Young Justice is an American animated television series created by Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti for Cartoon Network. The series follows the lives of teenaged heroes who are members of a covert operations team that takes orders from the Justice League. The series debuted on January 7, 2011, with a two-week reairing of the first two episodes, which originally aired as an hour-long special on November 26, 2010. Warner Bros. Animation announced the show's return in November 2016 after an extended hiatus since 2013; new episodes were released in 2019.