Universal Kids Goes Dark in March, Making It the Latest Cable Network To Be Shut Down By NBCU

Universal Kids Goes Dark in March, Making It the Latest Cable Network To Be Shut Down By NBCU

Universal Kids, the youth-oriented network that began life as the preschool-centric PBS Kids Sprout (and later, Sprout) before being rebranded as a destination for a wider age range in 2017, is shutting down, Variety has confirmed. The network is expected to go dark on March 6, with an on-screen slate after that directing audiences to […]

NBCUniversal Is Shutting Down Its Universal Kids Cable Network

The channel will go dark on March 6.

NBCUniversal plans to shut down Universal Kids on March 6, 2025, as NBCU prepares to spin off most of its cable networks into a new, publicly traded company

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