History Creator / PBSKids

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', the second longest-running animated series on American TV after ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

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[[https://pbskids.org PBS Kids]] is a [[KidsBlock children's]] [[UsefulNotes/BlockProgramming television programming block]] of {{Edutainment Show}}s on Creator/{{PBS}} that launched in 1993. It has aired on many, if not all, PBS affiliates. While most shows on the block are distributed to affiliates by PBS themselves, at times shows from American Public Television (which distributes shows to public TV stations outside of the PBS system) have been on the block; in some cases, local stations have broadcast APT-sourced shows under the PBS Kids branding (or a localized variant thereof), even if they were never a part of the national PBS schedule.

* ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'' (another series to be co-produced with a major Hollywood studio, in this case Creator/{{Universal}} as they own the ''Curious George'' animation rights)

* SaturdayMorningCartoon: The ''Bookworm Bunch'' was PBS's first (and only) Saturday morning cartoon block.[[note]]Some stations air PBS Kids shows on weekend mornings, while others air {{cooking|show}} and [[HomeAndGarden DIY]] shows.[[/note]] Some stations chose to air the block on Sundays instead.

* SaturdayMorningCartoon: The ''Bookworm Bunch'' was PBS's first (and only) Saturday morning cartoon block. Some stations chose to air the block on Sundays.

* ''City Island'' (series of animated shorts)

* ''Work It Out Wombats!''

* RogerRabbitEffect: Happens once in a while in a few of the bumpers that combine live action footage with animated PBS shows. For instance, the "Action Pig" bumper features WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} in it with some live-action kids and a live-action pig. A rare 2005 PBS Kids ident with the Be More branding (which was used by PBS then) has Dot and Dash in it, Though most of it is live action. There is also Clifford from ''WesternAnimation/CliffordtheBigRedDog'' in the ident.

* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' (Animated spin-off of ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'')

* LastOfHisKind: Following the shutdown of Creator/{{qubo}}, PBS Kids became the last over-the-air channel dedicated to children's programming. PBS is also the only over-the-air broadcast network to show programming aimed at children 2-12, as the others have resorted to teen-oriented {{edutainment show}}s, mainly from Litton Entertainment.

* ''Signing Time!''

* LastOfHisKind: Following the shutdown of Creator/{{qubo}}, PBS Kids became the last over-the-air channel dedicated to children's programming. PBS is also the only over-the-air broadcast network to show programming aimed at children 2-12, as the others have resorted to teen-oriented EdutainmentShows, mainly from Litton Entertainment.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: This happens with the PBS Kids [=YouTube=] videos, specifically the full episodes. Whenever they upload a new episode of a particular show, previous episodes of that show will be deleted. For example, when the ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' episode "Piano Problem; Bongo-Lympics" premiered on the [=YouTube=] channel, "A Big Favor For Grampy; A Fair Way To Bounce" got deleted to make room for it.

Up until November 2013, it also ran PBS Kids Sprout, a cable channel aimed at preschoolers, alongside Creator/SesameWorkshop, Creator/NBCUniversal (previously Comcast, but became a part of NBCU as result of the former's purchase of it), and Apax Partners (former owners of Creator/HiTEntertainment); it had replaced the little-known 24/7 PBS Kids Channel (which ran from 1999 to 2005, mostly seen on [=DirecTV=]). A number of the listed programs no longer airing regularly on most PBS stations (and even shows that never aired on PBS anywhere in the first place) could be seen on Sprout. About two years after NBCU bought its stake, the company bought the network outright, rechristening it Creator/{{Sprout}}. Until September 2016, Sprout itself ran a Saturday morning block on semi-sister station NBC called NBC Kids, with another block on NBC's Spanish network Telemundo called [=MiTelemundo=]. In September 2017, Sprout was rebranded as Creator/UniversalKids, and had dropped most of the PBS shows that were still on the channel at that point in favor of original programing and other acquired shows.

PBS Kids is a [[KidsBlock children's]] [[UsefulNotes/BlockProgramming television programming block]] of {{Edutainment Show}}s on Creator/{{PBS}} that launched in 1993. It has aired on many, if not all, PBS affiliates. While most shows on the block are distributed to affiliates by PBS themselves, at times shows from American Public Television (which distributes shows to public TV stations outside of the PBS system) have been on the block; in some cases, local stations have broadcast APT-sourced shows under the PBS Kids branding (or a localized variant thereof), even if they were never a part of the national PBS schedule.

The block started under the name PTV, which was used as a way to gather all children's programming on PBS under one centralized branding. Interstitials aimed at younger children featured the P-Pals, or anthropomorphized PBS logos as the mascots (voiced by such names as Oscar J. Castillo, Levar Burton, Fran Drescher, and Jerry Nelson, among others), in the fictional setting of "PTV Park". There were also live-action and music video interstitials aimed at older children, which did not feature the P-Pals and typically aired in the afternoon. However, in order to create a further distinction between programming for the younger and older demographics, another block was created in 1996 aimed at the latter group, known as The Game. It featured interstitials with a stop-motion animated board game set, and included such programming as ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''.

* TheArtifact: Despite the major facelift for the 2013 bumpers, Dash still retains the old design theme on the logo.

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[[caption-width-right:291:Current PBS Kids logo as of 2022.]]
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* ''Rosie's Rules''