2008

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2008 saw several programs outside of Adult Swim receive the TV-PG rating, including Total Drama Island. In addition, several Canadian imports started to take up more space on the channel, such as the aforementioned Total Drama Island, George of the Jungle (2007 reboot), and Johnny Test. Codename: Kids Next Door concludes during the first quarter of this year.

Show Info

Cartoon Network Original Series

# Cartoon	Name	Premiere Date	End Date
17	Codename: Kids Next Door	December 6, 2002	January 25, 2008
25	Camp Lazlo	July 8, 2005	March 27, 2008
26	My Gym Partner's a Monkey	December 26, 2005	November 27, 2008
27	Ben 10	December 27, 2005	April 15, 2008
29	Class of 3000	November 3, 2006	May 25, 2008
32	Ben 10: Alien Force	April 18, 2008	March 26, 2010
33	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack	June 5, 2008	September 6, 2010
34	The Secret Saturdays	October 4, 2008	January 30, 2010

European Co-Productions

# Cartoon	Name	Premiere Date	End Date
	Robotboy	Novembeber 1, 2005	September 18, 2008

Cartoon Network Live Action Series

#	Name	Premiere Date	End Date
1	Out of Jimmy's Head	September 14, 2007	May 29, 2008

Acquired Series

#	Name	Premiere Date	End Date
	The Mr. Men Show	February 4, 2008	October 19, 2009
	Chop Socky Chooks	March 7, 2008	January 31, 2010
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	October 3, 2008	March 7, 2014
	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	November 14, 2008	November 11, 2011
	Total Drama Island	June 5, 2008	December 18, 2008

January

5

• Goosebumps Shriek-end aired until 6th.

7

• Johnny Test first airs on Cartoon Network.

18

• George of the Jungle premieres.

21

• The series finale of Codename: Kids Next Door airs, after a day-long marathon dedicated to the series.

28

• Cartoon Network is launched in Turkey.

February

4

• The Mr. Men Show premieres.

12

• Season 2 of Transformers Animated begins.

24

• Bakugan: Battle Brawlers premieres.

March

7

• Chop Socky Chooks premieres.

April

13

• Ben 10 Week aired from April 13 to 18.

15

• The series finale of Ben 10 airs.

18

• Ben 10: Alien Force premieres.

May

18

• Nacho Day! aired.

25

• The series finale of Class of 3000 airs. It would later be confirmed that December that this was due to a lawsuit filed against Andre 3000.
• Out of Tune Toons aired from 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

27

• The series finale of Camp Lazlo airs.

29

• Out of Jimmy's Head is cancelled, due to a combination of bad ratings and the 2007 writers’ strike.

June

1

• YAARRRathon aired from 1:00pm to 9:00pm.

5

• The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack premieres.
• Total Drama Island airs on Cartoon Network for the first time.

8

• Cat Rules! aired.

15

• Best Father's Day Ever aired.

22

• Super Baby Stuffed Sunday aired.

29

• The Lost Ed's Marathon aired from 12:00PM to 8:00PM.

July

5

• Robotboy airs the second half of season 2.

14

• Noods bumpers air for the first time on Cartoon Network.

August

31

• Cartoon Network Australia rebrands to the New Wave look.
• Ben 10: Alien Force aired its season 1 finale.

September

1

• Pokemon Labor Day Marathon aired.

7

• Clash of the Islands Marathon aired.

20

• Toonami airs for the final time on Cartoon Network after 11 years. The last program to air on the block is Samurai Jack.

27

• The series finale of Robotboy premieres.

October

2

• Star Star Starsdays airs from 8PM-11PM.

3

• The Secret Saturdays premieres.
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars premieres.
• The Cartoon Network block You Are Here premieres.

5

• Goosebumps airs from 12PM Eastern/11AM Central to 7PM Eastern/6PM Central.

10

• Ben 10: Alien Force season 2 premieres.

12

• Underfist premieres at 7PM Eastern/6PM Central.
• A The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy marathon airs from 12PM Eastern/11AM Central to 7PM Eastern/6PM Central.

13

• Ghoulist Halloween Spooktacular specials start to air.

26

• Chowder Kitchen Nightmare Marathon aired from 12PM to 7PM.

November

14

• Batman: The Brave and the Bold premieres.

24

• Thanksgiving Movies at 8 aired, from November 24 to 27.

27

• The series finale of My Gym Partner's a Monkey airs.

December

1

• It's The Special Holiday Cartoon Network Holiday Specials aired, from December 1 to 25.

4

• Total Drama Island Finale Week aired until December 11th.

5

• Cartoon Network Asia rebrands to the New Wave look.

18

• The season finale of Total Drama Island airs.