Boomerang (channel)
| Boomerang | |
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| Launched | April 1, 2000 |
| Network | Cartoon Network (1992–99) |
| Owned by | Turner Broadcasting System |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Country | United States |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
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| Formerly called | Boomerang from Cartoon Network (2000–2015) |
| Sister channel(s) | |
| Timeshift service | Boomerang +1 (Europe only) |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV |
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| Dish Network | Channel 175 |
| C-Band | |
| Cable | |
| Available on most cable providers | Check local listings for channel number |
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| AT&T U-verse |
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| Verizon FiOS |
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| Streaming media | |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
| DirecTV Now | Internet Protocol television |
| PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
| Hulu Live TV | Internet Protocol television |
Boomerang is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by Time Warner through the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary. It specializes in classic and contemporary animated programming from Time Warner's archival history, including Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Scooby-Doo, along with repeats of in-production series on its sister and another Turner-owned channel, Cartoon Network including Sonic Boom, Pokémon, and Teen Titans Go!.
Launched in 1992 globally and in 2000 for the United States, Boomerang originated as a programming block and spinoff of Cartoon Network. It eventually grew into its own separate channel and identity, and similarly shares the same brand and likeness as Cartoon Network. It has a fluid and improvisational schedule of on-off programming blocks and television shows, on a continuous schedule usually without advertising or commercialism.
As of February 2015, approximately 43.6 million households (37.5% of those with television) access the channel.
Much of the programming that made up the core of Boomerang's lineup was originally part of TBS's Disaster Area, a block of children's programming that aired on that network from 1997 to 1999. Boomerang had originated a programming block airing on Cartoon Network that debuted on December 8, 1992. It was aimed towards the generation of baby boomers and was similar to the Vault Disney nostalgia block that would debut five years later on the Disney Channel. It originally aired for four hours every weekend, but the block's start time had changed frequently. The Saturday block moved to Saturday afternoons, then back to the early morning, and the Sunday block moved to Sunday evenings. Eventually, Boomerang was shortened by an hour, reducing it from four hours to three each weekend. Turner Broadcasting System eventually converted Boomerang into a standalone cable channel that debuted on April 1, 2000.
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