{{Short description|Former American kids network}} {{About||the Australian regional television station|GTS/BKN}} {{redirect|BKN}} {{Infobox programming block | name = Bohbot Kids Network | image = File:BKN_logo.png | caption = | premiered = {{start date and age|1992|9|13}} | closed = {{end date and age|2000}} | country = United States | parent = [[Bohbot Entertainment|BKN, Inc.]] | formerly_known = Amazin' Adventures (1992–1997)<br>Bulldog TV (1999–2000) | runtime = 2 hours (1992–1995)<br>4 hours per week (1995–1996)<br>7 hours per week (1996–1997)<br>12 hours per week (1997–2000) | channel = [[Broadcast syndication]] | language = [[English language|English]] }} {{Infobox programming block | name = BKN Kids II | image = | caption = | premiered = {{start date and age|1999|8|29}} | closed = {{end date and age|2000|10|20}} | country = United States | parent = BKN, Inc. | channel = [[Broadcast syndication]] | language = [[English language|English]] | format = [[animated series]] | runtime = 4 hours (weekdays) }} '''Bohbot Kids Network''' (more commonly referred to and on-screen as '''BKN''', originally known as '''Amazin' Adventures''' until 1997) was a children's programming block operated by [[Bohbot Entertainment]] (later BKN, Inc.) that aired on syndicated television stations from 1992 to 2000.<ref name="BKNKidsEnds">{{Cite news|date=2000-10-22|title=BKN Kids bites dust|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/bkn-kids-bites-dust-70714|access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref>
== History == ===Amazin' Adventures (1992–1997)=== On September 13, 1992, Bohbot Entertainment launched ''Amazin' Adventures'', a syndicated programming block that aired for two hours on Sundays. Byrne Enterprises sold barter for the block.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=26}}</ref>
In August 1996, Bohbot announced that in addition to the standard Sunday block, an additional block titutively titled ''Amazin' Adventures Anthology'' would also be broadcast.<ref>https://kidscreen.com/1996/08/01/17167-19960801/</ref> This block aired on weekdays for an hour a day.
===Bohbot Kids Network (1997–1999)=== ''Amazin' Adventures'' was re-launched as Bohbot Kids Network (BKN) in September 1997.<ref name=awm/> By 1997, the network had signed up 104 stations reaching 75% of the US, with 65 stations airing BKN in pattern and 35 stations signing on for three years. Stations that aired the BKN block included [[BHC Communications]] stations,<ref name=bc>{{cite news|last=Schlosser|first=Joe|title=Bohbot zigs out of syndication|url=http://business.highbeam.com/3610/article-1G1-53079490/bohbot-zigs-out-syndication|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=Broadcasting & Cable|date=October 5, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112157/http://business.highbeam.com/3610/article-1G1-53079490/bohbot-zigs-out-syndication|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[WCIU-TV]],<ref name=vty/> [[WPGH-TV]], and [[The WB 100+ Station Group]]. During BKN's first season, its programs were split into three blocks: the "Extreme Block" (''[[Extreme Dinosaurs]]'' and ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'') and the "Comedy Block" (''[[The Mask: Animated Series]]'' and ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'') on weekdays, and "Amazin' Adventures" (''[[Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys]]'') on weekends.<ref name=vty>{{cite news|title=Bohbot Star Search|url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/bohbot-star-search-1117342251/|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=Variety|date=March 23, 1997}}</ref>
===Bulldog TV and BKN Kids II (1999–2000)=== With multiple offers in top 50 markets for the Bohbot Kids Network, Bohbot Entertainment scheduled the launch of a second syndication network, BKN Kids II, for September 1998 to meet the demand. BE also looked for shows from other syndicators to include in BKN Kids II.<ref name=awm/> With financial setbacks that had happened in the past, a consortium of banks gave Bohbot $100 million in new financing in September 1998. Two new blocks were announced at the same time as well as the new chairman/CEO of Bohbot Kids Network, Rick Ungar. BKN also indicated that long-term network affiliation agreements were under close to being finalized with Chris-Craft/United Television, [[Tribune Broadcasting]], [[Paramount Stations Group]], [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] and the WB network's WeB fill-in cable network.<ref>{{cite news|last=Freeman|first=Michael|title=Bohbot's 2000 Kids Tour|url=http://business.highbeam.com/137332/article-1G1-53073833/bohbot-2000-kids-tour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314085757/http://business.highbeam.com/137332/article-1G1-53073833/bohbot-2000-kids-tour|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 14, 2014|access-date=May 28, 2014|newspaper=Mediaweek|date=September 28, 1998}}</ref> Station groups affiliating with BKN 2 at launch included [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], [[Tribune Broadcasting]], [[Clear Channel Communications]] and [[ACME Communications]].
On July 16, 1999, BKN announced that their main syndicated service would be relaunched as an action-oriented block on August 29.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.awn.com/news/bkn-acquires-monster-rancher | title=BKN acquires MONSTER RANCHER }}</ref> The service was internally named "Bulldog TV" because the block's bumpers featured an animated bulldog. Bulldog TV focused on action cartoons taken from Bohbot's existing catalog and acquired shows mainly from DIC, broken up into two-hour-long blocks that aired on weekdays and Sundays. Existing BKN shows such as ''[[Mummies Alive!]]'', ''[[Double Dragon (TV series)|Double Dragon]]'' and ''[[Street Sharks]]'' made it to the rebranded service while two new original series, ''[[Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends]]'' and ''[[Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles]]'' were also added. The secondary syndicated service, BKN Kids II (branded as BKN on-screen) launched on the same day and broadcast a different lineup of shows in order to grant [[Syndication exclusivity|Syndex]] protection,<ref name=awm>Issue 3.2. {{cite news|title=Bohbot Syndicating Second Kids Net|url=https://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.2/3.2pages/3.2television.html|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=Animation World Magazine|date=May 1998}}</ref> BKN Kids II functioned as a more mainstream block focusing on a broader audience encompassing both boys and girls 2-11. Much of the programming formerly seen on the main service was moved to Kids II, with shows such as ''[[Mighty Max (TV series)|Mighty Max]]'', ''[[Highlander: The Animated Series]]'', ''The Mask: Animated Series'', and ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'' filling out the schedule.<ref name=awm/> Two acquisitions, ''[[Sonic Underground]]'' and ''[[Beakman's World]]'', also aired on Kids II.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.awn.com/mag/issue4.06/4.06pages/amidifalltv/amidifalltv2.php3 | title=It's Show Time! The Fall TV Preview }}</ref> During this time, BKN had their shows aired on the [[Syfy (United States)|Sci-Fi Channel]] on weekday mornings.
Bulldog TV and BKN Kids II ceased to broadcast on October 20, 2000.<ref name="BKNKidsEnds"/> [[The WB 100+ Station Group]] continued to air reruns of BKN shows during the 2000–2001 season.
===Revival of Amazin' Adventures brand as a YouTube Channel (2023–present)=== In February 2023, [[41 Entertainment]], the current distributor for BKN's former content, filed a trademark for "Amazin' Adventures".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://uspto.report/TM/97794080 | title=AMAZIN' ADVENTURES - 41 Entertainment LLC Trademark Registration }}</ref> Later on in the month, the brand was revived as a [[YouTube]] channel that offers up programs from 41 and BKN's catalogue.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/@amazinadventures41 | title=Amazin' Adventures - YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
== Programming== ===Amazin' Adventures=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Title !Premiere date !End date !Source(s) |- |''[[Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams]]'' |rowspan=4|September 13, 1992 |rowspan=3|1993 | |- | ''[[Saban's Gulliver's Travels]]'' | |- | ''[[The Wizard of Oz (TV series)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' | |- | ''[[King Arthur and the Knights of Justice]]'' | 1996 | |- | ''[[Hurricanes (TV series)|Hurricanes]]'' |rowspan=3|September 12, 1993 |rowspan=2|1994 | |- | ''[[Mighty Max (TV series)|Mighty Max]]'' | |- | ''[[Double Dragon (TV series)|Double Dragon]]'' | 1996 | |- | ''[[Street Sharks]]'' | September 7, 1994 | 1997 |<ref name=ks>{{cite news|last=Kirchdoerffer|first=Ed|title=Bohbot expands promos|url=https://kidscreen.com/1996/03/01/16909-19960301/ |access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=Kidscreen|date=March 1, 1996}}</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970626222202/http://www.amazin.com/amazin/sharkstructure/sharkshowpage/sharks.html</ref> |- | ''[[Works based on Thunderbirds#US re-edits|Turbocharged Thunderbirds]]'' |rowspan=2| December 1994 | 1995 |- | ''[[A.J.'s Time Travelers]]'' |rowspan=2| 1996 |- | ''[[Gadget Boy & Heather]]'' |rowspan=3| September 10, 1995 | |- | ''[[Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders]]'' |rowspan=4| 1997 |<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970626222155/http://www.amazin.com/amazin/gwenstructure/gwenshowpage/gwenhome3.html</ref> |- | ''[[Skysurfer Strike Force]]'' |<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970626222128/http://www.amazin.com/amazin/strikestructure/ssfshowpage/ssf.html</ref> |- | ''[[Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys]]'' | September 8, 1996 |<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970626222137/http://www.amazin.com/amazin/monkeystructure/spacmshow/monkeys.html</ref> |- | ''[[The Mask: Animated Series]]'' | September 10, 1996 |<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970626222147/http://www.amazin.com/amazin/maskstructure/maskshowpage/masktemplate6.html</ref> |- | ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' | August 1997 | September 1997 |<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19971014022022/http://www.amazin.com/</ref> |}
===BKN=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Title !Premiere date !End date !Block !Source(s) |- | ''[[Extreme Dinosaurs]]'' |rowspan=2| September 1, 1997 |rowspan=16| 1999 |rowspan=2| Extreme Block | <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970626222720/http://www.amazin.com/amazin/exdinosaursprecis.html</ref> |- | ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' | <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970626222712/http://www.amazin.com/amazin/exghostbustersprecis.html</ref> |- | ''[[The Mask: Animated Series]]'' |rowspan=3| 1997 |rowspan=2| Comedy Block | |- | ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' | |- | ''[[Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys]]'' | Amazin' Adventures |- | ''[[Jumanji (TV series)|Jumanji]]'' |rowspan=11| 1998 | Extreme Block |<ref>Issue 2.11. {{cite news|last=Kenyon|first=Heather|title=NATPE 1998: It's A Tough Market But Someone is Selling...|url=https://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.11/2.11pages/2.11kenyonnatpe.html|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=Animation World Magazine|date=February 1998}}</ref><ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tooning-1998-fall-season-0</ref> |- | ''[[Pocket Dragon Adventures]]'' | Comedy Block | <ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tooning-1998-fall-season-0</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970626222730/http://www.amazin.com/amazin/pocketdragonprecis.html</ref> |- | ''[[Mummies Alive!]]'' |rowspan=5| Extreme Block | <ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/natpe-1998-its-tough-market-someone-selling</ref><ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tooning-1998-fall-season-0</ref> |- | ''[[Mighty Max (TV series)|Mighty Max]]'' | <ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tooning-1998-fall-season-0</ref> |- | ''[[Action Man (1995 TV series)|Action Man]]'' | <ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tooning-1998-fall-season-0</ref> |- | ''[[Street Sharks]]'' | <ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tooning-1998-fall-season-0</ref> |- | ''[[Highlander: The Animated Series]]'' | <ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tooning-1998-fall-season-0</ref> |- | ''[[Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders]]'' |rowspan=4| Amazin' Adventures | <ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tooning-1998-fall-season-0</ref> |- | ''[[Double Dragon (TV series)|Double Dragon]]'' | <ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tooning-1998-fall-season-0</ref> |- | ''[[Ultraforce#Animated series|Ultraforce]]'' | <ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tooning-1998-fall-season-0</ref> |- | ''[[Skysurfer Strike Force]]'' | <ref>https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tooning-1998-fall-season-0</ref> |}
===Bulldog TV=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Title !Premiere date !End date !Source(s) |- | ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' | 1999 | 2000 | |- | ''[[Monster Rancher (TV series)|Monster Rancher]]'' | 1999 | 2000 |<ref>https://kidscreen.com/1999/09/01/26572-19990901/</ref> |- | ''[[Mummies Alive!]]'' | 1999 | 2000 | |- | ''[[Rambo: The Force of Freedom]]'' | 1999 | 2000 |<ref>https://kidscreen.com/1999/09/01/26572-19990901/</ref> |- | ''[[Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles]]'' | August 29, 1999 | 2000 |<ref>https://kidscreen.com/1999/09/01/26572-19990901/</ref> |- | ''[[Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends]]'' | August 29, 1999 | 2000 |<ref>https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/bohbot-ready-to-uncover-conspiracies-for-syndie-1117470764/</ref><ref>https://kidscreen.com/1999/09/01/26572-19990901/</ref> |- | ''[[Double Dragon (TV series)|Double Dragon]]'' | 1999 | 2000 | |- | ''[[Street Sharks]]'' | 1999 | 2000 |<ref>https://kidscreen.com/1999/09/01/26572-19990901/</ref> |}
===BKN Kids II=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Title !Premiere date !End date !Source(s) |- | ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' |rowspan=11| August 30, 1999 |rowspan=11| October 20, 2000 | |- | ''[[Beakman's World]]'' | <ref>https://kidscreen.com/1999/09/01/26572-19990901/</ref> |- | ''[[Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys]]'' | |- | ''[[Extreme Dinosaurs]]'' | |- | ''[[Highlander: The Animated Series]]'' | |- | ''[[Jumanji (TV series)|Jumanji]]'' | |- | ''[[King Arthur and the Knights of Justice]]'' | |- | ''[[Mighty Max (TV series)|Mighty Max]]'' | |- | ''[[Pocket Dragon Adventures]]'' | |- | ''[[Skysurfer Strike Force]]'' | |- | ''[[Sonic Underground]]''<ref>https://kidscreen.com/1999/09/01/26572-19990901/</ref> | |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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