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| network = [[Cartoon Network]]
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'''Cartoonito''' (also known as '''Cartoonito on Cartoon Network''')
==History==
===Background===
In 1996, [[Cartoon Network]] created a Sunday morning block of preschool programs, consisting of ''[[Big Bag]],''
On August 22, 2005, Cartoon Network debuted ''[[Tickle-U]]'', the network's first official attempt at weekday-morning preschool [[Block programming|programming block]]. The block aired from 9 to 11 a.m.<ref>{{cite web |date=22 August 2005 |title=Cartoon Network Unveils 'Tickle U.' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/cartoon-network-unveils-tickle-u |access-date=8 April 2018 |publisher=[[Fox News]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Linn, Susan |date=15 August 2005 |title=Cartoon Network's "Tickle U" Is No Laughing Matter; CCFC Urges Families to Stay Away From New Preschool Programming |url=http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/cartoon-network%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ctickle-u%E2%80%9D-no-laughing-matter-ccfc-urges-families-stay-away-new-preschool |access-date=8 April 2018 |publisher=Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood |archive-date=July 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708022901/http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/cartoon-network%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ctickle-u%E2%80%9D-no-laughing-matter-ccfc-urges-families-stay-away-new-preschool |url-status=dead }}</ref> and featured a mix of domestic and foreign-imported series, with interstitial segments hosted by two [[Computer animation|CGI]] characters: a red [[butterfly]]-like creature named Pipoca (voiced by [[Ariel Winter]]) and a yellow [[rabbit]]-like creature named Henderson (voiced by [[Tom Kenny]]).
Programs on Tickle-U included [[Warner Bros. Animation]]'s ''[[Firehouse Tales]]'' (its sole original series), Canadian co-productions ''[[Gerald McBoing-Boing (TV series)|Gerald McBoing-Boing]]'' and ''[[Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs]]'' (with [[Teletoon]] and [[Treehouse TV]]), and British series ''[[Gordon the Garden Gnome]]'', ''[[Little Robots]]'', ''[[Peppa Pig]]'' and ''[[Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!]]'', some of which were re-dubbed for American audiences. The block was criticized by the [[Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood|CCFC]], for its marketing strategies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-08 |title=Cartoon Network's "Tickle U" Is No Laughing Matter; CCFC Urges Families to Stay Away From New Preschool Programming {{!}} Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood |url=https://commercialfreechildhood.org/cartoon-network%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ctickle-u%E2%80%9D-no-laughing-matter-ccfc-urges-families-stay-away-new-preschool |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708022901/https://commercialfreechildhood.org/cartoon-network%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ctickle-u%E2%80%9D-no-laughing-matter-ccfc-urges-families-stay-away-new-preschool |archive-date=8 July 2017 |access-date=2021-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |title=Network hopes to help develop preschoolers' sense of humor |url=https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/network-hopes-to-help-develop-preschoolers-sense-of-humor/article_5ca943f4-6171-50b7-a954-bb8a4abc6508.html |access-date=2020-12-17 |website=East Valley Tribune |date=October 25, 2005 |language=en}}</ref> Tickle-U ended on January 13, 2006; some of its programs still aired on Cartoon Network until 2007 and in the United Kingdom on [[Cartoonito (British and Irish TV channel)|the native Cartoonito channel]].
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On June 14, 2021, Cartoonito's [[YouTube]] channel uploaded videos featuring new [[Station identification|idents]] of the block's programs (which included ''[[Esme & Roy]]'', ''Mush-Mush & the Mushables'', ''[[Care Bears: Unlock the Magic]]'', and ''[[Love Monster (British TV series)|Love Monster]]''), and a newsletter was announced, with a new banner and avatar on the Cartoonito YouTube Channel in July.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrFslqncMIdjD2WfB6pAcEg|title=Cartoonito - YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> A trailer for the block was released on July 29, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/|access-date=2021-07-30|website=www.youtube.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name="awn">{{cite news | url=https://www.awn.com/news/cartoonito-debuts-program-trailer-and-sneak-peek-clips | title=Cartoonito Debuts Program Trailer and 'Sneak Peek' Clips | work=Animation World Network | date=July 29, 2021 | accessdate=August 21, 2021}}</ref>
===Scheduling===
The block, originally eight hours in length between 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]]/[[Pacific Time Zone|PT]] weekdays and two hours (6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. ET/PT) on weekends, premiered on September 13, 2021 with an episode of ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/cartoonito-pre-k-block-debuts-sept-13-no-hbo-max-cartoon-network/|title=Cartoonito Pre-K Block Debuts Sept. 13 on HBO Max & Cartoon Network|publisher=[[Animation Magazine]]|date=August 16, 2021|accessdate=August 19, 2021}}</ref> From there, the block would lose time due to viewer and ratings feedback, with the 1:00 p.m. hour returning to Cartoon Network on November 16 of the same year, then the noon hour on December 20. The weekend schedule was entirely retired on January 29, 2022, followed by the 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon block two days later.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Cocomelon" Joins Cartoon Network's Cartoonito Block – Nickandmore! News|date=January 27, 2022 |url=https://www.nickandmore.com/news/cocomelon-joins-cartoon-networks-cartoonito-block/|access-date=2022-02-03|language=en-US}}</ref>
Through the summer of 2022, the block ended at 11:00 a.m. until the resumption of the academic year on September 5. A month later on October 3, the 6:00 a.m. hour was abandoned for Cartoon Network content, leaving it as a four-hour block going into 2023. It underwent two additional cuts, with 2½ hours removed on March 13 with a new 9:00 a.m. endtime, then another half-hour cut on February 19, 2024, resulting in the block airing for only an hour between 7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. until its summer hiatus on May 23, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schedules |first=CN News/ |title=CN News Schedules |url=https://twitter.com/cnschedules/status/1528532751900676096?lang=en |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref>
On September 1, 2025, the block will return from hiatus with it now airing for only half-hour.
==Programming==
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