Vortexx
Saturday morning cartoon block | |
Running time | 5 hours (7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.) |
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Original language(s) | English |
Official website | Official website (Archive link) |
Vortexx was an American Saturday morning
Vortexx was the only remaining Saturday morning block across the major broadcast networks to not air a
History
On April 6, 2011, following a lawsuit involving the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, 4Kids Entertainment, which programmed the CW4Kids/Toonzai block for the network, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[1] On May 1, 2012, Kidsco Media Ventures, an affiliate of Saban Capital Group, placed a bid to acquire some of their assets. On June 26, 2012, after competition from 4K Acquisition Corp, a subsidiary of Konami, the deal was finalized, with 4K Acquisition receiving the U.S. rights to the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise and Saban receiving all other assets, including the programming rights to The CW's Saturday morning block.[2] On July 2, 2012, it was announced that Saban Capital Group, via Kidsco Media Ventures, would begin programming the block that fall.[3][4][5][6] On July 12, 2012, it was announced that the block would be named Vortexx, which launched on August 25, 2012.[7][8]
Cancellation
On June 5, 2014, The CW announced that Vortexx would be discontinued and replaced on October 4, 2014 by
Scheduling
Officially the network preferred the block to air from 7:00 a.m. to Noon in each time zone, though there were local scheduling variances in some areas that may have moved it to different hours, to Sundays, or split the lineup between Saturday or Sunday, along with local pre-emptions of select shows. CW Plus stations in the Central, Mountain, and Alaska time zones time zones also aired the block one hour earlier or later, depending on the local time zone, as The CW Plus operates separate feeds based on the network's Eastern and Pacific time zone scheduling for primetime shows. San Antonio CW affiliate KMYS split the Vortexx block over two days, between early Sunday and early Monday mornings before 5:00 a.m. due to an existing arrangement to air Fox's Weekend Marketplace paid programming block in lieu of sister station KABB.
Past exclusions
Video-on-demand
On April 29, 2013,
Programming
Most of the block's programming aired in
Vortexx only ran an hour of programming that met the FCC's
Final programming
Title | Premiere date | End date |
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Cubix: Robots for EveryoneE/I + | August 25, 2012 | September 27, 2014 |
Yu-Gi-Oh! + | ||
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal | ||
Dragon Ball Z Kai | ||
Sonic X | October 6, 2012 | |
Bolts and Blip | July 13, 2013 | |
The Spectacular Spider-Man + | August 17, 2013 | |
Digimon Fusion | January 25, 2014 |
Former programming
Title | Premiere date | End date |
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Rescue HeroesE/I + | August 25, 2012 | August 23, 2014 |
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy | January 11, 2013 | |
Iron Man: Armored Adventures | November 24, 2012 | |
Justice League Unlimited | August 23, 2014 | |
WWE Saturday Morning Slam | May 11, 2013 | |
Transformers: Prime | December 8, 2012 | June 1, 2013 |
The New Adventures of NanoboyE/I | March 9, 2013 | August 10, 2013 |
The Adventures of Chuck and FriendsE/I | August 17, 2013 | February 8, 2014 |
B-Daman Crossfire | January 18, 2014 |
Special programming
Title | Initial broadcast date |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: Night Ghoulery | October 27, 2012 |
November 24, 2012 | |
Gummibär: The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa | December 1, 2012 |
December 22, 2012 | |
Spike Saves Christmas | December 15, 2012 |
Spike's Reindeer Rescue | December 22, 2012 |
+ – Former Kids WB program
See also
- KidsClick, a now-defunct syndicated morning cartoon block owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
References
- ^ "4kids Entertainment Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy". Anime News Network. May 30, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
- ^ "4Kids sells Yu-Gi-Oh CW Network related assets jointly to konami kidsco". Anime News Network. June 26, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ Wallenstein, Andrew (July 2, 2012). "Jessica Borutski to rebuild CW toon block". Variety. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ Marcucci, Carl (July 3, 2012). "The CW signs Saban Brands for kids block". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ "Saban builds CW kids' block". C21Media. July 3, 2012. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ Dickson, Jeremy (July 3, 2012). "Saban and The CW launch kids TV block". KidScreen. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (July 12, 2012). "'Power Rangers' Backer Saban to Reenter Kiddie TV". Advertising Age. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ "Jessica Borutski to launch Vortexx kid shows on The CW". L.A. Biz. July 12, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ "CBS Slates Teen-Centric Programming Block For Saturdays". Deadline Hollywood. July 24, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ a b "The CW Sets 5-Hour Saturday Morning Block". Deadline Hollywood. June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ^ Sullivan, Gail (September 30, 2014). "Saturday morning cartoons are no more". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ^ Newkirk, Jacob (January 28, 2013). "Local 7 picking up CW programming". Evansville Courier & Press. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ "Jake's DTV Blog: The official announcement from Mission Broadcasting on WTVW and CW". Jake's DTV Blog. January 29, 2013. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ Getzler, Wendy (April 29, 2013). "Vortexx on-demand channel launches on Kabillion". Kidscreen.com. Retrieved April 29, 2013.