Red Princess

Red Princess is a Free-to-air children's network owned by Katz Broadcasting. It targets children between the ages of 7 to 17. Its programming consists of various animated and live-action shows from an assortment of companies. As well as movies from the Paramount, Universal and MGM libraries.

History
Red Princess was first announced as an unnamed TV channel in 2016 that focuses on children's entertainment. On September 25, 2016, it was announced that the channel would be called "Red Princess" to represent the channel's personality of one's youth-hood. on November 23, 2017, it was announced that the channel would have shows providing by NBCUniversal, DHX Media, Nelvana, 9 Story and MGM and would launch on January 1, 2018.

It's also should be noted that Red Princess is available to 89% of all US households who have at least on TV. Making it the second most abundant diginet. Right behind Weigel's MeTV.

First year (2018)
Initially, Red Princess launched with 8 shows: Spliced, Stella and Sam, Inspector Gadget, Babar, Sitting Ducks, Look Kool, The Magic School Bus and The Lionhearts. The channel would also have no mascot until April 22, 2018 with the introduction of Princess Rainbow, a 16-year old princess that can change color depending on the day of the week. Also on that same week, to comply with e/i regulations, they launched a weekday morning preschool-orientated block. The launch shows on that block are: Word Party, Green's Clubhouse, Jerry and the Raiders and ToddWorld. The channel aired cartoons during the daytime hours and sitcoms during the nighttime hours.

Second Year (2019)
On December 23, 2018, Red Princess announced that the channel would undergo a semi-rebrand. With that rebrand, came two weekend gender-oriented programming blocks. "Boys Night Out", a male-oriented block that airs every Saturday, and Girls night out, a female-oriented block that airs every Sunday. They also announced the launch of a nighttime block geared to adults: Purple Queen. All three blocks were launched from January 5 to 7, 2019. With Purple Queen's mascot being an alien queen named "Queen Purple, planet slayer". A queen who slays the alien planet that kidnapped Princess Rainbow. Later that year, the network created a Friday evening block: Knight University. A live-action block geared to Teenagers. And to add that, they produced four original series: Minecraft: The Cartoon Series, Yellow, Princess of the Desert, Little Larva School and The Pillow Squad.

Third Year (2020)
To celebrate the new decade, Red Princess launched a movie block every Friday at 7 PM named Rainbow Theater. When the COVID-19 pandemic arises, Red Princess created various tips and tidbits in between their shows on how to protect yourself from the deadly pandemic. Red Princess also launched a +1 channel for areas that didn't have the channel in the area. +1 tends to appear on CW, MyNetworkTV and ION affiliates. Though despite this, a few areas contain both the main and +1 channels.

Current Year (2021)
Following ION's merger with E.W. Scripps, Red Princess began to add programming from the Qubo catalog. Following ION's announcement of Qubo and ION Plus shutting down, the channel announced that they would merge Red Princess +1 as well as its purple queen block with Qubo and Ion Plus respectively. They've also announced that the merger would be a total rebirth to the ION networks. On March 24, Red Princess announced that Red Princess +1 would be rebranded to Red Princess Plus on April 5, 2021 and would act as a replacement to ION's Qubo. It will be launched on the same day as Rainbow Funhouse. Purple Queen +1 wouldn't be revived until October 4, 2021, with the launches of DarkPrincess, Royal Safari, and Planet Cartoon. Red Princess also announced that ION Television will be transferred to the Red Princess networks as well. During the process, ION Plus was announced to be revived as a network with the Katz channels moving there. On April 12, 2021, Red Princess released new colored logos representing the days of the week. On April 15, the channel announced a new 3-hour weekday morning anime-themed block named "Rise 'N Shine Anime". But on July 1, 2021, it was announced that Planet Cartoon would be renamed Doozy at launch.

On June 27, 2021, the network announced that they would air the Scripps Spelling Bee live on Thursday, June 8, 2021.

Programming
Programming on Red Princess includes original series such as Minecraft: The Animated Series, Green's Clubhouse, Yellow, Princess of the Desert, Rupert (2020), Little Larva School, The Pillow Squad, and Animal World as well as acquired programming from other studios, which as of March 2021 includes Spliced, Willa's Wild Life, Babar, Madeline, Digimon Adventure, Ruby Gloom, All Dogs Go to heaven: The Animated Series, Free Willy (Cartoon), Dear America/Royal Daries, Franklin, Turbo Dogs, Animaniacs, Rescue Heroes, and The Land Before Time (TV Series), Puyo Puyo as well as upcoming programming such as Xploration Animal Science, Kirby Right Back at Ya!, and Gabriel Garza.

Current

 * Little Royal Academy - A daily preschool-oriented block geared to Children under 7. It airs from 9 AM to 2 PM on weekdays and 8 AM to 11 AM on Weekends, Holidays and during the Summer). Its programming consists of various programing from the WildBrain, Jim Henson and Netflix libraries such as True and the Rainbow Kingdom, Monster Math Squad, Numberblocks, Justin Time and original programming such as Little Larva School.
 * Knight University - A Friday afternoon block that airs from 4 PM to 7 PM. It consists of live-action programming from the Litton Entertainment lineup. Just like the other Litton Entertainment blocks, it's geared to Teens aged 13 to 16. In some areas, Xploration Station or Qubo Kids Corner airs instead. This often happens on Fox stations. However, starting on July 9, 2021, the block was moved to 3 to 6 PM instead.
 * Boys Night Out - A Saturday evening block that airs from 6 PM to 11 PM. It's an Action block oriented to young males. It contains mostly action shows such as Class of the Titans, Rescue Heroes and Grossology.
 * Girls Night Out - A Sunday evening block that's the female counterpart to Boys Night Out. It contains mostly adventure shows from WildBrain and Nelvana such as Madeline, Ruby Gloom and She-Ra: Princess of Power. It airs every Sunday from 6 PM to 11 PM.
 * Purple Queen - A daily night time block that airs everyday from 10 PM to 6 AM (11 PM to 5 AM over the weekend). Unlike the other blocks, it's aimed towards adults ages 18 to 49. The block's programming mostly consists of Comedy and animated shows imported from Adult Swim, Laff, NightHouse, and Toonami.
 * Toasted Weekend - A weekend block that airs every Saturday and Sunday from 3 PM to 6 PM. The block airs 3 hour long marathons for each day. On some occasions, a movie airs on the block. Typically at 3 PM.
 * Minimax Madness - A Friday evening block that airs from 6 PM to 11 PM. It is fully e/i (similar to Knight University and Little Royal Academy) and is a non-violent block. The block serves as a family-oriented block.

Upcoming

 * Super Saturdayz - A Saturday morning action block set to launch on September 25, 2021. It is created by a joint venture between Nelvana, Gingo, and E.W. Scripps. Programming confirmed on the block are Rupert, Zina Supermoon, Astro Boy, and Digimon Fusion. The block stars a prince named Prince Saturday and takes place in a football arena. Trivia facts about healthy eating and fitness appear during commercial breaks.
 * Sweet Sundays - A Sunday morning block that complements Super Saturdayz set to launch on September 26, 2021. Shows confirmed on the block are Pecola, Madeline, My Melody's Magical Adventure, and Being Ian. The block stars a princess named Princess Sunday and her K-Pop group. Trivia facts about music appear during commercial breaks.
 * Friday Night Family - an upcoming Friday night slot dedicated towards family programming. The block is announced to have a 2022 launch.

Former

 * Red Princess Star Watcher - A former nighttime block containing reruns of DIC Entertainment programming.
 * Comedy Zone - An afternoon block dedicated to comedy programming (such as Funniest Pets and People). It ran from October 2018 to January 2020 with the launch of Knight University. The block also complemented Laff's Laughternoon block.
 * Aninix - A Weekend afternoon block comprising of anime.
 * Rainbow Theater - A movie block that airs every third Friday. On June 1, 2021, it and Toasted Weekend merged into one.

Annual

 * Beach Party Montage - A block that airs every summer Starting on Memorial Day and ends the Sunday before Labor day from 11 AM to either 5 PM Friday, 6 PM Saturday and Sunday, and 10 PM Mondays to Thursdays. However, in 2021, Beach Party Montage only airs over the weekend.
 * Red's Royal Ball - An annual block that airs on during the last week of November. It contains 5 4-hour marathons (3 hours for the last show). The block concludes with a day-long movie marathon on Sunday.
 * Red Princess Summer Camp - A late weekday morning/early afternoon block that airs from June 1 until Labor Day and airs from 11 AM to 2 PM. Replacing Little Royal Academy's later slots during the summer.
 * Night of the Faries - An annual primetime block that airs on the first Sunday of November.

Red Tiara
Red Tiara is the official streaming service of Red Princess. Just like PBS Kids Video, it just simply requires your zip code to see if it's available to you. While viewing the shows are free with ads, you can pay 99 cents per month to watch it free. If a station is available, you can watch live for free as well. Purple Queen's version is called Purple Gown.

RedPrincess.com
RedPrincess.com is the official website for Red Princess. It launched on March 1, 2018 and contains shorts (and sometimes, full episodes) based off of the shows they air. New episodes of Rupert (2020) sometimes premiere on the Red Princess website (or sometimes Peacock) instead of the main channel.

International channels
On July 27, 2020, Red Princess opened up several international channels in the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Australia, and El Salvador. Just like its American counterpart, the channel runs from 6 AM to 10 PM on weekdays and 5 AM to 11 PM over the Weekend. Unlike it, the networks are owned by MGM instead.

On December 28, 2020, E.W. Scripps announced that they've signed a deal with CBS and Corus to launch Canadian versions of Red Princess for children, The CW for general audiences, and a reboot of UPN for lifestyle. Thus making the channel free to air. On May 31, 2021, CBS signed a deal with WildBrain causing the networks to become Corus Network (Red Princess), Playhouse Gingo (UPN), and The NightHouse (Canada).

Affiliates
Red Princess is not just available to E.W. Scripps stations, but also stations owned by Sinclar, Nexstar Media, Fox Television Stations, The Mastori family, Tengen, Tribune Media, CBS Television Stations and ABC Digital.