10 Facts About UPN Kids

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UPN Kids was an American children's programming block that aired on UPN from September 10,1995 to September 5,1999.

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UPN Kids launched on September 10,1995 with a one-hour block of cartoons consisting of Space Strikers and Teknoman.

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3.

Unlike NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox and The WB, UPN ran its weekend morning children's programs on Sundays instead of Saturdays.

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4.

On September 8,1996, UPN Kids expanded the block to 2 hours with four new programs, which consist of Jumanji, The Mouse and the Monster, The Incredible Hulk and Bureau of Alien Detectors.

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5.

In 1997, UPN Kids incorporated live-action series aimed at teenagers, along with the animated shows targeted at a younger audience, with the addition of reruns of the syndicated dramedy series Sweet Valley High and a new comedy series, Breaker High .

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In January 1998, UPN Kids began discussions with The Walt Disney Company to have the company program a daily two-hour children's block for the network; however attempts to reach a time-lease agreement deal with Disney were called off one week later due to a dispute between Disney and UPN Kids over how the block would be branded and the amount of programming compliant with the Federal Communications Commission's educational programming regulations that Disney would provide for the block.

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7.

UPN Kids then entered into discussions with then-corporate sister Nickelodeon .

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8.

UPN Kids had an agreement with Saban Entertainment – the distributor of Sweet Valley High and Breaker High – to program the Sunday morning block for at least one year shows such as Fantastic Four, Iron Man, X-Men, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Spider-Man and Beetleborgs soon joined the schedule.

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In March 1998, UPN Kids resumed discussions with Disney and the following month, The Walt Disney Company agreed to develop a weekday and Sunday morning children's block for the network.

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10.

UPN Kids aired for the last time on September 5,1999, and was replaced by Disney's One Too the following day.

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