By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Cartoon Network on Thursday unveiled what it’s calling a “holistic slate of content” for 2017-18 as part of its upfront presentation to advertisers.

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To put it more bluntly: “MTV had no female viewers,” says showrunner ... Even though she’s a cartoon… she was like, a real teenage girl.” Each episode required a nine-month leadtime ...