PBS Kids

PBS Kids is the brand for children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States founded in 1993. As with all PBS programming, PBS Kids programming is non-commercial. It is aimed at children aged eight years old and under.

Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps

Barney & Friends

Between the Lions

Bob the Builder

Caillou

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

Curious George

Dinosaur Train

Martha Speaks

Sesame Street

Sid the Science Kid

Super Why

Thomas and Friends

Word World

History

Along with the block of programming on PBS, PBS Kids was a separate television network, founded in the fall of 1999, and was targeted to children four to eight years old. The PBS Kids Channel ran for six years and was largely funded by DirecTV. The channel ceased broadcast on September 26, 2005, in favor of a new commercial joint venture, PBS Kids Sprout, which is a partnership owned by Comcast About half of PBS TV stations still program a children's channel themselves over their multicasting service, such as WNET, WHYY, WNED, UNC-TV, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Twin Cities Public Television, WGBH, WQED, WMHT, WTTW, WYCC, and WETA-TV. On PBS, two blocks of programming are currently included in PBS Kids, including PBS Kids GO! and the PBS Kids Preschool Block, and the former block, PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch, which was launched in 2000 and canceled in 2004.