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In September 1993, the block was rebranded as ''CBS Saturday''. The block was later rebranded as ''CBS Toontastic TV'' in 1994, ''CBS Saturday Morning'' in 1995, and ''CBS Kidz'' in 1996. Additional live-action and animated programs that aired on the block around this time included ''[[Beakman's World]]'', ''[[Beethoven (TV series)|Beethoven]]'', ''[[The Mask: Animated Series]]'', ''[[The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat]]'', and ''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV series)|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]''.

During the early and mid-1990s, through a partnership between the networkCBS and [[The Walt Disney Company]], [[Disney Television Animation|Walt Disney Television Animation]] provided much of CBS's animated programming (in addition, Disney partnered with CBS for some of its holiday specials such as ''[[Happy New Year, America]]'' and ''The All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade''). The partnership led to, among other shows, several adaptations of recent Disney films (such as ''[[The Little Mermaid (TV series)|The Little Mermaid: The Series]]'', ''[[Timon & Pumbaa (TV series)|Timon & Pumbaa]]'' and ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin: The Series]]'') appearing on CBS's Saturday morning lineup. These series also aired concurrently on the syndicated animation block [[The Disney Afternoon]].

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===''Nick Jr. on CBS''/''Nick on CBS'' (2000–2006)===

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After CBS's programming agreement with Nelvana ended in 2000, the network subsequently entered into a deal with [[Nickelodeon]] (which became a sister property to CBS, as a result of one-time CBS subsidiary-turned-media conglomerate [[Viacom (original)|Viacom]]'s merger with the network) to air programming from the [[Nick Jr. (TV programming block)|Nick Jr. block]] under the banner ''Nick Jr. on CBS''.<ref name="Nick Jr. on CBS"/> The block debuted on September 16, 2000, hosted by Face, the animated host/mascot originated on the flagship Nick Jr. block. The lineup was rebranded as simply ''Nick on CBS'' on September 14, 2002, as the block incorporated live-action and animated Nickelodeon series aimed at older children in addition to the Nick Jr. series. The older-skewing Nickelodeon series were removed from the block on September 11, 2004, refocusing the block back exclusively toward preschooler-oriented series; the block also began incorporating interstitial hosted segments featuring Piper O'Possum.