Cartoon Network Announces New Programming and Online Initiatives For 2001-2002 Television Season.Entertainment Editors ATLANTA--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2001 Cartoon Network For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see . Cartoon Network is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. executives held a press conference this morning in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to unveil new original programming and online activities that will be launched this summer and throughout the 2001-2002 television season. Speakers at the event included Cartoon Network Worldwide President Betty Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , Cartoon Network Online General Manager Jim Samples and animators Genndy Tartakovsky Genndy Tartakovsky (Russian: Геннадий Тартаковский (Gennadij Tartakovskij), born January 17, 1970) is an Emmy Award-winning Russian-born American animator. (Dexter's Laboratory Dexter's Laboratory (Dexter's Lab for short) is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons for Cartoon Network from 1996 to 1999, and by Cartoon Network Studios from 2001 to 2002. ) and Dave Wasson (Max and His Special Problem). Major announcements included:
Animated Television Programming:
-- Time Squad, a new, original half-hour comedy series to launch
in June 2001
-- Samurai Jack, a new, original half-hour action-adventure
series to launch in August 2001
-- Justice League, a new one-hour action-adventure series based
on the popular DC Comics series to launch in November 2001
-- Grim & Evil, a new, original half-hour comedy series to launch
in October 2001
-- More than 110 new episodes of renewed original programs for
2001-2002, including 13 new episodes of top-rated Dexter's
Laboratory (not in production since 1999)
-- 11 series pilots scheduled to premiere in summer 2001
Acquisitions:
-- Cartoon Network becomes the television home to DC Comic
characters Batman and Superman, showcasing such popular Warner
Bros.'s action series as Batman: The Animated Series, The
Adventures of Batman & Robin, The New Batman/Superman
Adventures and Superman. Series to roll-out throughout
2001-2002
-- 96 new episodes of Dragonball Z, exclusive to Cartoon
Network's afternoon action-adventure block, Toonami, debuting
in summer 2001
-- Six new anime series to premiere in 2001--Mobile Suit Gundam,
Pilot Candidate, Gundam 8s, Outlaw Star, Big O and Dragonball
-- Celebrating its exclusive rights to the immortal Looney Tunes
franchise, Cartoon Network will air every Bugs Bunny cartoon
ever created across the three-day "June Bugs" marathon in June
2001
Online Initiatives:
-- Four new "Total Immersion Cartoon" events (interactive on-air
and online programming) to take place starting fall 2001
-- Powerpuff Popularity Contest, a week-long on-air and
online marathon for viewers to voice their opinion via
computer or by phone to select their favorite Powerpuff
Girl: Blossom, Bubbles or Buttercup
-- The Big Pick II, where viewers are able to select the next
new original series from 11 Cartoon Cartoon pilots
-- Toonami: Lockdown, a weeklong serialized story throughout
Toonami that invites on-air and online participation,
games and giveaways
-- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, an online and on-air
'man'-hunt for America's favorite canine who is discovered
missing just weeks before Halloween
-- Cartoon Orbit, an all-new online community where kids collect
and trade cToons (digital trading cards) and build their own
personalized pages to share/display for friends and family
-- 40 new Web Premiere Toons for 2001, signature interactive
cartoons developed exclusively for the Web
Individual news releases detailing the above projects and accomplishments are available upon request. Cartoon Network concluded 2000 with a number of record achievements, including finishing the 2000 prime time ratings race in third place among all ad-supported cable networks. The network also posted a second place finish in total day ratings for the year. Additional highlights include the network's first-ever August, October and summer quarter prime time ratings victories. On the programming and production front, Cartoon Network will commit $500 million toward original series and specials, most of which will be produced at the new Cartoon Network Studios Cartoon Network Studios is an American animated cartoon production company. A subsidiary of the Turner Broadcasting System arm of the Time Warner media conglomerate, Cartoon Network Studios focuses on producing and developing animated programs for and related to the Cartoon located in Burbank, Calif. One of its key properties, The Powerpuff Girls, earned a 2000 prime time Emmy Award Emmy award Annual presentation for outstanding achievement in U.S. television. Its name is taken from the nickname “immy” for the image orthicon, a television camera tube. for Individual Achievement, scored the highest household and delivery rating (Sept. 8, 2000) in the history of the network, and soon will become a major motion picture to be distributed by Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Gross retail sales of Powerpuff Girls licensed merchandise also rang up more than $350 million in 2000. Meanwhile, CartoonNetwork.com, the network's branded Web site, consistently ranks as one of the Internet's top three kids entertainment Web sites, averaging more than two million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. and nearly 30 minutes on the site per visit. Cartoon Network, currently seen in 70 million U.S. homes and 145 countries around the world, is Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. , Inc.'s 24-hour, ad-supported cable service offering the best in animated entertainment. Drawing from the world's largest cartoon library, Cartoon Network also showcases unique original ventures such as Sheep in the Big City Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series which ran on Cartoon Network for two seasons, from November 2000 to April 2002. Created by Mo Willems, the bulk of the show follows a runaway sheep, Sheep, in its new life in the Big City with scenario similar , Courage the Cowardly Dog Courage the Cowardly Dog is an award-winning American animated television series, created by John R. Dilworth, who directed each episode, about a dog named Courage and his owners Muriel Bagge, a kindly old Scottish woman, and Eustace Bagge, a grumpy old farmer, living , Mike, Lu & Og, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd n Eddy Ed, Edd n Eddy is a Canadian/American animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by a.k.a. Cartoon for Cartoon Network. The series, which was Cartoon Network's sixth Cartoon Cartoon, was first aired in 1999. , Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory and Cartoon Cartoons. Since its launch in 1992, Cartoon Network has remained one of ad-supported cable's highest-rated networks. Cartoon Network's Web site is located at http://CartoonNetwork.com. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., an AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry. This information can also be accessed on TBS, Inc.'s press site at http://pressroom.turner.com. |
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