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| Country | Singapore |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Philippines |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV(High-definition simulcast of CN Southeast Asia) 480iSDTV(Philippine feed; usually upscaled for high-definition TV sets) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery International |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | October 6, 1994; 31 years ago (1994-10-06) (as part of Cartoon Network Asia) September 1, 1995; 30 years ago (1995-09-01) (Localized feed for Philippine television) |
| Links | |
| Website | CartoonNetworkAsia.com |
Cartoon Network is a Philippinepay televisionchannel operated byWarner Bros. Discovery under its International division, which primarily showsanimated programming. The Philippine version is a branch ofCartoon Network Asia and broadcasts exclusively in the Philippines.
The channel started broadcasting on October 6, 1994, as part of Cartoon Network Asia. It was later separated from the Southeast Asia feed on September 1, 1995.
Cartoon Network Philippines was formerly part of Cartoon Network Asia, which was originally launched on October 6, 1994.[1] The Philippine feed started broadcasting on September 1, 1995, as it was originally time-shared withTNT Asia, operating from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; the TNT block changed into Turner Classic Movies and filling the remainder of the daily schedule.[2] It originally aired onlyHanna-Barbera cartoons such asThe Yogi Bear Show,Top Cat, andThe Flintstones. Cartoon Network is the first cartoon cable channel in the Philippines, withNickelodeon, launched in 1998, andDisney Channel in 2000, following suit. In 1996, the channel started to airMGM cartoons, such asTom and Jerry,Droopy, andSpike and Tyke. FollowingTime Warner's purchase of Turner later that year, the channel addedWarner Bros. shows, such asLooney Tunes and related cartoons, to its programming in 1997. In 1998, Cartoon Network started to air its first original shows:Space Ghost Coast to Coast andThe Moxy Show. The latter, however, was soon canceled.
On August 22, 1999, Cartoon Network Asia began adopting Cartoon Network USA's "Powerhouse" theme. That year, the network introducedDexter's Laboratory,Cow and Chicken,I Am Weasel,Ed, Edd n Eddy, andJohnny Bravo. New shows first aired the next year includedThe Powerpuff Girls,Mike, Lu & Og, andCourage the Cowardly Dog.
In 2001, Cartoon Network continued to air new original programs, such asSheep in the Big City,Time Squad, andSamurai Jack. The network dubbed these original programs "Cartoon Cartoons" and aired them on aprogramming block Friday nights. The same year, Cartoon Network expanded to a 24-hour channel like in the parent Southeast Asia feed and created other programming blocks, including Toonami, Acme Hour, Prime Time,Boomerang, and Cartoon Network After Dark. In 2002, the network expanded Cartoon Cartoons with new shows such asGrim & Evil,Robot Jones, andCodename: Kids Next Door.Justice League and¡Mucha Lucha! also debuted in 2002. Shows added to the line-up in 2003 include post-1948 Warner Bros. cartoons andX-Men: Evolution. In 2004,Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends was the only program to debut on the network. In 2005, the Boomerang programming block was made into its own channel.
On October 1, 2005, the networkbumpers were replaced with 3-D animations of the fictional "CN City", home to all the Cartoon Network characters. The network logo was also replaced. In 2006, several new Cartoon Network originals premiered, includingRobotboy,The Life and Times of Juniper Lee,Camp Lazlo,Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi,My Gym Partner's a Monkey, andSquirrel Boy. The Cartoon Cartoons moniker previously used for Cartoon Network originals was discontinued that year. Unusual for the network,The Simpsons, an adult-oriented cartoon, was also aired on Cartoon Network in 2006, albeit with a PG classification (with heavily use of editing and censorship, swears word has been cut out or muted).[3]
On August 31, 2008, the network changed the format of its bumpers and commercials, mirroring similar changes byCartoon Network Southeast Asia. During this time, older programs such asFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends andCamp Lazlo began to air less frequently, in favor of new shows such asBen 10 andThe Secret Saturdays. On December 5, 2008, Cartoon Network began to use the "New Wave" branding as with most Cartoon Network channels in Asia.
On October 1, 2011, Cartoon Network introduced new branding and a logo. Designed byBrand New School, it makes heavy use of a black and white checkerboard motif. The slogan "It's a Fun Thing!" was also introduced. Many older advertisements and bumpers from the previous branding were retained, albeit with the addition of the new logo. A separate high-definition feed was also launched on the same day. In late 2011, Xilam's popular animated seriesOggy and the Cockroaches was welcomed into its line-up and adored by the channel, and it still airs due to the said show being one of the network's top-viewed programs. In December 2012, Cartoon Network started aired past shows, such asBen 10 andCamp Lazlo, inHDTV1080i format instead ofSDTV480i format. Starting January 8, 2013, from 12:00 AM until 6:00 AM (PHT) each morning, Cartoon Network airs all shows and commercials in HDTV 1080i format.
The slogan "It's a Fun Thing!", which has been nearly obsolete since 2013, was replaced by "Are You CN What Where Sayin'" in November 2014. On January 1, 2015, Cartoon Network adapted CHECK It 3.0, then CHECK it 4.0 on December 31, 2015, to January 1, 2016. However, the remaining bumpers were still aired when it was rebranded that time. In mid-late 2016, all of the CHECK it 1.0 bumpers were replaced with CHECK It 4.0.
On March 18, 2017, the channel rebranded itself to Dimensional starting with the airing of the miniseries,Adventure Time: Islands. As a result, some promos and bumpers (including the PG advisory) are now utilizing the current branding as used in the United States, while other bumpers retained the old branding.
On April 4, 2019, the "Are You CN Sayin?"/"New New New New" branding was replaced with Mashup. It introduced the "NEW in 5, 6, 7, and 8", a weeknight block featured freshest new episodes every top of the hour, starting at 5:00PM until 8:00PM, and "Best Summer Day" block forsummer season. The said blocks and ident were used by their U.S. counterpart since 2018.
On January 8, 2022, Cartoon Network Asia, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan rebranded to Redraw your World. The video series "Craft Your World" will launch on Cartoon Network Asia and Crayola websites and social channels in the coming weeks until the end of 2022. "Redraw Your World" physical events are also taking place from February onwards in malls across the region, including Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. [4]
Cartoonito relaunched as a morning programming block on Cartoon Network Philippines, Asia and Korea on March 28, 2022. It offers a modern approach to preschool programming, built to support each child’s unique potential with its educational framework called “Humancentric Learning”.[5]
In August 2025, the network reconfigured to a16:9anamorphic widescreen standard-definition format, eliminating the use ofletterboxing. The change allowed for a widescreen presentation, optimizing the viewing experience for viewers with compatible widescreen televisions. Although this change didn't yet affect all providers, but major providers (includingCignal) were affected by this change, confusing viewers that it actually switched to 16:9 until a few weeks later, where it finally affected all providers.
In 2012, Cartoon Network became the number 1 kids channel in the Philippines.[6]
In 2019, Cartoon Network and its sister channel Boomerang ranked first in Mega Manila and National Urban viewership as stated by the gathered data from Kantar Media Philippines.[7]
GMA Network previously broadcastCow and Chicken,Johnny Bravo, andThe Powerpuff Girls in weekday mornings and afternoons in 2001. In 2008, few of the Cartoon Network programs likeCamp Lazlo andMy Gym Partner's a Monkey were shown on its sister networkQTV (nowGTV) until 2010, when TV5 acquired the rights of the entire Cartoon Network original programming. In 2019, GMA Network re-aired the original Ben 10 episodes every weekday mornings and Ben 10: Alien Force every weekends.
On October 18, 2010,TV5 launchedTV5 Kids presents Cartoon Network, a cartoon block which airs selected Cartoon Network programs dubbed inFilipino. The programs aired on the TV5 block includedBen 10,Ben 10: Alien Force,Ben 10: Omniverse,Codename: Kids Next Door,Courage the Cowardly Dog,Ed, Edd n Eddy,Powerpuff Girls Z,The Secret Saturdays, andTeen Titans. In 2013, TV5 aired more Cartoon Network shows to their block likeRegular Show,The Amazing World of Gumball andAdventure Time. On March 5, 2011,Generator Rex joins the weekend programming line-up of the network.[8] In 2015, the block has been axed, giving way for the return of TV5 AniMEGA.
The block returned in October 2016, after a year of hiatus but with only two new CN shows (We Bare Bears and the 2016 reboot ofThe Powerpuff Girls) which airs only every Saturday and Sunday mornings and it does not air any of its older CN shows mentioned above unlike the original airing of the block.
Since the network began airingNFL games in 2017 in the mornings, pre-empting the Cartoon Network and Boomerang block multiple times, the block was axed again in October 2017 as part of the network's shifting as a sports and news channel, led by their partnership withESPN International, re-branding its sports arm toESPN5 in the same month until March 8, 2020, when it was rebranded asOne Sports.
Starting July 20, 2020, the block has returned as "Cartoon Network on TV5 Kids" every Monday and Wednesday as part of the broadcaster's programming shuffle.
Around late 2015,Boomerang on TV5 Kids was launched. It airs a few programs straight fromBoomerang Southeast Asia andBoomerang Australia and New Zealand. All of the shows aired on the Boomerang block were dubbed in Filipino. As of 2017, TV5 AniMEGA is still airing.
Programs aired on the said block wereThe Looney Tunes Show,Rat-A-Tat,Inspector Gadget,The Powerpuff Girls andMr. Bean: The Animated Series (now onYey!) every weekday afternoons. On weekends, it airsWe Bare Bears and the 2016 reboot ofThe Powerpuff Girls, despite it does not air on all feeds of Boomerang.
On September 1, 2018, after a 1-year hiatus, Cartoon Network programs returned to free TV, this time overCNN Philippines. This is due to the growing trend of airing cartoons and entertainment shows on free-to-air news channels. Programs likeWe Bare Bears,Adventure Time,The Powerpuff Girls &Ben 10 are aired in its original language (English) instead of Filipino. The said shows are part of the newly launchedCNN Philippines Junior weekend morning block, which also coincides with the launching ofNewsroom Junior Edition.[9]
The Philippine feed Cartoon Network does not have its own HD simulcast; instead, thehigh definition simulcast ofCartoon Network Asia is distributed in some major TV providers such asSkyCable HD,Cignal HD andSky Direct, broadcasting at1080iHDTV.
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