What if Paris Filmes was founded in 1923/Paris Animações was founded in 1989?/Discovery Kids

Discovery Kids is an American family-oriented specialty television channel owned by Discovery Inc. and Paris Filmes
== History ==
Discovery Communications launched Discovery Kids Channel on October 7, 1996, as part of a suite of four new digital cable channels that included Discovery Travel & Living, Discovery Civilization, and Science Channel.[1][2] Upon its launch, the network primarily offered adventure, nature, and science-themed programs aimed towards a children's audience between ages 6 and 11.[3] Marjorie Kaplan, the network's senior vice president, explained that the creation of Discovery Kids was influenced primarily by kids, who were watching its parent network's programming together with their parents.[4] From 1996 until 2000, Discovery Kids was carried by only a select few cable television providers. By late 2001, the channel was carried in at least 15 million homes.[3] In September 2001, a Canadian version of Discovery Kids was launched in partnership with Corus Entertainment.[5]
In December 2001, Discovery Kids announced a partnership with NBC, in which it would produce a new Saturday morning block for the network known as Discovery Kids on NBC, beginning in September 2002. The block, which replaced a teen-oriented block consisting only of sitcoms, featured programming that met the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) educational programming guidelines, including new original series (such as the reality television series Endurance), existing Discovery Kids programming, along with children's spin-offs of programs from sister networks, such as Animal Planet and Discovery Channel.[6]
== Eras ==
* November 1999-February 2003 Space Idents
* February 2003–June 2006 Block Era Idents
* June 2006–March 2012 Newer Powerhouse (Just like CN's Powerhouse idents)
* March 2012–present City Era Idents
== Programming ==
Main article: What if Paris Filmes was founded in 1923/Paris Animações was in 1989?/List of programs broadcast on Discovery Kids
=== Programming blocks ===
==== Current ====
* Discovery Adult Night! – a late night block targeted towards teens and adults, airing every night from 9 p.m. EST to 6 a.m. EST.
* Discovery Frenzy – a block that airs some computer animated, animated and live-action shorts at various times on Discovery Kids during the schedules.
==== Former ====
* Discovery Action! – Launched in 2003, Discovery Action! was an action block. The block lasted aired on July 18, 2013.
* Discovery Toasted – Launched in 2003, Discovery Toasted was a Saturday morning and afternoon block, It is similar in format to the Australian children's television program Toasted TV.
* Flicks Theaters - Launched in 1999, Flicks Theaters was a former weekend programming block that aired movies every Saturday and Sunday. Was discontinued in November 2017 although movies still air on the channel, but without Flicks Theaters branding.
== Related services ==
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