List of local children's television series (United States)

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The following is a list of local children's television shows in the United States. Local children's television series were locally produced commercial television programming intended for the child audience with unique hosts and themes. This type of programming began in the late 1940s and continued into the late 1970s; some shows continued into the 1990s. Author Tim Hollis documented about 1,400 local children's shows in a 2002 book, Hi There, Boys and Girls![1][2]

The television programs typically aired in the weekday mornings before school or afternoons after school as well as on weekends (to a lesser degree). There were different formats. Almost all shows had a colorful host who assumed a persona such as a cowboy/cowgirl, captain, princess, clown, sheriff, magician, or "uncle", whose role was not only to be the "DJ" for syndicated material (typically cartoons, although westerns were more popular earlier on) but also to entertain, often with a live television studio audience of kids, during breaks.

Early program fare included cartoon favorites such as Crusader Rabbit, Popeye, Bugs Bunny, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Mighty Mouse, Porky Pig, Deputy Dawg, The Funny Company, and Clutch Cargo as well as movie shorts such as Our Gang/The Little Rascals and The Three Stooges. Some included educational segments like the portraits of wildlife in Nature's Window.

[edit] Television Broadcast Markets

Contents

[edit] Alabama

[edit] Anniston

[edit] Birmingham

[edit] Dothan

[edit] Florence

[edit] Huntsville

[edit] Mobile

[edit] Montgomery

[edit] Alaska

[edit] Anchorage

[edit] Fairbanks

[edit] Arizona

[edit] Phoenix

[edit] Tucson

[edit] Yuma

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] El Dorado/Monroe

[edit] Fort Smith

[edit] Little Rock

[edit] California

[edit] Bakersfield

[edit] Fresno

[edit] Glendale

[edit] Los Angeles

[edit] Oakland

[edit] Sacramento/Stockton

[edit] San Diego

[edit] San Francisco

[edit] San Jose

[edit] Visalia

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Denver

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] Hartford

[edit] New Haven

[edit] Delaware

SEE Pennsylvania, Maryland, and District of Columbia markets

[edit] District of Columbia

[edit] Washington

[edit] Florida

[edit] Fort Myers

[edit] Jacksonville

[edit] Miami

[edit] St. Petersburg

[edit] West Palm Beach

  • WJNO (now WPTV): The Sheriff (with Bob Green)
  • The Man From GHOST (Global Headquarters for the Organization to Sustain Terror), channel 5; a Chiller Theater-type show with a live host, but using humorous drop-ins during the films. A precursor to Mystery Science Theatre 3000; for example, in a scene where the Mad Scientist is writing in his journal, the show would superimpose a kids' book, such as The Little Engine That Could.[citation needed]

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Atlanta

[edit] Augusta

  • WJBF: Trooper Terry, weekdays 5-5:30pm; later years 4:30-5pm featured Terry Sams, the weatherman. 1960s-70s
  • WATU: Bozo the Clown, weekdays 4:30–5:30 pm 1970

[edit] Columbus

[edit] Macon

[edit] Savannah

  • WTOC-TV: Romper Room (30 mins.) weekdays 9-9:30 am
  • WTOC-TV: Happy Dan (30 mins.) weekdays 4-4:30 pm. Originally Happy Dan & The Little Rascals later Happy Dan & Popeye. Happy Dan was Dwight Bruce who co-hosted Kaleidoscope with Gwen Ferguson weekdays after Romper Room. Happy Dan was later replaced with Skipper Jack & Popeye.
  • WJCL (TV): Bozo the Clown (60 mins.) weekdays 4:30–5:30 pm

program; later replaced by Col. Frank.

[edit] Thomasville

[edit] Hawaii

[edit] Honolulu

KHON (Channel 2):

KHVH (now KITV) (Channel 4):

KGMB (Channel 9):

KTRG (now KHNL) (Channel 13):

[edit] Idaho

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Chicago

[edit] Peoria

[edit] Quad Cities

SEE Quad Cities, Iowa market

[edit] Rockford

[edit] Harrisburg

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Evansville

[edit] Fort Wayne

[edit] Indianapolis

[edit] South Bend

[edit] Terre Haute

[edit] Iowa

[edit] Cedar Rapids/Waterloo

[edit] Davenport

[edit] Des Moines/Ames

[edit] Mason City/Fort Dodge

[edit] Quad Cities

[edit] Sioux City

[edit] Kansas

[edit] Wichita

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Bowling Green

[edit] Louisville

[edit] Paducah

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Baton Rouge

[edit] Monroe

[edit] New Orleans

[edit] Shreveport

[edit] Maine

[edit] Bangor

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Baltimore

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Boston

[edit] Springfield

[edit] Worcester

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Detroit

[edit] Detroit Area

[edit] Grand Rapids

[edit] Kalamazoo

  • WWMT-TV/WKZO-TV: Channel 3 Clubhouse (with Beanie Brown, Uncle Fred and others)

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Duluth

[edit] Minneapolis/St. Paul

[edit] Rochester

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Joplin

[edit] Kansas City

[edit] St. Louis

[edit] Springfield

[edit] Montana

[edit] Billings

[edit] Butte

[edit] Nebraska

[edit] Lincoln

KOLN/KGIN: Cartoon Corral[clarification needed]

[edit] Scottsbluff

KSTF: The Wilmer Worm Show (with June Beaman)

[edit] Nevada

[edit] Las Vegas

[edit] New Hampshire

[edit] Manchester

[edit] New Jersey

SEE New York and Pennsylvania markets

[edit] New York

[edit] Albany/Schenectady

[edit] Binghamton

[edit] Buffalo

[edit] Elmira/Ithaca

[edit] New York

[edit] Plattsburgh

[edit] Rochester

[edit] Syracuse/Auburn

[edit] Utica/Rome

[edit] Watertown

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] Asheville

[edit] Charlotte

[edit] Greenville/New Bern

[edit] Raleigh/Durham

[edit] Winston-Salem/Greensboro

[edit] North Dakota

[edit] Bismarck

[edit] Fargo

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Akron

[edit] Canton

[edit] Cincinnati

[edit] Cleveland

[edit] Columbus

[edit] Dayton

[edit] Lima

[edit] Springfield

[edit] Steubenville

[edit] Toledo

[edit] Youngstown

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Oklahoma City

[edit] Tulsa

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Eugene

[edit] Medford

[edit] Portland

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] Erie

[edit] Harrisburg/Lancaster

[edit] Johnstown/Altoona

[edit] Philadelphia

[edit] Pittsburgh

[edit] Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

[edit] Rhode Island

[edit] Providence

[edit] South Carolina

[edit] Charleston

[edit] Columbia

[edit] Florence/Myrtle Beach

[edit] Greenville/Spartanburg

[edit] South Dakota

[edit] Rapid City

[edit] Sioux Falls

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Chattanooga

[edit] Jackson

[edit] Knoxville

[edit] Memphis

[edit] Nashville

[edit] Texas

[edit] Abilene

[edit] Amarillo

[edit] Austin

[edit] Beaumont/Port Arthur

[edit] Corpus Christi

[edit] Dallas/Fort Worth

[edit] El Paso

[edit] Houston/Galveston

[edit] Lubbock

[edit] Odessa/Midland

[edit] San Antonio

[edit] Utah

[edit] Salt Lake City

[edit] Vermont

[edit] Burlington

[edit] Virginia

[edit] Harrisonburg

[edit] Norfolk/Portsmouth

[edit] Richmond

[edit] Roanoke/Lynchburg

[edit] Washington, D.C.

[edit] Washington

[edit] Bellingham

[edit] Everett

  • Channel 3/Everett Cablevision: Jaycee Clown Show (with Crash the Clown (Nik Boldrini) and Officer Pup (Richard Boldrin) (1971–72))

[edit] Seattle/Tacoma

[edit] Spokane

[edit] Yakima

[edit] West Virginia

[edit] Beckley/Bluefield

[edit] Charleston/Huntington

[edit] Morgantown/Clarksburg

[edit] Parkersburg

[edit] Wheeling

[edit] Wisconsin

[edit] Eau Claire

[edit] Green Bay

[edit] La Crosse

[edit] Madison

[edit] Milwaukee

[edit] Wausau

[edit] Wyoming

[edit] Casper

[edit] Cheyenne

[edit] Guam

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hollis, Tim (November 2001). Hi There Boys and Girls: America's Local Children's TV Programs. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-396-5
  2. ^ NPR episode "A History of Local Children's TV Programs", aired May 22, 2002
  3. ^ Hollis, Tim (2001). Hi There, Boys and Girls!: America's Local Children's TV Shows. University Press of Mississippi. p. 27. ISBN 1578063965. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hHZ3wYy7e9gC&pg=PA260&dq=%22Harry+Mabry%22&client=firefox-a&sig=PiwqniCGaMXll6FFEaWQau-kfV0#PPA260,M1. 
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  20. ^ Hollis, Tim (2001). Hi There, Boys and Girls!: America's Local Children's TV Shows. University Press of Mississippi. p. 260. ISBN 1578063965. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hHZ3wYy7e9gC&pg=PA260&dq=%22Harry+Mabry%22&client=firefox-a&sig=PiwqniCGaMXll6FFEaWQau-kfV0#PPA260,M1. 
  21. ^ Hollis, Tim (2001). Hi There, Boys and Girls!: America's Local Children's TV Shows. University Press of Mississippi. p. 264. ISBN 1578063965. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hHZ3wYy7e9gC&pg=PA260&dq=%22Harry+Mabry%22&client=firefox-a&sig=PiwqniCGaMXll6FFEaWQau-kfV0#PPA260,M1. 
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