Children's television shows are See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Family watching television in the 1950s. Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television programming and transmission... television programs designed for and marketed to A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. Depending on context it may mean someone who is not yet an adult, or someone who has not yet reached puberty (someone who is prepubescent). Adults are often described as the children of their parents despite their... children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after This article is about educational institutions. For other uses of the term school, see School (disambiguation). A school is any place designated for learning. The range of institutions covered by the term varies from country to country. In the United Kingdom, the term school refers primarily to pre-university institutions... school. The purpose of the show is mainly to entertain and sometimes to Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, good judgement and wisdom. Education has as one of its fundamental goals the imparting of culture from generation to generation (see socialization). Overview The education of an individual human begins at... educate the young audience about basic life skills or ideals.

Programs vary in their intended age group audience and style of presentation. Some take the form of A game show is a radio or television program involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. In some shows contestants compete against other players or another team whilst other shows involve contestants... game shows or Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. It also means a performance that relies heavily on humor. The term originally comes from theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. The humor, once an incidental device used to... comedies, but the term "children's television" is also often associated with An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. A note on usage: The duration of an individual episode varies from series to series. While some series may be produced as complete half hour programs, many cartoons are produced as short subjects of 15... animated series. Cartoon television, however, was primarily intended for See Adult. for the duo that composes and remixes retro electro techno. The term adult describes any mature organism, but normally it refers to a human: one that is no longer a child and is now either a man or a woman. Coming of age is the event of becoming... adults until well into the late 1970s - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 1970s From Wikipedia Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of... 1970s when Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the typical television animation programming that was typically scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks since the mid 1960s. Although Saturday morning had always featured a great deal of childrens fare before, the idea of commissioning animated television... Saturday morning cartoons became a U.S. television tradition.

Children's television is nearly as old as television itself, with early examples including shows such as Captain Tugg was a local childrens show that was broadcast in the early 1950s by WTTG, Channel 5, a Washington, D. C. television station. Captain Tugg was the master of the Channel Queen, a tugboat that plied the Potomac River, near the capital city. With his parrot, Fantail... Captain Tugg, Howdy Doody was a childrens television program that aired on NBC from 1947 through 1960. The show was extremely popular and is a fond memory for many baby boomers. Originally an hour on Saturdays, the show moved to Monday through Friday, 5:30-6:00 pm EST in 1948... Howdy Doody, Blue Peter is a popular, long-running BBC television programme for children. It is named after the flag hoisted by ships in port when they are ready to sail. The theme tune, in recognition of the origin of the title, is a sea shanty called Barnacle Bill, and the programme... Blue Peter and This article discusses the Childrens television show. For the psychedelic band of the same name, see Flowerpot Men. Bill and Ben are also characters in the television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. In the 1950s and 1960s, BBC television ran a series of childrens programmes under... The Flowerpot Men. Early children's television was often a marketing branch of a larger corporate product such as Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc., or simply Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. Founded in 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy Oliver Disney as an animation studio, it is today... Disney, and rarely contained an educational element. Though there is some debate on the intended audience, later non-educational children's television programs included the Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. There are exceptions (or, at least, some unusual examples) to this general definition. Scope In defining the scope of the science fiction genre, we... science fiction programs of Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916-November 2, 1991) was a television and film producer nicknamed The Master of Disaster for his work in the disaster film genre. He was also notable for creating a number of memorable and popular television series. In 1952, he won an Academy Award for Best... Irwin Allen (most notably See also Lost in Space (disambiguation) Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series produced between 1965 and 1968 by television producer Irwin Allen. Allen based his space adventure series on a Gold Key comic book, Space Family Robinson, as well as the classic adventure novel Swiss Family Robinson... Lost in Space), the fantasy series of Sid and Marty Krofft are a sibling team of prolific television producers who were very influential in childrens television and music/variety television, particularly throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. They are largely known for a unique brand of ambitious fantasy programs, often featuring large-headed puppets, high-concept... Sid and Marty Krofft, and the extensive cartoon empire of Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. is a cartoon animation studio founded by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera that has produced television cartoons for over forty years. Founding Hanna and Barbera were first teamed together while working at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studio in 1939... Hanna-Barbera.

Many children's shows also have a large adult following, sometimes in appreciation of their quality and educational value, and sometimes among adults who watched the shows as children or with their own children and now have a nostalgic emotional connection.

U.S. television

Sesame Street

North American children's television took a dramatic turn in 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 - Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January... 1969 with the creation of the visionary PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. PBS headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia. PBS was founded in 1969, at which time it took... PBS program From A Celebration of Me, Grover, showing much of the main cast of Sesame Street. Left to right, a penguin, Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird, Grover, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster Sesame Street is an American educational television program for young children, which led the way for many of the current standard... Sesame Street. Still in production over thirty years later, Sesame Street is an educational program produced by the Sesame Workshop and featuring John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. Individually, a Muppet is properly any one of the puppets built by the Jim Henson Workshop. Though the term is often used erroneously... Jim Henson's Muppets. The show blends human and puppet characters, This animation moves at 10 frames per second. This animation moves at 2 frames per second. At this rate, the individual frames should be discernable. Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by... animation, song and dance, and colorful production numbers with basic educational material oriented for children anywhere from toddler to six. It is on this television show that many children of the world are first exposed to things like basic math and language skills, as well as social skills and multiculturality. The effect of Sesame Street was so powerful that within a few years, children's television was universally considered to have an educational mandate.

Though the perceived educational mandate continues to be promoted and debated, and many shows (particularly those on Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. These funds can come directly from individuals through donations or fees, or indirectly as state subsidies that... public television) are specifically designed to be educational, children's programming has moved back toward pure entertainment over time. Efforts by state and federal government to regulate children television into being exclusively educational have been evaded or defeated.

History of U.S. children's television

In the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... USA, most early children's programming ran during the late afternoon, or during otherwise-unused timeslots on weekend mornings. As time went on, Saturday morning became the most popular time for non-educational children's programming, and by the 1970s, all three major US networks had a full schedule of children's programs running in this space.

At the same time, as locally originated live-action children's programming fell out of style with the network affiliates (who filled the slots with cheaper In the entertainment and news industries, syndication is a method of making content available to a range of outlets simultaneously. Syndication is important in several different forms of mass media. In television syndication and radio syndication, individual stations buy programs outside of the network system. In print syndication, individual newspapers... syndicated programming, or more profitable News is the reporting of current events usually by local, regional or mass media in the form of newspapers, television and radio programs, or sites on the World Wide Web. News reporting is a type of journalism, typically written or broadcast in news style. Most news is investigated and presented... news shows), the Business In business, an independent business is a term of distinction and is generally used to refer to businesses which are privately owned as opposed to those publicly owned through a distribution of shares on the market. A sole-proprietorship is the most common form of independent business. Other terms... independent stations filled the gap by scheduling cartoons (usually reruns of Saturday morning fare, or The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. (Proprietary interest is typically represented by a copyright or patent.) Such works and inventions are considered part of... public domain copies of old The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1988 to 1989. Paramount Pictures is a large United States-based motion picture company and is owned by Viacom. History Formation The Paramount company was founded by W. W. Hodkinson on May 8, 1912, as a merger of 11 film rental bureaus. Paramount was... Paramount or The WB Shield, used from 2001 to late 2003. Warner Bros. (the abbreviated name of Warner Bros. Entertainment) is one of the worlds largest producers of film and television entertainment. It is presently a subsidiary of the Time Warner conglomerate and headquartered in Burbank, California. Subsidiaries Warner Bros. includes... Warner Bros. shorts) in these afternoon time slots. By the early 1980s, the afternoon time slot was nearly as popular as Saturday morning was, and first-run programming (such as Various Transformers toys Transformers is the name of a line of toys produced by Hasbro from 1984 onwards, and also of a number of spin-offs based on the toys including a Marvel Comics series, an animated television series that began airing on 1984 (Transformers series) and a feature-length... The Transformers and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a military-themed action figure (3 3/4 inches tall) that was supported by a Marvel Comic and a popular cartoon television show that ran in the 1980s. The figures themselves date back to the 1960s. Overview The basic premise of the... G. I. Joe) began to appear. Even Disney stepped into the fray eventually, premiering their first syndicated cartoon ( DuckTales is an animated series produced by The Walt Disney Company starring characters from the Scrooge McDuck universe as largely created by Carl Barks. The pilot episode first aired on September 11, 1987. The main stars of the series were Scrooge McDuck himself and his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie... DuckTales) in 1987.

The 1980s and early 1990s also saw the rise of Saturday morning's biggest competition yet:

• Nickelodeon (Nick for short) is an American cable TV network for children. The worlds first cable channel devoted to programming for children and youth, Nickelodeon debuted in 1979 as Pinwheel (renamed to Nickelodeon in 1981). It was originally owned by Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment, a joint venture of American... Nickelodeon was the first cable network to cater directly to children, and as it got carried on more and more cable systems, it took away more and more viewers from the broadcast networks. Nick's biggest selling point was that, unlike syndicated and Saturday morning programs, viewers could watch their favorite shows practically any time they wanted. Nickelodeon's programming during this period was mostly live action (though they did run cartoons produced by others during the midday "Pinwheel" block during the 1980s), but it introduced its own line of original cartoons ( Nicktoons TV NickToons, also known as NickToons TV, is a digital cable and satellite television network. It is a sister service of the Nickelodeon cable channel with its commercial-free format. Its original programming consists entirely of animated cartoons previously or currently broadcasted on its parent network. It was launched... Nicktoons) in 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously... 1991.

• In 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1990 in video gaming January January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 - Lt Gen... 1990, the upstart The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. It is owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. It was launched on October 9, 1986 as FBC (for Fox Broadcasting Company) with a late-night talk show program, The Late Show Starring... Fox Network entered the kids-TV market. By 1993, Jetix is a childrens television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. It was previously known as Fox Kids. Organisation and Ownership The brand broadcasts in the United States as a block of programming on the ABC Family and Toon Disney television channels. In Europe and Latin America... Fox Kids had hits in The animated Batman shoots his grappling gun from a rooftop in a scene from the episode, On Leather Wings. Batman: The Animated Series is an acclaimed animated television series adaptation of the comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero, Batman. The original episodes, produced by Bruce Timm and Eric... Batman: The Animated Series, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a live-action television and movie series, based on the Super Sentai series Kyouryuu Sentai ZyuRanger (Kyōryū Sentai JūRanger), literally Dinosaur Task Force Beast Rangers and often abbreviated as ZyuRanger (after the Kunrei-shiki romanization). The show first aired on... Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs was a popular animated TV cartoon series from Warner Bros., produced by Steven Spielberg. Animaniacs was the second animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. Animation during the animation renaissance of the 1990s. The studios first series, Tiny Toon Adventures... Animaniacs.

• Turner Broadcasting, having recently acquired Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. is a cartoon animation studio founded by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera that has produced television cartoons for over forty years. Founding Hanna and Barbera were first teamed together while working at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studio in 1939... Hanna-Barbera Productions from their bankrupt previous owners, used the combined H-B and MGM libraries to form the basis of the The Cartoon Network is a cable TV channel created by Turner Broadcasting and dedicated to showing cartoons. It premiered on October 1, 1992 in the United States, and 17 September 1993 in the United Kingdom. It is one of the more sucessful cable channels of the 21st century. History By... Cartoon Network, which launched in October 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January - The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General George H. W. Bush becomes the first... 1992. As with Nickelodeon, the ability to watch a cartoon anytime was the main attraction, even though CN's schedule was meager at first.

By this time, The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. It is now part of the media conglomerate NBC Universal. NBC supplies programming to more than 200 affiliated U.S. stations. It owns and operates stations serving the Chicago; Philadelphia... NBC had enough, and replaced its Saturday morning schedule with The Today Show (officially called Today) is currently, a long-running morning news show airing on the NBC television network in the United States. It first aired on January 14, 1952 at 8:00 A.M. (Eastern Time/Pacific Time) as a half-hour news and information show. It became... The Today Show and teen-oriented live-action shows. 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ABC (American Broadcasting Company) is a television and radio network in the United States. Today, it is owned by The Walt Disney Company, and the company name is ABC, Inc. History Creation of ABC In the 1930s... ABC continued to run cartoons in their Saturday morning block throughout the 1990s; after their acquisition by Disney, the block became mostly Disney-originated under the "One Saturday Morning" banner. radio and United States. CBS was one of the three commercial television networks that dominated broadcasting in the United States before the rise of cable television. In the days of radio, it grew to acquire one of its original founders, Columbia Records, which it sold many years later. Viacom, itself... CBS later followed suit; however, they later merged with Nickelodeon's corporate parent Viacom (short for Video & Audio Communications) (NYSE: VIA) is an international media conglomerate. The companies owned by Viacom touch virtually every major segment of the media industry. Sumner Redstone is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Mel Karmazin resigned as President and Chief Operating Officer on June... Viacom, and CBS now offers a block of Nickelodeon's educationally-oriented programming on Saturday mornings.

Cartoon Network introduced its own line of cartoons in 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. Events Environmental change The invasive species Asian long-horned beetle is found in New York January 7 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern... 1996 with the World Premiere Toons/What A Cartoon! project, which spawned Dexters Laboratory (Dexters Lab for short) is an American animated series which was created by Genndy Tartakovsky and first produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network. Craig McCracken also worked on some episodes. The original pilot appeared as an episode of the series What-A-Cartoon!, featuring various... Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls is an animated series starring three little girls with superpowers who have dedicated their lives to fight crime and the forces of evil, though there are criticisms about their actions. The series was created by animator Craig McCracken. The show began as a project for Craig McCracken... The Powerpuff Girls, among others.

Fox Kids fell on hard times in the late 1990s, after Warner Bros. (which had produced some of its biggest hits) broke ties with it, and the popularity of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers began to wane. By this time, Fox had merged Power Rangers producer Saban Entertainment and the former Marvel Productions (which used to be Saturday morning fixture DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (sometimes abbreviated to DFE) was a Hollywood-based animation production company, active from 1963 to 1981. DFE was founded just after the closure of Warner Bros. famed Termite Terrace animation department, by animation veteran Friz Freleng and partner David H. DePatie. Many of the animators who had... DePatie-Freleng Enterprises) into Fox Kids, and in 2000, most of Fox Kids' assets were put up for sale. Disney won the bid, acquiring all of the Saban assets and Fox Kids' international operations. Left without a programming block, Fox subcontracted their Saturday morning timeslots to 4Kids Entertainment is a company headquartered in New York City that licenses childrens television shows in the United States and in other countries outside Japan. Titles It produces several shows in the English language, including translated anime. Its distribution services are handled by FUNimation. All programming on 4Kids TV... 4Kids Entertainment, and gave the new block the Fox Box brand, later renamed to 4Kids TV.

List of shows

The following is a partial list of television shows for children that have received particular recognition or popularity, listed by their country of origin. Successful children's television shows are often broadcast in multiple countries.

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. It also includes a number of secondary islands, the largest of which is Tasmania, an Australian State. Australia is... Australian television

• Bananas in Pyjamas is an Australian childrens television show which premiered in 1992 on the ABC. It has since become syndicated in many different countries, and dubbed into those languages. The main characters are two bananas named B1 and B2. Other characters include three Teddy Bears and Rat in... Bananas in Pyjamas
• Fat Cat and Friends
• The Girl from Tomorrow is an Australian childrens television series created by Film Australia. The series is based around Alana (Katharine Cullen), a girl from the year 3000. At the start of the series, she is kidnapped by Silverthorn, a criminal from the year 2500, and brought back in... The Girl from Tomorrow
• Here's Humphrey
• Mr. Squiggle is the star of an ABC TV show and Australias longest running childrens series. Mr. Squiggle (a string Puppet with a pencil for a nose) came from the moon in his rocket (named Rocket) every episode and would draw a picture by joining up squiggles into... Mister Squiggle
• Ocean Girl
• Play School is an educational television programme for pre-school aged children. United Kingdom The original manifestation of Play School was a long-running British series. It was produced by the BBC and ran from 21 April 1964 until 11 March 1988. It accidentally became the first ever programme to... Play School
• Round the Twist is an Australian childrens television series based on the wacky stories of author Paul Jennings. Its first series was made in 1989. Three children and their father go to live in a lighthouse and become embroiled in all sorts of magical adventures. Many external scenes were... Round the Twist
• Skippy the Bush Kangaroo was a popular Australian television series for children produced from 1966 to 1968. Ninety-one 30-minute episodes were made over the three seasons of production. Although at the time of first screening all Australian televisions were still black and white (colour TV broadcasting did not... Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
• Young Talent Time was a long-running Australian television variety programme, with a core group of young performers - vaguely in the vein of The Mickey Mouse Club, and a weekly junior talent quest. The programme was the creation of host Johnny Young, and over the years it ran it gave... Young Talent Time

Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces... Canadian television

• Babar the Elephant is a fictional character who first appeared in The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff. The Story of Babar, based on a tale de Brunhoffs wife had invented for their children, tells of a young elephant called Babar who leaves the jungle and visits a... Babar
• Caillou is a cartoon about a 4-year-old bald-headed boy named Caillou who lives with his 2-year-old little sister Rosie (Mousseline in the original French version), his parents, his cat named Gilbert, and his stuffed animals. The cartoons are produced by CINAR corporation. It is based... Caillou
• The Friendly Giant was a popular Canadian childrens television program on the CBC from 1965 through 1985. The program started in 1953 on a Madison, Wisconsin radio station, and was first broadcast on National Educational Television in 1959. The program ran for 15 minutes each morning, and featured a... The Friendly Giant
• Mr. Dressup was a Canadian childrens television series which was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1967 to 1996. The series starred Ernie Coombs as Mr. Dressup, a character who had started on the earlier series Butternut Square. The show aired every weekday morning, and each day Mr... Mr. Dressup
• Nanalan'
• Polka Dot Door was a childrens television series produced and broadcast by TVOntario from 1971 until 1993. The show, which aired daily, was set in a large playhouse. Each episode had two human hosts, always one man and one woman, although there were many different human hosts over the... Polka Dot Door
• Sesame Park was a Canadian version of Sesame Street. In its first format, it was referred to as Canadian Sesame Street and was a re-edited version of the American series; it adopted a new format and the Sesame Park title in 1995. In 1972, the bulk of Sesame Street... Sesame Park
• Spynet, a 13-minute long CBC-TV childrens show features Sam, a spy operative for a fictional Canadian spy agency, the National Espionage Task-Force (NET). The episodes, built to be educational with a plot, vary in their content-action ratio. The show only has one visible regular, known... Spynet
• Today's Special
• Wimzie's House
• You Cant Do That on Television (YCDTOTV) was a long running Canadian childrens television program that ran from 1979 until 1990. The programme debuted on February 3, 1979 on CJOH-TV (a CTV affiliate in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada). At the time it was a low-budget comedy show... You Can't Do That on Television
• Zaboomafoo

The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... French television

• Inspector Gadget is an animated series about a bumbling detective, Inspector Gadget, and his fight to stop the evil organization MAD, led by Dr. Claw. This was the merchandising company DiC Entertainments first syndicated show. Inspector Gadget was a cyborg with various gadgets built into his anatomy through an... Inspector Gadget
• The Magic Roundabout was an animated childrens television programme created in France in 1963, and shown in the UK with an English narration from 18 October 1965 to January 1977. One of the animators was the British Ivor Wood, who went on to animate Paddington Bear and Postman Pat... The Magic Roundabout

The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... German television

• Die Sendung mit der Maus (The show with the mouse) is a childrens series on German television. It contains mainly short featurettes that uncover some of the things that go on in the world, whether in technology and industry or something as mundane as how the postal service works... Die Sendung mit der Maus
• Janoschs Traumstunde
• Löwenzahn

A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. Scotland, the Isle of Man and Wales are visible to the east. Ireland is located west of the European landmass, which is part of the continent of Eurasia. Ireland (Éire in Irish) is the... Irish television

• Bosco was an Irish childrens television programme during the late 1970s. It was produced by the Lambert Puppet Theatre. The main character in the programme was Bosco, a small red-haired puppet with bright red cheeks. Bosco lived in a box, which he only left to go on excursions... Bosco

Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP  - Total (PPP, 2005)  - Total (nominal)  ... Japanese television

• Digimon (Japanese: デジモン, Romaji dejimon) was originally a dueling digital pet (digi pet) created by Bandai, circa 1996. At the same time, a manga titled Cmon Digimon was released, but quickly folded. Its concept, however, gave birth to the much more successful V-Tamer, a serialised... Digimon
• Pokémon ( Japanese: ポケモン Pokemon, pronounced Poh-Kay-Mon) is a video game franchise, created by Satoshi Tajiri and published by Nintendo for several of their systems, most importantly the Game Boy. It has been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, and much more. The... Pokémon
• Various Transformers toys Transformers is the name of a line of toys produced by Hasbro from 1984 onwards, and also of a number of spin-offs based on the toys including a Marvel Comics series, an animated television series that began airing on 1984 (Transformers series) and a feature-length... Transformers

The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by... Mexican television

• El Espacio de Tatiana

The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ( Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). The Netherlands is a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch, located in northwestern Europe. It borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the... Dutch television

• Alfred Jodocus Kwak is a Japanese childrens Dutch theatre show. Compared to other childrens television series, Alfred J. Kwak is exceptionally sad. In the second episode, just after Alfred is born, his entire family dies when theyre hit by a car. Alfred gets raised by Henk, a mole. In... Alfred J. Kwak

The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, and is home to many international organisations. Confoederatio Helvetica (CH), the Latin version... Swiss television

• Pingu was a Swiss animated series aimed at children. It featured a family of penguins who lived at the South Pole, and primarily focused on the antics of the son, Pingu, and his friend Robby the Seal. However there were also a lot of family based episodes, featuring the mother... Pingu

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... UK television

• Ace of Wands was a fantasy-based British childrens television show. The title, taken from the name of a Tarot card describes the principal character, called Tarot and played by Michael Mackenzie, who combines stage magic with supernatural powers. External links Ace of Wands Website Ace of Wands Classic... Ace of Wands
• Andy Pandy
• Bagpuss was possibly the most popular UK childrens television series of the 1970s, made by Smallfilms. It is fondly and widely remembered, despite the fact that only 13 episodes were ever made. The program would open with a narrated series of sepia tinted still photos, showing Emily (played by... Bagpuss
• Billy Bean and His Funny Machine
• Blue Peter is a popular, long-running BBC television programme for children. It is named after the flag hoisted by ships in port when they are ready to sail. The theme tune, in recognition of the origin of the title, is a sea shanty called Barnacle Bill, and the programme... Blue Peter
• Boohbah is a television show aimed at children between three and six years old, intended to encourage kids to exercise. It premiered in 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom, and 2004 in the United States on PBS. It was created by Anne Wood, who also created the childrens... Boohbah
• Brum is a common colloquial name for the city of Birmingham in England. It is short for Brummagem, a name for the city in the Brummie dialect. In Birmingham it is invariably understood to refer to the city. The term Brummie refers to Birminghams inhabitants, and their accent and... Brum
• Byker Grove is a British childrens television series which is shown on BBC1, and was created by Adele Rose. The show has run since 1990, and is set in a youth club in the northern English city of Newcastle_upon_Tyne. The show depicts the lives of children aged 11_16 as... Byker Grove
• Camberwick Green (1966) is a British childrens television series, originally seen on BBC ONE, featuring stop-motion puppets. It was written and produced by Gordon Murray and animated by Bob Bura and John Hardwick. Music was by Freddie Philips, and narration and song vocals were provided by Brian Cant... Camberwick Green and sequels Trumpton (1967) is a stop-motion childrens television show from the producers of Camberwick Green. Scripts are by Alison Prince; all other production details are identical to Camberwick Green. The action in the new series moves to the imaginary town of Trumpton, not far from Camberwick Green. Each episode... Trumpton and Chigley (1969) is the third and final stop_motion childrens television series in Gordon Murrays Trumptonshire sequence. Production details are identical to Camberwick Green. As in Camberwick Green and Trumpton, the action centres around a small community, in this case the fictitious village of Chigley, near Camberwick Green in... Chigley
• Captain Pugwash is a fictional pirate character in a series of British childrens comic strips, books and animated films created by John Ryan. He famously appeared in a British animated TV series, first shown on the BBC in 1957. The eponymous hero - Captain Horatio Pugwash - sails the high seas... Captain Pugwash
• Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to in shorthand as simply Captain Scarlet, is a science fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Television company of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson and first shown in Britain between September 1967 and April 1968. It used puppetry (Supermarionation) and scale model... Captain Scarlet
• Century Falls is a British science-fiction television serial for children broadcast in six twenty-five minute episodes on BBC ONE in early 1993. Written by Russell T. Davies, it tells the story of teenager Tess Hunter and her mother, who move to the seemingly idyllic rural village of Century... Century Falls
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• Chucklevision is a popular childrens television show on Childrens BBC following the adventures of the two Chuckle Brothers, Barry (the smaller) and Paul, who find themselves in all sorts of situations that they must cope with. It started in 1987. One of their catch-phrases is To me... Chucklevision
• The Clangers is a gentle, British stop motion animated childrens television series made by Smallfilms who were Oliver Postgate (writer and narrator) and Peter Firmin (modelmaker, animator and illustrator). The first episode was broadcast by the BBC on November 16, 1969 and a further twenty-five episodes were made... Clangers
• This page is about the British television show; for the American snack food, see Cracker Jack. Crackerjack was a British childrens comedy/variety television series. It started in 1955 and ran until 1984. It has featured Eamonn Andrews, Leslie Crowther, Stu Francis, Peter Glaze, Michael Aspel, The Krankies and... Crackerjack
• Dark Season is a British science-fiction television serial for children, screened on BBC ONE in the UK in late 1991. Comprised of six twenty-five minute episodes, the two linked three-part stories tell the adventures of three teenagers and their battle to save their school and their classmates... Dark Season
• From left to right: David Jason, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Eric Idle. Do Not Adjust Your Set was a classic childrens television series produced originally by Associated-Rediffusion, then by the fledgeling Thames Television for British commercial television (that is to say ITV) from 1967 to 1969. The... Do Not Adjust Your Set
• The Doctor Who 2005 television series logo. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor. It is also the title of a 1996 television movie featuring the same character. It is common to see... Doctor Who
• Fireman Sam is the name for a stop motion Welsh childrens television program about a Fireman called Sam, his fellow firefighters and other townspeople in the Welsh town of Pontypandy. The original idea for Fireman Sam came from two ex-fireman from Kent-Dave Gingell & Dave Jones. They... Fireman Sam
• This article discusses the Childrens television show. For the psychedelic band of the same name, see Flowerpot Men. Bill and Ben are also characters in the television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. In the 1950s and 1960s, BBC television ran a series of childrens programmes under... The Flowerpot Men (Bill and Ben)
• For other meanings of Grange Hill, see Grange Hill (disambiguation). Grange Hill is a British childrens television drama series which is shown on BBC1. The series was created by Phil Redmond (also responsible for the Channel 4 dramas Brookside and Hollyoaks). Other notable production team members down the years... Grange Hill
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• Jackanory was a long running BBC childrens television series that was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. It began in January 1965 and continued until 1996, clocking up around 3,500 episodes in that time. The shows format, which hardly varied over the decades, involved an actor... Jackanory
• Knightmare was a UK television programme for children produced by Anglia Television and aired on ITV from 1987 to 1994. It featured a team of four children (11-16 years old), one of whom would be wearing a special helmet which left them unable to see. The team would try... Knightmare
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• Britt Allcrofts Magic Adventures of Mumfie is an animated childrens television series which was created by Britt Allcroft in 1996. Based on the books by Katherine Tozer, Mumfie is a special little elephant who had no one to play with. Every morning he would run to his letter... Magic Adventures of Mumfie
• Genera Pica Urocissa Cyanopica Cissa The magpies are medium to large, often colorful and noisy passerine birds in the crow family, Corvidae. They are closely allied to the jays and treepies. The names jay, treepie and magpie are to a certain extent interchangeable, not reflecting any genuine genetic difference between... Magpie
• Maid Marian and her Merry Men was a UK childrens television series created and written by Tony Robinson. It began in 1989 and ran for four series, with the last episode shown in 1994. The show was a comic retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, placing Maid Marian... Maid Marian and her Merry Men (comedy)
• Maisy Mouse is a fictional mouse from the picture book series and animated series created by illustrator Lucy Cousins. It comes highly recommended in Eden Ross Lipsons The New York Times Parents Guide to the Best Books for Children (ISBN 0812930185). The Maisy Mouse animated series uses a... Maisy Mouse
• Mr Benn is a character created by David McKee who appears in several childrens books, and an animated television series of the same name produced for the BBC in the early 1970s. Whether in a book, or on television, Mr Benns adventures take on a similar pattern. Mr... Mr. Benn
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• Play Away was a sister programme to Play School in the UK, aimed at slightly older children. It ran from 1971 until 1984. Presenters throughout the 13 year run included familiar Play School presenters such as Brian Cant, Toni Arthur, Floella Benjamin and Julie Stevens, alongside such people as Anita... Play Away!
• Playdays was a childrens television program from the United Kingdom. It aired between 1988 and 1993, and continues to be aired in reruns. The main characters of Playdays were puppets Why Bird (voiced by Ellie Darville), Peggy Patch (Sally Preisig) and Poppy. One of the main human presenters of... Playdays
• Postman Pat is a much loved BBC stop motion animated childrens television series aimed at pre-school children, concerning the adventures of Pat, a postman in the (fictional) Yorkshire village of Greendale (inspired by the real valley of Longsleddale). The animated series was originally screened in 1981. It was... Postman Pat
• This article is about the British television series Press Gang. For the old military practice of pressing men into service, see Impressment. Press Gang was a British childrens television comedy-drama, which ran for forty-three episodes in five seasons from 1989 to 1993. It was produced by Richmond... Press Gang
• Rainbow was a childrens television programme in the United Kingdom which ran on the ITV network from the 16th of October 1972 to 1992. It was intended to develop language and number skills for children under 5. It came to an end when Thames Televisions ITV franchise was... Rainbow
• Roobarb was an animated television show for children, shown on BBC ONE just before the evening news. Each cartoon, created by Grange Calveley and animated by Bob Godfrey, was about 5 minutes long. Thirty episodes were made, and were first shown in 1974. Roobarb is a green dog, Custard is... Roobarb
• The Rottentrolls was a 1990s British childrens television programme produced by The Childrens Company for ITV. It was written by Tim Firth, based on characters created by Gordon Firth. The series describes the adventures of a group of trolls who live in a valley named Trollers Ghyll... The Rottentrolls
• The Singing Ringing Tree (German: Das Singende, Klingende Bäumchen) was a childrens television programme made by East German studio DEFA in 1957. It was a Grimm brothers style story directed by Francesco Stefani and was broadcast dubbed on the BBC in the 1960s and 1970s. External links The... The Singing Ringing Tree ( For the historical eastern German provinces, see Historical Eastern Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a Communist Party-led state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. The GDR was proclaimed in the Soviet... East German import)
• Brains Thunderbirds is a mid-1960s Sylvia and Gerry Anderson television show which used a form of puppetry called Supermarionation. Cast, crew, and production notes Thunderbirds was the fourth and by far the most successful of the childrens series made by AP Films (APF) for the British television company... Thunderbirds
• Timeslip was a 1970s British childrens science-fiction television series about the adventures of two children, Simon Randall and Liz Skinner, through a time bubble that led to different time periods and alternate pasts and futures. Throughout all of these, Commander Traynor (played by Denis Quilley) appears in various... Timeslip
• The Tomorrow People was a childrens science fiction television series, devised by Roger Price and produced by Thames Television for Britains ITV network between 1973 and 1979. Price produced a revival for Tetra Films (a Thames Television subsidiary) and Nickelodeon between 1992 and 1994. In 2001 a brand... The Tomorrow People
• Teletubbies is a BBC childrens television series aimed particularly at babies and pre-school toddlers, produced between 1997-2001 by Ragdoll Productions. It was created by Anne Wood CBE, Ragdolls creative director, and Andrew Davenport, who wrote each of the shows 365 episodes. The programme was a... Teletubbies
• The Three Friends and Jerry is a cartoon television series. Jerry is the new kid who doesnt fit in with any of his schoolmates. This series shows his attempts to try to be liked by the three friends who dont want him to be part of their group... The Three Friends and Jerry
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• Thomas the Tank Engine Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (Recently shortened to just Thomas & Friends) is a childrens television series which debuted in 1984, which technically is not animated, but is shot by taking closeups of functional toy trains moving about and emitting smoke while a narrator... Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Tiswas was an anarchic Saturday morning childrens British TV show which ran from 1974 to 1983. It also had a fanatical following among students and parents. The name reputedly stood for one of: This Is Saturday, Wear A Smile, Today Is Saturday, Watch And Smile, Today Is Saturday, What... Tiswas
• Tich and Quackers was a [British] childrens television show of the late sixties and early seventies. It was presented by ventriloquist Ray Alan. The eponymous characters were glove-puppets of a small boy (Tich) and his pet duck Quackers. Ray Alan also helped the puppet Lord Charles for adults... Titch and Quackers
• Wacaday was a childrens television series that ran in TV-ams school holidays slot from 1985 until 1992 and was hosted by Timmy Mallett. Wacaday was introduced because Roland Rat, the puppet host of TV-ams previous holidays slot, had been sold to the BBC to ease... Wacaday
• Wide Awake Club (often abbreviated to WAC) was a highly successful childrens television series broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITVs breakfast franchise TV-am between 1984 and 1989. It was presented by Timmy Mallett, Michaela Strachan, Tommy Boyd, James Baker and Arabella Warner - all newcomers to television... Wide Awake Club
• Wizadora was a childrens television programme broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom from 1993 to 2000. It starred Wendy van der Plank as Wizadora. The episodes all took place in Wizadoras cottage in England. A trainee wizard, Wizadora was always trying to solve problems using magic. Wizadora... Wizadora
• This article refers to the childrens TV programme, not the radical anarchist WOMBLES group The Wombles are fictional characters created by British author Elisabeth Beresford, originally appearing in a series of childrens novels from 1968. Wombles are pointy-nosed furry creatures that live in burrows, where they help... The Wombles
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• 3-2-1 Contact was an American educational program which aired on PBS from 1980 to 1992. The show, a production of the Childrens Television Workshop, taught scientific principles and their applications. One segment featured The Bloodhound Gang, a group of junior detectives who used science to solve crimes... 321 Contact
• ALF or Alf can have several meanings: ALF is an acronym standing for Animal Liberation Front, an animal rights group ALF is an acronym standing for Alien Life Form ALF was the name of an American television sitcom ALF is also a programming language Alf refers to both a river... Alf
• Slim Goodbody (the Superhero of Health) is a fictional character created and performed by John Burstein. Slim is a human adult who wears a flesh-colored body suit with various tissues, organs and organ systems painted on it (children often mistakenly believe that Slim Goodbody is naked and the organs... All Fit with Slim Goodbody
• Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs was a popular animated TV cartoon series from Warner Bros., produced by Steven Spielberg. Animaniacs was the second animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. Animation during the animation renaissance of the 1990s. The studios first series, Tiny Toon Adventures... Animaniacs
• Barney the dinosaur Barney & Friends is a childrens television show, mainly aimed at preschoolers, starring a large purple dinosaur named Barney. Although beloved by its target demographic, it has a reputation of being somewhat tedious for older people to watch. Barney, with his magenta body complete with a... Barney and Friends
• Batman, watching over Gotham City, his home, with the Bat-Signal in the sky behind him. Art by Jim Lee. Batman, more properly known as The Batman and occasionally as The Bat-Man, is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Most accounts... Batman (several versions)
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• Bobbys World is a childrens animated series which ran from 1990 to 1998 on FOX. The show was created by Howie Mandel, who was also the voice of four-year-old Bobby. Contents // Categories: Animated childrens television series | Fox network shows | 1990s TV shows in the United... Bobby's World (1990-1998)
• Bugs has appeared in numerous cartoons including the Looney Tunes series. Bugs Bunny is a fictional street-smart gray rabbit appearing in the Looney Tunes series of cartoons, and is one of the most recognizable characters, real or imaginary, in the world. According to his bio, he was born in... Bugs Bunny
• Captain Kangaroo was a childrens show which aired weekday mornings on CBS from 1955 until 1984, then moved to PBS until 1992. The show was produced and the title character played by the late Bob Keeshan, who based the show on the warm relationship between grandparents and children. It... Captain Kangaroo
• Captain Tugg was a local childrens show that was broadcast in the early 1950s by WTTG, Channel 5, a Washington, D. C. television station. Captain Tugg was the master of the Channel Queen, a tugboat that plied the Potomac River, near the capital city. With his parrot, Fantail... Captain Tugg
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• Champion the Wonder Horse was a childrens television series in 26 episodes set in the Old West. It was first broadcast in 1955 and 1956, and starred Barry Curtis as twelve-year-old Ricky North, who lived on his uncles ranch in the American southwest. Rickys companion... Champion the Wonder Horse
• Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers is an animated series made by The Walt Disney Company. It features the chipmunks Chip n Dale, with three friends, as detectives. The concept began life as a two hour standalone television special, Rescue Rangers: To the Rescue. The series itself began airing on March... Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
• Cow and Chicken is a cartoon series, created by David Feiss, first broadcast on the Cartoon Network from 1997 to 1999. The series tells of the adventure of a sister Cow and her brother Chicken with The Red Guy, a silly devil-like character who wears no pants and is... Cow and Chicken
• Cyberchase is a childrens television show, produced by WNET New York, the flagship station of PBS, and Nelvana. This show premiered January 2002, however, the episode The Poddleville Case was shown in 2000 on WNET. This show is for children ages 7 to 11. The show stars three earth... Cyberchase
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• Dexters Laboratory (Dexters Lab for short) is an American animated series which was created by Genndy Tartakovsky and first produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network. Craig McCracken also worked on some episodes. The original pilot appeared as an episode of the series What-A-Cartoon!, featuring various... Dexter's Laboratory
• The Disney Channel is a cable TV network run by The Walt Disney Company in the United States. Disney Channel features family-oriented programming, much of it aimed at pre-teens and younger adolescents. Most Disney Channel programming, surprisingly, does not feature the classic Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse... Disney Channel shows, including
  • Even Stevens is a comedy television program which aired on the Disney Channel from 2000 to 2003. The plot centers around the Stevens family, and in particular the harebrained schemes concocted by middle-schooler Louis Stevens and how they disturb his perfectionist older sister, Ren. Although a sitcom, the show... Even Stevens
  • Kim Possible confronts Shego (who has the glowing hands) Kim Possible is a Disney Channel original Emmy-nominated animated series about a 15-year-old special agent named Kim Possible who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family and school issues every day. About the show Kim often finds... Kim Possible
  • Lizzie McGuire is a popular Disney Channel live action television show. Its target demographic is preteens and teenagers. The TV show was created by Terri Minsky. The shows creatively offbeat, mixed media format (the shows producer Stan Rogow says the visual look of the show was partly inspired... Lizzie McGuire
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• Doug is an animated series on Nickelodeon and is the first Nicktoon ever made, starring a teenager named Doug as the main character. Originating with an unpublished book Doug Got a New Pair of Shoes by artist and series creator Jim Jinkins and writer Joe Aaron, it emerged on Nick... Doug
• Double Dare was a game show hosted by Marc Summers that aired on Nickelodeon from 1986 to 1993. The game was played by two teams of two kids, the red team and the blue. At the start of each round, the two teams performed a physical challenge; twenty U.S... Double Dare
• DuckTales is an animated series produced by The Walt Disney Company starring characters from the Scrooge McDuck universe as largely created by Carl Barks. The pilot episode first aired on September 11, 1987. The main stars of the series were Scrooge McDuck himself and his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie... DuckTales
• If you are looking for information about electric utilities, see electric company. The Electric Company was a childrens television show which was produced by the Childrens Television Workshop for the Public Broadcasting System between 1971 and 1977. Episodes were produced at Reeves Teletape Second Stage (81st & Broadway... The Electric Company
• The Fairly OddParents is one of the most popular cartoons on Nickelodeon The Fairly OddParents is an animated series created by Butch Hartman and was first aired in March 30, 2001. It is produced by Frederator Studios, whose show Oh Yeah! Cartoons, showed the pilot episodes alongside many other first... The Fairly OddParents
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids was an animated television series conceived of and produced by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to the title character, Fat Albert. The series, based upon Cosbys stories about growing up in the inner city of Philadelphia, ran on American television... Fat Albert
• Finders Keepers was a childrens game show that aired on the Nickelodeon network in America from 1986 to 1989. The show featured two teams of two youngsters who participated in four rounds of game-play (divided into two sections) followed by a final bonus round for the winning team... Finders Keepers
• The cast of The Flintstones, from left to right: Betty, Barney, Fred, Wilma and Dino. The Flintstones, a Hanna-Barbera animated series, is one of the most successful television cartoons of all time, running in American prime time for six seasons, from 1960 to 1966, on ABC. An earlier proposed... The Flintstones
• The core cast. Back row, from left: Mokey and Gobo. Front row, from left: Boober, Wembley and Red. Three Doozers are visible in the foreground. Fraggle Rock was a childrens television series created by Jim Henson, primarily featuring a cast of Muppet creatures called Fraggles. The vision of Fraggle... Fraggle Rock
• Inspector Gadget is an animated series about a bumbling detective, Inspector Gadget, and his fight to stop the evil organization MAD, led by Dr. Claw. This was the merchandising company DiC Entertainments first syndicated show. Inspector Gadget was a cyborg with various gadgets built into his anatomy through an... Gadget and the Gadgetinis
• Gadget Boy & Heather (aka Gadget Boy) is a cartoon series from DiC Entertainment. (View Photo) This series is about when the bumbling bionic detective with a knack for getting into all sorts of hilarious trouble, Inspector Gadget was a little kid whose name is Gadget Boy. Instead of his... Gadget Boy & Heather
• Ghostbusters logo ©1984 Columbia Studios Ghostbusters (sometimes written Ghost Busters) is a 1984 sci-fi comedy film about three parapsychologists who are fired from a New York City University, and start up their own business investigating and excising ghosts. The screenplay was written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, and... Ghostbusters and The Real Ghostbusters is a cartoon series based on the hit movie Ghostbusters. It ran from 1986 to 1992. The events of the series take place between the events of Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II. In one episode of The Real Ghostbusters, the boys (Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler, and... The Real Ghostbusters
• The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia article. If you can fix it, please remove this notice after doing so. [Tone problems in some sections, especially The 2002 series] He-Man as seen in a DC comic from December, 1982, one of his earliest appearances and preceding... He-Man
• Hot Fudge was a Saturday morning childrens television series that aired from 1976 to 1980 on United States television. It featured singing numbers with live actors and puppets, mostly with 1960s and 1970s genre songs. The most famous duo was bearded musician Larry and green fuzzy puppet Seymour, who... Hot Fudge
• Categories: Comics stubs | Fictional dogs | Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network Studios cartoons and characters ... Huckleberry Hound
• Slim Goodbody (the Superhero of Health) is a fictional character created and performed by John Burstein. Slim is a human adult who wears a flesh-colored body suit with various tissues, organs and organ systems painted on it (children often mistakenly believe that Slim Goodbody is naked and the organs... The Inside Story
• Inspector Gadget is an animated series about a bumbling detective, Inspector Gadget, and his fight to stop the evil organization MAD, led by Dr. Claw. This was the merchandising company DiC Entertainments first syndicated show. Inspector Gadget was a cyborg with various gadgets built into his anatomy through an... Inspector Gadget
• The Jetsons - Clockwise: Rosie, George, Jane, Judy, Elroy, and Astro The Jetsons was an animated prime-time television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1962 to 1963. After being re-run on Saturday morning for decades, new episodes were produced in 1984, 1985, and 1987 for syndication. The show... The Jetsons
• Johnny Bravo is an animated series about the boorish, skirt-chasing title character who constantly searches for a woman willing to date him, but even when he seems to find one, something goes wrong. Johnny Bravo looks and sounds like Elvis Presley, except for having blonde hair. He is incredibly... Johnny Bravo
• Kids Incorporated (also known as Kids Inc.) was a childrens television program that premiered in 1984 on The Disney Channel. Winner of various Young Artist Awards during its nine year run, it is remembered fondly by adults who were in their teens in the 1980s. The show consisted of... Kids Incorporated
• The Letter People is the name of a childrens literacy program and the television series based on that program. The term also refers to the various characters depicted in the program and television show. Original program Elayne Reiss-Weimann and Rita Friedman created The Letter People in 1974. They... The Letter People
• Mighty Mouse is an animated superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio. He was originally created as a parody of Superman, and he first appeared in 1940 in a theatrical animated short entitled The Mouse of Tomorrow. The original name of the character was Super Mouse, but it was... Mighty Mouse
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• The New Zoo Revue was a syndicated, half-hour show that ran from 1972-1977. The 195-episode musical comedy format show conveyed the concepts of cooperation and guidance for living in todays society. Hosted by humans Doug (Doug Momary) and Emmy Jo (Emily Peden), this show is probably... The New Zoo Revue
• Nick Arcade was a game show for children that aired on the Nickelodeon television network in America from 1991 to 1993. The show was the first to regularly intermix live action with animation using a bluescreen. Contestants, in teams of two, would play two initial rounds. In these rounds a... Nick Arcade
• Pinky and the Brain are cartoon characters from the animated television series Animaniacs. Later they starred in their own cartoon show called Pinky and the Brain and even later in Pinky, Elmyra and The Brain. The two are genetically enhanced lab mice who reside in a cage in the Acme... Pinky and the Brain
• Pinwheel was a childrens television show that aired on the Nickelodeon cable network from 1979 to 1989. It was notable for featuring a variety of animation from around the world, in addition to live action segments where humans acted along with puppets. Program content: Alphy Apkins Bagpuss Bod Bolek... Pinwheel
• Pokémon ( Japanese: ポケモン Pokemon, pronounced Poh-Kay-Mon) is a video game franchise, created by Satoshi Tajiri and published by Nintendo for several of their systems, most importantly the Game Boy. It has been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, and much more. The... Pokémon
• Popeye from an opening still from one of his cartoon shorts, with his characteristic corncob pipe and single good eye. Popeye the Sailor is a cartoon figure and comic strip character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1929 and syndicated by the Hearst newspapers King Features Syndicate. Popeye is... Popeye
• The Powerpuff Girls is an animated series starring three little girls with superpowers who have dedicated their lives to fight crime and the forces of evil, though there are criticisms about their actions. The series was created by animator Craig McCracken. The show began as a project for Craig McCracken... The Powerpuff Girls
• Puff, the Magic Dragon is a song written and popularized by Peter, Paul and Mary in the 1960s. The song is so well-known that it has entered American and British pop culture. The lyrics for Puff were based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, a nineteen-year-old... Puff the Magic Dragon
• Reading Rainbow is a noted American childrens television series that has aired on PBS television since 1983. The show is designed to encourage reading amongst youth. It is a very quiet, slow-paced show, but still remains popular among children and educators. It is hosted by LeVar Burton, well... Reading Rainbow
• Ren and Stimpy are the title characters of two cartoon TV series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. Ren Höek, a neurotic asthma-hound chihuahua, and Stimpson J. Cat, a fat simpleton cat wander around in nonsensical adventures reminiscent of the golden age of cartoons. While a product of... Ren & Stimpy
• Rockos Modern Life was an animated series whose four seasons aired from 1993- 1996. The show concentrated on the life of a wallaby named Rocko trying to survive everyday modern life in the city of O-Town. It was created by Joe Murray and based on his own childhood... Rocko's Modern Life
• The whole Rugrats gang as of 2001. Rugrats is a cartoon television show on Nickelodeon, a childrens television network. Produced at Klasky Csupo Inc. of Los Angeles, the show is about how babies view life and perceive the events happening around them. Each character is personified with his or... Rugrats
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• A popular teen sitcom which ran from 1989 to 1993, Saved by the Bell built a large, loyal fanbase. Its original incarnation, Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1987), starred Hayley Mills as the goodnatured Miss Carrie Bliss who oversaw later Saved by the Bell cast Lark Voorhies, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and... Saved by the Bell
• From A Celebration of Me, Grover, showing much of the main cast of Sesame Street. Left to right, a penguin, Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird, Grover, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster Sesame Street is an American educational television program for young children, which led the way for many of the current standard... Sesame Street
• Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of 46 educational shorts featuring rock songs about schoolroom topics, including grammar, science, economics and American history and politics. Originally conceived by Thomas G. Yohe in 1972, the shorts were broadcast on ABC television affiliates until 1986. Often viewed with nostalgia by members of Generation... School House Rock
• Scooby-doo is also British naval divers slang for civilian sport scuba diver. Scooby-Doo is an important character in animation up to this day Scooby-Doo is a long-running animated series produced for television by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1969 to 1986, 1988 to 1991, and from 2002... Scooby Doo (several versions)
• She-Ra was the heroic lead in a series of toys produced by Mattel called She-Ra: Princess of Power. She also appeared in the tie-in cartoon, which was an attempt to make a version of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon series that would... She-Ra
• Sid and Marty Krofft are a sibling team of prolific television producers who were very influential in childrens television and music/variety television, particularly throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. They are largely known for a unique brand of ambitious fantasy programs, often featuring large-headed puppets, high-concept... Sid and Marty Krofft shows, including
  • H.R. Pufnstuf was the name of a childrens television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft, which ran from 1969 to 1977. The show introduced the Kroffts most-used plot scenario, revolving around a boy (Jimmy, played by Jack Wild) who had accidentally stumbled into an alternate fantasy... H.R. Pufnstuf
  • Land of the Lost title screen Land of the Lost (1974-1976) is one in a variety of popular, uniquely produced childrens television series created and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. The prolific Krofft team was very influential in childrens television, producing many oddly formatted, highly energetic... Land Of The Lost
  • Lidsville was Sid and Marty Kroffts third television show, which aired for two seasons (1971-1973). The show involved a boy named Mark (played by Butch Patrick) who falls into the hat of Merlo the Magician and arrives in Lidsville, a land of living hats. The hats on the... Lidsville
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• Thomas the Tank Engine on Shining Time Station. Shining Time Station is an American spinoff of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series, although it was co-created by Britt Allcroft. The series aired on PBS from 1989 to 1993, but returned in specials in 1995 and as Mr. Conductor... Shining Time Station
• This article is about the Cartoon characters. For alternate meanings, see Smurf (disambiguation) The Smurfs comprise a fictional race of small blue creatures who live in a forest somewhere in Europe. The Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced Smurfs to the world, but English-speakers perhaps know them best through the animated... The Smurfs
• The Skatebirds was an one-hour show on CBS Saturday mornings from 1977 to 1978. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, the show featured a number of short segments hosted by live-action wraparounds featuring The Skatebirds: human-sized birds that were protrayed as costumed characters similar to those of Sid... The Skatebirds
• External link Original Space Ghost FAQ Categories: Television stubs | Animated television series | Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network Studios cartoons and characters ... Space Ghost
• Speed Racer originally started in Japan as the manga and anime series Mach Go Go Go (マッハGoGoGo) from the legendary anime studio Tatsunoko Productions. The groundbreaking animated series is widely credited with bringing anime to the worldwide audience and launching a media franchise. Background First created by... Speed Racer
• This article is about the cartoon series. For the series character see SpongeBob SquarePants (character). SpongeBob SquarePants is a popular animated television series created by marine biologist/animator Stephen Hillenburg and the pilot episode first aired in the US on Nickelodeon after The Kids Choice Awards on May 1, 1999... SpongeBob SquarePants
• Square One, also known as Square One Television, was a television show produced by the Childrens Television Workshop to teach mathematics and abstract mathematical concepts to young viewers. Originated and broadcast on PBS in the United States from January 1987 to April 1994, the show was intended to counter... Square One
• This article refers to the doll; there is also a dessert from which the doll got its name. Strawberry Shortcake is a female doll popular with children. Originally created as a greeting card by American Greetings, the doll consists of a girl whose hair is colored strawberry red and has... Strawberry Shortcake
• Super Friends is an animated series about a team of superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1985. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics. History When animation company Hanna-Barbera obtained the licensing rights to... Superfriends
• Superman, looking over Metropolis, his home, with the Daily Planet building in the background. Art by Jim Lee. Superman is a fictional character and superhero, created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938, and eventually became the most popular comic book hero... Superman (several versions)
• For other uses, see Tom and Jerry. Tom & Jerry title card from the 1940s Tom and Jerry were an animated cat (Tom) and mouse (Jerry) team who formed the basis of a massively successful series of theatrical short cartoons created by animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (later of... Tom and Jerry
• Various Transformers toys Transformers is the name of a line of toys produced by Hasbro from 1984 onwards, and also of a number of spin-offs based on the toys including a Marvel Comics series, an animated television series that began airing on 1984 (Transformers series) and a feature-length... The Transformers
• ThunderCats is an animated childrens television series. It was developed by Rankin-Bass in 1983. Series One was shown from 1985 to 1986 (65 episodes) and Series Two from 1986 to 1987 (65 episodes). It was created to tie in with a wide range of merchandising which pre-dated... Thundercats
• Top Cat (also known for a while as Boss Cat in the United Kingdom) was a Hanna-Barbera prime-time animated series which premiered in 1961 and ran for 30 episodes. The show remains one of the studios most enduring creations. Its central character, Top Cat - his friends call... Top Cat
• Voltron is a shape-changing giant robot first featured in the 1980s television series Voltron, Defender of the Universe. There has since been a second series, made in the 1990s using CGI techniques. Recently, Voltron reached a wider popular culture audience after being featured in the satirical web-based cartoon... Voltron
• Carmen Isabela Sandiego is a fictional character featured in a long-running series of educational games and television shows in the United States of the same name. As a criminal mastermind and villain, Sandiego was an integral part of the series, which originally focused on teaching geography and history (though... Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
• Yogi Bear is a cartoon character (an upright bear) created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Yogi debuted in 1958 as a supporting character on The Huckleberry Hound Show. He became very popular, and in 1961 was given his own show, which included the following sequences: Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle. Over the... Yogi Bear
• The word zoom has several meanings: The word zoom is an example of onomatopoeia that indicates swiftness. In photography and some computer programs, zoom indicates how much a region is enlarged or shrunk to fill the view, sometimes using a zoom lens. ZOOM is a television show created by PBS... Zoom

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela)1 is a country in northern South America.2 It borders the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the west. Off the Venezuelan coast are... Venezuelan television

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