4Kids TV

"This is Sonic, and you're watching 4Kids TV!"

- Sonic during a commercial in 4Kids TV.

4Kids TV (often stylized as 4K!DS TV, and formely known as FoxBox) was saturday morning cartoon block that aired on Fox for four hours, owned by 4Kids Entertainment (now known as 4Licensing Corporation) and News Corporation. The block was launched in 2002 as FoxBox (Replacing Fox Kids), but then it was renamed as 4Kids TV in 2005. 4Kids TV ended in 2008 due to conflicts between Fox and 4Kids.

The block aired Sonic X from August 23, 2003 to June 3, 2006, but it was aired again on May 5, 2007 to December 27, 2008 (as the block ended).

History
After Disney bought Fox Family Worldwide in 2001, Fox Kids began to be discontinued. So The Fox Broadcasting Company and 4Kids Entertainment enter into an agreement to create a new saturday morning block for children. The Fox Kids block was then relaunched as FoxBox on September 14, 2002. 4Kids was responsible of the block's content and collected all advertising revenues from it. However, Fox's standards and practices department still handled content approval and responsibility of editing the series to meet broadcast standards. On January 22, 2005, the block was renamed 4Kids TV.

In November 2008, 4Kids Entertainment announced that 4Kids TV would end in December due to conflicts between Fox and 4Kids, as they didn't paid the network for some time the time lease, while Fox was unable to maintain the guaranteed 90% clearance for the block due to affiliate refusals and an inability to secure secondary affiliates to carry the programming in markets where the Fox station denied clearance for the block. 4Kids TV ended on December 27, 2008.

The time period where 4Kids TV used to air was no longer used for children's programming, as Fox announced as it was no longer available due to the unreachable competition from other cable channels for kids. The time period was used for two hours of programming back to its affiliates, while the other two hours were used for a new block called Weekend Marketplace.

Former programming

 * Alien Racers (2005)
 * Back to the Future: The Animated Series (March 9–August 30, 2003; reruns from CBS Kids)
 * Biker Mice from Mars (August 9–December 27, 2008)
 * Bratz (August 20, 2005–April 7, 2007)
 * Chaotic (October 7, 2006–June 14, 2008)
 * Chaotic: M'arrillian Invasion (September 13–December 27, 2008)
 * The Cramp Twins (February 8, 2003–August 19, 2006)
 * Cubix: Robots for Everyone (August 30, 2003–June 26, 2004)
 * Cabbage Patch Kids (TV Series) (2004; one episode aired as part of a promotion)
 * Di-Gata Defenders (July 28, 2007–December 27, 2008)
 * Dinosaur King (September 8, 2007–September 6, 2008)
 * F-Zero GP Legend (September 4, 2004–March 5, 2005)
 * Fighting Foodons (September 14, 2002–August 30, 2003)
 * Funky Cops (August 23, 2003–January 23, 2008; ended in 2004 on television)
 * G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 (August 27, 2005–December 30, 2006)
 * Incredible Crash Dummies (shorts; 2004–2005)
 * Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (September 14, 2002–December 9, 2006; June 21–December 27, 2008)
 * Magical DoReMi (August 13, 2005–May 2, 2008; ended in 2006 on television)
 * Mew Mew Power (February 19, 2005–July 22, 2006)[12]
 * One Piece (September 18, 2004–November 12, 2005; now on Adult Swim's Toonami Block)
 * Pirate Islands (2003)
 * Shaman King (August 30, 2003–September 3, 2005)
 * Stargate Infinity (September 14, 2002–March 15, 2003)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (February 8, 2003–April 15, 2006)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward (July 29, 2006–December 27, 2008)
 * The Adrenaline Project (September 29, 2007–April 5, 2008)
 * Ultraman Tiga (September 14, 2002–March 1, 2003)
 * Ultimate Muscle (September 14, 2002–May 22, 2004; June 10–August 19, 2006)
 * Viva Piñata (August 26, 2006–August 2, 2008)
 * Winx Club (May 22, 2004–December 27, 2008; now on Nickelodeon)
 * WMAC Masters (2003; reruns from syndication)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters (September 9–November 25, 2006)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! (September 2, 2006–August 25, 2007)
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (September 1, 2007–June 14, 2008)

Online network
4KidsTV.com (closed)

Slogans

 * What's Inside the Fox Box (2002–2003)
 * The FoxBox Rocks (2003–2005)
 * The Place to Be (2005–2006)
 * The Game Station (2007–2008)