ABC Kids (United States)
ABC Kids (also known as Disney's ABC Kids, and originally titled Disney's One Saturday Morning until September 2002) was an American children's programming block that aired on ABC from September 13, 1997 to August 27, 2011. It featured a mix of animated and live-action series from Walt Disney Television Animation and (beginning in 2001) sister cable network Disney Channel, aimed at children between the ages of 7 and 14.
The block regularly aired on Saturday mornings in the U.S., though certain programs within the lineup aired on Sundays in some parts of the country due to station preferences for non-educational programming or scheduling issues with regional or network sports broadcasts. Under its original "One Saturday Morning" brand, the block also aired in Canada on CTV from 1997 to 2002, and on the Baton Broadcast System (BBS) from 1997 until it was integrated into CTV in 1998.
After five years of mainly repeats of programs introduced onto the block prior to the 2007-08 season, ABC decided it would cease to provide children's programming during the Saturday morning timeslot, and entered into an agreement with Litton Entertainment to program that period; the block that resulted from this deal – Litton's Weekend Adventure, which is structured as a syndication package distributed with virtual exclusivity to ABC's owned-and-operated stations and affiliates – replaced ABC Kids on September 3, 2011.
ABC Kids
ABC Kids may refer to:
- a part-time digital TV channel for preschoolers from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- The brand name for children's programming on ABC Television prior to 2009
- ABC Kids channel, a defunct digital TV channel from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC Kids (Australia)
ABC Kids is the name of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's part-time channel, broadcasting shows between the hours of 5am and 7pm in each local Australian market for children aged 2–6 years. ABC Kids shares the same bandwidth as ABC2 which broadcasts outside of ABC Kids' scheduled hours and supplements the flagship ABC channel with extra adult-oriented programming.
History
1991–2001: Origins
In 1991, all children's programming on the ABC was organised into a daily broadcasting block under the name ABC For Kids. This new programming block featured a range of programming ranging from preschoolers to young children and included both old and new content. The logo featured six blocks (3 across, 2 down) with the top row lettered "A", "B" and "C", and the bottom row featuring an apple, a bee and a carrot beneath their respective letter.
2001–2009: ABC Kids
In 2001, the ABC For Kids timeslot was rebranded as ABC Kids and content was expanded to include shows for older children as well as younger children. A new logo was also introduced, featuring a solid green Lissajous curve (taken from the ABC's logo) with "ABC Kids" in lowercase blue letters in front.
ABC Kids (Australia - 2000s-2009)
ABC Kids is an Australian children's block of animated television series and live-action children's television series. broadcast on the ABC network on Sunday-Friday mornings at 6.00am to 9.30am and Monday-Friday afternoons at 3.00pm to 4.00pm in Australia. following Rollercoaster at 4.00 pm.
