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ABC Kids (TV programming block)
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<p>ABC Kids (originally known as Disney's One Saturday Morning until 2002) was an American <a href="/facts/Saturday-morning_cartoon/H2LtyVEx">Saturday morning</a> <a href="/facts/Block_programming/aNFd2Rk0">children's programming block</a> that aired on <a href="/facts/American_Broadcasting_Company/WGxg4vRX">ABC</a> from September 13, 1997 to August 27, 2011. It featured a mixture of <a href="/facts/Animated_television_series/9IWkyjon">animated</a> and <a href="/facts/Live-action/rRJrwAH5">live-action</a> series from <a href="/facts/Disney_Television_Animation/lrI0taPW">Walt Disney Television Animation</a> and <a href="/facts/Disney_Channel/Xgoss0JR">Disney Channel</a>, aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 14. This was the second block that showed cable children's channel content on over-the-air television in the United States, the first being <a href="/facts/Nickelodeon_on_CBS/4MTQshJ4">Nickelodeon on CBS</a>. </p><p>The block regularly aired on Saturday mornings, though certain programs within the lineup aired on Sundays in some parts nationwide due to station preferences for non-<a href="/facts/Regulations_on_children%2527s_television_programming_in_the_United_States/Q7m2bj12">educational</a> programming or scheduling issues with regional or <a href="/facts/ESPN_on_ABC/e8cUGvfy">network sports broadcasts</a>. </p><p>After five years of mainly reruns of programs introduced onto the block prior to the 2007–08 season, ABC decided it would cease to provide children's programming during the Saturday morning timeslot, and entered into an agreement with <a href="/facts/Litton_Entertainment/UlmB6jxI">Litton Entertainment</a> to program that period; the block that resulted from this deal – <a href="/facts/Litton%2527s_Weekend_Adventure/F0Ub6JGy">Litton's Weekend Adventure</a>, which is structured as a <a href="/facts/Broadcast_syndication/kdDQIW1Y">syndication</a> package distributed with virtual exclusivity to ABC's <a href="/facts/Owned-and-operated_station/E2jeTvqg">owned-and-operated stations</a> and <a href="/facts/Network_affiliate/SFPunbp1">affiliates</a> – replaced ABC Kids on September 3, 2011. </p>