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'''''4Kids TV''''' (often shown as "4K!DS TV") was a Saturday Morning Television|Saturday morning television programming block on the Fox Broadcasting Company. The block was part of the Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Network schedule. 4Kids TV was the result of a four-year agreement reached in January 2002 between 4Kids Entertainment and Fox to lease the network's Saturday morning programming block . The block launched under the name "FoxBox" on September 14, 2002, replacing Fox Kids which was cancelled following the purchase of Fox Family Worldwide by The Walt Disney Company . It was re-branded 4Kids TV on January 22, 2005 . 4Kids Entertainment is wholly responsible for the content of the block and collects all advertising revenues from it . The programming block aired on Saturday mornings in most areas of the United States, though some stations carried it on Sundays . 4Kids actually ran two competing Saturday morning lineups; on May 24, 2008, 4Kids Entertaimnent replaced the Kids' WB programming block aired on The CW Television Network on Saturday mornings with a new block, The CW4Kids. It was announced in November 2008 that the 4Kids TV block would conclude at the end of the year due to a payment (Fox was being paid no money for airing the block)/distribution (Fox did not keep its promise of coverage in at least 90% of Fox affiliates) dispute between 4Kids and Fox. The block ended on December 27, 2008. Fox announced that the time would no longer be used for kids programming, owing that it was no longer viable due to the burden of E/I programming and the insurmountable competition from Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network (United States)|Cartoon Network, Disney Channel (United States)|Disney Channel and Discovery Kids since the time was used for kids programming since 1990. On January 3, 2009, the network gave two hours back to affiliates (likely began to encourage them to begin Saturday morning newscasts or began to make fulfilling their E/I requirements easier), while the other two hours became an informercial block titled ''Weekend Marketplace''. File:The CW 4kids official logo.png||thumb|300px|left|The CW4Kids logoThe 4KidsTV logo now only exists as the closing logo for 4Kids Entertainment for 4Kids shows run outside of The CW4Kids block outside of the United States. 4Kids launched an online video player on their website on September 8, 2007, and has been adding full episodes and more videos and content since then. However, it was revamped on September 25, 2008, though in beta testing . Promotions stated that 4Kids TV would be "moving online" starting in January 2009, implying that the video player would take full effect then, but it was still in beta testing . However, 4Kids seemed to increase the rate that shows were added to the player at that point . On September 9, 2009, the beta symbol was removed, and the player was revamped again .

Programming

4KidsTV.com Streaming Video

Currently released

Covers

- Biker Mice from Mars (2006 TV series)|Biker Mice from Mars
- Chaotic
- Chaotic: M'arillian Invasion
- Cubix
- Di-Gata Defenders
- Dinosaur King
- Fighting Foodons
- Funky Cops
- GoGoRiki
- Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
- Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
- Magical DoReMi
- Monster Jam
- Pat and Stan ''(Pat et Stanley)''
- Skunk Fu!
- Sonic X
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back to the Sewer
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward
- The Adrenaline Project
- The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)|The Spectacular Spider-Man
- Viva Piñata (TV series)|Viva Piñata
- Winx Club
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Relationship with Fox and broadcast ambiguities

The block had a somewhat unusual relationship to the Fox Network. The programming was produced for Fox and offered to Fox affiliates first, so the Fox affiliate in any given area has right of first refusal. In the event a Fox affiliate or in some cases an O & O, Owned and Operated, Fox affiliate opts not to carry 4Kids TV the block then is available in the market for another television station to pick up. In fact, it was due in part to this relationship that 4Kids dissolved the block in 2008, as they had been promised clearance on at least 90% of Fox affiliates. Most 4Kids TV programming did not meet the criteria to be considered educational and did not count toward the 3 hour per week mandatory E/I|educational children's programming quotas. The only exceptions were ''Winx Club'', ''The Adrenaline Project'', ''Magical DoReMi,'' ''Stargate Infinity,'' reruns of ''Back to the Future: the Animated Series,'' and ''Cubix''.

Markets where 4Kids TV did not run at all

- Austin, Texas|Austin, TX - KTBC Fox O&O
- Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham, AL - WBRC Fox Affiliate
- Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro, NC - WGHP Fox Affiliate
- Greenwood, Mississippi|Greenwood, MS - WABG-TV|WABG-DT2 Fox Affiliate ''(station does not sign on until 4PM on Saturdays, or earlier if there are sports scheduled)''

Markets where 4Kids TV ran on a MyNetworkTV affiliate

- Chicago|Chicago, IL - WFLD Fox O&O, WPWR-TV MyNetworkTV O&O (Fox Television Stations Group|FTSG duopoly (broadcasting)|duopoly) (former UPN)
- Miami|Miami, FL - WSVN Fox Affiliate, WBFS MyNetworkTV Affiliate (former UPN)
- Portland, Oregon|Portland, OR - KPTV Fox Affiliate, KPDX MyNetworkTV Affiliate (Meredith Corporation|Meredith duopoly) (former UPN)
- Tucson, Arizona|Tucson, AZ - KMSB-TV Fox Affiliate, KTTU (TV)|KTTU MyNetworkTV Affiliate (Belo duopoly) (former UPN)
- Detroit|Detroit, MI - WJBK Fox O&O, WMYD MyNetworkTV affiliate (aired 4Kids TV on Sundays) (former WB)
- Dallas|Dallas/Fort Worth, TX - KDFW Fox O&O, KDFI MyNetworkTV O&O (FTSG duopoly) (former independent)
- Minneapolis-St. Paul|Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, KMSP-TV Fox O&O, WFTC MyNetworkTV O&O (FTSG duopoly) (former UPN)
- San Antonio, Texas - KABB Fox Affiliate, KMYS MyNetworkTV Affiliate (Sinclair Broadcast Group|Sinclair duopoly) (former WB)

Markets where 4Kids TV ran on an affiliate of The CW

Note: These CW affiliates ran 4Kids TV on Sundays, due to their obligation to carry the The CW4Kids Saturday block. All are former WB affiliates.
- Atlanta|Atlanta, GA -WAGA-TV Fox affiliate, WUPA (TV)|WUPA The CW affiliate
- Cleveland|Cleveland, OH - WJW (TV)|WJW-TV Fox affiliate, WBNX-TV The CW affiliate
- Fresno, California|Fresno, CA - KMPH-TV|KMPH Fox affiliate, KFRE-TV The CW affiliate (Pappas Telecasting|Pappas duopoly)
- Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix, AZ - KSAZ-TV|KSAZ Fox O&O, KASW The CW affiliate
- Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha, NE - KPTM Fox Affiliate, KXVO The CW affiliate (Pappas duopoly)

New World stations and 4Kids TV

Dating back to the Fox Kids days, the stations that Fox acquired from New World Communications in 1996 generally did not air 4Kids TV. In some of the New World markets, 4Kids was not aired on any station. In a majority of these markets, an independent station carried this block: in others, the MyNetworkTV affiliate carried it: in still others, the CW affiliate carried it. The exception was St. Louis, Missouri, where KTVI carried 4Kids TV (2 hours early, beginning at 5:00).

KTVK and KASW

KASW signed on in September 1995 on channel 61. It was originally owned by the Brooks family and immediately secured a local marketing agreement with MAC America Communications, then owner of KTVK. KTVK bought the entire broadcast day on the station to run shows that did not fit into KTVK's schedule. The WB affiliation also went from KTVK to KASW. The station ran syndicated cartoons, Kids' WB! cartoons, first-run shows from The WB Television Network, classic sitcoms, recent sitcoms, old movies, and eventually Fox Kids by the end of 1996. KNXV officially became Phoenix's ABC affiliate in January 1995, and KTVK nominally became the market's WB affiliate. However, it only showed WB programming on Saturday nights, so it was essentially an independent station. It also ran Fox Kids in the early afternoons and weekend mornings for about a year. The station aired ''Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)|Wheel of Fortune'', ''Jeopardy!'', ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and several off-network sitcoms during prime time. KTVK owned a huge programming inventory, but lacked enough time in its broadcast day to air it all even after dropping ABC. As such, when the Brooks family launched a new station, KASW, in September, KTVK immediately entered into a local marketing agreement with the new station. KASW became a WB affiliate, and KTVK bought the new station's entire broadcast day. KTVK then reinstated Saturday morning newscasts. Ironically, since 2001 Fox owned both KSAZ Fox 10 and KUTP My 45 (then UPN 45). It was thought that 4Kids TV would move to Channel 45 but Fox still passed on it even for their second station in that market. It therefore remained on KASW.

Markets where 4Kids TV ran on a current independent station

- Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City, MO - WDAF-TV Fox Affiliate, KMCI Independent (38 The Spot) (Saturdays at 8am)
- Milwaukee|Milwaukee, WI - WITI (TV)|WITI Fox Affiliate, WMLW-CA Independent (Sundays at 8am)
- Tampa|Tampa, FL - WTVT Fox O&O, WMOR-TV Independent (Sundays at 8am)

References

External links

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- 4Kids Entertainment
- Fox
- IMDb page for "The Fight for the Fox Box", a half-hour TV special with multiple show crossovers. Category:Television programming blocks Category:Fox Kids| Category:4Kids Entertainment

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