Cartoon Network (Johnsonverse)

Cartoon Network is an American cable channel focused on cartoons. It's headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is owned and operated by Johnson Industries. Before March 1, 2015, Johnson owned 50%, splitting the studio with Turner Entertainment, Co.

Development
In 1991, Johnson Industries purchased animation studio Hanna-Barbera for US $320 million. Turner licensed the Hanna-Barbera library, pre-1970 WB library, and the pre-1980 MGM library. On February 18, 1992, Turner Broadcasting System and Johnson announced their plans to launch the Cartoon Network as an outlet for Johnson's considerable library of animation.

2015-present
In 2015, Tim and Chloe Johnson were visiting Cartoon Network Studios when they got into a shouting match with the president and COO Christina Miller after the former two noticed how much of the schedule was dominated by reruns of the much-maligned show Teen Titans Go!. Miller kept insisting that the show was funny and popular, and went on to state how violent and raunchy such favorites as Adventure Time and Regular Show were. The next day, March 1, Johnson Industries announced it had acquired the remaining 50% of Cartoon Network from Turner, rumored to be a result of the argument.

Two days later, Tim disclosed the reason for the acquisition. The programming team Miller hired intentionally used Teen Titans Go! (which had been greenlit by Stuart Snyder, though he didn't have the same goal) to shaft any series she found inappropriate for children, with the endgame of turning Cartoon Network into a preschool-aimed network. As Johnson noted, however, many of the morals in TTG encouraged terrible behavior and even illegal acts ("Pyramid Scheme" encouraged Ponzi schemes, and "Hot Garbage" encouraged hoarding, for example). Further investigation found that Miller was in deep with a significant national criminal network, using TTG to create a new generation of criminals and anarchists. For her troubles, police arrested Miller, and executives banned TTG for its link to a crime ring. The crime ring quickly fell to raids by the National Guard. The remaining unaired episodes were burned off without notice in an early Sunday morning slot before all merchandise was pulled from shelves and destroyed. The entire writing staff, along with creators Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, were arrested for being members of the crime syndicate that concocted the series, and the official website and network advertising removed all references to the series. After that, Johnson deleted the original masters and ensured that the series was never aired again or mentioned. Despite this, all 104 episodes are still circulating online, and home video releases command high prices on eBay; Johnson has been working hard to take down these episodes and confiscate and/or destroy home video releases, treating the series with more contempt than The Cool Adventures of Chocodile. The series' wiki was seized by the FBI, though its Wikipedia page is still up, and Lost Media has a large amount of information on the series, including a comprehensive episode guide, screencaps and video fragments that survived Johnson's purge, various subliminal messages and pro-criminal propaganda found in the episodes, and outlines of more unproduced episodes and a planned theatrical movie. The few fans the widely-hated series did have accused Johnson of fabricating evidence of the series' connection to a crime ring, but are usually shut down very quickly by being presented with hard proof.

2015 also marked the first time the network aired a major sporting event, as multiple broadcast conflicts on other Johnson-owned networks saw the 2015 Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway moved to Cartoon Network. A demographics study conducted in 2017 revealed that airing the race on Cartoon Network had exposed the sport to a new generation of fans.

Ed Edd n Eddy was revived in 2016 with most of the original crew and creator Danny Antonucci (Tim even managed to lure Tony Sampson out of retirement to reprise his role as Eddy), as a continuation of the original series, as well as The Powerpuff Girls with creator Craig McCracken, and a revival of Young Justice, among others, were all greenlit. Tim, a longtime fan of Adventure Time, took personal control of the show and took over for Jeremy Shada as Finn. The resulting sixth season is often considered the best, due to fixing many of the issues of previous seasons (Tim was mainly out to reverse the widely-reviled break-up of Finn and Flame Princess), as well as better utilizing the cast of characters it had built over five seasons, vast improvements in the comedy and action (not to mention an uptick in the violence), and introducing several new main characters; the seventh season made international headlines when a lesbian couple (Princess Bubblegum and Marceline) was depicted in full; this resulted in the show being banned in Russia and various WBC shows making overt anti-Russian messages as a result. On November 30, 2016, CN bought the rights to the Nickelodeon series Harvey Beaks and renewed it for three additional seasons; it began airing on March 31, 2018 after Nickelodeon finished airing the second season on December 29, 2017. On June 29, 2017, CN bought the rights to the Hey Arnold! franchise (with the sixth season coming in 2019), and on August 24, 2018, CN bought the rights to Ren & Stimpy, a franchise Paramount refused to let Nickelodeon ever do anything with, the latter getting a revival in 2019, called The Ren & Stimpy Show just like the original, with creator John Kricfalusi heading the revival as director and the voice of Ren and Mr. Horse (Billy West also reprises his role as Stimpy), and several crew members returning. CN also bought the rights to Welcome to the Wayne on April 30, 2019, and renewed it for a third season that began airing in January 2020. The buyouts of the four shows forever branded all three franchises as the famous "Quartet of Traitors".



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 * Apple & Onion (2016)
 * Gravity Falls (2012-2016; reruns)
 * Ed Edd n Eddy (1997-2009; revived 2016)
 * The Powerpuff Girls (1998-2005; revived 2016)
 * Teen Titans (2003-2006; revived 2019)
 * The Kids of Hills Beach (2016)
 * Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020)
 * Craig of the Creek (2018)
 * Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004-2009; reruns)
 * OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (2015-2019; reruns)
 * UniKitty! (2017)
 * Steven Universe Future (2020)
 * Young Justice (2010-2013; revived 2019)
 * Summer Camp Island (2018)
 * Galactic Kids Next Door (2017)
 * The Patakis (2019)
 * Phineas & Ferb (2007-2015; reruns)
 * Milo Murphy's Law (2016; second-run from Disney Channel)
 * Welcome to the Wayne (2020; formerly on Nickelodeon from 2017-2019)
 * Harvey Beaks (2018; formerly on Nickelodeon from 2015-2017)
 * The Ren & Stimpy Show (2019; formerly on Nickelodeon from 1991-1995)
 * Regular Show (2010-2017; reruns)
 * Hey Arnold! (2018; formerly on Nickelodeon from 1996-2004)
 * Adventure Time (2010-2018; reruns)
 * Adventure Time: Parts Unknown (2020)
 * We Bare Bears (2015)
 * The Amazing World of Gumball (2011)
 * Mighty Magiswords (2015)
 * Villainous (2020)
 * Total Drama (2007)
 * Victor and Valentino (2019)
 * Infinity Train (2019)
 * Captain Planet: The Next Generation (2018)
 * NASCAR on WBC (2015; races relocated to Cartoon Network in the event of delays related to weather or accidents that are irreconcilable with other networks)

The Gerry Anderson Show (Saturday Mornings)

 * Fireball XL5
 * Stingray
 * Thunderbirds
 * Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
 * Terrahawks

Girl Power! (Sunday Mornings)

 * Sailor Moon Crystal
 * K-On! (Johnson Aligned Universe version)
 * Lucky Star (Johnson Aligned Universe version)
 * Tokyo Mew Mew (new dub created by Johnson)
 * The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Johnson Aligned Universe version)
 * Detective Jenny (edited to remove the most violent scenes)

Adult Alone Time (Friday Nights)
All shows in this block are regularly rotated.
 * The Simpsons (Seasons 1-10 only)
 * Family Guy (Seasons 1-4 only)
 * Bob's Burgers
 * Richie Rich (1980-1984 version)
 * King of the Hill
 * The Flintstones (Seasons 1-5 only)
 * Monster World (reruns)
 * Space Ghost: Coast to Coast (reruns)
 * Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (reruns)
 * The Brak Show (reruns)
 * Rick and Morty (second-run from Adult Swim channel)
 * Robot Chicken (second-run from Adult Swim channel)
 * The Boondocks (Seasons 1-3 only)
 * Archer
 * Duckman
 * Home Videos
 * Aqua Teen Hunger Force
 * Code Monkeys
 * Moral Orel
 * Squidbillies (second-run from Adult Swim channel)
 * Final Space
 * Bravest Warriors

Land of the Rising Sun (Monday-Thursday mornings)

 * Pokemon
 * Yo-Kai Watch
 * Sonic X (redubbed with current cast and uncut)
 * Speed Racer (original broadcast version)
 * Doraemon
 * Cardcaptor Sakura (new dub)
 * Powerpuff Girls Z (new dub with the original cast)
 * Astro Boy
 * WBC's Sgt. Frog (second-run from WBC)

Midnight Run (Sundays-Fridays)
All shows in this block are regularly rotated.
 * Tom & Jerry
 * Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies
 * Chocodile
 * Droopy
 * The Flintstones
 * The Jetsons (1960s episodes only)
 * Huckleberry Hound
 * Quick Draw McGraw
 * Atom Ant
 * Magilla Gorilla
 * Scooby-Doo (all versions)
 * Yogi Bear
 * Top Cat
 * Woody Woodpecker
 * Wacky Races
 * Snagglepuss
 * Yakky Doodle
 * Godzilla (redubbed with original Godzilla roars and with edited intro eliminating the Godzooky part)
 * Speed Buggy
 * Josie and the Pussycats
 * Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (removed after Bill Cosby allegations came out)
 * Johnny Quest (1960s episodes only)
 * The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
 * The Funky Phantom
 * The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
 * Hong Kong Phooey
 * Super Friends (and sequels)
 * Popeye the Sailor Man
 * Thundarr the Barbarian
 * GI Joe: A Real American Hero
 * The Transformers (Season 1-6)
 * He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
 * She-Ra: Princess of Power
 * Thundercats (original)
 * Star Wars: Droids
 * Ewoks
 * The Smurfs
 * Shirt Tales
 * Snorks
 * The Pirates of Dark Water
 * 2 Stupid Dogs
 * SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
 * Captain Planet and the Planeteers (Season 1-2)
 * Garfield and Friends
 * The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (live-action and The Legend of Zelda segments removed and replaced with new segments regarding Mario games)
 * The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
 * Super Mario World
 * BraveStarr
 * Mega Man (1994 series)
 * Private SNAFU (with contextual intro by Tom Hanks)
 * Beany and Cecil
 * Tales of the Wizard of Oz (restored by Johnson Studios)

Weekdays

 * 4 PM: Sailor Moon (Johnson version)
 * 4:30 PM: The Transformers (Season 7-13)
 * 5:00 PM: Dragon Ball Z (uncensored and with original music)
 * 5:30 PM: Voltron: Defender of the Universe (reruns)
 * 6 PM: Transformers: Cyberverse
 * 6:30 PM: Mega Man (Johnson anime; second-run)
 * 7 PM: Pokemon The Series: Sun and Moon (Johnson version)
 * 7:30 PM: Beast Wars: Transformers (reruns)
 * 8 PM: ReBoot (reruns)
 * 8:30 PM: Wakfu (Johnson version)

Midnight Run (Saturdays)

 * 10 PM: Gen:Lock
 * 10:30 PM: Dragon Ball Super
 * 11 PM: Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Space War
 * 12 AM: Fire Force
 * 12:30 AM: My Hero Academia
 * 1 AM: Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
 * 1:30 AM: Lupin The Third Part 5
 * 2 AM: Dr. Stone
 * 2:30 AM: Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
 * 3 AM: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet
 * 3:30 AM: KonoSuba
 * 4:00 AM: Detective Jenny (uncut)

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 * Elliott from Earth

Girl Power!

 * Squid Girl
 * Azumanga Daioh (Johnson version, subtitled)

Land of the Rising Sun

 * CLANNAD (Johnson Aligned Universe version)

Weekdays

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Season 7)

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 * Adventure Time (2010-2019)
 * Regular Show (2010-2017)
 * The Looney Tunes Show (2011-2014)
 * Steven Universe (2013-2018)
 * Teen Titans Go! (2013-2015)
 * Uncle Grandpa (2013-2017)
 * New Looney Tunes (2015-2019)