Vortexx

Vortexx was an American Saturday morning children's television programming block that aired on The CW Network from August 25, 2012 to September 27, 2014. Programmed by Saban Brands, it replaced Toonzai, a block that was programmed by 4Kids Entertainment until its bankruptcy.https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2012/07/12/saban-brands-to-launch-vortexx-kid.html
==History==
This channel was joined on June 27, 2012 and first uploaded video on August 17, 2012.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPkuY6s745c
On April 6, 2011, following a lawsuit involving the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, 4Kids Entertainment, which programmed the CW4Kids/Toonzai block for the network, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-06/4kids-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy
On July 2, 2012, it was announced that Saban Capital Group, via Kidsco Media Ventures, would begin programming the block that fall. On July 12, 2012, it was announced that the block would be named Vortexx, which launched on August 25, 2012.
In 2013, Vortexx became the only Saturday morning block without a strictly E/I-based lineup to air on broadcast TV. 
On May 31, 2014, The CW announced that Vortexx would be discontinued and replaced on October 4, 2014 by One Magnificent Morning, a block produced by Litton Entertainment that would feature live-action documentary and lifestyle programs aimed at pre-teens and teenagers, similarly to a block also introduced by Litton for CW co-owner CBS the previous year. The move came as part of a shift by broadcast television networks towards using their Saturday morning lineup solely to comply with the educational programming requirements mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), along with the cultural shift towards cable and online video on demand viewing of children's and animated programming. 
The Vortexx program block aired for the last time on September 27, 2014; it was the last Saturday morning block across the major American broadcast television networks that primarily featured non-educational programming aimed at children. 
==Scheduling==
Officially the network preferred the block to air from 7:00 a.m. to Noon in each time zone, though there were local scheduling variances in some areas that may have moved it to different hours, to Sundays, or split the lineup between Saturday or Sunday, along with local pre-emptions of select shows. CW Plus stations in the Central, Mountain, and Alaska time zones time zones also aired the block one hour earlier or later, depending on the local time zone, as The CW Plus operates separate feeds based on the network's Eastern and Pacific time zone scheduling for primetime shows.
==Programming==
Vortexx only ran an hour of programming that met the FCC's educational programming guidelines; as a result, The CW's affiliates handled the responsibility of filling the remaining two hours, The CW Plus cable-subchannel affiliates had E/I-compliant programs not acquired from the syndication market built into the national schedule, alleviating stations carrying CW network programming via that feed from the responsibility of purchasing the local rights to such programs.
=== Final programming ===
Title 	Premiere date 	End date
Cubix: Robots for Everyone	August 25, 2012 	September 27, 2014
Yu-Gi-Oh! 	August 25, 2012 	September 27, 2014
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal 	August 25, 2012 	September 27, 2014
Dragon Ball Z Kai 	August 25, 2012 	September 27, 2014
Sonic X 	October 6, 2012 	September 27, 2014
Bolts and Blip 	July 13, 2013 	September 27, 2014
The Spectacular Spider-Man	August 17, 2013 	September 27, 2014
Digimon Fusion 	January 25, 2014	September 27, 2014
=== Former programming ===
Title 	Premiere date 	End date
Rescue Heroes 	August 25, 2012 	August 23, 2014
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy 	August 25, 2012 	January 11, 2013
Iron Man: Armored Adventures 	August 25, 2012 	November 24, 2012
Justice League Unlimited 	August 25, 2012 	August 23, 2014
WWE Saturday Morning Slam 	August 25, 2012 	May 11, 2013
Transformers: Prime 	December 8, 2012	June 1, 2013
The New Adventures of Nanoboy 	March 9, 2013 	August 10, 2013
The Adventures of Chuck and Friends	August 17, 2013 	February 8, 2014
B-Daman Crossfire 	August 17, 2013 	January 18, 2014
=== Special programming ===
Title 	Initial broadcast date
Tiny Toon Adventures: Night Ghoulery 	October 27, 2012
Tiny Toon Adventures: Night Ghoulery 	November 24, 2012
Gummibär: The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa	December 1, 2012
Gummibär: The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa	December 22, 2012
Spike Saves Christmas 	December 15, 2012
Spike's Reindeer Rescue 	December 22, 2012
==Cancellation==
The block came to an end on September 27, 2014, and was replaced the following week with a live-action E/I block from Litton Entertainment named One Magnificent Morning, marking the end of traditional Saturday morning children's programming on broadcast television in the United States. The final program that aired on the block was episode 89 of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, titled "Darkness Dawns" at 11:30 a.m. EDT.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVsqCdnARX8
== Trivia ==
* It was the last Saturday morning cartoon block on television before being taken over by Litton's One Magnificent Morning 2 years later.
* They have a YouTube channel with promos for the shows on the block which the channel is no longer updated.https://www.youtube.com/@myvortexxTV
* It also had an official Twitter account which is now inactive due to the block's shutdown.
==References==
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Film YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2012