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Discovery Kids

Discovery Kids is an American digital cable television channel, owned by Discovery Communications with programming for education of children. Discovery Kids broadcasted a Saturday morning E/I programming lineup for children which replaced TNBC called Discovery Kids on NBC, which ran from October 5, 2002 through September 2, 2006, when NBC ended the partnership and created a new E/I block called qubo.

In 2002, Discovery Kids began airing its first reality television show entitled Endurance. The show is similar in nature to Survivor, whereby teams compete in exotic locales (such as Hawaii and Tehachapi) and was cancelled in 2008.

Discovery Kids airs programming for children with an emphasis on real-life adventures, nature, science and wildlife from all over the world.

Programming

History

Discovery Kids was founded in 1996 by Discovery Communications. The first shows aired on the network was Discovery Kids Ultimated Guide to th Awesome, Jaws and Claws, Bonehead Detectives of the Paleoworld and Sci-Squad. In 1998 the logo was slightly redesigned and the network. It also introduced the preschool block Ready Set Learn. In 2002 the logo was redesigned and NBC had made an agreement to air shows from the network called Discovery Kids on NBC this replaced TNBC. Also during that year it introduced a large number of original shows such as Jeff Corwin Unleashed, Scout's Safari, Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls, Darcy's Wild Life and Tutenstein etc. And the channel's new mascot Chomp. In 2006 NBC lost rights to their programming and replaced it with Qubo. In 2007 a new visual logo was applied and more original content was added to the network.

Programming blocks

(all times Eastern)

Ready Set Learn

Added in 2002, a weekday morning block that airs preschool programming. It is currently seen on TLC and Discovery Kids, running weekdays from 9:00am-2:00pm.

Animal Afternoons

Added in 2002, a block that airs shows about animals, wildlife and nature from 2:00pm-5:00pm.

The Gaggle

Added in 2002, a block that airs 3 hours of one show weekends, including Endurance and Flight 29 Down. In 2008, The Gaggle was shortened to 1-2 hours. It was presumed The Gaggle was moved to Saturdays only.