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= Universal Kids (2017-2019) =

Universal Kids is an American pay-television owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. The channel is formerly known as PBS Kids Sprout and Sprout, until 2017, it became Universal Kids.

Why It Used to Be Universal

 * 1) It was nice for NBCUniversal to compete with their sister channels, like NBC (the main channel), NBC News, and Bravo, including the YouTube channel DreamWorksTV (now Peacock Kids). They created programs like Top Chef Junior (kids counterpart of Top Chef), American Ninja Warrior Junior (counterpart of American Ninja Warrior), The Voice Kids (counterpart of The Voice), and NBC News for Universal Kids (counterpart of NBC News). All these shows that children can enjoy. Including shows from the DreamWorksTV channel, Junk Drawer Magical Adventures, and Life Hacks for Kids: On the Road.
 * 2) Sprout still continued, but as a block. Which was a good thing. Until it shortly died out over time in their 2019 rebrand.
 * 3) It broadcasted old shows, including nostalgic shows that used to air on Sprout, including shows from other networks in the United States, Channels like PBS Kids, Nick Jr. Cartoon Network, and Disney Junior.
 * 4) *They aired The Land Before Time and Totally Spies!, that used to air on Cartoon Network, Olivia and Dino Dan, that used to air on Nick Jr., Charlie and Lola that used to air on Disney Junior, Bob the Builder (1999) and Barney & Friends, that aired on PBS Kids.
 * 5) *And for shows that Sprout used to air, they brought back The Wiggles and The Chica Show.
 * 6) It also aired shows, mostly DreamWorks Animation Television shows, that are from Netflix. While viewers can watch the Netflix shows on Universal Kids, when they don't have Netflix.
 * 7) *This also includes Hulu and Amazon Prime Video as well.
 * 8) The channel was pretty enjoyable, even though most people had disliked the channel.
 * 9) It used to be super popular, like being part of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, until 2019.

Qualities That Are Not So Universal Anymore

 * 1) Since after their rebrand in 2019, they've began to downgrade very terribly over time, till right now it feels like a total trainwreck:
 * 2) Drop original programming development
 * 3) Completely kills off Sprout/Universal Kids Preschool
 * 4) Moves their successful shows like Where's Waldo? and American Ninja Warrior Junior to Peacock
 * 5) Removes some elements from their channel
 * 6) Getting rights to multiple shows but chooses not to air them, but only occasionally
 * 7) You would feel pretty bad for NBCUniversal that they made all the shows for this channel, last for only 2 years, then they go down to waste.
 * 8) While NBCUniversal making the shows based on their original shows on other NBCU-owned networks was a pretty neat idea, It can sometimes feel a bit unnecessary, extra, overwhelming, or like they were just made to make money.
 * 9) People pointed out that Universal Kids' launch rebrand looks like a blatant rip-off of Disney XD's 2015 rebrand.

Trivia

 * 1) As it’s pretty obvious and well known, Universal Kids is named after one of the biggest movie studios, Universal Pictures.
 * 2) Their acquired programming (not including PBS Kids Sprout) have mainly been from international channels, such as CBeebies, Cartoonito UK, CBBC, Family Channel, Family Jr., and CBC Kids.