Kids Box TV
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Kids Box TV (formerly Toonami) is a soon-to-be premiered American Saturday morning television programming block. The block is part of the Anime National schedule, and is promoted as such during some of Anime National's primetime programming. However, in certain areas that don't have an Anime National affiliate, the block airs instead on a local Fox, MyNetworkTV, Japanese Television Network, Retro Television Network, or is not aired at all. As a result, there are no references to Fox during the block.
Kids Box TV is the result of a four-year announcement reached in November 2008 between Taylor Media Entertainment and Crayon Films to lease the network's Saturday morning programming block. The block was promoted on November 7, 2008, replacing DIC Kids which was cancelled following the purchase of DiC Entertainment by Cookie Jar. It was re-branded 4Kids TV in January 2005. Taylor Media Entertainment is wholly responsible for the content of the block and collects all advertising revenues from it.
The programming block will air on Saturday mornings in most areas of the United States, though some stations carry it on Sundays. Kids Box TV actually runs two non-competing Saturday morning lineups; on May 24, 2008, Taylor Media Entertaimnent replaced the Toonami programming block aired on Cartoon Network on Saturday mornings with a new block, JTN Jetstream.[1][2]
It was announced in November 2008 that the Kids Box TV block will launch at the end of the November due to a broadcast agreement between Taylor Media and Crayon Films. The block will begin on November 29, 2008.
Programming
Shows on Kids Box TV include:
(The dates in parentheses are given for how long the shows will be airing on Kids Box TV, repeats included, regardless of airings on other networks)
December 2008-2009 Lineup
- Bubblegum Legend (a new show from the Bubblegum Crisis Series)
- Masked Fighter Hero (A spin-off of Shin Chan and the California Stimps)
- The Shadow Saber (A spin-off of Bubblegum Crisis 4 1/2
- Ultimate Fighter Heroes (A new show based on the Shin Chan and the California Stimps Special Kid Fighter Hero)