Kidtoons (TV channel)

**Kidtoons TV** (often stylized as "**kidtoons TV**") is a television programming block and Internet-based video on demand children's network operated by Studio CEAL. The Kidtoons TV block was part of the Archiplex network schedule, although it was syndicated to other broadcast television stations in certain markets where an Archiplex affiliate declined to air it.

## History

The block launched on September 14, 2015 under the name "**Kidtoons**". It was rebranded as **Kidtoons TV** on February 19, 2016. Archiplex Enterprises and Studio CEAL were wholly responsible for the content of the block and collected all of the advertising revenue accrued from it. However, Archiplex's standards and practices department still handled content approval and responsibility of editing the series to meet broadcast standards.

The programming block aired on Saturday mornings in most areas of the United States, though some stations carried it on Sundays. In October 2015, Archiplex Enterprises announced it would program a competing Saturday morning lineup for CBS; the new block, The CBS4Kidtoons (later renamed Archiplex's Toonami, with the original name becoming a secondary brand), debuted on May 24, 2016.

In November 2015, Studio CEAL announced that Kidtoons TV would conclude at the end of the year due to intervening conflicts between Archiplex Enterprises and itself, as the latter company had not paid the network for the time lease for some time, while the network was unable to maintain the guaranteed 90% clearance for the block due to affiliate refusals and an inability to secure secondary affiliates to carry the programming in markets where the Fox station denied clearance for the block. 4Kids TV ended on December 27, 2008. Studio CEAL announced that the four-hour time period would no longer be used for children's programming, owing that it was no longer viable due to the insurmountable competition from children's cable channels. On January 3, 2009, the network gave two hours of the programming time that the Kidtoons TV block occupied back to its affiliates, while the other two hours would be retained by the network. The Studio CEAL logo now only exists as the closing logo for Archiplex Enterprises for shows produced by the company distributed outside of the United States.

Archiplex would reverse course and indirectly resume airing children's programming for the first time since Kidtoons TV ended through an agreement announced on December 17, 2015.

## Programming

### **Original programming**

* The Adventures of PaRappa the Rapper (2015-present)

### **Acquired programming**

* *The Cramp Twins* (February 8, 2003–August 19, 2006; now aired on Kidtoons TV from 2015-present)
* *Fighting Foodons* (September 14, 2002–August 30, 2003; now aired on Kidtoons TV from 2015-present)
* *Kirby: Right Back at Ya!* (September 14, 2002–December 9, 2006; June 21–December 27, 2008; now aired on Kidtoons TV from 2015-present)
* *Magical DoReMi* (August 13, 2005–May 2, 2008; ended in 2006 on television; now aired on Kidtoons TV from 2015-present)
* *One Piece* (September 18, 2004–November 12, 2005; now on Adult Swim's Toonami block; then aired on Kidtoons TV from 2015-present)
* *Sonic X* (August 23, 2003–June 3, 2006; May 5, 2007–December 27, 2008; now aired on Kidtoons TV from 2016-present)
* *Stargate Infinity* (September 14, 2002–March 15, 2003; now aired on Kidtoons TV from 2017-present)
* *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (February 8, 2003–April 15, 2006; now aired on Kidtoons TV from 2017-present; with the 'Fast Forward' season)
* *Ultraman Tiga* (September 14, 2002–March 1, 2003; now aired on Kidtoons TV from 2015-present)
* *Ultimate Muscle* (September 14, 2002–May 22, 2004; June 10–August 19, 2006; now aired on Kidtoons TV from 2015-present)