History Creator / CartoonNetwork

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' [[note]]The longest-running show to have ever aired on Cartoon Network; [[ChannelHop channel hopped]] to Netflix in 2021.[[/note]]

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' [[note]]The longest-running show to have ever aired on Cartoon Network.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''[[note]] Anime Version. CEE, India, Africa & Romania only[[/note]]

* ''Literature/KaiketsuZorori''[[note]]Anime Series. India Only[[/note]]

The channel started off purely as a rerun station for the 8,500+ hours worth of animation in the Turner library, including newer Hanna-Barbera shows made for Creator/{{TBS}} and syndication that saw reruns here, before slowly developing its own original programming. The most notable of these early projects were the spoof {{talk show}} ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' and the {{animated anthology}} series ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'' a year later. The latter program would lead to the creation of various television series (originally known as Creator/CartoonCartoons) produced under a new H-B division called Cartoon Network Studios. In 2001, upon the death of H-B co-founder Bill Hanna, Warner Bros. took over the operations of Hanna-Barbera, while spinning off Cartoon Network Studios into a separate company under the Turner banner; CNS kept ownership of the programming it produced, while Warner Bros. seized control over Hanna-Barbera's "classic" properties.[[note]]Cartoon Network, Hanna-Barbera and the rest of Turner Broadcasting had merged with Time Warner (now Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery) in 1996, in turn also giving the channel access to the rest of Creator/WarnerBros' animation catalog.[[/note]]

The channel started off purely as a rerun station for the 8,500+ hours worth of animation in the Turner library, including newer Hanna-Barbera shows made for Creator/{{TBS}} and syndication that saw reruns here, before slowly developing its own original programming. The most notable of these early projects were the spoof {{talk show}} ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' and the {{animated anthology}} series ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'' a year later. The latter program would lead to the creation of various television series (originally known as Creator/CartoonCartoons) produced under a new H-B division called Cartoon Network Studios. In 2001, upon the death of H-B co-founder Bill Hanna, Warner Bros. took over the operations of Hanna-Barbera, while spinning off Cartoon Network Studios into a separate company under the Turner banner; CNS kept ownership of the programming it produced, while Warner Bros. seized control over Hanna-Barbera's "classic" properties.[[note]]Cartoon Network, Hanna-Barbera and the rest of Turner Broadcasting had merged with Time Warner (now Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery) in 1996, in turn also giving the channel access to the rest of the Creator/WarnerBrothers animation catalog.[[/note]]

And this is all without delving into Creator/AdultSwim, once a normal programming block created in 2001 to showcase adult animation that now controls ''the entirety'' of the network's {{watershed}} hours.[[note]]Creator/NickAtNite, launched in July of 1985, fufills the same purpose for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and the two are currently the only American programming blocks to be formatted as such. But unlike Adult Swim, N@N is dependent on syndicated reruns, especially since Nickelodeon continues to have a more family friendly approach than CN.[[/note]] Cartoon Network is also known among {{anime}} fans for Creator/{{Toonami}}, a block that's considered a key factor in increasing the popularity of [[UsefulNotes/TheJapaneseInvasion Japanese animation in America]] during the turn of the millennia. There's also Creator/{{Boomerang}}, which became the de facto home for classic animation as the network's original programming lineup expanded.

* ''Series/ToonHeads'': A documentary series on UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, with each episode airing shorts around a specific theme (like "the Stone Age before ''The Flintstones'' did it"). Would occasionally air rare and controversial shorts, such as a collection of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII cartoons. The planned series finale was a special centered on 12 ''Bugs Bunny'' cartoons featuring the rabbit fighting antagonists that were racial caricatures, but it was ultimately pulled and shelved.

** ''Cartoon Network Presents'' (1997-1999): Focused on stories based on both Cartoon Network's in-house productions and various Hanna-Barbera properties that didn't have their own comics at the time.
** ''Cartoon Network Starring'' (1999-2001): Focused solely on in-house productions, as well as ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', with a single series getting spotlighted each issue.
** ''Cartoon Cartoons'' (2001-2004): Same focus as the above, but switched to a multiple series per issue-based format.
** ''Cartoon Network Block Party'' (2004-2009): Focused on in-house comedies (with ''Codename: Kids Next Door'' making the jump to its below-mentioned sister series), following the same format as ''Cartoon Cartoons''.
** ''Cartoon Network Action Pack'' (2006-2012): Focused on in-house action series, following the same format as ''Block Party''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}'' [[note]]First 2 seasons and only on digital streaming service.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrampTwins'' (CN Europe; 2001-2006)[[note]]British/American (series 1)/German co-production. Rights owned by Studio 100[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SpacedOut'' (CN Europe; 2002-2005)[[note]]French/Canadian/British co-production. Only aired in Europe and Canada. Righs owned by Gaumont[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/RobotBoy'' (CN Europe; 2005-2008)[[note]]French/British co-production. Rights owned by Gaumont[[/note]]
* ''Literature/HarryAndHisBucketFullOfDinosaurs'' (CN US; 2005-2008)[[note]]British-Canadian co-production. Rights owned by 9 Story Media Group[[/note]]

* ''Monster Beach'' (CN Australia; 2014[[labelnote:*]]TV movie[[/labelnote]]; 2019-present[[labelnote:*]]TV series[[/labelnote]])[[note]]Australian production. Airs only in the Asia-Pacific region.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/CraigBeforeTheCreek'' (TV movie; 2024)

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''* [[note]]ChannelHop from Creator/KidsWB; reruns starting in 2002, new episodes aired from 2006-2017.[[/note]]

In 2019, as part of a major restructuring of the then-AT&T-owned Creator/WarnerMedia, Cartoon Network, along with its siblings, their consumer products and production divisions, and Creator/TurnerClassicMovies, broke off from the former Turner Broadcasting division to have their operations taken over by Creator/WarnerBros. Most of the shows produced by Cartoon Network Studios would become available on Creator/{{Hulu}} and Creator/HBOMax, with the studio also producing original content for the latter streaming service.

* ''WebAnimation/GreatBigCartoonyClub'': Part of ''Web Premiere Toons''.

A {{crossover}} MascotFighter called ''VideoGame/CartoonNetworkPunchTimeExplosion'' was released in June 2011 on the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, and an UpdatedRerelease on UsefulNotes/PlayStation3[=/=]UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/XBox360 in November of the same year. [[MilestoneCelebration The network also re-aired several of its classics in honor of its 20th birthday.]]

* ''Anime/HeidiGirloftheAlps''[[note]]India only[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHeroicQuestOfTheValiantPrinceIvandoe'' (2023-present)[[note]]Produced by Cartoon Network Studios Europe, second digital series turned television show.[[/note]]

* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' (CN India; 2017-present)[[note]]Indian co-production. Aired in Europe and Asia-Pacific region since the 2010's, but aired in the United States in 2022.[[/note]]
* ''[[Literature/{{Ivanhoe}} The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe]]'' (CN Nordic; 2017)[[note]] Danish/British co-production. Airs only in Europe, Denmark and Canada.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''[[note]]Season 1 only, ChannelHop to Creator/TheHub[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}'' [[note]]Only on digital streaming service.[[/note]]

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}''

** ''WesternAnimation/GrojBand'' [[note]]Ran on television before become only available on the digital streaming service.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ScaredySquirrel''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Supernoobs}}'' [[note]]The first 46 episodes of Season 1 only.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TocaLifeStories'' (TV series; 2020-2022)[[note]]Produced by Toca Boca and Peacock TV.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' (TV series; 2020-2023)[[note]]Produced by Paramount+ and CBS.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/CaillouTheComedyWorldSeries'' (TV series; 2023-2024)[[note]]Produced by Vyond, Paramount+, CBS, Cookie Jar, and DHX Media.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlinstones''

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''
** ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''
** ''Anime/Pokemon2000''