Qubo (Revival) channel

Qubo is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global (Through Nickelodeon Group, a subdivision of Paramount Media Networks), Warner Bros. Discovery (Through The Cartoon Network Inc), NBCUniversal (Through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group), Corus Entertainment, and The Walt Disney Company, all own a 20% stake in the network. It is a Revival of the Qubo brand, which collapsed and closed on February 28th, 2021. The network airs a mix of shows from various kids networks such as Discovery Family, YTV, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network. The Channel is managed through a joint company called Qubo Media LLC. 
Shortly after the collapse of the original Qubo, Paramount and NBCU originally revived Qubo, with others buying the stake later on.
== History ==
Shortly after the Original Qubo’s collapse, Paramount Global announced they might acquire Qubo’s branding from The EW Scripps Company to continue the life of the formerly defunct network.
A campaign was announced to acquire the rights to Qubo from Scripps. At first they were hesitant. But then brought #bringbackQubo. And Paramount said we listened. It was later announced that the New Qubo would be a joint venture with NBCUniversal.
The Qubo brand had a soft relaunch on June 14th, 2021, as a Saturday morning cartoon block replacing the One Magnificent Morning on the CW. Eventually, the Qubo channel launched on July 7th, 2021 on Xfinity and July 10th on every other provider.
On October 1st, 2021, The Walt Disney Company struck a deal with NBCUniversal and Paramount to air Disney Channel programming on Qubo, this deal lasted until March 8th, 2022, when Majority of Disney programming were removed from the channel, however Even Stevens, Lizzie McGuire, Gravity Falls, That’s So Raven, Jessie, and Phineas and Ferb continue to air on the channel. On October 8th, 2021, Corus Entertainment and WarnerMedia agreed to also buy stakes in the channel, this was completed on October 20th, Giving each company a 25% stake. All stakes were diluted to 20% after Scholastic Corporation announced that they were entering the Joint Venture. This was completed on November 25th, 2021. In July of 2023, Scholastic announced they might sell their stake back to the other companies in the Joint, or an outsider company.
Qubo was brought back to airwaves. It shows buck McPherson (played by Tom Ellis) talking about TV but then he brings up the subject of kids shows being overrated. Then after he makes his rant he's bombed by pies, The ones who threw the pastries we're Willa, Ned, Bugs Bunny, Abby Archer, SpongeBob, Elliott kid, Maya, Sandra, Rupert, Sally bollywood, and Pearlie. Then Buck almost gets stampeded and then Jay says "hey, kids, Qubo's back, hope you're ready to have some fun"
Coinciding with the revival of the Network, the launch shows were Jacob Two-Two, Timeblazers, Famous Five on the Case, Pippi Longstocking, Grossology, Babar, Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, Sally Bollywood, Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse, Stickin' Around, Ned's Newt, Gofrette, Giver, George and Martha, SpongeBob SquarePants, Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series, The Davincibles, Artzooka!, Cosmic Quantum Ray, VeggieTales, The Zula Patrol, The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog, My Little Pony: friendship is Magic, Timothy Goes to School, Willa's Wild Life, Pearlie, Pecola, The Adventures of the Book of Virtues, Eliot Kid, Archie's Weird Mysteries, Stella and Sam, Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, Being Ian, Class of the Titans, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Jane and the Dragon, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Rescue Heroes, Rupert, This is Daniel Cook, Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, American Ninja Warrior Junior, Nina’s World, The Chica Show, Madeline, The Adventures of Paddington Bear, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Pet Alien, Sidekick, Scaredy Squirrel, 3-2-1 penguins, Sandra the Fairytale Detective, Doki, Funniest Pets and People, Look Kool, He-Man and the Masters of the universe, Wibbly Pig, Chirp, Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks, Animal Atlas, Zoo Clues, Animal Science, Safari Tracks, Wayside, Harry and his Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, Nutri Ventures, Inspector gadget, Secret Millionaires Club, Toddworld, Monster Math Squad, Pirates: Adventures in Art, Bubu and the Little Owls, Ask Me!, Thomas Edison's Secret Lab, Dive Olly Dive!, Fishtronaut, The Choo Choo Bob Show, Raggs, Mickey's Farm, and Joe and Jack
== Programming ==
Main article: List of programs broadcast by Qubo (Revival) 
 
A lot of Qubo shows are acquired from YTV, Teletoon, treehouse TV, PBS Kids, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney, Discovery Family, Fox Kids, Kids WB, FoxBox, Universal Kids, NBCUniversal, DreamWorks, Paramount, Bohbot Kids Network, WildBrain, Kabillion, Warner Bros., Netflix, and Skwakpad. 
The original animated series are now called Qubotoons.
Aborted Re-Acquisition by Scripps, Sale to Disney
In September of 2022, The EW Scripps Company, the company that closed down the original Qubo, expressed interest in Buying back the Qubo brand from the 5 companies, NBCUniversal outright refused, and Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery soon followed suit, stating that Qubo would have closed again had the sale gone through, On October 1st, 2022, Corus refused to sell their stake in Qubo as well, and on January 2nd, 2023, Scholastic officially refused, and Scripps shelved the re-acquisition. In December 2023, Scholastic Corporation announced their plans to sell their stake in Qubo to The Walt Disney Company, and this sale was completed on New Year’s Eve, with Disney taking control of Scholastic’s stake. Scholastic will continue to be a programming partner for the channel. Most Disney Programs returned to the channel on January 3, 2024.
Programming Blocks
Qubo has 2 programming blocks, one is the Qubo Kids Corner, which was brought over from the original Qubo before the closure, which is a 4-hour long focuses on E/I programming, although some E/I programs can also be found outside of the Kids corner block. Kids corner can be accessed though Qubo on weekends, Saturdays and Sundays. The other, being the Friday night block exclusive to the revived channel, titled Qubo Cinema. This block focuses on Family Movies, Lasting from 7PM to 12AM.
Qubo Kids Corner - A 4-hour long Weekend Kids Block dedicated to mainly Educational programming.
Qubo Cinema - A 5-Hour long Friday Night Family Block dedicated to Family Movies.
Current Programming
From YTV
- Jacob Two-Two
- Ruby Gloom (Also from Nickelodeon)
- Timeblazers
- The Hardy Boys
- The Adrenaline Project
- Dog House
- Fright Krewe (Also From DreamWorks/Peacock)
- Big Nate (Also From Nickelodeon/Paramount+)
- The Loud House (Also From Nickelodeon)
- Family Biz
From Teletoon
- Maggie and The Ferocious Beast (Also from Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.)
- Braceface
- Total Drama (Also From Cartoon Network)
- Wayside (Also From Nickelodeon)
- 6Teen
- Atomic Betty
- Totally Spies! (Also from Nickelodeon)
- The Amazing Spiez!
- The Adventures of Paddington Bear
- Inspector Gadget (2015)
From Treehouse TV
- The Backyardigans (Also from Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.)
- Max and Ruby (Also from Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.)
- Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe
- Corn and Peg (Also from Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.)
- Top Wing (Also from Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.)
- Ranger Rob (Also from Universal Kids/UniMás)
- Esme and Roy (Also from HBO Max/Sesame Workshop)
From Nickelodeon
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- The Fairly OddParents 
- iCarly
- Big Nate (Also From YTV/Paramount+)
- The Loud House (Also From YTV)
- The Really Loud House
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- The Penguins of Madagascar (Also From DreamWorks)
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (Also From DreamWorks)
- Maggie and The Ferocious Beast (Also from Teletoon)
- Wayside (Also From Teletoon)
- Totally Spies! (Also from Teletoon)
- Max and Ruby (Also From Treehouse TV)
- The Backyardigans (Also From Treehouse TV)
- Top Wing (Also From Treehouse TV)
- Corn and Peg (Also From Treehouse TV)
- Middlemost Post
- Paw Patrol
- Rubble and Crew
- Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Kids
- Lip Sync Battle Shorties
- NFL Slimetime
- Nick News
- Victorious
- Drake and Josh
- Sam and Cat
- Henry Danger
- Motu Patlu (From Nickelodeon India)
- Shiva (From Nickelodeon India)
- The Twisted Timeline of Sammy and Raj
- Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir (Also from Disney)
- The Ren and Stimpy Show
- Doug (Also from Disney)
- Rugrats (1991)
- Rugrats (2021)
- Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years
- The Patrick Star Show
- Hey Arnold!
- Danny Phantom
- Ruby Gloom (Also from YTV)
- Rabbids Invasion! (Also from Netflix)
- The Thundermans
- Danger Force
- Jimmy Two-Shoes (Nick Latin America, Also from Disney XD and Teletoon)
- Wow Wow Wubbzy (Also from Starz)
From Disney
- Big City Greens
- Gravity Falls
- Star VS The Forces of Evil
- Milo Murphy’s Law
- Phineas and Ferb
- Jessie
- Wizards of Waverly Place
- Hannah Montana
- The Ghost and Molly McGee
- Hamster and Gretel
- Doug (Also from Nickelodeon)
- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
- The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- The Suite Life on Deck
- Aaron Stone
- Jimmy Two-Shoes (Also from Nickelodeon Latin America and Teletoon)
- Zeke and Luther
- Phil of the Future
- Ducktales (2017)
- Big Hero 6: The Series
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
- Handy Manny
- Puppy Dog Pals
- PJ Masks
- Spidey and his Amazing Friends
- Hailey’s On It!
- Kiff
- Bluey
- Kim Possible
- The Proud Family
- The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
- Wander Over Yonder
- Vampirina
- The Owl House
- Yin Yang Yo! (Carried over from defunct sister brand Jetix)
- Zombies: The Re-Animated Series
- Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir (Also from Nickelodeon)
- How NOT To Draw
(WIP)
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