Cartoon Network Shorts Department
2013 American TV series or program
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Cartoon Network Shorts Department is the channel's artist development program for animated pilots that are created at Cartoon Network Studios. It was inaugurated and started in 2013 through online uploading of six titles, on May 21 for a short period, which three of them have been greenlit for a TV series at the start of the program.[1]
Created byCartoon Network Studios
Countries of originUnited States
Australia
Australia
Original languageEnglish
Executive producers
- Brian A. Miller (2013-2020)
- Jennifer Pelphrey (2013-2020)
- Rob Sorcher (2013-2020)
- Curtis Lelash (2013–2018)
- Mike Roth (2017–2018)
- Nick Jennings (2018–2021)
- Tramm Wigzell (2018–2020)
- Sam Register (2020-2021)
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| Created by | Cartoon Network Studios |
| Countries of origin | United States Australia |
| Original language | English |
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| Release | May 21, 2013 |
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The shorts program has since been superseded by the Cartoon Cartoons shorts program introduced in 2021.
The short Mushroom and the Forest of the World was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Format Children's Program.[2][3]
List of pilots
United States
| Title | Created by | Original premiere(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Clarence | Skyler Page | May 21, 2013 (Online) February 17, 2014 (TV) |
| Lakewood Plaza Turbo / OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Ian Jones-Quartey | May 21, 2013 (Online) |
| Mars Safari! | Ghostshrimp | |
| My Science Fiction Project | Audie Harrison | |
| Paranormal Roommates | Benton Connor | |
| Steven Universe: "The Time Thing" | Rebecca Sugar | |
| Tome of the Unknown: "Harvest Melody" / Over the Garden Wall | Patrick McHale | September 9, 2013 (LA Shorts Fest) May 18, 2015 (Online) |
| AJ's Infinite Summer | Toby Jones | May 16, 2014 (Online) |
| Long Live the Royals | Sean Szeles | |
| We Bare Bears | Daniel Chong | May 21, 2014 (KLIK! Festival) August 25, 2015 (TV) |
| Back to Backspace | Dominic Bisignano and Amalia Levari | November 12, 2014 (Online) |
| Pillywags Mansion[a] | Sam Marin | |
| Jammers | Lizz Hickey | May 18, 2015 (Online) |
| Ridin' with Burgess | Andres Salaff | |
| Twelve Forever[b] | Julia Vickerman | |
| Apple & Onion | George Gendi | June 18, 2015 (Annecy Festival) May 2, 2016 (Online) May 14, 2016 (TV) |
| Welcome to My Life | Elizabeth Ito | June 18, 2015 (Annecy Festival) April 7, 2017 (Online) |
| Bottom's Butte | Minty Lewis | November 20, 2015 (CTN Expo) May 2, 2016 (Online) |
| Danger Planet[c] | Derek Drymon | January 19, 2016 (Online) |
| Summer Camp Island | Julia Pott | March 17, 2016 (SXSW Festival) December 2, 2017 (CN App) April 25, 2018 (Online) |
| Victor and Valentino | Diego Molano | October 29, 2016 (TV) November 1, 2016 (Online) |
| 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) November 9, 2018 (Online) |
| The Fancies: "Fancytown"/"The Beach" /"Run Pam Run"/"Sir Tree" / The Fungies[d] | Stephen P. Neary | July 30, 2017 (ABP Festival) May 8, 2019 (Online) |
| Unlovable | Esther Pearl Watson and Mark Todd | August 11, 2017 (HollyShorts Festival)[4] |
| Tiggle Winks / Tig n' Seek[d] | Myke Chilian | November 24, 2017 (CN App) January 8, 2018 (Online) |
| Craig of the Creek | Matt Burnett and Ben Levin | December 1, 2017 (CN App) |
| Mushroom and the Forest of the World | Madeleine Flores and J. Smith | October 14, 2018 (KLIK! Festival) April 26, 2019 (Online) |
| Sunshine Brownstone | Audie Harrison | November 17, 2018 (Online) |
| Pops & Branwell[e] | Pete Toms and Aleks Sennwald | January 27, 2019 (CFF Seattle) December 14, 2019 (Online) |
| Splitting Time | Gleb Sanchez-Lobashov | February 16, 2019 (BAICFF) December 21, 2019 (Online) |
| The Wonderful Wingits | Leticia Abreu Silva | February 16, 2019 (BAICFF) July 20, 2020 (Online) |
| Cadette in Charge | Henrique Jardim | February 6, 2020 (Online) |
| Trick Moon | Geneva Hodgson | July 21, 2020 (Online) |
| Beetle + Bean | Nick Edwards | July 22, 2020 (Online) |
| Genie Hunters | Mike Milo | December 16, 2020 (Animatic) |
| Wild Help[f] | Niki Yang | January 1, 2021 (Online) |
| Bird & Squirrel[g][h] | James Burks | February 18, 2021 (CFF Seattle)[5] February 16, 2026 (Online) |
| Spirit Link[6] | André LaMilza | October 5, 2023 (Online) |
| The Nonsense Tales of Alakasam![f] | Kyle Arneson and Aaron Preacher | May 4, 2025 (Online) |
| Afternoon Super[h] | Ben Crouse and Jacob Sluka | February 9, 2026 (Online) |
| Greetings from Samson[7][8][i][h] | Tiffany Ford | March 30, 2026 (Online) |
| Paradise is for the Birds[9] | Brett Varon | TBD |
| Badass Babies[10] | Zach Smith | |
| HUE Chroma Warriors[11] | Eric Trueheart | |
| Outrun Express[12] | Jeremy Polgar | |
| Outrunners[6][13][14] | Adam Ganse and Ashe Jacobson | |
| Study Hallers[15] | Ben Adams | |
| Mikki and the Soca Teens | TBA | |
| Seed Scouts | TBA |
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.[16]
| Title | Created by | Country of origin | Co-production(s) | Original premiere(s) |
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| Lasso & Comet | Ivan Dixon Developed by: Greg Sharp and Ivan Dixon |  Australia | Rubber House Cartoon Network Asia Pacific | November 9, 2016 (Online) |
See also
- Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program - the Nickelodeon counterpart of the program.
Notes
- Only puppet show/animated pilot of the program and the entire Cartoon Network Studios filmography.
- Label only; produced as part of The Cartoonstitute.
- Despite these two pilots have being greenlit by Cartoon Network, their series move to premiering on HBO Max.
- Based off the children's book series of the same name.
- Based off the children's book series of the same name.
- Released under the Cartoon Cartoons label.
- Based on the webcomic Samson at Work.