Cartoon Network Studios
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Cartoon Network Studios is an American animation studio. A subsidiary of the Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the Time Warner subsidiary managing the collection of cable networks and properties started and acquired by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner starting in the mid-1970s. The company has its headquarters in the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. TBS, Inc...

 (an arm of the Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...

 media conglomerate
Media conglomerate
A media conglomerate, media group or media institution is a company that owns large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet...

), Cartoon Network Studios focuses on producing and developing animated programs only for and related to Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....

. Some programming produced by Cartoon Network Studios has also been broadcast on the now-defunct Kids' WB
Kids' WB
Kids' WB! was Warner Bros. American childrens programing division brand for The WB Television Network. In September 2006, the block moved to The CW Television Network. The CW is the result of The WB's merger with UPN in 2006...

, Cartoon Network's former sister network.

The studio began in 1994 as a division of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons which was dedicated to producing original programming for Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....

, including latter-day Hanna-Barbera creations such as Dexter's Laboratory
Dexter's Laboratory
Dexter's Laboratory is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios . The show is about a boy named Dexter who has an enormous secret laboratory filled with an endless collection of his inventions...

, Johnny Bravo
Johnny Bravo
Johnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality...

, Cow and Chicken
Cow and Chicken
Cow and Chicken is an American animated series, created by David Feiss. The series shows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam or hurt them...

, I Am Weasel
I Am Weasel
I Am Weasel is an American animated television series produced by Cartoon Network Studios in co-production with Hanna-Barbera, created by David Feiss, and broadcast on Cartoon Network....

and The Powerpuff Girls
The Powerpuff Girls
The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network...

. In 1997, the division's productions credited them as their parent studio Hanna-Barbera.

In 1999 Cartoon Network Studios acquired its own facility located at 300 N 3rd St in Burbank, CA. The site was the location of an telephone communications equipment building.

In March 2001, after the death of William Hanna
William Hanna
William Denby Hanna was an American animator, director, producer, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of people for much of the 20th century. When he was a young child, Hanna's family moved frequently, but they settled in Compton, California, by...

, the Hanna-Barbera name was dropped as a production entity and the H-B studio was folded into Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation is the animation division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner. The studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others. The studio is the successor to Warner Bros...

. Cartoon Network Studios was then revived as a separate entity from Hanna-Barbera, growing out of the animation studio. Cartoon Network Studios has continued to thrive with productions such as The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and Samurai Jack
Samurai Jack
Samurai Jack is an American animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky that aired on both Cartoon Network and Toonami from 2001 to 2004. It is noted for its highly detailed, outline-free, masking-based animation, as well as for its cinematic style and pacing...

and newer productions such as Chowder
Chowder (TV series)
Chowder is an American animated television series which ran from November 2, 2007 to August 7, 2010 on Cartoon Network. The series was created by C. H...

, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is an American animated television series produced for Cartoon Network that premiered on June 5, 2008 and ended on August 31, 2010...

and Adventure Time
Adventure Time
Adventure Time was a local children's television show on WTAE-TV 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1959 to 1975. It was hosted by the late Paul Shannon, with guitarist Joe Negri and puppeteer Jim Martin...

. As Of September 6, 2010 the Cartoon Network Studios logo has changed to fit the network's new logo, starting with Regular Show
Regular Show
Regular Show is an American animated television series created by J. G. Quintel...

. The company made its first CGI movie: Firebreather
Firebreather (film)
Firebreather is a 2010 CGI animated made-for-TV film, based on the Image Comics comic book series of the same name, which premiered on November 24, 2010 on Cartoon Network...

., and produced its first non-animated series, Tower Prep
Tower Prep
Tower Prep is an American-Canadian television series that aired on Cartoon Network. It debuted on October 16, 2010, after the world premiere of Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster. The series is created by Paul Dini, a former producer and writer of Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The...

.

TV series

  • The What a Cartoon! Show (1995; co-production with Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

    )
  • Dexter's Laboratory
    Dexter's Laboratory
    Dexter's Laboratory is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios . The show is about a boy named Dexter who has an enormous secret laboratory filled with an endless collection of his inventions...

    (1996; co-production with Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

    )
  • Johnny Bravo
    Johnny Bravo
    Johnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality...

    (1997; co-production with Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

    )
  • Cow and Chicken
    Cow and Chicken
    Cow and Chicken is an American animated series, created by David Feiss. The series shows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam or hurt them...

    (1997; co-production with Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

    )
  • I Am Weasel
    I Am Weasel
    I Am Weasel is an American animated television series produced by Cartoon Network Studios in co-production with Hanna-Barbera, created by David Feiss, and broadcast on Cartoon Network....

    (1997; co-production with Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

    )
  • The Powerpuff Girls
    The Powerpuff Girls
    The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network...

    (1998; co-production with Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

    )
  • Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
    Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
    Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is an American animated television series comedy created by Williams Street and produced by Cartoon Network Studios that aired on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. The series' pilot first aired in 2000, and later became a series in...

    (2000; co-production with J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, Williams Street
    Williams Street
    Williams Street Productions, LLC, operating under the name Williams Street, is a division of Cartoon Network, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting, an operational unit of Time Warner...

     and Allied Arts and Science)
  • Time Squad
    Time Squad
    Time Squad is an American animated television series created in 2001 by David Wasson, following the adventures of a trio of hapless "time cops", who travel back in time attempting to correct the course of history.-Plot:...

    (2001)
  • Samurai Jack
    Samurai Jack
    Samurai Jack is an American animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky that aired on both Cartoon Network and Toonami from 2001 to 2004. It is noted for its highly detailed, outline-free, masking-based animation, as well as for its cinematic style and pacing...

    (2001)
  • Grim & Evil
    Grim & Evil
    Grim & Evil is an American animated television series created by Maxwell Atoms. The series, which premiered on Cartoon Network, consisted of two segments which were eventually spun off into their own series, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne.-History:The series' existence is...

    (2001)
  • Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? (2002)
  • The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
    The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
    The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy often shortened as Billy and Mandy is an American animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network. It is also the spin-off of Grim & Evil. Having originally aired as part of Grim & Evil The show began in 2001, And went on to become one of Cartoon...

    (2003)
  • Evil Con Carne
    Evil Con Carne
    Evil Con Carne is an American animated series/spin-off of Grim & Evil and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, created by Maxwell Atoms, which first appeared on Cartoon Network during the show Grim & Evil and later became a separate program in 2003, running for one season...

    (2003)
  • Star Wars: Clone Wars
    Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)
    Star Wars: Clone Wars is an Annie Award-winning American animated television series set in the Star Wars galaxy. The series chronicles the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic under Chancellor Palpatine, and the Confederacy of Independent Systems under Count Dooku.Chronologically, the series...

    (2003; co-production with Lucasfilm
    Lucasfilm
    Lucasfilm Limited is an American film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in San Francisco, California. Lucas is the company's current chairman and CEO, and Micheline Chau is the president and COO....

    )
  • Megas XLR
    Megas XLR
    Megas XLR is an American animated television series that aired on the Toonami block on Cartoon Network and is produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It was created by Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic...

    (2004)
  • Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends
    Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
    Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created and produced at Cartoon Network Studios by animator Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls. It first premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004, as a 90-minute television movie, which led to a series...

    (2004)
  • The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
    The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
    The Life and Times of Juniper Lee was an American animated television series, created by Judd Winick and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The show premiered on Cartoon Network on May 30, 2005. The series ended on April 9, 2007...

    (2005)
  • Camp Lazlo
    Camp Lazlo
    Camp Lazlo is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Rough Draft Studios, Joe Murray Productions and Cartoon Network Studios. It aired on Cartoon Network...

    (2005)
  • My Gym Partner's a Monkey
    My Gym Partner's a Monkey
    My Gym Partner's a Monkey is an American animated television series created by Timothy and Julie McNally Cahill and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It premiered on December 26, 2005 and ended in November 27, 2008 following a marathon of its final regular-run episodes...

    (2005)
  • Ben 10
    Ben 10
    The Omnitrix was originally created by a Galvan named Azmuth. The Omnitrix was intended to allow beings to experience life as other species in order to bring understanding and foster peace in the universe....

    (2005)
  • Squirrel Boy
    Squirrel Boy
    Squirrel Boy is an American animated television series produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The series, created and executive-produced by Everett Peck, who was also the creator of the more adult-humored Duckman, ran from May 27, 2006 until September 27, 2007 on Cartoon Network...

    (2006)
  • Class of 3000
    Class of 3000
    Class of 3000 is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network that was created by, was executively produced by, and starred André 3000 of the Hip Hop group OutKast as superstar and music teacher Sunny Bridges, set at Atlanta, Georgia's Westley School of Performing Arts. Mr...

    (2006; co-production with Tom Lynch Company)
  • Out of Jimmy's Head
    Out of Jimmy's Head
    Out of Jimmy's Head was Cartoon Network's second live-action/animated television series. It is based on the live-action/animated telefilm Re-Animated that aired on December 8, 2006...

    (2007; co-production with Brookwell McNamara Entertainment
    Brookwell McNamara Entertainment
    Brookwell McNamara Entertainment, Inc. is a production company formed by David Brookwell and Sean McNamara. It has made television shows for Disney Channel, Disney XD, CBS, Cartoon Network, The N, and Nickelodeon.-Films:* Soul Surfer * Legally Blondes...

    )
  • Chowder
    Chowder (TV series)
    Chowder is an American animated television series which ran from November 2, 2007 to August 7, 2010 on Cartoon Network. The series was created by C. H...

    (2007)
  • Transformers Animated (2007; co-production with Studio 4°C
    Studio 4°C
    is a Japanese animation studio founded by Eiko Tanaka in 1986. The name comes from the temperature at which water is most dense.-History:STUDIO4°C has produced numerous feature films, OVAs, and shorts. Early film titles include; Memories , Spriggan and Princess Arete...

    )
  • Ben 10: Alien Force
    Ben 10: Alien Force
    When it recalibrated it gained a more watch-like shape, a green wristband, became smaller and sleeker, and the face dial became black and green. The inside of the hourglass shape glows in different colors at special moments; these colors signify the state that the Omnitrix is presently in...

    (2008)
  • The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
    The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
    The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is an American animated television series produced for Cartoon Network that premiered on June 5, 2008 and ended on August 31, 2010...

    (2008)
  • Adventure Time
    Adventure Time
    Adventure Time was a local children's television show on WTAE-TV 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1959 to 1975. It was hosted by the late Paul Shannon, with guitarist Joe Negri and puppeteer Jim Martin...

    (2010; co-production with Frederator Studios
    Frederator Studios
    Frederator Studios is an independent American production company founded by Fred Seibert in 1997, with its first series launching in 1998. The studio focuses primarily on artists who write their own shorts, series, and movies...

    )
  • Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010)
  • Generator Rex
    Generator Rex
    Generator Rex is an American animated television series for Cartoon Network and is created by "Man of Action" . John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios serves as supervising director. It is inspired by the comic M. Rex, published by Image Comics in 1999...

    (2010)
  • Regular Show
    Regular Show
    Regular Show is an American animated television series created by J. G. Quintel...

    (2010)
  • Sym-Bionic Titan
    Sym-Bionic Titan
    Sym-Bionic Titan is an American animated cartoon created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network. The series focused on a trio made up of an alien princess, a rebellious soldier, and a robot; these three characters are able to combine to create the titular Sym-Bionic Titan...

    (2010; co-production with Orphanage Animation Studios
    Orphanage Animation Studios
    Orphanage Animation Studios was an American production company launched by The Orphanage that was headed up by Genndy Tartakovsky to produce his show Sym-Bionic Titan. As the show was canceled, the company was shut down in April 2011....

    )
  • Tower Prep
    Tower Prep
    Tower Prep is an American-Canadian television series that aired on Cartoon Network. It debuted on October 16, 2010, after the world premiere of Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster. The series is created by Paul Dini, a former producer and writer of Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The...

    (2010; co-production with Dolphin Entertainment
    Dolphin Entertainment
    Dolphin Entertainment is a film and television production company that is located in Coral Gables, Florida. It was founded in 1996 by President Bill O’Dowd. Dolphin produces children and young adult targeted television shows and movies such as Zoey 101...

    )
  • The Problem Solverz
    The Problem Solverz
    The Problem Solverz is an American animated television series produced by Made 100% in Burbank and Mirari Films and created by Ben Jones, a member of the art collective Paper Rad, for Cartoon Network...

    (2011; co-production with Mirari Films
    Mirari Films
    -Animations / Additional live-action:*Baxter and McGuire - Comedy Central*Cheetah with No Spots*Cute Attack*Destination Domination*The Drinky Crow Show - Adult Swim*Les Gnoufs*Mongo Wrestling Alliance - Adult Swim...

     and Made 100% in Burbank)
  • Secret Mountain Fort Awesome
    Secret Mountain Fort Awesome
    Secret Mountain Fort Awesome is an American animated television series created by Peter Browngardt and produced at Cartoon Network Studios for Cartoon Network...

    (2011)
  • Level Up
    Level Up (TV series)
    Level Up is a live-action show from Cartoon Network. The premiere movie of the series premiered on November 23, 2011. The TV series will air soon in January 2012.-Pilot:After high schoolers Wyatt , Lyle Level Up is a live-action show from Cartoon Network. The premiere movie of the series premiered...

    (2012; co-production with Alive & Kicking Productions)

Television films

  • Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip (1999)
  • The Flintstones: On the Rocks
    The Flintstones: On the Rocks
    The Flintstones: On the Rocks is a made for television animated movie based on the iconic animated classic, The Flintstones; it aired November 3, 2001 on Cartoon Network in the United States...

    (2001)
  • Party Wagon
    Party Wagon
    Party Wagon is an animated television movie created by animator Craig Bartlett for Cartoon Network. It was made to be a pilot for an animated series that Bartlett was making for Cartoon Network after he left Nickelodeon. However, the series was later scrapped. Little information of this series...

    (2004)
  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: House of Bloo's (2004)
  • Class of 3000: Home (2006)
  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Good Wilt Hunting (2006)
  • My Gym Partner's a Monkey: The Big Field Trip (2007)
  • Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo?
    Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo?
    Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo? is the Emmy Award winning, hour-long television movie based on the animated series Camp Lazlo. Sequentially, this movie was released during the third season of Camp Lazlo, but chronologically the events occur at the start of the series...

    (2007)
  • Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
    Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
    Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure is the first Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy television movie, the second one being Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen. It was also released on DVD. It premiered on March 30, 2007, even though it premiered in the UK first on February 14, 2007.-Plot:Grim...

    (2007)
  • Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen (2007)
  • Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
    Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
    Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix is an animated film based on the American animated television series Ben 10. It aired on August 10, 2007 in the United States and on October 22, 2007 in the UK...

    (2007)
  • My Gym Partner's a Monkey: Animal School Musical (2008)
  • Underfist: Halloween Bash
    Underfist: Halloween Bash
    Underfist is a spin-off special of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. It aired on October 12, 2008. It tied as the number 1 program for the week among all broadcast and basic cable networks with boys 6-11, and earned between 19% and 76% growth across all kid demos...

    (2008)
  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination
    Destination: Imagination
    "Destination: Imagination" is a television special of the animated television series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. The plot of the special follows Frankie, who becomes trapped in a huge, mysterious world where she is treated like royalty but forced not to leave...

    (2008)
  • Firebreather
    Firebreather (film)
    Firebreather is a 2010 CGI animated made-for-TV film, based on the Image Comics comic book series of the same name, which premiered on November 24, 2010 on Cartoon Network...

    (2010)
  • Level Up
    Level Up (film)
    Level Up is a 2011 made-for-TV film by Cartoon Network and directed by Peter Lauer, and aired on November 23, 2011 for the United States. This film spoofed video games. Jagex and Rooster Teeth were brought in as consultants. This film is rated TV-PG...

    (2011)

See also

  • Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe
    Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe
    Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe is a British animation studio based in London. It was founded in early 2007. It is owned by Turner Broadcasting System Europe...

  • Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera
    Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

  • List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera
  • Williams Street
    Williams Street
    Williams Street Productions, LLC, operating under the name Williams Street, is a division of Cartoon Network, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting, an operational unit of Time Warner...

  • Warner Bros. Animation
    Warner Bros. Animation
    Warner Bros. Animation is the animation division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner. The studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters, among others. The studio is the successor to Warner Bros...

  • Disney Television Animation - the animation division with Disney Channel
    Disney Channel
    Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...

  • Nickelodeon Animation Studio - the animation division of Nickelodeon
    Nickelodeon (TV channel)
    Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...


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