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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2021|9|13}}
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[High-definition television|HDTV]]<br />(downscaled to [[Letterboxing (filming)|letterbox]]ed [[480i]] for the [[Standard-definition television|SDTV]] feed)
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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]],'' a live-action/puppet television program by the [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]], and ''[[Small World (American TV series)|Small World]]'', an anthology of foreign children's shows. ''Big Bag'' and ''Small World'' moved to the 11:00 a.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]] hour on weekday mornings in 1998 before moving back to Sunday mornings later that year. After ''Big Bag'' and ''Small World'' left Cartoon Network's lineup in 2001 and 2002 respectively, an unbranded preschool block on weekday mornings consisting of ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'', ''[[Pecola (
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]]).
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===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
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
On September 1, 2025, the block will return from hiatus with it now airing for only half-hour.
==Programming==
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