Cartoon Network Shorts Department
| Cartoon Network Shorts Department | |
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| Created by | Cartoon Network Studios |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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Cartoon Network Shorts Department is the channel's artist development program for animated pilots that are born at Cartoon Network Studios. It was inaugurated and started in 2013 through online uploading of six titles, on May 21 for a short period, in which four of them has been greenlit for a TV series.[1]
List of pilots
United States
| Title | Created by | Original premiere(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence | Skyler Page | May 21, 2013 (Online) February 17, 2014 (TV) |
Successful |
| Lakewood Plaza Turbo | Ian Jones-Quartey | May 21, 2013 (Online) | |
| Mars Safari! | Ghostshrimp | Failed | |
| My Science Fiction Project | Audie Harrison | ||
| Paranormal Roommates | Benton Connor | ||
| Steven Universe | Rebecca Sugar | Successful | |
| Tome of the Unknown: "Harvest Melody" |
Patrick McHale | September 9, 2013 (Film festivals) May 18, 2015 (Online) | |
| AJ's Infinite Summer | Toby Jones | May 16, 2014 (Online) | Failed |
| Long Live the Royals | Sean Szeles | Successful | |
| We Bare Bears | Daniel Chong | November 6, 2014 (KLIK! Festival) August 25, 2015 (TV) | |
| Back to Backspace | Dominic Bisignano and Amalia Levari | November 12, 2014 (Online) | Failed |
| Pillywags Mansion[2] | Sam Marin | ||
| Jammers | Lizz Hickey | May 18, 2015 (Online) | |
| Ridin' with Burgess | Andres Salaff | ||
| Twelve Forever | Julia Vickerman | Acquired by Netflix[3] | |
| Apple & Onion | George Gendi | June 18, 2015 (Annecy Festival) May 2, 2016 (Online) May 14, 2016 (TV) |
Successful |
| Welcome to My Life | Elizabeth Ito | June 18, 2015 (Annecy Festival) April 7, 2017 (Online) |
Uncertain |
| Bottom's Butte | Minty Lewis | November 2015 (CTN Expo) May 2, 2016 (Online) |
Failed |
| Summer Camp Island | Julia Pott | March 17, 2016 (SXSW Festival) December 2, 2017 (CN App & Online) |
Successful[4] |
| Victor and Valentino | Diego Molano | October 29, 2016 | |
| Infinity Train | Owen Dennis | November 1, 2016 (VOD) November 2, 2016 (Online) February 11, 2017 (TV) | |
| Legendary Place | Calvin Wong | March 4, 2017 (GLAS Festival)[5] | Uncertain |
| The Fancies | Stephen P. Neary | July 30, 2017 (ABP Festival)[6] | |
| Unlovable | Esther Pearl Watson and Mark Todd | August 11, 2017 (HollyShorts Festival)[7] | |
| Tiggle Winks | Myke Chilian | November 24, 2017 (CN App & Online) | |
| Craig of the Creek | Matt Burnett and Ben Levin | December 1, 2017 (CN App & Online) | Successful |
International
Since 2016, the program has begun to expand to other countries where Cartoon Network Studios accept to commission (but not produce) those local short pilots, and the first title to be noticed in this process is Lasso & Comet.[8]
| Title | Created by | Country of origin | Co-production(s) | Original premiere(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasso & Comet | Ivan Dixon |  Australia |
Rubber House and Cartoon Network Asia Pacific | November 9, 2016 (Online) | Uncertain |
See also
- Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program - the Nickelodeon counterpart of the program.
References
- ^ "Next Generation of Animation - Behind The Scenes, Geek Week, Cartoon Network - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ Only puppet show/animated pilot of the program and the entire Cartoon Network Studios filmography.
- ^ "Netflix Picks Up New Animated Series 'Twelve Forever' for 2019". Terry Flores. December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- ^ "Cartoon Network Looks at Multiple Screens to Woo Kids – Variety". Brian Steinberg. March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
- ^ "Cartoon Network News In Brief Early March 2017". RegularCapital. March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ "Cartoon Network News In Brief Early March 2017". RegularCapital. March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ "Esther Pearl Watson's Unlovable animated short will be at Hollyshorts Film Festival from August 10–19th!". Twitter. August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ "Cartoon Network Grows its Australian-Made Original Animation in 2016". Time Warner, Inc. November 18, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2017.