E/I

The broadcast of children's programming by terrestrial television stations in the United States is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under regulations colloquially referred to as the Children's Television Act (CTA), the **E/I** rules, or the Kid Vid rules. Since 1997, all full-power and Class A low-power television stations have been required to broadcast at least three hours (or more if they operate digital subchannels) per-week of programs that are specifically designed to meet the **educational and informative** (**E/I**) needs of children aged 16 and younger. There are also regulations on advertising in broadcast and cable television programming targeting children 12 and younger, including limits on ad time, and prohibitions on advertising of products related to the program currently airing. The symbol appears when a TV Parental Guideline rating and Closed Captioned symbol go off. Originally the E/I symbol did not appear until the Qubo screen bug (the logo you see on the bottom right) appeared.

The E/I symbol is currently seen on over half of the programming.

## List of shows with an E/I bug

* 3-2-1 Penguins!
* Adventures from the Book of Virtues
* Animal Atlas
* Animal Exploration with Jarod Miller
* Animal Science
* Anne of Green Gables
* Artzooka!
* Babar
* Boo!
* Bubu and the Little Owls
* The Busy World of Richard Scarry
* Chirp
* The Choo Choo Bob Show
* Culture Click
* Dive Olly Dive!
* Doki
* Dragon
* Elliot Moose
* Finding Stuff Out
* Fishtronaut
* Franklin
* Giver
* Guess with Jess
* Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
* Jacob Two-Two
* Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
* Jane and the Dragon
* Jay Jay the Jet Plane
* Jerry and the Raiders
* Lamb Chop's Play Along
* Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures
* Look Kool
* Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
* The Magic School Bus
* The Magic School Bus Rides Again
* Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse (2007-2017 airings)
* Messy Goes to OKIDO
* Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks
* Mickey's Farm
* Mighty Machines
* Mike the Knight
* Miss BG
* Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
* Monkey See Monkey Do
* Monster Math Squad
* The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog
* My Friend Rabbit
* Nutri Ventures
* Pearlie
* Pirates: Adventures in Art
* Postman Pat
* Raggs
* Rainbow Ruby
* Safari Tracks
* Secret Millionaires Club
* Shelldon
* Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
* Taste Buds
* This is Daniel Cook
* Thomas Edison's Secret Lab
* Timothy Goes to School
* ToddWorld
* Turbo Dogs
* VeggieTales
* Vivi
* Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
* Wibbly Pig
* Willa's Wild Life
* You & Me
* Zoo Clues
* The Zula Patrol

## List of shows without an E/I bug

* The Adventures of Paddington Bear
* Animorphs
* Archie's Weird Mysteries
* Babar and the Adventures of Badou
* Being Ian
* Bob the Builder (OG/Reboot)
* BraveStarr
* Class of the Titans
* Cosmic Quantum Ray
* The DaVincibles
* Denver the Last Dinosaur
* Eliot Kid
* Famous 5: On the Case
* Fireman Sam
* Funniest Pets & People
* George & Martha
* Ghostbusters
* Gofrette
* Grossology
* He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
* I Spy
* Inspector Gadget
* Joe & Jack
* Justin Time
* Kate & Mim-Mim
* Madeline
* Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse (2020 airings)
* Ned's Newt
* Pecola
* Pet Alien
* Pippi Longstocking
* Rescue Heroes
* Rupert
* Sally Bollywood
* Sammy's Story Shop
* Sandra the Fairy Tale Detective
* Scaredy Squirrel
* She-Ra: Princess of Power
* Sidekick
* Sitting Ducks
* Spliced
* Stella and Sam
* Stickin' Around
* Super BOOMi
* Theodore Tugboat
* Timeblazers

## NOTES:

* Raggs, Safari Tracks, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? and The Magic School Bus Rides Again have E/I bugs packaged with the show.
* Upon airing in 2020, Qubo removed Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse's E/I bug. The reason for this was unknown.