Is Cartoon Network shutting down? Fears iconic US brand and beloved children's channel will close as #RIPCartoonNetwork trends on social media

Television fans person expressed concerns that Cartoon Network is closing its doors after #RIPCartoonNetwork started trending connected societal media.

Animation Workers Ignited, which is seemingly associated pinch nan animators' union, took to X to raise consciousness astir issues successful nan animation manufacture and encouraged animation lovers to 'spread nan connection astir what's astatine stake'.

The relationship told its followers to 'post astir your favourite Cartoon Network shows utilizing #RIPCartoonNetwork', prompting fears that nan beloved marque would soon make a general announcement astir a workplace closure. 

Rumors of an charismatic shutdown were further exasperated arsenic fans began to stock a photograph of nan network's aged headquarters, apparently taken past twelvemonth aft nan institution had relocated its offices.

However, location is nary existent grounds to propose that nan Cartoon Network transmission or Cartoon Network Studios - which did cancel a fewer programs pursuing nan pandemic - are shutting down. 

Animation Workers Ignited's latest station seemingly aimed to item nan issues nan animation manufacture is battling arsenic a whole, including layoffs and task cancellations.

But nan verbiage utilized successful nan now-viral station and its accompanying animated short resulted successful rumors that Cartoon Network specifically was shutting down.

'Cartoon Network is fundamentally dead,' nan animated video claimed, informing that 'other large animation studios are not acold behind'.

The video went connected to talk layoffs crossed nan animation industry, alleging that workers are being 'unemployed successful grounds numbers' and that 'many person been unemployed for upwards of a year'.

The union's station based on that animators besides had to 'carry nan manufacture during nan pandemic', but contempt their difficult activity were still fto spell by workplace execs.

'When Covid first deed animation was capable to run wholly remotely making 1 of nan only forms of intermezo that could proceed accumulation uninterrupted,' nan national said. 'But studios decided to salary them backmost by canceling projects, outsourcing jobs, and laying disconnected artists connected mass.' 

The national further slammed studios for their 'greed', alleging that executives were making 'finances look amended by reducing spending and cutting staff'.

'CEOs and executives reaping nan monetary benefits for themselves. So they want to reap, huh? I'll show them. Reap,' nan national said earlier launching its telephone for action.

'I don't deliberation you'll beryllium doing overmuch pinch a integrative sigh, but you tin thief by spreading nan connection station astir your favourite Cartoon Network shows you wish were still astir utilizing hashtag RIP Cartoon Network and enactment tuned for much ways to thief tag by pursuing this account. Animation is nether attack. Which broadside are you on?'  

Cartoon Network lovers rallied down nan union's telephone and crafted posts pinch featuring clips from their favourite shows and utilizing #RIPCartoonNetwork.

But they took it excessively far, pushing nan communicative that nan web would nary longer beryllium producing content.

'It's nan extremity of an era, Cartoon Network has officially unopen down,' 1 instrumentality tweeted. 'Here are each nan shows that made our childhood.'

'Cartoon Network must beryllium saved astatine each costs!!!,' 1 X personification wrote.

Another echoed: 'It is really extremity of era connected nan iconic puerility memories successful Cartoon Network.' 

Some fans moreover started re-sharing a photograph of Cartoon Network's Burbank office pinch nan CN logo being removed, saying it was 'sad to spot nan astir iconic building successful everybody's childhood' closed.

However, nan photograph was really taken past twelvemonth erstwhile aft Carton Network's semipermanent lease astatine the Hollywood Production Center building ended, 80LV reported. The patient past relocated its squad and operations to nan Warner Bros. buildings. 

DailyMail.com has approached Warner Bros. for comment.