Bear Bones Lineup

The Bear Bones Lineup (also known formerly as Bear Bones TV or known on air as simply Bear Bones) was a created-for-syndication two-hour animated television programming block produced by Bear Bones Productions and syndicated by Tribune Entertainment. National ad sales for the syndicated blocks were handled with barter basis available. Ads could have been stitched together between different programs throughout the three blocks.

History
In 1987, following the split of Bear Bones Productions from Taft Entertainment, the studio tapped into a deal with Claster Television to produce original content for syndication. The deal lasted from 1991 to 1995, after which Bear Bones formed a new deal with Tribune Entertainment.

On January 23, 1996, animation studio Bear Bones Productions announced to launch an animation-focused television programming block for syndication in association with Tribune Entertainment. Under the arrangement, Tribune would be in charge of handling advertising sales and distribution for the new block. The block would show reruns of older series, acquired content, as well as new series created for the block.

The Bear Bones Lineup debuted on syndication on August 23, 1996, airing on Saturday mornings from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and weekdays from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (the block was structured to air in all time zones, airing on a tape delay outside of the Eastern Time Zone, to adjust the recommended airtime of the block to each zone, and thus during its first five years an exact timeslot for its programs was not announced on-air). With its 4 feeds, Bear Bones Lineup was on Fox, The WB, UPN and independent stations and outperformed the networks' Saturday blocks by November 16. On August 23, 1997, the Saturday block was extended by one hour, airing from 8:00 a.m. to Noon Eastern Time.

Bear Bones Channel
On March 20, 2001, Bear Bones announced the launch of the Bear Bones Channel, a relaunching of the Bear Bones Lineup block that would serve as a new digital cable and satellite channel in the United States, as well as the new brand for the 22 existing Bear Bones Lineup-branded cable channels and program blocks worldwide. The syndicated Bear Bones Lineup block ended its nine-year run-on March 28, 2005, with the last program to air being an episode of Kakegurui at 4:30 p.m. Central Time. In its later years, the Bear Bones Lineup became an unnamed block running largely third-party content, running until 2004.

Several former Bear Bones Lineup series were carried over to the relaunched channel including Sarah and her Amazing Pals, BBTV, and The Kidriends, while new series launched on the Bear Bones Channel. In addition, PrimeNight, a late-night block targeted towards teens and adults, was launched every night from 9 p.m. EST to 3 a.m. EST and carried adult series.

Programming
E/I Indicates program features content in line with FCC E/I programming guidelines. Programs with a Asterisk (*) have transitioned to the Bear Bones channel.

Bear Bones programming

 * Attack on Titan* (1996-2003)
 * Jan and Jason (1996-2005)
 * Time Warped (1996-2001; 2002)
 * Code Geass (1996-1998; 2002)
 * Azumanga Daioh (1996-1997; 2001)
 * Malachi and Friends (1996-2005)
 * Ami: Sea Princess (1996-1999; 2004-2005)
 * Matthew: The Coolest World* (1998-2005)
 * Aiden & Koop (reruns; 1997-2000; 2004-2005)
 * Gurren Lagann (1997; 2001-2002)
 * Mob Psycho 100 (1996-1999; 2001-2004)
 * BBTV* (1997-2003)
 * Quis the Chicken (1997-1998; 2004-2005)
 * Regina's Life (1998-2002; 2004-05)
 * Black Butler (1998-2002)
 * World of C.H.A.O.S. (1998-2005)
 * Fairy Tail* (1998-2005)
 * Lucky Star (1996-2000; 2004-2005)
 * The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (1997-2001; 2004)
 * The Kidriends (2001-2003)
 * The Outcasts (1998-2004)
 * Kaguya-sama: Love is War* (1999-2002)
 * Kakegurui* (2001-2005)

Non-Bear Bones programming

 * The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1996-1998; 2004)
 * Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1996-2005)
 * Alienators: Evolution Continues (2001-2003)
 * Archie's Weird Mysteries (1999-2001; 2004-2005)
 * Babar (1997-2002; 2004)E/I
 * Cardcaptors (2002–2005)
 * The Care Bears Family (1996-1998)
 * Donkey Kong Country (2000–2005)
 * Double Dragon (1996-1998; 2004)
 * The Fruitties (1998-2005)
 * Flying Rhino Junior High (2001-2003)
 * Hello Kitty's Paradise (2000–2003)E/I
 * Gadget and the Gadgetinis (2002-2003)
 * Gadget Boy and Heather (2002-2004)
 * Heathcliff (1996-2005)
 * Inspector Gadget (1996-2005)
 * The Littles (1996-1998; 2004-2005)
 * The Mask: Animated Series (1996–1998; 2005)
 * Mighty Max (1996-1998; 2005)
 * Monster Rancher (1999–2000; 2004)
 * Mummies Alive! (1998–2000; 2004-2005)
 * Ned's Newt (1999-2002; 2004-2005)
 * Oggy and the Cockroaches (2001–2005)
 * Pocket Dragon Adventures (1996-1998)
 * Pokémon (1998-1999)
 * Sabrina the Animated Series (2003-2005)
 * Sabrina's Secret Life (2003-2005)
 * Scruff (D'Ocon) (2000-2005)E/I
 * Space Goofs (2001–2005)*
 * Stickin' Around (1998–2000; 2002-2005)
 * Sonic Underground (1999-2000; 2004-2005)
 * The Super Mario Bros. Super Show (1996-2003; 2005)
 * Super Mario World (1996-1998; 2005)
 * Tama and Friends (2001–2002)E/I
 * Tootuff (2004–2005)
 * Ultimate Book of Spells (2001-2002; 2004-2005)
 * What-A-Mess (1998-2000; 2004-2005)

International broadcasts
Internationally, the Bear Bones Lineup was aired as "The Jam-Packed Malachi and Friends Show", mainly in Latin America, France, Poland, Germany, Spain, Brazil, and Italy.

From 1997 to 2008, Sci-Fi also ran a Bear Bones programming block under the name Sci-Fi Kidz (originally titled Bear Bones on Sci Fi until October 2001), replacing the The Animation Station block which closed in 1998.

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