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Cartoon Network, often abbreviated as CN, is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is the flagship property of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also houses the operations of Boomerang, Cartoonito, Discovery Family, Adult Swim, and Toonami under its purview. The channel is headquartered at 1050 Techwood Drive NW in Atlanta, Georgia.

Founded by Betty Cohen (who was also appointed by Ted Turner as the first president of the network), the channel was launched on October 1, 1992, and primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It currently runs from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET/PT daily, though the sign-off time varies with holidays and special programming. Cartoon Network primarily targets children aged 6 to 12, while its early morning block Cartoonito is aimed at preschool-aged children, and evening block Adult Swim targets older teenagers and young adults aged 18 to 34.

, Cartoon Network is available to approximately 66 million pay television households in the United States—down from its peak of 100 million households in 2011. (Full article...)

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"Finn the Human" is the fifth season premiere of the American animated television series Adventure Time. The episode was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Jesse Moynihan, from a story by Patrick McHale, Kent Osborne, Pendleton Ward. It originally aired on Cartoon Network on November 12, 2012. The episode guest stars Ron Perlman as the Lich, Kumail Nanjiani as Prismo (pictured), Ming-Na as Farmworld Finn's mother, and Cloris Leachman as Farmworld Marceline. The series follows the adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada), a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio), a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. In this episode, Finn Jake chase The Lich through a dimensional portal where they meet Prismo, a wish granter, who tells them that the Lich wished for the extinction of all life. The story for "Finn the Human" is a continuation of the plot from the fourth season finale "The Lich"; the plot was continued on into the following episode, "Jake the Dog". "Finn the Human" was watched by 3.435 million viewers and received largely positive critical acclaims, with many critics writing that the episode was a creative challenge.

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LED Mooninite, a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, used from the bomb scare in Boston in 2007.
LED Mooninite, a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, used from the bomb scare in Boston in 2007.
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LED Mooninite, a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, used from the bomb scare in Boston in 2007.

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