Traditional kids' cartoons rarely have cliff-hangers, especially ones in which the main characters get transported into alternate realities. But Adventure Time is anything but traditional. The whimsical Cartoon Network series — which is populated with talking candies, partying bears and a flying, Korean-speaking, rainbow-colored unicorn — begins its fifth season Monday (7:30/6:30c) with audacious Finn and his magical dog Jake on the other end of the mysterious portal they leapt through in last month's finale.
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Cartoon Network celebrated is 20th birthday on Monday and has big plans to keep the party going this month. For the next four weekends, the network will have special birthday-themed programming, along with fan voting at cartoonnetwork.com for favorite shows and characters. Winners will be revealed on air the weekend of Nov. 3-4.
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What time is it? It's time for another awesome guest star on Adventure Time. Tony Award winning actor Matthew Broderick lends his voice to the Sept. 3 episode of Cartoon Network's surreal hit about the fantastical exploits of a fearless boy and his magically powered dog buddy. Inspired by his son James' love of the show, the iconic Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Election star signed up to play The Dream Warrior, a role that the network describes as "a used car salesman summoned by series protagonists Finn and Jake in a shared, extraordinary dream to offer advice on defeating a substantial rival."
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Cartoon Network had plenty to laugh about at its upfront presentation Wednesday, introducing a new sketch comedy show produced by Nick Cannon and trumpeting the success of its current hits, which dominate in the boys 6-11 demographic. The annual presentation to advertisers, held at New York City's Roseland Ballroom, celebrated ...
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Neil Patrick Harris is fast becoming the busiest man in show business, so it's fitting that he'd be working on Labor Day. The How I Met Your Mother star — whose summer activities included hosting the Tony Awards, starring in the box office hit The Smurfs, and a guest-judging stint on So You Think You Can Dance — guest stars on next Monday's episode of the Cartoon Network whimsical series Adventure Time...
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