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4Kids TV (formerly Fox Box) is a Saturday morning television programming block on the Fox network.

In January 2002, 4Kids Entertainment entered into a four-year agreement with FOX to lease the network's Saturday morning programming block. The block serves as one of the main outlets in the United States for 4Kids properties.

4Kids Entertainment introduced Fox Box on September 14, 2002 after Fox Kids was dissolved. The block 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 block airs on Saturday mornings in most areas of the United States, though some stations carry it on Sundays.

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Opt-out Areas

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 opts not to carry 4Kids TV the block then is available in the market for another television station to pick up. This has happened in quite a few instances.

In some markets the Fox affiliate/owned and operated station has opted not to run 4Kids TV. 4Kids TV 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.

In markets where the Fox station does not run 4Kids TV, another station in the market can pick it up. Most stations that passed on 4Kids TV were formerly owned by New World Communications, when those stations became Fox affiliates, they were not interested in what was then called Fox Kids:

Markets where 4Kids TV does not run at all

Markets where 4Kids TV runs on a current UPN affiliate

Markets where 4Kids TV runs on a current WB affiliate

Markets where 4Kids TV runs on a current independent station

Other countries

4 Kids has also been granted a license by Ofcom to broadcast a Children's entertainment channel in the UK. However as at January 2006 there are reports that 4Kids have dropped their plans for the channel, these coincide with news of a number of similar offerings being launched by more established brands and the fact that most of 4kids' library being licenced to multiple UK channels (A few shows have gone unaired in the UK, most of them being anime. Of note, none of the 4kids anime that are based on Nintendo Products (Pokémon excluded) have aired in the UK.).

Programming

Current Schedule

As of Saturday, July 15, 2006, 4Kids TV's schedule looks like this: (Times Eastern, go back one hour for Central/Pacific)

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(http://www.4kids.tv/buzz/previews/), these are the shows that are currently active:

Shows on hiatus

(Currently on hiatus due to summer filler) (Currently on hiatus due to summer filler)

Coming soon

Fall 2006 Schedule

[link]

Specials, movies, etc.

Old or classic shows

External links

 

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