CBS and DIC today announced the lineup for their new children’s programming block, Saturday Morning Secret Slumber Party, which debuts Saturday, Sept. 16, on the CBS Television Network. The three-hour strip will feature the new toon series Horseland and Kooky Kitchen, as well as established favorites Sabrina: The Animated Series, Trollz and Madeline. In addition, viewers are promised more original programming with 26 new episodes to be delivered each year as opposed to the typical 12.
Horseland is based on a popular web destination for kids and features a mix of CG and traditional animation to take young viewers to the greatest stable ever, where kids and their talking horses compete and have adventures. Each episode features themes that deal with issues such as compassion, honesty and cooperation’both human and equine.
Kooky Kitchen is an animated comedy-action series that promises to bring the ultimate cooking adventure to kids. From a magical secret kitchen hidden beneath a famous restaurant, a chef with a magic recipe book takes his special guests on culinary trips around the world in search of the necessary ingredients for his masterful creations.
CBS’s Saturday Morning Secret Slumber Party will also feature animated and live-action interstitials that promote healthy eating and balanced, active lifestyles for kids. The messages will be created in consultation with Baylor College of Medicine’s Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC), an internationally renowned institute devoted to pediatric nutrition studies. DIC will also seek guidance from children’s experts from the DIC Educational Advisory Board, a group comprised of leading media experts, educators and pediatricians.
