# TV Globinho

TV Globinho (formerly Globinho) was a children's television program produced by Rede Globo. It was dedicated to cartoons and anime and was broadcast from July 3, 2000, until August 1, 2015. The strand was responsible for introducing several shows that became the most successful in recent years, being the most watched children's show on Brazilian TV in the 2000s. TV Globinho became popular for broadcasting shows like Dragon Ball Z and SpongeBob SquarePants.
In June 2012, the program went off the air on weekdays being broadcast only on Saturdays, losing its weekday morning timeslot for the talkshow Encontro com Fátima Bernardes which caused a great uproar among the Brazilian public. On August 1, 2015, TV Globinho was discontinued losing its timeslot for the program É De Casa.

## History

TV Globinho's origin is connected to a transitional phase in Globo's children's programming, between the end of Angélica's Angel Mix and the premiere of Bambuluá, on October 9, 2000. Angel Mix was, until then, responsible for airing the cartoons on TV Globo and left the air on June 30, 2000, being replaced by a provisional slot called Férias Animadas, which premiered the following week on July 3. In the new program, Angélica appeared travelling and Globo premiered a package of new cartoons, among them the successful Digimon.
Meanwhile, at the end of the year, Férias Animadas' format changed, with the end of the travels, the program started airing the presenter next to young reporters who showed the construction of the set of Bambuluá which was going to be the main set of the new show, as well as facts about the upcoming program. The team was already presenting itself as reporters of TV Globinho, giving the start of the program's history. The commercial schedule given to the press gave the slot the provisional title Programação de Desenhos, while on the actual network it was already TV Globinho.
On October 9, 2000, with the premiere of Bambuluá, Angélica's new children's program, TV Globinho became the station of the fictional city, being a part of the new program. Maintaining the same team of presenters, the TV station was still responsible for the announcements of the cartoons. At the time, the team was made up of Cláudia Souto, Julio Iglesias, Cláudio Lobato, Mariana Mesquita, Chico Soares, Toni Brandão and Mariana Caltabiano. Direction was in charge of Marcelo Zambelli, Pedro Vasconcelos and Márcio Trigo, who was also the general director of the pgogram. TV Globinho's team of presenters was Élida Muniz (Xereta), Guilherme Vieira (Prego), Vívian Weyll (Jujuba), Charles Emmanuel (Escova) and Edmundo Albrecht (Matraca). A TV Globinho also aired several in-house segments, such as Irmãos em Ação, Iscavoka-Iscavoka, Garrafinha, Turma da Mônica na TV, Jornal Globinho and As Aventuras de Zeca e Juca, among others. Angélica also took part in the schedule, in segments such as Caverna Moderna, SuperStar, Agenda da Angélica and Conexão Bambuluá. The program continued in this format until the end of Bambuluá com Angélica, on December 31, 2001.
On January 1, 2002, TV Globinho became an independent program. The same presenting and directing teams were kept. Airing from Monday to Friday at 9:25am, TV Globinho altered between premieres and reruns. On October 28 of the same year, however, TV Globinho was reformulated with the exit of its presenters. The team was led by Thiago Arruda and direction by Flávio Rocha. The focus of the program continued to be the airing of cartoons, from 10:30am on weekdays. The new format had five fixed presenters, one for each day of the week: Graziella Schmitt (Mondays), Geovanna Tominaga (Tuesdays), Élida Muniz (remnant of the previous format, Wednesdays), Sthefany Brito (Thursdays) and Fernanda de Freitas (Fridays) – they took turns during the weekdays, but each one had a fixed day to present, the idea was to have a presenter of each different body type, one blonde, one brunette, one black, one Japanese and so on, since the others children's programs only had blonde presenters. At this stage, some of the cartoons that were shown were Rugrats, SpongeBob SquarePants, Little Lulu, Spider-Man, Totally Spies! and Dragon Ball. In November 2002 it premiered Jackie Chan Adventures.
On January 18, 2003, TV Globinho started airing on Saturdays from 7am, replacing Festival de Desenhos, which had been presented by actress Deborah Secco since 2001. Graziella Schmitt was made responsible for hosting on Saturdays. Ana Carolina Dias entered to the program, having been before as a cast member on Bambuluá.
In May 2003, Fernanda de Freitas leaves the show in order to act on Kubanacan, being then replaced by actress Maytê Piragibe. In 2003, athe presentint team consisted of Letícia Colin, on Mondays to replace Sthefany Britto, who had also left the program to join the cast of the new 7pm telenovela "Agora é Que São Elas". Since then the program had as hosts Letícia Colin (Mondays), Élida Muniz (Tuesdays), Geovanna Tominaga (Wednesdays), Maytê Piragibe (Thursdays), Carol Dias (Fridays) e Graziella Schmitt (Saturdays).
In October, TV Globinho introduced new cartoons and series, such as Braceface whose dub featured actress Mariana Ximenes, as well as UBOS, Shaman King, Lá Vem o Andy, Heróis em Resgate, Jimmy Neutron, The Mummy, The Fairly OddParents, Beyblade and Galidor. Other cartoons that aired at the time included: Yu-Gi-Oh!, Stickin' Around, Hamtaro, SpongeBob SquarePants and Jackie Chan Adventures.
On February 7, 2004, Graziela Schmitt left the program to act on Malhação, and in its place, Sthefany Britto returned. At the same time the program premiered a new set with its logo on the floor and a multi-colored wall with the cartoon characters stamped, the presenters who were once seen from the waist up were now seen in full body, at the time the presenters' shifs changed with Maytê Piragibe on Mondays, Élida Muniz on Tuesdays, Carol Dias on Wednesdays, Geovanna Tominaga on Thursdays, Letícia Colin on Fridays and Stéfany Britto on Saturdays. On September 13, 2004, Maytê Piragibe left TV Globinho to join the cast of "Como Uma Onda". The following Monday, September 20, Thiara Palmieri became the host on Mondays. Later, Sthefany left to act in "Começar de Novo", and in its place, former Xuxa Paquita Thalita Ribeiro appeared. As consequence, the team of presenters was Thiara Palmieri (Mondays), Thalita Ribeiro (Tuesdays), Carol Dias (Wednesdays), Cecília Dassi (Thursdays), who came to replace Élida Muniz, Letícia Colin (Fridays) and Geovanna Tominaga (Saturdays).
On January 3, 2005, Astro Boy, InuYasha and Pokemon premiere, as well as the return of Rocket Power, X-Men and Dragon Ball GT, on February 12 the same year Digimon 1 returned, as well as Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Rugrats, and Hamtaro. From April 2, all presenters leave and the program is hosted entirely by Geovanna Tominaga, in preparation for the following Monday, the premiere of TV Xuxa, at the time presented by Xuxa Meneghel, causing TV Globinho to be limited to Saturdays, but suffered frequent pre-emptions due to Globo's sports schedule. During this period, Catscratch, The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom e Ultimate Book of Spells premiered. In September 2006, more Disney series arrived to the program, such as Buzz Lightyear, Hercules, Lilo e Stitch and Timon and Pumba.
On January 1, 2008, the program returns to weekdays, after the end of TV Xuxa in its existing format. Still under the helm of Geovanna, TV Globinho increases its airtime from 9:30am to 12pm and on Saturdays from 8:30am to 10:30pm. Among the premieres in the year were, Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, as well as Disney series American Dragon: Jake Long and Brandy & Mr. Whiskers; on March 31, 2008, TV Globo started airing Avatar: The Last Airbender as well as new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants. That same day, TV Globinho gained a new set, but the intro remained the same.
In April new episodes of SpongeBob and Totally Spies! arrived, as well as the premieres of Yin Yang Yo!, Power Rangers: S.P.D.; The Simpsons starts airing on the daily schedule, until then it aired on Saturdays. For the Winter holiday season in July the line-up consisted of Little Lulu, W.I.T.C.H. and reruns of Dragon Ball Z, also that year it aired The X's, CatDog e The Replacements close to the end of the year, but aired for a short period of time.
On Saturdays in 2008 the offer consisted of Hannah Montana and cartoons that normally didn't air on weekdays such as 101 Dalmatians, The Legend of Tarzan, Kim Possible and The Little Mermaid, as well as feature films such as Xuxinha e Guto contra os Monstros do Espaço (national production), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild and Robin Hood at the beginning of 2009 still presented by Geovanna Tominaga.
On December 24, 2008 (Christmas Eve), Geovanna presented TV Globinho Especial de Natal, at 11pm. A few specials were broadcast, Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, the Simpsons season 9 Christmas episode Miracle on Evergreen Terrace and The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper.
In early 2009 TV Globinho premiered George of the Jungle (2007 TV series) e The Spectacular Spider-Man, as well as the return of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
On February 6, 2009, Geovanna celebrated 1,440 editions fronting TV Globinho; Tominaga left on February 28, becoming the longest presenter in its history. On March 2, TV Globinho was presented by Mariah Rocha however during her tenure Mariah discovered that she was pregnant of her first son. New names appeared such as Marco Antônio Gimenez, Gustavo Leão, Ícaro Silva, Ivo Filho, Milena Toscano, Marina Ruy Barbosa, and Rafael Almeida, until April 11.
On April 13, 2009, Program opening changes after seven years without change. The TV Globinho scenario has also changed. As children are able to imagine themselves in fantastic places, the presenters also go through this experience, in a scenario that takes them into the magical universe of cartoons. The stage environment was combined with the textures of the animations, supporting the presenters' actions with the drawings. The program also got a new logo, made in CGI, the presenters at this stage were: Fabrício Santiago, Marco Antônio Gimenez, Flávia Rubim, Bernardo Mendes, Bruno Pereira in addition to Élida Muniz who returned to the program this year. On June 29, the winter holiday schedule arrived to TV Globinho, with Kamen Rider as the main attraction. On September 14, the program gained a new team of presenters. In addition to the cartoons and live-action series, Eline Porto, Élida Muniz, Tatyane Goulart, Fernanda Pontes, Flávia Rubim, Guilherme Bernard, Gustavo Pereira and Pedro Buarque later after the departure of some presenters, in September Daniel Uemura, Lyinn Court and Lua Blanco became part of the group. In November the team of presenters changes once again and now includes: Giovanna Ewbank, Lorena Comparato, Rafael Ciane, Eduardo Kaká who joined those who were already part of the program previously such as Flávia Rubim, Fernanda Pontes and Paulo Mathias Jr. Between January and March 2010 the new presenter team emerged with the following: Mussunzinho, Giovanna Ewbank, Miguel Rômulo e Jéssika Alves que se juntaram á Flávia Rubim, Paulo Mathias Jr. and Fernanda Pontes.
In 2010, Paulo Mathias Jr., Paulinho and Flávia Rubim, Flavinha, were fixed once and for all as presenters of the program, which gained a new set representing a room full of toys, and which every program the characters, Paulinho and Flavinha, acted out a story. On January 24, 2011, Flávia Rubim left the program to join the cast of Cordel Encantado, being succeeded by Mariah Rocha from January 26, 2011, who began presenting the program alongside Paulo Mathias Jr. The program was directed by Roberto Naar (general) and Boninho.