
Instead, they leaned into their weirdness (and sometimes grossness) to create fun and compelling holiday-themed episodes.

Since Cartoon Network is geared toward children, their Halloween-themed episodes tend to be less scary. However, it has cultivated a home for animated content that has lured both kids and even adult audiences over the years.

Though it operates under the same mindset as Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network has never had as much success as the other children's networks.

And as news of the merger began to hit the internet, Cartoon Network fans and ’90s kids who grew up on its programming took to Twitter to mourn what certainly seems like the end of an era.Cartoon Network was officially launched in 1992 and aimed at providing mostly animated content to younger audiences. While it remains to be seen what will actually happen with Cartoon Network programming going forward, this is certainly a cause for alarm. Conversely, WBA’s lineup has been focused on catalog characters, including titles such as Batwheels, Bugs Bunny Builders, Aquaman: King of Atlantis, Teen Titans Go!, Jellystone!, Animaniacs, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Harley Quinn, Justice League Action, and The Tom and Jerry Show.” Over the last decade, CNS produced shows such as Uncle Grandpa, Steven Universe, Clarence, Over the Garden Wall, We Bare Bears, Craig of the Creek, Summer Camp Island, Infinity Train, and Primal, to name just a few.

WBA has traditionally been a much more catalog/IP-driven studio, while CNS has been the studio that puts out original series and specials that occasionally become touchstones for generations of viewers. “This also seems an ominous sign for the future of new, original Cartoon Network animation. And as the animation news and trends website Cartoon Brew points out, here is why that could be a very bad thing for original content.
