Universal Kids

2005–2009; 2009-2013 (secondary)
PBS Kids Sprout was launched on September 26, 2005 by Sesame Workshop, PBS, Comcast, and HIT Entertainment as a preschooler oriented network. Designed by Primal Screen. On January 28, 2011, Comcast purchased the media conglomerate NBCUniversal, merging most of its media operations with it, including PBS Kids Sprout. Later, in October 2011, Apax Partners announced a sale of HIT Entertainment to Mattel (it ended up in Fisher-Price's control); the acquisition was completed on February 1, 2012, and did not include HIT's share in the network. Although promotions for the network would often use the next logo in 2009, this logo continued to be a D.O.G. for the network until 2013 when NBCUniversal bought PBS, Sesame Workshop, and Apax Partners' shares in the network.


 * Announcement of the channel

2017 (tentative)


On May 1, 2017, NBCUniversal announced it will relaunch Sprout as Universal Kids in an effort to broaden the network's programming. The scheduled rebrand is on September 9, 2017.


 * Variety