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Discovery Kids

Launched	1996
Owned by	Discovery Communications, Inc.
Sister channel(s)	Discovery Networks
Website	Official website
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 294
Dish Network	Channel 179
C-Band	AMC 11-Channel 610 (4DTV Digital)
SKY Latin America	Channel 271
Cable
Available on most cable systems	Check local listings

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In 2002, Discovery Kids began airing a reality television show entitled Endurance. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary Endurance is a Daytime Emmy Award -nominated American Reality television children's program currently shown on the Discovery Kids Cable The show is similar in nature to Survivor, whereby teams compete in exotic locales (such as Hawaii and Tehachapi) and, as of 2008, is in its sixth season. Survivor is a popular Reality television Game show format produced in many countries throughout the world The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

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

1 Programming
2 History
3 Programming blocks
4 See also
5 External links

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Discovery Kids

History

Discovery Kids was founded in 1996 by Discovery Communications. This is a list of Television programs formerly or currently broadcast by the U 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. TNBC (Teen NBC was NBC 's Saturday morning block of television shows geared toward teenagers and young adults 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. qubo (pronounced "kyoo-bo" originally called Smart Place for Kids until August 23, 2006) is the name of the American In 2007 a new visual logo was applied and more original content was added to the network.

Programming blocks

Ready Set Learn

Main article: Ready Set Learn

Added in 2002, a weekday morning block that airs preschool programming. Ready Set Learn is a preschool block that airs weekly on Discovery Kids and TLC. It is currently syndicated on TLC and Discovery Kids, running weekdays from 9:00am-2:00pm. TLC (generally called as The Learning Channel) is a cable TV network in the US and Canada, that carries a variety of informational and

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.

Real Toons

Added in 2005, a block that airs animated series everyday at 6:00am-9:00am everyday and 6:00pm-8:00pm Monday to Saturday, Sunday from 7:00pm-9:00p,.

@DK

Added in 2006, a primetime block meant for older children airs from 8:00pm-1:00am Monday to Saturday.

External links

This article about a television station is a stub. Discovery Channel is an American Satellite and Cable TV channel (also delivered via IPTV, Terrestrial television and Discovery Kids is a Canadian English language category 2 Digital cable Specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment and Discovery Kids was a British children's channel in the UK The channel initially began broadcasting exclusively on the On Digital service time sharing with Discovery Wings A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and Video to Television receivers in a particular area You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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