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{{Infobox programming block
| name = 4Kids TV
| image = 4kidstv Gamestation.png
| caption = "The Game Station" logo used from September 8, 2007 to December 27, 2008
| premiered = {{start date|September 14, 2002}}
| closed = {{end date|December 27, 2008}}
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| parent = [[4Licensing Corporation|4Kids Entertainment]]
| channel = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| replaced = [[Fox Kids]]
| replaced_by = {{ubl|[[Weekend Marketplace]] (2008)|[[Xploration Station]] (2014)}}
| time_running = 8am-Noon
| formerly_known = FoxBox (2002–2005)
}}
'''4Kids TV''' (often stylized as '''4K!DSTV''' and formerly known as '''FoxBox''' from September 14, 2002 to January 15, 2005) was an American [[programming block|television programming block]] and [[Internet]]-based [[video on demand]] children's network operated by [[4Kids Entertainment]]. It originated as a weekly block on [[Saturday morning cartoon|Saturday mornings]] on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]], which was created out of a four-year agreement reached on January 22, 2002, between 4Kids Entertainment and Fox to lease the five-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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2002-0122.pdf|title=4Kids Entertainment Wins Bid To Program Fox Broadcasting Network's saturday Morning Block|website=4kidsentertainment.com|date=January 22, 2002|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614221556/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2002-0122.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2006}}</ref> The 4Kids TV block was part of the Fox network schedule, although it was [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] to other broadcast [[television station]]s in certain markets where a Fox affiliate declined to air it.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1011554227818140560|title=Fox, 4Kids Approach Deal For Children's Programming|last=Flint|first=Joe|date=January 20, 2002|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref>
==History==
[[File:Foxbox.png|thumb|The "FoxBox" logo used from September 14, 2002 to January 15, 2005]]
The 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 the Fox Broadcasting Company and 4Kids Entertainment,<ref name="4kidsentertainment">{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2002-0514.pdf|title=What's inside the Fox Box? 4Kids Entertainment Launches An All-New Kind Of Kids Broadcast Network Starting September 14, 2002 |website=4kidsentertainment.com|date=May 14, 2002|access-date=August 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614221747/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2002-0514.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=4Kids buys 4 hours from Fox Kids|url=https://variety.com/2002/tv/news/4kids-buys-4-hours-from-fox-kids-1117858752/|author=Paula Bernstein|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 18, 2002|access-date=August 13, 2009}}</ref> replacing [[Fox Kids]], which the network announced it would discontinue as a result of the 2001 purchase of [[ABC Family Worldwide|Fox Family Worldwide]] by [[The Walt Disney Company]] (which resulted in much of the content featured on the block moving to Disney's networks and blocks).<ref>{{cite web|title=Disney buys Fox Family|url=http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/07/23/deals/fox_disney/|work=[[CNN Money]]|date=July 23, 2001|access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref> The block was rebranded as '''4Kids TV''' on January 22, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fox Box To Be Rebranded 4KIDS TV|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2005-01-18/fox-box-to-be-rebranded-4kids-tv|work=Anime News Network|date=January 18, 2005|access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref> 4Kids Entertainment was fully responsible for the content of the block and collected all of the advertising revenue accrued from it.<ref name=":0" /> However, Fox's [[standards and practices]] department still handled content approval and responsibility of editing the series to meet FCC broadcast standards.
The programming block aired on Saturday mornings in most areas of the [[United States]], though some stations carried it on Sundays (often due to scheduling conflicts resulting from the block airing on stations affiliated with other minor networks that had their own older children's anime program blocks which competed with FoxBox/4Kids TV, including the [[Kids' WB]] on [[The WB]] and later [[The CW]], and for its first year, the [[Disney's One Too]] block on [[UPN]]). On October 2, 2007, 4Kids Entertainment announced it would program a competing Saturday morning lineup for The CW, the new block, The CW4Kids (later renamed [[Toonzai]], with the original name becoming a secondary brand), premiered on May 24, 2008, replacing the [[Kids' WB]] programming block, which had been carried over to The CW from one of its predecessors, [[The WB]], when it launched on September 23, 2006. The block was renamed as [[Toonzai]] on August 14, 2010, and continued to air until it ended August 18, 2012, being replaced by [[Vortexx]] a week later and the block continued to air until it ended on September 27, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=CW Turns Over Saturday Morning to 4Kids|url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/10/cw_turns_over_saturday_morning.php|work=TelevisionWeek|date=October 2007|access-date=August 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502130708/http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/10/cw_turns_over_saturday_morning.php|archive-date=May 2, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=CW turns to 4Kids on Saturdays|url=https://variety.com/2007/digital/markets-festivals/cw-turns-to-4kids-on-saturdays-1117973235/|author=Michael Schneider|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 2, 2007|access-date=August 12, 2012}}</ref>
On November 10, 2008, 4Kids Entertainment announced that 4Kids TV would conclude at the end of the year due to intervening conflicts between Fox and 4Kids, as the latter company had not paid the network for the time lease for some time, while the network was unable to maintain the guaranteed 90% clearance for the block due to affiliate refusals and an inability to secure secondary affiliates to carry the programming in markets where the Fox station denied clearance for the block. 4Kids TV ended on December 27, 2008, ending Fox's nearly two-decade commitment to children's animation programming.<ref>{{cite news|title=4Kids Entertainment Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results and Settlement of Fox Litigation |url=http://app.quotemedia.com/data/newsItem.htm?webmasterId=92403&storyId=14004012&topic=KDE |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090227133036/http://app.quotemedia.com/data/newsItem.htm?webmasterId=92403&storyId=14004012&topic=KDE |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 27, 2009 |work=QuoteMedia.com |date=November 10, 2008 |access-date=December 16, 2015 }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2019}} Fox announced that the four-hour time period would no longer be used for children's programming, owing that it was no longer viable due to the insurmountable competition from children's [[cable television|cable]] channels (such as [[Nickelodeon]], [[Cartoon Network]], and [[Disney Channel]]).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/business/media/25kidstv.html|title=Fox Ends Saturday-Morning Cartoons|date=November 24, 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 18, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On January 3, 2009, the network gave two hours of the programming time that the 4Kids TV block occupied back to its affiliates, while the other two hours would be retained by the network for a [[informercial|paid programming]] block titled ''[[Weekend Marketplace]]'', which replaced 4Kids TV on January 3, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Longform Ads Replace Kid Fare on Fox|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/longform-ads-replace-kid-fare-on-fox-1117996360/|author=Michael Schneider|work=Variety|date=November 23, 2008|access-date=January 11, 2009}}</ref> The 4KidsTV logo now only exists as the [[production logo|closing logo]] for 4Kids Entertainment for shows produced by the company distributed outside of the [[United States]] (particularly those made before the 2012 auction of most of 4Kids' assets to [[Saban Capital Group#Saban Brands|Saban Brands]]).
Fox would reverse course and indirectly resume airing children's programming for the first time since 4Kids TV ended through an agreement announced on December 17, 2013, when it signed a deal with [[Steve Rotfeld Productions]] to launch ''[[Xploration Station]]'', a two-hour block of live-action educational programs focused on the [[STEM fields]], which debuted on September 13, 2014. As the block accounts for two of the three weekly hours of educational programming required by the [[Federal Communications Commission]]'s [[Children's Television Act]], the Fox affiliates that opted against airing 4Kids TV, Fox Kids, or ''Weekend Marketplace'' (including those [[Fox Television Stations|owned by the network]] that were acquired through its 1996 merger with [[New World Communications]] and those acquired through that deal that were owned by [[Tribune Broadcasting]], now [[Nexstar Media Group]]) elected to run ''Xploration Station'' as it is an E/I-compliant lineup syndicated primarily to the network's affiliates, relieving them of taking on the full burden of purchasing educational programming aimed at children from the [[broadcast syndication|syndication market]] (although some Fox stations, including those owned by the [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]—the vast majority of its stations had carried Fox's previous children's blocks, decided to decline the block anyway due to existing commitments to syndicated programs compliant with Children's Television Act recommendations).<ref>{{cite web|title=Fox Stations Add SRP's Two-Hour STEM Block|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/syndication-and-distribution/fox-stations-add-srps-two-hour-stem-block/128024|author=Paige Albiniak|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |date=December 17, 2013|access-date=June 29, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/18/steve-rotfield-clears-new-science-and-technology-two-hour-ei-block-with-fox-station-group/223509/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222140946/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/18/steve-rotfield-clears-new-science-and-technology-two-hour-ei-block-with-fox-station-group/223509/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2013|title=Steve Rotfield Clears New Science and Technology Two Hour E/I Block With FOX Station Group|author=Amanda Kondolojy |work=[[TV by the Numbers]] |date=December 18, 2013|access-date=June 29, 2014}}</ref>
As of 2024, some former 4Kids TV shows (such as ''[[Chaotic (TV series)|Chaotic]]'' (only in Spanish), ''[[Dinosaur King]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe: Sigma 6]]'', ''[[Sonic X]]'', and various entries in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' franchise) are made available to stream on the free ad-supported [[Tubi]] streaming service, which launched on April 1, 2014 and was later acquired by [[Fox Corporation]] on April 20, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anime |url=https://tubitv.com/category/anime |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Tubi |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Jill |date=2020-04-20 |title=Fox Closes Purchase Of Tubi In Day Of Streaming Deals |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/fox-closes-tubi-streaming-purchase-1202912935/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Outside of Tubi, ''Sonic X'' is also available on [[Amazon Prime Video]], [[Hulu]], [[Crackle (service)|Crackle]], and [[Netflix]] as of December 2019, though the latter two services only carry seasons 1 and 2. In addition, ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' is made available to stream on both the free ad-supported [[Pluto TV]] and subscription-based [[Paramount+]] streaming services owned by [[Paramount Global]] following that property's 2009 acquisition by [[Nickelodeon]], while the English-language version of ''Chaotic'' is on [[NBCUniversal]]'s [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] streaming service.
==Programming==
===Former programming===
====FoxBox====
=====Original programming=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!Premiere date
!End date
!Source(s)
|-
|''[[Ultraman Tiga]]''
|rowspan=4|September 14, 2002
|March 1, 2003
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment"/>
|-
|''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' '''‡'''
|January 15, 2005
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment.com"/>
|-
|''[[Ultimate Muscle]]'' '''‡'''
|May 22, 2004
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment"/>
|-
|''[[Fighting Foodons]]''
|August 30, 2003
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment"/>
|-
|''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' '''‡'''
|February 8, 2003
|January 15, 2005
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment.com"/><ref name="4kidsentertainment"/><ref name="4Kids"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2006-0201.pdf|title=4Kids Entertainment Announces New Setting For Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Television Series Beginning Fall 2006|website=4kidsentertainment.com|date=February 1, 2006|access-date=August 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614225620/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2006-0201.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|''[[WMAC Masters]]''
|July 5, 2003
|August 30, 2003
|
|-
|''[[Sonic X]]'' '''‡'''
|rowspan=2|August 23, 2003
|January 15, 2005
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment.com"/>
|-
|''[[Funky Cops]]''
|July 3, 2004
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment.com"/>
|-
|''[[Shaman King (2001 TV series)|Shaman King]]'' '''‡'''
|August 30, 2003
|January 15, 2005
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment.com"/><ref name="4Kids"/>
|-
|''[[Cubix|Cubix: Robots for Everyone]]''<sup>E/I</sup>
|September 6, 2003
|June 12, 2004
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2003-0520.pdf|title=Fox Box Uncrates '03-'04 Season Line-Up Kids Will Be Jumping Inside The Fox Box This Fall|website=4kidsentertainment.com|date=May 20, 2003|access-date=August 22, 2016
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614222726/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2003-0520.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Winx Club]]''<sup>E/I</sup> '''‡'''
|May 22, 2004
|rowspan=3|January 15, 2005
|<ref name="4Kids"/><ref name="4kids.com"/>
|-
|''[[F-Zero: GP Legend (anime)|F-Zero GP Legend]]'' '''‡'''
|September 4, 2004
|<ref name="4Kids"/>
|-
|''[[One Piece (1999 TV series)|One Piece]]'' '''‡'''
|September 18, 2004
|<ref name="4Kids">{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2004-0901.pdf|title=4Kids Entertainment Announces new lineup for Fox Box Fall 2004 One Piece And F-ZERO -- Gp Legend Added To Fox Box Lineup|date=September 1, 2004|access-date=August 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614224026/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2004-0901.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2006}}</ref>
|}
=====Acquired programming=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!Premiere date
!End date
!Source(s)
|-
|''[[Stargate Infinity]]''<sup>E/I</sup>
|September 14, 2002
|March 15, 2003
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment" />
|-
|''[[The Cramp Twins]]''{{efn|name=cramp|Although acquired, 4Kids was the exclusive license and merchandising holder for the series in the United States.}} '''‡'''
|February 8, 2003
|January 15, 2005
|
|-
|''[[Pirate Islands]]''
|March 8, 2003
|August 2, 2003
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2003-0227.pdf|title=Fox Box Adds Pirate Islands To Line-Up |website=4kidsentertainment.com |date=February 23, 2003|access-date=August 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614222520/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2003-0227.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Back to the Future (TV series)|Back to the Future]]''<sup>E/I</sup>
|March 22, 2003
|August 30, 2003
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2003-0313.pdf|title=4Kids Entertainment Adds Emmy Award Winning Show "Back To The Future" To Fox Box Lineup|website=www.4kidsentertainment.com|date=March 13, 2003|access-date=August 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614222556/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2003-0313.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Martin Mystery]]''
|May 8, 2004
|June 19, 2004
|
|-
|''The Menu'' '''‡'''
|June 5, 2004
|September 11, 2004
|
|}
=====Short-form programming=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!Premiere date
!End date
!Source(s)
|-
|''[[The Incredible Crash Dummies#Film and television|Incredible Crash Dummies]]''
|September 18, 2004
|2005
|<ref name="4Kids"/>
|}
'''‡''' - Program transitioned to 4Kids TV
====4Kids TV====
=====Original programming=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!Premiere date
!End date
!Source(s)
|-
|rowspan=3|''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' '''†'''
|January 22, 2005
|August 6, 2005
|
|-
|July 8, 2006
|January 6, 2007
|
|-
|June 21, 2008
|rowspan=2|December 27, 2008
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment.com"/>
|-
|''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' '''†'''
|rowspan=6|January 22, 2005
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment.com"/><ref name="4kidsentertainment"/><ref name="4Kids"/>
|-
|''[[One Piece (1999 TV series)|One Piece]]'' '''†'''
|November 12, 2005
|
|-
|''[[Shaman King (2001 TV series)|Shaman King]]'' '''†'''
|September 3, 2005
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment.com"/><ref name="4Kids"/>
|-
|''[[Winx Club]]''<sup>E/I</sup> '''†'''
|December 27, 2008
|<ref name="4Kids"/><ref name="4kids.com"/>
|-
|''[[F-Zero: GP Legend (anime)|F-Zero GP Legend]]'' '''†'''
|March 5, 2005
|<ref name="4Kids"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Sonic X]]'' '''†'''
|June 3, 2006
|-
|May 5, 2007
|December 27, 2008
|<ref name="4Kids"/>
|-
|''[[Tokyo Mew Mew|Mew Mew Power]]''
|February 19, 2005
|July 22, 2006
|<ref name="4kids.com"/>
|-
|''[[Ojamajo Doremi|Magical DoReMi]]''<sup>E/I</sup>
|August 13, 2005
|August 19, 2006
|<ref name="4kids.com"/>
|-
|''[[G.I. Joe: Sigma 6]]''
|August 27, 2005
|December 30, 2006
|<ref name="4kids.com"/>
|-
|''[[Ultimate Muscle]]'' '''†'''
|June 10, 2006
|August 19, 2006
|<ref name="4kidsentertainment"/>
|-
|''[[Viva Piñata (TV series)|Viva Piñata]]''
|August 26, 2006
|August 2, 2008
|
|-
|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
|September 2, 2006
|August 25, 2007
|
|-
|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters]]''
|September 9, 2006
|November 25, 2006
|
|-
|''[[Chaotic (TV series)|Chaotic]]''
|October 7, 2006
|December 27, 2008
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2006-0930.pdf|title="ENnter The Code" 4Kids Tv Launches New Animated SEries Chaotic|website=4kidsentertainment.com|date=September 30, 2006 |access-date=August 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022200232/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2006-0930.pdf|archive-date=October 22, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kids.tv/buzz/view/all_new_chaotic_premieres_on_fox_this_saturday_sept_13th |title=All New Chaotic Premiered on FOX Saturday, Sept. 13th |website=.4kids.tv.com |date=September 11, 2008 |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201190759/http://www.4kids.tv/buzz/view/all_new_chaotic_premieres_on_fox_this_saturday_sept_13th |archive-date=February 1, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kids.tv/buzz/view/new_chaotic_marrillian_invasiontrade_exclusive_world_premiere/comments |title=New Chaotic: M'arrillian Invasion&trade: Exclusive World Premiere |website=4Kids.tv.com |date=September 10, 2008 |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201195227/http://www.4kids.tv/buzz/view/new_chaotic_marrillian_invasiontrade_exclusive_world_premiere/comments |archive-date=February 1, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''
|September 1, 2007
|June 14, 2008
|
|-
|''[[Dinosaur King]]''
|September 8, 2007
|September 6, 2008
|
|-
|''[[The Adrenaline Project]]''<sup>E/I</sup>
|September 29, 2007
|April 5, 2008
|
|}
=====Acquired programming=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Title
!Premiere date
!End date
!Source(s)
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[The Cramp Twins]]''{{efn|name=cramp}} '''†'''
|January 22, 2005
|February 12, 2005
|-
|June 10, 2006
|August 19, 2006
|
|-
|''[[Alien Racers]]''
|May 7, 2005
|July 23, 2005
|
|-
|''The Menu'' '''†'''
|July 9, 2005
|August 27, 2005
|
|-
|''[[Bratz (TV series)|Bratz]]''
|August 20, 2005
|April 7, 2007
|<ref name="4kids.com">{{cite web|url=http://4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2005-0907.pdf|title=4Kids Entertainment Announces 2005 Fall Lineup For 4Kids TV |website=4kidsentertainment.com|date=September 7, 2005|access-date=August 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614225233/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2005-0907.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4kidsentertainment.com:80/docs/news/2005-0719.pdf|title=4Kids Entertainment And MGA Entertainment Announce Bratz Television Show To Be Broadcast On 4Kids TV |website=4kidsentertainment.com|date=July 19, 2005|access-date=August 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614225040/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/docs/news/2005-0719.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Di-Gata Defenders]]''
|July 28, 2007
|rowspan="2"|December 27, 2008
|
|-
|''[[Biker Mice from Mars (2006 TV series)|Biker Mice from Mars]]''
|August 9, 2008
|
|}
'''†''' - Program transitioned from FoxBox
==4KidsTV.com==
===Online network===
4Kids launched an online video player on its website on September 8, 2007, and gradually added full-length episodes as well as additional video clips and online-exclusive content.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20070911005285/en/4Kids.tv-Relaunches-Conjunction-Sixth-Season-4Kids-TV|title=4Kids.tv Relaunches in Conjunction with Sixth Season of 4Kids TV on Fox|publisher=[[Business Wire]]|date=September 11, 2007|access-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref>
==Relationship with Fox and broadcast ambiguities==
The block had a somewhat infrequent relationship to the Fox network. The programming was produced for Fox and offered to the network's [[owned-and-operated station]]s and [[network affiliate|affiliates]] first, so the Fox station in any given area had the [[right of first refusal]]. In the event that a Fox affiliate or in some cases, an O&O of the network—opted not to carry 4Kids TV, the block then became available for the local broadcast rights to be acquired by another television station. In fact, it was due in part to these carriage ambiguities that 4Kids dissolved the block in 2008, as they had been promised clearance on at least 90% of Fox's stations.
Most of Fox's owned-and-operated stations opted to carry 4Kids TV (these were mainly stations that had been owned by the network since Fox launched in October 1986 or were Fox charter affiliates that Fox Television Stations had acquired since that point). However dating back to the existence of the Fox Kids block, the twelve stations that Fox acquired from New World Communications in 1996<ref>{{cite news|title=New World Vision : Murdoch's News Corp. to Buy Broadcast Group|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-18-fi-25271-story.html|author=Brian Lowry|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 18, 1996|access-date=June 22, 2012}}</ref> (and had earlier affiliated with the network through a [[1994 United States broadcast TV realignment|1994 multi-station affiliation deal]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Carter|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/24/us/fox-will-sign-up-12-new-stations-takes-8-from-cbs.html|title=FOX WILL SIGN UP 12 NEW STATIONS; TAKES 8 FROM CBS|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 24, 1994|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref>—which prior to then, had been affiliated with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[NBC]], or [[CBS]]) generally did not air 4Kids TV. In some of the New World markets, 4Kids was not carried on any station. In a majority of these markets, an independent station carried the block; in others, it was carried by either a WB or [[UPN]] affiliate, and later a [[MyNetworkTV]] or CW affiliate. The only exception was in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], where Fox O&O (now affiliate) [[KTVI]] carried the block (although it aired 4Kids TV two hours earlier than the network's recommended scheduling for the block, beginning at 5:00&nbsp;a.m., due to the station's Saturday morning newscast).
Some of 4Kids TV's programming (such as ''[[Winx Club]]'', ''[[The Adrenaline Project]]'', ''[[Ojamajo Doremi|Magical DoReMi]]'', ''[[Stargate Infinity]]'', reruns of ''[[Back to the Future (TV series)|Back to the Future: the Animated Series]]'', and ''[[Cubix]]'') met the criteria to be considered [[E/I|educational and informational]] under the requirements defined by the Children's Television Act, and counted toward the three-hour-per-week mandatory educational children's programming quotas outlined by the Federal Communications Commission.
===Markets where 4Kids TV did not run===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| City of license/market
!scope="col"| Fox station
!scope="col"| Notes
|-
!scope="row"| [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| [[WBRC]]
| Station never had interest in carrying Fox children's programming and alternate Fox Kids programming affiliate [[WTTO]] (channel 21) dropped it in fall 2000.
|-
!scope="row"| [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]]/[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]]/<br />[[High Point, North Carolina]]
| [[WGHP]]
| Station never had interest in carrying Fox children's programming and alternate Fox Kids programming affiliate [[WCWG|WTWB]] (channel 21) dropped it in early 2002.
|-
!scope="row"| [[Greenwood, Mississippi]]
| [[WABG-TV|WABG-DT2]]
| Digital subchannel newly-launched in 2006 after the cable-only service [[Foxnet]] was phased out and started only carrying Fox primetime and sports programming due to a lack of syndicated programming, especially in mornings, so WABG also declined to carry weekend morning programming, including 4KidsTV.
|}
===Markets where 4Kids TV ran on a MyNetworkTV affiliate===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| City of license/market
!scope="col"| Fox station
!scope="col"| MyNetworkTV<br />station<br />carrying block
|-
!scope="row"| [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
| [[WFLD]]
| [[WPWR-TV]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Dallas]]-[[Fort Worth, Texas]]
| [[KDFW]]
| [[KDFI]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| [[WJBK]]
| [[WMYD|WDWB/WMYD]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Miami|Miami, Florida]]
| [[WSVN]]
| [[WBFS-TV]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota]]
| [[KMSP-TV]]
| [[WFTC]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Portland, Oregon]]
| [[KPTV]]
| [[KPDX]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]]
| [[KABB]]
| [[KMYS]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Tucson, Arizona]]
| [[KMSB-TV]]
| [[KTTU (TV)|KTTU]]
|}
===Markets where 4Kids TV ran on a CW affiliate===
''Note: These CW affiliates ran 4Kids TV on Sundays, due to their obligation to carry their primary network's children's lineup on Saturday as scheduled.''<ref>{{cite web|title=Program Schedule |url=http://cwatlantatv.com/tvschedule |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701053123/http://cwatlantatv.com/tvschedule |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 1, 2007 |work=[[WUPA (TV)|WUPA]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| City of license/market
!scope="col"| Fox station
!scope="col"| CW station<br />carrying block
|-
!scope="row"| [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
| [[WAGA-TV]]
| [[WUPA (TV)|WUPA]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]]
| [[WJW (TV)|WJW-TV]]
| [[WBNX-TV]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Fresno, California]]
| [[KMPH-TV]]
| [[KFRE-TV]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
| [[KPTM]]
| [[KXVO]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Phoenix, Arizona]]
| [[KSAZ-TV]]
| [[KASW]]
|}
===Markets where 4Kids TV ran on an independent station===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| City of license/market
!scope="col"| Fox station
!scope="col"| Independent<br />carrying block
|-
!scope="row"| [[Austin, Texas]]
| [[KTBC (TV)|KTBC]]
| [[K13VC]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
| [[WDAF-TV]]
| [[KMCI-TV]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
| [[WITI (TV)|WITI]]
| [[WBME-CD|WMLW-CA]]
|-
!scope="row"| [[Tampa, Florida]]
| [[WTVT]]
| [[WMOR-TV]]
|}
==See also==
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* [[4Kids Entertainment]]
* [[Toonzai]] – children's program block produced by 4Kids for The CW from May 24, 2008 to August 18, 2012.
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fox.com/ Fox]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382031/ IMDb page] for "The Fight for the Fox Box": a half-hour television special featuring multiple crossovers from various FoxBox shows.
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