Cartoon Network: 'Our voice is changing'

March 25, 2009 For a network with the word "cartoon" in its name, there were an awful lot of real-life performers on hand during Cartoon Network's upfront presentation Wednesday morning. In fact, as if to drive the message home that the network was not just about cartoons anymore, the confab at the Time Warner Center in New York closed with about 20 young actors gathering onstage, including a foursome that will headline a new live-action " Scooby-Doo" movie. Cartoon Network's brass touted the move into live action content as part of an ongoing "evolution"-- a much repeated word during Wednesday's presentation.

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