''Toonturama'' is an American
children's
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programming block
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Overview
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that airs on the
Spanish-language
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television network
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UniMás
UniMás (, stylized as ''UNIMÁS'', and originally known as TeleFutura from its launch on January 14, 2002, to January 6, 2013) is an American Spanish free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The network's programming, which is ...
(formerly known as Telefutura Network) which debuted on January 15, 2002 ("Mi Tele") and January 19, 2002 ("Toonturama" and "Toonturama Junior"). The four-hour block—which airs
Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Eastern Time
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and
Pacific Time
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—features
live action
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and
animated series
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aimed at children between the ages of 2 and 14. It was the network's attempt to have a Saturday morning block.
Programs featured on the block consist of a mixture of series originally produced in Spanish and
dubbed versions of series that were originally produced and broadcast in
English
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. All shows featured on ''Toonturama'' are designed to meet federally mandated educational programming guidelines defined by the
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) via the
Children's Television Act
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.
History
Mi Tele
On December 15, 2001, UniMás (then known as Telefutura) plans to announced that it would debuted three children's programming blocks with the new weekday and Saturday and Sunday morning cartoon blocks was premiered on January 15 ("Mi Tele"), and January 19, 2002 ("Toonturama" and "Toonturama Junior"), one day after the network was launched on January 14. Featuring live-action and animated series aimed at children between the ages of 2 and 14. It was plans to launch a new block, as part of the programming consisting four to eight shows for 30-minute episodes and aimed at marking the first time that exclusively animated cartoons for different youth audiences.
The first children's block, "Mi Tele" ("My TV"), a two-hour animation block on weekday mornings featuring a mix of imported Spanish-language cartoons such as ''
Fantaghiro'' and ''El Nuevo Mundo de los Gnomos'' ("
The New World of the Gnomes
''The New World of the Gnomes'' (Spanish: ''El Nuevo Mundo de los Gnomos'') is a Spanish animated adventure series produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional and Televisión Española. It was a spin-off of the series '' The World of David the G ...
"), as well as the originally produced in English as the Zodiac Entertainment cartoon series, ''
Mr. Bogus
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'' and the Nelvana cartoon series, ''
Anatole'' debuted on January 15, 2002.
Later on March 15, 2002, the ''Mi Tele'' originally cartoon block were ended. The following week on Monday, the featuring with the youth-targeted children's
telenovela
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s (''
Carrusel'', ''
Luz Clarita
''Luz Clarita'' () is a Mexican telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa. The series is a remake of ''Andrea Celeste'' and '' Chispita''. It premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on 30 September 1996 and ended on 21 February 1997. ...
'', ''
Gotita de Amor
''Gotita de amor'' (''Droplet of Love'') (known as ''Chabelita'' in some territories) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Nicandro Díaz González for Televisa in 1998. Is a remake of 1978 Brazilian telenovela ''Pingo de gente''.
On Monday, ...
'' and ''
Rayito de Luz
''Rayito de luz'' (English: ''Ray of Light''), is a Mexican childhood telenovela. Alejandro Speitzer and Alan star as the protagonists, while Delia Casanova star as the antagonists. This soap opera is based on the book ''Marcelino pan y vino'' of ...
'') airs on the block beginning on March 18, 2002, as part of the update scheduled programming.
Though the block was intended to air on weekday morning on the holidays some of the years. However, some of the youth-targeted novelas aired on ''Mi Tele'' block weekday morning or ''Toonturama'' weekend morning cartoon block will delayed in order next week and full schedule on Sunday due to the network will picking line-up with all of the holidays and family movies marathon with the attempt of animated movies by
Warner Bros.
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Telefutura Network has distribution and acquired the rights to air on the Warner Bros. animated series within movies by
Warner Bros. Animation
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,
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
and
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ) was an American animation studio and production company which was active from 1957 to 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to c ...
such as ''
Scooby-Doo
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'' ("
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
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" and "
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
''Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost'' is a 1999 American direct-to-video animated supernatural horror comedy film, and the second of the direct-to-video films based upon Hanna-Barbera's ''Scooby-Doo'' Saturday morning cartoons. It was produced by ...
"), ''
Looney Tunes
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The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
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"), ''
Tom and Jerry
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'' ("
Tom and Jerry: The Movie"), ''
The Jetsons
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'' ("
Jetsons: The Movie") and ''
Batman: The Animated Series'' ("
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm").
On December 24, 2002, Telefutura Network acquired the rights to the popular Warner Bros. Animation television cartoon series, ''
Animaniacs
''Animaniacs'' is an American animated comedy musical television series created by Tom Ruegger for Fox Broadcasting Company's Fox Kids block in 1993, before moving to The WB in 1995, as part of its Kids' WB afternoon programming block, unti ...
'', and it was partly for this reason why some of Telefutura's most popular programs (most notably ''Animaniacs'') were mainly not included as part of the "Mi Tele" or "Toonturama" block, especially during the more open-formatted cartoon block era. However, the network was added in the feature-length direct-to-video movie as the Spanish-dubbed language including ''
Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish'' was aired on the holiday movie briefly in 2002 to 2005.
On August 7, 2007, ''Mi Tele'' ended its run, its last program being ''
Mujeres Engañadas
''Mujeres engañadas'' (English: ''Deceived Women'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Emilio Larrosa for Televisa in 1999-2000. The telenovela tells the story of four couples who live in the same apartment building.
On Monday, October 25, 199 ...
'' were discontinued.
Telefutura kept some of the programming on the second children's cartoon block ''Toonturama'' until September 30, 2012.
Toonturama
On January 19, 2002, Telefutura Network (now UniMás) is a two separate known as occupied by the children's programming blocks named, "Toonturama" and "Toonturama Junior" were launched. – It was first four hours of the secondary weekend schedule which features some programs compliant with Federal Communications Commission and educational programming requirements – on the airs for four-hours each Saturday and Sunday mornings at 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time, the other remaining weekend time periods are filled with
Informercial
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s. The introduced a new logo with font text (Rat Fink Heavy) with different colors (red and black with the extruded font, and white text for "Toonturama") alongside bumpers and promos with the
CGI computer-animated and controlled by
TelevisaUnivision USA (formerly Univision Communications; same as the block was launched as "
Planeta U
''Planeta U'' (English: ''"Planet U"''), usually referenced as ''Tu Planeta U'' (''"Your Planet U"'') is an American children's programming block that airs on the Spanish language television network Univision, which debuted on September 15, 2001. ...
" on September 15, 2001, which is designer along with the 3D computer-animated with bumpers and promos on
Univision
Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...
), where was tasked with overhauling Univision, Telefutura and Galavisión's Saturday and Sunday morning lineup in order to compete against the arch-rival network,
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language Terrestrial television, terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Television and Streaming#NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a divi ...
weekend children's block, "
Telemundo Kids
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".
The block included a four-hour lineup that consisted mainly of dubbed versions of American, Canadian, and European animated series came the network opted to fully program the block with shows acquired from various programming production companies and distributors. After the network premiered on January 14, 2002, in the next day, Telefutura entered into a programming three-year agreement with the Canada-based animated studio
Nelvana
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(owned by
Corus Entertainment
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) to program the "Mi Tele" and "Toonturama" block for the first US network deal with the Spanish-dubbed aired on the block has originally produced in English including ''
Anatole'', ''
Ned's Newt
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'', ''
Stickin' Around
''Stickin' Around'' is a Canadian animated children's television series produced by Nelvana and created by Robin Steele and Brianne Leary. The series originally aired from August 14, 1996 until April 13, 1998. ''Stickin' Around'', originating as ...
'', ''
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'', ''
Mythic Warriors
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'', ''
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
''Tales from the Cryptkeeper'' is an animated horror children's television series made by Canadian studio Nelvana. The series was broadcast on YTV in Canada and on ABC in the United States, and on ITV in the United Kingdom.
It was based on th ...
'' and ''
The Dumb Bunnies
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'', as well as the Japanese
anime
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series (such as ''
Lost Universe
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'', ''
Tenchi Universe
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'', and ''
Red Baron
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'') as part of its inaugural lineup.
''Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'' and ''Tales from the Cryptkeeper'', was the only exception that two cartoons series are previously aired with the original English predecessor premiered on September 18, 1993, from the both networks,
CBS
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and
ABC
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
's children block on Saturday morning cartoons. On February 8, 2002, Telefutura began discussions and partnership with the Madrid-based animation studio
BRB Internacional
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to have the company program a daily two-hour children's block for the network, segment line-up scheduled from the series featured in the block produced in
Spain
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, i ...
(such as "Super Models" and "Yolanda: Daughter of the Black Corsair").
Later in 11 days, Telefutura will be including the changing time zone on the program scheduled from 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eastern/Pacific Time Zone in update, including the three former ''Mi Tele'' cartoon shows were moved to ''Toonturama'' including ''The New World of the Gnomes'', ''Mr. Bogus'' and ''Anatole'' (after week on the first block, ''Mi Tele'' with cartoon were ended in March 15) will be offer date premiered on March 23, 2002, until December 29, 2002.
On February 25, 2002, Telefutura acquired the rights to
Zodiac Entertainment
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(via
Carlton
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; which is previously cartoons are executive production in the UK), was the new block featured several first-run dubbed versions of original series from production by Zodiac and Calico (owned by
World Events Productions
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, was the first-time previously aired on the originally Univision's block such as ''
Voltron: Defender of the Universe'' and ''
Denver, the Last Dinosaur
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''), during the addition of the cartoon series and featured archived content from the programming library such as ''
Mr. Bogus
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'' and ''
Widget the World Watcher
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''.
On October 6, 2002, Telefutura was completely removed from the Madrid-based BRB Internacional's two cartoon series such as "The New World of the Gnomes" and "Super Models", ahead of the expiry of Telefutura's program supply deal with BRB Internacional for the passed ten-months, due to sale was brokered by Miami's
Venevision International
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CMD is a Spanish-language Entertainment com ...
(now
Cisneros Media
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CMD is a Spanish-language Entertainment com ...
). Venevision International's inked a two-year deal to rep BRB's catalog in North America and Latin America outside
Mexico
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. The network was changed the schedule and replaced by two Nelvana cartoon series (including "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs" and "Tales from the Cryptkeeper") briefly which is premiered as rerun in the following week.
However, Telefutura was caring over of the BRB Internacional-produced shows to the block offer next year.
In January 2003, Telefutura acquired the rights and plans to contract with North Hollywood-based
Film Roman
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, and added its first time in nearly two-years of the former Univision children's cartoon program as part of the block, "¡De Cabeza!" three cartoon shows (the network previously aired the three Film Roman-produced series from 2000 to 2001, before it was moved to sister network Telefutura, now UniMás). Featuring based on
Felix the Cat
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characters from the popular television animated series, ''
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
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''. The second line-up cartoon starring
Bruce Willis
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, a character voice from the series, ''
Bruno the Kid
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'', as well as based on the popular
video game franchise
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0–9
*''1080° Snowboarding''
*''1942''
*''3D Ultra Minigolf''
*'' 3-D Ultra Pinball''
*'' ...
series by
Midway Games
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as ''
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm''.
In August 2003, Telefutura under the contract with
HIT Entertainment
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in UK,
Junior
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Films
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and EM.TV & Merchandising AG in Germany, premiered as a one-hour block for many of which came from the block as the preschool television series, ''
Bob the Builder
''Bob the Builder'' is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment and Hot Animation. The series follows the adventures of Bob, a building contractor, specialising in masonry, along with hi ...
'', ''
Fairy Tale Police Department
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'' and ''
Mummy Nanny''. Later in next month, the block introduced animated cartoon program with entered into an agreement with Toadbag Productions, including the new popular children's animated series, ''
Toad Patrol
''Toad Patrol'' is a Canadian animated series created by George and Peggy Sarson. It premiered on October 2, 1999, on Teletoon and on September 7, 2002, on Toon Disney.
Although it was aimed at young children, it found a following among pre-t ...
'' (also known in Spanish as "Patrulla de Sapitos"), was an exception to the dubbing as it needed to use an English dub to fix translation issues. The series was originally aired and it was almost exclusively carried for the animated series as ran from September 6, 2003, to March 11, 2012.
[
As of January 8, 2005, Telefutura removed from the Canada-based Nelvana shows (including "Ned's Newt", "The Dumb Bunnies" and Tales from the Cryptkeeper"), due to the network was changed the schedule listing update to being dropped from the lineup block. However, the rival network, Telemundo's children's block, "Telemundo Kids" added '' Jacob Two-Two'' has previously aired with its Spanish dub premiered on January 9, 2005, before Telemundo was under contract with Nelvana. "Jacob Two-Two" was the only carried over to the block's direct successor and transition to Telemundo's ]Qubo
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block ("Qubo en Telemundo"; along with NBC
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and Ion Television
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) debut on September 9, 2006, included a three-hour Saturday and Sunday morning block on the network in 90-minute blocks.
In September 2005, Telefutura added the four cartoon shows for each Saturday morning schedule was pulling and it was entered into an agreement with the Australian-based children's media production, Australian Children's Television Foundation
The Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) is a national non-profit children's media production and policy hub.
The ACTF helps develop children's television policy; distributes and pays for Australian children's television series; ...
line-up such as ''Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers
''Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers'' is an animated musical children's television series and the Australian Children's Television Foundation's (ACTF's) first joint venture under the Distinctly Australian Program introduced by the Australian Pr ...
'' and the one CINAR
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(now WildBrain
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) series, ''Flight Squad
''Flight Squad'' (''Air Academy'' in French) is an animated television series produced by the CINAR Corporation (now WildBrain), Antéfilms Productions, and Neurones Animation. The show has 26 episodes were produced.
Plot
A team of daredevil p ...
''. In Sunday morning, including the popular Universal Cartoon Studios
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cartoon series, '' Problem Child'', was based on the 1990 film by Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...
and "Zipi y Zape". In 2007, Telefutura reached a deal with National Geographic
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, as of remain added with the brand nature
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television series, ''Really Wild Animals
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''. It was the network changed the name, and renamed as "Toonturama Presenta: La Vida Animal" (in English, "Toonturama Present: Animal Life"), were the last "Toonturama" cartoon series to be added to the block on November 4, 2007.
The block aired for the final time and ended its run on September 30, 2012, without any announcement of its closure, and it was quietly replaced by the children's live-action documentary and nature series, while the network was carried of the preschool children's Spanish-language adaptation, ''Plaza Sésamo'' until 2016, when it was following week on October 7, 2012. As a result, Telefutura discontinued airing animated programming, making it the network not to air cartoon series within its children's program lineup. On September 9, 2018, in an agreement with Animaccord Animation Studio
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The company became recognized for its hit animated property, Masha and ...
in Russia
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, the network launched the popular Russian cartoon ''Masha and the Bear
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'', airing it every Sunday morning.
Toonturama Junior
The two-hour companion block that preceded it on Saturday and Sunday mornings within "Toonturama" sub-block, "Toonturama Junior", was launched on January 19, 2002. The sub-block was featuring programs aimed at preschoolers that fulfilled educational programming requirements defined by the Federal Communications Commission's Children's Television Act (the block aired with including originally distributors by Venevisión
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History
The company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establish ...
in Venezuela such as '' El Club de Los Tigritos'', as well as ''Rugemania'', and Televisa
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In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...
in Mexico including ''El Espacio de Tatiana'' and ''El Cubo de Donalú'').
The sub-block was the preschool-age children like its competitors with Univision's sister-network, Galavisión
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As of February 2015, a ...
's live-action preschool block, " Galamiguitos". Among the programs featured preschool children series on "Toonturama Junior" was ''Plaza Sésamo
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'' ("City Square Sesame"), Televisa and Sesame Workshop
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's Spanish-language adaptation of ''Sesame Street
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'' featuring a mix of original segments featuring characters based on its U.S.-based parent series and dubbed interstitials from the aforementioned originating program, which had aired on Univision since 1995 (ahead to the original "Planeta U" block since 2001 to 2003) after a seven-year run and passed on the U.S. television rights to Telefutura at its launch.
Programming
Scheduling variances and pre-emptions
All of the programs aired within the block featured content compliant with educational programming requirements as mandated by the Children's Television Act. Though the block was intended to air on weekday mornings and Saturday and Sunday mornings, some UniMás affiliates deferred certain programs aired within the block to Saturday and Sunday afternoons, including tape delayed the entire block in order to accommodate local weekend morning newscasts, "Miami Ahora" (which is simulcast of the Univision's owned-and-operated, WLTV-23 in Fort Lauderdale
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/Miami) or other programs of local interest (for example, then-affiliate KTFQ
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in Albuquerque, New Mexico, – now owned-and-operated by Entravision
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– aired the Toonturama block from timeslot at 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) Monday to Friday afternoons due to select national sports broadcasts (especially in the case of 2002 FIFA World Cup
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and/or 2006 FIFA World Cup
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soccer tournaments) or the network airing with the consisted of feature films including all of the Hollywood movies earlier attempt daytime or all of the animated holiday movies produced by Warner Bros. (via Warner Bros. Animation
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, DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
and Hanna-Barbera
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) and MGM scheduled in earlier timeslots to comply with the E/I regulations. Alleviating stations carrying UniMás network programming via that feed from the responsibility of purchasing the local rights to such as paid programs.
† - Indicates that the program ran on Univision
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prior to the block/program moved to "Toonturama" block within Saturday and Sunday mornings.
‡ - Indicates that the original Univision's "¡De Cabeza!" block program moved to Telefutura for its series premieres.
Current programming
Former programming
Acquired programming
Notes
See also
* Planeta U
''Planeta U'' (English: ''"Planet U"''), usually referenced as ''Tu Planeta U'' (''"Your Planet U"'') is an American children's programming block that airs on the Spanish language television network Univision, which debuted on September 15, 2001. ...
- The weekend morning children's block on Univision
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.
* Galamiguitos - The preschool block on Galavisión
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As of February 2015, a ...
.
* Univision y Los Niños - The Monday to Friday and Saturday morning block on Univision from 1989 to 1990.
* La Piñata Loca
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- The host of George Ortuzar
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from Saturday and Sunday morning block on Univision from 1996 to 2000.
References
External links
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Television programming blocks in the United States
2002 American television series debuts