ABeebies

Abeebies is a Canadian free-to-air television channel for preschoolers owned by ABC and Disney Canada launched in 2002 as a counterpart of CABC.

## History

CABC Choice, a block on ABC Choice, was a lineup of preschool shows from CABC launched in 1999, with presenters reading birthday cards and introducing the shows.

The regular CABC had a block called CABC Playground, which aired in afternoon, and CABC Get Set For Life, which aired at morning. Presenters were Sam Riddle and Abbie Ball.

In January 3rd, 2002, CABC Choice, CABC Playground, and CABC Get Set For Life were disposed of.

The channel **ABeebies** launched on January 4th, 2002 as a 24 hour channel, replacing CABC Choice, CABC Playground, and CABC Get Set for Life, the same day as the new CABC channel, the first show being Mickey Mouse Works. It re-launched on February 11, 2003 as a 13 hour channel.

In 2007, a radio counterpart, ABeebies Radio was introduced on both the ABeebies Website and ABC Radio 7 Extra.

In 2006, the ABeebies Magazine was published.

## Presentation

### Presenters

Besides presenting the shows, Presenters fill the gap by performing little skits, reading viewer birthday cards, and introducing the shows.

The presenters are:

* Christian Levy (since 2002)
* Mason Comfortable (since 2007)
* Mary Caudle (since 2009)
* Evan Hart (since 2009)
* Makeup Marvin (since 2011)
* .Com (since 2011)
* Erica McClure (since 2013)
* Avery Gene (since 2014)
* Garrett Gordon (since 2015)
* Splat T. Unicorn (since 2015)
* Meowo T. Cat (since 2018)
* Adam Delbert (since 2019)
* Evie Pickerill (since 2019)
* Brobee Eana (since 2019)

#### Former Presenters

* Alyssa Sandusky (2002-2006)
* Caroline Woodwine (2003-2006)
* John Kemp (2006-2007)
* Lola Wilkes (2006-2007)
* Claire Alexander (2006-2007)
* Jack West (2002-2009)
* Naomi Grimm (2002-2009)
* Sam Riddle (2002)
* Tori Rowley (2011-2018)
* Roger Reubens (2017-2018)
* Elizabeth Ricketts (2018)
* Laura Daniels (2013-2014)

### Blocks

From April to December 2004, 5 afternoon blocks were added, each hosted by one of the channel's 5 main presenters and focusing on a core topic (ex: Alyssa's hour focusing on Media) with a show focusing on the topic. In December 2004, these blocks were disposed of.

In 2003, 6 new blocks were added, called Get Set Go, Explorers, Storytime, Lunches, Busy Day, and Bedtime Hour. All were dropped in 2007, except Get Set Go and Bedtime Hour.

* Bedtime Hour (February 11, 2003-present)
* Alyssa's Cinema and TV (April-December 2004)
* Caroline's Astronomy (April-December 2004)
* Christian's Transportation (April-December 2004)
* Jack's Science (April-December 2004)
* Naomi's Animals (April-December 2004)
* Get Set Go (February 11, 2003-present)
* Explorers (February 11, 2003-March 8, 2007)
* Storytime (February 11, 2003-March 8, 2007)
* Lunches/Lunch Time (February 11, 2003-present)
* Busy Day (February 11, 2003-present)
* Discover + Do (March 8, 2007-present)
* Big Fun Time (March 8, 2007-present)

When location moved to Georgia in 2007, each block had a presenting team and set: "Get Set Go" in the living room presented by Christian Levy (Erica McClure when he left in 2013) and Mason Comfortable, "Discover + Do" in the living room presented by Jack West and Naomi Grimm (Evan Hart and Mary Caudle when they left in 2009), "Lunch Time" in the kitchen presented by Jack West and Naomi Grimm, "Big Fun Time" in the bathroom by Christian Levy and Mason Comfortable, and "Bedtime Hour" in the bedroom by Jack West and Naomi Grimm. Since the move to North Carolina in 2011, this is no longer the case, except the Bedtime Hour still being presented in the bedroom.

In 2016, Bedtime Hour was retained, while Get Set Go was removed, Discover + Do disposed of, and Big Fun Time axed.