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| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
In 2001, Cartoon Network premieres three new original cartoons, Samurai Jack, Time Squad and Grim and Evil (The predecessor show for The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and the lesser known series Evil Con Carne). Mike, Lu & Og concludes its run.
Show Info[]
Cartoon Network Original Series[]
| # Cartoon | Name | Premiere Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Mike, Lu & Og | November 12, 1999 | May 27, 2001 |
| 12 | Time Squad | June 8, 2001 | November 26, 2003 |
| 13 | Samurai Jack | August 10, 2001 | September 25, 2004 |
| 14 | Grim and Evil | August 24, 2001 | October 31, 2003 |
January[]
5[]
- The Powerpuff Girls episodes "The Headsucker's Moxy/Equal Fights" premiere.
19[]
- The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Courage Meets the Mummy/Invisible Muriel" premiere.
27[]
- The Big Game XXIX: Bugs vs. Daffy airs on Cartoon Network.
February[]
2[]
- The Johnny Bravo episodes "A Walk on the Stupid Side/Lone Star Bravo/Enter the Chipmunk" premiere.
9[]
- The Powerpuff Girls concludes it's third season with the episodes "Powerprof." & "Moral Decay/Meet the Beat-Alls".
16[]
- The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Human Habitrail/Mission to the Sun" premiere.
23[]
- The Johnny Bravo episodes "The Great Bunny Book Ban/Toy Boy Johnny/Frankenbravo" premiere.
March[]
16[]
- The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Courage the Fly/Katz Kandy" premiere.
30[]
- The Johnny Bravo episodes "Lord of the Links/Bootman/Freudian Dip" premiere.
April[]
6[]
- Season 3 of Ed, Edd n Eddy premieres with the episodes "Wish You Were Ed/Momma's Little Ed".
8[]
- The Chuck Jones Show premieres.
13[]
- The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Nowhere TV/Mega Muriel the Magnificent" premiere.
20[]
- Season 4 of The Powerpuff Girls premieres with the episode "Film Flam".
27[]
- The Johnny Bravo episodes "Lodge Brother Johnny/Chain Gang Johnny/Lumberjack Johnny" premiere.
May[]
4[]
- The Powerpuff Girls episode "Get Back Mojo" premieres.
11[]
- The Johnny Bravo episodes "Auteur! Auteur!/Runaway Train/A Reject Runs Through It" premiere.
18[]
- The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Bad Hair Day/The Forbidden Hat of Gold" premiere.
25[]
- The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "Once Upon an Ed/For Your Ed Only" premiere.
June[]
1[]
- The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Serpent of Evil River/The Transplant" premiere.
8[]
- Cartoon Network's 13th Original series & 10th Cartoon Cartoon, Time Squad, premieres with the episodes "Eli Whitney's Flesh-Eating Mistake/Never Look a Trojan in the Gift Horse".
18[]
- Betty Cohen, the first president of Cartoon Network, steps down.
July[]
22[]
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast airs its final episode on Cartoon Network.
August[]
10[]
- Cartoon Network's 14th Original Series, Samurai Jack, premieres as a television film titled "Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie".
13[]
- The Samurai Jack episode "Jack, the Woolies and the Chritchellites" premieres.
20[]
- The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Three Blind Archers" premieres.
22[]
- Jim Samples becomes Cartoon Network's second president.
24[]
- Cartoon Network's 15th Original Series & 11th Cartoon Cartoon, Grim & Evil, officially premieres with the episodes "Meet the Reaper/Evil Con Carne/Skeletons in the Water Closet".
27[]
- The Samurai Jack episode "Episode V: Jack in Space" premieres.
31[]
- The Grim & Evil episodes "Opposite Day/Emotional Skarr/Look Alive!" premiere.
September[]
2[]
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast begins to air on Adult Swim.
- Adult Swim aired for the first time.
3[]
- The Samurai Jack episode "Jack Under the Sea" premieres.
7[]
- The Grim & Evil episodes "Mortal Dilemma/Evil Goes Wild/Get Out of My Head!" premiere.
19[]
- The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "It Came From Outer Ed/3 Squares and an Ed" premiere.
20[]
- The Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes "Dueling Eds/Dim Lit Ed" premiere.
October[]
5[]
- The Grim & Evil episodes "The Smell of Vengeanace/Fiend Is Like Friend Without the 'R'" premiere.
12[]
- The Grim & Evil episodes "Devolver/Recipe for Disaster" premiere.
15[]
- The Samurai Jack episode "Jack vs. Mad Jack" premieres.
19[]
- The Powerpuff Girls concludes it's third season with the episodes "Helter Shelter/Power Lunch".
- The Grim & Evil episodes "Tiptoe Through the Tulips/A Dumb Wish" premiere.
26[]
- The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Car Broke, Phone Yes/Cowboy Courage" premiere.
- The Time Squad episodes "Kubla Khan't/Lewis and Clark and Larry" premiere.
29[]
- The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Scotsman" premieres.
November[]
2[]
- The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "Evil Weevil/McPhearson Phantom" premiere.
- The Time Squad episodes "Houdini Whodunit!?/Feud for Thought" premiere.
3[]
- The Flintstones: On the Rocks movie premiere.
5[]
- The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Lava Monster" premieres.
9[]
- The Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes "The House of Discontent/The Sand Whale Strikes" premiere.
16[]
- Season 3 of Courage the Cowardly Dog premieres with the episodes "Muriel Meets Her Match/Courage vs. Mecha-Courage".
18[]
- After originally ceasing production in 1999, season 3 of Dexter's Laboratory premieres with the episodes "Streaky Clean/A Dad Cartoon/Sole Brother" & "Mind Over Chatter/A Quackor Cartoon/Momdark".
19[]
- The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Warrior Woman" premieres.
26[]
- The Samurai Jack episode "Jack and the Gangsters" premieres.
30[]
- The Dexter's Laboratory episodes "Copping an Aptitude/A Failed Lab Experiment/The Grand-Daddy of All Inventions" premiere.
December[]
3[]
- Samurai Jack concludes it's first season with the episode "Aku's Fairy Tales".
7[]
- "A Johnny Bravo Christmas" premieres.
3-20[]
- Cartoon Network's 12 Days of Christmas aired from December 3 until 20, 2001 at 7:00 PM.