CBS Family

CBS Family is an American television block and basic cable and satellite channel, with the block version airing on CBS/Comedy Central/MTV and UPN, It premiered on March 14, 2001. The block and channel seem as a revival of CBS’ Saturday Morning Cartoon Block. It usually airing mainly programming from Nickelodeon, MTV (censored), Nick@Nite, The N/TEENick/Teen Nick, Nick Jr., Filmation/Classic Media, Classic Paramount Cartoons, Harvey Comics, and Toei Animation, Buena Vista Television/Miramax Television (2001-2010), and Touchstone Television. They also airing content from other companies.

History
It started back in the early 90s, CBS had a block called: CBS Kidz. They thought that the block wasn’t enough so they came up with CBS Family.

In 1999, Viacom acquired the rights to multiple anime from Toei Animation. Then later that year they acquired a few live action shows from Buena Vista and Miramax until 2010. However Miramax still remains and so does Touchstone.

Launch of the network and block
The launch is similar to the opening of HBO's Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child. But instead the logo is replaced by the CBS Family logo then at the time mascot Piper the Pixie (voiced by Lacey Chabert) waves her wand to reveal the classic blue logo with the slogan read by Whoopi Goldberg.

The block launched on the UPN network on February 17, 2000 airing the 2000 theatrical short, Marcia's Date with Disaster as apart of the CBS Family Groovyvision Hour.

Mascots
There are a number of mascots that were used for the block and network.
 * Piper the Pixie (voiced by Lacey Chabert) - Piper is a pixie who was one of the original mascots from 2001 to 2004. She returned for the 20th anniversary special. She enjoys eating sweets and shopping.