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DIC Kids Network
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Introduction
The Cookie Jar Kids Network, formerly known as DIC Kids Network, and branded simply as "Cookie Jar" or "The Incredible World of DIC" on-screen, was a syndicated television block that aired select DIC (and later Cookie Jar programs) to syndicated television stations in order to fulfill their mandatory E/I criteria, as well as some third-party acquisitions. It was distributed by Tribune Entertainment from 2003 until 2008, and Ascent Media from 2008 until 2011.
The block launched in September 2003 and ended its run in September 2011.
DIC Kids Network
(September 1, 2003-2008?)
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Logo: We see the shortened version of the 2001 DIC logo. Then, the logo opens up to reveal the logo's background and effects, with the white circle (normally blue) containing the title card logo for one of the shows on the block.
Variants:
- Archie's Weird Mysteries - On a black background, we see a card featuring the show's main cast, with the show's logo spinning to the middle of the screen.
- The Berenstain Bears - The show's logo spins onto the top left of a screenshot from the show, featuring Mother Bear, Brother and Sister riding their car, while holding onto a kite with Father Bear clinging onto it.
- Liberty's Kids - We see the show's logo on a blue background with red/white stripes on the bottom. Screencaptures of Sarah, James and Henri (the same ones from the show's intro) fade to the screen.
- The Littles - We see Tom, Lucy and Dinky Little riding on a rocket, similar to that in the show's closing credit sequence. The show's logo spins to the top left.
- Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century - The "clockface" part of the logo rotates as the logo text zooms onto it.
Variants for Sabrina: The Animated Series, Sabrina's Secret Life and Inspector Gadget's Field Trip, also exist. It is also likely variants for the other shows that aired on the block also exist as well.
Technique: Same as the 2001 DIC logo with the additional effects.
Music/Sounds: The soundtrack from the 2001 DIC logo, but with an extra chime at the end when the show showcased appears on the screen.
Availability: Near extinction.
- Most of the variants were only ever seen on the syndicated DIC Kids Network block from 2003-2008.
- This TV's airings of Sonic Underground preserved the respective variant as it used master prints from the block.
- The Shout! Factory DVD release of Liberty's Kids also kept it on all episodes, as they were master prints sourced from the block.
- Although some DHX Kids prints of Archie's Weird Mysteries use these respective prints from the block, the logo is removed entirely.
Final Note
The "Cookie Jar Kids Network" era of the block has not been preserved, and so remains lost media.
