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Telemundo Kids

Telemundo Kids (borrowing its name from Telemundo's 1995–1998 Saturday morning block Telemundo Infantil) was an American children's programming block that debuted on October 6, 2001 on the Spanish-language television network Telemundo. The three-hour block, which aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time and Pacific Time, featured live action and animated series aimed at children between the ages of 2 and 14.

Programs featured on the block consisted of a mixture of series originally produced in Spanish and dubbed versions of series that were originally produced and broadcast in English. All shows featured on Telemundo Kids were designed to meet federally mandated educational programming guidelines defined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through the Children's Television Act. Telemundo Kids closed on September 3, 2006. The following week, the block's successor Qubo en Telemundo debuted.

In October 2001, Telemundo announced that it would launch Telemundo Kids, which served as a revival to Telemundo Infantil (in English: Telemundo Kids) which aired from 1995 to 1998. The block served as a replacement to Nickelodeon en Telemundo which was discontinued on September 30, 2001, after Telemundo's program supply deal with Nickelodeon had expired. Telemundo Kids featured some programs complaint with Federal Communications Commission and educational programming requirements. The three-hour block typically ran on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time. All other time periods were filled with infomercials (although some Telemundo affiliates chose to pre-empt the block of favor of the commercials and bumpers). The introduction a new logo with font text (Boink STD) with the orange line with the original 2000 "Telemundo" font, alongside bumpers and promos and controlled by Telemundo Network Group, LLC. (a unit of NBCUniversal).

The block included a three-hour lineup that consisted mainly of dubbed versions of American, Canadian, European animated series the network opted to fully program was mix of acquired from various programming production companies and distributors, this included partnerships with Sony Pictures Television (via Adelaide Productions) and Sesame Workshop with Dragon Tales, the Japanese-based animation studio Toei Animation, the European-based animation studio BRB International and the Canadian-based animation studio Nelvana. The block was divided across Sábados de Fantasía ("Fantasy Saturdays") and Domingos de Aventura ("Adventure Sundays"). The block's initial lineup consisted mainly of shows originally produced and broadcast in English included Ni Ni's Treehouse, Men in Black: The Series, Dragon Tales, Jackie Chan Adventures and Max Steel, as well as the Japanese anime series such as Dragon Ball Z.

On October 2, 2004, Nickelodeon-produced shows returned to Telemundo three years after Nickelodeon en Telemundo's closure. Programming featured on the block included Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, and Dora the Explorer (all of which aired on both Nickelodeon en Telemundo and Nick on CBS/Nick Jr. on CBS), along with All Grown Up!. Three Canadian shows also joined the lineup, consisting of Wimzie's House from CBC, Monster by Mistake and the Nelvana-produced show, Jacob Two-Two from YTV. At the time, Nelvana began combining production shows of the agreement with Telefutura (a sister channel to competing Spanish network Univision) by acquiring programs for the network’s own children's programming block, Toonturama, featuring seven shows (such as Tales from the Cryptkeeper, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Stickin' Around, Anatole, Ned's Newt, Mythic Warriors and The Dumb Bunnies) as part of the growing cross-promotion aired from 2002 to 2005.

Following the sale of Telemundo to NBC back in 2001 and CBS and Viacom's split in early 2006, in May of that year, NBCUniversal and Ion Media Networks unveiled a joint venture with Corus Entertainment (and its subsidiary Nelvana), Scholastic, Classic Media (and its subsidiary Big Idea Productions) known as Qubo, which would aim to provide educational programming aimed at children between the ages of 4 and 8. This multi-platform programming endeavor would comprise children's programming blocks consisting of two English versions on NBC and Ion Media's i: Independent Television (now Ion Television) respectively, as well as a Spanish version on Telemundo. The endeavor would also include a separate 24-hour digital multicast channel on i’s owned-and-operated stations (alternatively known as Qubo Channel), a video on demand service, and a branded website.

For Telemundo, the Qubo endeavor included a three-hour morning block divided into two 90-minute blocks airing on both Saturdays and Sundays. It would be the network's first and only children's block to offer English subtitles via the CC3 caption channel, which Telemundo normally utilizes for its weeknight prime time lineup. Conversely, the companion blocks on both NBC and i, as well as the standalone Qubo Channel, would all utilize the CC3 track to transmit Spanish subtitles, with Qubo Channel alone further supporting Spanish-speaking audiences with the inclusion of a Spanish audio track accessible via the second audio program (SAP) feed.

Telemundo Kids was officially discontinued on September 3, 2006, and was replaced by Qubo en Telemundo the following week on September 9. While Jacob Two-Two transitioned to the new block the following day on September 10, all other prior programming, including the Nickelodeon shows, was dropped from Telemundo’s lineup. The overall launch of the Qubo brand marked the first time that VeggieTales was broadcast as a television program (although the religious content was edited out at the request of NBC's standards and practices department), with the companion Qubo on NBC block also facilitating the first English-language broadcast of Jacob Two-Two on American television. The Qubo on i block launched less than a week later on September 15, while the standalone Qubo Channel launched nearly four months afterwards on January 8, 2007.

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