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Title of Planned Core Program #1
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Origin
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The Emperor's New School
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Sundays/10:00-10:30 AM ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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8 years
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11 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Kuzco, a youth who is heir to the throne of a mythical Andean country, must graduate from Kuzco Academy before he can become Emperor of his land. He lives with a peasant foster family and faces the intellectual, physical and social challenges that all teens face, while also preparing to rule justly and well. Sometimes Kuzco wonders whether being Emperor for the rest of his days will be a pleasure or a trap.
Kuzco thwarts attempts by the nefarious Yzma and her henchman, Kronk, to stop him from doing well in school. If Kuzco were to fail at his class work, Yzma would become Empress. Kuzco struggles to complete his assignments and stay on track. Only if he remains steadfast, studies hard, learns from his mistakes, and can relate to citizens at all levels of society, will he ascend the throne. His best friend Malina, an excellent student, attempts to help Kuzco stay out of trouble and achieve his goals.
Series episodes explore issues such as coping with peer pressure, respecting authority, taking responsibility, adhering to family and school rules, accepting differences, building self-esteem and trust
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Title of Planned Core Program #2
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Origin
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The Replacements
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Sundays/10:30-11:00 AM ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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8 years
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11 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Riley and Todd, siblings who were raised in an orphanage after the death of their parents, long to be adopted. They find a comic book advertisement for Fleemco, an agency that will provide "Replacement" parents or adults to substitute for certain individuals. Brother and sister decide to send in the $1.98 fee in hopes of obtaining parents to replace their lost ones. They acquire an unorthodox pair of Replacement parents, Dick Daring and Agent K. Dick is a former daredevil stuntman and Agent K is a British super-spy. Neither seems to know much about parenting, although their intentions are good. Agent K's highly intelligent automobile, C.A.R., her former spy partner, also joins the household. Their attempts to forge a family and adjust to a new school are both touching and comedic.
Riley and Todd discover that they can call Fleemco to request replacement of any adult whom they dislike, who is overly strict, or who is merely uninteresting. The temporary Replacements for teachers, neighbors or other community figures never prove to be as exciting or fun as the siblings had hoped, and are often immature and obnoxious. As things go awry, Riley and Todd learn that they need adult leadership, discipline, role models, order and structure. By the end of each story they are eager to return the Replacement and reinstate the original adult.
Stories revolve around issues such as cooperating with household/family rules, taking responsibility, fairness, building self-esteem, and trust.
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Title of Planned Core Program #3
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Origin
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That's So Raven
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays/10:00-10:30 AM ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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10 years
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13 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Raven Baxter, who has inherited her grandmother's gift of clairvoyance, is a normal, happy young woman. Nonetheless, Raven sometimes worries that she is a freak because of her clairvoyant abilities. She has a ten-year old brother, Cory. They are typical siblings, with the tension and rivalry that most siblings experience. Raven and Cory's mother is in law school, and their father owns a small restaurant.
Raven attends an ethnically diverse San Francisco public high school. She is responsible for the after-school safety and activities of Cory. Her closest friends, Chelsea and Eddie, are fiercely committed to environmental issues and sports, respectively. Raven dreams of a career in fashion design, and the new season's episodes revolve around her internship with an eccentric fashion designer.
Raven's parents and close friends know about her "visions". These premonitions often prompt her to intervene before trouble occurs. Sometimes her interventions backfire, and at other times the foreseen events occur, bringing embarrassment or sadness. She learns valuable lessons from her transgressions. "Visions" set up issues that the Core episodes of this series explore, among which are sibling rivalry, popularity, loyalty, self-acceptance, jealousy, dealing with authority, and consequences of lying or cheating.
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Title of Planned Core Program #4
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Origin
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That's So Raven
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays/10:30-11:00 AM ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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10 years
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13 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Raven Baxter, who has inherited her grandmother's gift of clairvoyance, is a normal, happy young woman. Nonetheless, Raven sometimes worries that she is a freak because of her clairvoyant abilities. She has a ten-year old brother, Cory. They are typical siblings, with the tension and rivalry that most siblings experience. Raven and Cory's mother is in law school, and their father owns a small restaurant.
Raven attends an ethnically diverse San Francisco public high school. She is responsible for the after-school safety and activities of Cory. Her closest friends, Chelsea and Eddie, are fiercely committed to environmental issues and sports, respectively. Raven dreams of a career in fashion design, and the new season's episodes revolve around her internship with an eccentric fashion designer.
Raven's parents and close friends know about her "visions". These premonitions often prompt her to intervene before trouble occurs. Sometimes her interventions backfire, and at other times the foreseen events occur, bringing embarrassment or sadness. She learns valuable lessons from her transgressions. "Visions" set up issues that the Core episodes of this series explore, among which are sibling rivalry, popularity, loyalty, self-acceptance, jealousy, dealing with authority, and consequences of lying or cheating.
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Title of Planned Core Program #5
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Origin
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Hannah Montana
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays/11-11:30 AM ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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10 years
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13 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Thirteen-year-old Miley Stewart, recently moved from Tennessee to Malibu, CA, leads a double life. By day she attends public high school, along with her older brother Jackson, but by night she is emerging pop star "Hannah Montana". Except for her family, only her two best friends, Oliver and Lilly, and her bodyguard know about Miley's career as a singer, and she strives to maintain privacy, fearing that her new classmates would treat her very differently if they knew of her stage identity. Miley wears blonde wigs while performing, and manages to escape being recognized.
Miley's mother died three years before the story begins, so her dad is now a single parent. He has just begun dating again. Miley misses her mother very much. One of the songs that she writes and performs is about the pain of growing up without her mother.
Unlike her brother, Miley is a dedicated student. At school, her enemies are Amber and Ashley, two girls who constantly bully Miley. Oliver and Lilly are fiercely protective of their friend. Miley has ordinary teenage insecurities, but remains true to herself, despite the allure of concert life, the limos, parties, and glamorous clothes. This is in no small part due to the solid values that her father, Miley's manager (Billy Rae Cyrus), has imparted. Tension and sibling rivalry do occur, especially when Jackson feels that his talented sister is getting all the attention.
Stories examine social issues such as peer pressure, integrity, family rules, jealousy, friendship, loyalty, and issues related to bereavement.
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Title of Planned Core Program #6
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Origin
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The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
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NETWORK
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays/11:30 AM-12 noon ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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11 years
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13 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Those episodes of "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" that air on ABC as Core Programming deliver life lessons tailored for the older child and "tween" audience.
Stories take place in a luxury hotel in Boston, where twelve-year-old identical twins Zack and Cody live with their divorced mom, a lounge singer for the Tipton Hotel. The boys attend a local public middle school. One of the twins is polite and shy and excels in academics, while the other, athletic and extroverted, barely scrapes by in school, due to lack of effort. He often instigates wacky plans for outwitting hotel authorities, caregivers, and their mother. The boy's mother dates and would like to remarry. Their father is a professional rock musician who is on the road much of the year, but stays in touch with his sons. This sets up occasional parental conflicts about discipline and expectations.
Parallel stories involve two teenage girls: heiress London Tipton, whose father owns the hotel, and Maddie, a girl who works after school at the hotel snack bar. Unlike London, Maddie attends a parochial girls' school and comes from a working class Boston family.
Series episodes explore sibling rivalry, conflicts with parents, divorce, household and hotel rules, family budget limitations, responsibility, self-esteem, and peer pressure.
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Title of Planned Core Program #7
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Origin
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Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures (Digital Multicast Only)
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SYNDICATED
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays/7 - 7:30 AM ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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13 years
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16 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Each episode follows Jack as he spends time with different animal species across various continents. Jack talks with people who are knowledgeable about each animal, teaching as he goes. The Program reveals to children of all ages the world around them in a way that presents positive role models and pro-social values within an environmentally responsible universe.
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Title of Planned Core Program #8
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Origin
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Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures 2nd Run (Digital Multicast Only)
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SYNDICATED
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays/7:30-8 AM ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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13 years
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16 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Each episode follows Jack as he spends time with different animal species across various continents. Jack talks with people who are knowledgeable about each animal, teaching as he goes. The Program reveals to children of all ages the world around them in a way that presents positive role models and pro-social values within an environmentally responsible universe.
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Title of Planned Core Program #9
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Origin
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Whaddyado(Digital Multicast Only)
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SYNDICATED
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays/8 - 8:30 AM ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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13 years
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16 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Whaddyado is a half-hour weekly educational series designed to educate, inform,inspire and entertain children 16 & under (specific target audience is 13-16) about the world around them. Each episode is an educational life-lesson, based in reality, intended to prepare young people for potential situations that could easily crop up at any time, anywhere.
Using a combination of actual dramatic footage, re-enactments, and demonstrations, Whaddyado provides a compelling look at perilous situations that have occurred in real life. Then, using interviews with the participants, and expert instructions, we learn what the proper reaction should be when faced with similar life-threatening circumstances. Also, in an effort to help young people make the right decision at the right moment, there will be a Moral Dilemma segment featured in some of the episodes.
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Title of Planned Core Program #10
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Origin
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Animal Exploration with Jarod Miller (Digital Multicast Only)
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SYNDICATED
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays/8:30 - 9 AM ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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13 years
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16 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Animal Exploration with Jarod Miller is a half-hour live action television program designed to meet the educational and informational needs of children. Each episode, cameras follow host Miller to the nearest and farthest corners of the world as he explores the land, air and sea with intrepid curiosity, introducing children to places and people and things they may have never seen before. Each episode is designed to reveal to children the world around them in a way that identifies positive role models and pro-social values within an environmentally responsible universe.
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Title of Planned Core Program #11
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Origin
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Real Life 101 (Digital Multicast Only)
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SYNDICATED
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays/9 - 9:30 AM ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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13 years
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16 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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Real life jobs and careers are explored in an energetic style as an education and information (E/I) presentation for teenage viewers. The careers and people chosen to reflect those categories offer a vital inside look at what it would really be like to choose that particular profession. A co-host approach allows for interchange of questions and responses, adding viewer stimulation and insight
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Title of Planned Core Program #12
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Origin
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Ultimate Choice (Digital Multicast Only)
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SYNDICATED
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Regular Schedule
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Total Times to be Aired
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Saturdays/9:30 - 10 AM ET
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13
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Length of Program
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Age of Target Audience
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30 minutes
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From
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To
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13 years
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16 years
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Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming
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This series follows eight teens through a carefully orchestrated, extreme adventure against the breath-taking background of Lake Tahoe, California. They face cliff jumping, whitewater rafting, an ultimate choice obstacle course, the flying trapese, paintball battles, ultimate rope courses, mountain scooters, hot-air ballooning and much more. They live these adventures 24 hours each day, saying goodbye to their normal lives and hello to an experience that they will never forget.
At the conclusion of each adventure, the teens discuss what they learned about themselves and life, as they develop their own convictions about each of the physical challenges and moral issues.
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