Credit to OThree V for the Paramount Kids logo.
Paramount Kids is an American pay television network and children's program block that is owned by the Paramount Global through its Paramount Media Networks division. The network broadcasts children's programming and takes the branding of the sister company, Paramount Pictures. The channel and block mostly features animated shows and a few live-action shows under Paramount and a few select third-party programs. It primarily aimed at children and teenagers.
The block and channel airing mainly programming from Paramount Animation, Miramax Animation, Games Animation, Worldwide Comics, and Nickelodeon, also airing select content from other companies.
History[]
Confirmation[]
On February 9, 2017, Viacom announced that Spike TV would be rebranded as Paramount Network in 2018 and move its headquarters to Paramount Pictures in Hollywood to give the network a closer association with the film studio. This was part of a restructuring plan by new Viacom CEO Bob Bakish to refocus the majority of its media business around six flagship brands, which included Paramount, BET, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., and MTV. Later, after the announcement, Viacom also announced that they planned to come up with a new Saturday morning programming block for Paramount Network, which it will aimed for children.
In March 2017, Viacom teamed up with select companies to launch a new block for the channel. After several discussions, the channel announced the intent to launch a brand-new children's program block Paramount Kids. Immediately, Paramount Kids was announced and born. On September 30, 2017, Spike placed its first look in its Facebook account.
On November 2017, the first promo for the block aired on TV and was posted on YouTube with thousands and thousands of likes. The next month, Paramount Television Animation and Nickelodeon Animation Studio had plans to create original series for the block. Thereby, (although first aired on Nick Jr.), Natalia's Story Tales was officially labeled as the first Paramount Kids original series. In addition, other companies including studios outside of U.S. would also produce original series for Paramount Kids while also creating it for their own countries. Later in the same month, Power Rangers was confirmed to be moving from Nickelodeon to the block. Viacom acquired the broadcasting rights to pre-2006 Paramount Television Animation and Games Animation from CBS Corporation until the re-merger in 2019.
On February 7, 2018, a month before the block premiere, the full starting lineup for the block was confirmed. The next month, the block finally premiered.
Launch of the block[]
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Launch of the channel[]
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Mascots[]
Like Paramount Kids Magazine, the channel has two mascots: a young girl named Malia (voiced by Grey Griffin) and a happy-go-lucky star named Lucky (voiced by Tom Kenny), both being created by Sparkles and Gloom creators Melissa Wolfe and Anne Walker. They primarily announce the upcoming cartoons, host the blocks and host special events as well.
Programming[]
- Main article: List of programs broadcast by Paramount Kids (block) and List of programs broadcast by Paramount Kids (TV channel)
Its schedule consists of animated and live-action series aimed at the child and teenager demographic. The network has an array of original series produced by Paramount Television Animation and non-original series that are suitable for the targeted age.
Programming blocks[]
- Paramount Kids for Real - TBD.
- Paramount Saturday Classics – a programming block on Saturday broadcasting older shows, made way before the network's founding.
- Miramax Mondays – a programming consisting of animated series produced under Miramax. Starting in late 2020.
- Paramount's Flicks Movies - a weekend programming block that airs theatrical and direct-to-video movies (both animated and live-action) from Paramount and some other film studios.
Seasonal[]
- Christmas with Malia and Lucky - from December 1st to December 26th, Malia and Lucky celebrate the Christmas season.
- All Hallow's Eve - from October 1st to November 1st, Malia and Lucky try to celebrate Halloween while also dealing with a group of monsters.
Related networks and services[]
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| Service | Descriptions |
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| Paramount Kids HD | The availability of 1080i high-definition viewing launched with the standard definition feed of the channel on July 7, 2018. Modern and current programming is produced and broadcast in HD while older shows are upscaled to fit the format |
| Paramount Kids on Demand | Paramount Kids on Demand is the channel's video-on-demand service that offers select episodes of its original series. |
| Paramount Kids Pluto TV | Launched May 1, 2019, Paramount Kids Pluto is one of several free versions of ViacomCBS channels that were introduced on Pluto TV shortly after Viacom acquired the advertiser-supported service in January 2019. It carries mostly archival programs from Paramount Kids' library. |
| Paramount+ | The streaming service of Paramount Global, Paramount+ houses a majority of Paramount Kids' content following its rebrand from CBS All Access in 2021. |
International versions[]
United Kingdom and Ireland[]
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France and Francophone Africa[]
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Spain[]
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Portugal and Lusophone Africa[]
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Europe, Middle East and Africa[]
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Canada[]
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Australia[]
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Latin America[]
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Asia[]
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Korea[]
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Japan[]
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China[]
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TV rating[]
Note that most of the shows are rated TV-Y7 (and TV-Y7-FV), but there are a few shows that are rated TV-PG (select films only)
- TV-Y (preschool shows)
- TV-Y7/TV-Y7-FV (most shows)
- TV-G (some shows and G-rated films as well)
- TV-PG (some shows and most theatrical films)
Slogan[]
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Trivia[]
- Both the block and the channel have a characteristic 7-note tune as its jingle, strongly resembling the final notes of 2012 Paramount Pictures logo.
- It is the first children's Saturday morning cartoon block since now-defunct NBC Kids.
- After the success of the block, this has started a renaissance of Saturday Morning kids blocks.
- The Paramount Television Animation closing logo has been modified after the launch of the channel. While it retains the 2006 logo, "Television Animation" is now written by a cartoon hand.
- For Noveltoons and general productions, "Television Animation" is written by Friendly Fox, for films-based productions, it is written by Meredith, for Toony Tales and Games Animation productions, it is written by Reed Dog, for Worldwide Comics productions, it is written by Blooper and for CBS productions (since 2019), it is written by Mighty Mouse.
- Due to its popularity, the channel spawns into a variety of stuff: radio, a magazine, a comic books, a soundtrack, video games, and an Pluto TV channel.