4Kids TV
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| Type | Saturday and Sunday morning cartoon block |
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| Country | United States |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | 4Kids Entertainment / FOX |
| Launch date | September 14, 2002 |
| Past names | FoxBox Fox Kids |
| Affiliations | FOX In Most Markets (US) MyNetworkTV In Seven Markets (US) The CW In Four Markets (US) WMLW in Milwaukee (US) KMCI in Kansas City (US) WMOR-TV In Tampa Bay (US) |
| Website | www.4kids.tv |
4Kids TV (formerly FoxBox) is a Saturday morning television programming block on the Fox network. In January 2002, 4Kids Entertainment entered into a four-year agreement with FOX to lease the network's Saturday morning programming block. The block serves as one of the main outlets in the United States for 4Kids properties.
4Kids Entertainment introduced Fox Box on September 14, 2002 after Fox Kids was dissolved following the purchase of Fox Family Worldwide by Disney. The block was re-branded 4Kids TV in January 2005. 4Kids Entertainment is wholly responsible for the content of the block and collects all advertising revenues from it.
The block airs on Saturday mornings in most areas of the United States, though some stations carry it on Sundays.
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[edit] Opt-out Areas
The block has a somewhat unusual relationship to the Fox Network. The programming is 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 opts not to carry 4Kids TV the block then is available in the market for another television station to pick up. This has happened in quite a few instances.
In some markets the Fox affiliate/owned and operated station has opted not to run 4Kids TV. 4Kids TV does not meet the criteria to be considered educational and does not count toward the 3 hour per week mandatory educational children's programming quotas.
In markets where the Fox station does not run 4Kids TV, another station in the market can pick it up. Most stations that passed on 4Kids TV were formerly owned by New World Communications, when those stations became Fox affiliates, they were not interested in what was then called Fox Kids:
[edit] Markets where 4Kids TV does not run at all
- Atlanta, GA - WAGA FOX Affiliate
- Austin, TX - KTBC FOX Affiliate
- Birmingham, AL - WBRC FOX Affiliate
- Greensboro, NC - WGHP FOX Affiliate
[edit] Markets Where 4Kids TV runs on a MyNetworkTV affiliate
- Chicago, IL - WFLD FOX Affiliate, WPWR-TV MyNetworkTV Affiliate (FTSG twin stick)
- Miami, FL - WSVN FOX Affiliate, WBFS MyNetworkTV Affiliate
- Portland, OR - KPTV FOX Affiliate, KPDX MyNetworkTV Affiliate (Meredith twin stick)
- Tucson, AZ - KMSB-TV FOX Affiliate, KTTU MyNetworkTV Affiliate (Belo twin stick)
- Detroit, MI - WJBK FOX affiliate, WMYD MyNetworkTV affiliate (see note about New World and 4Kids) (airs 4Kids TV on Sundays due to previous affiliation with The WB)
- Dallas/Fort Worth, TX - KDFW FOX Affiliate, KDFI MyNetworkTV Affiliate (FTSG twin stick)
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, KMSP FOX Affiliate, WFTC MyNetworkTV Affiliate (FTSG twin stick)[1]
[edit] Markets where 4Kids TV runs on a affiliate of The CW
Note: These CW affiliates run 4Kids TV on Sundays, due to their obligation to carry the Kids' WB! Saturday block.
- Cleveland, OH - WJW FOX affiliate, WBNX The CW affiliate (see note about New World and 4Kids)
- Fresno - KMPH FOX ffiliate, KFRE The CW affiliate (Pappas twin stick)
- Phoenix, AZ - KSAZ FOX affiliate, KASW The CW affiliate (see KASW note, KSAZ was also a New World station)
- Omaha, NE - KPTM FOX Affiliate, KXVO The CW affiliate (Pappas twin stick)
[edit] 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 do not air 4Kids TV. In some of the New World markets, 4Kids is not aired on any station. In a majority of these markets, an independent station carries this block: in others, the MyNetworkTV affiliate carries it: in still others, the CW affiliate carries it. The exception is St. Louis, Missouri, where KTVI carries 4Kids TV.
[edit] KTVK and KASW
Main article: KASW
KASW then 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.
Main article: KTVK
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.
[edit] Markets where 4Kids TV runs on a current independent station
- Kansas City, MO - WDAF FOX Affiliate, KMCI Independent (38 The Spot) (airs 4Kids TV on Saturdays at 8am)
- Milwaukee, WI - WITI FOX Affiliate, WMLW Independent (airs 4Kids TV on Sundays at 8am )
- Tampa, FL - WTVT FOX Affiliate, WMOR-TV Independent (More TV 32) (airs 4Kids TV on Sundays at 8am due to previous affiliation with The WB)
[edit] Programming
[edit] Current Schedule
As of Saturday, December 16, 2006, 4Kids TV's schedule looks like this: (Times Eastern, go back one hour for Central/Pacific)
- 8:00: Winx Club
- 8:30: Bratz
- 9:00: Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
- 9:30: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) (World premiere episode)
- 10:00: Viva Piñata
- 10:30: Yu-Gi-Oh! (4Kids TV premiere episode)
- 11:00: Yu-Gi-Oh! (4Kids TV premiere episode)
- 11:30: G.I. Joe: Sigma 6
[edit] Shows on 4Kids TV include:
(The dates in parentheses are given for how long the show has been airing on 4Kids TV, repeats included, regardless of airings on other networks)
[edit] Currently active
According to the official 4Kids TV schedule([2]), these are the shows that are currently active:
- Bratz (August 20, 2005 - Current)
- G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 (August 27, 2005 - Current)
- Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (September 14, 2002 - Current)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) (February 8, 2003 - Current)
- Viva Piñata (August 26, 2006 - Current)
- Winx Club (May 22, 2004 - Current)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (September 2, 2006 - Current)
[edit] Shows on hiatus
- Chaotic (October 7, 2006 - Current) (Returns January 6, 2007) [3]
- Magical DoReMi (August 13, 2005 - TBA) (Originally on fall schedule, will likely come in midseason)
- Mew Mew Power (February 19, 2005 - TBA) (Three more episodes have been dubbed, last half not officially dubbed yet)
- Sonic X (August 30, 2003 - present) (Presumably ended, but rumors of a fourth season is/might be in development, 4Kids TV also advertised the last episode as a season finale not a series finale.)
[edit] Coming soon
- Celebrity Moments (premieres December 23, 2006) [4]
- Pretty Cure (working title) (not on fall schedule, will likely come in midseason)
[edit] Specials, movies, etc.
- Hope Rocks (September 3, 2005)
[edit] Old or classic shows
- Alien Racers
- Back to the Future: The Animated Series (Reruns from CBS)
- Cabbage Patch Kids (One episode aired as part of a promotion.)
- The Cramp Twins (February 8, 2003 - August 19, 2006)
- Cubix: Robots for Everyone (September 6, 2003 - June 12, 2004) (Reruns from Kids' WB!)
- Fighting Foodons (September 14, 2002 - August 30, 2003)
- Funky Cops
- F-Zero GP Legend (September 4, 2004 - March 5, 2005)
- Incredible Crash Dummies (shorts)
- One Piece (September 18, 2004 - November 12, 2005) (Aired on Toonami on Cartoon Network until December 2006, but English Production was cancelled)
- Pirate Islands
- Shaman King (August 30, 2003 - September 3, 2005)
- Stargate Infinity
- The Menu (June 6, 2004 - August 27, 2005)
- Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (September 14, 2002 - August 19, 2006)
- Ultraman Tiga
- WMAC Masters
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters (September 9, 2006 - November 25, 2006)
