Cartoon Network Studios is an American animation studio owned by the Warner Bros. Television Studios division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. The studio is the production arm of Cartoon Network, and was founded on October 21, 1994, as a division of Hanna-Barbera, until the latter was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. On July 21, 1999, Cartoon Network officially started the studio to separate itself from the complete folding of Hanna-Barbera into Warner Bros. Animation that started after the Time Warner merger. Following the death of the studios co-founder William Hanna in 2001, Cartoon Network Studios took over the animation function of Hanna-Barbera. Separating under Cartoon Network.
In recent years, there have been changes to the structure of Cartoon Network Studios. In 2022, Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. Animation consolidated their development and production teams as part of a restructuring by Warner Bros. Television. This followed the merger of Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios into one division in the previous year. According to, Cartoon Network will be going through an overhaul, merging with Warner Bros. Animation, as part of the media and entertainment conglomerate's plans. However, Cartoon Network is not completely gone, as stated in and.
