| Type | Kids program block Channel aired from 1999 to 2005 |
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| Branding | PBS KIDS |
| Country | United States Canada (via cable) Mexico (1996-1999) |
| Availability | All of North America |
| Founded | October 11, 1993 |
| Slogan | Let's Go and Play! |
| Broadcast area | All of North America |
| Area | All of North America |
| Owner | PBS |
| Key people | Eric Hollies (founders by PBS KIDS GO), Sara Shepard (founder by PBS Kids), Diane Chagnon (PBS Kids Sprout) |
| Launch date | October 11, 1993 (block) September 6, 1999 (channel) |
| Dissolved | September 26, 2005 (channel) |
| Former names | PTV (October 11, 1993-September 5, 1999) |
| Official website | pbskidsgo.org |
PBS Kids is the brand for children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States founded in 1993. As with all PBS programming, PBS Kids programming is non-commercial. It is aimed at children ages 2 to 12. In 2005, the PBS Kids channel was replaced by PBS Kids Sprout.
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Along with the block of programming on PBS, PBS Kids was a separate television network, founded in the fall of 1999,[1] and was targeted to children four to seven years old. The PBS Kids Channel ran for six years and was largely funded by DirecTV. The channel ceased broadcast on September 26, 2005, in favor of a new commercial joint venture, PBS Kids Sprout, which is a partnership owned by Comcast[2] About half of PBS TV stations still program a children's channel themselves over their multicasting service,[3] such as WNET, WHYY, WNED, WFWA, UNC-TV, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Twin Cities Public Television, WGBH, WQED, WMHT, WTTW, WYCC, and WETA-TV. On PBS, two blocks of programming are currently included in PBS Kids, including PBS Kids GO! and the PBS Kids Preschool Block, and the former block, PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch, which was launched in 2000 and canceled in 2004.
The following programs are in production and airing on PBS Stations.
The following programs are no longer in production, although some of them may still air as reruns on some PBS stations or other channels.
(Note: This mark (*) means shows returning on PBS Kids airs on PBS Kids Sprout in Febuary 2012)
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