Toonturama

Toonturama
NetworkUniMás
Launched
  • January 15, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-01-15) (Mi Tele)[1]
  • January 19, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-01-19) (Toonturama and Toonturama Junior)[1]
Closed
  • August 7, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-08-07) (Mi Tele)[2]
  • September 4, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-09-04) (Toonturama Junior)
Country of originUnited States
OwnerTelevisaUnivision USA
(formerly known as Univision Communications)
FormatSaturday and Sunday morning children's cartoon/E/I block
Running time4 hours
Original language(s)Spanish
Official websiteOfficial website

Toonturama is an American children's programming block that airs on the Spanish-language television network UniMás (formerly known as Telefutura Network) which debuted on January 15, 2002 ("Mi Tele") and January 19, 2002 ("Toonturama" and "Toonturama Junior").[3] The four-hour block—which airs Saturday and Sunday mornings from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time and Pacific Time—features live action and animated series aimed at children between the ages of 2 and 14. It was the network's attempt to have a Saturday morning block.

Programs featured on the block consist of a mixture of series originally produced in Spanish and dubbed versions of series that were originally produced and broadcast in English. All shows featured on Toonturama are designed to meet federally mandated educational programming guidelines defined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) via the Children's Television Act.

  1. ^ a b "Cartoons For Children On TeleFutura". Hispanic Ad Weekly. Hispanic Media Sales, Inc. December 15, 2001. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  2. ^ "TeleFutura Schedules on August 7, 2007/Mi Tele Final Aired in 2007". univision.com. Univision Communications. August 6, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-06.
  3. ^ "TeleFutura's Counter Play". Mediaweek. BPI Publications. January 14, 2002. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015 – via HighBeam Research.