Children's programming on NBC: Difference between revisions

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==1947-1956==

In 1947, NBC's first major children's series was ''[[Howdy Doody]]'', one of the era's first breakthrough television shows and [[Meet The Press]] airing [[Little League World Series]]. The series, which ran for 13 years, featured a frecklefaced [[marionette]] and a myriad of other characters and hosted by [[Buffalo Bob Smith|"Buffalo" Bob Smith]]. Howdy Doody spent most of its run on weekday afternoons.

==1956-1992==

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*''[[ALF: The Animated Series]]'' (1987–1989)

*''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks (TV series)|Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' (1983–1991)

*''[[Astro Boy]]'' (1966–1978)

*''[[Beyblade]]''

*''[[Beany and Cecil]]'' (1971–1976; 1979–1983; 1988–1992)

*''[[Big John, Little John]]'' (1976–1977)

*''[[Belle and Sebastian (TV series)]]'' (1987-1988)

*''[[Camp Candy]]'' (1989–1990)

*''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'' (1989–1992)

*''[[Chip and Pepper's Cartoon Madness]]'' (1991–1992)

*''[[Dr. Slump]]'' (1984-1989), (1998-1999)

*''[[Fraggle Rock (animated TV series)|Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series]]'' (1987–1988)

*''[[The Gary Coleman Show]]'' (1982–1983)

*''[[The Gummi BearsGatchaman]]'' (1985–1989broadcast with Independent)

*''[[The Gummi Bears]]'' (1985–1989)

*''[[I'm Telling!]]'' (1987–1988)

*''[[It's Punky Brewster (TV series)|It's Punky Brewster]]'' (1985–1987)

*''[[The Karate Kid (TV series)|The Karate Kid]]'' (1989–1990)

*''[[Kid 'n Play]]'' (1990–1991)

*''[[Kidd Video]]'' (1984–1987)

*''[[Kissyfur]]'' (1986-1987)

*''[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|Land of the Lost]]'' (1974–1977)

*''[[The New Adventures of Flash Gordon]]'' (1979–1980)

*''[[The New Archie and Sabrina Hour]]'' (1977)

*''[[Mazinger Z]]'' (1984-1986)

*''[[Nobody's Boy Remi]]'' (1983-1984) (later on [[Jetix (US]] now [[Disney XD]])

*''[[The Pink Panther Show]]'' (1969–1978)

*''[[Return to the Planet of the Apes]]'' (1975–1976)

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*''[[The Ruff and Reddy Show]]'' (1957–1958)

*''[[The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|The Smurfs]]'' (1981–1990)

*''[[Snorks]]'' (1984–1989)

*''[[Space Ace]]''

*''[[The Wonderful of Wizard of OZ (1986 TV series)]]'' (1988-1989)

*''[[Space Kidettes]]'' (1966–1967)

*''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]'' (1981–1986)

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===Notable programming===

On Saturday, September 9, 2006, NBC started airing the following qubo programs: ''[[VeggieTales]]'', ''[[Dragon (TV series)|Dragon]]'', ''VeggieTales Presents: [[3-2-1 Penguins!]]'', ''[[Babar (TV series)|Babar]]'', ''[[Jane and the Dragon (TV series)|Jane and the Dragon]]'', and ''[[Jacob Two-Two (TV series)|Jacob Two-Two]]'', [[Machine Robo Rescue]]'' and ''[[Postman Pat]]''. Initially, the ''VeggieTales'' broadcasts did not feature the religious content that appears on the videos before and after the main feature, since the block is designed to educate all viewers. This has drawn criticism for the block and NBC in particular from the conservative watchdog group [[Parents Television Council]], as well as ''VeggieTales'' co-creator [[Phil Vischer]], who claims that he was unaware of the intent to edit out religious content when the program was acquired for qubo.<ref>{{Cite news

| last = Associated Press | date = 22 September 2006 | year = 2006 | title = God references quashed; 'VeggieTales creator steamed

| periodical = CNN.com | series = Entertainment News | place = Los Angeles, California, United States | publisher = CNN