SB-03: Cartoon Network 1.0 | Step Three: Breaking The Long-Time Tension

Originally Posted by Jeff Harris

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The barrier between Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Animation was dissolved once the two units merged becoming Warner Cartoon Group. Since Boomerang is the classic cartoon network and Checkerboard is a kids network, the new Cartoon Network should be their shining star in the universe. Think of the network as their mansion, or to use the current vernacular, their crib.

You've seen the epynomously-named series on MTV where celebrities show off their extravagant homes and the treasures within it that make us all envious, right? Well, Cartoon Network should be Warner Cartoon Group's equivalent of a "crib."

The best Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera, WCG Legacy, and Cartoon Network shows and shorts should be on prominent display throughout their lineups. Looney Tunes, Powerpuff Girls, Batman, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, Huckleberry Hound, Dexter's Laboratory, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, Justice League, Popeye, Samurai Jack, Megas XLR, Kids Next Door and others would become the faces of Cartoon Network.

Warner Cartoon Group would also produce and animate a minimum of five series per year for the new Cartoon Network (two from LA, two from the ATL, and one international co-production) in addition to producing new stand-alone shorts for the network on both coasts. WCG will go out of their way to return their stable of characters back into the public consciousness courtesy of the new Cartoon Network.

Shows from the unified Warner Cartoon Group will make up about 75% of the total programming on the new Cartoon Network. Where does that lead the remaining 25% of cartoons? I'll explain right here.