Pillow Head Hour

The Pillow Head Hour was a one-hour block of E/I-compliant programming on the now-defunct Kids WB, featuring two half-hour series and framed by interstitial segments hosted by Pillow Head reporter Gisselle.

History

2005

The Pillow Head Hour originated on June 4, 2005, to promote the final episodes of "Jackie Chan Adventures" at 8:00 AM (Eastern time), 7:00 AM (Central/Pacific time) and consisted of two new episodes of "Jackie Chan Adventures", along with certain promotions of characters from Kids' WB! shows talking about and showing off their "Pillow Head Hair" (what their hair would look like if they had just woken up from bed) in activities such as "1001 Uses for Pillow Head Hair", in which the character shows what their Pillow Head Hair can be used for, as well as "Guess the Pillow Head", where a silhouette of a Kids' WB! character with Pillow Head Hair was shown at the beginning of a commercial break, and then when the show returns it was revealed who the Pillow Head was. There was no host at this time, only an unseen announcer. Although it was scheduled to last longer, this was discontinued starting July 2, 2005, where Kids' WB! did a last-minute schedule change replacing "Jackie Chan Adventures" with "Teen Titans" and "The Batman", but on KidsWB.com Gisselle, the "Pillow Head Reporter", did a "Pillow Head Report", about pop culture, including viewers asking her questions about various pop culture, including Kids' WB!

2006

Earlier in the year, Kids' WB! had announced that they would be discontinuing their weekday afternoon block and extending the Saturday block by one hour and thus it would not be affected by timezone. Therefore, the Pillow Head Hour was reborn in the new hour at 7 AM on January 7, 2006, but this time, it consisted of two episodes of a randomly selected Kids' WB! show, and was hosted by Gisselle, who was interviewing special guests talking about and showing off their "Pillow Head Hair." Gisselle also spoke during the promos that tell you what show is coming up next, as well as acting during the commercial bumpers with guests saying things like, "Wake up, Pillow Heads!" However, starting July 8, 2006, the Pillow Head Hour was discontinued yet again, replaced by two "Yu-Gi-Oh!" episodes to reformat the lineup to the "Sizzlin' Summer Lineup."

2007

This was supposed to be seen again beginning September 23, 2006, when it would've moved to The CW Television Network as a result of the merger of The WB and UPN, but it apparently has been fully discontinued as instead an animated program with Shaggy and Scooby as hosts has taken its place. More recently, Gisselle's Pillow Head reports have been removed from KidsWB.com as of November 4, 2006 when KidsWB.com reformatted their website. No news exists of anything Pillow Head related returning to Kids' WB! as of yet, but one game known as "Attack of the Pillow Head Monster" remains on the website. And with 4Kids TV replacing Kids' WB! in Fall 2008, it is unlikely that the Pillow Head Hour will return, though it is keeping the announced E/I shows in that block.

See also

*Kids WB