TV NEWS : Star Wars: The Clone Wars—Rise of the Bounty Hunters and many new shows this April 2010 in Cartoon Network

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Temperatures are rising on Cartoon Network as the number one kids’ cable channel in Asia Pacific dishes out the hottest action adventure line-up this summer. Prepare for a sizzling TV experience on Cartoon Network as new episodes of highly-anticipated animated series including Star Wars: The Clone Wars, PokĂ©mon, Bakugan Battle Brawlers and loads of other Cartoon Network favorites spice up kids’ everyday viewing.


Get ready to go to the frontlines of intergalactic combat at 7:30 PM every Friday night with the season 2 premiere of Star Wars: The Clone Wars—Rise of the Bounty Hunters in April. The Jedi adventure grows more exciting as dangerous alliances are revealed and a new breed of villains enter the picture to wreak havoc in the galaxy. Season 2 offers a bigger, bolder and more intense viewing experience as these lawless rogues start playing a bigger role in the rich Star Wars saga.

The action fires up from the edge of the universe to planet earth with the all new anime series, Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia. Conflict erupts as New Vestroia gets invaded by people of Vestal and its citizens, resulting in the unthinkable — the Bakugan get abducted. With a city in shambles, follow the determined team of Step Dan, Shun and Marucho in their quest to save New Vestroia on weekends at 8:00 AM, starting April 17.

Catch the pulse-pounding quest of Ash Ketchum, together with his pal Pikachu and his mischievous Aipom, to become the ultimate PokĂ©mon Master in the all-new season of PokĂ©mon: Diamond and Pearl premiering on April 26, weeknights at 7:00 PM. Fresh from his victories in the Battle Frontier, Ash sets out for the Sinnoh region and encounters lots of new friends and new PokĂ©mon, with new Gyms to beat and an intense PokĂ©mon Contest to enter! There’s never a dull moment when Ash is around, especially when the villainous Team Rocket is still hot on his trail as always.
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The action hits a crescendo as all the world’s mightiest heroes converge in back-to-back adventures in Cartoon Network’s Hero Up special programming line-up. On weekdays, wake up to back-to-back episodes of the awesome alien-morphing com of boy hero, Ben 10, followed by the all-new episodes of mystery-solving crypto-zoologist family The Secret Saturdays at 8:00 AM and 9:00 am respectively. Then see well loved heroes come to life with crime-fighting adventures in Spectacular Spider-man at 9:30 AM and Batman: The Brave and the Bold at 10:00 AM. Finally, gear up for more Ben 10: Alien force, Teen Titans and Powerpuff Girls Z from 10:30 AM to 12:00 NN. Cap off the weekends with the smoking hot adventures League of Super Evil and more double episodes of Ben 10 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM.

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