Editing Cartoon Network Studios (section)

=== 1990s ===
In the 20th century, animation as a medium became popular on television. [[Hanna-Barbera]] became the premier studio for small-screen animated programs, launching a dominant series of [[Saturday morning cartoons|Saturday-morning]] fare, including ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[The Flintstones]]'', ''[[The Jetsons]]'', and more.<ref name="Bradway 2017 g500">{{cite web | last=Bradway | first=Rich | title=Hanna-Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning | website=Norman Rockwell Museum | date=April 1, 2017 | url=https://www.nrm.org/2017/04/hanna-barbera/ | access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref> By the 1980s, [[cable television]] was developed,<ref name="Adgate 2020 h573">{{cite web | last=Adgate | first=Brad | title=The Rise And Fall Of Cable Television | website=Forbes | date=November 2, 2020 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradadgate/2020/11/02/the-rise-and-fall-of-cable-television/ | access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref> with businessman [[Ted Turner]] one of its pioneers.<ref name="Wu 2010 e086">{{cite web | last=Wu | first=Tim | title=Ted Turner, the Alexander the Great of Television | website=Slate Magazine | date=November 11, 2010 | url=https://slate.com/technology/2010/11/ted-turner-the-alexander-the-great-of-television.html | access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref> Turner founded several cable channels and also acquired vast film libraries, and in 1991 [[Turner Broadcasting System|his company]] signed a joint deal to buy Hanna-Barbera.<ref name="The New York Times 1991 r821">{{cite web | title=COMPANY NEWS; Turner Buying Hanna-Barbera | website=The New York Times | date=October 30, 1991 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/30/business/company-news-turner-buying-hanna-barbera.html | access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref> The Cartoon Network was developed as a cable outlet to air these animated properties, which largely consisted of H-B [[reruns]].<ref name="The New York Times 1992 h246">{{cite web | title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Turner Broadcasting Plans To Start a Cartoon Channel | website=The New York Times | date=February 19, 1992 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/19/business/the-media-business-turner-broadcasting-plans-to-start-a-cartoon-channel.html | access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref> As the channel grew in subscribers, executives at the [[Atlanta]]-based company sought out original programming to supplement its catalog. Other animation-heavy cable channels, including [[Nickelodeon]] and [[Disney Channel]], founded their own in-house studios throughout the decade as well.<ref name="Los Angeles Times 1991 w840">{{cite web | title=Nickelodeon Betting on Cartoons : Television: The children's cable channel unveils three animated series Sunday in a bid to create a library of evergreens. | website=Los Angeles Times | date=August 8, 1991 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-08-ca-450-story.html | access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Verrier 2003 y950">{{cite web | last=Verrier | first=Richard | title=Disney's TV Cartoons Enter the Spotlight | website=Los Angeles Times | date=November 10, 2003 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-10-fi-diztv10-story.html | access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref>

Cartoon Network Studios originated in 1994 as a division of Hanna-Barbera that focused on producing original programming for Cartoon Network. Hanna-Barbera had been located on [[Cahuenga Boulevard]] in [[Los Angeles]] since 1963, and housed the studio, its archives, and its extensive animation art collection.<ref name="Los Angeles Conservancy q265">{{cite web | title=Hanna-Barbera Building | website=Los Angeles Conservancy | url=https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/hanna-barbera-building | access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref> Its first productions included ''[[What a Cartoon!]]'' (1995), an anthology series of short subjects serving as pilots for new CN programs. The first of these, ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', launched in 1996 and was an immediate success. The same year, [[Turner Broadcasting System]] was merged with [[WarnerMedia|Time Warner]], and Hanna-Barbera closed its Cahuenga campus, relocating to [[Sherman Oaks Galleria]] in nearby [[Sherman Oaks, California|Sherman Oaks]], where [[Warner Bros. Animation]] was located.<ref name="seibert">{{Cite web |last=Seibert |first=Fred |date=December 18, 2007 |title=Hanna-Barbera Studios, 1997 |url=http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/12/18/hanna-barbera-studios-1997/ |access-date=2012-12-14 |website=Frederator Blogs |publisher=[[Frederator Studios]]}}</ref> Over the course of this transition, the Cartoon Network Studios branding was briefly phased out, with newer programs, including ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' (1997) and ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' (1998), opting for H-B branding.