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Teen Kids News (2003)

Teen Kids News poster
Genre
children's television series
Country
United States
Length
11 seasons, 687 episodes
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This TV series is a news program made for teenagers. It reports on current events and important topics in a way that is easy to understand. The show includes studio segments filmed in New York City and field reports from around the United States and other countries.

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What happens

Teen Kids News (initially titled EKN Worldwide Kids News, alternately abbreviated on-air as TKN since 2012 and previously known as Kids News) is an American educational newsmagazine series aimed at teenagers between the ages of 13 and 16 years old and their parents that premiered in first-run syndication on September 27, 2003, but currently ran for over 20 years. Teen Kids News discusses important issues in a format intended to educate and inform both kids and adults. In-studio segments are shot at studios in Manhattan, NY with field reports done on location around the country and world. The series meets Federal Communications Commission guidelines for educational and informational programming. U.S. television stations are required by law to broadcast three hours of children's programming each week; the majority of affiliates that run the series regularly air it on Saturday or Sunday mornings depending on the station, though a few air the series on Fridays in the morning or daytime periods. The series airs on over 200 television stations covering, approximately 91% nationwide, and is seen in 1,000 locations in 175 countries worldwide through the American Forces Network and is seen in 12,600 middle and high schools through a special classroom education feed. Starting with the tenth-season premiere on September 15, 2012, Teen Kids News began broadcasting in high-definition. In-studio segments are broadcast in the format, though most field reports continue to be produced and aired in 4:3 standard definition, with pillarboxing added to fill the left and right sides of widescreen TV sets. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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