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48-432: Williams Street Productions, LLC , formerly known as Ghost Planet Industries , is an American animation and live action television production studio owned by The Cartoon Network, Inc. division of Warner Bros. Discovery Networks , a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery . The studio is the in-house production arm of Adult Swim (the programming block on Cartoon Network ). Mike Lazzo and Keith Crofford oversaw operations for

96-465: A chance. They didn't listen. They decided to produce their own series pilot. On a shoestring budget, they tried to come up with compatible ideas. During brainstorming, they realized they could simply re-use footage of any animation in the Turner library. They eventually settled on Space Ghost and Dino Boy . Because they felt it would fit, they paired it with Mike Lazzo's idea of a satirical talk show with

144-488: A clueless host asking guests a stream of stupid questions. The final pilot featured rotoscoped animation superimposed on a simple background and used CNN interview footage for the live-action interview. They went back to Turner and presented the pilot, and Space Ghost Coast to Coast was then greenlit for a ten-episode season. Work began, and the minor CN production/storage facility became its own studio, named after Coast to Coast's own in-show one: Ghost Planet Industries. Soon

192-479: A lawsuit against AT&T and Time Warner in an attempt to block the merger, citing antitrust concerns surrounding the transaction. U.S. clearance of the proposed merger—which had already received approval from European , Mexican , Chilean and Brazilian regulatory authorities—was affirmed by court ruling on June 12, 2018, after District of Columbia U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon ruled in favor of AT&T, and dismissed antitrust claims asserted in

240-536: A light plastic yellow cape. A transparent variant "invisible" figure and a variant with electric "light up" powerband were also released. A repaint of this figure was used to create a Space Spectre figure. In 2012, a new Space Ghost figure was released in the Jazwares Hanna-Barbera series and came with a pack-in of Blip. In 2016, Funko released 4 Pop! Vinyl Figures: Space Ghost, Brak, Space Ghost Invisible and Zorak. The last two were exclusive to

288-407: A minor local channel, the station grew into success and was re-launched as WTBS in 1979. Then, after a five-year period, WTBS was renamed TBS Superstation . During this time, Turner also created CNN , a 24-hour news network. Both became the standard for cable providers by the late 80s. Due to this success, the studio building became too small to operate as a headquarters. A new campus was built across

336-481: A network to house these programs. On February 18, 1992, Turner Broadcasting announced its plans to launch Cartoon Network as an outlet for an animation library. On March 12, 1992, The Cartoon Network, Inc. was founded one month after Turner's plan was announced. On October 1, 1992, its namesake TV channel officially launched as the first 24-hour single-genre cable channel with animation as its main theme. In 1994, Hanna-Barbera's new division Cartoon Network Studios

384-783: Is best known as the announcer for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In . In the original series, Space Ghost was an intergalactic crime fighter from the Ghost Planet. He had the ability to become invisible (referred to as "Inviso Power") via his belt, fly, and survive in space. His principal weapons were his power bands which displayed beam-based attacks including heat, cold, magnetism, energy, and force among others. Space Ghost's sidekicks are Jan (voiced by Ginny Tyler ), Jace (voiced by Tim Matheson ), and their pet monkey Blip (vocal effects provided by Don Messick ). Space Ghost would fight such recurring supervillains as: The original series shared time with an unrelated segment called Dino Boy in

432-446: Is only for video games licensed by Williams Street Games; see Adult Swim Games for other video games produced after the label's dissolution. Williams Street formed their own music label, Williams Street Records . The label was created after Jason DeMarco, Adult Swim's vice president of strategic marketing and promotions, worked on Danger Doom , a project with Danger Mouse and MF Doom in 2005. Danger Mouse had previously worked on

480-717: Is the only EMEA -marketed feed not broadcast in English. On November 17, 2010, the Dutch feed relaunched and started broadcasting 24 hours a day and with a new logo. All programs and ads air in Dutch. The Spanish feed shut down in 2013, together with the Spanish Cartoonito . The Spanish feed relaunched as part of Latin America in August 2013. This market can still watch Cartoon Network on Boing , The African Portuguese feed

528-525: Is voiced by George Lowe and his real name is Tad Ghostal. The show reused animation cels from the Hanna-Barbera archives. The show ran from 1994 to 1999, and returned with two new episodes in 2001, moving to the Adult Swim programming block later that year; the series ended its Adult Swim run in 2004. The characters of Jan, Jace, and Blip (Space Ghost's old sidekicks) appeared a few times on

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576-516: The CNN Center in downtown Atlanta in the early 1980s, other Turner operations moved into the Techwood campus, an old country club which became the first headquarters for CNN . The street is named for early Atlanta settler Ammi Williams . The company's original name, Ghost Planet Industries, came from Space Ghost 's fictional planet, where the animated talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast

624-578: The original Star Trek ' s USS Enterprise ). Informational notes Citations The Cartoon Network, Inc. Founded by Ted Turner and based out of Atlanta, Georgia , its main properties include its flagship property, Cartoon Network , Boomerang , as well as programming blocks Cartoonito , Adult Swim and Toonami . It is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery Networks . On March 25, 1986, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / United Artists . On October 18, Turner forcibly sold back MGM. However, Turner kept much of

672-632: The Astra satellite. The channel broadcast in English. Since July 1, 1996, the channel has been available from the Panamsat 4 satellite in the territories of Southern Russia and Ukraine, in the Asian republics of the former USSR. In 1997, the channel's new distributor, Chello Zone , took over in the CIS. In the same year, the channel was partially dubbed into Russian. In 1998, the channel began broadcasting on

720-865: The Central and Eastern European channel feed added a Czech-language audio track for its audience in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, replacing the English-language muted audio track. From Toronto, Ontario, Canada . Operated by Corus Entertainment . From Toronto, Ontario. Owned by Corus Entertainment . March 9, 2022 (Russia) March 18, 2023 (in whole CEE); replaced by Cartoonito March 25, 2023 (relaunch Africa block) September 4, 2023 (relaunch MENA block) March 25, 2023 (Africa channel) September 4, 2023 (MENA channel) Channel (2007–present) Block on Boomerang (2009–2010) One-hour timeshift service to Cartoon Network. The original network

768-606: The DOJ's lawsuit. The merger closed two days later on June 14, 2018, with Time Warner becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T, which renamed the unit WarnerMedia . The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington unanimously upheld the lower court's ruling in favor of AT&T on February 26, 2019. On May 17, 2021, AT&T and Discovery, Inc. reached a definitive Reverse Morris Trust agreement, in which AT&T would spin out WarnerMedia into an independent company (unwinding

816-544: The Lost Valley . During its original run, there were a total of 42 Space Ghost episodes and 18 Dino Boy episodes. The series ended in 1968, but remained in syndication during the 1970s. The final episodes had Metallus, Creature King, Zorak, Moltar, Brak, and Black Widow coming together as the Council of Doom to destroy Space Ghost. They were defeated by Space Ghost and were assumed to have escaped when their headquarters

864-504: The UK, the network's "+1" timeshift channels are often temporarily rebranded and carry only one franchise for around a month, such as Looney Tunes , Tom and Jerry , and Ben 10 . Space Ghost Space Ghost is a superhero created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in the 1960s for TV network CBS . He was designed by Alex Toth . In his original incarnation, he was a superhero who, with his teen sidekicks, Jan and Jace, and Blip

912-492: The animated shorts they had sold to Associated Artists Productions . The network could then continue more original productions. The company also owns the assets of Adult Swim , a late-night programming block of Cartoon Network commonly considered to be a separate channel in itself. It launched on September 2, 2001 and remains a core property for the company. On October 22, 2016, AT&T disclosed an offer to acquire Time Warner for $ 108.7 billion, including assumed debt held by

960-402: The building and used it for his own television station, WTCG. This new channel was the result of a recent UHF takeover. In December 1976, the first WTCG signal was beamed via satellite to its four cable systems located around Georgia . This broadcast was the first use of non-pay-service satellite transmission, an innovation that would come to revolutionize basic cable nationwide. Starting out as

1008-444: The building for most of its existence. On December 16, 2019, co-founder Lazzo retired from the company, with business partner and co-founder Crofford retiring the following year. Michael Ouweleen was named president of Adult Swim on April 29, 2020. From November 27, 2019 to July 1, 2020 and since May 13, 2022, Ouweleen was named president of The Cartoon Network, Inc. , which also oversees Adult Swim . In 1976, Ted Turner bought

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1056-572: The building were veteran Turner employees such as Keith Crofford , Andy Merrill , and former mail-room employee Mike Lazzo . Although Cartoon Network was run at Hanna-Barbera Studios at the time, certain duties were eventually controlled by the trio at Williams Street. One of their most important early tasks was producing host segments for The Moxy Pirate Show (later The Moxy Show). From 1990 to 1993, TBS had started its own original programming such as Captain Planet and 2 Stupid Dogs . This interested

1104-542: The company's stock and Discovery shareholders would own the remaining 29% share, with each shareholder group appointing representative board members ; David Zaslav , President and CEO of Discovery, would head the new company, replacing WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar. On June 1, 2021, it was announced that the merged company would be known as Warner Bros. Discovery ; Zaslav explained that it would reflect "the combination of Warner Bros.' fabled hundred-year legacy of creative, authentic storytelling and taking bold risks to bring

1152-476: The film and television library made before May 1986 (including some of the UA library) and formed Turner Entertainment Co. On October 8, 1988, its cable channel Turner Network Television was launched and gained an audience with its extensive film library. In 1991, Turner also purchased the library of animation studio Hanna-Barbera . Ted Turner selected Betty Cohen (then-Senior Vice President of TNT ) to devise

1200-418: The latter company. The merger would bring Time Warner's various media properties, including The Cartoon Network, Inc., under the same corporate umbrella as AT&T's telecommunications holdings, including satellite provider DirecTV and IPTV /broadband provider AT&T U-verse . Time Warner shareholders approved the merger on February 15, 2017. On November 20, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice filed

1248-481: The monkey, fought supervillains in outer space. In the 1990s, Space Ghost was brought back as a host for his own fictional late-night talk show , Space Ghost Coast to Coast , on Cartoon Network , Adult Swim and GameTap . In the 2000s, he was revamped as a serious superhero once again in a mini-series by DC Comics . The original series debuted in September 1966. Space Ghost was voiced by Gary Owens , who

1296-451: The most amazing stories to life, with Discovery’s global brand that has always stood brightly for integrity, innovation and inspiration." The merger was officially completed on April 8, 2022, with The Cartoon Network, Inc. becoming a subsidiary of WBD. Cartoon Network Europe, a pan-European English feed, was launched in 1993. Spanish, Swedish , Danish, French, Italian, and Norwegian audio tracks were added in 1994. The network's Dutch feed

1344-403: The music for Toonami and wanted to do an album that sampled that work. The group suggested the idea to Mike Lazzo; the project was successful. Williams Street Records now releases a majority of the music related to their shows. The label is managed by DeMarco. 1065, the street number for Williams Street, is also the hull number for FishCenter Live ' s USS FishCenterprise (a parody of

1392-729: The original series, Space Ghost often came to the aid of The Herculoids and vice versa. The Phantom Cruiser was given a more modern redesign as well. They also frequently crossed paths with the Teen Force and it appeared that Jan and Teen Force member Kid Comet were dating as well. The character Space Ghost hosted a talk show , Space Ghost Coast to Coast , which began broadcasting in 1994 on Cartoon Network. The show spoofed late-night talk shows, with villains Zorak and Moltar serving as Space Ghost's sidekicks with occasional guest appearances from other Space Ghost villains Metallus, Lokar, Tansut, Brak, and Black Widow. In this version, Space Ghost

1440-412: The pan-European feed in 2001. A Dutch audio track was simultaneously added. Greek subtitles became available the same year. The Polish feed branched into separate ones for Romania and Hungary in 2002. A German feed was launched in 2006. A Turkish feed was added in 2008. In April 2005, Cartoon Network Europe was completely dubbed into Russian. On October 1, 2008, a separate feed of Cartoon Network

1488-517: The pan-European version. This followed after the shared transponder analogue feed on Astra 1C became scrambled with VideoCrypt and the short-lived British version of TNT was launched. A Nordic feed was launched in 2000, broadcasting in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and English. This also became available in Iceland and Finland. The Dutch Cartoon Network closed down in 2001. It was replaced with

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1536-440: The prior 2018 acquisition of the former Time Warner) that would concurrently acquire Discovery's assets, for $ 43 billion in cash, securities and stock plus WarnerMedia's retention of certain debt. Under the transaction, which was expected to be finalized by the second quarter of 2022, The Cartoon Network, Inc. and all other assets of WarnerMedia would be combined with the assets of Discovery, Inc. AT&T shareholders would own 71% of

1584-605: The series attracted a devoted cult audience. Its success led to a special that was simulcast on TBS, a special short for VHS release of blockbuster The Mask, and much more famous guests. In the height of popularity, it was awarded its own spin-off. Turner commissioned GPI to produce some sort of lighter version for TBS, due to a need for children's programming. Cartoon Planet premiered on TBS in 1995 and later moved to Cartoon Network in 1996. The series featured Space Ghost hosting segments and cartoons for young viewers. After two seasons, TBS decided to cancel all kids' programming, following

1632-468: The series was acquiring its first C and D-list celebrity guests, small animation and writing crew, and voice actors. The voice actor for Space Ghost was local voice actor George Lowe ; all other roles were done by the GPI crew. The series eventually premiered on April 14, 1994. This marked Cartoon Network's first original series and the first animated talk show in history. Due to its more mature surreal humor,

1680-535: The show. After eight seasons on television, the show went into hiatus. New episodes of Space Ghost Coast to Coast appeared on the "Animation" channel of the GameTap service, beginning on May 30, 2006. On May 31, 2008, the show ended when the TV section of GameTap shut down. Following the popularity of Coast to Coast , the show provided a spin-off series, Cartoon Planet ; the show ran from 1995 to 1998. Cartoon Planet

1728-496: The street for the expanding Turner empire. Upon completion, Turner launched Cartoon Network to showcase their recent acquisitions of the vast MGM and Hanna-Barbera library of cartoons. When Turner moved out of the Williams Street building, they kept ownership, using it as a storage facility. Although no longer its main purpose, to this day, Williams Street houses all the show tapes for Turner Networks. Appointed to run

1776-421: The team at Williams Street, and they all wished to create their own series. Towards the end of '93, the three mustered up courage to approach Ted Turner with their ideas for Cartoon Network original programming. It didn't go as planned and they were eventually kicked out of Ted's office. According to Lazzo, they were clearly told that unless CN started making more money for Turner, they wouldn't be allowed funding or

1824-602: The territories of Belarus and Ukraine, the Baltic states and the North-West of Russia from the Astra 1G satellite. Broadcasting was 16 hours a day, from 8:00 to 0:00 MSK., at night, the channel carried Turner Classic Movies . In November 1999, the channel became available on the platform NTV Plus and other cable networks, broadcasting from the Sirius 2 satellite. In 1999, the network's British feed officially split off from

1872-431: The three "main" Space Ghost series: Space Ghost has appeared in the following comic books: Space Ghost's Coast to Coast version was released as an action figure by Toycom, complete with a desk and chair, a series of cue cards and a mug. Also included were several different sets of hands, allowing the figure to be used either as the talk show host or the super hero or both. The shoulders and neck were ball-jointed, with

1920-575: The trend of TNT and USA . The current name of the company originates from the location of its headquarters building – which is also the home office for Cartoon Network and Adult Swim – at 1065 Williams Street NW in Atlanta , Georgia near the current offices of TBS and TNT on Techwood Drive. The facility began as a carpet factory and was purchased by Turner as overflow offices for, among other things, set building and woodworking facilities, as well as CNN Field Engineering. Soon after CNN moved into

1968-430: Was an hour-long cartoon block hosted by Space Ghost with his imprisoned sidekicks Zorak and Brak. The segments in-between the cartoons usually consisted of skits and original songs. Due to the popularity of the series' songs, two albums were released: Space Ghost's Surf & Turf and Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que . Lowe provided the voice for Space Ghost on both records. Three voice actors played Space Ghost in

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2016-442: Was created for Hungary and Romania, while the two additional audio tracks that were previously added to Cartoon Network Poland in 2002. Czech Republic and Slovakia both used to receive this channel feed in an English-language muted audio track. . On October 1, 2009, the channel was launched - Cartoon Network Russia , broadcasting in the countries of CIS and South-Eastern Europe. The network's Arabic feed launched in 2010. This

2064-544: Was destroyed. Twenty-two new Space Ghost segments appeared on Space Stars on NBC in 1981. Gary Owens reprised his role as Space Ghost, while Steve J. Spears voiced Jace, Alexandra Stoddart voiced Jan, and Frank Welker provided the vocal effects of Blip. The episodes introduced a new assortment of villains including an evil version of Space Ghost named Space Spectre (voiced by John Stephenson ) who came from an alternate universe. The villains Toymaker and Wizard (voiced by Frank Welker) made more than one appearance. As in

2112-595: Was founded and started production on What a Cartoon! . This show debuted in 1995, offering original animated shorts, most of which became their own programs and significantly influenced the tone of the channel. In 1996, Cartoon Network aired two preschool programs: Big Bag , a live-action/puppet television program with animated short series produced by Children's Television Workshop , and Small World , which featured animated series aimed at preschoolers imported from foreign countries. Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner , which led to Warner Bros. reacquiring

2160-641: Was launched in 1997. Another feed launched in 1998, which aired in France, Italy and Spain. The pan-European feed kept airing in the other parts of Europe. The network's Italian feed became independent a few months later after the launch of the French channel, while the Spanish and French feeds were split in 1999. A Polish feed launched a year earlier, in 1998. On September 17, 1993, some Russian cities began receiving Cartoon Network Europe through broadcasts from

2208-750: Was launched in 2013 in Angola and Mozambique. It launched in Portugal in the same year. As of 2015 , the ex pan-European feed still airs in the Greek part of Cyprus; it is also one of the four feeds available in the Middle East and Africa (the other ones being the Arabic , French , and Portuguese feeds). This pan-European feed broadcasts in English, while Greek subtitles are available. All other European countries have their own local feed. On September 1, 2017,

2256-520: Was purportedly filmed. The studio's production logo features a wavy, blurred gray image of Space Ghost's fictional studio, with the words "Williams Street" beneath it. The soundtrack of Jack Webb 's Mark VII Limited 's production logo – a rumbling drum roll and two clinks of a hammer – is often used while the GPI/Williams Street production card is shown. Warner Bros. Television Warner Bros. Television Awesome Inc This list

2304-421: Was replaced with Cartoon Network Too and subsequently Cartoonito and TCM 2 until the latter block closed. Replacement version replaced Cartoon Network Too. Sister channel to Cartoon Network, originally launched as a service that timeshared with TCM 2. Relaunched as part of a merger with Toonami , with original slot being replaced with Cartoonito and re-replaced by Cartoon Network +1. Note : In Italy and

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