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'''Cartoonito''' (also known as '''Cartoonito on Cartoon Network''') wasis an American weekday morning programming block on [[Cartoon Network]] and a content hub within the [[Max (streaming service)|Max]] [[Streaming television|streaming service]] that launched on September 13, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milligan |first=Mercedes |date=August 16, 2021 |title=Cartoonito Pre-K Block Debuts Sept. 13 on HBO Max & Cartoon Network |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/cartoonito-pre-k-block-debuts-sept-13-on-hbo-max-cartoon-network/ |publisher=[[Animation Magazine]]}}</ref> It aired series aimed at children aged 2 through 6, and was the first dedicated preschool block to air on Cartoon Network in over fifteen years.

==History==

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===Scheduling===

The block, originally eight hours in length between 6:00&nbsp;a.m. to 2:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]]/[[Pacific Time Zone|PT]] weekdays and two hours (6:00&nbsp;a.m. to 8:00&nbsp;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&nbsp;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 discontinuedretired on January 29, 2022, followed by the 11:00&nbsp;a.m. to 12:00&nbsp;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&nbsp;a.m. until the resumption of the academic year on September 5. A month later on October 3, the 6:00&nbsp;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&nbsp;a.m. endtime, then another half-hour cut on February 19, 2024, resulting in the block airing for only an hour between 7:30&nbsp;a.m.–8:30&nbsp;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 returned from hiatus with it now airing for only half-hour, but the programs air unbranded for the first time since 2006.

==Programming==