History AdoredByTheNetwork / CartoonNetwork

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' was transmitted day and night. In Latin America, it was transmitted during weekends (the time of the day kids are mostly free) for four hours in a row. It's one of the reasons why such a light-hearted series could triumph during UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}}.

* Ever since the channel first got the rights to it in the mid-2000's, ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' has been frequently shown as a movie when Cartoon Network needs time to fill. It was common to see on the network from 2007 to 2011, when the network would air the film at least once (and sometimes even twice!) a week.

** From December, 1, 2014 until April 2, 2017, Boomerang played episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo!'' during primetime so they could get modern Cartoon Network viewers to watch the channel.

** On the Labor Day 2019 weekend, Cartoon Network ran every episode of the series followed by the premiere of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'' on September 2. The movie itself had advertisements air on other [=WarnerMedia=] channels, including the Creator/{{Toonami}} block on Creator/AdultSwim and Creator/{{CNN}}, showing that Warner definitely went all in on promoting it.

*** As of 2019, the future is not so bright for Fox imports: ''King of the Hill'' and ''The Cleveland Show'' left for Comedy Central, and in 2021 both ''Family Guy'' and ''Bob's Burgers'' left for FX/Freeform (and they will get the newest seasons in the meantime, leaving Adult Swim only with episodes acquired prior to 2019). With ''American Dad'' having already [[ChannelHop moved to TBS]], the Fox rerun farm era on Adult Swim is officially over. And with more and more original AS programming receiving recognition and even acclaim, maybe it's for the best.

** As of 2019, future is not so bright for Fox imports, as ''King Of The Hill'' and ''The Cleveland Show'' left for Comedy Central, and in 2021 both ''Family Guy'' and ''Bob's Burgers'' are going to leave for FX/Freeform (and they will get the newest seasons in the meantime, leaving Adult Swim only with episodes aquired prior to 2019). Essentially, since ''American Dad'' really isn't an outright Fox import anymore since its ChannelHop to TBS, the Fox rerun farm era on Adult Swim is officially over. And with more and more original AS programming receiving recognition and even acclaim, maybe it's for the best.
*** That is until Thanksgiving 2021, in which reruns of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' returned to Adult Swim, with it airing three times a night on weekdays, and six times a night on weekends with the last two hours of the schedule being a huge block of the show, totaling up to 27 episodes per week, even more than what ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' used to have on average. In addition, an all-night marathon of the show aired on Thanksgiving Day 2021, to celebrate its return to the network. This is all thanks to Creator/{{Disney}}, in which they ended up carrying a non-exclusive contract for the show to air on FXX after an unsuccessful run on Creator/ComedyCentral.

** The show premiered on June 13, 2011 along with Sidekick. Unlike the latter show which was removed in October 2012, Cartoon Network kept the show airing reruns even after season one ended. It got even better treatment in 2012, when the show started airing on weekends and airing a marathon every weekend on Boomerang. Eventually after ratings got low it was removed after season three finished airing, but continued to air every weekend on Boomerang.

* Up until 2017, during the holidays, and by virtue their ChristmasInJuly programming events, you could rarely turn on Cartoon Network without seeing ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer''. As mentioned on its Trivia page, it would air so much that if one hears the titular theme again, they'd scream. During the 2015 Christmas season, similar to the ''Total Drama Island'' example above, they'd be willing to sacrifice an hour of ''Teen Titans Go'' for surprise airings of the special. This ended when Cartoon Network lost the rights to the special to Creator/{{Freeform}} in 2017. The special also begun airing on Creator/{{AMC}} in 2021.
** As part of Cartoon Network's partnership with Creator/KidsWB, they frequently aired the special on the block during the holidays. It got to the point where in 2004, half of December 2004's programming was comprised of nothing but airings of Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, alongside other holiday specials.

** On the topic of Christmas Specials, Cartoon Network used to frequently air ''WesternAnimation/OliveTheOtherReindeer'' throughout the 2000s and an occasional airing on Creator/{{Fox}} before they quitely stopped airing the special before TheNewTens rolled around.
** To a smaller degree, Cartoon Network would do an occasional airing of the 1997 animated film ''WesternAnimation/AnnabellesWish'' during the late 90s and early to mid [=2000s=] before it was quitely removed from their Holiday programming block.

** When the show inexplicably re-surged in popularity, Cartoon Network took advantage of it which resulted in marathons such as 1999's heavily advertised ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooProject'' and the 2002 Saturday evening ''Scooby-Universe'' block. Several of the television and direct-to-video movies aired on Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre pretty often. When ever there was a "Toon Extra" playing, you could also expect an airing of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries'' at least 50% of the time. Lastly, special airings of WesternAnimation/LaffALympics were aired under the original blanket title of [[WolverinePublicity Scooby's All-Star]] Laff-A-Lympics..

*** Ironically, since 2010, Scooby's prominence on the CN lineup has decreased somewhat. In recent years, the only Scooby-related series that have aired include ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'' and occasional reruns of ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' and ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou''. ''Scooby-Doo'' movies still air occasionally, but most of the time, they are the more recent ones. And instead of heavily advertising their TV premieres and giving them primetime slots, they usually just premiere them quietly during school hours. CN did take to airing the most recent show, ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho'' (which is exclusive to the Boomerang app), but dropped it after a few weeks.
** For the Summer of 2006, The UK version of Boomerang held a ''Scooby Summer'' for the entirety of the UK summer holidays. Every waking hour in the schedule would be filled with nothing but ''Scooby-Doo'' reruns and movies. At the time, it might have been the longest marathon of any cartoon ''[[SeriousBusiness ever]]'', complete with adverts making it seem like it was the viewers' fault ("you begged," they enthused, "you pleaded!"). At the time, such an event was rare, but it's more commonplace nowadays due to the popularity of streaming services like Netflix, where channels try and rival against it with "Binge-watch" marathons.

* Until 2017 when all of the Warner Bros. Animation shows were moved to Boomerang except for ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' was frequently aired on Cartoon Network (with a couple breaks) being one of the only classic cartoons (besides the aformentioned Sccoby Doo, Where Are You!) to still air on Cartoon Network during the 2004-2010 era until ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' came back in 2009. In fact, 2018 was the first year no ''Tom and Jerry'' reruns aired on the network.

* Cartoon Network also loved playing ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' back in the 90's and would show day-long marathons to commemorate holidays where Scooby Doo didn't seem to fit, such as Easter and President's Day.

** ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' is certainly worth a mention. Since its debut in January 1999 and all throughout its run, the show was well-liked by the network, always receiving good advertising. It eventually became the network's longest-running series, airing a total of 70 episodes running through 5 and 1/4 seasons across ten years and was eventually, the last Cartoon Cartoon still airing new episodes. And the best part? It was even given a GrandFinale in the form of a TV movie that wrapped up most plot threads and gave the titular characters a very happy ending. Needless to say, the series was admired and still remains a well-respected favorite among both viewers and the network.

** The Canadian feed of Boomerang loves airing ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons''.

** However, Boomerang's over-adoration of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Tom and Jerry'' eventually began to die down in September 2020, as ''Scooby-Doo'' got back the presence he used to have on the channel (including the returns of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', and even ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndScrappyDoo'', an incarnation of the franchise that Boomerang hasn't featured on their regular line-up since 20'''14'''!), and the classic Cartoon Network originals returned to the channel's late-night timeslots, with the line-up currently consisting of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'', and even ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'' (which hadn't aired on the channel since a couple of weeks prior to its Janaury 2015 rebrand)!

** To fulfil European content quotas, the late night hours were once filled with nothing but reruns of ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' and ''[[Series/LazyTown [=LazyTown=]]]''.

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', and ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' were Cartoon Network's flagship shows during the mid-[=2000s=] by the time the network was entering its DorkAge. Reruns were shown almost all the time and they also got several marathons. Foster's was popular enough to have lots of merchandise, and like ''[=AmiYumi=]'' listed above, got a Macy's Parade float for three years (though the [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} last appearance of the float]] was OvershadowedByAwesome).

** Boomerang, at least in the UK, held what it called a ''Scooby Summer'' during the summer of 2006. For the entirety of the summer holidays, every waking hour in the schedule would be filled by ''Scooby-Doo''. It might have been the longest marathon of any cartoon ''[[SeriousBusiness ever]]'', complete with adverts making it seem like it was the viewers' fault ("you begged," they enthused, "you pleaded!"). Even today, as of 2011, Boomerang will be having a "Scooby Week" or two, using excuses such as Easter break and midterms.

** They also appear to have an obsession with the Air Bud films. They air all of them apart from the first, as well as Air Buddies frequently alongside the usual movies based on Scooby-Doo and Tom and Jerry. The other Air Buddies films haven’t aired at all on the channel possibly due to Disney still retaining the rights, and nether has the first Air Bud likely due to rights issues that prevent the first Air Bud from being released on DVD in the UK.
* As of November 2017, Cartoonito UK's favourite show has been ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'', where they completely '''overdose''' it just to fulfil European content requirements. The show airs for around eight hours a day, sometimes even ELEVEN HOURS. It's so bad that many shows that have only aired on Cartoonito for shy of a few months, like ''Series/SesameStreet'', ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryKids'' get moved around so much (or moved to the midnight slot) and eventually are removed permanently, just so that ''Fireman Sam'' can air more. Shows that aren't as milked include ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'', which airs for 3 hours a day and ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', which airs for around 2 hours a day.

** Their second most-adored show is ''Animation/MashaAndTheBear'', which tends to air every other hour as of June 2021.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotboy}}'' used to have a lot of airtime during the mid-to-late 2000s, primarily the British version of the network, which makes sense considering the show was a British co-production. The UK channel even used to air reruns of the show at night well after it ended until around 2017.

* ''AdoredByTheNetwork/SpongeBobSquarePants''

** ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' has been aired on Boomerang since it's launch and has had a permanent slot ever since. ''WesternAnimation/TheTomAndJerryComedyShow'' has been aired frequently since launch as well.

* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''. This show and almost all of its multiple incarnations completely dominated the network in the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s, with the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou original series]], ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'', ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' and later ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' being the most prominent. It seemed like if a show wasn't ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', a show on Creator/{{Toonami}}, or one of the popular Creator/CartoonCartoons, it was eventually bumped for more ''Scooby-Doo''.

** They sometimes tend to have all-day marathons of the show when they don't feel like showing a ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' marathon. For example, on January 29, 2017, ''Steven'' ran all day to lure in Creator/{{Freeform}} viewers not interested in ''Series/The700Club'' telethon [[note]] though considering how frequently Freeform tries to shoo away viewers from watching ''The 700 Club'', they probably weren't interested in the telethon either [[/note]].

** Another show adored by the Cartoonito block is ''[[Series/SesameStreet Mecha Builders]]''. Whenever there's a holiday going on, the block will run a marathon of the show.

* Up until 2017, during the holidays, and by virtue their ChristmasInJuly programming events, you could rarely turn on Cartoon Network without seeing ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer''. As mentioned on its Trivia page, it would air so much that if one hears the titular theme again, they'd scream. During the 2015 Christmas season, similar to the ''Total Drama Island'' example above, they'd be willing to sacrifice an hour of ''Teen Titans Go'' for surprise airings of the special. This ended when Cartoon Network lost the rights to the special to Creator/{{Freeform}} in 2017. The special also begun airin on Creator/AMC in 2021.

* Up until 2017, during the holidays, and by virtue their ChristmasInJuly programming events, you could rarely turn on Cartoon Network without seeing ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer''. As mentioned on its Trivia page, it would air so much that if one hears the titular theme again, they'd scream. During the 2015 Christmas season, similar to the ''Total Drama Island'' example above, they'd be willing to sacrifice an hour of ''Teen Titans Go'' for surprise airings of the special. This ended when Cartoon Network lost the rights to the special to Creator/{{Freeform}} in 2017.

''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', and Creator/{{Toonami}} have [[AdoredByTheNetwork/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball their]] [[AdoredByTheNetwork/TeenTitansGo own]] [[AdoredByTheNetwork/{{Toonami}} pages]].

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* The Creator/{{Cartoonito}} block on the US feed of Cartoon Network has been given this treatment. Previews of shows like ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocoyo}}'' and ''WebAnimation/LucasTheSpider'' began airing two months before the block even began, and there was constant promotion for the block on TV and even on certain social media sites. There was also an event to promote the block on the day it premiered. It's also worth noting that the block would take up most of Cartoon Network's weekday schedule when it eventually premiered. Unfortunately, this didn't last, as the block would be shortened beginning in January 2022, which also resulted in the weekend version of the block being retired.