4Kids TV

Infobox Network
network_name = 4Kids TV
network_| country = United States
network_type = Weekend morning cartoon block
available = National
owner = 4Kids Entertainment (timed leased from News Corporation)
slogan = The Game Station
past_names = FoxBox
Fox Kids
affiliations = FOX in most markets
key_people = Alfred R. Kahn
launch_date = September 14, 2002
website = [http://www.4kids.com www.4kids.com]

4Kids TV (formerly FoxBox) is an American Saturday morning television programming block. The block is part of the Fox Network schedule, and is promoted as such during some of Fox's primetime programming. However, in several areas, the block airs instead on a local CW, MyNetworkTV, or independent station, or is not aired at all. As a result, there are no references to Fox during the block.

4Kids TV is 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 7, 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 in January 2005. 4Kids Entertainment is wholly responsible for the content of the block and collects all advertising revenues from it.

The programming block airs on Saturday mornings in most areas of the United States, though some stations carry it on Sundays. 4Kids actually runs 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. [cite web |url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/10/cw_turns_over_saturday_morning.php |title=4Kids TV takes over Kids!WB advertisement|accessdate=2008-04-12|format= |work=4Kids TV] [cite web |url= http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973235.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |title=4Kids takes over Kids!WB advertisment|accessdate=2008-04-12|format= |work=4Kids TV]

Programming

Shows on 4Kids TV include:

"(The dates in parentheses are given for how long the show has been airing on 4Kids TV, repeats included, regardless of airings on other networks)"

Currently active

According to the official 4Kids TV schedule, [cite web |url=http://http://www.4kids.tv/buzz/previews|title=4Kids TV Schedule|accessdate=2008-04-21|format= |work=4Kids TV] these are the shows that are currently active:4Kids TV almost has two Saturday morning blocks on The CW (The CW4Kids) and FOX.

Former shows

Ended in 2003

*Pirate Islands (2003) (TV-Y7)
*Ultraman Tiga (September 14, 2002 - 2003) (TV-Y7-FV)
*Stargate Infinity (September 2002 - June 2003) (TV-Y7)
*Fighting Foodons (September 14, 2002 - August 30, 2003) (TV-Y7-FV)
* (Reruns from CBS) (March 2003 - September 2003) (TV-Y7)

Ended in 2004

* (September 6, 2003 - June 12, 2004) (Reruns from Kids' WB) (TV-Y)
*Cabbage Patch Kids (TV Series) (One episode aired as part of a promotion.) (TV-Y)

Ended in 2005

*Alien Racers (2005) (TV-Y7)
*Incredible Crash Dummies (shorts) (2004 - 2005) (TV-Y)
*F-Zero GP Legend (September 4, 2004 - March 5, 2005) (TV-Y7-FV)
*The Menu (Summer 2004 - Summer 2005)(TV-Y7)
*Shaman King (August 30, 2003 - September 3, 2005) (TV-Y7-FV)

Ended in 2006

*Mew Mew Power (February 19, 2005 - July 22 2006) (TV-Y7-FV) [http://tviv.org/4Kids_TV/Previous_Schedules]
*The Cramp Twins (February 8, 2003 - August 19, 2006) (TV-Y7)
*Ultimate Muscle (September 14, 2002 - August 19, 2006) (TV-Y7-FV)
*Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters (September 9, 2006 - November 25, 2006) (TV-Y7-FV)
* (August 27, 2005 - December 30, 2006) (TV-Y7-FV)

Ended in 2007

*Bratz (August 20, 2005 - April 7, 2007) (TV-Y7)
*Yu-Gi-Oh! (September 2, 2006 - August 25, 2007) (TV-Y7-FV)

Ended in 2008

*Funky Cops (August 23, 2003 - January 23, 2008) (Ended in 2004 on TV) (TV-Y7)
*The Adrenaline Project (September 29, 2007 - April 5, 2008) (TV-G)
*Magical DoReMi (August 13, 2005 - May 2, 2008) (Ended in 2006 on TV) (TV-Y)
*Chaotic (October 7, 2006 - June 14, 2008) (Now on The CW4Kids) (TV-Y7-FV)
*Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (September 1, 2007 - June 14, 2008) (Now on The CW4Kids) (TV-Y7-FV)
*Viva Piñata (August 26, 2006 - August 2, 2008) (Now on The CW4Kids) (TV-Y)
*Dinosaur King (September 8, 2007 - September 6 2008) (Now on The CW4Kids) (TV-Y7-FV)
*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (February 8, 2003 - September 6 2008) (TV-Y7-FV)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : The Lost Episodes

4kids TV has aired "The Lost Episodes" of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which is known as the Ninja Tribunal saga. 4Kids aired all thirteen "Lost Episodes" from February 9 to May 3, 2008. These episodes are from Season 5. The entire season was sent to DVD May 20, 2008. [cite web |url= http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-Tribunal/dp/B0014567V6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1214160858&sr=8-1|format= |title= Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ninja Tribunal (2003) |accessdate=2008-06-22 |work=Amazon.com |date]

Relationship with FOX and broadcast ambiguities

The block has a somewhat unusual relationship to the Fox Network. The programming is 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 affliate opts not to carry 4Kids TV the block then is available in the market for another television station to pick up.

Most 4Kids TV programming does not meet the criteria to be considered educational and does not count toward the 3 hour per week mandatory educational children's programming quotas. The lone current exception is "Winx Club". Previous exceptions included "The Adrenaline Project", "Magical DoReMi," "Stargate Infinity," reruns of "," and "Cubix".

Markets where 4Kids TV does not run at all

*Atlanta, GA - WAGA FOX Affiliate
*Austin, TX - KTBC FOX Affiliate
*Birmingham, AL - WBRC FOX Affiliate
*Greensboro, NC - WGHP FOX Affiliate
*Greenwood, MS - WABG-DT2 FOX Affiliate "(station does not sign on until 4PM on Saturdays, or earlier if there are sports scheduled)"
*Mushroom Kingdom - WGFO "(formerly a NBC station, then UPN)"

Markets where 4Kids TV runs on a MyNetworkTV affiliate

*Chicago, IL - WFLD FOX Affiliate, WPWR-TV MyNetworkTV Affiliate (FTSG duopoly)
*Miami, FL - WSVN FOX Affiliate, WBFS MyNetworkTV Affiliate
*Portland, OR - KPTV FOX Affiliate, KPDX MyNetworkTV Affiliate (Meredith duopoly)
*Tucson, AZ - KMSB-TV FOX Affiliate, KTTU MyNetworkTV Affiliate (Belo duopoly)
*Detroit, MI - WJBK FOX affiliate, WMYD MyNetworkTV affiliate (airs 4Kids TV on Sundays due to previous affiliation with The WB)
*Dallas/Fort Worth, TX - KDFW FOX Affiliate, KDFI MyNetworkTV Affiliate (FTSG duopoly)
*Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, KMSP-TV FOX Affiliate, WFTC MyNetworkTV Affiliate (FTSG duopoly)
*San Antonio, Texas - KABB FOX Affiliate, KMYS MyNetworkTV Affiliate (Sinclair duopoly)

= Markets where 4Kids TV runs on an affiliate of The CW =

"Note: These CW affiliates run 4Kids TV on Sundays, due to their obligation to carry the The CW4Kids Saturday block."
*Cleveland, OH - WJW FOX affiliate, WBNX The CW affiliate
*Fresno - KMPH FOX affiliate, KFRE The CW affiliate (Pappas duopoly)
*Phoenix, AZ - KSAZ FOX affiliate, KASW The CW affiliate
*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 do not air 4Kids TV. In some of the New World markets, 4Kids is not aired on any station. In a majority of these markets, an independent station carries this block: in others, the MyNetworkTV affiliate carries it: in still others, the CW affiliate carries it. The exception is St. Louis, Missouri, where KTVI carries 4Kids TV (2 hours early, beginning at 5:00).

KTVK and KASW

KASW then 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", "Jeopardy!", "", 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 runs on a current independent station

*Kansas City, MO - WDAF-TV FOX Affiliate, KMCI Independent (38 The Spot) (airs 4Kids TV on Saturdays at 8am)
*Milwaukee, WI - WITI FOX Affiliate, WMLW-CA Independent (airs 4Kids TV on Sundays at 8am )
*Tampa, FL - WTVT FOX Affiliate, WMOR-TV Independent (airs 4Kids TV on Sundays at 8am)

References

External links

* [http://www.4kids.com 4Kids TV]
* [http://www.4kidsentertainment.com 4Kids Entertainment]
* [http://www.fox.com FOX]