8 Facts About Cartoon Network

1. On October 29, 2018, Cartoon Network announced it was going to establish its first amusement hotel in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania expected to open in Summer 2019.

2. On May 20, 2013, Cartoon Network gave a refresh to its look by adding new bumpers, graphics, and sounds.

3. On March 18, 2012, Cartoon Network aired its first documentary, Speak Up, an anti-bullying campaign featuring a special appearance by President Barack Obama.

4. In 2012, Cartoon Network acquired the television rights to The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, based on the web series, The Annoying Orange and added it to its primetime lineup.

5. In February 2011, Cartoon Network aired its first sports award show Hall of Game Awards, hosted that year by professional skateboarder Tony Hawk.

6. On September 20, 2008, Cartoon Network ended Toonami after its 11-year run.

7. In 1997, Cartoon Network launched a new action block entitled Toonami.

8. 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-Barbera, being an ironic deconstruction of a talk show.