- Cartoon Network Announces Voting Categories and Nominees for “Hall of Game” 2013
December 18, 2012 | Today, Cartoon Network announced the first 10 voting categories and nominees for the third annual Hall of Game sports awards show, which returns in February 2013. Airing across several Cartoon Network and Turner Broadcasting platforms, hosts Shaquille O'Neal and Nick Cannon broke the news with a special introduction featuring a brand new Hall of Game nominee's song.
- Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for December 10 – 16, 2012
December 18, 2012 | Cartoon Network scored as the #1 destination among boys 6-11 & 9-14 on Friday night (7-9 p.m.), with Regular Show at 7 p.m. ranking as the #1 program of the day among boys 6-11.
- DC Nation Returns With New Episodes on January 5, 2013
December 14, 2012 | Cartoon Network revs up its Saturday morning slate with new episodes during its hit and beloved action block, including Ben 10 Omniverse, Star Wars: The Clones Wars and DC Nation beginning January 5th. Cartoon Network Studios' original series, Ben 10 Omniverse kicks-off the Saturday morning line-up at 9 a.m. (ET, PT) with guest star Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation), followed by the special 100th episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars at 9:30 a.m. (ET, PT). The highly-anticipated return of DC Nation rounds out the morning at 10 a.m. (ET, PT) featuring all-new content, including episodes of Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Young Justice: Invasion and all-new animated shorts featuring characters from the DC Comics universe.
- Cartoon Network Crowns 20th Birthday With Most-Watched Year in Its History
December 12, 2012 | As 2012 draws to a close, Cartoon Network, the world’s first 24-hour, all-animation cable network celebrating its first 20years, is on track to set new records this milestone year with its most-watched year in its history during Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) among kids 6-11/9-14 and boys 9-14, in the past seven years among kids 2-11 and boys 2-11, and the past eight years among boys 6-11. Additionally, the network will claim its most-watched year in Total Day (6 a.m.-9 p.m.) in the past six years among kids 9-14 and boys 9-14. All targeted kids and boys demo delivery in Early Prime grew mostly by double digits compared to 2011, ranging between 9% and 20%. Similarly, annual Total Day delivery grew across the board, ranging between 4% and 16%.
- Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for December 3 – 9, 2012
December 11, 2012 | Cartoon Network scored as the #1 network for all boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14 on all TV on Monday Night (7-9 p.m.), and the #1 network among boys 2-11 & 6-11 on Wednesday Night (7-9 p.m.).
- Cartoon Network’s Live-Action Sketch Comedy “Incredible Crew” Premieres in January 2013
December 11, 2012 | Cartoon Network’s newest live-action series Incredible Crew is scheduled to premiere in January. The show page on CartoonNetwork.com launched Monday with clips, images and more information on the sketch comedy created by Nick Cannon.
- Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for November 26 – December 2, 2012
December 4, 2012 | Cartoon Network improved Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of all key kids demos last week compared to the same time period last year—average kids 2-11 delivery grew by 4%, kids 6-11 by 9% and kids 9-14 by 23%. Total Day delivery averages also grew last week, with kids 6-11 delivery improving by 1% and kids 9-14 by 12%. Accordingly, Cartoon Network ranked as the #1 network in Total Day on All TV among boys 9-14.
- Watch This ‘Merry Melody’ from Next Week’s New Christmas “Looney Tunes Show”
November 30, 2012 | It's a "Merry Melody" with this new song from next Tuesday's new episode of The Looney Tunes Show (Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT) on Cartoon Network.
- Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for November 2012
November 28, 2012 | Cartoon Network concluded November 2012 ranking as the #1 television network for Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14. The network also ranked #1 for Total Day delivery of boys 6-11 & 9-14, increasing average kids 6-11 delivery by 1% and kids 9-14 delivery by 4% vs. November 2011. Additionally, all November kids delivery averages in Early Prime and Total Day grew significantly compared to October, ranging between 5% and 23%.
- “NinjaGo” Closes Season With 3.1 Million Viewers; “Dragons” Hits Series High
November 26, 2012 | Last Wednesday’s season two finale of NinjaGo: Masters of Spinjitzu scored 3.108 million total viewers. This marks the show’s second highest rated episode, after the season one finale back in April (which had 3.340 million viewers).
- Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for November 12 – 18, 2012
November 20, 2012 | Cartoon Network ranked as the week’s #1 network for Total Day (6 a.m.-9 p.m.) and Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 6-11 & 9-14, earning 11% Total Day delivery gains among kids 9-14. Claiming cable’s top network for all boy demos Monday-Friday night, Cartoon Network also earned across-the-board double-digit delivery growth Monday, Wednesday and Friday night among kids 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14 and all boys vs. last year.
- Thanksgiving Week Marathons and Special Programming
November 19, 2012 | As with every year, Thanksgiving week means the networks switch into marathon and special programming mode. See this year's schedules!
- Cartoon Network Announces Christmas 2012 Highlights
November 16, 2012 | It's time to laugh as if you had a belly full of jelly and enjoy that warm, fuzzy holiday feeling when Cartoon Network kicks off its holiday programming on Monday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. (ET, PT) with a week full of all new holiday specials from Regular Show, Annoying Orange, The Amazing World of Gumball, The Looney Tunes Show and MAD. Then beginning Christmas Eve, Cartoon Network gives the gift of 24 hours of animated holiday classics like Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale. Bright spots of Cartoon Network's holiday programming schedule include:
- Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for November 5 – 11, 2012
November 13, 2012 | Ranking as the week’s #1 network for Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, Cartoon Network also earned across-the-board delivery growth among kids vs. the same time period last year—average kids 2-11 grew by 7%, kids 6-11 also by 7% and kids 9-14 by 10%. In Total Day, Cartoon Network ranked #1 among boys 9-14, while average delivery also grew among kids 6-11 (4%) and kids 9-14 (12%), compared to last year’s time period. Additionally, all weekly kids delivery averages grew by double-digits compared to the prior four weeks, ranging between 11% and 23%.
- Shaquille O’Neal and Nick Cannon to Host Cartoon Network’s 3rd Annual “Hall of Game Awards”
November 13, 2012 | Cartoon Network is proud to announce that basketball legend and Turner Sports NBA analyst Shaquille O'Neal and the multi-talented host of America's Got Talent, Nick Cannon will be the hosts of Cartoon Network's third annual Hall of Game Awards, premiering in February 2013. Cartoon Network's Hall of Game Awards lets viewers vote for their favorite sports stars and sports moments of the year. Last year 2.6 million viewers* tuned in and 102 million votes were cast online at HallOfGame.com to help their favorite sports stars win the ultimate prize, the golden GAME trophy.
- Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for October 29 – November 4, 2012
November 6, 2012 | Earning solid across-the-board delivery growth in Total Day and Early Prime the first week of November, Cartoon Network ranked as basic cable’s #1 network for Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, and as the #1 network for Total Day (Mon-Sun, 6 a.m.-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 6-11 & 9-14. Compared to the same time period in 2011, Early Prime average kids 2-11 delivery grew by 14%, kids 6-11 by 10% and kids 9-14 by 8%. In Total Day, average kids 2-11 delivery grew by 8%, kids 2-11 by 8% and kids 9-14 by 10%.
- Cartoon Network Renews “Regular Show” and “Gumball,” Extends Order for “Annoying Orange”
November 1, 2012 | Today, Cartoon Network announced that they have renewed Regular Show for a fifth season (the show just premiered its fourth) and The Amazing World of Gumball for a third (its in the second now). The network has also ordered additional episodes of Annoying Orange for this season, its first.
- “Regular Show” Ranks #1 With Boys for the Week of October 15 – 21, 2012
October 23, 2012 | For three weeks now across October 2012, Cartoon Network has ranked as basic cable's #1 network for Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, and as the #1 network for Total Day (Mon-Sun, 6 a.m.-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 9-14. Significant growth compared to the same time periods last year include overall weekly Early Prime delivery gains among kids 2-11 (up 8%), plus Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday night delivery gains across kids 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14 ranging between 2% and 47%.
- Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for October 8 – 14, 2012
October 16, 2012 | Across the second week of October 2012, Cartoon Network ranked as basic cable’s #1 network for Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, and as the #1 network for Total Day (Mon-Sun, 6 a.m.-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 9-14.
- DC Nation Replaced, Returning in January 2013
October 13, 2012 | In what is probably one of the most mismanaged programming shifts ever, Cartoon Network has removed the DC Nation programming block (both new and repeat episodes) and just announced it will return in January 2013 for new episodes.
