CBS Kids
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CBS Kidshow was a Saturday morning children's programming block on CBS
. In 2000
, CBS Kidshow was replaced by Nick Jr. on CBS
and in 2006 Nick Jr. on CBS was replaced by KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS as part of a multi-year partnership between CBS
and DIC Entertainment
.
on weekday mornings from 1955 through 1982, and on Saturdays through 1984. From 1971 through 1986, the CBS News department produced one minute In the News
segments broadcast between other Saturday morning programs. Otherwise, in regards to children's programming, CBS has aired various animated TV shows for kids, such as the original version of Scooby-Doo
, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, Garfield and Friends
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
, as well as their in-house program, CBS Storybreak
.
CBS Toontastic (later known as CBS Kidz) premiered on September 1992 with additional programs such as Beakman's World
, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
, The Mask: The Animated Series
, Tales from the Cryptkeeper
among others. The lineup has appeared to be a huge success.
's new rules on children's programming), The first of these special blocks was Think CBS Kids (tagline is the same as the branding) with shows such as Wheel 2000, The New Ghostwriter Mysteries
, The Weird Al Show
, and a few others. Unfortunately due to low ratings, most of the shows were cancelled after 4 months. Much of the programming was then replaced by reruns of Beakman's World, CBS Storybreak, and Tales from the Cryptkeeper. This prompted another relaunch in 1998 as CBS Kidshow, which featured programming from Canada's Nelvana
studio. It aired on CBS Saturday mornings from 1997 to 2000, with shows such as Anatole
, Mythic Warriors
, Rescue Heroes
, and Flying Rhino Junior High
. Its tagline was, "The CBS Kids Show: Get in the Act."
In 2000, CBS's deal with Nelvana ended and the CBS Kidshow block was replaced by Nick Jr. on CBS.
in Fort Worth, TX
aired CBS Kidshow from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturdays and 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Sundays.
Although most affiliates aired all the CBS kidshow programs, some stations pre-empted or delayed some kids shows. Programs were often preempted during professional and college sports seasons.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
. In 2000
2000 in television
The year 2000 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2000.For the American TV schedule, see: 2000-01 United States network television schedule.-Event:-Debuts:-1940s:...
, CBS Kidshow was replaced by Nick Jr. on CBS
Nick Jr. on CBS
Nick Jr. on CBS was a Saturday morning children's programming block on CBS that began on September 16, 2000, replacing CBS Kidshow. This Saturday morning block presented programming from Nick Jr., which at the time shared common ownership with CBS under Viacom. When the block first properly aired,...
and in 2006 Nick Jr. on CBS was replaced by KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS as part of a multi-year partnership between CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
and DIC Entertainment
DiC Entertainment
DIC Entertainment was an international film and television production company. In addition to animated television shows such as Ulysses 31 , Inspector Gadget , The Littles , The Real Ghostbusters , Captain Planet and the Planeteers , and the first two seasons of the English adaptation of...
.
History
CBS broadcast the live action series Captain KangarooCaptain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo is a children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955 until December 8, 1984, making it the longest-running children's television program of its day...
on weekday mornings from 1955 through 1982, and on Saturdays through 1984. From 1971 through 1986, the CBS News department produced one minute In the News
In the News
In the News was a series of two-minute televised video segments that summarized topical news stories for children and pre-teens. The segments were broadcast in the United States on the CBS television network from 1971 until 1986, between Saturday morning animated cartoon programs, as were the...
segments broadcast between other Saturday morning programs. Otherwise, in regards to children's programming, CBS has aired various animated TV shows for kids, such as the original version of Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo is an American media franchise based around several animated television series and related works produced from 1969 to the present day. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears in 1969...
, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, Garfield and Friends
Garfield and Friends
Garfield and Friends is an American animated television series based on the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. The show was produced by Film Roman, in association with United Feature Syndicate and Paws, Inc., and ran on CBS Saturday mornings from September 17, 1988 to December 10, 1994, with...
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 28, 1987 in syndication as a five part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, 1988...
, as well as their in-house program, CBS Storybreak
CBS Storybreak
CBS Storybreak is a Saturday morning anthology television series that originally aired on the CBS network during the 1985 season. Hosted by Captain Kangaroo's Bob Keeshan , the episodes are half-hour animated adaptations of some of the most beloved children's books published at the time of airing,...
.
CBS Toontastic (later known as CBS Kidz) premiered on September 1992 with additional programs such as Beakman's World
Beakman's World
Beakman's World is an educational children's television show produced by ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television, Universal Belo Productions, and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution....
, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is an animated series starring the classic 1919 feline character, Felix the Cat produced for television by Film Roman. It aired from September 9, 1995 to November 25, 1997 on CBS.-History:...
, The Mask: The Animated Series
The Mask: The Animated Series
The Mask: The Animated Series is a television animated series based on the comic book superhero, The Mask, but is a sequel to the 1994 film adaptation. The show ran for three seasons, from August 12, 1995 to March 8, 1997, and spawned its own short-run comic book series, Adventures of The Mask....
, Tales from the Cryptkeeper
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
Tales from the Cryptkeeper is an animated series aimed at children made byNelvana Limited, PeaceArch Entertainment, kaBOOM! Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Animation. It was shown on TVO and ABC,and is still shown near Halloween on Teletoon. It was based on the live-action television...
among others. The lineup has appeared to be a huge success.
Relaunch
In September 1997, CBS began contracting out to other companies to provide educational programming and material for their Saturday morning schedule (per FCCFederal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
's new rules on children's programming), The first of these special blocks was Think CBS Kids (tagline is the same as the branding) with shows such as Wheel 2000, The New Ghostwriter Mysteries
The New Ghostwriter Mysteries
The New Ghostwriter Mysteries is a CBS television show that aired in 1997. It was loosely based on an earlier series on PBS called Ghostwriter...
, The Weird Al Show
The Weird Al Show
The Weird Al Show is a television show hosted by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Produced in association with Dick Clark Productions, it aired Saturday mornings on the CBS TV network from September to December 1997. The show was released on DVD on August 15, 2006...
, and a few others. Unfortunately due to low ratings, most of the shows were cancelled after 4 months. Much of the programming was then replaced by reruns of Beakman's World, CBS Storybreak, and Tales from the Cryptkeeper. This prompted another relaunch in 1998 as CBS Kidshow, which featured programming from Canada's Nelvana
Nelvana
Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
studio. It aired on CBS Saturday mornings from 1997 to 2000, with shows such as Anatole
Anatole (TV series)
Anatole is an animated children's television series based on the Anatole book series by Eve Titus. The series tells the story of Anatole, a mouse who lives in Paris. He works as a night watchman in a cheese factory. He has a wife, Doucette and a family of six little mice. It originally aired in...
, Mythic Warriors
Mythic Warriors
Mythic Warriors was a Canadian-produced animated television series that was a fixture of CBS' Saturday-morning cartoon lineup...
, Rescue Heroes
Rescue Heroes
Rescue Heroes is a line of toys from Fisher-Price that was introduced in 1997. Rescue Heroes depicts various rescue personnel and their equipment. In 1999, an animated television series titled Rescue Heroes was released and was based on the figurines...
, and Flying Rhino Junior High
Flying Rhino Junior High
Flying Rhino Junior High is a Canadian animated television series produced by Nelvana Limited and Scottish Television. It originally aired from October 3, 1998 to January 22, 2000 on the CBS Kids Show. Reruns used to be shown on STV in Scotland, and in 2011 reruns returned to YTV after a four...
. Its tagline was, "The CBS Kids Show: Get in the Act."
In 2000, CBS's deal with Nelvana ended and the CBS Kidshow block was replaced by Nick Jr. on CBS.
Schedule variances and Pre-emptions
Since 1997 CBS Kidshow programming varies in each CBS affiliate's schedule. For example, From 1997 to 1998, KTVTKTVT
KTVT, virtual channel 11, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth designated market area. The station is co-owned with independent station KTXA , and the two stations share facilities in Dallas and Fort Worth...
in Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
aired CBS Kidshow from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturdays and 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Sundays.
Although most affiliates aired all the CBS kidshow programs, some stations pre-empted or delayed some kids shows. Programs were often preempted during professional and college sports seasons.
Programming
- Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveAce Ventura: Pet Detective (TV series)Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is an animated television series based on the film of the same name. The series was produced by Morgan Creek Productions and Nelvana for Warner Bros. Studios. It aired for two seasons from 1995 to 1997 on CBS...
- AnatoleAnatole (TV series)Anatole is an animated children's television series based on the Anatole book series by Eve Titus. The series tells the story of Anatole, a mouse who lives in Paris. He works as a night watchman in a cheese factory. He has a wife, Doucette and a family of six little mice. It originally aired in...
- Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. was a US children's television series that aired in 1996 on CBS Saturday Mornings, starring Michael Galeota, John Achorn, Meg Wittner. It lasted for only 13 episodes of 30 mins length each. At one time this show had a slot on the BBC's CBBC program which was on Fridays mostly...
- Beakman's WorldBeakman's WorldBeakman's World is an educational children's television show produced by ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television, Universal Belo Productions, and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution....
(transferred from TLCTLC (TV channel)TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...
) - BirdzBirdzBirdz is an animated television series produced by Canada's Nelvana studio, and Scottish Television . The show was first broadcast in 1998 on CBS...
- CBS StorybreakCBS StorybreakCBS Storybreak is a Saturday morning anthology television series that originally aired on the CBS network during the 1985 season. Hosted by Captain Kangaroo's Bob Keeshan , the episodes are half-hour animated adaptations of some of the most beloved children's books published at the time of airing,...
- Dumb BunniesDumb BunniesThe Dumb Bunnies are a series of books created by Dav Pilkey under the pseudonym "Sue Denim". They involve the adventures of a dumb family of bunnies...
- Flying Rhino Junior HighFlying Rhino Junior HighFlying Rhino Junior High is a Canadian animated television series produced by Nelvana Limited and Scottish Television. It originally aired from October 3, 1998 to January 22, 2000 on the CBS Kids Show. Reruns used to be shown on STV in Scotland, and in 2011 reruns returned to YTV after a four...
- The Weezer Show
- Goo Gangs
- Kipper the DogKipper the DogKipper the Dog is a character in a series of books for preschool age children by a British writer, Mick Inkpen. The books consist of 34 titles which have sold over 8 million copies and have been translated into over 20 languages. The books have also won many awards.Kipper is also the name of a...
- The MaskThe Mask: The Animated SeriesThe Mask: The Animated Series is a television animated series based on the comic book superhero, The Mask, but is a sequel to the 1994 film adaptation. The show ran for three seasons, from August 12, 1995 to March 8, 1997, and spawned its own short-run comic book series, Adventures of The Mask....
- Mythic WarriorsMythic WarriorsMythic Warriors was a Canadian-produced animated television series that was a fixture of CBS' Saturday-morning cartoon lineup...
- The New Ghostwriter MysteriesThe New Ghostwriter MysteriesThe New Ghostwriter Mysteries is a CBS television show that aired in 1997. It was loosely based on an earlier series on PBS called Ghostwriter...
- Project Geeker
- Rescue HeroesRescue HeroesRescue Heroes is a line of toys from Fisher-Price that was introduced in 1997. Rescue Heroes depicts various rescue personnel and their equipment. In 1999, an animated television series titled Rescue Heroes was released and was based on the figurines...
- RupertRupert (TV series)Rupert is an animated television series based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, produced by Nelvana, Ellipse Programmé and TVS for the first season, with Scottish Television taken over control when TVS closed. Aired from 1991 to 1997 with 65 half-hour episodes produced. It was broadcast...
- Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted HouseSecrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted HouseSecrets of the Cryptkeeper’s Haunted House is a Children's Saturday-morning game show that ran on CBS. It premiered on September 14, 1996 and lasted until August 23, 1997. It featured the Cryptkeeper of Tales from the Crypt now serving as an announcer...
- The Sports Illustrated for Kids Show
- Tales from the CryptkeeperTales from the CryptkeeperTales from the Cryptkeeper is an animated series aimed at children made byNelvana Limited, PeaceArch Entertainment, kaBOOM! Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Animation. It was shown on TVO and ABC,and is still shown near Halloween on Teletoon. It was based on the live-action television...
(transferred from ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
) - Timon & PumbaaTimon & Pumbaa (TV series)The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa is an American animated television series made by the Walt Disney Company. It centers on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog from the Disney film franchise The Lion King, without most of the other characters in the franchise...
- Tommy (TV series)
- The Twisted Tales of Felix the CatThe Twisted Tales of Felix the CatThe Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is an animated series starring the classic 1919 feline character, Felix the Cat produced for television by Film Roman. It aired from September 9, 1995 to November 25, 1997 on CBS.-History:...
- The Weird Al ShowThe Weird Al ShowThe Weird Al Show is a television show hosted by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Produced in association with Dick Clark Productions, it aired Saturday mornings on the CBS TV network from September to December 1997. The show was released on DVD on August 15, 2006...
- VR TroopersVR TroopersVR Troopers was a syndicated live action show produced by Saban from 1994 to 1996...
- Wheel 2000