Cartoon Network Celebrates 20 Years

20 years of Cartoon Network and counting. Ted Turner’s vision still growing and kids still smiling.

Many thought Ted Turner’s idea to start the network was “crazy,” said Robert Sorcher, who worked there for its first five years. He said critics didn’t understand Turner Broadcasting Systems’ $320 million purchase of the Hanna-Barbera library or earlier acquisition of the MGM film library, which includes “Tom & Jerry.”