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Reverted edit from June 9, 2025. Unless an explanation can convince me otherwise, I don't see any logical reason for Think CBS Kids and CBS Kidshow to be lumped together. Not a single TV show in common, one being an all live-action programming block, the other all cartoon. |
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In an effort to compete with other action series at the time, ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' was revamped into a more action-oriented series with less comedy, and along with new shows ''[[WildC.A.T.s (TV series)|WildC.A.T.s]]'' and ''[[Skeleton Warriors]]'' was grouped into a new sub-block, "Action Zone", which premiered in September 1994. The sub-block featured a fly-through robotic style pre-opening that eventually segued into the show's opening title sequence. ''WildC.A.T.s.'' and ''Skeleton Warriors'' went off the air at the conclusion of the 1994-1995 season, at which time the sub-block was discontinued although ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' individually retained the Action Zone brand and bumpers until that series ended its run on the network in 1997.
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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.
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''Think CBS Kids'' as a whole suffered from low ratings, resulting in the network canceling all of the shows after four months and even replacing ''[[Fudge (TV series)|Fudge]]'' immediately with reruns of ''CBS Storybreak'' for the remaining of the season.
===''CBS Kidshow'' (1998–2000)===
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[[File:CBS Kidshow.jpg|thumb|200x200px|CBS Kidshow logo]]
In 1998, CBS began contracting other companies to provide programming material for the network's Saturday morning schedule. The first of these blocks was the ''[[CBS Kidshow]]'' (using the tagline, "The CBS Kidshow: Get in the Act."), which debuted in October of that year and featured programming from the Canada-based animation studio [[Nelvana]]<ref name="Nick Jr. on CBS">{{cite news|title=CBS picks Nick mix|url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/cbs-picks-nick-mix-1117782661/|author=Michael Schneider|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|date=June 15, 2000|access-date=August 13, 2009}}</ref> (such as ''[[Anatole (TV series)|Anatole]]'', ''[[Mythic Warriors]]'', ''[[Birdz (TV series)|Birdz]]'', ''[[Rescue Heroes]]'' and ''[[Flying Rhino Junior High]]''), replacing Think CBS Kids.<ref>{{cite news|title=CTV pacts for 3 Nelvana series|url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/ctv-pacts-for-3-nelvana-series-1117489638/|author=Brendan Kelly|work=Variety|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=December 22, 1998|access-date=August 13, 2009}}</ref> In January 1999, ''[[Franklin (TV series)|Franklin]]'' and ''[[Rupert (TV series)|Rupert]]'' switched networks, with the former moving from the CBS lineup to [[Nickelodeon]]'s preschool block [[Nick Jr. (block)|Nick Jr.]], while the latter moved from Nick Jr. to CBS.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nick vet CBS-bound as nets alter kidvid skeds|url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/nick-vet-cbs-bound-as-nets-alter-kidvid-skeds-1117489365/|author=Joseph Adalian|periodical=Variety|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=December 14, 1998|access-date=June 22, 2006}}</ref>
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