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39-500: 4Kids TV (often stylized as 4K!DSTV and formerly known as FoxBox from September 14, 2002 to January 15, 2005) was an American television programming block and Internet -based video on demand children's network operated by 4Kids Entertainment . It originated as a weekly block on Saturday mornings on the Fox network , which was created out of a four-year agreement reached on January 22, 2002, between 4Kids Entertainment and Fox to lease

78-418: A Morse code -beeping soundtrack as early as 1929. In the 1930s, Twentieth Century Pictures introduced their futuristic "tower" logo, which had moving searchlights; it was carried over when they merged with Fox Film Corporation in 1935 and became 20th Century-Fox. The first version of Columbia 's mascot used a sparkler to represent her torch, and Universal's globes could rotate. The advent of television in

117-432: A cel-animated abstract logo, brought back their WB shield logo as a matte painting in 1984. TV logos began switching from cels and 2D computer graphics to 3D computer graphics around the same time, and by the end of the decade, the quality of 3D animation had improved to the point that cinema quality was possible. Paramount had introduced a digital-looking logo in late 1986, but only the foreground animation in their logo

156-526: A competing Saturday morning lineup for The CW, the new block, The CW4Kids (later renamed Toonzai , with the original name becoming a secondary brand), premiered on May 24, 2008, replacing the Kids' WB programming block, which had been carried over to The CW from one of its predecessors, The WB , when it launched on September 23, 2006. The block was renamed as Toonzai on August 14, 2010, and continued to air until it ended August 18, 2012, being replaced by Vortexx

195-411: A long essay or observation in small type which changes each week and requires pausing with a recording device to read. Video games have taken on production logos as their capabilities have increased, and most modern game consoles have startup logos in their firmware . In addition, games themselves now feature (sometimes elaborate) startup logos of both the companies that produce the games as well as

234-594: A realistic rendering of its studio lot including the iconic water tower . By 2007, almost all production logos have become produced (or edited) on computers, and have reached a level of sophistication equivalent to that of the best special effects. There are some exceptions; the Mutant Enemy "grr, argh" ID was shot using a camcorder and paper models, and the producers of South Park even recycled footage from an old Braniff Airlines ad for their "vanity" logo. Producer Chuck Lorre uses his production card to post

273-456: A regular schedule, is known as a marathon . Block programming in radio also refers to programming content that appeals to various demographics in time blocks, usually corresponding to the top or bottom of the hour or the quarter-hour periods. For example, various musical genres might be featured, such as a country music hour, a three-hour afternoon block of jazz, or a four-hour Saturday night '70s disco show. Generally speaking, block programming

312-565: A series of related shows which are likely to attract and hold a given audience for a long period of time. Notable examples of overt block programming were NBC 's Thursday evening " Must See TV " lineup, which included two hours of sitcoms and one hour of ER , and Channel 4 's " T4 " program which often ran sitcoms back-to-back for an hour or more. Reruns on cable television are often assembled into similar blocks to fill several hours of generally little-watched daytime periods. A particularly long program block, especially one that does not air on

351-522: A somewhat infrequent relationship to the Fox network. The programming was produced for Fox and offered to the network's owned-and-operated stations and affiliates first, so the Fox station in any given area had the right of first refusal . In the event that a Fox affiliate or in some cases, an O&O of the network—opted not to carry 4Kids TV, the block then became available for the local broadcast rights to be acquired by another television station. In fact, it

390-487: A week later and the block continued to air until it ended on September 27, 2014. On November 10, 2008, 4Kids Entertainment announced that 4Kids TV would conclude at the end of the year due to intervening conflicts between Fox and 4Kids, as the latter company had not paid the network for the time lease for some time, while the network was unable to maintain the guaranteed 90% clearance for the block due to affiliate refusals and an inability to secure secondary affiliates to carry

429-506: Is alive and well on outlets like public radio (such as NPR , the BBC , or CBC ) and in multicultural radio serving broad ethnic and cultural audiences, although even in this realm the idea of block programming is declining due to competition for donations. Some programming blocks have become so popular that they have been transformed to full-fledged 24-hour channels. Current channels which started as program blocks include Disney Junior (which

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468-463: Is also a Cartoon Network Programming Block. However, since the 2010s, new programming blocks have become rare due to airing programming in a regular format or with little or no brand reference within the programming block. Production logo A production logo , studio logo , vanity card , vanity plate , or vanity logo is a logo used by movie studios and television production companies to brand what they produce and to determine

507-807: Is an E/I-compliant lineup syndicated primarily to the network's affiliates, relieving them of taking on the full burden of purchasing educational programming aimed at children from the syndication market (although some Fox stations, including those owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group —the vast majority of its stations had carried Fox's previous children's blocks, decided to decline the block anyway due to existing commitments to syndicated programs compliant with Children's Television Act recommendations). As of 2024, some former 4Kids TV shows (such as Chaotic (only in Spanish), Dinosaur King , G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 , Sonic X , and various entries in

546-493: Is anathema to modern competitive commercial radio, which traditionally uses uniform formats, other than a handful of speciality shows in off-peak hours such as weekends (for instance, the infamous beaver hours in Canadian radio). The general rationale for not using block programming is that listeners expect a certain type of music when they tune into a radio station and breaking from that format will turn those listeners away from

585-414: Is constantly falling, and the professionalism of self-produced branding now often rivals traditional production modes. In the early days of Hollywood , production logos and brands were simple and very much like their print counterparts, usually appearing on title cards and in the opening credits . The Paramount Pictures mountain logo hails from this era and originally featured no special effects. As

624-659: Is made available to stream on both the free ad-supported Pluto TV and subscription-based Paramount+ streaming services owned by Paramount Global following that property's 2009 acquisition by Nickelodeon , while the English-language version of Chaotic is on NBCUniversal 's Peacock streaming service. ‡ - Program transitioned to 4Kids TV † - Program transitioned from FoxBox 4Kids launched an online video player on its website on September 8, 2007, and gradually added full-length episodes as well as additional video clips and online-exclusive content. The block had

663-511: Is still a program block on Disney Channel ); the Nick Jr. Channel (based on the Nick Jr. block that still airs on Nickelodeon); Boomerang (which was once a program block on Cartoon Network ); PBS Kids (which is still a program block on PBS ) and MeTV Toons (which was once a programming block on MeTV ). In addition, TV Land airs older shows that were once aired on sister channel Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite program block. Adult Swim

702-484: The Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise) are made available to stream on the free ad-supported Tubi streaming service, which launched on April 1, 2014 and was later acquired by Fox Corporation on April 20, 2020. Outside of Tubi, Sonic X is also available on Amazon Prime Video , Hulu , Crackle , and Netflix as of December 2019, though the latter two services only carry seasons 1 and 2. In addition, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

741-713: The STEM fields , which debuted on September 13, 2014. As the block accounts for two of the three weekly hours of educational programming required by the Federal Communications Commission 's Children's Television Act , the Fox affiliates that opted against airing 4Kids TV, Fox Kids, or Weekend Marketplace (including those owned by the network that were acquired through its 1996 merger with New World Communications and those acquired through that deal that were owned by Tribune Broadcasting , now Nexstar Media Group ) elected to run Xploration Station as it

780-500: The United States (particularly those made before the 2012 auction of most of 4Kids' assets to Saban Brands ). Fox would reverse course and indirectly resume airing children's programming for the first time since 4Kids TV ended through an agreement announced on December 17, 2013, when it signed a deal with Steve Rotfeld Productions to launch Xploration Station , a two-hour block of live-action educational programs focused on

819-513: The United States , though some stations carried it on Sundays (often due to scheduling conflicts resulting from the block airing on stations affiliated with other minor networks that had their own older children's anime program blocks which competed with FoxBox/4Kids TV, including the Kids' WB on The WB and later The CW , and for its first year, the Disney's One Too block on UPN ). On October 2, 2007, 4Kids Entertainment announced it would program

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858-422: The 1950s also opened the door to cel animation in production logos. Most studios had used cels for their animation departments' logos for some time by this point, but the demand for animation on TV, both as programming and for advertising, made more effects available for less money. TV itself started using logos on its programming: Desilu , Mark VII Productions and Revue Studios all had distinctive logotypes by

897-462: The 1980s, it was not uncommon to mix various blocks of talk programming together on one station, but this has declined dramatically in the late 1990s and beyond. A listener to a conservative talk radio station will have little interest in a progressive talk radio , sports radio or hot talk block, which reaches a different demographic; stations that have attempted the block strategy have historically been unsuccessful. Block programming of this nature

936-814: The Future: the Animated Series , and Cubix ) met the criteria to be considered educational and informational under the requirements defined by the Children's Television Act, and counted toward the three-hour-per-week mandatory educational children's programming quotas outlined by the Federal Communications Commission. Note: These CW affiliates ran 4Kids TV on Sundays, due to their obligation to carry their primary network's children's lineup on Saturday as scheduled. Programming block Block programming involves scheduling

975-496: The Lion . Unlike logos for other media, production logos can take advantage of motion and synchronized sound , and almost always do. Production logos are becoming commonplace in online video platforms such as YouTube , often as "channel" branding. Online channels may have a professional production team, or may be self-produced by an individual or a sole proprietor . The barrier to entry for professional audiovisual production

1014-598: The block; in others, it was carried by either a WB or UPN affiliate, and later a MyNetworkTV or CW affiliate. The only exception was in St. Louis, Missouri , where Fox O&O (now affiliate) KTVI carried the block (although it aired 4Kids TV two hours earlier than the network's recommended scheduling for the block, beginning at 5:00 a.m., due to the station's Saturday morning newscast). Some of 4Kids TV's programming (such as Winx Club , The Adrenaline Project , Magical DoReMi , Stargate Infinity , reruns of Back to

1053-400: The end of the decade, and Desilu's and Revue's were animated. By 1976, all of the major studios except Universal had switched their logos over to cel animation, and logos for smaller concerns and broadcasters were beginning to enter the computer age, using machines like Scanimate . With the 1980s came a return to the older style of logos. Warner Bros. , one of the first studios to switch to

1092-555: The existence of the Fox Kids block, the twelve stations that Fox acquired from New World Communications in 1996 (and had earlier affiliated with the network through a 1994 multi-station affiliation deal —which prior to then, had been affiliated with ABC , NBC , or CBS ) generally did not air 4Kids TV. In some of the New World markets, 4Kids was not carried on any station. In a majority of these markets, an independent station carried

1131-402: The five-hour Saturday morning time slot occupied by the network's existing children's program block, Fox Kids . It was targeted at children aged 7–11. The 4Kids TV block was part of the Fox network schedule, although it was syndicated to other broadcast television stations in certain markets where a Fox affiliate declined to air it. The block aired a preview special on September 1, 2002, and

1170-504: The last major studios to re-design their logos with computer animation; Disney debuted the 3D rendition of its castle logo with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in 2006, while MGM touched up its 1957 logo in 2012, before switching to a completely computer-animated rendition by 2021. Photorealistic CGI was also used in production logos, beginning with Warner Bros.' updated logo in 2021, which shows

1209-409: The network gave two hours of the programming time that the 4Kids TV block occupied back to its affiliates, while the other two hours would be retained by the network for a paid programming block titled Weekend Marketplace , which replaced 4Kids TV on January 3, 2009. The 4KidsTV logo now only exists as the closing logo for 4Kids Entertainment for shows produced by the company distributed outside of

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1248-400: The production company and the distributor of a television show or film. Production logos are usually seen at the beginning of a theatrical movie or video game (an " opening logo "), and/or at the end of a television program or TV movie (a " closing logo "). Many production logos have become famous over the years, such as the 20th Century Studios ' monument and searchlights and MGM 's Leo

1287-485: The programming in markets where the Fox station denied clearance for the block. 4Kids TV ended on December 27, 2008, ending Fox's nearly two-decade commitment to children's animation programming. Fox announced that the four-hour time period would no longer be used for children's programming, owing that it was no longer viable due to the insurmountable competition from children's cable channels (such as Nickelodeon , Cartoon Network , and Disney Channel ). On January 3, 2009,

1326-410: The station; likewise, a station that airs its programming in hodgepodge blocks will have difficulty building listener loyalty, as listeners' music will only be on for a few hours of the day. This argument for homogenized radio was also a driving force behind the effective death of freeform radio in the late 20th century. The case of talk radio is indicative of the decline of block programming: prior to

1365-406: The studios grew, more effort was put into their identities, and motion and sound began to be used. MGM and Universal were the first studios to take advantage of the new medium's possibilities, MGM first using Leo the Lion in 1924, adapted from Goldwyn Pictures, and Universal debuting their globe around the same time. RKO Radio Pictures used their rotating globe and radio transmission tower with

1404-406: Was computerized (the mountain backdrop was originally commissioned as a painting by the company, then a physical model made for the finished version). Universal's 1990 logo, introduced for its 75th anniversary, was pre-visualized with CG, but the actual logo was created using motion-control models. Throughout the 1990s, fully computer-generated logos increased in frequency. Disney and MGM were two of

1443-492: Was due in part to these carriage ambiguities that 4Kids dissolved the block in 2008, as they had been promised clearance on at least 90% of Fox's stations. Most of Fox's owned-and-operated stations opted to carry 4Kids TV (these were mainly stations that had been owned by the network since Fox launched in October 1986 or were Fox charter affiliates that Fox Television Stations had acquired since that point). However dating back to

1482-497: Was formally launched on September 14, 2002, under the name FoxBox , a joint venture between the Fox Broadcasting Company and 4Kids Entertainment, replacing Fox Kids , which the network announced it would discontinue as a result of the 2001 purchase of Fox Family Worldwide by The Walt Disney Company (which resulted in much of the content featured on the block moving to Disney's networks and blocks). The block

1521-406: Was rebranded as 4Kids TV on January 22, 2005. 4Kids Entertainment was fully responsible for the content of the block and collected all of the advertising revenue accrued from it. However, Fox's standards and practices department still handled content approval and responsibility of editing the series to meet FCC broadcast standards. The programming block aired on Saturday mornings in most areas of

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