PBS Kids

PBS Kids
Overview
Industry	Entertainment, Children's Programming
Founder	PBS
Headquarters	United States
Parent	PBS
Year opened	6th September, 1999

PBS Kids is an American digital broadcast and online television network, as well as a programming block on PBS.

The channel has existed twice: September 6, 1999, to September 26, 2005, and January 16, 2017, to December 31, 2017.

The programming block began airing Thomas & Friends in the form of Shining Time Station in 1989 until it's cancellation. Thomas & Friends later returned to PBS kids in January of 2004 and got a page on the PBS kids website in 2013. In December 2017, PBS lost the broadcasting rights to air Thomas & Friends and the Thomas & Friends page on the PBS Kids website was also removed shortly after these rights where lost with Journey Beyond Sodor being the the last special to air on it before the show airing on Nick Jr until January 2020. Since 2020, Thomas & Friends on US television is currently on hiatus.

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Logos

PBS Kids Logo (1999-2010)

PBS Kids Logo (2010-)

Former logo used as PBS Kids Sprout from September 26, 2005 to November 12, 2013.

Final Sprout logo used from November 13, 2013 to September 8, 2017.

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1989 Advertisement

Shining Time Station PTV Park Promo with a custom made red engine made to look almost like Thomas

Thomas in Shining Time Station's website

PBS Kids Thomas & Friends Promo (2005)

Promo for Series 8

Season 10 Advertisement

The Adventure Begins Special Movie Event! Advertisement

2016 Advertisement

PBS Website of Thomas and Friends

The Great Race PBS minisite

Winter PBS Kids Website

2017 Website

Wooden Railway cargo car

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