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For a list of PBS Kids programs airing on the 24/7 channel, see List of programs broadcast by PBS Kids.

The following is a list of programs that have currently or formerly aired on the PBS Kids block on PBS.

Current programming

  • 1 Syndicated to public television stations by the National Educational Telecommunications Association.
  • 2 Running only on selected PBS stations.
  • 3 Running only on occasional events.
  • 4 Ended but still airing for reruns.
  • 5 Co-distributed by Amazon Video.
  • 6 Premieres moved to HBO in 2016 and HBO Max in 2020.
  • 7 Premieres moved to Universal Kids in 2016.
  • 8 Premieres moved to Peacock in 2020.

Original programming

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood4 5 February 19, 1968
Sesame Street6 November 10, 1969
Arthur5 October 7, 1996
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000) September 4, 2000
DragonflyTV January 19, 2002
Cyberchase5 January 21, 2002
The Berenstain Bears5 January 6, 2003
Clifford's Puppy Days3 September 15, 2003
Maya & Miguel October 11, 2004
Curious George8 September 4, 2006
Super Why!5 September 3, 2007
WordGirl5
WordWorld5
Martha Speaks5 September 1, 2008
Sid the Science Kid5
Dinosaur Train5 September 7, 2009
SciGirls2 5 February 11, 2010
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!4 5 September 6, 2010
Wild Kratts5 January 3, 2011
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood5 September 3, 2012
Peg + Cat4 5 October 7, 2013
Space Racers2 7 May 2, 2014
Odd Squad5 November 26, 2014
Nature Cat5 November 25, 2015
Mack & Moxy2 4 February 5, 2016
Ready Jet Go!4 5 February 15, 2016
Splash and Bubbles4 5 November 23, 2016
Pinkalicious & Peterrific5 February 19, 2018
Let's Go Luna!5 November 21, 2018
Molly of Denali5 July 15, 2019
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum5 November 11, 2019
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2019)5 December 7, 2019
Hero Elementary5 June 1, 2020
Elinor Wonders Why5 September 7, 2020

Exclusive to Amazon Video

The following programs below are currently co-distributed by Amazon Video.

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Reading Rainbow June 6, 1983 August 28, 2009
Kratts' Creatures June 3, 1996 June 9, 2000
Zoboomafoo January 25, 1999 February 1, 2009
Caillou September 4, 2000 November 13, 2015
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks September 7, 2003 August 31, 2008
Postcards from Buster October 11, 2004 February 24, 2012
Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman May 29, 2006 September 2, 2012
Design Squad February 28, 2007 March 20, 2011

Programming from American Public Television

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Curiosity Quest1 2 July 16, 2004
Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld2 September 4, 2005
Science Mission 1012 February 1, 2010
Lost Treasure Hunt2 October 1, 2014
Roey's Paintbox2 February 4, 2015
Thomas Edison's Secret Lab2 September 7, 2015
Bug Bites2 January 6, 2016
Ruby's Studio2 January 7, 2016
Blue Chip Kids2 March 1, 2017
Kid Stew2 May 1, 2018

Distributed by both PBS Kids and APT

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Peep and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo2 5 April 12, 2004
The Zula Patrol2 September 5, 2005
Biz Kid$2 January 6, 2008
Bali2 5 September 12, 2010

Acquired programming

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Peanuts specials3 November 22, 2020

Short-form programming

The following programs below running for one minute (1:00) are seen before or after the program.

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Dash's Secret Treasure May 19, 2008
Music Time with SteveSongs
Dash's Dance Party September 7, 2009
DJ Hooper/PBS Kids Rocks! September 6, 2010
PBS Kids Spotlight January 15, 2016
You Can Be Anything! 2016
You, Me, and Community October 1, 2017
The Really Really Awesome Activity Challenge
Get Moving! August 3, 2020

Web series

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Space Race March 22, 2011
Oh Noah! September 17, 2012
Plum Landing April 22, 2014
Ruff Ruffman: Humble Media Genius November 26, 2014
The Ruff Ruffman Show September 28, 2017
Scribbles and Ink December 16, 2019
Team Hamster December 28, 2020

Upcoming programming

Original programming

Title Premiere date Source(s)
Donkey Hodie May 3, 2021
Alma's Way Fall 2021
Wombats! TBA
Liza Loops TBA
Untitled literacy curriculum series TBA

Former programming

PTV

Original programming

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
3-2-1 Contact January 14, 1980 September 27, 1992
Square One Television January 26, 1987 October 7, 1994
Shining Time Station January 29, 1989 June 11, 1998
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? September 30, 1991 October 4, 1996
Lamb Chop's Play-Along January 13, 1992 August 29, 1997
Ghostwriter October 4, 1992 September 5, 1999
Storytime October 11, 1992 September 1, 1997
Pappyland May 25, 1993 September 3, 1999
The Magic School Bus September 10, 1994 September 25, 1998
Bill Nye the Science Guy January 5, 1995 September 3, 1999
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? October 7, 1996 September 25, 1998

Programming from American Public Television

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon January 8, 1994 September 5, 1999
Kidsongs1 April 4, 1994 October 24, 1998
Groundling Marsh1 October 1, 1995 November 28, 1997
The Reppies1 September 28, 1996 November 2, 1996

Acquired programming

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon November 4, 1995 December 27, 1997
Katie and Orbie October 9, 1995 November 6, 1997

Blocks

Block title Launch date End date Source(s)
The Game October 7, 1996 September 6, 1999

PBS Kids

Original programming

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Barney & Friends April 6, 1992 November 14, 2015
The Puzzle Place January 16, 1995 March 31, 2000
Plaza Sesamo April 3, 1995 January 4, 2010
Wishbone October 9, 1995 August 31, 2001
Adventures from the Book of Virtues September 2, 1996 September 4, 2005
Tots TV October 7, 1996 September 1, 2002
Theodore Tugboat October 20, 1996
Wimzie's House September 1, 1997 August 31, 2001
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza January 5, 1998 December 29, 2000
Teletubbies April 6, 1998 August 29, 2008
Noddy September 1, 1998 September 2, 2002
Zoom January 4, 1999 September 2, 2007
Dragon Tales September 6, 1999 August 31, 2010
Between the Lions April 3, 2000 August 31, 2011
Corduroy September 30, 2000 October 28, 2001
Elliot Moose
Timothy Goes to School September 5, 2004
Seven Little Monsters September 30, 2000
January 6, 2003 September 15, 2003
George Shrinks September 30, 2000 September 5, 2004
January 6, 2003 September 2, 2007
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse September 30, 2000 September 5, 2004
Jay Jay the Jet Plane June 11, 2001 May 31, 2009
Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series September 2, 2001 September 4, 2005
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat September 3, 2001 February 1, 2009
Angelina Ballerina May 4, 2002 November 14, 2015
Liberty's Kids September 2, 2002 October 10, 2004
Boohbah January 19, 2004 August 31, 2008
Thomas & Friends September 5, 2004 December 31, 2017
Bob the Builder January 1, 2005 November 7, 2015
Toopy and Binoo2 January 3, 2005 December 29, 2006
Make Way for Noddy July 2, 2005 September 6, 2009
It's a Big Big World January 2, 2006 August 31, 2010
Franny's Feet July 8, 2006 September 6, 2009
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies September 8, 2007
Animalia January 5, 2008
Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures January 19, 2008 May 31, 2009
Lomax, the Hound of Music October 6, 2008 December 29, 2008
The Electric Company January 23, 2009 August 31, 2014
Bob the Builder (2015) November 14, 2015 November 20, 2018

Programming from American Public Television

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Hello Mrs. Cherrywinkle1 July 12, 1999 September 6, 2001
The Dooley and Pals Show April 3, 2000 June 5, 2003
The Toy Castle1 2002 2005
My Bedbugs1 March 1, 2004 November 2, 2005
Mustard Pancakes 2005 2007
Signing Time!1 January 1, 2006 January 19, 2008
Bloopy's Buddies March 6, 2006 2012
Sheira & Loli's Dittydoodle Works1 April 22, 2006 February 22, 2009
SeeMore's Playhouse1 September 10, 2006 January 15, 2008
The Saddle Club 2006 2012
Scientastic! September 2, 2010 2014
Wild Animal Baby Explorers October 3, 2010 June 29, 2014
Distributed by both PBS Kids and APT
Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
The Big Comfy Couch January 9, 1995 May 24, 2009
Redwall April 1, 2001 2006
Danger Rangers September 5, 2005 December 26, 2006
Raggs February 4, 2008 February 18, 2009
Wunderkind Little Amadeus September 7, 2008 September 6, 2020

Acquired programming

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Newton's Apple October 15, 1983 October 31, 1999
The Huggabug Club January 2, 1995 July 28, 2000
The Eddie Files 1995 2000
Adventures with Kanga Roddy 1998 2000
Ricky's Room 1999 2000
Mary Lou's Flip Flop Shop August 25, 2002 September 22, 2002
MythQuest 2002 2004
Real Wheels 2003 2004
The Shapies 2004 2006
Auto-B-Good January 17, 2005 December 23, 2005
Miffy and Friends 2007 2009
Shalom Sesame October 5, 2010 October 11, 2011

Short-form programming

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Dash's Game of the Day September 4, 2006 May 16, 2008
Dot's Story Factory September 3, 2007 October 4, 2013
Adventures with Hooper September 7, 2009 September 3, 2010
Coach Hooper September 6, 2010 2020
PBS Kids Field Trip 2020
Where in the World is Hooper? 2020

Web series

Title Premiere date End date Source(s)
Africa for Kids
Big Apple History
Chuck Vanderchuck
EekoWorld
Fizzy's Lunch Lab
It's My Life
KidsWorld Sports October 27, 2006 May 4, 2007
Wilson & Ditch: Digging America

Blocks

Block title Launch date End date Source(s)
PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch September 30, 2000 September 5, 2004
PBS Kids Go! October 11, 2004 October 7, 2013
PBS Kids Preschool Block September 4, 2006

Special programming

Title Initial broadcast date Source(s)
Arthur's Perfect Christmas3 November 23, 2000
Arthur, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll September 2, 2002
VeggieTales: The Star of Christmas December 23, 2002
Arthur's Missing Pal August 18, 2007
Curious George (Movie) November 23, 2011
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
WordGirl: The Rise of Miss Power February 20, 2012
Sid the Science Kid: The Movie March 25, 2013
Curious George Swings Into Spring April 22, 2013
Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest October 28, 2013
The Cyberchase Movie April 15, 2014
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle August 17, 2015
Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas November 25, 2015
Odd Squad: The Movie August 1, 2016
Wild Kratts: Creatures of the Deep Sea November 23, 2016
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: A Tiger Family Trip May 8, 2017
Ready Jet Go!: Back to Bortron 7 August 14, 2017
Arthur: D.W. and the Beastly Birthday May 29, 2017
Wild Kratts Alaska: Hero's Journey July 24, 2017
Wild Alaska Live July 29, 2017
Arthur and the Haunted Tree House October 23, 2017
Odd Squad: World Turned Odd January 15, 2018
Nature Cat: The Return of Bad Dog Bart July 16, 2018
Let's Go Luna!: Luna's Christmas Around the World December 10, 2018
Odd Squad: Odds and Ends January 21, 2019
The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special March 25, 2019
Ready Jet Go!: One Small Step June 17, 2019
Pinkalicious and Peterrific: A Pinkaperfect Birthday August 5, 2019
Nature Cat: A Nature Carol November 29, 2019
Rhythm and Roots of Arthur January 20, 2020
Odd Squad: Odd Beginnings February 17, 2020
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President March 16, 2020
Wild Kratts: Amazin' Amazon Adventure April 20, 2020
When You Wish Once Upon a Pickle: A Sesame Street Special July 13, 2020
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Won't You Sing Along with Me? August 17, 2020
PBS Kids Talk About: Race and Racism October 11, 2020
An Arthur Thanksgiving November 16, 2020
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