Cookie Jar Kids Network
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| Type | Defunct weekly/daily block |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Availability | Nationwide, though not in every market |
| Owner | Cookie Jar Entertainment |
Launch date | September 1, 2003 |
| Dissolved | September 17, 2011 |
Former names | DIC Kids Network (2003–2008) The Incredible World of DiC (2003–2008, on-air name) |
The Cookie Jar Kids Network (formerly DiC Kids Network) was a syndicated children's programming block that airs selected Cookie Jar Group shows on local Fox, The CW, MyNetworkTV, and independent stations to provide them with a source of E/I programming required by federal law. The block is known on air as simply Cookie Jar. It was first formed in 2003 as the DIC Kids Network, and was syndicated by Tribune Entertainment from 2003 to 2008, and then by Ascent Media.[1][2] In early 2008, the group announced that they would renew the focus of the block with an emphasis on offering DIC Entertainment programming to additional digital subchannels to meet their E/I needs.[3] On June 20, 2008, it has been announced that DIC Entertainment would be acquired by Canada-based Cookie Jar. On July 23, 2008, the deal was completed, and the block was later relaunched as the Cookie Jar Kids Network. The block ceased to exist on September 17, 2011.
National ad sales for the syndicated blocks were handled by Tribune Entertainment with barter basis available.[4] Ads could have stitched together other programs throughout the three blocks.[5]
History[]
In January 2003, DIC announced three syndicated children's programming E/I blocks called DIC Kids Network with 200 stations including those owned by Tribune, Sinclair, Clear Channel and Cox signed up to carry the blocks. Margaret Loesch and Donald Roberts, a specialist in kids and media at Stanford University, help develop the blocks.[4] By August, 400 stations had signed 3 to 5 year deals. The block was launched on September 1.[5] With its three feeds, DIC Kids was on Fox, The WB and UPN affiliates and out fulfilled the networks' Saturday morning blocks by December 1.[6]
Programming[]
Notes:
-Shows marked with a * do not fulfill E/I requirements.
-The programming premiere and end dates are based on weekday broadcasts.
| Title | Premiere date | End date | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century | September 1, 2003 | September 28, 2006 | |
| April 9, 2008 | August 30, 2008 | ||
| September 29, 2010 | September 17, 2011 | [7] | |
| Stargate Infinity | September 1, 2003 | ||
| All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series | August 27, 2004 | ||
| Sabrina: The Animated Series | November 4, 2003 | ||
| August 30, 2004 | April 5, 2006 | ||
| Archie's Weird Mysteries | September 3, 2003 | July 2004 | |
| October 7, 2005 | September 1, 2007 | ||
| April 6, 2009 | September 2009 | ||
| The Littles | September 5, 2003 | April 4, 2009 | |
| The Berenstain Bears | September 6, 2003 | September 27, 2005 | |
| Sabrina's Secret Life | November 10, 2003 | August 25, 2004 | |
| April 10, 2006 | August 30, 2006 | ||
| October 2, 2006 | August 28, 2007 | ||
| September 5, 2007 | April 5, 2008 | ||
| September 4, 2008 | April 4, 2009 | ||
| Liberty's Kids | July 2004 | September 2009 | |
| September 28, 2010 | September 16, 2011 | [8] | |
| Ace Lightning | September 2, 2004 | [9] | |
| Inspector Gadget's Field Trip | September 3, 2004 | August 30, 2007 | [10] |
| Mummies Alive! * | September 4, 2004 | ||
| Sonic Underground * | |||
| Captain Planet and the Planeteers | January 2005 | [11] | |
| The Smurfs | [12] | ||
| Trollz | October 3, 2005 | August 29, 2006 | |
| September 1, 2008 | September 25, 2010 | ||
| Strawberry Shortcake | September 2006 | July 2007 | |
| Horseland | September 3, 2007 | April 3, 2009 | |
| Madeline | September 1, 2008 | September 17, 2011 | [13] |
| DinoSquad | September 2009 | September 25, 2010 | |
| The Busy World of Richard Scarry | September 21, 2010 | ||
| Wimzie's House | September 16, 2011 | [14] | |
| Noonbory and the Super Seven | September 27, 2010 | September 15, 2011 | [15] |
| Will and Dewitt | [16] |
Lineup[]
All schedules correspond to markets which opted to carry DIC/Cookie Jar programming on weekdays. Except where affiliates opt to carry programming on weekends instead due to scheduling conflicts including paid programming, religious programming, and local morning newscasts. The block offered three separate exclusive programming feeds. This lineup only shows content that fulfill E/I requirements.
1This programming feed is exclusive to The WB 100+ and that feed was intended for areas where they didn't opt to carry DIC Kids Network programming C programs, and it also ran under the Kids' WB brand in those markets. The feed was dropped in late 2005.
2003-2004[]
| Programming | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Sat or Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIC Kids Network programming A | Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century | ||||||
| DIC Kids Network programming B | All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series | The Berenstain Bears | |||||
| DIC Kids Network programming C | Fall | Sabrina: The Animated Series | Archie's Weird Mysteries | The Littles | |||
| Late Fall | Sabrina's Secret Life | ||||||
| Mid-Summer | Sabrina's Secret Life | Liberty's Kids | |||||
| DIC Kids Network programming D1 | Fall | Archie's Weird Mysteries | Sabrina: The Animated Series | Archie's Weird Mysteries | Sabrina: The Animated Series | Archie's Weird Mysteries | The Littles |
| Late Fall | Sabrina's Secret Life | Sabrina's Secret Life | |||||
| Mid-Summer | Liberty's Kids | Liberty's Kids | Liberty's Kids | ||||
2004-2005[]
| Programming | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Sat or Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIC Kids Network programming A | Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century | Ace Lightning | |||||
| DIC Kids Network programming B | The Berenstain Bears | The Littles | Inspector Gadget's Field Trip | ||||
| DIC Kids Network programming C | Sabrina: The Animated Series | Liberty's Kids | |||||
| DIC Kids Network Programming D1 | Liberty's Kids | Sabrina: The Animated Series | Liberty's Kids | Sabrina: The Animated Series | Liberty's Kids | N/A | |
2005-2006[]
Note: The WB 100+ dropped DIC Kids Network programming D in late 2005.
| Programming | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Sat or Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIC Kids Network programming A | Trollz | Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century | Archie's Weird Mysteries | ||||
| DIC Kids Network programming B | The Littles | Inspector Gadget's Field Trip | |||||
| DIC Kids Network programming C | Fall | Sabrina: The Animated Series | Liberty's Kids | ||||
| Mid-Spring | Sabrina's Secret Life | ||||||
| DIC Kids Network Programming D1 | Liberty's Kids | N/A | |||||
2006-2007[]
Note: Most stations transitioned from DIC Kids Network programming C to programming B while other stations dropped programming altogether possibly due to the 2006 United States broadcast television realignment.
| Programming | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Sat or Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIC Kids Network programming A | October | Sabrina's Secret Life | Inspector Gadget's Field Trip | Archie's Weird Mysteries | |||
| DIC Kids Network programming B | Fall | Strawberry Shortcake | The Littles | Liberty's Kids | |||
| Mid-Summer | The Littles | ||||||
2007-2008[]
| Programming | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Sat or Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIC Kids Network programming A | Fall | Horseland | Sabrina's Secret Life | ||||
| Mid-Spring | Horseland | The Littles | Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century | ||||
| DIC Kids Network programming B | Fall | The Littles | Liberty's Kids | ||||
| Mid-Spring | Liberty's Kids | ||||||
2008-2009[]
| Programming | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Sat or Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Jar Kids Network programming A | Fall | Trollz | Sabrina's Secret Life | ||||
| Mid-Spring | Archie's Weird Mysteries | Trollz | |||||
| Cookie Jar Kids Network programming B | Fall | Madeline | Horseland | The Littles | |||
| Mid-Spring | Liberty's Kids | Madeline | |||||
2009-2010[]
| Programming | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Sat or Sun | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Jar Kids Network programming A | The Busy World of Richard Scarry | DinoSquad | ||||||
| Cookie Jar Kids Network programming B | Wimzie's House | Trollz | ||||||
2010-2011[]
| Programming | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Sat or Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Jar Kids Network programming A | Noonbory and the Super Seven | Wimzie's House | Madeline | ||||
| Cookie Jar Kids Network programming B | Will and Dewitt | Liberty's Kids | Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century | ||||
Affiliate list[]
The following is a list of stations, which carried DIC/Cookie Jar Kids Network programming between 2003 and 2009.
Legend[]
- Light purple indicates stations ran DIC Kids Network programming A
- Pink indicates stations ran DIC Kids Network programming B
- Light yellow indicates stations ran DIC Kids Network programming C
- Light indigo indicates stations ran DIC Kids Network programming D
| City of license/market | Station | Affiliation | Owner | Years ran | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise, Idaho | KTRV | Fox | Block Communications | 2003-2007 | KTRV-TV preempted Sabrina's Secret Life, Inspector Gadget's Field Trip, and Archie's Weird Mysteries Monday to Friday in April 2007 due to the station's new two hour weekday morning newscast, leaving Archie's Weird Mysteries as the only DIC Kids Network program to air on that station, which had been airing on Saturdays. |
| KNIN-TV | UPN The CW |
Banks Broadcasting | 2003-2007 | Originally ran on weekdays. Moved to Saturday mornings in late 2004 due to expanded religious programming. This, along with other syndicated E/I programming preempted the Kids' WB programming after the affiliate switch from UPN to The CW in 2006. Kids' WB programming were seen in the Boise market via The CW+ affiliate KNIN-DT2. | |
| KWOB (Cable Only) |
The WB 100+ | Tribune Broadcasting | 2003-2005 | ||
| Boston, Massachusetts | WSBK | UPN | CBS Television Stations | 2003-2005 | |
| WLVI | The CW | Tribune Broadcasting | 2006-2007 | ||
| Charlotte, North Carolina | WWWB WMYT |
The WB MyNetworkTV |
Capitol Broadcasting Company | 2003-2007 | |
| WJZY | UPN The CW |
Capitol Broadcating Company | 2003-2007 | ||
| Chicago, Illinois | WPWR | UPN | Fox Television Stations | 2003-2005 | |
| WGN-TV | The WB The CW |
Tribune Broadcasting | 2005-2007 | ||
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota | WFTC | UPN MyNetworkTV |
Fox Television Stations | 2003-2007 (WFTC) 2007-2008 (WUCW) |
WFTC transitioned DIC Kids Network programming A to The CW-affiliate, WUCW starting in Fall 2007. |
| KMSP-TV WUCW |
Fox | Fox Television Stations | 2003-2006 (KMSP) 2006-2007 (WUCW) |
KMSP transitioned DIC Kids Network programming B to WUCW after the station's affiliate switch from The WB to The CW in September 2006. | |
| KMWB | The WB | Sinclair Broadcast Group | 2003-2006 | ||
| Nashville, Tennessee | WUXP-TV | UPN | Sinclair Broadcast Group | 2003-2006 | |
| Portland, Oregon | KPTV | Fox | Meredith Corporation | 2006-2007 | The Portland market didn't pickup this lineup of DIC programs until September 2006. |
| KPTV KRCW |
Fox The CW |
Meredith Corporation | 2003-2006 (KPTV) 2006-2007 (KRCW) |
KPTV transitioned DIC Kids Network programming B to KWBP in September 2006. | |
| KWBP | The WB | Tribune Broadcasting | 2003-2006 | ||
| Phoenix, Arizona | KAZT-TV | Independent | London Media Group | 2003-2007 | |
| KASW KTVK |
The WB The CW Independent |
Belo Corporation | 2003-2007 | ||
| KUTP KSAZ-TV |
Fox UPN MyNetworkTV |
Fox Television Stations | 2003-2007 | ||
| Spokane, Washington | KAYU-TV | Fox | Stainless Broadcasting Company | 2003-2006 | |
| Tucson, Arizona | KMSB KTTU (TV) |
Fox UPN MyNetworkTV |
Belo Corporation | 2003-2007 | |
| KWBA-TV | The WB The CW |
Cascade Broadcasting Group | 2003-2007 |
References[]
- ^ "program info: Cookie Jar Network A". Ascent Media. Archived from the original on September 13, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
- ^ "program info: Cookie Jar Network B". Ascent Media. Archived from the original on September 13, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
- ^ DIC E/I Block is Back! 2/17/09
- ^ a b Oei, Lily (Jan 28, 2003). "DIC offers kidvid blocks". Variety. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ a b Oei, Lily (August 12, 2003). "DIC sets 3 hours of kid programs". Variety. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ Baisley, Sarah (December 19, 2003). "DIC Kids Network High On Ratings". Animation World Network. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
- ^ "COOKIE JAR KIDS NETWORK B COOKIE JAR GENERIC FORMAT SHERLOCK HOLMES IN THE 22nd CENTURY" (PDF). Ascent Media. Retrieved October 2, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "COOKIE JAR KIDS NETWORK B COOKIE JAR GENERIC FORMAT LIBERTY'S KIDS" (PDF). Ascent Media. Retrieved October 2, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Got it Need it: DKN looks out-of-house to refresh its lineup".
- ^ "Got it Need it: DKN looks out-of-house to refresh its lineup".
- ^ "Got it Need it: DKN looks out-of-house to refresh its lineup".
- ^ "Got it Need it: DKN looks out-of-house to refresh its lineup".
- ^ "COOKIE JAR KIDS NETWORK A COOKIE JAR GENERIC FORMAT THE NEW ADVENTURES OF MADELINE" (PDF). Ascent Media. Retrieved October 2, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "COOKIE JAR KIDS NETWORK A COOKIE JAR GENERIC FORMAT WIMZIE'S HOUSE" (PDF). Ascent Media. Retrieved October 2, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "COOKIE JAR KIDS NETWORK A COOKIE JAR GENERIC FORMAT NOONBORY & THE SUPER 7" (PDF). Ascent Media. Retrieved October 2, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "COOKIE JAR KIDS NETWORK B COOKIE JAR GENERIC FORMAT WILL & DEWITT" (PDF). Ascent Media. Retrieved October 2, 2010.[permanent dead link]
See also[]
- Cookie Jar TV (Cookie Jar's former Saturday morning children's block on CBS)
- Cookie Jar Toons (Cookie Jar's former daily children's block on This TV)
- Television programming blocks
- WildBrain