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4Kids TV
TypeOnline Network (2008-present)
Saturday morning cartoon block (2002-2008)
On-demand channel (2008-Present)
Country
 United States
AvailabilityNational
International
Owner4Kids Entertainment/News Corporation (television)/STAR TV (Asia)
Key people
Alfred R. Kahn
Launch date
September 14, 2002
DissolvedDecember 27, 2008 (television)
Former names
FoxBox (2002-2005)
Fox
The CW
Official website
http://www.4kidstv.com

4Kids TV (often shown as "4K!DS TV") is the name for a current Internet-based video on demand children's network and a former Saturday morning television programming block on the Fox Broadcasting Company. The block was part of the Fox Network schedule. 4Kids TV was the result of a four-year agreement reached in January 2002 between 4Kids Entertainment and Fox to lease the network's Saturday morning programs.[1]

History

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Fox Box logo used from September 14, 2002 - January 15, 2005
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4Kids TV logo used from January 22, 2005 - September 1, 2007

The block launched under the name "FoxBox" on September 14, 2002 as a joint venture between Fox Broadcasting Company & 4kids Entertainment,[2] replacing Fox Kids, which was dissolved following the purchase of Fox Family Worldwide by The Walt Disney Company.[3] It was re-branded 4Kids TV on January 22, 2005.[4] 4Kids Entertainment is wholly responsible for the content of the block and collects all advertising revenues from it.[1]

The programming block aired on Saturday mornings in most areas of the United States, though some stations carried it on Sundays. 4Kids actually ran two competing Saturday morning lineups; on May 24, 2008, 4Kids Entertainment replaced the Kids' WB programming block aired on The CW Television Network on Saturday mornings with a new block, The CW4Kids.[5][6]

It was announced in November 2008 that 4Kids TV would conclude at the end of the year due to intervening conflicts between Fox and 4Kids, as 4Kids had not paid the network for the time lease for a time, while the network was unable to maintain the guaranteed 90% clearance for the block due to affiliate refusals and an inability to secure secondary affiliates to carry the programming. The block ended on December 27, 2008.[7] Fox announced that the time would no longer be used for kids programming, owing that it was no longer viable due to the burden of E/I programming and the insurmountable competition from Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and Discovery Kids since the time was used for kids programming since 1990.[8] On January 3, 2009, the network gave two hours back to affiliates (likely began to encourage them to begin Saturday morning newscasts or began to make fulfilling their E/I requirements easier), while the other two hours became an informercial block titled Weekend Marketplace.[9] The 4KidsTV logo now only exists as the closing logo for 4Kids Entertainment for 4Kids shows run outside of The CW4Kids block (to become Toonzai in September 2010) outside of the United States.

Shows

Premiered in 2002

Premiered in 2003

Premiered in 2004

Premiered in 2005

Premiered in 2006

Premiered in 2007

Premiered in 2008

4KidsTV.com

Online Network

4Kids launched an online video player on their website on September 8, 2007, and has been adding full episodes and more videos and content since then. However, it was revamped on September 25, 2008, though in beta testing [citation needed]. Promotions stated that 4Kids TV would be "moving online" starting in January 2009, implying that the video player would take full effect then, but it was still in beta testing [citation needed]. However, 4Kids seemed to increase the rate that shows were added to the player at that point [citation needed]. On September 9, 2009, the beta symbol was removed, and the player was revamped again [citation needed].

Online Programming

Currently released

Show Currently released episodes Notes
Chaotic Episodes 1-79 Complete series.
Cubix: Robots for Everyone Episodes 1-26 Complete series
Dinosaur King Episodes 1-79 Complete series.
Dragon Ball Z Kai Episodes 1-52 New episodes air each Saturday on Vortexx, Currently restarting the series.
Magi-Nation Episodes 1-26 Complete series on 4Kids TV.
Sonic X Episodes 1-78 Complete Series
Tai Chi Chasers Episodes 1-26 Complete 1st and 2nd seasons. 3rd Season Starts September 15, 2012 on Vortex)
Viva Piñata Episodes 1-79 Complete series
Yu-Gi-Oh! Episodes 1-224 (and Capsule Monsters episodes 1-12) Complete series, including the Capsule Monsters OVA. The Capsule Monsters episodes are listed as part of Season 5, between the episodes of the Grand Championship and Dawn of the Duel, which is Capsule Monsters' spot in the show's continuity.
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Episodes 1-110, 123-129, 131-136 Complete series, but 31 episodes were not dubbed, due to executive decisions.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Episodes 1-155 Complete series, but 25 episodes were not dubbed, due to executive decisions.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Episodes 1-24 2nd season, Starts August 18, 2012

Other site features

Papercrafts

4Kids TV had a "Papercraft" section, where fans can either print special themed bookmarks and stationary and/or make paper characters and accessories from various 4Kids shows.

Show Character(s)
Chaotic Chaor, Maxxor, H'earring, Intress
Dinosaur King Chomp, Max
GoGoRiki Ottoriki, Pogoriki, Rosariki, Docoriki
Huntik: Secrets & Seekers Dante Vale, Sophie Casterwill, Zhalia Moon, Lok Lambert
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, Kamen Rider Wing Knight, Kamen Rider Torque, Kamen Rider Strike
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Kirby, Tiff, Tuff, Meta-Knight, King Dedede
Sonic X Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Dr. Eggman, Rouge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Leonardo, Splinter, Casey Jones, The Shredder, Foot Ninja

Stamp Collection

New stamps appear on the site each day. There are also covers to select as one's stampbook. Bonus stamps are awarded for collected the number of required stamps in a given set. Below are a few examples.

Show Stamps
Dinosaurs Apatosaurus, Compsognathus, Dilophosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Pteranodon, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor
Dragon Ball Z Kai Goku, Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, Bulma, Shenron
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight Kit Taylor, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, Len, Kamen Rider Wing Knight, Kase, Kamen Rider Siren, Xaviax (bonus)
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Escargoon, Falala, Fololo, Kirby, King Dedede, Lady Like, Meta-Knight, Sir Ebrum, Tiff, Tuff, Waddle Dee, Kirby Bonus! (bonus)
Ocean Life Crab, Dolphin, Fish, Manta Ray, Octopus, Penguin, Seal, Sea Turtle, Shark, Whale
Outcast Bandicoot Crunch Bandicoot, Tani Tiger, Doctor Neo Cortex, Koala Kong, Coco Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot, Kris Roo, Tiny Tiger, Dingodile, Fake Crash,Outcast Bandicoot logo (bonus)
Sonic X Amy, Big the Cat, Cheese, Chris, Cream, Eggman, Knuckles, Rouge, Shadow, Sonic, Tails, Sonic X logo (bonus)
Super Mario Bros. Bowser, Bowser Jr. Daisy, Donkey Kong, Luigi, Mario, Peach, Toad, Waluigi, Wario, Yoshi, Star (bonus)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward Bishop, Cody, Donatello, Hovershell, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Serling, Splinter, Starlee, Tank, The TMNT (bonus)
Viva Piñata Paulie Pretztail and Fergy Fudgehog
Wild Animals Armadillo, Crocodile, Elephant, Giraffe, Gorilla, Hippopotamus, Kangaroo, Lion, Ostrich, Rhinoceros, Tiger, Zebra
Winx Club Amore, Bloom, Chatta, Flora, Layla, Lockette, Musa, Piff, Stella, Tecna, Tune, Digit (bonus)

Covers

Relationship with Fox and broadcast ambiguities

The block had a somewhat unusual relationship to the Fox Network. The programming was produced for Fox and offered to Fox affiliates first, so the Fox affiliate in any given area has right of first refusal. In the event a Fox affiliate or in some cases an O & O, Owned and Operated, Fox affiliate opts not to carry 4Kids TV the block then is available in the market for another television station to pick up. In fact, it was due in part to this relationship that 4Kids dissolved the block in 2008, as they had been promised clearance on at least 90% of Fox affiliates.

Most 4Kids TV programming did not meet the criteria to be considered educational and did not count toward the 3 hour per week mandatory educational children's programming quotas. The only exceptions were Winx Club, The Adrenaline Project, Magical DoReMi, Stargate Infinity, reruns of Back to the Future: the Animated Series, and Cubix (why this clause was not realized and these shows not aired together at any one time is unknown).

Markets where 4Kids TV did not run at all

Markets where 4Kids TV ran on a MyNetworkTV affiliate

Markets where 4Kids TV ran on an affiliate of The CW

Note: These CW affiliates ran 4Kids TV on Sundays, due to their obligation to carry the The CW4Kids Saturday block or, as in the case of WUPA, Atlanta's CW Affiliate (who runs The CW4kids on Sunday[11] because of other programming content on Saturday)

New World stations and 4Kids TV

Dating back to the Fox Kids days, the stations that Fox acquired from New World Communications in 1996 generally did not air 4Kids TV. In some of the New World markets, 4Kids was not aired on any station. In a majority of these markets, an independent station carried this block: in others, the MyNetworkTV affiliate carried it: in still others, the CW affiliate carried it. The exception was St. Louis, Missouri, where KTVI carried 4Kids TV (2 hours early, beginning at 5:00).

KTVK and KASW

KASW signed on in September 1995 on channel 61. It was originally owned by the Brooks family and immediately secured a local marketing agreement with MAC America Communications, then owner of KTVK. KTVK bought the entire broadcast day on the station to run shows that did not fit into KTVK's schedule. The WB affiliation also went from KTVK to KASW. The station ran syndicated cartoons, Kids' WB! cartoons, first-run shows from The WB Television Network, classic sitcoms, recent sitcoms, old movies, and eventually Fox Kids by the end of 1996.

KNXV officially became Phoenix's ABC affiliate in January 1995, and KTVK nominally became the market's WB affiliate. However, it only showed WB programming on Saturday nights, so it was essentially an independent station. It also ran Fox Kids in the early afternoons and weekend mornings for about a year. The station aired Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and several off-network sitcoms during prime time.

KTVK owned a huge programming inventory, but lacked enough time in its broadcast day to air it all even after dropping ABC. As such, when the Brooks family launched a new station, KASW, in September, KTVK immediately entered into a local marketing agreement with the new station. KASW became a WB affiliate, and KTVK bought the new station's entire broadcast day. KTVK then reinstated Saturday morning newscasts.

Ironically, since 2001 Fox owned both KSAZ Fox 10 and KUTP My 45 (then UPN 45). It was thought that 4Kids TV would move to Channel 45 but Fox still passed on it even for their second station in that market. It therefore remained on KASW.

Markets where 4Kids TV ran on a current independent station

References

  1. ^ a b "Fox, 4Kids Approach Deal For Children's Programming". The Wall Street Journal. Jan 20, 2002. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  2. ^ "What's Inside the Fox Box!? 4Kids Entertainment Launches An All-New Kind of Kids Broadcast Network Starting September 14, 2002". ToonZone. May 14, 2002. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  3. ^ "Disney buys Fox Family". CNN Money. July 23, 2001. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  4. ^ "Fox Box To Be Rebranded 4KIDS TV". Anime News Network. Jan 18, 2005. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  5. ^ "4Kids TV takes over Kids WB advertisement". 4Kids TV. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Schneider, Michael (October 2, 2007). "4Kids TV takes over Kids WB advertisement". 4Kids TV. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
  7. ^ "4Kids Entertainment Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results and Settlement of Fox Litigation". QuoteMedia.com. November 10, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-11. [dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Fox Ends Saturday-Morning Cartoons". New York Times. November 24, 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Schneider, Michael (November 23, 2008). "Longform Ads Replace Kid Fare on Fox". Variety.com. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  10. ^ http://tviv.org/4Kids_TV/Previous_Schedules
  11. ^ http://cwatlantatv.com/tvschedule
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