Children's Television Series Information
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school. The purpose of the shows is mainly to entertain and sometimes to educate.
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History
Children's television is nearly as old as television itself, with early examples including shows such as Blue Peter, Play School, Captain Tugg, The Magic Roundabout, Howdy Doody, Clangers, Flower Pot Men, The Singing Ringing Tree, TUGS and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood . In the United States, early children's television was often a marketing branch of a larger corporate product, such as Disney, and it rarely contained any educational elements. Though there is some debate on the intended audience, later non-educational children's television programs included the science fiction programmes of Irwin Allen (most notably Lost in Space[citation needed]), the fantasy series of Sid and Marty Krofft, and the extensive cartoon empire of Hanna-Barbera.
Many children's programs also have a large adult following,[citation needed] sometimes due to perceived quality and educational value,[citation needed] and sometimes among adults who watched the shows as children or with their own children and now have a nostalgic emotional connection such as Nickelodeon's classic programming.[citation needed]
Demographics
Since the mid 1980s, there have been teen comedies and teen dramas such as in the UK; Byker Grove (1989-2006) and Grange Hill (1978-2008) and that are geared toward older children (typically between the ages of 12 and 15).
Channels
In the US there are three main children's commercial television channels: Nick which gained popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s, Cartoon Network which gained popularity in the mid-1990s and Disney Channel which gained its popularity in the late-1990s. Nick was the first channel devoted to children's programming and remains the most popular of the three. Other children's channels in the US include Hub, PBS Kids Sprout, NickToons, TeenNick, Disney XD and Nick Jr..
In Canada there is YTV, Nick, Teletoon and Family Channel.
In the UK there is CBBC, CBeebies, CITV, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior, Nick Jr., POP, Tiny Pop, Cartoonito, Disney Cinemagic, Pop Girl and Kix!.
In Australia there is ABC3, KidsCo, Disney Channel, Cbeebies, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. and Cartoon Network .
In Japan there is NHK Educational TV, Kids Station, Disney XD, Nickelodeon (Now under a block on Animax known as "Nick Time") and Cartoon Network.
See also
External links
- Children's Television, online exhibition from screenonline, a website of the British Film Institute
- The 1950s–2000s Week-By-Week - includes listings and factoids for local/national children's shows.
- The future of children's digital television - an interview with Gloria Tristani
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