YTV (Canadian television)
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- See YTV for more meanings of the initials.
YTV, also known unofficially as "Youth Television," is a Canadian cable television network. The service is owned by a company called Corus Entertainment, which was spun off from cable provider Shaw Communications in late 1999. YTV's schedule is primarily children's programming, including shows for pre-schoolers to young adults, but the channel also airs British sitcoms in late night. YTV divides its schedule into named blocks, such as The Zone, with Carlos and Sugar on weekday afternoons. Between programs, there are usually short segments of children's content. YTV has been on the air since September 1, 1988. It has been known as the counterpart of the American channel Nickelodeon, because it shares several series (having the Canadian Broadcasting rights to them in agreement with Nickelodeon), and has a similar theme to Nickelodeon, such as being a kids network plus it's "icky-like" theme (that is, Slime, Creepy Creatures, etc.). It is also known for having first shown the first totally computer generated animated series, ReBoot.
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Programming
YTV's schedule presently includes the following programs. This list is from YTV's official Website:
- .hack//SIGN
- 15/Love
- All Grown Up!
- Battle B-Daman
- Being Ian
- Beyblade
- ChalkZone
- Code Lyoko
- Danny Phantom
- Dark Oracle
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Dragon Ball
- Dragon Ball GT
- Dragon Ball Z
- Drake and Josh
- Duel Masters
- Flat!
- Flying Rhino Junior High
- Fries With That?
- FunPak
- Gilmore Girls
- Girl Stuff/Boy Stuff
- Girlz TV
- Guinevere Jones
- Gundam Seed
- Hamtaro
- Hit List
- InuYasha
- Jacob Two-Two
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Justice League
- Justice League Unlimited
- LazyTown
- Martin Mystery
- Mischief City
- Monster by Mistake
- My Life as a Teenage robot
- Mystery Hunters
- Pokémon
- Powerpuff Girls
- Radio Active
- Ready or Not
- ReBoot
- Rugrats
- SD Gundam Force
- Smallville
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Spy Academy
- Static Shock
- Superfriends
- Teen Titans
- The Fairly OddParents
- Transformers Energon
- What I like about you
- Winx Club
- Witch Hunter Robin
- X-Men: Evolution
- Xiaolin Showdown
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Yvon of the Yukon
- Zixx: Level One
Programming line-ups
Also, there are 3 British sitcoms that show after midnight EST on Mondays to Thursdays, although they are not truly acknowledged airing among repeats of the day, and AYBS? and KUP are aired much later than My Family. They are, In order of showing:
- My Family (Currently airing just after midnight)
- Are You Being Served? (Are You Being Served? Again! Is also shown in this timeslot {treating both as the same show)
- Keeping Up Appearances
Other programs of note
YTV was the first North American broadcaster to air the British science fiction comedy series, Red Dwarf, although the episodes were heavily edited for language and content and at least one episode was banned entirely. YTV was also one of the first North American broadcasters to air the improv series Whose Line is it Anyway?, which again had to be edited. The Australian-American series Farscape received its Canadian debut on YTV.
External link
- YTV (http://www.ytv.com)