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Cartoon Network has, during its history, broadcast most of the Warner Bros. animated shorts originally created between the 1930 and the 1960, but the censorship practices of the Network and its corporate parent resulted in editing out scenes depicting discharge of gunfire, alcohol ingestion, cowboys and Indians gags, and politically incorrect humor. The unedited versions were kept from both broadcasting and wide release on the video market. Coal Black and DE Sabin Dwarfs 1943, a politically incorrect but critically well-regarded short, was notably omitted entirely, while The Scarlet Pumpernickel 1950 and Feed the Kitty 1952, both well-regarded, had their finales heavily edited due to violence.

There was controversy in 2001 over a network decision concerning further omissions from broadcasting. The Cartoon Network scheduled a 49-hour-long marathon promising to broadcast every Bugs Bunny animated short in chronological order. The network originally intended to include 12 shorts that had become controversial for using ethnic stereotypes, albeit broadcasting them past midnight to ensure no children were watching, with introductions concerning their historic value as representatives of another time. The network's corporate parent, however, considered it likely that there would be complaints concerning racial insensitivity. 

This led to all 12 being omitted in their entirety. Laurie Goldberg, vice-president of public relations, defended the decision, stating, We're the leader in animation, but we're also one of the top-rated general entertainment networks. There are certain responsibilities that come with that Following complaints by its adult fan base, the Network offered a compromise solution: the 12 omitted animated shorts would be included in upcoming documentaries. The first such documentary was a special on "The Wartime Cartoons". It notably included Herr Meets Hare 1945 in its entirety, but only certain clips of Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips 1943. Kevin Handler considered it a positive sign of the Network being willing to "confront and unveil" some of the dishonorable aspects of animated history, but noted that so far only the Warner Bros. shorts got this serious treatment, not the MGM animated shorts also broadcast by the network.

When Cartoon Network began rerunning the original Rooney Tunes again in March 2011 given their own time slot this time in place of marathons during New Year's Day, most censored scenes in some cartoons along with original title cards have been reinstated, such as gunfire and alcohol, though the network still edits out racially insensitive scenes. 

Two of the network's shows, Adventure Time, and Regular Show, have shown scenes of violence, mild profanity, and sexual references Adventure Time shows more of the sexual references, which is why both cartoons are rated TV-PG. Sometimes, the network may remove the scenes once more after the first broadcast, or will leave them unedited. Examples of cartoons that have had their censored scenes and title cards reinstated include Scared Cat and two cartoons that have shown gunfire. Many licensed anime programs broadcast on its action-themed block Tami had to be edited for content in order to receive a TV-Y7 rating. Mostly since many of these series had objectionable content that could considered offensive or inappropriate to its younger viewers. Despite that Tami managed to get these series on the air through editing out heavy amounts of violence, 

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After announcing two new live action shows in Unnatural History and Tower Prep, which were both cancelled after their first seasons, Cartoon Network acquired the game show, Hole in the Wall. By the end of 2011, Hole in the Wall and the final two CM Real shows, Destroy Build Destroy and Dude, What Would Happen were removed from Cartoon Network's schedule completely, In 2012.

Cartoon Network acquired TV rights to the famous Web series, The Annoying Orange and added it to its prime time lineup. For a short time, Cartoon Network also returned two 1960 cartoons, The Flintstones and The Jet sons, to its daytime lineup, after several years of being seen only on Boomerang. It was announced Thursday, February 2, 2012 that Telethon would be launching a Canadian version of Cartoon Network. It will also include a Canadian version of the overnight block Adult Swim. This channel launched on July 4, 2012

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In June 2009, a block of live-action reality shows, The Other spiders, Survive This, Brain Rush, Destroy Build Destroy, Dude, What Would Happen and Bobble Says, began airing in a programming block promoted as CN Real. The network also aired some limited sports programming, including basketball recaps and Slam ball games, during the commercials. 

The block proved to be unpopular, getting criticized by critics and longtime fans for going against the network's name and initial goal. As a result, the block was cancelled in October.A new identity for the channel was introduced on May 29, 2010, along with a new theme and new bumpers. The network's current branding, designed by Brand New School, makes heavy use of the black and white checkerboard which made up the network's first logo, as well as various RGB color variations and various patterns. Since December 27, 2010, Adult Swim began starting 1 hour earlier at 9 PM.

In February 2011, Cartoon Network aired their first sports award show, called Hall of Game Awards, hosted by Tony Hawk. The second Hall of Games Awards aired February 20, 2012 was hosted by Dishabille O'Neal.

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At its 2011 upfront, Cartoon Network announced 14 new series, including Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Problem Solvers, formerly known as Neon Nome, The Looney Tunes Show, Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Level Up, a scripted live-action comedy series with a 90-minute starting film, Tower Prep, Green Lantern, Dragons: Riders of Bark, the series based on the DreamWorks film, How to Train Your Dragon, The Amazing World of Gumball, Total Drama.

Revenge of the Island, the 4th season of Total Drama Thunder Cats, Ninja g: Masters of Spin jets and Ben 10: Omnivores The network announced a new block planned to air called "DC Nation"; this block will focus on the titular heroes, the first being Green Lantern. 9 Story's Almost Naked Animals, an animated comedy about a group of shaved animals in their underwear running a hotel called the Banana Cabana, was also picked up by the network and made its US debut on June 13, 2011, the same premiere date as another Canadian-acquired animated series, Sidekick. 

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Cartoon Network announced at its 2008 Upfront that it was working on a new project called Cartoon statute, which was headed by animators Craig Gimcrackery as executive producer and Rob Ran zeta as supervising producer. Both reported to Rob Scorcher, who created the idea. 

It would have worked similar to What A Cartoon!, by creating at least 150 pieces of animation within 20 months. Cartoon statute was eventually cancelled, and out of all the shorts, two regular Show and Secret Mountain Fort Awesome were selected, after animator Craig Gimcrackery (the creator of The Power puff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) eventually left the network after 15 years in 2009^]. On September 20, 2008, Cartoon Network ended Tatami after its 11-year run.

Beginning May 25, 2008, Cartoon Network began airing animated shorts, called Wedgies, to fill in spots between two programs. On July 14, 2008, the network took on a newer look created by Tristan Eaton and was animated by Crew 972. The bumpers of that era had white, faceless characters called Roods, based on the YID toy, Many. The standard network logo was then completely white, adopting different colors based on the occasion in the same style. 

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These original series were intended to appeal to a wider audience than the average Saturday morning cartoon. Linda Same, vice-president of original animation, reminded adults and teenage girls that cartoons could appeal to them as well. Kevin Candler's article of them claimed that these cartoons were both less bawdy than their counterparts at Comedy Central and less "socially responsible" than their counterparts at Nickelodeon. 

Candler pointed to the whimsical rebelliousness, high exaggeration, and self-consciousness of the overall output, while each individual series manage. In 1996, Turner merged with Time Warner. This consolidated ownership of all the Warner Bros. cartoons, so now post-July 1948 and the former Sunset-owned black-and-white cartoons which Warner Brothers had reacquired in the 1960 releases were being shown on the network. 

Although most of the post-July 1948 cartoons were still contracted to be shown on Nickelodeon, the network wouldn't air them until September 1999. Newer animated productions by Warner Bros. also started appearing on the network mostly reruns of shows that had aired on Kids' WB, plus certain new programs such as Justice League Cartoon Network's programming wouldn't be available in Canada until 1997, when a Canadian specialty network entitled Telethon and its French language counterpart launched.

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Adult Swim debuted on September 2, 2001 with an episode of Home Movies. Adult Swim was also where Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Sea lab 2021, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force made their official debuts, although they first aired in December 2000, while Space Ghost Coast to Coast was on hiatus. The first theatrical film The Power puff Girls Movie was released on July 3, 2002, which received mixed to positive reviews by critics.

At 5AM ET on the morning of June 14, 2004, Cartoon Network debuted its second logo and its slogan, “This is Cartoon Network!” The bumpers now featured 2Dcartoon characters from their shows interacting in a CGI city composed of sets from their shows. By now, nearly all of Cartoon Network's classic cartoon programming had been relocated to its sister network Boomerang to make way for new programming. Jim Samples, president of the Cartoon Network since August 2001, resigned on February 9, 2007 due to the 2007 Boston bomb scare. Following Samples’ resignation, Stuart Snyder was named his successor. 

On September 1, 2007, the network look was revamped, and bumpers and station identification were themed to The Hives song fall is Just Something That Grown-Ups Invented. On October 15, 2007, the channel began broadcasting in 1080i high definition. Every October since 2007, Cartoon Network would air 40 episodes of the former Fox Kids program Goosebumps, though Cartoon Network lost the rights to the show on October 31, 2009 and stopped airing the program Starting in the end of 2007, the network has also began to air some imported programs from Tele ton such as George of the Jungle, Atomic Betty, 6teen, beluga Battle Brawlers, Stoked, and the Total Drama Series.