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FoxBox

FoxBox

Extracted from the Wikipedia article 4Kids TV.

4Kids TV (often stylized as 4K!DSTV, branded on-screen as 4Kids TV: The Game Station from September 8, 2007 to December 27, 2008, and formerly known as FoxBox from September 14, 2002 to January 15, 2005) was an American television programming block and internet-based video on demand children's network operated by News Corporation and 4Kids Entertainment. It originated as a weekly block on Saturday mornings on the Fox network, which was created out of a four-year agreement reached on January 22, 2002, between 4Kids Entertainment and Fox to lease the four-hour Saturday morning time slot occupied by the network's existing children's program block, Fox Kids. It was targeted at children aged 7–11. The 4Kids TV block was part of the Fox network schedule, although it was syndicated to other broadcast television stations in certain markets where a Fox affiliate declined to air it. HistoryThe block aired a preview special on September 1, 2002, and was formally launched on September 14, 2002, under the name FoxBox, a joint venture between News Corporation and 4Kids Entertainment, replacing Fox Kids, which the network announced it would discontinue as a result of the 2001 purchase of Fox Fa