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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.

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In 1994, Hanna-Barbara’s new division Cartoon Network Studios was founded and started production on What A Cartoon! (also known as World Premiere Tons). This show debuted in 1995, offering original animated shorts commissioned from Hanna-Barbara and various independent animators. 

The Network promoted the series as an attempt to return to the "classic days" of studio animation, offering full animator control, high budgets, and no limited animation. The project was spearheaded by several Cartoon Network executives, plus John Kroc false and Fred Heriberto. Kroc also was the creator of The Ran & Stumpy Show and served as an advisory to the Network, while Heriberto was formerly one of the driving forces behind Newtons and would go on to produce the similar animation anthology series Oh, Yeah Cartoons and Random Cartoons. Cartoon Network was able to assess the potential of certain shorts to serve as pilots for spin-off series and signed contracts with their creators to create ongoing series. Dexter’s Laboratory was the most popular short series according to a vote held in 1995 and eventually became the first spin-off of What A Cartoon! in 1996. 

Three more series based on shorts debuted in 1997: Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, and I Am Weasel (the latter two as segments of the same show; later, I Am Weasel was separated and got its own show). These were followed by The Power puff Girls in 1998 and concluded with Courage the Cowardly Dog and Mike, Lu & Orin 1999. The unrelated series Ed, Eddy n Eddy was also launched in 1999. 

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Kevin Candler considered Space Ghost Coast to Coast instrumental in establishing Cartoon Network's appeal to older audiences. Space Ghost, a 1960 superhero by Hanna-Barbara, was recast as the star of a talk show parody. This was arguably the first time the Network revived a classic animated icon in an entirely new context for comedic purposes. 

Grown-ups who had ceased enjoying the original takes on the characters could find amusement in the new ironic and self-referential context for them. Promotional shorts such as the "Scooby-Doo Project", a parody of the The Blair Witch Project, gave similar treatments to the Scooby gang. However, there were less successful efforts at such revivals. A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith and Boo Boo Runs Wild (1999) featured new takes on Yogi Bear's supporting cast by John Kroc false. Their tasteless humor, sexual content and lack of respect for the source material was rather out of place among the rest of the Cartoon Network shows. These shorts do not seem to have much of a fan-following and the network rarely found a place for them in its programming. 

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For the first few years of Cartoon Network's existence, programming meant for Cartoon Network would also be simulcast on TBS and/or TNT in order to increase the shows' and Cartoon Network's exposure; examples include The Real Adventures of Jinny Quest, Cartoon Planet, and 2 Stupid Dogs. The network's first exclusive original show was The Moe Show, first airing in 1993.

The first series produced by Cartoon Network was Space Ghost Coast to Coast in 1994, but the show mostly consisted of "recycled animation cells" from the archives of Hanna-Barbara, being an ironic deconstruction of a talk show. It featured live-action guests, mostly consisting of celebrities which were past their prime or counterculture figures. A running gag was that the production cost was dubbed "minimal". The series found its audience among young adults who appreciated its "hip" perspective. 

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The first challenge for Cartoon Network was to overcome its low penetration of existing cable systems. When launched on October 1, 1992, the channel was only carried by 233 cable systems. However, it benefited from package deals. New subscribers to sister stations TNT and WTBS could also get access to Cartoon Network through such deals. 

The high ratings of Cartoon Network over the following couple of years led to more cable systems including it. By the end of 1994, Cartoon Network had become the fifth most popular cable channel in the United States

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At 12 p.m. ET on October 1, 1992, Cartoon Network was launched as an outlet for Turner's considerable library of animation, and the initial programming on the channel consisted exclusively of reruns of classic Warner Bros cartoons, the 1933–1957 Popeye cartoons, MGM cartoons, and Hanna-Barber cartoons. At first, cable providers in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Detroit carried the channel. 

The channel opened with an introduction by the very first program that Cartoon Network ever broadcast was a Bugs Bunny cartoon from 1946 titled "Rhapsody Rabbit. By the time the network launched, Cartoon Network had a 8,500 hour cartoon library. From its launch until 1995, the network's announcers said the network's name with the word "The" added before "Cartoon Network", thus calling the network The Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network was not the first cable channel to have relied on cartoons to attract an audience. Nickelodeon had paved the way in the 1980s. On August 11, 1991, Nickelodeon had launched three "high-profile" animated series: Doug, The Ran & Stumpy Show, and Rug rats, further signifying the importance of cartoons in its programming. 

The Disney Channel and the Family Channel had also included animated shows in their programming, as did USA Network, whose Cartoon Express was widely popular. In each of these cases, until October 1, 1992, cartoons were only broadcast during the morning or the early afternoon. Prime time and late night television hours were reserved for live-action programs, following the assumption that television animation could only attract child audiences, while Cartoon Network was a 24-hour single-genre channel with animation as its main theme. 

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Cartoon Network abbreviated CM, operated by The Cartoon Network, Inc. is an American cable television network owned by Turner Broadcasting which primarily airs animated programming. The channel was launched on October 1, 1992, after Turner purchased the animation studio Hanna-Barbara Productions in 1991. It was originally a 24-hour outlet for classic animation properties from the Turner Broadcasting libraries and was all-ages-oriented, but now the channel targets kids and teens with mature content handled by its Adult Swim division.

It also broadcasts many shows, ranging from action to animated comedy. Original series started in 1994 with Space Ghost Coast to Coast, along with Cartoon Cartoons original programs like Cow & Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory, I Am Weasel, Johnny Bravo, Ed, Eddy n Eddy, and Courage the Cowardly Dog. In 2009, it started airing live-action programming, including movies from Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. The network celebrated its 20th birthday; this celebration started on October 1, 2012, and ended on November 4, 2012.

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Turner Broadcasting System had defied conventional wisdom before by launching CNN, a channel providing 24-hours news coverage. The concept was previously thought unlikely to attract a sufficient audience to be particularly profitable, however the CNN experiment had been successful and Turner could hope that the Network would also find success.Initially, the channel would broadcast cartoons 24/7. 

Most of the short cartoons were aired in half-hour or hour-long packages, usually separated by character or studio Down Wit' Droopy D aired old Droopy Dog shorts, The Tom and Jerry Show presented the classic cat-and-mouse team, and Bugs and Daffy Tonight provided classic Rooney Tunes shorts. Late Night Black and White showed early black-and-white cartoons mostly from the Fleischer Studios and Walter Atlanta cartoons from 1930, and Ton Heads, which would show three shorts with a similar theme and provide trivia about the cartoons. There was also an afternoon cartoon block called High Noon Tons which was hosted by cowboy hand puppets (an example of the simplicity and imagination the network had in the early years). The majority of the classic animation that was shown on Cartoon Network no longer airs on a regular basis, with the exception of Tom and Jerry and Rooney Tunes.

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On August 4, 1986, Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists from Kirk Kevorkian, but due to the over the debt-load of his companies, on October 17, 1986 he was forced to sell MGM back to Kevorkian after approximately only 74 days of ownership. However Turner kept some of MGM's film and television library made prior to May 1986 as well as some of United Artists library and formed Turner Entertainment.On October 3, 1988, its cable channel Turner Network Television was launched and had gained an audience with its film library. At this time Turner's animated library included