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{{Short description|American preschool television block}}
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| name = Ready Set Learn!
{{Infobox broadcasting network|
network_name = Ready Set Learn|
| image = Ready Set Learn.PNG
| image_size = 150px
network_logo = [[Image:Ready Set Learn.PNG|150px]]|
| caption = 2003–2010 logo (featuring [[The Paz Show|Paz the Penguin]])
country = [[United States]]|
| premiered = {{Start date and age|1992|12|28}}
available = National|
| closed = {{End date and age|2010|10|8}}
owner = [[Discovery Communications]]|
| channel = {{ubl|[[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] (1992–2008)|[[Discovery Family|Discovery Kids]] (2000s)}}
launch_date = {{Start date|1992|10|26}}|
| parent = [[Discovery, Inc.|Discovery Communications]]
dissolved = {{End date|2010|10|8}}|
| country = United States
channel = [[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]] (1992-2008)<br>[[Discovery Kids]] (1996-2010)
| available = National
| language = English
| format = Weekday morning preschool block
| runtime = {{ubl|6 hours (1992–2003, TLC; early 2000s, Discovery Kids)|5 hours (late 2000s, Discovery Kids)|3 hours (2003–2008, TLC)}}
}}
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'''''Ready Set Learn!''''' was an American television block broadcast from late 1992 until 2010 across the [[Discovery, Inc.|Discovery Communications]]-owned [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] and [[Discovery Kids]] networks. A cable competitor to [[PBS Kids|PBS's children's offerings]], it broadcast twice on weekday mornings and comprised three hours of original, imported, and rerun programming plus music videos geared towards preschoolers. In its early years, it was hosted by children's entertainer Rory Zuckerman, who was billed [[mononym]]ously; an early 2003 relaunch replaced her with [[The Paz Show|Paz]], a penguin who was represented in animated and puppet form.


A 1990 [[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching|Carnegie Foundation]] report inspired Discovery to develop the block; shows were selected based on their educational value and visual vibrancy. Amid a $10 million investment from TLC, a line of home video and software releases, and plans to spin it off into a standalone channel, the parent company used ''Ready'' as a [[loss leader]] to expand the network's carriage. A counterpart for older children debuted on the main [[Discovery Channel]] in early 1997. By mid-2002, the TLC block ended up under the management of Discovery Kids, whose schedule it also appeared on.
'''Ready, Set, Learn!''' was a preschool block that aired on [[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]] from October 26, 1992 to September 29, 2008, and [[Discovery Kids]] from October 7, 1996 to October 8, 2010.


''Ready Set Learn!'' ran on TLC from December 28, 1992 to September 26, 2008, with Discovery Kids following suit during the 2000s. Despite brief skepticism on its chances as an "[[educational television]]" outlet, it was positively reviewed during both its 1990s and 2000s incarnations. The block helped TLC receive a [[CableACE]] Creators Award in 1995, and was also honored by the [[National Education Association]], the American Academy of Children's Entertainment, and the [[Parents' Choice Award|Parents' Choice Foundation]].
The block was initially hosted by children's entertainer Rory Zuckerman, who was billed as simply "Rory". In 1996, [[Discovery Kids]] began to air its shows in its schedule upon its launch as one of the first [[digital cable]] networks.


==History==
On February 24, 2003, ''Ready Set Learn'' introduced [[The Paz Show|Paz the Penguin]], who was seen in the block's official logo. [[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]], as part of their continuing transformation into a pop-culture reality television channel, removed the block on September 29, 2008, and replaced it with repeats of their daytime and primetime programs, as a result, all ''Ready, Set, Learn'' programs began airing exclusively on Discovery Kids.
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"Kids don't just sit and watch, they play along and learn at home."
|Tagline from TLC's pre-launch pitch video for the block<ref name=courant>{{cite news|url=https://proquest.com/docview/255299118|title=Television as teacher?|date=1992-12-09|accessdate=2024-09-15|work=[[Hartford Courant]]|page=B.8|url-access=registration|via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>}}
The [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] network's foray into preschool television,<ref name=usa-today-199212>{{cite news|url=https://proquest.com/docview/306598780 |last=Donlon|first=Brian|title=Ready, Set, Learn! takes off|date=1992-12-28|accessdate=2024-09-12|work=[[USA Today]]|page=03D|url-access=registration|via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> ''Ready Set Learn!'' was first mentioned as early as August 1992.<ref name=sentinel-92>{{cite news |title=Learning Channel Plans Ad-Free Kids' Shows |url=https://proquest.com/docview/278164348 |access-date=2024-09-13 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |agency=[[New York Daily News]] |date=1992-08-23 |page=F2 |url-access=registration|via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> Of the first five shows announced for the block, three of them (''[[Bookmice]]'', ''[[Kitty Cats]]'', and ''The Magic Box'') would have their U.S. premieres there;<ref name=broadcasting-92>{{cite magazine |last1=Brown |first1=Rich |title=Ready, Set...Another New Cable Network |magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] |date=1992-08-24 |page=24 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1992/BC-1992-08-24.pdf#page=24 |access-date=2024-09-15 |issn=1068-6827 |via=World Radio History |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131023849/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1992/BC-1992-08-24.pdf#page=24 |url-status=live }}</ref> the other two were rerun packages<ref name=broadcasting-92/> of ''[[Join In!]]'' (previously on the religious [[VISN]] network)<ref>{{cite news |title=Cox Cable Addition of VISN Expands Religious Programs |url=https://oklahoman.com/story/news/1991/01/20/cox-cable-addition-of-visn-expands-religious-programs/62539467007/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[The Oklahoman]] |date=1991-01-20}}</ref> and ''[[Zoobilee Zoo]]'' (a previously syndicated production of [[DIC Entertainment]] and [[Hallmark Cards|Hallmark]]).<ref name=la-times-86>{{cite news |last1=Margulies |first1=Lee |title='Zoo'--Will It Pass Syndication Test? |url=https://proquest.com/docview/292521744 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1986-12-31 |page=16 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915051419/https://www.proquest.com/docview/292521744 |url-status=live }}</ref> Greg Moyer, [[Discovery, Inc.|Discovery Communications]]' senior vice-president of programming, expressed hope that a full-fledged channel would spin off from it<ref name=usa-today-199209/> within one or two years of launch.<ref name=broadcasting-92/>


According to TLC employee John Ford,<ref name=slpd>{{cite news |last1=Elber |first1=Lynn |title=No-Ads Programming for Kids on Cable |url=https://proquest.com/docview/303699224 |access-date=2024-09-12 |work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=1993-01-01 |page=09G |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> the block was inspired by ''Ready to Learn: A Mandate for the Nation'',<ref name=broadcasting-92/> a 1990 [[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching|Carnegie Foundation]] report<ref name=broadcasting-92/> which stated that 35% of U.S. children began their education unprepared.<ref name=slpd/> Assisted by director of programming Mike Quattrone (who had previously undertaken similar endeavors at [[PBS]]),<ref name=slpd/> Ford selected the shows on the strengths of their educational value along with their visual vibrancy.<ref name=usa-today-199212/> Finding it "extremely well-produced", he also bet on ''Kitty Cats'' as the block's breakout series.<ref name=usa-today-199212/>
On October 10, 2010, the [[Discovery Kids]] channel was re-launched as [[Discovery Family|The Hub]] (the present day Discovery Family), and the former ''RSL'' programming was replaced by more board appeal children's programming the next day.

''Ready Set Learn!'' debuted on December 28, 1992,<ref name=usa-today-199209>{{cite news |last1=Donlon |first1=Brian |title=On cable, more education joins the 'toons and goods |url=https://proquest.com/docview/306575423 |access-date=2024-09-12 |work=[[USA Today]] |date=1992-09-10 |page=03D |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> with ''[[Professor Iris]]'' rounding out the six-show lineup.<ref name=wpost-92>{{cite news |last1=Zad |first1=Martie |title=Ready, Set, Learn! Rory Steers Learning Channel's 30-Hour Pre-School Show |url=https://proquest.com/docview/307605124 |access-date=2024-09-12 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=1992-12-27 |page=Y04 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> A competitor to the [[PBS Kids|PBS lineup]],<ref name=sentinel-92/> its three-hour schedule aired twice on weekdays, first at 6:00 a.m. and again at 9:00 a.m. (in the Eastern Time Zone)—a slot that Ford viewed as "a safe haven".<ref name=usa-today-199212/> TLC chose to air it commercial-free because doing otherwise would detract from its purpose.<ref name=slpd/> As such, Discovery used the format as a [[loss leader]] for expansion of the network's carriage, which stood at 18 million homes at the time.<ref name=usa-today-199212/> According to the [[Associated Press]], TLC invested $10 million in the block's initial development (excluding tentative fees from [[underwriting]], a supplement that never came to fruition<ref name=broadcasting-93>{{cite magazine |last1=Brown |first1=Rich |title=Underwriters Not Ready for 'Ready' |magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]] |date=1993-01-04 |page=39 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1993/BC-1993-01-04.pdf#page=41 |access-date=2024-09-18 |issn=1068-6827 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>);<ref name=slpd/> original programming was also planned.<ref name=sentinel-92/>

In its early years, ''Ready Set Learn!'' was hosted by children's entertainer Rory Zuckerman (billed simply as "Rory").<ref name=sentinel-92/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sweetman |first1=Keri |title=Rory hopes for full house at NAC |url=https://proquest.com/docview/240091264 |access-date=2024-09-13 |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |date=1997-05-06 |page=B.10 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> A resident of [[Bethesda, Maryland]] (where TLC's parent company Discovery was based), Rory set out to teach children language skills through her music, as well as to "welcome the children into the world of The Learning Channel and also the parents, care-givers and other viewers" as hostess.<ref name=wpost-92/> The block would become the home of her own shows, ''Rory and Me'' and ''Rory's Place'', which were seen by one million combined viewers per month in 1996.<ref name=ppg>{{cite news |title=Children Feel Right at Home in 'Rory's Place' (TV Host Rory Zuckerman) |url=https://proquest.com/docview/391766768 |access-date=2024-09-13 |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=1996-05-15 |page=B-3 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>

Interstitial material on the block was branded under the "Short Stuff" banner, and rounded out each half-hour. Around 1994, music videos began appearing during this feature, starting with clips from [[Joanie Bartels]] (an artist signed to Discovery's former in-house record label). By 1996, TLC played 10–12 videos per day on ''Ready''—showcasing children's artists as varied as [[Fred Penner]], [[Parachute Express]], [[Joe Scruggs]], and [[Sharon, Lois & Bram]]—to the point where they would all but replace the older "Short Stuff" segments from 1992.<ref name=billboard>{{cite magazine |last1=McCormick |first1=Moira |department=Child's Play |title=TLC Rounds Up Music Vids |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=1996-02-03 |page=67 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_w4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Ready+Set+Learn%22&pg=PA67 |access-date=2024-09-15 |issn=0006-2510 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> The latter group would later headline the mainline ''Ready'' program ''[[Skinnamarink TV]]''.<ref name=bjt>{{cite news |last1=Sklar |first1=Jill Davidson |title=Rory, Set, Learn! Chevy Chase's Rory Zuckerman is the star of her own educational shows for children. |url=https://proquest.com/docview/222832461 |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[Baltimore Jewish Times]] |date=1997-10-17 |volume=237 |issue=7 |page=91 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> Around 1992, the [[Discovery Channel]] began plans for a counterpart weekend block to ''Ready''.<ref name="broadcasting-93" /> After a four-year delay,<ref name="broadcasting-93" /><ref name="b&c-96-09">{{cite magazine |last1=Brown |first1=Rich |title=Discovery launches kids block |magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |date=1996-09-02 |volume=126 |issue=37 |page=49 |url=https://proquest.com/docview/225352486 |access-date=2024-09-14 |issn=1068-6827 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914222336/https://www.proquest.com/docview/225352486 |url-status=live }}</ref> it was launched on Sundays in early 1997 alongside the companion [[Discovery Family#As Discovery Kids (1996–2010)|U.S.]] and [[Discovery Kids (Latin American TV channel)|Latin American]] Discovery Kids formats.<ref name="b&c-96-09" />

By mid-2002, the TLC block had come under the purview of the Discovery Kids team; a revamped lineup that tentatively included ''[[Animal Jam (TV series)|Animal Jam]]'', ''[[The Save-Ums!]]'', and ''[[Ni Ni's Treehouse]]'' was slated to take effect early the following year.<ref name=htt>{{cite journal |title=Discovery Kids teaming up with NBC for Saturday programming |journal=Home Textiles Today |date=May–June 2002 |page=26 |url=https://proquest.com/docview/223055590 |access-date=2024-09-14 |publisher=[[Cahners]]/[[Reed Elsevier]] |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> The resulting relaunch on February 24, 2003 introduced [[The Paz Show|Paz the Penguin]] as the new host of the interstitial segments; the 9:00 a.m. repeat moved to Discovery Kids.<ref name=la-times-2003>{{cite news|url=https://proquest.com/docview/421775326|last=Heffley|first=Lynne|title=Television & Radio — Television Reviews: Making a play for the young set; TLC and Discovery Kids Network launch a new block of lively shows for preschoolers|date=2003-02-24|accessdate=2024-09-14|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|page=E.16|url-access=registration|via=[[ProQuest]]|archive-date=September 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912060835/https://www.proquest.com/docview/421775326|url-status=live}}</ref> Paz, created by Irish author Mary Murphy, was seen in both puppet and animated forms;<ref name=la-times-2003/> Discovery's Marjorie Kaplan saw him as "the avatar for his audience, the optimistic, persistent learner we want each of our viewers to be", and with his introduction, "hop[ed] for a 'less hyper, more unified programming environment.'"<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |last1=MacNeille |first1=Suzanne |title=Listening to the Little Penguin That Could |url=https://proquest.com/docview/92691390 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2003-03-23 |page=N55 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> ''[[The Magic School Bus (TV series)|The Magic School Bus]]'', a 1990s PBS staple,<ref name=sentinel-94>{{cite news |last1=Cook |first1=Sally Williams |title='Magic School Bus' Travels to TV with Kid-Friendly Science Lessons |url=https://proquest.com/docview/278452359 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=1994-06-24 |page=E6 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> bookended the revised three-hour stretch.<ref name=nyt/> During ''Ready''{{'s}} last few years, new programs on the block premiered on Discovery Kids a week ahead of TLC.<ref name=wpost-2005>{{cite news |last1=Gilles |first1=Judith S. |title=For Kids: New Shows for Fall |url=https://proquest.com/docview/409853514/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2005-09-04 |page=Y07 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref name=wpost-2006>{{cite news |last1=Gilles |first1=Judith S. |title=For Kids: Plenty to Renew Their Interest |url=https://proquest.com/docview/410046731/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2006-09-24 |page=Y.16 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref name=animation-2007>{{cite news|url=https://animationmagazine.net/tv/discovery-unearths-wilbur/|title=Discovery Unearths Wilbur|first=Ryan|last=Ball|date=April 5, 2007|accessdate=2024-09-15|work=[[Animation Magazine]]}}</ref>

The final TLC airing of ''Ready Set Learn!'' occurred on September 26, 2008, with ''[[Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks]]'' and ''The Magic School Bus'' in its closing hour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Diversions {{!}} Television: Friday Morning |url=https://newspapers.com/article/courier-post-friday-morning-tv-listings/155287805/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[Courier-Post]] |date=2008-09-26 |location=[[Camden, New Jersey]] |page=30SC |url-access=limited |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004031349/https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-friday-morning-tv-listings/155287805/ |url-status=live }}</ref> From that point on, reruns of TLC's remaining programs for older audiences occupied its timeslot.<ref>{{cite news |title=TV Listings: Weekend Daytime: September 29, 2008 – October 3, 2008 |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-post-star-weekday-daytime-listings/155291133/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[The Post-Star]] |date=2008-09-28 |location=[[Glens Falls, New York]] |page=B4 |url-access=limited |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004031441/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-star-weekday-daytime-listings/155291133/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By then, the Discovery Kids version was airing from 9:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m.;<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Atkin |first1=Hillary |title=Selling Across Platforms |magazine=[[TelevisionWeek]] |date=2008-04-07 |volume=27 |issue=10 |page=18 |url=https://proquest.com/docview/203832151 |access-date=2024-09-15 |issn=1544-0516 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> it evolved into ''HubBub'' after the network's October 10, 2010 rebranding as The Hub.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Reynolds |first1=Mike |title=The Hub Gets Ready to Roll into Kids' Market |magazine=[[Multichannel News]] |date=2010-10-04 |volume=31 |issue=37 |page=29 |url=https://proquest.com/docview/756690358 |access-date=2024-09-14 |issn=0276-8593 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914222336/https://www.proquest.com/docview/756690358 |url-status=live }}</ref> As part of a cross-channel preview campaign leading up to The Hub's debut, TLC briefly returned to family-oriented entertainment with an airing of the [[Hasbro]] game show ''[[Family Game Night (game show)|Family Game Night]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Szalai |first1=Georg |title=Behind the Hubbub |url=https://proquest.com/docview/759605757 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=2010-10-07 |volume=416 |pages=4, 15 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915075224/https://www.proquest.com/docview/759605757 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Reception==
Almost three weeks before its launch, the ''[[Hartford Courant]]'' was skeptical on whether the original ''Ready Set Learn!'' could succeed as "[[educational television]]", writing, "What children will learn first and foremost from this 'unprecedented' offering is how to watch TV, something they will master all too soon without TLC."<ref name=courant/> The block managed to premiere to positive press; [[Peggy Charren]] of [[Action for Children's Television]] approved of its commercial-free nature,<ref name=slpd/> while a reporter for the ''[[Northwest Florida Daily News]]'' said, "From what I've seen, they're doing a pretty good job [at making television a teacher]."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://proquest.com/docview/379447295|surname=Shoffer|title=The Learning Channel offers kids TLC|date=1993-01-29|accessdate=2024-09-12|work=[[Northwest Florida Daily News]]|page=8E|url-access=registration|via=[[ProQuest]]|archive-date=September 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912060835/https://www.proquest.com/docview/379447295|url-status=live}}</ref> Lynne Heffley of ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' favorably reviewed the 2003 relaunch, citing ''[[Hi-5 (American TV series)|Hi-5]]'' (a U.S. remake of an [[Hi-5 (Australian TV series)|Australian format]]) and ''The Save-Ums!'' as the standouts. "All the new shows are colorful, watchable and scrupulously created with the principles of child development firmly in mind," she said. "Several feature characters who talk directly to viewers, in the tradition of the best children's programming."<ref name=la-times-2003/>

In October 1993, ''Ready Set Learn!'' helped TLC secure one of that season's five Golden [[CableACE]] nomination slots;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carmody |first1=John |title=The TV Column |url=https://proquest.com/docview/307719135 |access-date=2024-09-15 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=1993-10-11 |page=D06 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> upon its return in 1994–95, the block received a CableACE Creators Award.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Margulies |first1=Lee |title=HBO Takes Bulk of Prizes at the CableACE Awards |url=https://proquest.com/docview/292969481 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1995-01-16 |page=2 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://proquest.com/docview/200049970|title=A cable network success story|date=November 1997|accessdate=2024-09-12|magazine=Cablecaster|location=[[Don Mills, Ontario]]|volume=9|issue=9|page=12|url-access=registration|via=[[ProQuest]]|archive-date=September 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912060834/https://www.proquest.com/docview/200049970|url-status=live}}</ref> During its original run, it was also honored by the [[National Education Association]] and the American Academy of Children's Entertainment.<ref name=htt/> In 2005, the relaunch era's Paz segments won a Silver [[Parents' Choice Award]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Paz (Spring 2005: Television) |url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=17512&StepNum=1&award=aw |website=[[Parents' Choice Award]]s |publisher=Parents' Choice Foundation |access-date=2024-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805122303/http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=17512&StepNum=1&award=aw |archive-date=2016-08-05 |date=2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Merchandise==
A merchandising line for ''Ready Set Learn!'', featuring coloring books and videotapes, was actively considered from the time of its planning stages.<ref name=usa-today-199212/><ref name=broadcasting-92/> Discovery chose Professor Iris to represent the first products under the brand—first through three VHS collections in August 1993,<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCash |first1=Vicki |title=Kid Vids: Muppets, Puppets, Dolls and Dinosaurs Are Competing for Children's Tape Time |url=https://proquest.com/docview/388792764/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |date=1993-08-01 |page=1D |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><!-- <ref>{{cite news |last1=Zad |first1=Martie |title=Spot Atop a Lot of Fall Videos for Youngsters |url=https://proquest.com/docview/307679865 |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=1993-09-12 |page=Y05 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> --> and then through two CD-ROM titles, ''Fun Field Trip: Animal Safari'' in November 1994<ref name=usa-today-1994>{{cite news |last1=Snider |first1=Mike |title=Your home computer is a window to the great outdoors |url=https://proquest.com/docview/306690905 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[USA Today]] |date=1994-11-29 |page=03D |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916032319/https://www.proquest.com/docview/306690905 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abrams |first1=Judith |title=Software heads back to school |journal=Dealerscope Merchandising |date=August 1994 |volume=36 |issue=8 |page=28 |access-date=2024-09-15 |publisher=North American Publishing Company |location=Philadelphia |url=https://proquest.com/docview/218910233 |issn=0888-4501 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> and ''Seaside Adventure'' in May 1995.<ref name=usa-today-1994/> By the twilight of the block's tenure (during 2006–2008), DVD releases of select shows went through [[Genius Products]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gruenwedel |first1=Erik |title=Genius Taps Discovery Kids DVDs |journal=Home Media Retailing |date=October 29 - November 4, 2006 |volume=28 |issue=44 |page=26 |url=https://proquest.com/docview/197594560 |access-date=2024-09-15 |publisher=Advanstar Communications |location=[[Duluth, Minnesota]] |issn=1553-491X |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kids' DVDs of the Week |url=https://proquest.com/docview/410201914 |access-date=2024-09-15 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2008-02-15 |page=T.39 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>


==Programming==
==Programming==
{{hatnote|Programs are listed here by debut date, ordered by original timeslot where applicable.}}
{{Unsourced-section|date=September 2015}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
* ''[[Animal Jam]]'' (2003–06)
! Title
* ''[[Balamory]]'' (2005–07)
! Premiere date
* ''[[The Big Garage]]'' (1997–2001)
! Country of origin
* ''[[Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks]]'' (2006–10)
! class="unsortable"|Notes
* ''Bingo and Molly'' (1997–2002)
! class="unsortable"|Source(s)
* ''[[Bookmice]]'' (1992–97)
|-
* ''[[Brum (TV series)|Brum]]'' (2003–06)
| ''[[Bookmice]]'' || {{dts|December 28, 1992}} || Canada || Produced by [[TVOntario]]<ref name=g&m>{{cite news |title=TVO sells two series |url=https://proquest.com/docview/385340284 |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=1992-10-02 |page=C.9 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> || <ref name=usa-today-199212/>
* ''Chicken Minute'' (1995–97)
|-
* ''[[Growing Up Wild]]'' (1997)
| ''[[Join In!]]'' || {{dts|December 28, 1992}} || Canada || Produced by TVOntario<ref name=g&m/> || <ref name=usa-today-199212/>
* ''[[Hi-5 (American band)|Hi-5 USA]]'' (2003–10)
|-
* ''[[Hip Hop Harry]]'' (2006–10)
| ''[[Zoobilee Zoo]]'' || {{dts|December 28, 1992}} || United States || Rerun of DIC Entertainment/Hallmark series<ref name=la-times-86/> || <ref name=usa-today-199212/>
* ''[[Jay Jay the Jet Plane]]'' (1998–2001)
|-
* ''[[Join In!]]'' (1992–95)
| ''[[Professor Iris]]'' || {{dts|December 28, 1992}} || Canada || Produced by Desclez Productions<ref name=b&c-96-08>{{cite magazine |last1=Gelman |first1=Morrie |title=Cable is there for kids |magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |date=1996-08-12 |volume=126 |issue=34 |page=34 |url=https://proquest.com/docview/225351370 |access-date=2024-09-14 |issn=1068-6827 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915051418/https://www.proquest.com/docview/225351370 |url-status=live }}</ref> || <ref name=usa-today-199212/>
* ''[[Kitty Cats]]'' (1992–98)
|-
* ''Little Star'' (1995–97)
| {{sort|Magic Box|''The Magic Box''}} || {{dts|December 28, 1992}} || New Zealand || Created by educator Wendy Pye<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mangan |first1=Jennifer |title=Shows give kids lessons in reading, life |url=https://proquest.com/docview/283393516 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=1992-12-25 |page=2 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916032317/https://www.proquest.com/docview/283393516 |url-status=live }}</ref> || <ref name=usa-today-199212/><ref name=sentinel-92/>
* ''[[The Magic Box (TV series)|The Magic Box]]'' (1992–96)
|-
* ''[[The Magic School Bus (TV series)|The Magic School Bus]]'' (2003–09)
| ''[[Kitty Cats]]'' || {{dts|December 28, 1992}} || Canada || Originally produced in Quebec French as ''Pacha et les chats''<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report: 1994 |date=1994 |publisher=[[Telefilm Canada]] |page=N/A |oclc=20668948 |via=[[Google Books]] Snippets |quote=...''Pacha et les Chats'' (''Kitty Cats''), broadcast on The Learning Channel, which has become almost as popular as the famous ''Barney'' series.}}</ref> || <ref name=usa-today-199212/>
* ''[[Nini's Treehouse]]'' (2000–03)
|-
* ''[[Pappyland]]'' (1994–2003)
| ''Rory and Me'' || {{dts|September 19, 1994}} || United States || {{ubl|Starring block's eponymous presenter<ref name=wpost-95>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Scott |title='Rory and Me'; Ready, Set, Land A Show of Your Own! |url=https://proquest.com/docview/307790821 |access-date=2024-09-14 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=1994-08-28 |page=Y06 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>|Taped at Atlantic Studios in Northwest [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=wpost-95/>|Retitled ''Rory's Place'' in 1996<ref name=ppg/><ref name=bjt/>}} || <ref name=wpost-95/>
* ''[[The Paz Show]]'' (2003–10)
|-
* ''[[Peep and the Big Wide World]]'' (2004–10)
| ''Chicken Minute'' || {{dts|September 25, 1995}} || Canada || Created by [[Ronnie Burkett]]; tapings began in Montreal in 1991<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nicholls |first1=Liz |title=Charm of a world made small; Marionettiste deluxe finds something humane in cast of puppets |url=https://proquest.com/docview/251810328 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=[[Edmonton Journal]] |date=1991-10-17 |page=D1 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> || <ref name=la-times-95>{{cite news |last1=Mendoza |first1=N{{nbsp}}F |title=Carrey On; Fall Kids' Shows Reprise Popular Masks, Fins and Sleuths |url=https://proquest.com/docview/293110316 |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1995-09-03 |page=4 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
* ''[[Professor Iris]]'' (1992–97)
|-
* ''"Ready Set Learn's" Short Stuff'' (1997–2003)
| ''Little Star'' || {{dts|September 25, 1995}} || Canada || Produced by Desclez, [[Société Radio-Canada]], and [[Ravensburger]] || <ref name=b&c-96-08/>
* ''Rory and Me'' (1994–97)
|-
* ''Rory's Place'' (1997–99)
| ''[[Pappyland]]'' || {{dts|September 30, 1996}} || United States || Originally shown on [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]] PBS affiliate [[WCNY-TV|WCNY]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Trigoboff |first1=Dan |title=Draw me a check |magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |date=2000-04-10 |volume=130 |issue=15 |page=108 |url=https://proquest.com/docview/225315609 |access-date=2024-09-15 |issn=1068-6827 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Holston |first1=Noel |title=Cable networks lay claim to fall // They're competing with networks for new season |url=https://proquest.com/docview/426747034/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[Minneapolis Star-Tribune]] |date=1996-09-04 |page=01.E |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915051422/https://www.proquest.com/docview/426747034/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[Salty's Lighthouse]]'' (1997–2003)
|-
* ''[[The Save-Ums]]'' (2003–08)
| {{sort|World of David the Gnome|''[[The World of David the Gnome]]''}} || {{dts|September 30, 1996}} || Spain || {{ubl|Produced by [[BRB International]]<ref name=embf>{{cite news |title=MIP-TV Review |url=https://proquest.com/docview/201460865 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=European Media Business & Finance |date=1997-04-21 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915051420/https://www.proquest.com/docview/201460865 |url-status=live }}</ref>|English dub by [[CINAR]] and [[Miramax]]{{sfn|Lenburg|2009|p=672}}|Previously broadcast on [[Nick Jr.]]{{sfn|Lenburg|2009|p=672}}}} || <ref name=b&c-96-08/>
* ''[[Skinnamarink TV]]'' (1997–2003)
|-
* ''[[The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon]]'' (1997–99)
| ''[[Wisdom of the Gnomes]]'' || {{dts|November 5, 1996}} || Spain || Produced by BRB International<ref name=embf/> || <ref name=b&c-96-08/>
* ''[[Timothy Goes to School]]'' (2004–06)
|-
* ''[[ToddWorld]]'' (2004–08)
| ''Madison's Adventures: Growing Up Wild'' || {{dts|December 24, 1996}} || {{ubl|United Kingdom|United States}} || {{ubl|Produced by the [[BBC]], [[Lionheart Television]], Wildvision Entertainment, [[Time-Life Video]], and Kookanooga Toons{{sfn|Lenburg|2009|p=555}}|Rerun of 1994 [[ITC Entertainment|ITC]]-syndicated series<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Tobenkin |first1=David |title=Children's TV: New blocks put squeeze on kids syndication |magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |date=1995-07-24 |volume=125 |issue=30 |page=46 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1995/BC-1995-07-24.pdf#page=48 |access-date=2024-09-15 |issn=1068-6827 |via=World Radio History |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131031023/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1995/BC-1995-07-24.pdf#page=48 |url-status=live }}</ref>|Broadcast rights shared with sister channel [[Animal Planet]]{{sfn|Lenburg|2009|p=555}}}} || {{sfn|Lenburg|2009|p=555}}
* ''[[Wilbur (TV series)|Wilbur]]'' (2007–10)
|-
* ''[[Wisdom of the Gnomes]]'' (1996–98)
| {{sort|Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon|''[[The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon]]''}} || {{dts|July 4, 1997}} || United States || Created by [[Bobby Goldsboro]] for [[WEDU]] Tampa || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Pamela |title=Singing a new tune // Bobby Goldsboro |url=https://proquest.com/docview/263212528 |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=1997-03-26 |page=1.D |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
* ''[[The World of David the Gnome]]'' (1996–98)
|-
* ''[[Zoobilee Zoo]]'' (1992–96)
| {{sort|Big Garage|''The Big Garage''}} || {{dts|October 1997}} || {{ubl|Canada|United Kingdom}} || {{ubl|Taped in England<ref name=toronto-95>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Louise |title=Fright night Goosebumps leads the way into YTV's annual parade of Hallowe'en hair-raisers |url=https://proquest.com/docview/437346341 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=1995-10-28 |page=SW.80 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>|Produced by Prisma Productions of Montreal and Winchester Entertainment of Great Britain<ref name=toronto-95/>|Original November 3, 1995 Canadian premiere on [[Family Channel (Canadian TV channel)|Family Channel]]<ref name=toronto-95/>}} || <ref name=bjt/>
|-
| ''Bingo & Molly'' || {{dts|October 1997}} || {{ubl|New Zealand|United States}} || Produced at New Zealand's [[Avalon Studios]] for Broadside Entertainment in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news |title=Avalon prepares puppets for US TV |url=https://proquest.com/docview/314449039 |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[Evening Post (New Zealand)|Evening Post]] |date=1997-04-25 |location=[[Wellington, New Zealand]] |page=2 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> || <ref name=bjt/>
|-
| ''[[Skinnamarink TV]]'' || {{dts|October 1997}} || {{ubl|Canada|United States}} || {{ubl|Produced by [[CBC Television|CBC Canada]]<ref name=toronto-97>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Louise |title=Skinnamarink: Sharon, Lois and Bram are back with skits, jokes, puppets and of course tunes |url=https://proquest.com/docview/437743611 |access-date=2024-09-17 |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=1997-10-18 |page=SW.16 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>|Starring [[Sharon, Lois & Bram]]}} || <ref name=bjt/><ref name=toronto-97/>
|-
| ''[[Salty's Lighthouse]]'' || {{dts|March 30, 1998}} || {{ubl|United Kingdom|United States}} || {{ubl|Produced by [[Sunbow Entertainment]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Sony Wonder Acquires Sunbow Entertainment |url=https://proquest.com/docview/446930097 |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=Entertainment Wire ([[Business Wire]]) |date=1998-04-27 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915051421/https://www.proquest.com/docview/446930097 |url-status=live }}</ref>|Featuring footage from ''[[Tugs (TV series)|TUGS]]''<ref name=collider>{{cite news |last1=Trumbore |first1=David |title=Our Cartoon Lawyers Made Us Watch 'Salty's Lighthouse' So You Don't Have To |url=https://collider.com/saltys-lighthouse-review/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |work=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |date=2020-05-02 |archive-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906221615/https://collider.com/saltys-lighthouse-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref>|Premiered in syndication in 1997<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Schlosser |first1=Joe |title=Syndication's FCC learning curve |magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |date=1997-07-28 |volume=127 |issue=31 |pages=44–46 |url=https://proquest.com/docview/225338148 |access-date=2024-09-17 |issn=1068-6827 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916225337/https://www.proquest.com/docview/225338148 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} || <ref name=collider/>{{sfn|Lenburg|2009|p=614}}
|-
| {{sort|Berenstain Bears|''[[The Berenstain Bears (1985 TV series)|The Berenstain Bears]]''}} || {{dts|November 2, 1998}} || {{ubl|Australia|United States}} || Rerun of 1985 [[Hanna-Barbera Australia|Hanna-Barbera/Southern Star]] series<ref name=animation-2012>{{cite news |last1=Milligan |first1=Mercedes |title=Berenstain Bears Celebrate 50th Anniversary |url=https://animationmagazine.net/2012/06/berenstain-bears-celebrate-50th-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[Animation Magazine]] |date=2012-06-04 |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915051417/https://animationmagazine.net/2012/06/berenstain-bears-celebrate-50th-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || <ref name=animation-2012/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cox |first1=Ted |title=In the Air |url=https://proquest.com/docview/309842294 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)|Daily Herald]] |date=1998-11-02 |location=[[Arlington Heights, Illinois]] |page=6 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Jay Jay the Jet Plane]]'' || {{dts|November 2, 1998}} || United States || {{ubl|Produced by [[PorchLight Entertainment]]<ref name=la-times-2001>{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Susan |title=Q & A: Coming In for a Landing at PBS; Television • The novice creator of 'Jay Jay the Jet Plane' sees his award-winning kids' show make the big time. |url=https://proquest.com/docview/421762742 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=2001-06-11 |page=F.7 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>|Created by David Michel<ref name=la-times-2001/>|Originally direct-to-video;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dunne |first1=Susan |title=Review: 'Jay Jay the Jet Plane' |url=https://proquest.com/docview/255936487 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=1998-03-05 |page=20 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> reruns later surfaced on PBS<ref name=la-times-2001/>}} || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Ellin |first1=Harlene |title=Leafing Through the New Fall Shows for Kids |url=https://proquest.com/docview/418730700 |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=1998-09-06 |page=2 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Ni Ni's Treehouse]]'' || {{dts|September 25, 2000}} || {{ubl|United Kingdom|United States}} || Developed by Kenn Viselman || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Shattuck |first1=Kathryn |title=Ask a Child to Create a Friend? That's a Ni Ni |url=https://proquest.com/docview/431539002 |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2000-09-24 |page=59 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915051421/https://www.proquest.com/docview/431539002 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sort|Magic School Bus|''[[The Magic School Bus (TV series)|The Magic School Bus]]''}} || {{dts|February 24, 2003}} || {{ubl|Canada|United States}} || Rerun of [[Scholastic Productions|Scholastic]]/[[Nelvana]]/PBS series<ref name=sentinel-94/> || <ref name=la-times-2003/>
|-
| ''[[Brum (TV series)|Brum]]'' || {{dts|February 24, 2003}} || United Kingdom || Produced by [[Ragdoll Productions|Ragdoll]] || <ref name=la-times-2003/>
|-
| {{sort|Save-Ums|''[[The Save-Ums!]]''}} || {{dts|February 24, 2003}} || United States || Created by Dan Clark<ref name=nyt/> || <ref name=la-times-2003/>
|-
| ''[[Hi-5 (American TV series)|Hi-5]]'' || {{dts|February 24, 2003}} || United States || U.S. remake of [[Hi-5 (Australian TV series)|original Australian series]] || <ref name=la-times-2003/>
|-
| ''[[Animal Jam (TV series)|Animal Jam]]'' || {{dts|February 24, 2003}} || United States || Produced by [[Jim Henson Productions]]<ref name=htt/> || <ref name=la-times-2003/>
|-
| ''[[Peep and the Big Wide World]]'' || {{dts|April 12, 2004}} || United States || {{ubl|Produced by [[WGBH-TV|WGBH]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Suzanne C. |title=Preschoolers get 'Peep' at science |url=https://proquest.com/docview/404886607 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=2004-04-10 |page=D.12 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916110236/https://www.proquest.com/docview/404886607 |url-status=live }}</ref>|Based on a 1988 [[National Film Board of Canada|NFB]] short<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maes |first1=Nancy |title=For the Kids: A Film Festival Where They Are the Critics |url=https://proquest.com/docview/282487424 |access-date=2024-09-16 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=1988-10-14 |page=5 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916110234/https://www.proquest.com/docview/282487424 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Heffley |first1=Lynne |title=Television & Radio: Television Review; 'Peep' raises squawks of delight |url=https://proquest.com/docview/422072381 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=2004-04-12 |page=E.13 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Timothy Goes to School]]'' || {{dts|September 2004}} || Canada || {{ubl|Produced by [[Nelvana]]|Rerun of [[PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch]] series|Based on books by [[Rosemary Wells]]}} || {{sfn|Lenburg|2009|p=652}}
|-
| ''[[ToddWorld]] || {{dts|November 8, 2004}} || United States || {{ubl|Based on the book series by [[Todd Parr]]|Theme song by [[Smokey Robinson]]}} || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Shattuck |first1=Kathryn |title=Somewhere, Inside the Rainbow, Blue Boys Fly |url=https://proquest.com/docview/432924523 |access-date=2024-09-15 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2004-11-07 |page=2 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915133034/https://www.proquest.com/docview/432924523 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Balamory]]'' || {{ubl|{{dts|September 26, 2005}} {{small|(Discovery Kids)}}|October 3, 2005 {{small|(TLC)}}}} || United Kingdom || Produced by the BBC || <ref name=wpost-2005/>
|-
| ''[[Hip Hop Harry]]'' || {{ubl|{{dts|September 25, 2006}} {{small|(Discovery Kids)}}|October 2, 2006 {{small|(TLC)}}}} || United States || Developed by Claude Brooks<ref name=tv-week>{{cite magazine |last1=Hibberd |first1=James |title=The Rap on Literacy |magazine=[[TelevisionWeek]] |date=2005-06-06 |volume=24 |issue=23 |page=2 |url=https://proquest.com/docview/203823462 |access-date=2024-09-16 |issn=1544-0516 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=September 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916110236/https://www.proquest.com/docview/203823462 |url-status=live }}</ref> || <ref name=wpost-2006/><ref name=tv-week/>
|-
| ''[[Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks]]'' || {{ubl|{{dts|September 25, 2006}} {{small|(Discovery Kids)}}|October 2, 2006 {{small|(TLC)}}}} || Canada || Produced by [[CCI Entertainment]]<ref name=playback>{{cite magazine |title=Sold! |magazine=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]] |date=2006-10-16 |page=17 |url=https://proquest.com/docview/196339259/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |issn=0836-2114 |url-access=registration |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> || <ref name=wpost-2006/><ref name=playback/>
|-
| ''[[Wilbur (TV series)|Wilbur]]'' || {{ubl|{{dts|April 16, 2007}} {{small|(Discovery Kids)}}|April 23, 2007 {{small|(TLC)}}}} || Canada || Produced by [[Mercury Filmworks]] || <ref name=animation-2007/>
|}

==See also==
*Other preschool-oriented programming banners in the United States:
**[[BabyFirst]] (First Media)
**[[Cartoonito (American programming block)|Cartoonito]] ([[Cartoon Network]]/[[Warner Bros. Discovery]])
**[[Disney Jr.]] ([[The Walt Disney Company]])
**[[Nick Jr.]] ([[Paramount Global]])
**[[Smile (TV network)|Smile]] ([[Trinity Broadcasting Network]])
*[[List of programs broadcast by TLC]]


==References==
==References==
===General===
*{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=2009 |publisher=Checkmark Books ([[Facts on File]]) |isbn=978-0-8160-6599-8 |edition=3rd |url=https://archive.org/details/the-encyclopedia-of-animated-cartoons-third-edition-jeff-lenburg-z-lib.org |access-date=2024-09-15 |via=[[Archive.org]]}}
===Specific===
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041128020000/http://kids.discovery.com/fansites/readysetlearn/readysetlearn.html |date=November 28, 2004 |title=Official website}}<!-- readysetlearn.com -->


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Ready Set Learn!
2003–2010 logo (featuring Paz the Penguin)
Network
LaunchedDecember 28, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-12-28)
ClosedOctober 8, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-10-08)
Country of originUnited States
OwnerDiscovery Communications
FormatWeekday morning preschool block
Running time
  • 6 hours (1992–2003, TLC; early 2000s, Discovery Kids)
  • 5 hours (late 2000s, Discovery Kids)
  • 3 hours (2003–2008, TLC)
Original language(s)English

Ready Set Learn! was an American television block broadcast from late 1992 until 2010 across the Discovery Communications-owned TLC and Discovery Kids networks. A cable competitor to PBS's children's offerings, it broadcast twice on weekday mornings and comprised three hours of original, imported, and rerun programming plus music videos geared towards preschoolers. In its early years, it was hosted by children's entertainer Rory Zuckerman, who was billed mononymously; an early 2003 relaunch replaced her with Paz, a penguin who was represented in animated and puppet form.

A 1990 Carnegie Foundation report inspired Discovery to develop the block; shows were selected based on their educational value and visual vibrancy. Amid a $10 million investment from TLC, a line of home video and software releases, and plans to spin it off into a standalone channel, the parent company used Ready as a loss leader to expand the network's carriage. A counterpart for older children debuted on the main Discovery Channel in early 1997. By mid-2002, the TLC block ended up under the management of Discovery Kids, whose schedule it also appeared on.

Ready Set Learn! ran on TLC from December 28, 1992 to September 26, 2008, with Discovery Kids following suit during the 2000s. Despite brief skepticism on its chances as an "educational television" outlet, it was positively reviewed during both its 1990s and 2000s incarnations. The block helped TLC receive a CableACE Creators Award in 1995, and was also honored by the National Education Association, the American Academy of Children's Entertainment, and the Parents' Choice Foundation.

History

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"Kids don't just sit and watch, they play along and learn at home."

Tagline from TLC's pre-launch pitch video for the block[1]

The TLC network's foray into preschool television,[2] Ready Set Learn! was first mentioned as early as August 1992.[3] Of the first five shows announced for the block, three of them (Bookmice, Kitty Cats, and The Magic Box) would have their U.S. premieres there;[4] the other two were rerun packages[4] of Join In! (previously on the religious VISN network)[5] and Zoobilee Zoo (a previously syndicated production of DIC Entertainment and Hallmark).[6] Greg Moyer, Discovery Communications' senior vice-president of programming, expressed hope that a full-fledged channel would spin off from it[7] within one or two years of launch.[4]

According to TLC employee John Ford,[8] the block was inspired by Ready to Learn: A Mandate for the Nation,[4] a 1990 Carnegie Foundation report[4] which stated that 35% of U.S. children began their education unprepared.[8] Assisted by director of programming Mike Quattrone (who had previously undertaken similar endeavors at PBS),[8] Ford selected the shows on the strengths of their educational value along with their visual vibrancy.[2] Finding it "extremely well-produced", he also bet on Kitty Cats as the block's breakout series.[2]

Ready Set Learn! debuted on December 28, 1992,[7] with Professor Iris rounding out the six-show lineup.[9] A competitor to the PBS lineup,[3] its three-hour schedule aired twice on weekdays, first at 6:00 a.m. and again at 9:00 a.m. (in the Eastern Time Zone)—a slot that Ford viewed as "a safe haven".[2] TLC chose to air it commercial-free because doing otherwise would detract from its purpose.[8] As such, Discovery used the format as a loss leader for expansion of the network's carriage, which stood at 18 million homes at the time.[2] According to the Associated Press, TLC invested $10 million in the block's initial development (excluding tentative fees from underwriting, a supplement that never came to fruition[10]);[8] original programming was also planned.[3]

In its early years, Ready Set Learn! was hosted by children's entertainer Rory Zuckerman (billed simply as "Rory").[3][11] A resident of Bethesda, Maryland (where TLC's parent company Discovery was based), Rory set out to teach children language skills through her music, as well as to "welcome the children into the world of The Learning Channel and also the parents, care-givers and other viewers" as hostess.[9] The block would become the home of her own shows, Rory and Me and Rory's Place, which were seen by one million combined viewers per month in 1996.[12]

Interstitial material on the block was branded under the "Short Stuff" banner, and rounded out each half-hour. Around 1994, music videos began appearing during this feature, starting with clips from Joanie Bartels (an artist signed to Discovery's former in-house record label). By 1996, TLC played 10–12 videos per day on Ready—showcasing children's artists as varied as Fred Penner, Parachute Express, Joe Scruggs, and Sharon, Lois & Bram—to the point where they would all but replace the older "Short Stuff" segments from 1992.[13] The latter group would later headline the mainline Ready program Skinnamarink TV.[14] Around 1992, the Discovery Channel began plans for a counterpart weekend block to Ready.[10] After a four-year delay,[10][15] it was launched on Sundays in early 1997 alongside the companion U.S. and Latin American Discovery Kids formats.[15]

By mid-2002, the TLC block had come under the purview of the Discovery Kids team; a revamped lineup that tentatively included Animal Jam, The Save-Ums!, and Ni Ni's Treehouse was slated to take effect early the following year.[16] The resulting relaunch on February 24, 2003 introduced Paz the Penguin as the new host of the interstitial segments; the 9:00 a.m. repeat moved to Discovery Kids.[17] Paz, created by Irish author Mary Murphy, was seen in both puppet and animated forms;[17] Discovery's Marjorie Kaplan saw him as "the avatar for his audience, the optimistic, persistent learner we want each of our viewers to be", and with his introduction, "hop[ed] for a 'less hyper, more unified programming environment.'"[18] The Magic School Bus, a 1990s PBS staple,[19] bookended the revised three-hour stretch.[18] During Ready's last few years, new programs on the block premiered on Discovery Kids a week ahead of TLC.[20][21][22]

The final TLC airing of Ready Set Learn! occurred on September 26, 2008, with Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks and The Magic School Bus in its closing hour.[23] From that point on, reruns of TLC's remaining programs for older audiences occupied its timeslot.[24] By then, the Discovery Kids version was airing from 9:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m.;[25] it evolved into HubBub after the network's October 10, 2010 rebranding as The Hub.[26] As part of a cross-channel preview campaign leading up to The Hub's debut, TLC briefly returned to family-oriented entertainment with an airing of the Hasbro game show Family Game Night.[27]

Reception

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Almost three weeks before its launch, the Hartford Courant was skeptical on whether the original Ready Set Learn! could succeed as "educational television", writing, "What children will learn first and foremost from this 'unprecedented' offering is how to watch TV, something they will master all too soon without TLC."[1] The block managed to premiere to positive press; Peggy Charren of Action for Children's Television approved of its commercial-free nature,[8] while a reporter for the Northwest Florida Daily News said, "From what I've seen, they're doing a pretty good job [at making television a teacher]."[28] Lynne Heffley of The Los Angeles Times favorably reviewed the 2003 relaunch, citing Hi-5 (a U.S. remake of an Australian format) and The Save-Ums! as the standouts. "All the new shows are colorful, watchable and scrupulously created with the principles of child development firmly in mind," she said. "Several feature characters who talk directly to viewers, in the tradition of the best children's programming."[17]

In October 1993, Ready Set Learn! helped TLC secure one of that season's five Golden CableACE nomination slots;[29] upon its return in 1994–95, the block received a CableACE Creators Award.[30][31] During its original run, it was also honored by the National Education Association and the American Academy of Children's Entertainment.[16] In 2005, the relaunch era's Paz segments won a Silver Parents' Choice Award.[32]

Merchandise

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A merchandising line for Ready Set Learn!, featuring coloring books and videotapes, was actively considered from the time of its planning stages.[2][4] Discovery chose Professor Iris to represent the first products under the brand—first through three VHS collections in August 1993,[33] and then through two CD-ROM titles, Fun Field Trip: Animal Safari in November 1994[34][35] and Seaside Adventure in May 1995.[34] By the twilight of the block's tenure (during 2006–2008), DVD releases of select shows went through Genius Products.[36][37]

Programming

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Programs are listed here by debut date, ordered by original timeslot where applicable.
Title Premiere date Country of origin Notes Source(s)
Bookmice December 28, 1992 Canada Produced by TVOntario[38] [2]
Join In! December 28, 1992 Canada Produced by TVOntario[38] [2]
Zoobilee Zoo December 28, 1992 United States Rerun of DIC Entertainment/Hallmark series[6] [2]
Professor Iris December 28, 1992 Canada Produced by Desclez Productions[39] [2]
The Magic Box December 28, 1992 New Zealand Created by educator Wendy Pye[40] [2][3]
Kitty Cats December 28, 1992 Canada Originally produced in Quebec French as Pacha et les chats[41] [2]
Rory and Me September 19, 1994 United States
[42]
Chicken Minute September 25, 1995 Canada Created by Ronnie Burkett; tapings began in Montreal in 1991[43] [44]
Little Star September 25, 1995 Canada Produced by Desclez, Société Radio-Canada, and Ravensburger [39]
Pappyland September 30, 1996 United States Originally shown on Syracuse PBS affiliate WCNY[45] [46]
The World of David the Gnome September 30, 1996 Spain
[39]
Wisdom of the Gnomes November 5, 1996 Spain Produced by BRB International[47] [39]
Madison's Adventures: Growing Up Wild December 24, 1996
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
[49]
The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon July 4, 1997 United States Created by Bobby Goldsboro for WEDU Tampa [51]
The Big Garage October 1997
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
  • Taped in England[52]
  • Produced by Prisma Productions of Montreal and Winchester Entertainment of Great Britain[52]
  • Original November 3, 1995 Canadian premiere on Family Channel[52]
 [14]
Bingo & Molly October 1997
  • New Zealand
  • United States
 Produced at New Zealand's Avalon Studios for Broadside Entertainment in the U.S.[53] [14]
Skinnamarink TV October 1997
  • Canada
  • United States
[14][54]
Salty's Lighthouse March 30, 1998
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
[56][58]
The Berenstain Bears November 2, 1998
  • Australia
  • United States
 Rerun of 1985 Hanna-Barbera/Southern Star series[59] [59][60]
Jay Jay the Jet Plane November 2, 1998 United States
[63]
Ni Ni's Treehouse September 25, 2000
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
 Developed by Kenn Viselman [64]
The Magic School Bus February 24, 2003
  • Canada
  • United States
 Rerun of Scholastic/Nelvana/PBS series[19] [17]
Brum February 24, 2003 United Kingdom Produced by Ragdoll [17]
The Save-Ums! February 24, 2003 United States Created by Dan Clark[18] [17]
Hi-5 February 24, 2003 United States U.S. remake of original Australian series [17]
Animal Jam February 24, 2003 United States Produced by Jim Henson Productions[16] [17]
Peep and the Big Wide World April 12, 2004 United States
[67]
Timothy Goes to School September 2004 Canada
[68]
ToddWorld November 8, 2004 United States
[69]
Balamory
  • September 26, 2005 (Discovery Kids)
  • October 3, 2005 (TLC)
 United Kingdom Produced by the BBC [20]
Hip Hop Harry
  • September 25, 2006 (Discovery Kids)
  • October 2, 2006 (TLC)
 United States Developed by Claude Brooks[70] [21][70]
Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks
  • September 25, 2006 (Discovery Kids)
  • October 2, 2006 (TLC)
 Canada Produced by CCI Entertainment[71] [21][71]
Wilbur
  • April 16, 2007 (Discovery Kids)
  • April 23, 2007 (TLC)
 Canada Produced by Mercury Filmworks [22]

See also

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References

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General

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  • Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). Checkmark Books (Facts on File). ISBN 978-0-8160-6599-8. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Archive.org.

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