NBC Kids
Network | |
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Launched | July 7, 2012 |
Closed | September 25, 2016 December 31, 2017 (Telemundo) | (NBC)
Country of origin | United States |
Owner | NBCUniversal |
Format | Saturday morning pre-school block |
Running time | 3 hours |
Official website | Official website (Archive link) |
NBC Kids was an American Saturday morning
The three-hour block featured
The block came to an end on September 25, 2016 on NBC (December 31, 2017 on Telemundo), and was replaced the following week with a live-action E/I block from
History
On March 28, 2012, NBC announced that the three-hour children's programming time period allocated by the network on Saturday mornings would be taken over by Sprout (which had become a sister television property to NBC following parent company NBCUniversal's 2010 majority purchase by Comcast; NBC later took full ownership of the network, whose owners previously included Sesame Workshop and HIT Entertainment) and launch a new Saturday morning block called NBC Kids, which was aimed at preschoolers and grade school-aged children ages 2 to 6.[4][5] Sprout also produced a Spanish-language sister block for Telemundo known as MiTelemundo.[6]
NBC Kids debuted on July 7, 2012, one week after the Qubo block ended its run on both NBC and Telemundo on June 30 (leaving Ion Television as the only network to retain a Qubo-branded children's block, as Ion Media Networks was now sole owner of the Qubo properties including the flagship Qubo Channel television service).[7]
Cancellation
On February 24, 2016 and March 1, 2017, NBCUniversal announced that NBC Kids would be discontinued and replaced on October 8, 2016 on NBC (January 6, 2018 on Telemundo) by
Programming
Final programming
NBC
Original programming
Title | Premiere date | End date | Source(s) |
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Noodle and Doodle | July 7, 2012 | September 25, 2016 | |
The Chica Show | February 2, 2013 | ||
Astroblast! | October 4, 2014 | July 10, 2016 | |
Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave | July 4, 2015 | September 25, 2016 | |
Nina's World | January 2, 2016 | ||
Floogals | February 6, 2016 | ||
Terrific Trucks
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July 16, 2016 |
Acquired programming
Title | Premiere date | End date | Source(s) |
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Pajanimals | July 7, 2012 | January 26, 2014 | |
Poppy Cat | June 1, 2013 | ||
October 4, 2014 | September 26, 2015 | ||
Justin Time | July 7, 2012 | September 27, 2014 | |
LazyTown | March 27, 2016 | ||
The Wiggles | February 2, 2013 | ||
Tree Fu Tom | June 8, 2013 | January 2, 2016 | |
Make Way for Noddy | October 12, 2013 | March 29, 2014 | |
Zou | April 5, 2014 | September 27, 2014 | |
Earth to Luna! | April 4, 2015 | January 30, 2016 | |
Clangers | October 3, 2015 | March 26, 2016 |
See also
References
- ^ Nellie Andreeva (March 28, 2012). "NBC Launches Preschool Saturday Block Programmed By Sprout". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- ^ "FCC Form 398 "KidVid" Children's Television Programming Report, 2nd Quarter of 2013 for WTVA, Tupelo, Mississippi" (PDF). WTVA. WTVA, Inc. July 2, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
- ^ "NBC Will Launch NBC Kids, a New Saturday Morning Preschool Block Programmed by Sprout®, Saturday, July 7". MarketWatch. March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- ^ Lindsay Rubino (March 28, 2012). "NBC, With Assist From Sprout, to Launch Saturday Morning Preschool Block". Multichannel News. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- ^ "Telemundo anuncia nuevo bloque infantil "Mi Telemundo!"". Primera Hora. GFR Media LLC. October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
- ^ "NBC Will Launch NBC Kids, a New Saturday Morning Preschool Block Programmed by Sprout®, Saturday, July 7". MarketWatch. March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
- ^ Desk, TV News. "Telemundo Kicks Off 2018 with New 'Mi Telemundo' Programming Block". Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- ^ "Litton Entertainment & Telemundo Kick Off 2018 with the new "Mi Telemundo" Kids Programming Block Premiering Jan. 6". Litton Entertainment. Retrieved 2018-02-17.