WB Kids

WB Kids, short for Warner Bros. Kids, is both an American Saturday morning children's television block and basic cable and satellite channel, with the block version airing on The CW premiering on July 27, 2019, replacing , and the channel version four months after the block premiered. The block and channel serve as a revival of , airing mainly programming from Warner Bros. Animation,, and Cartoon Network, also airing select content from other companies.

Confirmation
In May 2018, Litton Entertainment had confirmed that they'll end all the blocks due to their low ratings and several messages complaining about the lack of Saturday Morning blocks, moving its programming to knowledge-themed networks on cable television. Later, after the confirmation, The CW wanted to come up with a new Saturday morning programming block aimed for children.

In June 2018, WarnerMedia teamed up with select companies to launch a new block for the channel. After several discussions, the channel announced the intent to relaunch the now-defunct Kids' WB, being this time named WB Kids, named after the website. Immediately, WB Kids was announced and born. A day before New Year's Day, The CW placed its first look in its Facebook account.

On March 2019, the first promo for the block aired on TV and was posted on YouTube with thousands and thousands of likes, mostly where the most-beloved Kids' WB block is being revived with a different name. The next month, both Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios had plans to create original series for the block. Thereby, (although first aired on Cartoon Network), The Chronicles of Collin the Speedy Boy was officially labeled as the first WB Kids original series. In addition, other companies including studios outside of U.S. would also produce original series for WB Kids while also creating it for their own countries.

On June of the same year, a month before the block premiere, the full starting lineup for the block was confirmed. The next month, the block finally premiered.

Launch of the block
The block was launched on The CW on Saturday, July 27, 2019, replacing  after five years of existence. The launch sequence was inspired by 's (one of The CW's predecessors) launch sequence, with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (both voiced by Jeff Bergman) discussing about who will launch the block. The camera then panes over to an animated version of Ryan Curcwald (voiced by himself) drawing Collin the Speedy Boy (voiced by Matthew Mercer) in a notepad, coming thereafter to life, launching the block. The first program to air was the 1951 Looney Tunes short  as part of the Acme Hour block.

The block not only was given largely favorable reviews from critics and viewers, but was also proven to be successful on the launch day, being viewed by both kids and adults.

Launch of the channel
Due to positive reviews, successful views and heavy fan demand, WB Kids was confirmed to get its own 24/7 hr. channel operated by Turner Broadcasting System as a sister channel to Cartoon Network and Boomerang by November 2nd, 2019.

Programs
See List of WB Kids (block) programs and List of WB Kids (TV channel) programs.

Programming blocks
See /Blocks.

Idents/Promos
See WB Kids/Idents and promos transcripts.

Content agreements

 * WarnerMedia
 * Warner Bros. Entertainment
 * Warner Bros. Pictures (family films only)
 * New Line Cinema (family films only)
 * Warner Animation Group (select films only)
 * Warner Bros. Animation
 * (animated films and series only)
 * Cartoon Network
 * Sony Pictures Entertainment
 * Columbia Pictures (family films only)
 * TriStar Pictures (family films only)
 * Sony Pictures Animation
 * NBCUniversal
 * Universal Studios (family films only)
 * DreamWorks Animation
 * Illumination Entertainment
 * Universal Animation Studios
 * DreamWorks Animation Television
 * Paramount Pictures (select films only)
 * (select films only)
 * Walt Disney Pictures
 * Walt Disney Animation Studios
 * DisneyToon Studios
 * Pixar Animation Studios
 * 21st Century Fox (pending acquisition by Disney)
 * 20th Century Fox (family films only)
 * Blue Sky Studios
 * MGM Holdings
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (family films only)
 * DHX Media
 * Corus Entertainment
 * Hasbro
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (family films only)
 * DHX Media
 * Corus Entertainment
 * Hasbro
 * Hasbro
 * Hasbro

United Kingdom and Ireland
The United Kingdom version of the channel was launched on April 2020, replacing Boomerang +1. The channel is owned by Turner Broadcasting System Europe.

Canada
A Canadian version of the block was launched in September 2019 on Global Television Network as a partnership between Global's parent company Corus Entertainment and WarnerMedia. In addition, Corus also launched a Canadian version of the channel in January 2020, serving as a sister channel to Cartoon Network Canada.

Latin America
A Latin American version of the channel was launched in January 2020, replacing Tooncast. Besides that, it is also featured as a block on Imagen Televisión in Mexico, Chilevisión and in Chile and El Trece in Argentina.

Korea
The Korean version version of the channel premeired on March 2020, and has the Korean translation in the bottom of the normal WB Kids logo. At this time, it is currently unknown if it will have the WB Kids block or not.

Schedule
For the block schedule, click here: WB Kids/Schedule.

And for the channel version of the schedule, click here: WB Kids/Channel Schedule.

TV rating
Note that most of the shows are rated TV-Y7 (and TV-Y7-FV), but there are a few shows that are rated TV-PG (select Cartoon Network shows and films only).
 * TV-Y (preschool shows)
 * TV-Y7 (and TV-Y7-FV, most shows)
 * TV-PG (some Cartoon Network shows and most theatrical films)

Slogan

 * Your new favorite cartoon place! (July-December 2019; despite the slogan receiving favorable reviews, this slogan was short-lived)
 * This is WB Kids! (January-March 2020)
 * Where fun never ends! (March 2020-present)
 * Ain't we stinkers?! (comedy programming)
 * Fuel up! (action programming)

Critical response
The block version received favorable reviews from critics. It was praised for its lineup, look and design, while the channel version received critical acclaim.

Trivia

 * The lineup promo had the Walther PPK song, These Are the Days.
 * This song had been recycled in some of the other promos (like the new channel promo and the New Year on WB Kids promo).
 * Interestingly, in the lineup promo, the Looney Tunes shorts, the Tom and Jerry shorts and the Droopy shorts are not shown, despite being in the block.
 * It is the first children's Saturday morning cartoon block since the now-defunct NBC Kids.
 * When one of the shows, The Jungle Bunch, was moved from Sprout (it was rated TV-Y when it aired in that channel) to WB Kids, the show was re-rated TV-Y7 when it aired on the premiere day.
 * Curiously, Turner already has the broadcasting rights for the series in select countries.
 * After the success of the block, this has became a renaissance of Saturday Morning kids blocks.
 * Interestingly, on the on-screen bug as a block, the on-screen says "WB Kids on The CW".
 * However, on the channel, the on-screen bug will have just the WB Kids logo.
 * The website link was www.wbkidstv.com to avoid confusion to the link to the original non-TV WB Kids website. There are games, videos, activities (including papercraft-like figures called WB Kids Paper Buddies, coloring pages, crafts and etc.).
 * Currently, it is the only block in the Saturday Morning Renaissance group to have a channel version.
 * Three of the shows, Skunk Fu!, Chloe's Closet and Animal Mechanicals premeired on Nov. 2, the same day where the channel version premeires.
 * Unlike the original Kids' WB block, both the block and the channel use CN City-like bumpers with CGI backgrounds by Rainmaker Entertainment.