Cartoon Network Studios
American animation studio
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| 2023 | First original preschool series Jessica's Big Little World debuts, and continued expansion to Adult Swim with Unicorn: Warriors Eternal and Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. |
| 2023 | Craig Before the Creek, a prequel to Craig of the Creek, was produced. |
| December 5 2023 | It was revealed that the Hollywood Production Center had moved into the CN Burbank building, which Brian A. Miller confirmed had always been owned by HPC with Cartoon Network having a long-term lease. |
| August 1 2023 | Cartoon Network Studios relocated to Second Century Development as the company's new headquarters. |
| July 9 2023 | Miller announced via Twitter that the Cartoon Network Studios Burbank building would close its doors on August 1, with all operations transferring to Warner Bros. Animation in the new Warner Bros. Second Century building. |
| October 11 2022 | Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. Animation consolidated their development and production teams. Audrey Diehl now oversees kids and family, Peter Girardi oversees adult animation, and Sammy Perlmutter oversees animated long-form productions. |
| May 11 2022 | After Tom Ascheim's departure, Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics division was restructured, and Cartoon Network Studios was moved directly under Warner Bros. Television. |
| April 2022 | The 'Pibby' concept is expanded on during Adult Swim's April Fools broadcast. |
| 2021 | Jason DeMarco was named SVP for Anime & Action Series/Longform for Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios. Cartoon Network Studios Europe was renamed Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe as a tribute to the original studio. |
| 2021 | Dodge Greenley produces 'Pibby', a short concept trailer released on the Adult Swim YouTube channel, which gains widespread online popularity. |
| 2020 | Adventure Time: Distant Lands was released on HBO Max. |
| 2020 | We Bare Bears: The Movie and Ben 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie were produced. |
| 2020 | Starts producing series for HBO Max, including Adventure Time: Distant Lands and Close Enough. |
| August 2020 | WBA president Sam Register was appointed head of the studio. |
| August 2020 | Sam Register was appointed president of Cartoon Network Studios. Amy Friedman became head of programming after Rob Sorcher resigned to pursue an overall production deal with Warner Bros. Television Group. |
| 2019 | Cartoon Network Studios produced its first full program for Adult Swim: Primal, an adult animated series by Genndy Tartakovsky. The first five episodes were packaged for a limited theatrical release as Primal: Tales of Savagery. Adventure Time: Distant Lands was announced for HBO Max. |
| 2019 | First series entirely produced for Adult Swim, Primal by Genndy Tartakovsky, debuts. |
| 2019 | Steven Universe: The Movie was produced by Cartoon Network Studios. |
| 2018 | Adventure Time concluded after 10 seasons and 283 episodes. Close Enough was shifted from TBS to HBO Max. |
| 2017 | Samurai Jack was revived for a fifth and final season on Adult Swim, produced by Cartoon Network Studios to critical acclaim. The studio also announced a collaboration with Studio T to produce the adult animated series Close Enough for TBS. |
| 2017 | Myke Chilian's Tiggle Winks is greenlit as Tig n' Seek, with a cameo about its pick-up in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes' Crossover Nexus special. |
| 2017 | Adventure Time: Stakes and Adventure Time: Islands were co-produced with Frederator Studios. |
| 2017 | Stephen P. Neary's The Fancies is screened at the ABP Festival and greenlit as The Fungies!, with a cameo about its pick-up in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes' Crossover Nexus special. |
| 2017 | Matt Burnett and Ben Levin's Craig of the Creek becomes the thirteenth pilot from Cartoon Network's Shorts Development Program to be greenlit as a full series. |
| 2016 | The studio begins producing reboot series, starting with The Powerpuff Girls and Ben 10 reboots. |
| 2016 | The studio produced Mighty Magiswords, its first television series based on online shorts. |
| 2016 | Diego Molano creates the pilot for Victor and Valentino. |
| 2016 | Owen Dennis creates the pilot for Infinity Train. |
| 2016 | Julia Pott's Summer Camp Island is screened at the SXSW Festival. |
| 2015 | Long Live the Royals premiered and Cartoon Network Studios began producing reboots of The Powerpuff Girls and Ben 10. |
| 2015 | George Gendi's Apple & Onion is screened at the Annecy Film Festival. |
| August 2015 | Regular Show: The Movie had a limited theatrical release in independent theaters between August and October. |
| 2014 | Cartoon Network Studios produced its first miniseries, Over the Garden Wall. |
| 2014 | Daniel Chong's We Bare Bears, based on the webcomic The Three Bare Bears, is screened at the European KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival. |
| 2014 | The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed was produced by Cartoon Network Studios. |
| 2014 | Sean Szeles' Long Live the Royals is shown as an artwork at the Cartoon Network's Shorts Development Program. |
| 2014 | Nine members of the Boys & Girls Club of Burbank create a short film 'Revelation' for the 'Stop Bullying: Speak Up' campaign, including Tamara Chehata, Jonathan Morgan, James Casey, ZanyQa Price, Stephanie Reyes, Karina Lopez, Rosio Iniguez, Aaliyah Arellano, and Angela Ayvazyan. |
| 2013 | Patrick McHale's Tome of the Unknown is selected for LA Shorts Fest and greenlit as Over the Garden Wall. |
| 2013 | Sherryn Sim, an eighth-grade student, wins the second short in the Young Writers Program with 'You Are Special', used for the 'Stop Bullying: Speak Up' campaign. |
| 2013 | Skyler Page's Clarence becomes the second pilot from Cartoon Network's Shorts Development Program to be greenlit as a full series. |
| 2013 | Ian Jones-Quartey's Lakewood Plaza Turbo is greenlit as OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes. |
| 2013 | Rebecca Sugar's Steven Universe becomes the first pilot from Cartoon Network's Shorts Development Program to be greenlit as a full series. |
| 2013 | Begins producing groundbreaking series like Steven Universe and Uncle Grandpa, further diversifying its animation portfolio. |
| 2012 | Lillian Hughes, a fifth-grade student, wins the first short in the Young Writers Program with 'Mr. Pike'. |
| 2011 | Level Up pilot was created by Cartoon Network Studios and D and D Productions. |
| 2011 | Nick Cannon's Class Clowns becomes the first and only Cartoon Network Studios live-action short pilot to be greenlit as a TV series, leading to Incredible Crew. |
| 2011 | Garrett Frawley and Brian Turner create 'Attention Students' in co-production with Attention Productions |
| 2011 | Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United crossover film featuring characters from Ben 10: Ultimate Alien and Generator Rex was produced. |
| 2011 | Danny Kallis creates 'Aliens in the House' in co-production with Attention Productions |
| 2011 | Butch Hartman creates 'Dynamice!' in collaboration with Billionfold Inc. |
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