Cartoon Network Too


Cartoon Network Too was a British TV channel established by Turner Broadcasting. CN Too was the sister station of Cartoon Network, and it often aired programmes a while after they are shown on the main Cartoon Network. During the daytime, it usually aired some action-adventure programming such as ' and '. During overnight hours, usually between midnight and 6am, it also aired some shows which are no longer being produced, and are no longer in high demand. Cartoon Network Too was closed on 1 April 2014.

History

2006–2007: Launch and early years

On 24 April 2006, which was coincidentally the day Nick Jr. Too was also launched, Cartoon Network Too was launched on Sky. It also became available on SCTV Digital when that service became available in 2006, along with the main Cartoon Network Channel and Boomerang. The channel aired from 3am to 7pm, sharing a broadcast frequency with TCM 2, a UK-only spin-off station from TCM.
During its early months, Cartoon Network Too broadcast cartoons primarily made by Hanna-Barbera such as Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Wacky Races and Cow & Chicken. It also showed cartoons such as Ed, Edd n Eddy, The Cramp Twins and Courage the Cowardly Dog.

Introduction of Cartoonito block

Starting from 4 September 2006, the channel gave up 9 of its 16 hours of programming a day for Cartoonito as a programming block from 6am until 3pm. The channel's airtime remained 3am to 7pm, however actual Cartoon Network Too programming only aired between 3 and 6am then from 3 until 7pm, as the remaining hours contained Cartoonito's programming.

2007–2014: Cartoon Network Too as a 24 hour channel

On 23 May 2007 at 7pm, the old version of the channel closed for the last time. Then, on 24 May 2007 at 3am, Toonami was shut down permanently and Cartoon Network Too was moved into its slot, allowing a full Cartoonito channel to launch in Cartoon Network Too's original time-shared-with-TCM2 slot. Viewers of Toonami were given three weeks of notice before Turner took the channel off air. Cartoon Network Too was in the process moved to Toonami's former slot on Sky Digital channel 602 and was launched on Virgin Media channel 732, again replacing Toonami.
In June 2007, Cartoon Network Too became available on Top Up TV Anytime, which is a video-on-demand service. However, on 2 June 2009, it was removed, but the main Cartoon Network channel continues to be accessible via Top Up TV Anytime. In June 2010, Cartoon Network Too was removed from SCTV Digital as a result of that service going into administration. On 16 May 2012, Cartoon Network Too's logo was changed in line with the already updated main Cartoon Network logo.
On 1 April 2014, Cartoon Network Too was shut down, the final programme on the channel was an episode of Skatoony, followed by promos of what was airing on the main Cartoon Network, then a bumper following into a clip of Cartoon Network's promotional content from 2007, which was shown incomplete as Cartoon Network +1 was relaunched into Cartoon Network Too's channel space.

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