List of programs broadcast by PBS Kids (block)

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For a list of PBS Kids programs airing on the 24/7 channel, see List of programs broadcast by PBS Kids.

The following is a list of programs that have currently or formerly aired on the PBS Kids block on PBS.

Current programming[change | change source]

  • 1 Syndicated to public television stations by the National Educational Telecommunications Association.
  • 2 Running only on selected PBS stations.
  • 3 Running only on occasional events.
  • 4 Ended but still airing for reruns.
  • 5 Co-distributed by Amazon Video.
  • 6 Premieres moved to HBO in 2016, and HBO Max in 2020.
  • 7 Premieres moved to Universal Kids in 2016.
  • 8 Premieres moved to Peacock in 2020.

Original programming[change | change source]

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood4 5 February 19, 1968
Sesame Street6 November 10, 1969
Reading Rainbow June 6, 1983
Barney & Friends April 6, 1992
Wishbone October 9, 1995
Kratts' Creatures June 3, 1996
Danny Sanchez September 7, 1996
Arthur4 5 October 7, 1996
Zoboomafoo January 25, 1999
Dragon Tales September 6, 1999
Between the Lions April 3, 2000
Issac's Huge Adventures April 3, 2000
Caillou September 4, 2000
Clifford the Big Red Dog September 4, 2000
The Book of Pooh January 27, 2001
SuperDakota33 August 5, 2001
Cyberchase5 January 21, 2002
The Suite Life of Hudson and James March 18, 2002
Angelina Ballerina May 4, 2002
The Berenstain Bears4 5 January 6, 2003
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks September 7, 2003
Clifford's Puppy Days3 4 September 15, 2003
Maya & Miguel2 4 October 11, 2004
Postcards from Buster October 11, 2004
Bob the Builder January 1, 2005
The Zula Patrol2 4 September 5, 2005
It's a Big Big World January 2, 2006
Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman May 29, 2006
Curious George8 September 4, 2006
Tanner and Friends September 7, 2006
Design Squad February 28, 2007
Peep and the Big Wide World April 1, 2007
Academy Kids May 5, 2007
WordGirl4 5 September 3, 2007
WordWorld4 5
Super Why!2 4 5 [note 1]
The Suite Life on Rails September 26, 2007
Biz Kid$2 4 January 6, 2008
The Little Kids Show June 7, 2008
Martha Speaks4 5 September 1, 2008
Sid the Science Kid4 5
Dinosaur Train4 5 September 7, 2009
Pocoyo January 4, 2010
SciGirls2 5 February 11, 2010
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!4 5 September 6, 2010
Bali September 12, 2010
Wild Kratts5 January 3, 2011
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood5 September 3, 2012
Peg + Cat2 4 5 October 7, 2013 [note 2]
Space Racers7 May 2, 2014
Odd Squad4 5 November 26, 2014
Nature Cat5 November 25, 2015 [1]
Ready Jet Go!4 5 February 15, 2016
Splash and Bubbles November 23, 2016
Forest Fun January 23, 2017
Wizardcozy November 22, 2017
Pinkalicious & Peterrific5 February 19, 2018 [2]
Lab Girls June 25, 2018
Let's Go Luna!4 5 November 21, 2018 [3]
Molly of Denali5 July 15, 2019 [4]
Esme & Roy August 5, 2019
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum4 5 November 11, 2019 [5]
The Daisy Show December 7, 2019
Hero Elementary4 5 June 1, 2020 [6]
Agent Xero July 27, 2020
Elinor Wonders Why5 September 7, 2020
Donkey Hodie5 May 3, 2021
Alma's Way5 October 4, 2021 [7]
Elite Code June 26, 2022
Rosie's Rules October 3, 2022 [8]
Work It Out Wombats! February 6, 2023 [9]
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo February 10, 2023 [note 3] [10]
Mary Cow July 3, 2023
Fireman Sam January 1, 2024
The Wiggles January 27, 2024
Lyla in the Loop February 5, 2024 [11]

Programming from American Public Television[change | change source]

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Roey's Paintbox2 4 February 4, 2015
Kid Stew2 May 1, 2018

Programming from NETA[change | change source]

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Curious Crew2 2017
Into the Outdoors2 June 3, 2020
Let's Learn December 14, 2020
DIY Science Time2 May 31, 2021
Camp TV June 16, 2021
Kids for Positive Change2 July 1, 2021
Albie's Elevator September 4, 2023
The Infinite Art Hunt September 4, 2023

Interstitial programming[change | change source]

Title Premiere date Source(s)
You Can Be Anything! 2016
You, Me, and Community October 1, 2017
The Really Really Awesome Activity Challenge
Get Moving! August 3, 2020

Short-form programming[change | change source]

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Elinor Wonders Why: That's So Interesting! May 3, 2021
Through the Woods June 4, 2021
Jelly, Ben and Pogo October 4, 2021 [7]
Molly of Denali: The Big Gathering November 1, 2022
City Island December 26, 2022
What Can You Become? March 3, 2023
Super Why's Comic Book Adventures October 18, 2023

Web series[change | change source]

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Space Race March 22, 2011 [12]
Oh Noah! September 17, 2012
Plum Landing April 22, 2014
Ruff Ruffman: Humble Media Genius November 26, 2014 [13]
The Ruff Ruffman Show September 28, 2017 [14]
Scribbles and Ink December 16, 2019
Team Hamster December 28, 2020

Upcoming programming[change | change source]

Original programming[change | change source]

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Mashopolis June 22, 2024 [15]
Carl the Collector Fall 2024
Odd Squad UK 2024
Weather Hunters February 2025
Skillsville 2025
Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog
Candy Girl'’
Madge's World
MineEnders
Sprinkle and the Sweet Sugar Magics
Acoustic Rooster and his Barnyard Band TBA [16]
Unpeakable's Playroom [17]

Former programming[change | change source]

PTV Park[change | change source]

Original programming[change | change source]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
3-2-1 Contact January 14, 1980 September 27, 1992
Square One TV January 26, 1987 October 7, 1994
Shining Time Station January 29, 1989 June 11, 1998
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? September 30, 1991 October 4, 1996
Lamb Chop's Play-Along January 13, 1992 August 29, 1997
Ghostwriter October 4, 1992 September 5, 1999
Storytime October 11, 1992 September 1, 1997 [note 4]
The Magic School Bus September 10, 1994 September 25, 1998
Bill Nye the Science Guy October 10, 1994 September 3, 1999
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? October 7, 1996 September 25, 1998

Programming from American Program Service[change | change source]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Pappyland May 25, 1993 September 3, 1999
Kidsongs April 4, 1994 October 24, 1998
The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon September 18, 1994 September 5, 1999
Preschool Power 1995 1998
The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon November 4, 1995 December 27, 1997
Bloopy's Buddies January 6, 1996 1998
The Reppies September 28, 1996 November 2, 1996
Cave Kids September 29, 1996 1999 [18][19]
Groundling Marsh 1997 1999

Acquired programming[change | change source]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Katie and Orbie October 9, 1995 November 6, 1997
Salty's Lighthouse2 December 6, 1997 1998 [20]

Blocks[change | change source]

Block title Launch date End date Source(s)
The Game October 7, 1996 September 6, 1999

PBS Kids[change | change source]

Original programming[change | change source]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
The Electric Company October 25, 1971 April 15, 1977
Rosie and Jim January 14, 1991 August 1, 2004
The Puzzle Place January 16, 1995 March 31, 2000
Plaza Sesamo2 April 3, 1995 January 4, 2010
Adventures from the Book of Virtues September 2, 1996 September 4, 2005
Tots TV October 7, 1996 September 1, 2002
Theodore Tugboat October 20, 1996
Zogo and the Last Dragon January 27, 1997 September 26, 2014
Wimzie's House September 1, 1997 August 31, 2001
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza January 5, 1998 December 29, 2000
Teletubbies April 6, 1998 August 29, 2008
Noddy September 1, 1998 September 2, 2002
Zoom January 4, 1999 September 2, 2007
Corduroy September 30, 2000 October 28, 2001
Elliot Moose
Timothy Goes to School September 5, 2004
Seven Little Monsters
September 15, 2003
George Shrinks September 5, 2004
September 2, 2007
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse September 30, 2000 September 5, 2004
Redwall April 1, 2001 July 26, 2009
Jay Jay the Jet Plane June 11, 2001 May 31, 2009
Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series September 2, 2001 September 4, 2005 [note 5]
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat September 3, 2001 February 1, 2009 [note 6]
DragonflyTV January 19, 2002 September 6, 2009 [note 7]
Liberty's Kids September 2, 2002 October 10, 2004
Boohbah January 19, 2004 August 31, 2008
Thomas & Friends September 5, 2004 December 31, 2017
Toopy and Binoo2 January 3, 2005 December 29, 2006
Make Way for Noddy July 2, 2005 September 6, 2009
Franny's Feet July 8, 2006 [note 8]
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies September 8, 2007 [note 9]
Animalia January 5, 2008 [note 10]
Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures January 19, 2008 May 31, 2009
Lomax, the Hound of Music October 6, 2008 December 29, 2008
The Electric Company January 19, 2009 August 31, 2014
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps1 September 5, 2009 November 13, 2010
Bob the Builder (2015) November 14, 2015 November 20, 2018

Programming from American Public Television[change | change source]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
The Huggabug Club January 2, 1995 July 28, 2000
Someday School 1998 May 31, 2001
Adventures with Kanga Roddy April 4, 1999 March 4, 2001
Wish*A*Roo Park June 6, 1999 June 5, 2001
Hello Mrs. Cherrywinkle July 12, 1999 September 6, 2001
The Dooley and Pals Show April 3, 2000 June 5, 2003
Alef...Bet...Blast-Off! September 3, 2000 September 2, 2009
The Toy Castle 2002 2005
My Bedbugs March 1, 2004 November 2, 2005
Mustard Pancakes 2005 2007
Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld September 4, 2005
Signing Time! January 1, 2006 January 19, 2008
Sheira & Loli's Dittydoodle Works April 22, 2006 February 22, 2009
SeeMore's Playhouse September 10, 2006 January 15, 2008
The Saddle Club 2006 2012
Scientastic! September 2, 2010 2014
Wild Animal Baby Explorers October 3, 2010 June 29, 2014
Thomas Edison's Secret Lab September 7, 2015 2019
Bug Bites January 4, 2016 2018
Ruby's Studio January 7, 2016 2021
Blue Chip Kids March 1, 2017 2021
Distributed by both PBS Kids and APT[change | change source]
Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
The Big Comfy Couch January 9, 1995 May 24, 2009
Danger Rangers September 5, 2005 December 26, 2006
Raggs February 4, 2008 February 18, 2009
Wunderkind Little Amadeus September 7, 2008 September 6, 2020
Mack & Moxy February 5, 2016 February 16, 2020

Acquired programming[change | change source]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Newton's Apple October 15, 1983 October 31, 1999
The Eddie Files 1995 2000
Ricky's Room 1999 2000
Mary Lou's Flip Flop Shop August 25, 2002 September 22, 2002
MythQuest 2002 2004
Real Wheels 2003 2004
The Shapies 2004 2006
Curiosity Quest1 July 16, 2004 2021
Auto-B-Good January 17, 2005 December 23, 2005
Nanalan' 2006 2008
Miffy and Friends 2007 2009
Shalom Sesame October 5, 2010 October 11, 2011
Peanuts specials3 November 22, 2020 October 2022 [21][22]

Interstitial programming[change | change source]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Dash's Game of the Day September 4, 2006 May 16, 2008
Dot's Story Factory September 3, 2007 October 4, 2013
Dash's Secret Treasure May 19, 2008 July 18, 2022
Music Time with SteveSongs
Dash's Dance Party September 7, 2009
Adventures with Hooper September 3, 2010
DJ Hooper/PBS Kids Rocks! September 6, 2010 July 18, 2022
Coach Hooper 2020
PBS Kids Field Trip 2020
Where in the World is Hooper? 2020
PBS Kids Spotlight January 15, 2016 July 18, 2022

Web series[change | change source]

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Africa for Kids
Big Apple History
Chuck Vanderchuck
EekoWorld
Fizzy's Lunch Lab 2021
It's My Life
KidsWorld Sports October 27, 2006 May 4, 2007
Wilson & Ditch: Digging America

Blocks[change | change source]

Block title Launch date End date Source(s)
PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch September 30, 2000 September 5, 2004
PBS Kids Go! October 11, 2004 October 7, 2013
PBS Kids Preschool Block September 4, 2006

Special programming[change | change source]

Title Initial broadcast date Source(s)
Noddy: Anything Can Happen At Christmas December 6, 1998
Arthur's Perfect Christmas3 November 23, 2000
Arthur, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll September 2, 2002
Arthur's Missing Pal August 18, 2007
Curious George (Movie) November 23, 2011
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
WordGirl: The Rise of Miss Power February 20, 2012
Sid the Science Kid: The Movie March 25, 2013
Curious George Swings Into Spring April 22, 2013
Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest October 28, 2013
The Cyberchase Movie April 15, 2014
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle August 17, 2015
Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas November 25, 2015
Odd Squad: The Movie August 1, 2016
Wild Kratts: Creatures of the Deep Sea November 23, 2016
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: A Tiger Family Trip May 8, 2017
Ready Jet Go!: Back to Bortron 7 August 14, 2017
Arthur: D.W. and the Beastly Birthday May 29, 2017
Wild Kratts Alaska: Hero's Journey July 24, 2017
Wild Alaska Live July 29, 2017
Arthur and the Haunted Tree House October 23, 2017
Odd Squad: World Turned Odd January 15, 2018
Nature Cat: The Return of Bad Dog Bart July 16, 2018
The Daniel Tiger Movie: Won't You Be My Neighbor? September 17, 2018
Let's Go Luna!: Luna's Christmas Around the World December 10, 2018
Odd Squad: Odds and Ends January 21, 2019
The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special March 25, 2019
Ready Jet Go!: One Small Step June 17, 2019
Pinkalicious and Peterrific: A Pinkaperfect Birthday August 5, 2019
Nature Cat: A Nature Carol November 29, 2019
Rhythm and Roots of Arthur January 20, 2020
Odd Squad: Odd Beginnings February 17, 2020
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President March 16, 2020
Wild Kratts: Amazin' Amazon Adventure April 20, 2020
When You Wish Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special July 13, 2020
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Won't You Sing Along with Me? August 17, 2020
PBS Kids Talk About: Race and Racism October 11, 2020
An Arthur Thanksgiving November 16, 2020
Pinkalicious and Peterrific: Cupid Calls It Quits February 8, 2021
Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island April 12, 2021
Molly of Denali: Molly and the Great One June 7, 2021
Wild Kratts: Cats and Dogs July 12, 2021
Arthur's First Day September 6, 2021
Sesame Street: The Monster at the End of This Story March 7, 2022
Elinor Wonders Why: A Wonderful Journey April 18, 2022[23]

Special programming from American Public Television[change | change source]

Title Initial broadcast date Source(s)
Davy Jones' Locker November 1, 1997
Barney's Great Adventure October 1, 2000
VeggieTales: The Star of Christmas December 23, 2002
Science Mission 101 February 1, 2010
Lost Treasure Hunt October 1, 2014

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Notes[change | change source]

  1. ↑ National runs ended on July 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ Regular national runs ended on October 1, 2021. General national runs ended on December 23, 2022.
  3. ↑ Exclusive to PBS Kids 24/7.
  4. ↑ National run began on June 6, 1994.
  5. ↑ Reruns ended on September 30, 2015 on selected PBS stations.
  6. ↑ Reruns ended on August 30, 2009 on selected PBS stations.
  7. ↑ Reruns ended on May 29, 2019 on selected PBS stations.
  8. ↑ Reruns ended on November 25, 2012 on selected PBS stations.
  9. ↑ Reruns ended on January 2, 2011 on selected PBS stations.
  10. ↑ Reruns ended on January 2, 2011 on selected PBS stations.

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "New PBS Kids Series Nature Cat Will Premiere November 25, 2015". Public Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pinkalicious & Peterrific is coming to PBS Kids next February!". Dandelionmoms.com. May 18, 2017. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ Mercedes Milligan (July 31, 2017). "PBS Kids Gets Refreshed 'Ruff Ruffman,' Joe Murray's 'Luna Around the World'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ Whyte, Alexandra (May 9, 2018). "PBS Kids orders animated series from Atomic Cartoons". Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  5. ↑ "PBS Kids Announces New Series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, Premiering November 11, 2019". PBS. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ "PBS Kids Announces New Series Hero Elementary, Premiering Summer 2020". pbs.org. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "New PBS Kids Series Alma's Way Premieres October 4" (Press release). PBS. August 10, 2021.
  8. ↑ "PBS Kids to Introduce New Series, Rosie's Rules, Premiering Fall 2022". PBS. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  9. ↑ "New PBS Kids Series, Work It Out Wombats!, Premieres February 6, 2023". PBS (Press release).
  10. ↑ "WHRO Public Media Schedules". WHRO. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help); Unknown parameter |ur l= ignored (help)
  11. ↑ "PBS Kids Announces New Animated Series, Lyla in the Loop, Premiering Early 2024". PBS (Press release).
  12. ↑ "Space Race Animated Web Series Ready for Lift Off". Business Wire. March 22, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Ruff Ruffman". 15 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "PBS Kids Announces the Return of Fan Favorite with New Digital Series: The Ruff Ruffman Show". About PBS - Main. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  15. ↑ "Department of Education Funds TPT's New Project 'Mashopolis'". Twin Cities Public Television. September 30, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Newbery Medal Winner Kwame Alexander Partners with GBH Kids on New Children's Animated Series". WGBH Educational Foundation. July 14, 2021. Archived from the original on March 12, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  17. ↑ "CPB and PBS Awarded Ready To Learn Grant from the U.S. Department of Education" (Press release). Corporation for Public Broadcasting. October 7, 2020.
  18. ↑ "The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California on October 13, 1996 · 381".
  19. ↑ "The Dispatch from Moline, Illinois on December 22, 1996 · 126".
  20. ↑ "28 Dec 1997, Page 116 - Tallahassee Democrat at". Newspapers.com. 1997-12-28. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  21. ↑ "Apple & PBS Team Up For Broadcasts of "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" & "A Charlie Brown Christmas"". PBS. November 19, 2020.
  22. ↑ "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Will Not Air on Broadcast TV This Year". Horror. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  23. ↑ "Elinor Wonders Why: A Wonderful Journey: Episode 0 | Schedules | WGTE". www.wgte.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.

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