PBS Kids

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PBS Kids
PBS Kids logo.jpg
Type Kids program block
Channel aired from 1995 to 2001
Branding PBS KIDS
Founded
Launch date 1971 (block)
1995 (channel)
September 26, 2001 (PBS Kids Sprout)
Dissolved 2000 (channel)
Affiliation PBS
Official website Official Website

PBS Kids is the brand for children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States founded in 1971. As with all PBS programming, PBS Kids programming is non-commercial.

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[edit] History

Along with the block of programming on PBS, PBS Kids was a separate television network, founded in 1995[1], and was targeted to children aged 2-7 years. The PBS Kids Channel ran for six years and was largely funded by DirecTV. The channel ceased broadcast on September 26, 2001, in favor of a new commercial joint venture, PBS Kids Sprout, which is a partnership owned by Comcast.[citation needed] About half of PBS TV stations still program a children's channel themselves over their multicasting service [2], such as KETC, WNET, WHRO, UNC-TV, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Television, WGBH, KQED, and CPTV. On PBS, two blocks of programming are currently included in PBS Kids, including PBS Kids Go! and the PBS Kids preschool block, and the former block, PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch, which was launched in 2000 and cancelled in 2009.

[edit] Programs Broadcast on PBS Kids

[edit] Current

[edit] Former

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.current.org/ch/ch916k.html
  2. ^ http://www.current.org/kids/kids0901multicast.shtml

[edit] External links

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PBS Kids shows
Current shows
PBS Kids GO!
Past shows

3-2-1 Contact  · Adventures from the Book of Virtues † · Adventures of Dudley the Dragon § · The Berenstain Bears (2003–) * · Bill Nye the Science Guy  · Big Comfy Couch § · Boohbah  · Captain Kangaroo § · Charlie Horse Music Pizza  · Clifford the Big Red Dog * · Clifford's Puppy Days * · Dragon Tales * · The Electric Company (1971–1977)  · Gerbert § · George Shrinks  · Ghostwriter (1992–1995)  · The Huggabug Club § · In the Mix  · Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks  · Jay Jay: The Jet Plane * · Katie and Orbie § · Kidsongs § · Kratts' Creatures  · Lamb Chop's Play-Along † · Liberty's Kids ° · Long Ago & Far Away  · The Magic School Bus ∞ · Mark Kistler's Imagination Station § · Mister Rogers' Neighborhood * · Newton's Apple  · Noddy  · Pappyland § · PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch  · Peep and the Big Wide World § · Powerhouse  · The Puzzle Place  · Reading Rainbow*  · Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat * · Shining Time Station  · Square One Television  · Seven Little Monsters  · Teletubbies  · Theodore Tugboat † · Tots TV  · Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?  · Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?  · Wimzie's House ° · Wishbone * · Zoboomafoo * · Zoobilee Zoo § · ZOOM *
Note
This list does not include shows from networks airing PBS Kids shows that are not funded directly by PBS, such as shows created by and funded by local PBS affiliates.
See also
* = No new episodes are being produced; reruns still airing on many major PBS stations or on PBS Sprout.
§ = Not distributed via PBS, but by American Public Television.
† = Airing (as of 2009) on Qubo Channel.
∞ = Airing (as of 2009) on Discovery Kids.
° = Airing (as of 2009) on This TV.
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Children's Television Blocks in the United States
Current
Past
See also
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS_Kids"
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