Bear Bones Lineup

The Bear Bones Lineup (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 Claster Television and Tribune Entertainment. National ad sales for the syndicated blocks were handled with a barter basis available. Ads were stitched together between different programs throughout the block.

Precursor (1991-95)
In 1987, following the split of Bear Bones Productions from Taft Entertainment, the studio tapped into a deal with distributors Claster Television and Tribune Entertainment to produce and distribute original content for syndication. During this deal, Claster would distribute Bear Bones' series to local stations while Tribune would provide syndication sales. After Claster departed from the deal in late 1995, Bear Bones formed a new deal with Tribune Entertainment.

Bear Bones Lineup (1996-2005)
On January 23, 1996, animation studio Bear Bones Productions announced their intents of launch of 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 network launched in September 2001, with the existing programming block being rebranded into the Tribune Kids' Zone, which ran until 2005, when Tribune discontinued the block in order to extend of their deal with DiC Entertainment.

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

Bear Bones programming

 * Attack on Titan* (1994; 1996-01)
 * W.I.T.C.H. (1994-96)
 * Power Piggs of the Dark Age (1995-98; 2000)
 * Jan and Jason (1996-00)
 * Code Geass (1996-1998)
 * Azumanga Daioh (1996-1997; 2001)
 * Malachi and Friends (1996-01)
 * Ami: Sea Princess (1996-99)
 * Winx Club* (1994-00)
 * Totally Spies!* (1991-99)
 * Matthew: The Coolest World* (1998-01)
 * Aiden & Koop (1997-00)
 * Gurren Lagann (1997; 2000)
 * Mob Psycho 100 (1996-99)
 * BBTV* (1997-2001)
 * Quis the Chicken (1997-1998; moved to Fox Family)
 * Dino's Re-Historic World (1996-98)
 * Regina's Life (1998-2001; 2004-05)
 * Black Butler (1998-2001)
 * World of C.H.A.O.S. (1998-01)
 * Fairy Tail* (1998-01)
 * The Home Sweet Home of Bluis & Bubblina (1997-00)
 * Lucky Star (1996-99)
 * The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (1997-00)
 * The Outcasts (1998-01)
 * Kaguya-sama: Love is War* (1999-02)
 * PopPixie (2001)
 * Kakegurui* (2001-05)

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)
 * All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series(1999-2000)
 * Archie's Weird Mysteries (1999-2001; 2004-2005)
 * Babar (1997-2001)E/I
 * The Care Bears Family (1996-1998)
 * Donkey Kong Country (2000–2005)
 * Double Dragon (1996-1998; 2004)
 * The Fruitties (1998-2000)
 * Flying Rhino Junior High (2001)
 * 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)
 * Mighty Max (1996-1998)
 * Monster Rancher (1999–2000)
 * Mummies Alive! (1998–2000; 2004-2005)
 * Ned's Newt (1999-2001)
 * Pocket Dragon Adventures (1996-1998)
 * Pokémon (1998-1999)
 * Sabrina the Animated Series (2003-2005)
 * Sabrina's Secret Life (2003-2005)
 * Scruff (D'Ocon) (2000-2001)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)

Special programming

 * The Kidriends: Miracle on 36th Town (1999)

International broadcasts
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.

In Internationally, blocks similar to the Bear Bones Lineup were produced, mostly with names which translate in English as "The Mega-Packed Malachi and Friends Time!" mainly in Latin America channels, France 3 in France, TVE2 and Antena 3 in Spain, SBT in Brazil, and Rai 2 in Italy.

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