How HBO Max recreates the problem Cartoon Network was created to solve

For those who need a quick recap on Ted Turner, he's the closest thing to Doug Dimmadome from "The Fairly Oddparents" in real life. He is the founder of TNT, TBS and CNN, owner of the Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Braves as well as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), is the co-creator of "Captain Planet and the Planeteers", is the "Turner" in "Turner Classic Movies", and dubbed the anti-abortion "bozos". When it comes to billionaire corporate overlords, Ted Turner has a lot more going for him than most.

In 1986, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists from Kirk Kerkorian but ended up selling it back to him after two and a half months, while retaining the majority of the MGM film and library two years later, Turner launched TNT with this impressive library, which included the MGM cartoon library, pre-1948 "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" shorts, most of the "Merrie Melodies" by Harman-Ising. ", and the "Popeye" cartoons. Less than five years later, Turner would spend $320 million to acquire the rights to the Hanna-Barbera Animation Library. animation, with no real outlet to present them.

Turner was playing a game of 3D chess with its animation acquisitions, recognizing a gap in the market for a 24/7 channel offering cartoon entertainment for all ages . The man invented the 24-hour news channel, and recognizing the potential of another 24-hour station was revolutionary. He asked Betty Cohen, TNT's senior vice president at the time, to cook up a channel to house their library, and Cartoon Network was finally announced in 1992.