Cartoon 'toons up for '98; will add eight new series from Warner Bros. (Cartoon Network)

From: Broadcasting & Cable | Date: December 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Cartoon Network is bringing back some of its best-known strips and is launching a slate of new original cartoon series and features for 1998.

In a major acquisition deal with coowned Warner Bros. Domestic Pay-TV, Cable and Network Features, Cartoon will add eight animated series, including the Emmy Award-winning Batman: The Animated Series from Warner Bros. Television Animation. Each of the series will air exclusively on Cartoon.

The acquisitions also include Beetlejuice, based on the movie of the same name; Waynehead, which tells of actor Damon Wayans's real-life ...

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