MeTV Kids

MeTV Kids, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television Kids, is an American children's broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting and American Kids Network. Marketed as "The Definitive Destination for Kids' Classic TV", the network airs a variety of classic television programs from the 1960s through the 2020s.
== History ==
On September 24, 2020, the E. W. Scripps Company announced an agreement to buy Ion Media for $2.65 billion. The transaction, which closed on January 7, 2021, saw Ion Television, Ion Plus, Qubo and infomercial service Shop Ion integrated into Scripps' Katz Broadcasting subsidiary (operator of fellow multicast networks Court TV, Court TV Mystery, Bounce TV, Laff and Grit).
On October 7, 2020, Weigel Broadcasting teamed up with American Kids Network to create a new children's channel that will air Kids shows from the 1960s through the 2020s for the 2021 season.
On January 14, 2021, Scripps announced that it would discontinue Ion Plus, Qubo, and Shop Ion effective February 28. The spectrum allocated to the networks on the former Ion Media stations was repurposed to carry the Katz-owned networks starting March 1, with the initial slate of Ion Television O&Os adding those networks following the expiration of Scripps/Katz's existing contracts with other broadcasting companies the day prior, and other stations following suit as contracts with existing affiliates expire throughout 2021 and 2022; in markets where major network affiliates operated by Scripps already carry a Katz-owned network, some will be offloaded to the Ion stations to free up limited spectrum capacity during the ATSC 3.0 transition.
After March 1, Scripps began to utilize an outside-sourced three-hour block of programming on Ion Television Friday mornings in order to meet their E/I burden without any Qubo branding, including Finding Stuff Out and Science Max (both were past Qubo series), as well as Xploration Station programs from Steve Rotfeld Productions. The Qubo website redirected to the main Ion website shortly thereafter, then completely shut down. Ion Plus, which converted to an advertiser-supported network on the Samsung and Vizio smart TV platforms, also dropped Qubo programming from its schedule, as it is now outside of FCC purview and requirements.
The network's oncoming sign-off went unacknowledged on-air outside occasional ticker announcements. Some affiliates abruptly switched the night of February 26 to other Katz networks, while others were switched automatically at the end of the 28th at the master control level, at which point the network ceased operations.
In March 1, 2021, MeTV launched MeTV Kids, the first program that it was aired on the channel was an Dora the Explorer episode called Boots' Banana Wish as part of the MeTV Playdate programming block.
The channel airs various retro shows from Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Nicktoons, TeenNick, Noggin, Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney/Disney Junior, Toon Disney, Cartoon Network, Cartoonito, PBS Kids, Sprout, Discovery Kids, Hub Network, Fox Kids, Jetix, FoxBox, 4Kids, Kids' WB, The CW4Kids, Toonzai, Vortexx, Syndication, Qubo, and Smile TV.
== Programming ==
Main article: List of programs broadcast by MeTV Kids
Category:Children's television networks in the United States
Category:United States
Category:2021
Category:MeTV
Category:Weigel Broadcasting