Red Princess

Red Princess is an American digital multicast television network. It is owned by Katz Broadcasting of E.W. Scripps and specializes in live-action and animated programming targeting children and teenagers ages 2 to 17. It also specializes in animated movies mainly from the 90s and 2000s as well.

Currently, it is tied with MeTV and PBS Kids as the highest range of any diginet and as such, all four of them cover 94% of the United States. It is also the only Scripps-owned channel that is said not to be transferred to exclusively ION stations and/or Scripps-owned stations as a way to provide children's programming to those who don't have access to Nickeldeon and Disney Channel.

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.

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 July 1, 2021, it was announced that Planet Cartoon would be renamed Snooze at launch. On June 27, 2021, the network announced that they would air the Scripps Spelling Bee live on Thursday, June 8, 2021. With the rise of demand of e/i programming for the 7 to 12 audience as well as a general lack of e/i programming on cable networks, Red Princess began airing Interstitial programming in between their programming for grades K-12 starting on November 15, 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, Pink the Alien, and Animal World as well as acquired programming from other studios, which as of November 2021 includes Spliced, Willa's Wild Life, Babar, Madeline, Digimon Adventure, Ruby Gloom, All Dogs Go to heaven: The Animated Series, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Dear America/Royal Daries, Franklin, Turbo Dogs, Class of the Titans, Rescue Heroes, and The Land Before Time (TV Series), Puyo Puyo as well as upcoming programming such as Shelldon, The Choo Choo Bob Show, and 6Teen.

Current

 * Little Royal Academy - Little Royal Academy is the preschool identity of Red Princess. It airs every weekday from 9 AM to 2 PM and on weekends from 8 to 11 AM. The block's targeted age group is preschool children and contains various preschool shows. Namely, ToddWorld, Green's Clubhouse, Messy Goes to OKIDO, Numberblocks, and Miss Spider's Sunnypatch Friends. However, starting on October 2, 2021, Little Royal Academy's weekend slots are said to be reduced from 8 to 11 to 5 to 8 AM in favor of a brand new block based on its sister channel Snooze. Just like Knight University, the majority of the block's programming comply with the FCC's e/i regulations.
 * Knight University - The network's live-action block. Operated by Litton Entertainment, the block is aimed at teenagers aged 13-16 and complies with the FCC's e/i requirements. It airs every Friday from 4 to 7 PM. While most affiliates of Red Princess carry this block, some, particularly ones owned by Sinclair carry syndicated block Xploration Station instead.
 * Boys Night Out - A Saturday night action block aimed at young males between the ages of 8 and 17 years of age. The block mainly contains action and sci-fi shows with a male audience in mind. The block airs every Saturday from 6 PM to 11 PM.
 * Girls Night Out - Boys Night Out's Sunday counterpart. It is a Sunday night block aimed at young females. Just like Boys Night Out, most of the Girls Night Out shows are either action or slice-of-life. Though despite the target demographics, the network encourages both genders to check them out.
 * Purple Queen - The late-night adult-oriented block. The block airs every night from 10 PM (11 PM over the weekend) until 6 AM (5 AM over the weekend). The block is geared to older teens and young adults ages 18 to 34 and comprises not only shows from the other Katz networks (such as Home Improvement or American Greed) but also acquired shows made exclusive for the network as well.
 * Toasted Weekend - The weekend afternoon block. The block's format is similar to PBS Kids' PBS Kids Family Night and is often comprise of either a marathon of one show or a topic or even a movie. The block airs every weekend from 2 to 6 PM.
 * Snooze on Red Princess - An upcoming weekend morning block based on the sister channel of the same name.

Former

 * Red Princess Star Watcher - A late at night block containing various shows by DIC Entertainment and Nelvana. It was replaced by Purple Queen following Court TV's formation.
 * Comedy Zone - A weekday afternoon block that aired comedy shows comparable to the ones found on Laff.
 * Rainbow Theater - A movie block that aired every third Friday.

Annual

 * Red's Royal Ball - A week-long event that lasts on the last week of the year and contains 4 3 and a half-hour marathons of various shows.
 * Red Princess Summer Camp - A summer block that starts on the first Tuesday after Memorial Day and ends on Labor Day. It contains programming from all of the blocks (except for Purple Queen). Little Royal Academy airs from 8 to 11 AM while this block airs from 11 AM to 2 PM.

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 Universal 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 to include the channel as a programming block on Teletoon. On November 8, 2021, CBS sold their Canadian rights to Red Princess and The CW to Universal following their merger with LandonToei Co. Causing The CW Canada to become NBC Canada. It is unknown if Red Princess's Canadian signal will be affected but a few affiliates of Red Princess Plus added Teletoon as an additional subchannel.

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, The Patterson Family, Tengen, Tribune Media, CBS Television Stations, and ABC Digital.