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This article is about the television channel in India. For Middle East and North Africa, see Cartoon Network Hindi.

Cartoon Network
CountryIndia
HeadquartersMumbai
Programming
Language(s)Hindi
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerWarner Bros. Discovery India
History
Launched1995

Cartoon Network (abbreviated as CN) is an Indian cable and satellite television channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery under its international division.

History

Launch

1995-2005

The channel was launched in 1995 and later shifted to 24-hour dedicated programming to children, six years later.[1]

2010s

Cartoon Network started the third series in the Ben 10 franchise, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien on 10 October 2010.[2] Cartoon Network launched Roll No 21 in November 2010, multiple season and TV movies were launched after the success of first season.[3][4] The new Beyblade series, Beyblade: Metal Fusion started airing from 11 October 2010.[5]

On 1 October 2011, at 9 AM (Indian Standard Time) at the start of The Amazing World of Gumball premiere, Cartoon Network introduced its new branding and logo. Designed by Brand New School, it makes heavy use of the black and white checkerboard motif, as well as CMYK color variations and patterns. The slogan "It's a Fun Thing!" was also introduced. The second season Beyblade: Metal Masters started airing from 22 October 2011.[6]

As the slogan suggests, comedy programs began to occupy most of the timeslots. While initially Tom and Jerry made up most of the time slots, later when Oggy and the Cockroaches was started on the Indian feed in July 2012,[7] In 2012 Cartoon network added a Telugu audio track . CN began to air it hours together each day, which even continued until 2014. In January 2015, Cartoon Network India lost the rights to Oggy and the Cockroaches Seasons 1 to 3, but continued to air Season 4.

CN started the fourth series in the hit Ben 10 franchise, Ben 10: Omniverse on 26 November 2012.[8]

Starting from the new era, "It's a Fun Thing", CN began to air shows without providing any information through airings on the channel, like on-air promos and bumpers. ThunderCats, Beyblade Metal Masters, Beyblade Metal Fury, and Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated were started with no information about air date and timings on the channel, and information present only on TV schedules.

Animated shows like Green Lantern: The Animated Series, DreamWorks Dragons, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, The Looney Tunes Show, and ThunderCats aired, but for some reason all of these shows aired only the first seasons, and the second seasons haven't been aired yet. In 2013, The third season Beyblade: Metal Fury started airing from 27 October 2013.[9] Cartoon Network acquired the rights of Krrish franchise's animated film series Kid Krrish. The first movie Kid Krrish on 2 October 2013.[10] The film was followed by three additional movies Kid Krrish: Mission Bhutan (premiered on 19 July 2014), Kid Krrish: Mystery in Mongolia (premiered on 27 September 2014), and Kid Krrish: Shakalaka Africa (premiered on 25 April 2015).[11][12] A television film Chakra: The Invincible based on the character created by Stan Lee aired on 30 November 2013.[13]

CN shifted the hit series Pokémon to its sister channel, in 2011, having aired until the eleventh season, but later brought it back on CN in 2014, starting from the fourteenth season of Pokémon Black and White.[14][15]

In the summer of 2015, new shows like Uncle Grandpa, Beyblade: Shogun Steel, Clarence, and new episodes of Ben 10 Omniverse started to air. In May 2015, Cartoon Network India celebrated its 20th birthday with specials of various shows including specials from the classic The Flintstones. Starting June 2015, it started to air new promos for each new episode of weekly-once shows like Steven Universe, Ben 10 Omniverse, and Uncle Grandpa.[16][17]

Cartoon Network celebrated the 20th Anniversary of its Indian feed throughout May 2015. A programming block Happy Birthday Cartoon Network which aired ongoing series like Horrid Henry and Oggy and the Cockroaches as well as classic series like The Flintstones, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and Courage the Cowardly Dog.[18]

In December 2015, Cartoon Network aired two specials for the promotion of Hindi film Dilwale. The first special Kris Aur Shahrukh Khan Ki Dilwale Bollywood Class aired on 19 December while Oggy Ki Birthday Party aired on 25 December.[19]

The Powerpuff Girls reboot series premiered on 9 April 2016 in India and other Asian Pacific countries while the Ben 10 reboot premiered on 8 October 2016.[20]

Since 2016, CN India started showing the programmes in 16:9 aspect ratio, however the channel is still natively in 4:3.[18]

In August 2017, Cartoon Network also aired some classic shows during weekend nights on a block called Get Tooned with Toonami, but was abruptly discontinued in October in favour of Dragon Ball Super.[18]

On 10 June 2017, Cartoon Network premiered Craig of the Creek.[21]

On 1 September 2017, the Bang Zoom dub of Dragon Ball Super[22] started airing weekends on Cartoon Network at a later time slot without any promotion. It was previously aired on Toonami until it became a classic cartoon channel. In mid December 2017, Cartoon Network quietly started airing Dragon Ball Z movies on Sunday nights.[23]

Dragon Ball Super replaced Dragon Ball Z[22]'s late night time slot from 1 January 2018 onwards.[23]

In September 2018, Cartoon Network India started to premiere new shows such as Unikitty,[24] OK K.O! Let's Be Heroes,[25] Ben 10 Challenge,[24] and Running Man.[26]

The channel celebrated 20th anniversary of Powerpuff Girls and announced a special "The Pow-fect Girls" (a list featuring 20 extraordinary women).[27]

In July 2019, the channel premiered Mr. Magoo at 5PM (IST) every weekday.[28]

Cartoon Network India brought back the Tom and Jerry franchise in 2019 with Tom and Jerry Tales and The Tom and Jerry Show (2014). It was previously moved to Pogo TV.[29]

Other notable television series launched in 2010s were Horrid Henry (9 April 2012), Teen Titans Go! (23 March 2015), and Mighty Magiswords (6 May 2017).[30][31][32][33]

2020s

In April 2020, Cartoon Network India removed its English Audio Feed and acquired the ZeeQ television series Bandbudh Aur Budbak.[34][35] The fourth season of The Tom and Jerry Show was premiered on 14 November 2020 with a new voiceover commentary.[36][37]

On 22 February 2021, Super Shiro, a spin-off series of Crayon Shin-chan, made its debut in India on Cartoon Network.[38] In March 2021, CN also started Nate is Late.[citation needed] The channel created their own animated series titled Dabangg, based on the film series, on 31 May 2021.[39][40] On 27 June 2021, the channel premiered its first original CGI animated series, Ekans: Ek Se Badhkar Snake.[41]

The channel celebrated the International Cat Day, with back to back episodes of The Tom and Jerry Show broadcast on 8 August 2021, using the Cat-Toon Network moniker, which was also used by the American network to celebrate April Fools' Day.[42][43] The third season of Grizzy and The Lemmings titled Grizzy and the Lemmings World Tour was also started from 9 August 2021. A three seven-minute special episode of Lamput premiered on 14 August 2021. On 22 August 2021, the Ben 10,010 movie came on the channel in the form of Ben 10 Special.[44]

In November 2021, Cartoon Network aired the Harry Potter film series.[45] Cartoon Network also began airing Taffy on 24 January 2022.[46]

For celebrating the 82nd anniversary of Tom and Jerry, the channel decide to air Tom and Jerry Tales from 7 to 11 February at 10:30 AM IST onwards. However it was continued until late April 2022 at a different timing with the other series of Tom and Jerry like The Tom and Jerry Show (1975), The Tom and Jerry Show (2014), and its 1940-1975 theatrical shorts.[47] The network also started newer series of Tom and Jerry like Tom and Jerry in New York from 18 March 2022.[48]

On 30 March 2022, Cartoon Network India began using the "Redraw Your World" branding and graphics, like its US and Asian counterparts. With the rebrand, Cartoon Network also announced the launch of the Cartoonito block on the channel.[49]

On 22 May 2022, Cartoon Network India aired the Dragon Ball Super marathon, Dragon Ball Super Sunday.[50][51]

The new season of Teen Titans Go! was premiered on the channel on 26 June 2022 in the form of a marathon, Teen Titans Go! Super Sunday.[52] In July 2022, the channel launched a new programming block Morning Laughter Club at 7:00 AM IST onwards. It mainly broadcast shows like The Tom and Jerry Show, Lamput, Maca & Roni and Taffy.[53]

On 24 October 2022, the channel premiered Digimon Adventure.[54]

On 15 January 2023, the channel premiered Mechamato.[55] And relaunched Digimon Adventures on 19 February in the form of Digimon Adventures Super Sunday.[56]

The channel premiered Dragon Ball Z Kai on 16 April 2023 in five languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.[57]

From 23 April 2023, the channel began airing Dragon Ball movies on Sundays in the form of Dragon Ball Z Blockbuster, starting with Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge in five languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.[58][59] And premiered Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters in August 2023.[60]

In August 2023, Cartoon Network announced that it would air the popular Shonen anime My Hero Academia on the channel.[61][62] The channel premiered the series on 10 September 2023 in five languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.[63][64][65]

On 16 September 2023, on the occasion of the 84th Batman Day, the channel aired Batman: The Animated Series at 6:30PM (Indian Standard Time).[66][67][65]

In October 2023 the channel premiered Ben 10-Generator Rex: Heroes United for the first time in five languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam in the form of Ben 10.10.10 Special on 10th October.[68] And on 21st October 2023, the channel along with its sister channel Pogo premiered first ever localized version of ''Tom and Jerry'' animated by two Animation Studios based in India and Singapore.[69][70]

The channel premiered all My Hero Academia movies on 3rd December 2023 in the form of My Hero Academia Blockbuster.[71][72]

Programming

Main article: List of programmes broadcast by Cartoon Network (India)

Related channels and units

Cartoon Network HD+

Main article: Cartoon Network HD+

Pogo TV

Main article: Pogo (TV channel)

Toonami

In 2015, Turner India launched a new channel based on the mature animation/anime block Toonami. The channel ceased operations in May 2018.[73]

Digital and OTT deals

In 2016, Turner India signed a distribution deal with Viacom 18's OTT app Voot.[74]

In 2017, Turner International India signed a deal with Amazon Prime Video India.[75]

See also

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