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==History==

===Background===

In 1996, [[Cartoon Network]] created a Sunday morning block of preschool programs, consisting of ''[[Big Bag]],'' a live-action/puppet television program by the [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]], and ''[[Small World (American TV series)|Small World]]'', an anthology of foreign children's shows. ''Big Bag'' and ''Small World'' moved to the 11:00 a.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]] hour on weekday mornings in 1998 before moving back to Sunday mornings later that year. After ''Big Bag'' and ''Small World'' left Cartoon Network's lineup in 2001 and 2002 respectively, an unbranded preschool block on weekday mornings consisting of ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'', ''[[Pecola (cartoonTV series)|Pecola]]'', ''[[Sitting Ducks (TV series)|Sitting Ducks]]'', and ''[[Hamtaro]]'' was created during the 2002-03 television season.

On August 22, 2005, Cartoon Network debuted ''[[Tickle-U]]'', the network's first official attempt at weekday-morning preschool [[Block programming|programming block]]. The block aired from 9 to 11 a.m.<ref>{{cite web |date=22 August 2005 |title=Cartoon Network Unveils 'Tickle U.' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/cartoon-network-unveils-tickle-u |access-date=8 April 2018 |publisher=[[Fox News]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Linn, Susan |date=15 August 2005 |title=Cartoon Network's "Tickle U" Is No Laughing Matter; CCFC Urges Families to Stay Away From New Preschool Programming |url=http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/cartoon-network%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ctickle-u%E2%80%9D-no-laughing-matter-ccfc-urges-families-stay-away-new-preschool |access-date=8 April 2018 |publisher=Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood |archive-date=July 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708022901/http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/cartoon-network%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ctickle-u%E2%80%9D-no-laughing-matter-ccfc-urges-families-stay-away-new-preschool |url-status=dead }}</ref> and featured a mix of domestic and foreign-imported series, with interstitial segments hosted by two [[Computer animation|CGI]] characters: a red [[butterfly]]-like creature named Pipoca (voiced by [[Ariel Winter]]) and a yellow [[rabbit]]-like creature named Henderson (voiced by [[Tom Kenny]]).