Fox Kids is one of Saturday morning cartoons networks in FOX. Originally a joint venture between the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox) and its affiliated stations, it was later owned by Fox Family Worldwide.
Fox Kids originated as a programming block that aired on the Fox network from September 8, 1990 to September 7, 2002. The block aired on Saturday mornings throughout its existence (Sunday mornings in Canada), with an additional block on Monday through Friday afternoons airing until January 2002. Fox Kids is the only form of daytime television programming, outside of sports, aired by the Fox network to date. Following then-Fox parent News Corporation's sale of Fox Kids Worldwide to The Walt Disney Company in July 2001, Fox put the remaining Saturday morning timeslot up for bidding, with 4Kids Entertainment winning and securing the rights to program that period. The Fox Kids block continued to air until September 7, 2002, and was replaced the following week (on September 14) by the 4Kids-programmed FoxBox.
In January 2004, almost three years after The Walt Disney Company acquired Fox Family Worldwide (now called ABC Family Worldwide) and more than a year after Fox Kids shuts down and replaced by the unrelated FoxBox in every Fox-affiliated TV stations, ABC Cable Networks Group revived and rebranded Fox Kids as Jetix (stylized in all caps) to helped strengthen its then operations into a single force. It was launched on February 14, 2004 (Valentine's Day) on ABC Family and Toon Disney to compete against Cartoon Network's own Toonami. In August 2004, it was also launched as a TV channel in some countries. In Autumn 2006, ABC Family stop airing and Toon Disney becomes the exclusive home for Jetix. Even though it was commercially successful, Jetix was discontinued when Toon Disney was eventually rebranded and revamped as Disney XD on February 13, 2009 due to The Walt Disney Company's focus on its "Disney," "ABC," and "ESPN" brands. Thus, ending the entire saga of Fox Kids/Jetix altogether.
Outside the United States, the first Fox Kids-branded television channel launched on October 1, 1995, on Foxtel in Australia. Beginning in 2004, the international and Latin American channels were gradually relaunched under the Jetix brand following Disney's acquisition of Fox Family Worldwide in July 2001.
Universal Studios Shows aired on Fox Kids[]
- The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996-1998)
- Toonsylvania (1998-2000)
- Young Hercules (1998-1999)
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999-2002)
- Alienators: Evolution Continues (2001-2002)
