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'''Cartoonito''' (also known as '''Cartoonito on Cartoon Network''') is a programming block that airs on weekday mornings.morning Itprogramming premiered on September 13, 2021,block on [[Cartoon Network]] , and a dedicatedcontent sectionhub onwithin the [[ StreamingMax television|(streaming service )|Max]] [[ MaxStreaming (television|streaming service )|Max]] . Cartoonitothat targetslaunched aon preschoolSeptember audience13, around 2 to 6 years old2021..<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/cartoonito-pre-k-block-debuts-sept-13-on-hbo-max-cartoon-network/|title=Cartoonito Pre-K Block Debuts Sept. 13 on HBO Max & Cartoon Network|first=Mercedes|last=Milligan|date=August 16, 2021}}</ref> CartoonitoIt airs series marksaimed at children aged 2 through 6, and is the first dedicated preschool block to air on Cartoon Network in over fifteen years. ▼
▲'''Cartoonito''' (also known as '''Cartoonito on Cartoon Network''') is a programming block that airs on weekday mornings. It premiered on September 13, 2021, on [[Cartoon Network]], and a dedicated section on the [[Streaming television|streaming service]] [[Max (streaming service)|Max]]. Cartoonito targets a preschool audience around 2 to 6 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/cartoonito-pre-k-block-debuts-sept-13-on-hbo-max-cartoon-network/|title=Cartoonito Pre-K Block Debuts Sept. 13 on HBO Max & Cartoon Network|first=Mercedes|last=Milligan|date=August 16, 2021}}</ref> Cartoonito marks the first dedicated preschool block on Cartoon Network in over fifteen years.
==History==
===Background===
In 1996, [[Cartoon Network]] created a Sunday morning block of preschool programs., Itconsisting featured series such asof ''[[Big Bag]]'', (a live-action/puppet television program by the [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]]), [[Small World (American TV series)|''Small World'']] (an anthology of foreign children's shows), and ''[[Cave Kids]]''. However, ''Big Bag'' ran until 1998, while ''Small World'' ran until 2002. Once ''Big Bag'' left Cartoon Network'sthe lineup in 2001, its space was filled by ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'', along with ''[[Pecola]], [[Sitting Ducks (TV series)|Sitting Ducks]]'', and ''[[Hamtaro]]'', filled that space in 2003. The block moved to weekday mornings afterwardthereafter.
On August 22, 2005, Cartoon Network USA debuted [[Tickle-U]], the network's first official attempt at weekday-morning preschool [[Block programming|programming block]]. The block aired 2 hours from 9 a.m. 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> Itand featured a mix of domestic and foreign-imported series, targetedwith atinterstitial preschool-agesegments childrenhosted like its competitors [[Nick Jr.]] (on [[Nickelodeon]]) and [[Playhouse Disney]] (now [[Disney Junior]] on [[Disney Channel]]). The hosts wereby two animated [[Computer-generated imageryanimation|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 the lineupTickle-U included [[Warner Bros. Animation]]'s ''[[Firehouse Tales]]'' (theits onlysole original series), Canadian co-productions [[Gerald McBoing-Boing (TV series)|''Gerald McBoing-Boing'']], and ''[[Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs]]'' (both fromwith [[Teletoon]]/ and [[Treehouse TV]] and both co-productions), and British series such as ''[[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 closedended on January 13, 2006; some of its programmingsprograms still aired on Cartoon Network until 2007 and as part ofin the scheduleUnited ofKingdom theon [[Cartoonito (British and Irish TV channel)|Britishthe variation ofnative Cartoonito channel]].
===Launch===
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