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Kids TV History

Broadcast TV Programming Blocks & Network Profiles

See Also: Kids TV History | Cable Network Profiles

Programming Blocks

NBC

  • no/various branding: 1947 – 1992
  • TNBC: September 12, 1992 – September 28, 2002
  • Discovery Kids on NBC: October 5, 2002 – September 2, 2006
  • qubo on NBC: September 9, 2006 – June 30, 2012
  • NBC Kids: July 7, 2012 – September 24, 2016
  • The More You Know: October 8, 2016 – present

ABC

  • no/various branding: 1950 – September 6, 1997
  • Disney’s One Saturday Morning: September 13, 1997 – September 7, 2002
  • ABC Kids: September 14, 2002 – August 27, 2011
  • Litton’s Weekend Adventure: September 3, 2011 – present

CBS

  • no/various branding: 1955 – 1990
  • CBS Kid TV: 1990 – September 1993
  • CBS Toontastic / CBS Saturday / CBS Kidz: September 1993 – September 6, 1997
  • Think CBS Kids: September 13, 1997 – September 26, 1998
  • CBS Kidshow: October 3, 1998 – September 9, 2000
  • Nick Jr. on CBS: September 16, 2000 – September 7, 2002; September 18, 2004 – September 9, 2006
  • Nick on CBS: September 14, 2002 – September 11, 2004
  • KOL Secret Slumber Party: September 16, 2006 – September 8, 2007
  • KEWLopolis: September 15, 2007 – September 12, 2009
  • Cookie Jar TV: September 19, 2009 – September 21, 2013
  • CBS Dream Team / CBS WKND: September 28, 2013 – present

FOX

  • Fox Children’s Network / Fox Kids: September 8, 1990 – September 7, 2002
  • FoxBox: September 14, 2002 – January 15, 2005
  • 4Kids TV: January 22, 2005 – December 27, 2008
  • no kids programming: January 3, 2009 – September 6, 2014
  • Xploration Station: September 13, 2014 – present

The WB | The CW

  • Kids’ WB: September 9, 1995 – May 17, 2008
  • The CW4Kids / Toonzai: May 24, 2008 – August 18, 2012
  • Vortexx: August 25, 2012 – September 27, 2014
  • One Magnificent Morning: October 4, 2014 – present

UPN

  • UPN Kids: September 10, 1995 – September 5, 1999
  • Disney’s One Too: September 6, 1999 – August 31, 2003
  • no children’s programming: September 1, 2003 – September 15, 2006

Syndicated

  • The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera: September 15, 1985 – 1994
  • Marvel Action Universe: October 2, 1988 – 1991
  • The Disney Afternoon: September 10, 1990 – August 29, 1999
  • Amazin’ Adventures / Bohbot Kids Network / BKN: September 13, 1992 – 2000/2001
  • DiC Kids Network / Cookie Jar Kids Network: September 1, 2003 – September 18, 2011
  • Go Time: October 1, 2016 – present
  • KidsClick: July 1, 2017 – March 31, 2019

ION Television

  • qubo / qubo Kids Corner: September 15, 2006 – present

Telemundo

  • Telemundo Infantil: September 1995 – November 2, 1998; 2001 – September 2, 2006
  • Nickelodeon en Telemundo: November 9, 1998 – 2001
  • qubo: September 9, 2006 – June 30, 2012
  • MiTelemundo: July 7, 2012 – present

Univision

  • Planeta U: April 5, 2008 – present

TV Networks

These multicast channels are often available as digital sub-channels on local broadcast stations:

qubo

  • Launched on Monday, January 8, 2007
  • Came to an end on Friday, February 26, 2021 at 11:59pm for most providers and Monday, March 1, 2021 at 12:09am for the last remaining providers

PBS Kids

  • Launched on Monday, January 16, 2017