Children's programming has played a part inTelemundo's programming since its initial roots in television. This article outlines the history of children's television programming on Telemundo including the various blocks and notable programs that have aired throughout the television network's history.

For much of its history, the bulk of NetSpan/Telemundo's children's programming has been derived of mainly live-action and animated programming from American and international producers, including Spanish-language dubs of programs produced in other languages, and Spanish-language programming acquired from other countries.

On June 1, 1992, the network's first foray into children's programming, Telemuñequitos, was in partnership withTurner Broadcasting System, and featured Spanish-language dubs of theatrical animated shorts (includingLooney Tunes,Merrie Melodies andPopeye the Sailor), andHanna-Barbera series until 1994. The network converted its children’s programming every weekday mornings until 2000.^[1]

In September 1995, Telemundo launched a branding for its children's programs, Telemundo Infantil ("Telemundo Kids"), which was developed via input from viewers on what they wanted to be featured in a children's show. The block initially contained existing seriesTelemuñequitos,Kolitas,Nubeluz andCaptain Scarlet and the Mysterons.^[2]

On September 15, 1998, Telemundo introducedNickelodeon en Telemundo, a block featuring Spanish dubs of the joint agreement withNickelodeon programming, which debuted on November 9, 1998 and was considered a sub-block ofTelemundo Infantil, consisted of Spanish dubs of Nickelodeon's animated series aimed at older children and preschool-oriented programs aired by the channel'sNick Jr. block (such asRugrats,Doug,Aaahh!!! Real Monsters,Hey Arnold!,Rocko's Modern Life,Blue's Clues andDora the Explorer). The block ran on weekday mornings until September 5, 2000, when it was relegated to Saturday and Sunday mornings in order to accommodate a time slot forHoy En El Mundo (withJose Diaz-Balart).^[3][4]

The Nickelodeon blocks were discontinued after September 30, 2001, ahead of the expiry of Telemundo's program supply deal with Nickelodeon. It was then replaced withTelemundo Kids on October 6, 2001, which featured a mix of acquired programming from various providers, includingSony Pictures Television (such asMen in Black: The Series,Dragon Tales,Jackie Chan Adventures andMax Steel) and later Nickelodeon (Rugrats,Hey Arnold!,Dora the Explorer andAll Grown Up!).^[5]

Following the sale of Telemundo to NBC in 2001 and theCBS/Viacom (nowParamount Global) split in early 2006, the block was discontinued September 3, 2006. However,Jacob Two-Two carried over to the block’s direct successorQubo, which premiered the following week.^[6] Furthermore, more than a year and a half after being removed from Telemundo's schedule,Dora the Explorer (joined by its spin-offGo, Diego, Go!) was transferred to competitorUnivision as part of their newly launchedPlaneta U block on April 5, 2008.^[7]

In September 2006, Telemundo debutedQubo, a new weekend morning block of educational programming formed as a joint venture between NBC Universal,Ion Media Networks,Corus Entertainment,Scholastic, andClassic Media subsidiaryBig Idea Entertainment. The block carried Spanish-language dubs of programming acquired or produced for Qubo's English-language blocks onNBC andIon, airing on Saturday and Sunday mornings in 90-minute blocks.^[8]

The reasoning why the name "qubo" was chosen for the endeavor, or why its logo is a cube, has not been publicly explained by any of the partners, although general manager Rick Rodriguez stated in an interview withMultichannel News that the name was intended to be something that sounded fun, and be a brand that could easily be uniformally used in English and Spanish.^[9]

On July 7, 2012, after the acquisition ofNBC Universal byComcast, the block was replaced by MiTelemundo; programmed bySprout, it consisted of Spanish dubbed versions of programs seen on its sister broadcast network's Saturday morning block,NBC Kids, which debuted on the same date.^[10][11][12]

MiTelemundo debuted on July 7, 2012, one week after the Qubo block ended its run on both NBC and Telemundo on June 30 (which left Ion Television (and laterIon Plus) as the only network to retain a Qubo-branded children's block up until the closure of the Qubo Channel on February 28, 2021, as theE.W. Scripps Company is now the owner ofIon Media, which they acquired on January 7, 2021).

With NBC Kids being replaced withLitton Entertainment'sThe More You Know block on NBC by September 25, 2016, MiTelemundo initially retained its existing programming until January 6, 2018, when MiTelemundo moved exclusively to Saturday mornings and became programmed by Litton. The relaunched MiTelemundo carries Spanish dubs of programming from The More You Know.^[13]

Named after NBC'sseries of public service campaigns, the three-hour Saturday morning block is programmed by Litton Entertainment, and featureslive-action programming aimed atteens, all of which is dubbed in Spanish.^[14][15] Despite the change of programming, it did not change the name of the block, which remains as MiTelemundo.

Due to regulations defined by the Children's Television Act that require stations to carry E/I compliant programming for three hours each week at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. local time, some Telemundo stations may defer certain programs aired within its Saturday morning block to Sunday daytime or earlier Saturday morning slots, or (in the case of affiliates in the Western United States) Saturday afternoons as makegoods to comply with the CTA regulations.

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