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In 1997, taking advantage of the tightened [[Children's Television Act]] regulations mandated by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] that required broadcasters to carry three hours of educational programming each week, CBS launched an all-"[[E/I|educational/informational]]" Saturday morning lineup for the 1997-98 season, known as ''Think CBS Kids'' (which served as both the block's branding and tagline), replacing CBS Kidz.
The block consisted entirely of live-action series, marking the first time that CBS did not feature animated series within its children's program lineup. Programs included the youth-oriented game show ''[[Wheel 2000]]'' (which aired simultaneously on the [[Game Show Network]]), a magazine series based on ''[[Sports Illustrated Kids|Sports Illustrated for Kids]]'', a revival of the popular PBS television series ''[[The New Ghostwriter Mysteries]]'', the long-running ''Beakman's World'' carried over from CBS Kidz, the second season of ''[[Fudge (TV series)|Fudge]]'', and [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s first regular television series, ''[[The Weird Al Show]]''. ''In the News'' was also briefly revived as part of the ''Think CBS Kids'' block, hosted by CBS Radio News Washington correspondent Dan Raviv (in place of original narrators [[Christopher Glenn]] and Gary Shepard).
At this time, CBS reduced its Saturday morning children's program lineup to three hours, with the launch of the two hour-long ''CBS News Saturday Morning'' (which eventually evolved into the Saturday edition of ''[[The Early Show]]''). Since 1997, like other networks, the scheduling of CBS's children's programming has varied depending on the CBS station (for example, then-affiliate [[KTVT]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]]—now [[owned-and-operated station|owned-and-operated]] by CBS—aired the experimental ''Think CBS Kids'' block from 9:00 to 11:00 A.M. on Saturdays and 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. on Sundays from 1997 to 1998).
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