Cartoon Time!

Cartoon Time! (stylized as CARTOON TIME!; formerly stylized as cartoon TIME!) is an American pay television channel owned by 20th Century Animation, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios. The channel was launched on August 20, 1981, and primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It operates usually from 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM (ET/PT) and is targeted at children between ages 7-15.

Its overnight adult block Feels Like Adults is aimed at people between ages 16-49 and its upcoming morning preschool block Preschool Preschool will be aimed at children between ages 2-6.

The channel serves a younger audience than the Fox Broadcasting Company and a older audience than Fox Juneyur.

Launch and Warner Bros. Era: 1981-1993
Cartoon Time! was launched at 6:00 PM on December 13, 1986. But only aired Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

On September 26, 1986, Cartoon Time! aired their first original cartoons, Luke and Friends, Bunny and Bear and Payton

Competition With Nickelodeon
On August 11, 1991, Nickelodeon launched NickToons, which started airing their first cartoons, Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show, Cartoon Time! took note of this and started airing The Baby Show to compete with Rugrats, but it was a failure

1993-2002: Starting of Era
On July 1, 1993, Fox acquired Cartoon Time! from Warner Bros. since Warner Bros. launched Cartoon Network in 1992

On June 1, 1999, Cartoon Time launched an adult-oriented nighttime programming block called Feels Like Adults which can broadcast from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM.

On March 26, 2000, Cartoon Time announced that It will launch international channels.

On June 20, 2001, Cartoon Time launched the Cartoon Time! Movies block, which can broadcast Sunday nights before Feels Like Adults.

2002-2009: 2002 Rebrand and Analogue Shutdown
On March 15, 2002, Cartoon Time went under major rebranding and adapting a new logo.

On June 17, 2005, 20th Century Fox announced that they attempted to sell Cartoon Time, but failed a day after.

On January 7, 2007, Cartoon Time announced that they will launch a Friday night programming block called "Fri-Date" which was launched on April 27, 2007.

In February 2009, Cartoon Time announced that they will make a game show called "Battle For Dream Island", which premiered on January 1, 2010.

As of June 13, 2009, Cartoon Time! no longer broadcasts on analogue TV and is now only available through digital TV or digital set-top box.

2009-2019: 2009 Rebrand
See also: Alien head broadcast signal intrusion On July 22, 2009, Cartoon Time! switched to 16:9 high-definition format, changed its logo and updated its look.

At 5:40 PM on February 5, 2010, During a new episode of Big Group "The Big Bowl Game", the station was hijacked by an unknown person wearing a alien mask. 2 hours later, Warner Bros.' Cartoon Network was hijacked too. 2 hours after Cartoon Network's hijack, Disney's Disney XD was hijacked.

On November 9, 2011, At approximately 2:00 PM EST, Cartoon Time! participated in the national Emergency Alert System Test, along with many other TV and radio stations.

In July 2013, It was announced that Cartoon Time will close the Fri-Date programming block on September 16, 2013 and replace it with Freedom Friday.

In June 2013, Cartoon Time announced that they will bring back the Fri-Date block on September 27, 2013 and replace the Freedom Friday block

On December 25, 2013, Cartoon Time announced that they will launch a Monday afternoon programming block called Hey! It's Not Fox!, which was launched on March 5, 2014.

In 2014, Sony Pictures Animation announced to make a series based on the 2003 film Drawings and air it on Cartoon Time in the United States and YTV in Canada. The show was rated TV-Y7.

On June 27, 2016, It was announced that they will close the Fri-Date block again and replace it with the return of the Freedom Friday block

On December 1, 2016, Cartoon Time introduced new graphics and a new slogan "America's 3rd Favorite Kids Channel".

In December 2017, It was announced that Cartoon Time! was rolling up a new programming block called "Non-Fox" that will replace Hey! It's Not Fox!

2019-;present: Disney Era and 2019 Rebrand
On December 14, 2017, The Walt Disney Company formally announced its intention to acquire most of 21st Century Fox assets. Cartoon Time was apart of 21st Century Fox. The deal was completed on March 20, 2019.

On March 21, 2019, Disney changed Cartoon Time's logo with Cartoon Network's font and a new stylization "CARTOON TIME!"

On November 12, 2019, Many Cartoon Time! shows started streaming on Disney+

On April 12, 2020, Cartoon Time! Movies was temporally shut down and was replaced by Cartoon Time! Quiz a week later due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

On May 15, 2020, at 5:14 PM, Cartoon Time! screened a commercial by mistake which was going to air on Fox, which Cartoon Time! was going to screen an Hasbro game commercial but was swapped by mistake. This commercial showed a little girl sitting on a swing but was crushed by an anvil and shot blood at the screen. The commercial was 2 minutes and 1 second. This commercial was caused so much controversy.

On June 2, 2020, following the Killing of George Floyd, Cartoon Time! went off the air for 5 minutes in support of Justice, Equality, and Human Rights.

On March 4, 2021, It was announced that a new preschool block named Preschool Preschool will launch on March 21, 2022 on television channel Cartoon Time! and streaming service Disney+.

On August 20, 2021, Cartoon Time! celebrated its 40th anniversary with a "Timeline of Cartoon Time!" Marathon.

Feels Like Adults
Feels Like Adults is an American teen/adult-oriented nighttime programming block of the children's basic network Cartoon Time!. The programming block serves a older audience than Cartoon Time!. The programming block was launched on June 1, 1999 and broadcasts from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM.

Fri-Date
Fri-Date is an American animated programming block which aired in three iterations on Cartoon Time!, featuring a lineup soley made up of children's animation produced by Walt Disney Television's 20th Television division carried as a majority of, or the whole of, the network's Friday evening schedule.

The block closed on September 16, 2011, before returning on September 27, 2013. The block closed again on September 16, 2016, five years after the original closure. The block returned again on September 27, 2019.

Non-Fox
Non-Fox is an American animated programming block which airs animated shows that were not made by Fox. The block was launched January 9, 2018 and broadcasts Monday afternoons.

Cartoon Time! Games
'''Cartoon Time! Games''' is an American gaming programming block that airs gaming videos by Cartoon Time! The block was named after Cartoon Time's Roblox account. The block launched on August 23, 2020 as the replacement of both Cartoon Time! Movies and Cartoon Time! Quiz.

Freedom Friday
Freedom Friday was an American animated programming block that was the replacement of Fri-Date. The block was launched on September 23, 2011.

The block closed on September 20, 2013, before returning on September 23, 2016. However, The block closed again on September 20, 2019.

Hey! It's Not Fox!
'''Hey! It's Not Fox!''' was an American animated programming block which aired animated shows that were not made by Fox. The block was launched on March 5, 2014 and broadcasted Monday afternoons. The block was shut down on January 6, 2018 and was replaced by Non-Fox.

Feels Like Adults Movies
Feels Like Adults Movies was an American teen/adult-oriented nighttime movie programming block during Feels Like Adults, it aired movies that were rated PG-13 (TV-14), R (TV-MA) or NC-17 (TV-MA). The block was launched on September 29, 2019 as a separate block from Cartoon Time! Movies and was broadcast Monday mornings before Preschool Preschool.

The block shut down at 6am on May 4, 2020. The final movie screened was Skyscraper.

Cartoon Time! Movies
'''Cartoon Time! Movies''' was an American movie programming block that aired movies that were rated G (TV-G) or PG (TV-PG). The block was launched on June 20, 2001 and broadcasted Sunday nights before Feels Like Adults

On April 12, 2020, The block temporally closed and was replaced by Cartoon Time! Quiz a week later due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the final movie on the block was Rock Dog. On August 16, 2020, It was announced that It was permanently closed and was replaced by Cartoon Time! Games.

Cartoon Time! Quiz
'''Cartoon Time! Quiz''' was an American question programming block which aired Quiz Time! and What's The Answer?!?!!?!. The block was launched April 19, 2020 and broadcasted Sunday nights before Feels Like Adults.

It Temporally Replaced Cartoon Time! Movies due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. On August 14, 2020, The block was closed down and was replaced by Cartoon Time! Games.

Preschool Preschool
Preschool Preschool is an upcoming American animated programming block that will premiere on March 21, 2022 on television channel Cartoon Time! and streaming service Disney+, targeting preschool audiences from 2-6.

Trivia

 * Despite, Following:
 * Despite Disney's Acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Cartoon Time Confirmed That They Will Not Make a Mickey Mouse show.
 * Despite The Slogan Saying "America's 3rd Favorite Kids Channel", many people believe that Cartoon Time! is their 4th favorite kids channel, behind Cartoon Network
 * Despite the Fox Broadcasting Company and Fox Juneyur being owned by Fox Corporation, It is confirmed that Cartoon Time would be part of Disney and 20th Century Animation.
 * Despite 20th Century Fox Animation being renamed 20th Century Animation in January 2020, It is confirmed that programming block, Non-Fox, would not be renamed.
 * Despite being noted as Fox's first children's network, the network was originally owned by Warner Bros. until 1993
 * International Channels are owned by Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International.
 * Bobby's World Rock, Packey Make and Battle for Dream Island are currently the only shows on the channel that are rated TV-Y7
 * Battle for Dream Island's fourth season Battle for BFB (formerly Battle for BFDI) doesn't count, as its rated TV-PG.
 * All the Non-Fox shows except for Teen Titans Go! and Total Drama also don't count as they were made by other companies.


 * Cartoon Time!, Cartoon Network and Disney XD were hijacked on February 5, 2010 by an unknown person wearing an Alien mask making weird sounds.
 * This was the 2nd most popular broadcast interruption, behind the Max Headroom broadcast interruption in 1987.
 * Out of the 4 major children's networks, the only one that wasn't hijacked was Nickelodeon.

International Channels
Main Article: List of Cartoon Time! Channels

Current

 * Fri-Date
 * Big Group (TV-PG) (premiered on December 16, 1994)
 * Mr. Ice Cream (TV-PG) (premiered on January 8, 2016)
 * Bobby's World Rock (TV-Y7-FV) (premiered on September 27, 2019)
 * Liam Lincoln Leat (TV-PG) (premiered on December 13, 2019; to celebrate Liam Lincoln's 90th birthday)
 * Packey Mackey (TV-Y7) (premiered on February 14, 2020)
 * Luke and Friends (TV-PG) (premiered on September 24, 2021; reboot of the original)


 * Non-Fox
 * Animaniacs (from Warner Bros.) (TV-Y7)
 * Ed, Edd n Eddy (from Warner Bros.) (TV-Y7)
 * The Loud House (from Nickelodeon) (TV-Y7)
 * Teen Titans Go! (from Warner Bros.) (TV-PG)
 * Sidekick (from Nelvana) (TV-Y7)
 * Total Drama (from Warner Bros. and Fresh TV) (TV-PG)


 * Feels Like Adults
 * The Simpsons (TV-PG)
 * Family Guy (TV-14)
 * Live at the Apollo (TV-MA)
 * The Robloxers (TV-PG)
 * Shortland Street (TV-14)
 * Modern Family (TV-PG)
 * Eddsworld (TV-14)


 * Preschool Preschool (upcoming block)
 * Ant World (TV-Y)
 * Robloxers Babies (TV-Y)
 * Maggie Time (TV-Y)
 * Young Peter (TV-Y)
 * Lily Einstein and Her Imaginary Friends (TV-Y)
 * Bob The Baby (TV-Y)


 * Other:
 * Battle For Dream Island (game show) (TV-Y7 Seasons 1-3 TV-PG Seasons 4-onwards) (premiered on January 1, 2010)
 * Inanimate Insanity (game show) (TV-PG) (premiered on September 14, 2011)
 * Adventures of Clues (TV-PG) (premiered on November 3, 2001)
 * Modern Show (TV-PG) (premiered on January 1, 2015)

Former

 * Fri-Date
 * Luke and Friends (1986-2004, wasn't originally on Fri-Date) (TV-Y7)
 * The Goodies (1997-2004, wasn't originally on Fri-Date) (TV-Y7)
 * Future Kid (cancelled by Cartoon Time!, moved to Nickelodeon, later Cartoon Network) (TV-PG)
 * Canadian Boy (moved to Boomerang) (TV-PG)
 * The Frank Show (Cancelled) (TV-PG)
 * Clue Escapes (Cancelled; reruns 2011-2016) (TV-PG)
 * Kids on the Run (2015-2020) (TV-PG)


 * Feels Like Adults
 * The Cleveland Show (cancelled) (TV-14)
 * American Dad! (moved to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and TBS) (TV-14)


 * Non-Fox
 * Drawings: The Series (cancelled) (TV-Y7)


 * Other:
 * Roblox: The Show (based on the online multiplayer game) (TV-PG)