Cartoon Network has announced a new initiative Cartoon Theatre to be launched from Sunday.

The programming block has been positioned as an optimum viewing destination for animated movies and cartoon series for the whole family. Cartoon Theatre will air from noon to 1:30 pm and again from 8 pm to 9:30 pm on 27 January. The block will air on the fourth Sunday of every month at the same time.

According to an official release, Cartoon Theatre will showcase Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones & Yogi Bear in Cartoon Theatre during the year. Titles include The Flintstones: On the Rocks, Scooby Meets the Boo Brothers and Yogi's Great Escape, among others.

Fans can look forward to Cartoon Network's tenth original half-hour animated series Samurai Jack, which will debut on the block. Created by Genndy Tartakovsky of Dexter's Laboratory fame, Samurai Jack: The Trilogy is a 90-minute animated action series. The channel is banking on the series' captivating backgrounds and stylish action scenes to draw in audiences. The story revolves around a great warrior displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. Samurai Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of the time portal to return home and encounters trademarks of modern urban landscapes such as flying cars, huge skyscrapers and even techno music.