The Brand New Kids' WB Network

The Brand New Kids' WB Network (also known as Kids' WB! and Warner Bros. Kids Channel) is an American cable television network created by TimeWarner and Warner Bros. Entertainment which primarily shows animated programming. The channel made for cartoons for kids began broadcasting on January 13, 1995 with its first group of Cartoon Cartoons, Bugs 'N Daffy, Animaniacs, Pinky & The Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, being its first-ever aired programs.

Kids' WB always served as a 24-hour outlet for original animation properties from the TimeWarner libraries and is mainly youth-oriented. Since 1997, Kids' WB began airing few of Cartoon Network's own Cartoon Cartoons, as well as a few of newer Cartoon Network originals such as Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, My Gym Partner's A Monkey, Class of 3000, Camp Lazlo and Chowder. Notably, the new originals have also been classified as Cartoon Cartoons. In 2011, Kids' WB will begin airing two of Nickelodeon's original Nicktoons, Doug and earlier episodes of Hey Arnold!.

1995-1997: The Beginning of Kids' WB!
Kids' WB began its life on January 13, 1995. The popular Warner Bros. cartoon character Bugs Bunny appeared on-air as the network's official mascot and would remain in the network's branding as of today. Kids' WB's first programs were mainly produced by Warner Bros. Animation that were targeted at children and kids 5-12 (Animaniacs, Freakazoid!, Bugs & Daffy, Pinky & The Brain, Tiny Toon Adventures, That's Warner Bros.! and The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries). The only show not produced by Warner Bros. Animation was Earthworm Jim, which was produced by Universal Cartoon Studios. When all of the shows was renewed beyond and after the first year, they made a significant impact. In the fall of 1995, the Saturday morning block version of Kids' WB premiered as well as a weekday-afternoon and weekday-morning block.

From 1995-1999, Kids' WB also recieved additional national cable distribution on Chicago-based Superstation WGN-TV through an exclusive plan to air Kids' WB programming on weekday/weekend timeslots.

In the 1996-1997 season, the network continued to expand with more new original series. The season gave Kids' WB popular hits such as Road Rovers, Waynehead, The Daffy Duck Show and Superman: The Animated Series. The shows became popular as they were later airing on Friday nights and weekday afternoons.

The bumpers in this era featured The WB's prime-time stars appearing in promotional spots as well as many Kids' WB stars (Bugs Bunny, Michigan J. Frog, Yakko, Wakko, Dot, Pinky and The Brain, Damey Wayne, Tweety, Sylvester and Hector the Bulldog). The backgrounds were from Animaniacs with the original WB water tower and was replaced by the 3D Warner Bros. Studios Backlot in 1997.

1997-2001: New shows, new look
In the beginning of 1997, Kids' WB had a brand-new logo that looks similar to the one used as of today. Plus, the original studio backlot was replaced by the 3D Warner Bros. Studios Backlot. The new series for the 1997-1998 season were Men In Black: The Series, Dexter's Laboratory and many more!