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2011	2012	2013

The following is a list of events, premieres, releases, cancellations, series endings, and other business ventures for Cartoon Network in 2012.

Show Info

Cartoon Network Original Series

# Cartoon	Name	Premiere Date	End Date
36	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	April 23, 2010	March 31, 2012
41	Secret Mountain Fort Awesome	August 1, 2011	February 17, 2012
44	Ben 10: Omniverse	September 22, 2012	November 14, 2014

Cartoon Network Live Action Series

#	Name	Premiere Date	End Date
	Level Up	January 24, 2012	February 19, 2013

Acquired Series

#	Name	Premiere Date	End Date
	Green Lantern: The Animated Series	March 3, 2012	March 16, 2013
	DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk	August 7, 2012	March 20, 2013

January

1

• Looney Tunes New Year's Day Marathon aired.

6

• The Secret Mountain Fort Awesome episode "Road Trippin'" premieres.

11

• Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu premieres on television.

13

• The Secret Mountain Fort Awesome episode "Dingle Come Home" premieres.

16

• Adventure Time returns with the premiere of the episode "Paper Pete".
• The Regular Show episode "Weekend at Benson's" premieres.

20

• The Secret Mountain Fort Awesome episode "Colonel Monster's Monster Time Pizza Palace" premieres.

23

• The Adventure Time episode "Another Way" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Fortune Cookie" premieres.
• The MAD episode "Twilight: Staking Dawn/Cookie Blue" premieres.

24

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Wand" premieres.
• Level Up premieres.
• The Looney Tunes Show returns with the premiere of the episode "The Shelf".

27

• The Secret Mountain Fort Awesome episode "President The Fart" premieres.

30

• The Amazing World of Gumball flash game School House Rush is released on the Cartoon Network website.
• The Adventure Time episode "Ghost Princess" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Think Positive" premieres.
• The MAD episode "WWe Bought a ZOO/2 Broke Powerpuff Girls" premieres.

31

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Ape" premieres.
• The Looney Tunes Show episode "The Muh-Muh-Muh-Murder" premieres.

February

3

• The Secret Mountain Fort Awesome episode "Secret Mountain Uncle Grandpa" premieres.

6

• The Adventure Time episode "Dad's Dungeon" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Skips vs. Technology" premieres.
• The MAD episode "DolPhineas and Ferb Tale/VICTORious" premieres.

7

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Car" premieres.
• The Looney Tunes Show concludes it's first season with the episode "Point, Laser, Point".

10

• The Secret Mountain Fort Awesome episode "Festro Gets Glasses" premieres.

13

• Adventure Time concludes it's third season with the episode "Incendium".
• The Regular Show episode "Butt Dial" premieres.
• The MAD episode "My Little War Horse/The Tonight Show with Jay Lion-O" premieres.

14

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Curse" premieres.

17

• The Secret Mountain Fort Awesome episode "Funstro" premieres.
  • This was the last episode to air before Cartoon Network removed it from its schedule due to poor ratings, as one character, Uncle Grandpa, spun-off into his own show one year later. The remaining episodes were released on iTunes.

21

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Microwave" premieres.

27

• The Regular Show episode "Eggscellent" premieres.
• The MAD episode "Al Pacino and the Chipmunks/That's What Super Friends Are For" premieres.

28

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Meddler" premieres.

March

3

• Teen Titans returns with a new shorts with DC Nation!
• DC Nation premieres as a new programing block for Saturday mornings the remaining new episodes of season one of Young Justice and the series premiere of Green Lantern: The Animated Series (Warner Bros Animation first CGI animated series ever created), along with some new DC Nation Shorts during commercial break.

5

• The Regular Show episode "Gut Model" premieres.
• The MAD episode "Real Veal/Celebrity Wife Swamp" premieres.

6

• The Adventure Time DVD It Came From the Nightosphere releases on DVD.
• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Helmet" premieres.

8

• The Secret Mountain Fort Awesome episodes "Labyrinth" & "Gweelok Cracks" release on iTunes.

13

• The Amazing World of Gumball concludes it's first season with the episode "The Fight".

15

• Generator Rex aired its final episode on digital platforms (rather than the network itself).
• The Secret Mountain Fort Awesome episodes "Stealing the Sun" and "5 Disgustoids and a Baby" release on iTunes.

17

• The Regular Show flash game Escape from Ninja Dojo is released on the Cartoon Network website.

19

• Ben 10 Week aired, from March 19 to 23.

22

• The Secret Mountain Fort Awesome episodes "Family Lies" and "Wrestlemaniacs" release on iTunes.

26

• The Regular Show episode "Video Game Wizards" premieres.
• The MAD episode "Garfield of Dreams/I Hate My Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" premieres.

29

• The final two episodes of Secret Mountain Fort Awesome "Just for Kicks" and "Secret Mountain Fort Werebaby" release on iTunes.

30

• Cartoon Planet revives after its 14 year cancellation.

April

1

• Screwball Squirrel returns to the network for one day in place of Looney Tunes at 6:00am and again at 11:45am.

2

• Adventure Time begins its fourth season with the episode "Hot to the Touch".
• The Regular Show episode "Big Winner" premieres.
• The MAD episode "The Adventures of TaunTaun/Everybody Loves Rayman" premieres.

3

• The first Regular Show DVD Slack Pack is released.

9

• The Adventure Time episode "Five Short Graybles" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "The Best Burger in the World" premieres.
• The MAD episode "Potions 11/Moves Like Jabba" premieres.

16

• The Adventure Time episode "Web Weirdos" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Replaced" premieres.
• The MAD episode "Addition Impossible/New Gill" premieres.

21

• Young Justice airs its season one finale.

23

• The Adventure Time episode "Dream of Love" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Trash Boat" premieres.
• MAD concludes it's second season with the episode "iChronicle/Hulk Smash".

28

• Young Justice airs its season two premiere under the new title Young Justice Invasion.

30

• The Adventure Time episodes "Return to the Nightospehre/Daddy's Little Monster" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Fists of Justice" premieres.

May

7

• The Adventure Time episode "In Your Footsteps" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Yes Dude Yes" premieres.

14

• The Adventure Time episode "Hug Wolf" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Busted Cart" premieres.

21

• The Amazing World of Gumball flash game Blind Fooled is released on the Cartoon Network website.

26-27

• The Adventure Time Memorial Day Marathon airs.

28

• The Adventure Time episode "Princess Monster Wife" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Dead at Eight" premieres.
• A sneak peek of The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange premieres.
• The third season of MAD premieres with the episode "The Iron Giant Lady/Raising a New Hope".

June

4

• The Adventure Time episode "Goliad" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Access Denied" premieres.
• The MAD episode "Yawn Carter/Franklin & Crash" premieres.

5

• Total Drama airs it forth season.

11

• The Adventure Time episode "Beyond this Earthly Realm" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Muscle Mentor" premieres.
• The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange officially premieres.
• The MAD episode "Battleship vs. Titanic/Jurassic Parks and Recreation" premieres.

16

• The Regular Show flash game All Nighter is released on the Cartoon Network website.

18

• The Adventure Time episode "Gotcha!" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Trucker Hall of Fame" premieres.
• The MAD episode "Betty White & the Huntsman/Ancient Greek MythBusters" premieres.

25

• The Adventure Time episode "Princess Cookie" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Out of Commission" premieres.
• The MAD episode "I Am Lorax/Modern Family Circus" premieres.

July

4

• Cartoon Network's second newer feed in nowadays, Canadian feed launched.

7

• Sensei Wu-Woo Weekend aired until July 8th.

10

• Adventure Time: The Complete First Season releases on DVD.

16

• Oggy and the Cockroaches premieres on Cartoon Network India.
• The Adventure Time episode "Card Wars" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Fancy Restaurant" premieres.

23

• The Adventure Time episode "Sons of Mars" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Diary" premieres.
• The MAD episode "This Means War Machine/iCharlie" premieres.

30

• The Regular Show flash game Fist Punch is released on the Cartoon Network website.
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated begins it's second and final season with the premiere of the episode "The Night the Clown Cried".
• The Adventure Time episode "Burning Low" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "The Best VHS in the World" premieres.
• The MAD episode "The Mixed Martial Artist/Aquaman vs. Wild" premieres.

31

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "The House of the Nightmare Witch" premieres.

August

1

• The Regular Show flash game Snow-Off is released on the Cartoon Network website.
• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "The Night the Clown Cried II – Tears of Doom!" premieres.

2

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Web of the Dreamweaver!" premieres.

3

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "The Hodag of Horror" premieres.

6

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Art of Darkness!" premieres.
• The Adventure Time episode "BMO Noire" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Prankless" premieres.
• The MAD episode "The Blunder Games/The Poop-seidon Adventure" premieres.

7

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "The Gathering Gloom" premieres.
• The Amazing World of Gumball begins it's second season with the episode "The Remote".

8

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Night on Haunted Mountain" premieres.

9

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Grim Judgment" premieres.

10

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Night Terrors" premieres.

13

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "The Midnight Zone" premieres.
• The Adventure Time episode "King Worm" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Death Bear" premieres.

14

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Scarebear" premieres.
• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Colossus" premieres.

15

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Wrath of the Krampus" premieres.

16

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Heart of Evil" premieres.

17

• The Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Theater of Doom" premieres, leaving the show on hiatus for the remainder of the year.

20

• The Adventure Time episode "Lady & Peebles" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Fuzzy Dice" premieres.

21

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Knights" premieres.

27

• The Adventure Time episode "You Made Me" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Sugar Rush" premieres.

28

• The first Amazing World of Gumball DVD The DVD is released.
• Total Drama ends season four as a 1 hour finale.

September

3

• The Adventure Time episode "Who Would Win" premieres.
• Regular Show concludes it's third season with the episode "Bad Kiss".

4

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Fridge" premieres.

11

• The Amazing World of Gumball episodes "The Flower/The Banana" premiere.

13

• The MAD episode "The Average-ers/The Legend of Dora" premieres.

17

• The Adventure Time episode "Ignition Point" premieres.

18

• The Amazing World of Gumball episodes "The Phone/The Job" premiere.

20

• The MAD episode "Men in Black to the Future/Pokémon of Interest" premieres.

22

• Ben 10: Omniverse premieres.

23

• The Jetsons celebrates it's 50th anniversary.

24

• The Regular Show flash game Park Strikers is released on the Cartoon Network website.

27

• The MAD episode "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus/The Adjustment Burro" premieres.

October

1

• Cartoon Network celebrates it's 20th anniversary.
• The Adventure Time episode "The Hard Easy" premieres.
• Regular Show begins its fourth season with the half-hour special "Exit 9B".

2

• The Adventure Time DVD Jake vs. Me-Mow releases on DVD.
• The Second & final season of The Looney Tunes Show premieres with the episode "Bobcats on Three!"

4

• The MAD episode "Taking Nemo/Once Upon a Toon" premieres.

8

• The Adventure Time episode "Reign of Gunters" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Starter Pack" premieres.
• The Amazing World of Gumball gets renewed for a third season.

9

• The Looney Tunes Show episode "You've Got Hate Mail" premieres.

11

• The MAD episode "Outtagascar/F·I·E·N·D·S" premieres.

12

• Adventure Time gets renewed for a fifth season.

15

• The Adventure Time episode "I Remember You" premieres.
• The Regular Show Halloween special "Terror Tales of the Park II" premieres.

16

• The Looney Tunes Show episode "Itsy Bitsy Gopher" premieres.

18

• The MAD episode "The Amazing Spider-Minaj/Go, Dragon Ball, Go!" premieres.

22

• Adventure Time concludes it's fourth season with the episode "The Lich".
• The Regular Show episode "Pie Contest" premieres.

23

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "Halloween" premieres.
• The Looney Tunes Show episode "Rebel Without a Glove" premieres.

25

• The MAD episode "FrankenWeenie/ParaMorgan" premieres.

29

• The Regular Show episode "150-Piece Kit" premieres.

30

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Treasure" premieres.
• The Looney Tunes Show episode "Semper Lie" premieres.

November

1

• The MAD episode "Dark Knight at the Museum/Lemming Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Video Game Deaths" premieres.

6

• The Regular Show DVD The Best DVD in the World *At this Moment in Time releases.
• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Apology" premieres.
• The Looney Tunes Show episode "Father Figures" premieres.

8

• The MAD episode "Total Recall Me Baby/The Asgardigans" premieres.

12

• Adventure Time begins it's fifth season with the episodes "Finn the Human/Jake the Dog".
• The Regular Show episode "Bald Spot" premieres.

13

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Words" premieres.
• The Looney Tunes Show episode "Customer Service" premieres.

15

• The MAD episode "The Bourne Leg-a-Turkey/PilGrimm" premieres.

19

• The Adventure Time episode "Five More Short Graybles" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "Guy's Night" premieres.

20

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Skull" premieres.
• The Looney Tunes Show episode "The Stud, the Nerd, the Average Joe, and the Saint" premieres.

21

• Tweety (Looney Tunes) celebrates his 70th anniversary.
• LEGO Ninjago: Season 2 Finale Marathon aired, from 7AM to 8PM.

22

• Looney Tunes Thanksgiving Day Marathon aired.

23

• Ben 10 Omni-a-Thon aired.

26

• The Adventure Time episode "Up a Tree" premieres.
• The Regular Show episode "One Pull Up" premieres.
• Cartoon Network was hijacked by random gamers during a Gumball episode.

27

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Bet" premieres.
• The Looney Tunes Show episode "It's a Handbag" premieres.

29

• The MAD episode "Here Comes the Doom/Brain Purge" premieres.

December

3-25

• Christmas Special Week airs.

3

• The Adventure Time episode "All the Little People" premieres, leaving the show on hiatus for the remainder of the year.
• The Regular Show Christmas special "The Christmas Special" premieres, leaving the show on hiatus for the remainder of the year.

4

• The Amazing World of Gumball episode "Christmas" premieres, leaving the show on hiatus for the remainder of the year.
• The Looney Tunes Show Christmas Special "A Christmas Carol" premieres, leaving the show on hiatus for the remainder of the year.

6

• Codename: Kids Next Door celebrates it's 10th anniversary.
• The MAD episode "Fantastic Four Christmases/Red & White Collar" premieres, leaving the show on hiatus for the remainder of the year.

31

• Incredible Crew New Year's Eve Marathon aired, from 6AM to 9PM.
• A Sneak Peek of Incredible Crew aired with the premiere of the episodes "Lunch Boxing" & "Pancake Genie".