Universal Kids

Universal Kids is an American children's television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming unit of NBCUniversal. The channel launched on September 26, 1981, owned by Comcast. Under NBCUniversal ownership, the channel increased its investments into original programming. In 2017, the network relaunched as Universal Kids, adding an evening and primetime lineup targeting a wider youth audience—including DreamWorks Animation content, non-scripted programming (including game shows, and youth spin-offs of reality series from its NBCUniversal sister networks, such as American Ninja Warrior and Top Chef), and acquired teen dramas. The channel continues to devote its daytime lineup to preschool programming. Amid declines in viewership in comparison to Sprout, Universal Kids ended its development of new original programming in 2019, with the channel now relying primarily on acquisitions and DreamWorks Animation content (drawn primarily from the series they had originally produced for Netflix). As of September 2018, the channel is available to about 56.240 million households in the United States.
== Programming ==
=== Current Programming ===
=== Animated ===
* Miitopia: The Series (2020-present)
* Despicable Me: The Series (2021-present)
* The Secret Life of Pets: The Series (2022-present)
* Sing: The Series (2022-present)
=== Live-Action ===
* Nowhere Boys (2017-2020, 2020-present)
* The Next Step (2017-2019, 2019-present)
* Top Chef Junior (2017-2021, 2021-present)
* The Noise (2017-2021, 2021-present)
* Get Out of My Room (2018-2021, 2021-present)
* Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (2018-2019, 2019-present)
* American Ninja Warrior Junior (2018-2021, 2021-present)
=== Acquired Programming ===
=== Animated ===
* He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1987-2005, 2013-present)
* She-Ra: Princess of Power (1987-2005, 2013-present)
* BraveStarr (1988-2007, 2018-present)
* Back to the Future: The Animated Series (1992-2001, 2002-present)
* Fievel's American Tails (1993-2010, 2017-present)
* The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1998-2016, 2018-present)
* Beethoven: The Animated Series (2004-2014, 2012-present)
* The New Woody Woodpecker Show (2009-2013, 2017-present)
* Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (2011-2019, 2021-present)
* The Mummy: The Animated Series (2011-2013, 2019-present)
* The Land Before Time (2017-present)
* All Hail King Julien (2017-present)
* DreamWorks Dragons (2017-present)
* The Deep (2017-present)
* Inspector Gadget (2017-present)
* Turbo FAST (2017-present)
* Dawn of the Croods (2017-present)
* Super Mario Adventures (2017-present)
* The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show (2018-present)
* The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2018-present)
* The Berenstain Bears (1985) (2018-present)
* Monster High (2018-present)
* Ever After High (2018-present)
* Totally Spies (2019-present)
* Home: Adventures with Tip and Oh (2019-present)
* Polly Pocket (2019-present)
* VeggieTales (2019-present)
* Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (2020-present)
* Spirit Riding Free (2020-present)
* The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2020-present)
* Harvey Girls Forever! (2021-present)
* The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2021-present)
* Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse (2022-present)
=== Live-Action ===
* Land of the Lost (1981-1984, 1986-1994, 1997-2004, 2006-2014, 2016-present)
* The Monkees (1986-1998, 2006-present)
* America's Funniest Home Videos (1999-2009, 2019-present)
* Little Big Shots (2017-present)
* Bear Grylls Survival School (2017-present)
* Mako Mermaids (2017-present)
=== Children's Syndications ===
* Thomas and Friends (2005-2015, 2017-present)
* Kipper (2005-2015, 2017-present)
* Bob the Builder (2005-2019, 2019-present)
* Angelina Ballerina (2005-2015, 2020-present)
* Barney and Friends (2005-2020, 2020-present)
* Curious George (2008-2013, 2021-present)
* The Wiggles (2009-2021, 2022-present)
* Bear in the Big Blue House (2012-2015, 2022-present)
* Madeline (2015-2016, 2018-present)
=== Syndicated from Nickelodeon ===
=== Animated ===
* SpongeBob SquarePants (2001-present)
* Rugrats (2001-present)
* Rocko's Modern Life (2001-present)
* CatDog (2002-present)
* The Wild Thornberrys (2002-present)
* The Fairly OddParents (2003-present)
* The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2003-present)
* Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (2004-2007, 2014-present)
* Hey Arnold! (2006-2014, 2020-present)
* Avatar: The Last Airbender (2007-present)
* Danny Phantom (2007-2014, 2017-present)
* The Penguins of Madagascar (2009-present)
* My Life as a Teenage Robot (2009-2013, 2019-present)
* Back at the Barnyard (2010-present)
* El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2012-present)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) (2013-present)
* All Grown Up! (2013-present)
* Monsters vs. Aliens (2015-present)
* Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2016-present)
* The Legend of Korra (2017-present)
* The Loud House (2017-present)
* T.U.F.F. Puppy (2018-present)
* Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019-present)
* Glitch Techs (2021-present)
* Pinky Malinky (2022-present)
=== Live-action ===
* Are You Afraid of the Dark (2001-present)
* Double Dare (2001-present)
* Drake and Josh (2005-present)
* Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2007-present)
* iCarly (2010-present)
* Victorious (2012-present)
* Big Time Rush (2014-present)
* Henry Danger (2015-present)
* 100 Things to Do Before High School (2016-present)
* Sam & Cat (2017-present)
* The Haunted Hathaways (2018-present)
* Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn (2018-present)
* The Thundermans (2018-present)
* True Jackson VP (2019-present)
* Knight Squad (2020-present)
=== Syndicated Anime Programming ===
* Pokemon (1999-present)
* Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1999-present)
* Dragon Ball Z (1999-present)
* Speed Racer (2001-present)
* One Piece (2002-present)
* Sonic X (2005-present)
* Zatch Bell! (2006-2013, 2016-present)
* Naruto (2007-2012, 2017-present)
* Hamtaro (2006-2010, 2020-present)
* Kirby Right Back at Ya (2007-2013, 2017-present)
=== Syndicated Animation ===
* The Flintstones (1983-2009, 2020-present)
* Alvin and the Chipmunks (1984-2000, 2003-present)
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1985-2010, 2019-present)
* The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1986-1993, 1996-present)
* The Transformers (1987-1994, 1997-present)
* Garfield and Friends (1992-2004, 2012-present)
* The Super Mario Bros. Super Show (1993-1999, 2002-present)
* Super Mario World (1994-2001, 2003-present)
* The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1994-2000, 2003-present)
* Sonic the Hedgehog (1994-2003, 2014-present)
* Spider-Man (1998-2004, 2008-present)
* The Legend of Zelda (1999-2009, 2019-present)
* Jumanji (2006-2009, 2016-present)
* Men in Black: The Series (2007-2011, 2017-present)
* The Super Hero Squad Show (2012-present)
* My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2016-present)
* Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir (2019-present)
* Mega Man: Fully Charged (2022-present)
=== Former Programming ===
=== Animated ===
* Where's Waldo (2019-2021)
=== Live-Action ===
* Beat the Clock (2018-2019)
* The Voice Kids (2018-2019)
* Team Ninja Warrior (2019-2021)
* Just Add Magic (2019-present)
* NBC News for Universal Kids (2018-2019)
=== Acquired Programming ===
=== Animated ===
* The Marvel Super Heroes (1981-1986)
* Spider-Man (1967) (1982-1988)
* Hot Wheels (1983-1991)
* Star Trek: The Animated Series (1984-1993)
* Heathcliff (1985-1994)
* Star Wars: Droids (1986-1995)
* Snorks (1989-1994)
* Beetlejuice (1990-2001, 2009-2011)
* Spider-Man (1981) (1994-1998)
* Dennis the Menace (1996-1998)
* My Little Pony (1996-1999)
* Freakazoid! (1997-2005)
* Captain N: The Game Master (1999-2001)
* Bobby's World (2000-2008)
* The Adventures of Tintin (2001-2002)
* Where's Waldo (2001-2011)
* Exosquad (2003-2004)
* Earthworm Jim (2005-2016)
* Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (2005-2010)
* The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (2005-2017)
* Richie Rich (2006-2016)
* Sabrina: The Animated Series (2009-2019)
* Problem Child (2013-2014)
* Trollz (2015-2018)
* Littlest Pet Shop (2017-2021)
* Winx Club (2018-2022)
=== Preschool ===
* Sesame Street (1981-2015)
* The Magic School Bus (1997-2004)
* Dragon Tales (2002-2010)
* Rubbadubbers (2005-2011)
* Clifford the Big Red Dog (2005-2014)
* Wibbly Pig (2012-2015)
=== Syndicated from Nickelodeon ===
* Hey Dude (1991-2009)
* Doug (1992-1995)
* Clarissa Explains It All (1994-2001)
* The Adventures of Pete and Pete (1996-2001)
* Roundhouse (1996-2002)
* The Secret World of Alex Mack (1998-2004)
* The Amanda Show (2002-2009)
* Nick Arcade (2002-2012)
* Legends of the Hidden Temple (2005-2013)
* Kenan and Kel (2006-2010)
* As Told by Ginger (2006-2020)
* The Angry Beavers (2007-2011, 2017-2021)
* Catscratch (2007-2015)
* Zoey 101 (2008-2018)
* 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (2009-2012)
* Tak and the Power of Juju (2009-2017)
* The Mighty B (2011-2022)
* ChalkZone (2012-2018)
* Nickelodeon Robot Wars (2012-2022)
* Unfabulous (2014-2017)
* Wendell and Vinnie (2015-2018)
* Harvey Beaks (2017-2020)
* Bunsen Is a Beast (2018-2021)
* Welcome to the Wayne (2019-2022)
* Figure It Out (2019-2022)
* Pig Goat Banana Cricket (2020-2022)
* The Adventures of Kid Danger (2021-2022)
* Planet Sheen (2021-2022)