Univision y Los Niños
Univision y Los Niños (in English, "Univision and the Kids" and/or "Univision and the Children") is an former American children's programming block that airs on the Spanish-language television network Univision which debuted on August 7, 1989. The four-hour block—which airs Monday to Friday and Saturday morning cartoon from 7 to 11 a.m. ET/PT—features joint venture agreement with DIC Entertainment including animated series aimed at children between the ages of 2 and 14. It was the network's attempt to have a Saturday morning block.
| Network | Univision |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Owner | Univision Communications (some content is sourced by DIC Entertainment) |
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| Running time | 4 hours |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
Programs featured on the block consist of a mixture of series originally produced in Spanish and dubbed versions of series that were originally produced and broadcast in English by DIC Enterprises consisting four 30-minute episodes and the designed to meet federally mandated educational programming guidelines defined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) via the Children's Television Act.
Univision y Los Niños aired for the final time on August 10, 1991, the following on weekday and weekend morning of the new block launched as Chispavision.
History
In 1989, Univision launched on Monday to Friday and Saturday morning block as Univision y Los Niños ("Univision and the Kids" and/or "Univision and the Children"), along agreement and joint venture companies including DIC Entertainment, World Events Productions, TMS Entertainment and France 3 (Univision acquired that channel in 1988, one year after the block launched). The programming consisting four 30-minute episodes with Spanish-dubbed versions of the America, Japan, Canada and France animated shows, across of the DIC Animation City and Saban Entertainment (with the cartoon shows are distributor by Lexington Broadcast Services Company, Hallmark Cards, SFM Entertainment and Atkinson Film-Arts. Nicolas sold his stake in the network to a partnership of Hallmark Cards and Televisa for 25 years, which formed Univision Holdings Inc.) animated-cartoon shows including Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Kidd Video, Rainbow Brite, and The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin.
The program has the other shows are non-block aired schedule on every Saturday morning on Univision including Japanese anime and France animated series such as Treasure Island, Once Upon a Time... Life, Once Upon a Time... Man, Princess Knight and Voltron: Defender of the Universe, and customized animated openings, closings and bumpers. The programs are produced in English by DIC Enterprises and dubbed in Spanish.
Later in September 15, 1990, Univision replaced Once Upon a Time... Life (which had been canceling off the schedule on Saturday morning due to very too inappropriate for kids who have woman/girls are naked in the series) with reruns of Princess Knight.
On September 17, 1990, Univision will launched a weekday morning block as Platavision, the following of the program block show including the live-action and animated series with the produced by DIC Animation City such as Pepe Plata and Beverly Hills Teens. Univision y Los Niños will continued to aired and the block were changing schedule to Saturday morning block along with the second block until 1991.
Coincidently, the block ran from 1989, until Univision y Los Niños were discontinued in August 10, 1991, the following week of the new block launched as Chispavision on Monday to Friday and Weekends morning block. Univision caring over some of the DIC-produced shows to the block premiered following debut such as COPS, Captain N: The Game Master as well as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. One such notable program was El Show de Xuxa ("The Xuxa Show"), a variety-based series starring the Southern Brazilian entertainer, which became a hit in the U.S. when it debuted on the network in 1992 (Xuxa would subsequently star in an American syndicated version of the program that aired for one season from 1993 to 1994).[1][2][3]
Programming
Former DIC-produced shows
| Title | Premiere date | End date | Original network |
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| Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors | August 7, 1989 | August 10, 1991 | TF1 (France) Syndication (United States) |
| Kidd Video | NBC | ||
| Rainbow Brite | Kideo TV | ||
| The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin | Syndication | ||
Other cartoon shows programming
| Title | Premiere date | End date | Original network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treasure Island | 1987 | 1990 | Nippon Television |
| Once Upon a Time... Life | 1989 | France 3 | |
| Once Upon a Time... Man | 1991 | ||
| Voltron: Defender of the Universe | 1988 | Syndication | |
| Princess Knight | 1987 | Fuji TV | |
Acquired programming from Univision
| Title | Premiere date | End date | Original network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses 31 | 1985 | 1989 | France 3 |
| The Adventures of the Little Prince | 1987 | TV Asahi | |
| Nobody's Boy: Remi | Nippon Television | ||
| Time Bokan | Fuji TV | ||
| Moonlight Mask | Nippon Television | ||
| Future Boy Conan | NHK General TV | ||
| Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future | 1988 | Syndication | |
Platavision
| Title | Premiere date | End date | Original network |
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| Pepe Plata | September 17, 1990 | August 11, 1991 | Univision |
| Beverly Hills Teens | Syndication | ||
References
- Cerone, Daniel (April 19, 1992). "COVER STORY : A Hit in L.A. Latino Homes, Xuxa Is Working on Her English". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- "Brazilian star becomes hit on Spanish kiddie TV". Kentucky New Era. Kentucky New Era, Inc. Associated Press. January 6, 1992. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- "Sexy star a smash on Spanish kid-TV". The Fort Scott Tribune. Associated Press. January 2, 1992. Retrieved November 7, 2015.