost recruiting his imprisoned evil nemesis Zorak and his loud and dimwitted archenemy Brak to assist him in hosting a variety show. ''Cartoon Planet'' began as an hour-long block of cartoons hosted by Space Ghost, Zorak, and Brak. They would introduce full cartoons from the Turner Entertainment library, such as old theatrical shorts and Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including the original 1960s '' Space Ghost'' episodes (sometimes with an edited laugh-track). The host segments were often original songs and ad-libbed skits. New material ceased being made in 1997, and most of the songs and skits were re-packaged into 22 half-hour episodes without classic cartoon clips. Original series Each episode included segments such as "Brak's School Daze," "Zorak's Horror Scopes," "P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samurai Jack
''Samurai Jack'' is an American science fantasy action-adventure animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. The show is produced by Cartoon Network Studios. Tartakovsky conceived ''Samurai Jack'' after finishing his work on his first Cartoon Network original series, '' Dexter's Laboratory'', which premiered in 1996. ''Samurai Jack'' took inspiration from ''Kung Fu'', the 1972 televised drama starring David Carradine, as well as Tartakovsky's fascination with samurai culture and the Frank Miller comic series '' Ronin''. The titular character is an unnamed Japanese samurai prince who wields a mystic katana capable of cutting through virtually anything. He sets out to free his kingdom after it is taken over by an evil, shapeshifting demon lord known as Aku. The two engage in a fierce battle, but just as the prince is about to deal the final strike, Aku sends him forward in time to a dystopian future ruled by the tyrannical de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What A Cartoon!
''What a Cartoon!'' (later known as ''The What a Cartoon! Show'' and ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'') is an American animated anthology series created by Fred Seibert for Cartoon Network. The shorts were produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons; by the end of the run, a Cartoon Network Studios production tag was added to some shorts to signal they were original to the network. The project consisted of 48 cartoons, intended to return creative power to animators and artists, by recreating the atmospheres that spawned the iconic cartoon characters of the mid-20th century. Each of the shorts mirrored the structure of a theatrical cartoon, with each film being based on an original storyboard drawn and written by its artist or creator. Three of the cartoons were paired together into a half-hour episode. ''What a Cartoon!'' premiered under the ''World Premiere Toons'' title on February 20, 1995. The premiere aired alongside a special episode of Cartoon Network's ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
