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4Kids to End Its Fox Programming Block in December

Dusty Ayres

Commodore
In its financial statement for the third quarter of 2008 which ran from July 1 to September 30, 4Kids Entertainment has revealed on Monday that it will end its programming on the Fox Network at the end of this year. The current seventh season of 4Kids TV's Saturday morning block on Fox includes episodes of Kirby: Right Back At Ya! and Sonic X. Fox had originally scheduled the block to run through September of next year. To back out of the contract, 4Kids had to settle with Fox for an undisclosed amount. The relationship between 4Kids and Fox started in 2002, when the block launched under the name FoxBox. The block has aired numerous anime, including One Piece, Shaman King, and Tokyo Mew Mew. Last year, 4Kids signed a similar agreement with The CW Network to run original and licensed cartoons over a five-hour Saturday morning block and sell ads to be aired during that time. According to 4Kids CEO Alfred E. Kahn, the dissolution of the Fox contract will allow 4Kids "to focus resources" on its CW programming going into 2009.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-10/4kids-to-terminate-fox-programming-block-in-december
 
Okay, that's not surprising. I've been wondering how viable it was for 4Kids to be running two competing blocks simultaneously, even showing some of the same shows (albeit different seasons/subseries thereof) on both Fox and CW4Kids.
 
The most important question; where does this leave the airing of Spectacular Spider-Man???

Most probably, very canceled. Unless Sony/Marvel/Culver Pictures can find another network or channel to show Spectacular Spider-Man, or get it shown on the CW in prime time, or get a berth on Cartoon Network, it's all over but the webbing.
 
The most important question; where does this leave the airing of Spectacular Spider-Man???

There's no reason it should affect SSM at all, because SSM airs on the CW4Kids block. It's the Fox 4Kids block that's ending, so that 4Kids can focus its resources on its CW block.
 
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