RIP Cartoon Network Trends After Warner Brothers Merger

In the year 2002, you rush home from school in order to see the long-awaited Scooby-Doo episode at 5.30 p.m. Then comes a brief episode of Pingu the cuddly penguin, followed by, of course, the lovely and naughty adventures of Tom and Jerry. The good life! We apologize for sinking you into a sea of memories because we are about to shock you fairly hard to get you out of it. 

Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. Animation are about to merge.Though repeated layoffs from the Cartoon Network staff and news of restructurings inside Warner Bros. Television Group following the merger have fans concerned for the future of the well-known animation studio.

Kids of the millennial generation are better off thanks to Cartoon Network's unique storytelling approach and a wide variety of cartoon characters. The characters, from Samurai Jack the courageous warrior to Courage the Cowardly Dog, became a part of our childhood.

Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG), according to a report by ABC News, announced on Tuesday that they were eliminating 125 roles, or 26% of their workforce, across scripted, unscripted, and animated programming. Internet users have flocked to Twitter since the news to pay homage to the original Cartoon Network. On the micro-blogging site, #RIPCartoonNetwork was trending.

Warner Bros. Television is reportedly looking for new employees and aiming to overhaul its economic strategy. The most recent changes made by Cartoon Network Studios come at a time when some of their cartoon shows are harder for consumers to access. In addition, Nielsen data show that Cartoon Network viewership declined by 26% in 2021, continuing a trend of falling ratings for the network.

Warner Bros. discovered the shutdown of Cartoon Network Studios and denied the rumors, calling it false. The company added that despite employee layoffs, Cartoon Network will continue to be offered.