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66-506: The Fox Kids brand originated on a programming block that launched on the Fox network from September 8, 1990, to September 7, 2002. The block aired on Saturday mornings throughout its existence (Sunday mornings in Canada), with an additional lineup on Monday through Friday afternoons airing until January 2002. Fox Kids is the only form of daytime television programming, outside of sports , aired by

132-506: A public company and pursue international expansion. In 1997, the venture was renamed Fox Family Worldwide after it acquired International Family Entertainment—owner of the cable network The Family Channel , seeking a cable outlet for the Fox Kids programs to compete with services such as Cartoon Network (owned by Time Warner ) and Nickelodeon (owned by Viacom ). In 1998, Fox bought out its affiliates' interest in Fox Kids as part of

198-442: A comedy trio formed by the three after leaving Chicago's Second City , called The Graduates. Ultimately, that partner Tino Insana read for and won the part of Uncle Ted. Mitch Schauer drew the designs for the main characters. Bobby's character design was based on Schauer's then-4-year-old son. On February 12, 2007, the character Bobby made a surprise appearance on an episode of Deal or No Deal . Episodes often consist of

264-532: A deal to help pay for the network's NFL package. The Fox Kids weekday block was reduced to two hours, and in an effort to help its affiliates comply with the recently implemented educational programming mandates defined by the Children's Television Act , reruns of former PBS series The Magic School Bus were added to the lineup. In 2000, affiliates were given the option of pushing the block up one hour to air from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM rather than 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM In

330-551: A focus on sensationalism and controversial subjects) hosted by a single personality or a larger panel, as well as court shows , game shows, and syndicated reruns of popular sitcoms and dramas. Notable syndicated daytime programs in the U.S. have included The Ellen DeGeneres Show , The Steve Wilkos Show , Dr. Phil , Judge Judy , Live with Kelly and Mark , Maury , The Wendy Williams Show , The Oprah Winfrey Show , America's Court with Judge Ross , & The Kelly Clarkson Show . In Canada, daytime lineups on

396-541: A heated dispute with Fox after it ceded the program's timeslot to carry Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , which became one of the block's highest-rated programs when it debuted in 1993) and Batman: The Animated Series , moved to The WB after that network launched in January 1995, though Batman: The Animated Series would remain on Fox Kids until 1997. Both Animaniacs and a slightly revamped Batman served as

462-502: A liability as the other networks started to extend their weekday morning news programs to weekends. Fox Kids, which had been the top-rated children's program block among the major networks since 1992, had been overtaken in the ratings by ABC's One Saturday Morning block in 1997, then by Kids' WB a year later with the stronger animation block backed by Warner Bros. that included shows such as Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! . ABC and UPN aired mostly comedy-based cartoons at this time, with

528-545: A mount. A Game Boy game based on the series was also planned, developed by Unexpected Development and published by Hi Tech Entertainment. The game was originally based on Home Alone 2: Lost in New York , taking place in Kevin McCallister's dreams, before being retooled into a Bobby's World game during development, retaining the same premise but replacing the characters with those of Bobby's World . However,

594-537: A pervasive fixture of weekend television in the autumn months (with European football fixtures often airing in the morning and early afternoon in North America, U.S. college football typically playing on Saturday afternoons, and the professional NFL on Sunday afternoons). The Philippines has the noontime variety show , a format largely unique to that country. Bobby%27s World Bobby's World (originally known as The World According to Bobby )

660-574: A result, KTVI became the only Fox station that was involved in the network's 1994 deal with New World Communications to carry the block. Much of the Fox Kids lineup's early programming was produced by Warner Bros. Animation , calling Fox Children's Network a "one-stop shop," essentially pulling out of the children's syndication market by signing a $ 100-million deal with Fox in May 1991. This meant they moved all their existing programming to Fox Kids. Two of Fox Kids' most popular programs, Animaniacs (following

726-430: A short live-action segment either before or after the main story (and sometimes both before and after). The segment would include Mandel describing some aspect of the story and often relating it back to his personal childhood. Sometimes during these segments, the character of Bobby would appear in animated form and converse with Mandel. Other times, a live action child would appear and exchange words with Mandel. Endings of

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792-538: A week before it gave the time to 4Kids Entertainment. Fox Kids was replaced by the 4Kids Entertainment-produced FoxBox block on September 14, 2002. The block, renamed 4Kids TV on January 22, 2005, ran until December 27, 2008, marking Fox's complete withdrawal from children's programming, with the exception of educational programming acquired from the syndication market, most notably Xploration Station , which began airing primary on Fox stations in 2014. While Fox Kids ended its existence on broadcast television in

858-436: Is a platform game . In some stages, the gameplay changes to something similar to a shoot 'em up . The player is asked to control Bobby and make him jump, squat, walk, run, and throw objects at the enemies – the objects often change according to the level's thematic – and use Webbly to defend Bobby. On some stages, Webbly can be used to do other things too, like reach higher platforms, throw it at their enemies or even using it as

924-647: Is aired on Raisovka Television. From 1994 to 1998, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released VHS titles of the series. In 2004, Anchor Bay Entertainment released two best-of compilations, Classic Scratch 'n' Sniff Episodes and The Signature Episodes , on DVD in Region 1. On December 15, 2011, it was announced that MoonScoop Group had acquired the distribution rights to the series and planned to release all seven seasons of Bobby's World on DVD in early 2012 All seasons were made available for purchase on March 13, 2012. A video game adaptation of Bobby's World

990-433: Is an American animated comedy children's television series that aired on Fox Kids from September 8, 1990, to February 23, 1998. The show was created by Canadian actor/comedian Howie Mandel , who also performs the voices of both Bobby and his father Howard Generic. It was produced by Film Roman in association with Mandel's company Alevy Productions and Fox Children's Productions . The theme song for Bobby's World

1056-650: Is not uncommon for live events to occur domestically during the daytime hours — particularly for events taking place in the prime time hours of other regions (such as the Asia-Pacific in Europe, and Europe in North America), or domestic play in outdoor sports such as baseball , cricket , golf , and tennis . While occasionally encountered on weekdays, this is especially true on weekends, when broadcasts of association football (soccer) and American football are

1122-612: Is typically scheduled to air between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., following the early morning daypart typically dedicated to morning shows and preceding the evening dayparts that eventually lead into prime time . The majority of daytime programming is typically targeted towards women (and in particular, housewives ). Historically, court shows , game shows , soap operas , & talk shows have been fixtures of daytime programming, although daytime soap operas have seen declines in North America due to changing audiences and viewing habits. This type of daytime programming

1188-713: Is typically aired on weekdays; weekend daytime programming is often very different and more varied in nature, and usually focuses more on sports broadcasts. For most intents and purposes, the traditional target audience of daytime television programs in the United States has been demographically women 18–49, as the large majority of daytime viewership has historically consisted of housewives . As such, daytime programs are often hosted by women or personalities popular among women, and pertain to subjects such as women's issues (including health, lifestyles, and fashion), current events, and gossip . Due to demographic shifts and

1254-605: The Jetix brand following Disney's acquisition of Fox Family Worldwide . According to James B. Stewart's book DisneyWar , Fox Kids' history is intertwined with that of the syndicated children's program block The Disney Afternoon . DuckTales , the series that served as the launching pad for The Disney Afternoon , premiered in syndication in September 1987, airing on Fox's owned-and-operated stations as well as various Fox affiliates in many markets. This may have been due to

1320-674: The Latin America channel. The original intention of The Walt Disney Company after the acquisition was to rebrand all Fox Kids operations outside of the US with Toon Disney, a channel that had very little distribution internationally, but this was scrapped, with 20th Century Fox Film Corporation granting a non-fixed term license for Fox Kids Europe to continue using the "Fox Kids" brand at no charge. On January 8, 2004, Fox Kids Europe, Fox Kids Latin America, and ABC Cable Networks Group announced

1386-473: The 1990s and even more so under current host Drew Carey , The Price Is Right (1972–present), have targeted this audience. In the United Kingdom , United States , Canada , and Australia , talk show (hosted by a single personality, or a larger panel, such as The View and Loose Women ) are a significant part of this timeslot, as well as, to a lesser extent, game show and soap opera . In

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1452-466: The 4Kids-programmed FoxBox block. Fox Kids was best known for airing the most-popular programs on the network, such as Bobby’s World and the Power Rangers series, with the latter dominating the block's schedule with increased ratings and creating a franchise, resulting in Fox Kids frequently using Power Rangers for its promotions due to the shows’ popularity. Outside the United States,

1518-518: The Children's Television Act. Fox Kids fought vehemently against the E/I rule during its development. By 2001, members of the Fox affiliate board had felt they were on much more even footing with the " Big Three " networks and wanted to take back the time allocated to the Fox Kids programming blocks to air their own programming. Saturday mornings, long the only province of children's programming, had become

1584-455: The Fox network to date. Following then-Fox parent News Corporation's sale of Fox Kids Worldwide to The Walt Disney Company in July 2001, Fox put the remaining Saturday morning timeslot up for bidding, with 4Kids Entertainment winning and securing the rights to program that period. The Fox Kids block continued to air until September 7, 2002, and was replaced the following week (on September 14) by

1650-707: The German feed's rebranding in June 2005. In 2010, former Fox Kids president Margaret Loesch was appointed the position of president and CEO of the then newly-launched children's network The Hub , which replaced Discovery Kids . A few shows that have once aired on Fox Kids, such as Goosebumps , Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation , Batman: The Animated Series , Tiny Toon Adventures , and Animaniacs , were reran on The Hub. Loesch stepped down of her position as Hub Network president and CEO in late 2014, ahead of network's rebranding to Discovery Family . The Fox Kids name

1716-475: The U.S., the Big Three television networks all provide some degree of daytime programming, but the once-popular genre of soap operas have declined; although a few remain active, they have been largely replaced by less-expensive programming such as talk shows (including GMA3: What You Need To Know , The Talk , and Today with Hoda & Jenna , which fill timeslots once filled by One Life to Live , As

1782-548: The United Kingdom: the long-running Countdown has been a fixture of Channel 4 's daytime schedule since the network's launch in 1982, and was also the first program aired by the channel. In the U.S., syndicated programming is most common during the daytime hours on broadcast stations, such as news-based programs (often dealing with entertainment news and gossip), talk shows (including personality-based programs, lifestyle-oriented programs, or tabloid talk shows with

1848-399: The United States, Disney instituted a two-hour morning lineup on its newly acquired ABC Family cable channel (known as the "ABC Family Action Block") that was programmed similarly to Fox Kids and featured content originated on the block. Internationally, Fox Kids Europe continued to operate the international channels in both Europe and Israel, while The Walt Disney Company themselves took over

1914-508: The World Turns , and Passions respectively, with two of them serving officially as extensions of their networks' respective morning shows). Game shows were also common in U.S. daytime lineups, but by the 1990s, only CBS's long-running The Price Is Right remained (which was later joined in 2009 by a revival of Let's Make a Deal , which replaced the cancelled soap Guiding Light ). Daytime game shows are still relatively popular in

1980-674: The audience. The added factor of Nickelodeon 's aggressive schedule that outrated all of the broadcast networks among children on Saturday mornings left Fox Kids behind, and programmers could not find a solution to catch up. Fox Family experienced a 35% audience decline, which led to Fox Family Worldwide, the stake in Fox Kids Europe, and Saban Entertainment being sold to The Walt Disney Company in 2001. The success of Digimon helped Fox Kids temporarily return to competitiveness with Nickelodeon and The WB in February 2001; by this point

2046-403: The block for the remainder of its run). In August 1995, religious independent station KNLC assumed the rights to Fox Kids from KDNL-TV (which became an ABC affiliate) after KPLR-TV turned down; however, due to the station's decision to air public service messages from its owner's ministry about controversial topics in lieu of local advertisements, Fox pulled the block from KNLC in mid-1996. As

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2112-561: The block was Miami affiliate WSVN , the network's first station to maintain a news-intensive format, in 1993 (the station had been a Fox affiliate since January 1989 as a result of NBC purchasing and moving its programming to longtime CBS affiliate WTVJ in a three-station ownership and affiliation swap in the Miami market). The following year, in May 1994, Fox signed a multi-station affiliation agreement with New World Communications to switch that company's CBS , ABC and NBC affiliates to

2178-500: The block was rebranded as the Fox Kids Network , with its programming expanding to 90 minutes on weekdays and 4 hours on Saturday mornings. The weekday editions of the block grew to three hours the following year. In 1994, the Fox Kids brand extended to home video, where Fox Video launched a line, Fox Kids Video, initially releasing titles based on Bobby's World , and it was extended in 1995 to add three more shows based on

2244-681: The daytime hours for channels devoted to business news, whose audience is concentrated towards out-of-home viewers. Children's television networks usually use the 9   a.m.–3   p.m. timeslot before children of school age return home to air preschool programming for young viewers, while PBS member stations might either carry exclusively children's programming, instructional programming to be taped for later use, or other library content. Other basic cable networks generally rerun episodes of their current prime time programming, often in marathon blocks; stations that devote much of their programming to acquired reruns may also follow this strategy, or use

2310-590: The daytime slot to burn off a contract for a less popular program (in this sense, daytime can be seen, much like the overnight, to be a graveyard slot that is wasteful to program with high-budget content). Daytime lineups on sports-oriented networks are typically devoted to studio programs with news, analysis, and discussion of sports-related topics (in the United States, some of these programs are simulcast from syndicated sports talk radio shows), but may also feature reruns of recent or "classic" events, lesser-viewed and niche events, or other original programming. It

2376-543: The decreasing number of people at home during the daytime, the daytime television audience has shrunk rapidly in recent years, and that which remains is largely over the age of 55 and thus considered undesirable for most advertisers. Another popular audience in this timeframe is the college student; game shows such as the original Jeopardy! (1964–1975), Match Game (1973–1982; 1990), Family Feud (1976–1985; 1988–1993; 1994; 1999–present), Card Sharks (1978–1981; 1986–1989), Press Your Luck (1983–1986), and, since

2442-477: The exception of live-action teen-oriented sitcoms Lizzie McGuire and Even Stevens (both originated on Disney Channel as part of what would be a gradual takeover of ABC's Saturday morning lineup by the cable channel's programming), while Viacom-owned CBS aired E/I compliant preschool programming from Nick Jr. , and NBC aired teen-oriented sitcoms (later to be replaced the following year by E/I-compliant programming sourced from Discovery Kids ), splintering

2508-560: The fact that the Walt Disney Company 's chief operating officer at the time, Michael Eisner , and his then- Fox counterpart, Barry Diller , had worked together at ABC and at Paramount Pictures . In 1988, Disney purchased independent television station KHJ-TV in Los Angeles , changing its call letters to KCAL-TV the next year. The station's new owners wanted DuckTales to be shown on KCAL, effectively taking

2574-630: The first Fox Kids-branded television channel was launched in Australia on October 1, 1995, on cable and satellite television provider Foxtel . It then expanded to the UK and Ireland, launching on BSkyB in 1996, and after that it started broadcasts in Latin America on November of that same year. The channel expanded between 1997 and 2001 in Europe and Middle East , and beginning in 2004, the international Fox Kids channels were gradually relaunched under

2640-413: The formation of the show. Mandel said "that was the seed of Bobby's World ". Later stories from the childhoods of writers Dianne and Peter Tilden along with Mitch Schauer were used as the basis of many of the stories. The other characters on the show were mixes of characteristics of the creators' parents' friends and relatives. Specifically, Uncle Ted was based on Fisher and Staahl's former comedy partner in

2706-508: The launch of Jetix , a brand that would take over the Fox Kids networks in Europe, Israel and Latin America, and operate as a block in all other territories, including North America. Within the global launch of the brand, the Fox Kids Europe company was renamed as Jetix Europe , with the first European Fox Kids network to make the rebranding being the French feed in August 2004, and ending with

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2772-723: The launches of those networks in January 1995, affiliates of UPN and The WB , Fox contracted the Fox Kids block to air on one of these stations if a Fox owned-and-operated station or affiliate chose not to carry it. In some cases, Fox Kids would be carried on the same station as one of its two competing children's blocks, The WB's Kids' WB and UPN's UPN Kids block (the latter of which was replaced in 1999 by Disney's One Too ). Between 1995 and early 1996, Fox acquired three former ABC-affiliated stations (WHBQ-TV/Memphis, KTVI/St. Louis, and WGHP/High Point). Meanwhile, SF Broadcasting (a joint venture between Savoy Pictures and Fox) acquired three former NBC affiliates and one ABC affiliate during

2838-447: The linchpin of The WB's new children's block, Kids' WB , when it launched in September of that year ( Tiny Toon Adventures , another early Fox Kids program that Warner Bros. produced and also aired on Kids' WB in reruns, had already ended its run). In 1996, after having established a "strategic alliance" with Fox, Saban Entertainment merged with Fox Children's Productions to form a new company, Fox Kids Worldwide , with aims to become

2904-409: The local Fox-affiliated station's schedule in the viewer's television market (i.e., if Fox Kids aired a promo for a show such as Power Rangers , it would not announce an exact Monday-Friday/Saturday time slot to viewers, forcing the viewers to check their local Fox station listings, such as their TV Guide or newspaper, to search for the air time of the show, and some stations use voiceovers to announce

2970-402: The local television rights to the animated series away from Fox-owned KTTV . Furious at the breach of contract , Diller pulled DuckTales from all of Fox's other owned-and-operated stations in the fall of 1989. Diller also encouraged the network's affiliates to do the same, though most did not initially. As Disney went forward in developing The Disney Afternoon , Fox (whose schedule at the time

3036-647: The major commercial networks are nearly identical in programming to their American counterparts (and often include network and syndicated daytime programs from the U.S., with timeslots adjusted by market to allow the invocation of simsub rights), although they typically schedule at least one original lifestyle or talk show (such as The Marilyn Denis Show and The Social on CTV Television Network , CityLine on Citytv, and The Morning Show on Global), or reruns of other library programs, to help comply with Canadian content quotas. CBC Television devotes its morning schedule to children's educational programming, while

3102-573: The morning news, and "soft" stories on entertainment headlines, lifestyle topics, and local events. Some stations may produce daytime talk shows that are built around advertorials brokered by local businesses. Meanwhile, news channels usually program rolling news coverage with anchors, where a set schedule of stories is followed (as opposed to evening and prime time, which typically focus on opinion-driven programs hosted by pundits ), but can be interrupted at any time for breaking news stories and other live events. Business day similarly falls within

3168-688: The network between September 1994, and July 1995, in order to improve its affiliate coverage in certain markets after the National Football League awarded Fox the contract to the National Football Conference television package. Many of the stations owned by New World (which later merged with Fox's then-parent company News Corporation in July 1996) declined to carry the block in order to air syndicated programs aimed at older audiences or local newscasts. In certain cities with an independent station, or beginning with

3234-434: The program. It was later renamed as Fox All Access (in effect, growing up with its original audience) and served primarily as a promotional vehicle for Fox television programs, current artists, and films in its later years, before eventually ending its run in 2012. Daytime television Daytime is a block of television programming taking place during the late-morning and afternoon on weekdays. Daytime programming

3300-439: The remainder is typically devoted to reruns of other CBC programs, and imported programs from the UK and Australia (the network's most recent attempt at a daytime lifestyle show, The Goods , was cancelled in 2018. Although it had done so in the past, CBC no longer carries syndicated U.S. programming. Local newscasts may also air during the daytime period, typically featuring continuing coverage of events that had occurred since

3366-503: The rumors of a major restructure had already begun. After Fox Family Worldwide was sold to The Walt Disney Company in July 2001, Fox Kids was placed under the oversight of Fox Television Entertainment and moved its programming operations to Fox's headquarters on the 20th Century Fox studio lot; Fox discontinued daytime children's programming in December 2001, giving the time back to its affiliates. In addition, from September 2001 until

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3432-436: The series. In November 2014, it was announced that Mandel told a crowd at Comikaze that plans to revive the series were in motion. In May 2018, Mandel again made reference to his efforts to get the series revived in an interview with Entertainment Weekly's Dave Quinn. During its original run, Bobby's World was seen on Fox Kids . After it was cancelled in 1998, reruns began airing on Fox Family until 2001. The series

3498-405: The show also featured Mandel breaking the " fourth wall " by talking to viewers about the preceding episode. In some part of the episode, Bobby will break the fourth wall by telling the audience his perspective on life. The series' music was by Mark Koval. The theme music was by John Tesh and Michael Hanna. In an April 2006 online interview, Mandel expressed his desire for a possible reboot of

3564-565: The six or so markets where a Fox affiliate carried Fox Kids and carried an early evening newscast at 5:00 PM (such as St. Louis and New Orleans), the station was already running the block an hour early by 1996. Some affiliates (such as WLUK-TV ) would tape delay the block to air between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM, one of the lowest-rated time periods on U.S. television (and when virtually all children 5 years of age and older are at school). A few only aired The Magic School Bus in this sort of graveyard slot as an act of malicious compliance with

3630-495: The summer of 1994 (which were later sold to Emmis Communications in 1996). Those stations all aired early evening local newscasts, but wanted to continue to run general entertainment syndicated programming to lead into their news programs instead of cartoons; these stations opted to run Fox Kids one hour early, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. WGHP stopped airing the block in March 1996 after the station agreed to move it to WBFX (which aired

3696-416: The syndication market, moving them to other "independent" stations. Very few Fox stations aired all three hours of the weekday block in the morning. In 1992, Fox Kids began holding a "TV Takeover" event on Thanksgiving afternoon. When Fox Kids launched, it was carried on virtually all of Fox's owned-and-operated stations and affiliates, with few (if any) declining to carry it. The first Fox station to drop

3762-544: The three series on the same network, Eek! the Cat , The Tick and Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? . Two years later, it was extended further in 1997 to add shows from the CBS , Marvel and Saban libraries. Throughout most of its history, Fox Kids aired several promos for its programs during commercial breaks, with no exact time slots announced for the shows. This was due to the programs airing at different times depending on

3828-510: The time slot, similar to those like first-run syndicated programs and/or PBS ' PTV and later, PBS Kids block at the time). By the fall of 1992, Fox Kids increased its schedule to three hours on Monday through Fridays, airing usually from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM local time (making Fox the first network to air programming in the 4:00 p.m. hour since 1986), and four hours on Saturdays from 8:00 AM to noon Eastern and Pacific Time (7:00 AM to 11:00 AM Central and Mountain ). Many stations split

3894-628: The voice that would be later used to voice Bobby when he was choking on a piece of cake. Two of Mandel's friends Jim Fisher and Jim Staahl signed an agreement with the Fox Broadcasting Company 's then newly created children's division in 1989. Fisher and Staahl asked Mandel to join them in creating a show based on Mandel's Bobby character and voice. Mandel explained that he believed Fox did not think his stand-up routines were "family entertainment". He, Fisher, and Staahl (co-producers) recalled stories from their childhoods as they discussed

3960-508: The weekday block was discontinued, network flagship stations WNYW and KTTV deferred it to their UPN-affiliated sister stations while continuing to air the block on Saturday mornings. Fox put its children's programming block up for bidding, and 4Kids Entertainment , then-producers of the English dub of Pokémon , purchased the remaining four-hour Saturday time period. Fox Kids maintained a Saturday morning-only schedule until September 7, 2002,

4026-459: The weekday lineup programming into a one-hour block in the morning and a two-hour block in the afternoon (though this varied slightly in some markets), when network programs intertwined with syndicated children's lineups. Other stations aired all three hours combined in the afternoon due to their carriage of local morning newscasts and/or syndicated talk shows; stations that aired such programming in this case had dropped children's programs acquired via

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4092-538: Was available in its entirety on Netflix instant streaming and Kabillion as well. It was available on Amazon Prime Instant Video. Episodes can occasionally be seen in syndication, on a variety of websites, on Netflix or on Comcast 's OnDemand service. In the United States, starting in 1996, the show was open-captioned ; this was intended as an aid to help younger children learn to read. In Canada, it aired on YTV and later, Teletoon Retro . In Russia, it aired on REN-TV , TV-3 and Jetix Play . In Kazakhstan ,

4158-403: Was composed by John Tesh and Michael Hanna. The series follows the daily life of Bobby Generic ( / ˈ dʒ ɛ n ər ɪ k / JEN -ər-ik ), with his very overactive imagination and how he sees the world. The Generic family's surname is pronounced "JEN-uh-rik", but mispronounced as "juh-NEHR-ik" by other characters as a running gag. Howie Mandel explained that he accidentally created

4224-621: Was limited to prime time programming on Saturday and Sunday nights) began the process of launching its own children's programming lineup. Fox Kids was launched on September 8, 1990, as the Fox Children's Network , a joint venture between the Fox Broadcasting Company and its affiliates. Originally headed by division president Margaret Loesch , its programming aired for 30 minutes per day on Monday through Fridays, and for 3 hours on Saturday mornings. In September 1991,

4290-609: Was made for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. It was developed by Riedel Software Productions and published by Hi Tech Entertainment . A Version for the Sega Genesis was in development, but never released. In the game, Bobby's mother tells him to clean his room. As he is cleaning his room, Bobby starts daydreaming about a toy. After beating a level, Bobby has another daydream about another toy that he puts away. Bobby's World

4356-633: Was used again for the web series Fox Kids Movie Challenge , produced by 20th Century Fox for the Fox Family Entertainment YouTube channel despite having no affiliation with the brand. In addition to the program block, Fox Kids had its own radio program in the United States, the Fox Kids Radio Countdown . This two-hour broadcast was hosted by Chris Leary of ZDTV and TechTV fame and consisted of contests and gags, with sound effects incorporated throughout

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