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With time ticking down toward the planned rollout of an ad-supported tier of HBO Max during the second quarter, key details like pricing, viewer experience and which programming will carry ads still remain under wraps. Even so, it is increasingly clear that kids and family programming is likely to be a key element in…

WarnerMedia is announcing a stepped-up commitment to preschool and kids programming across Cartoon Network and streaming service HBO Max, with a goal of reaching 50 original preschool shows in the next two years. The company made the announcement of the fall programming plans ahead of a virtual upfront presentation to…

On Wednesday, a Cartoon Network anti-racism spot became a top trend on Twitter. The video used characters from the Emmy-nominated Steven Universe to highlight inaccuracies in public education. While most supported the effort, some discussion threads devolved into a debate about the finer points of lightbulb…

Babs, Buster Bunny and the rest of the Acme Acres gang are back and headed to college. HBO Max and Cartoon Network have handed a two-season, straight-to-series order for Tiny Toons Looniversity from Warner Bros. Animation, Amblin Television and returning executive producer Steven Spielberg. Tiny Toons Looniversity is…

HBO Max and Cartoon Network are expanding their partnership with bestselling children’s book author, illustrator and playwright Mo Willems with a greenlight for three new projects. They are animated series Unlimited Squirrels!; CGI animated rock special Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Special; and a pilot order…

Dunna-dunna-dunna-dunna Batwheels! Warner Bros Animation has tooned up a new preschooler series featuring the most heroic and iconic vehicles from the DC Comics universe. The show a team of incredible crimefighters who have banded together to oppose evil, combat crime and clean up the streets of Gotham City will…

Tom Ascheim is headed to WarnerMedia. The former Freeform president has been named President of Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics for Warner Bros. He will oversee Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang, the studios of Cartoon Network and Warner Bros Animation in Los Angeles and will have global responsibility…

EXCLUSIVE: Cartoon Network has made a deal with Ben 10 producer Man of Action Entertainment and ZAG Entertainment for Power Players, a new CGI/live-action superhero series that will debut next month. The first six episodes of will preview beginning tomorrow across all Cartoon Network platforms including the CN App and…

The first look at Season 4 of Rick and Morty came out. Far out, as fans of the strange series have discovered. “Ominous Beeping Sound” was unveiled today at Comic-Con, spotlighting the efforts of an alien to thwart efforts to get to the mothership. Spoiler alert: He almost succeeds. The animated science fiction sitcom…

There’s a new original series coming to Cartoon Network called The Fungies!, the network announced today. The prehistoric comedy from Stephen Neary will explore Fungietown through the whimsical quests of Seth, one of the town's young mushroom inhabitants. In his search for the ultimate adventure, Seth often stirs up…

Infinity Train is making its first stop at the Cartoon Network station next month — several, in fact. The new animated series will launch with a five-night event starting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 5, on the WarnerMedia-owned cable net. Described as a wild adventure filled with puzzles and peril at every twisty turn…

Chance the Rapper, Estelle, Patti LuPone, Uzo Aduba, Gallant, and Aimee Mann are among the bold-faced names contributing music to Steven Universe The Movie, a musical version of the Cartoon Network series returning this fall. The music-filled adventure for Steven and his friends will mark his first television movie. …