PBS Kids Sprout TV Wiki

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We are a collaborative encyclopedia dedicated to the now defunct television channel, PBS KIDS Sprout. A joint venture among PBS, Comcast, Sesame Workshop and HiT Entertainment, PBS Kids Sprout started out as an on-demand service, and later became a full-fledged cable TV channel on September 26, 2005, replacing the 24/7 PBS Kids Channel. We are currently editing more than two thousand pages and we want you to help!

The multi-platform approach was designed to appeal to different viewing habits, with the linear channel focused on variety, and the on-demand services focused on instantaneous access to specific programs. The linear service was designed around dayparted programming blocks, featuring activities and other feature segments presented by on-air hosts. Some of these segments were designed to promote supplemental content (including activities and interactive features) on Sprout's website

Sprout's scheduling also eschewed the practice of combining multiple episodes of short-form children's series into a single half-hour episode with interstitial segments for U.S. broadcast, electing to air such programs individually in their original format.

On Sprout's 10th anniversary on September 26, 2015, Barney and Friends, Thomas and Friends and Super WHY! were removed and replaced with other shows. The channel re-branded to Universal Kids on September 9, 2017.

Our Mission

Since sprout.fandom.com has been invaded by trolls, little kids, and false information, we have decided to create a wiki for the real Sprout Channel and blocks with all of the correct information. Our mission to be an honest, complete archive of everything relating to the PBS KIDS Sprout channel from September 26, 2005 to September 9, 2017. We will have pages on various shows and programming blocks. We won't let an important part of children's television be erased. Come join us today!

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A thousand pages! On June 1, 2021, PBS Kids Sprout TV Wiki got its 1,000th page. Hooray! With all these pages, PBS Kids Sprout TV Wiki is the #1 source for the revolutionary, legendary channel that changed children’s television.
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FAQ

Where is Sprout now?
The original Sprout channel closed down in 2017. Universal Kids will shut down, too, on March 6, 2025, and as a result, this wiki will be put in archive mode, though non-admin users can still view the pages and use the forums.

What were Sprout's blocks?
Sprout's day usually started with Musical Mornings (later Sprout's Wiggly Waffle and then The Super Sproutlet Show). Once bigger children were off for school or other activities, little ones could get stuck into The Sunny Side Up Show (later Sprout House). The Let's Go Show (later The Sprout Sharing Show and then Sprout Control Room) started once older children are home from nursery or school, and finally, it was The Good Night Show, designed to calm things down and encourage Sproutlets to get ready for bed.

See Project:FAQ for more information.

Rules

Before you get started editing on the wiki, make sure you follow these rules:

Stay on-topic. This wiki only allows Sprout content from September 26, 2005 to September 9, 2017. Anything outside those dates isn't allowed, but exceptions can be made for 2005-2017 Sprout shows that aired on Universal Kids, such as Caillou, Barney & Friends, The Wiggles, The Chica Show, and Bob the Builder.
No bullying, harassment, discrimination, or hate speech of any kind. This means no racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, ableism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, etc.
Trolling isn't allowed either. Picking on someone because they like a preschool show is unkind and uncalled for. If you hate preschool shows, what are you doing here?
Please respect others' opinions on shows.
When adding images for Sprout airings of shows, please make sure that they are real and not fanmade.
On that note, only add true facts. No fanon or speculation allowed such as the common misconceptions that "The Bob the Builder franchise will come back for Season 22 on Universal Kids", "a rEbOot oF tHe bOb tHe bUiLdEr fRaNcHiSe hAs yEt tO bE aNnOuNcEd", or "aNoThEr nEw bOb tHe bUiLdEr rEbOot sErIeS, wHiCh iT wIlL hApPeN in 2022." SPOILER ALERT: THAT'S NOT TRUE
This wiki is not for your Fanon ideas and fan fiction series. Just because you think something will happen or want it to happen, doesn't mean it will. This wiki is only for true facts, not speculation.
No stalking people, especially if you're a grown adult stalking teenagers. Go get a job.
No being annoying to people. If someone tells you to stop or leave them alone, you HAVE to stop or leave them alone. No exceptions.
Don't make blank pages or pages with only one sentence.
If you have a question, feel free to ask bureaucrats NeptuneID13 or BanjoEisner on their respective message walls, as long as it's NOT' about the Bob the Builder franchise in general or if Thomas & Friends will return to Universal Kids (spoiler alert: IT WON'T!)
Use American terminology only. As Sprout was an American-only channel, only US terminology and spelling is allowed. This also goes for character names that were changed in US English dubs of certain shows. Only use the US names.
- The Fat Controller --> Sir Topham Hatt (Thomas & Friends)
- Bumble --> Fuzzbuzz (Fifi and the Flowertots)
- Cici, Drifter, Flash, FB, Plugger --> Zizzy, Dragga, Furzz, Trucksy, Lugga (Roary the Racing Car)
- Also, Muck must be referred to with she/her pronouns and feminine terms only, as she is female in the US dub of Bob the Builder, which Sprout aired.

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Mr. Mailman was a cardboard mailman who rode a helicopter (as well as other things, including a tractor and a double-decker bus) that would deliver birthday messages to Kevin on The Birthday Show and later The Sunny Side Up Show, and also starred in The Many Adventures of Mr. Mailman. He was likewise dropped from the show in 2015.