HBO Kids (formerly Jam) was an American preschool/children's television morning programming block operated by Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO), a division of Warner Bros. Discovery. The block ran on HBO Family, HBO's sister station that targets children and families.[1]
The block ran from 6:00 am to roughly 8:00 to 9:00 am (ET) on weekdays; the block's programs were not shown in a standard half-hour timeslot. In the mid-2010s, the block had a weekday 4 pm timeslot, which was filled with The Electric Company. The block also aired on weekends until October 2020.
History
In 2001, HBO Family launched two children's programming blocks: Jam in the morning, and Magnet on weekday afternoons. Programming for both blocks was developed in coordination with CINAR Animation, Nelvana Limited, Sony Entertainment, Sandpaper Films, Scholastic, Devine Entertainment, S4C, HiT Entertainment, Golden Egg Entertainment, Poseidon Pictures, Cuppa Coffee Studios, Curious Pictures, Hyperion Pictures, and Planet Grande.[1] Starting in 2007, with a new set of CGI bumpers for the block, HBO began to slowly remove the block's acquired programming, exclusively focusing on HBO's original children's series. For several years, no new programs were produced or acquired for the block, focusing exclusively on reruns of HBO's own children's programs.
El 13 de agosto de 2015, HBO anunció un acuerdo con Sesame Workshop para trasladar los episodios de estreno de Sesame Street a HBO. [ 2 ] Los nuevos episodios de Sesame Street comenzaron a estrenarse en la cadena el 16 de enero de 2016, junto con reposiciones de otros programas producidos por Sesame Workshop, como The Electric Company y Pinky Dinky Doo . [ 3 ] Jam luego cambió su nombre a HBO Kids. El 12 de noviembre de 2020, los episodios de estreno de Sesame Street se trasladaron a HBO Max a partir de su temporada 51.
El 18 de agosto de 2018, se estrenó la serie animada Esme & Roy , también producida por Sesame Workshop. [ 4 ] HBO eliminó todos los programas de Sesame Workshop de su canal HBO Family en enero de 2021, volviendo a emitir las series infantiles originales de HBO. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los programas adquiridos de Sesame Workshop permanecieron disponibles en el servicio de streaming HBO Max hasta el 2 de enero de 2021, y solo Sesame Street , Esme & Roy y cualquier programa de Sesame Workshop exclusivo para el servicio de streaming seguían disponibles. A partir de ese momento, la programación del bloque incluía cuatro programas infantiles originales de HBO, seguidos de un especial de televisión infantil, antes de emitir un programa más, y luego comenzar una de las películas o especiales distribuidos por el canal. [ 5 ]
El 29 de febrero de 2024, el bloque finalizó; no se dio ninguna explicación, aunque HBO y su empresa matriz Warner Bros. Discovery optaron por centrarse menos en la programación infantil debido a su baja audiencia en Max; finalmente, el canal principal del bloque, HBO Family, cerró el 15 de agosto de 2025. [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
Programación
Programación final
- 1 = Se emite ocasionalmente.
Programación original
Programación anterior
- Freshman Year (2007 – 2011) (reruns)
- Harold and the Purple Crayon (December 1, 2001 – 2011)
- I Spy (December 2002 – July 2011)
- Stuart Little (2003-2011)
Former acquired programming
- The Adventures of Paddington Bear (February 1, 1999 – 2004)
- Animated Tales of the World (2001–08)
- Anthony Ant (1999–2003)
- Babar (2001–04)
- The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (1998–2004)
- Encyclopedia (January 1, 2000 – 2002)
- Esme & Roy
- Fraggle Rock (December 2016 – 2019) (now on Apple TV+)
- George and Martha (2001–09)
- Ghost Trackers (2007–10)
- The Little Lulu Show (1997–2004)
- Magic Cellar (2007–08)
- The Neverending Story (1999–2004)
- Pippi Longstocking (1998–99)
- Postman Pat (September 1, 2005 – September 30, 2007)
- Rainbow Fish (February 18, 2000 – 2006)
- Sesame Street[8] (January 17, 2016 – November 1, 2020, now on PBS Kids and Max)
- The Storyteller (1998–2000)
Reruns of ended Sesame Workshop series
Short-form programming
- 30 by 30: Kid Flicks (1999–2001)
- HBO Family: 411 (1999–2016)
- Who Knew? (1999–2016)
- Smart Mouth (1999–16)
- Jammin' Animals (2001–16)
- My Favorite Book (2001–16)
- The Way I See It (2001–16)
- El Perro y El Gato (2004–16)
- Just Wondering (2009–16)
- Sesame Street Shorts (January 17, 2016 – November 1, 2020)
- And Now You Know
- Eat 5
- I Want to Be
- Matters of Fact
- Lisa
- When I'm...
References
Notes
- ^This show had aired on HBO Family 1999 since before airing on Jam.
- ^The show originally aired on Magnet, before moving to Jam in January 2005.
- ^This show had aired on HBO Family 1999 since before airing on Jam.
- ^The show was first an interstitial series in 2004, before becoming a half-hour series in 2008.
- ^This is the TV series (not to be confused with the interstitial series), which is still airing.
- ^The show had aired on HBO since 1995 before airing on Jam.
- ^Season 1 and 2 first aired only on the HBO channel, before being moved to HBO Family to air its third season there.
Citations
- ^ ab"HBO Family Announces New Lineup for Fall 2001". WarnerMedia. 2001-08-01. Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^Steinberg, Brian (2015-08-13). "Why 'Sesame Street' Had to Turn a Corner". Variety. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^ abc"HBO Takes On Netflix With A New Kids Section Featuring "Sesame Street" And More". TechCrunch. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^Petski, Denise (2018-07-25). "'Esme & Roy': HBO Sets Premiere Date For New Animated Series From Sesame Workshop – TCA". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^"HBO TV Schedule". January 27, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- ^Schneider, Michael (2025-06-13). "HBO Family, ThrillerMax and Other Multiplex Channels to Be Shut Down by Warner Bros. Discovery". Variety. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^Bouma, Luke (2025-06-11). "HBO Is Shutting Down Multiple Channels Including HBO Family & More". Cord Cutters News. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^The show started releasing new episodes on HBO Max in 2020, starting with season 51.
- HBO original programming
- Television programming blocks in the United States
- 2001 establishments in the United States
- 2024 disestablishments in the United States
- Preschool education television networks