The History of Australian ABC Kids

[@cheetahdubsAU]

Hi, Australian fan here! I did grow up with ABC Kids and it was one of my favourite Children's TV blocks/channels in my formative years. The TV situation in Australia isn't as bad as the US from what I know, streaming is big here but TV (especially Freeview/OTA) is still really big here, also, ABC4 wasn't really its own channel, as the airtime was taken up by the ABC4KIDS/ABC Kids block from 5am-7:30pm and the ABC2/ABC Comedy/ABC TV Plus block from 7:30pm till around 2-3am (the rest of the time was basically dead airspace with a card that said "ABC Kids returns at 5am"). Also, back in June, ABC TV Plus rebranded to ABC Family which is a family/teen block which airs shows that were on ABC ME (now ABC Entertains, a general entertainment channel which still has a kids block with older kids/younger teen content from 5-11am, while the rest of the programs are mostly entertainment aimed at older people) aswell as younger skewing shows from TV Plus. I figured you didn't include this because you had already written the script beforehand. Also, regarding their VHS series, they still do it to this day (afaik) in the form of DVDs, as I had quite a few growing up. Also, I really love your history videos, I used to watch them all the time (haven't watched you since the NickMusic video which was about a year ago iirc), but I have to say, this video was really good! I hope you keep up the great work.

[@SincerelyJames]

i find it funny how abc kids went the exact opposite route as noggin, starting off for preschoolers and including teenagers later in the block’s lifespan

[@KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan]

Thank god finally, this is the history of/ video I’ve been waiting for in five years. THANK YOUUUU!!!!!

[@Percyfan99]

My childhood tv block I remember watching my boy Thomas the Tank Engine every day before and after school

[@DominicLima-u5x]

Did bro use an Australian clone vpn?? 😂 love your vids so much

[@hayleymcgough8567]

I want one on ABC3 to make me feel old as FUCK

[@Channel-Change-Official]

I now want one the Australian Kids WB, with a full list of shows on the network. Additionally, TV in Australia is slowly declining. No one really had Netflix till 2018 and there was always a way to watch most shows for free, except some rare sitcoms and kids shows. As an Australian I wish there was more ways to watch show live.

[@Itz_YoshiMelon]

I remember watching shows like Thomas, Bananas in Pajamas, Fireman Sam, giggle and hoot, in the night garden and a ton of other shows on this block. Hope that now some Americans can see the (admittedly somewhat confusing) history of the premier block of Australian childhoods!

[@KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan]

Wasn’t the older kids programming block on ABC Kids Australia called Rollercoaster?

[@hayleymcgough8567]

@@KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan I Remember that I loved roller coaster growing up

[@rawyld]

Yes it was and it started around 2003/2004.

[@ItzBlxzing]

I wish I was a kid again to see these old shows 😢

[@Nostalgictvpunkcraver]

Lol this was the funniest history video! Keep up the good work!

[@telayajackson1.0]

A lot of kids' blocks have been discontinued on broadcast TV, and then some became their own channels.

[@deangamingchannel2805]

I watched all kinds of shows on the network like Bananas in pyjamas Sesame Street Thomas and friends The wiggles Zigby Bluey Number blocks And Timmy time

[@JohnGambleOfficialYouTube7247]

ABC For Kids returned to 7 Days in 2009 as a Everyday block on ABC2

[@theSETlolz]

I Listen To Your Vids in Almost Every Bath (im using a mobile device)

[@Channellution]

Hello Medora great video! To continue with the Idea of ABC kids Australia, there was a theme park called dreamworld and had an interesting history. They even partnered with the wiggles to make a wiggle area and had the famous Big red car ride. I used to watch Defunct land. Also what about the number one show that was taking the world by storm Bluey that’s definitely 100% an Aussie show.

[@SekouToons]

Boom ah new video before my birthday

[@ParisJacobs-o3p]

10/10 OPENING!

[@rapidlyvids]

It was peak comedy.

[@harrisonallen651]

As an Australian citizen who’s obsessed with the original Thomas And Friends series, ABC For Kids was my main option to catch up with new episodes plus reruns of the previous seasons of the show on cable tv. Nowadays I watch it via my dvd collection plus KZbin!

[@rawyld]

Well the soundtrack is available on iTunes.

[@Yeppo_]

ABC Australia's ABC 3/ME needs covering next! EDIT: If you'd like, I'm happy to provide info on ABC's history which isn't much available online.

[@racheljackson4428]

Me too. I'm a bit of a Nerd when it comes to ABC Kids Australia.

[@kermit_thefrogofficial]

I hear that ABC Me has been discontinued.

[@MrMintSauce]

@@kermit_thefrogofficial don't remind me..... My childhood had been erased :((((

[@kermit_thefrogofficial]

I think many children’s childhoods have been ruined @MrMintSause

[@MrMintSauce]

@@kermit_thefrogofficial yep

[@WindowsGG]

i know the australian abc kids becuase of uh... bananas in pyjamas and of course *B L U E Y*

[@BladerKev]

I was just about to say that

[@WindowsGG]

@@BladerKev oh wow looks like i wasn't the only one

[@jacobwiggle3681]

I don't care what anybody thinks, The Wiggles are the goats of Australian Television.

[@Bookbeefydie]

1:24 Bro offended kiwis

[@enderblazer479]

0:40 another question I'd like to ask how did you get into Erik's house I mean the doors and windows were locked and shut possibly

[@DoggyDogGONE13]

Hey dude, Can you please make a history of CBBC's compeditor CITV

[@BrimmySP]

miffy's adventures big and small was on this channel

[@Ashley._17.]

Bluey: *am i a joke to you?*

[@jessicap.bergvall4475]

I'm an Australian citizen and I enjoyed watching when I was little

[@Natsuki_Hiiragi]

1:50 HE SAID PRECURE :O

[@NoshikiYT]

LMAO

[@YellowStarStudios1]

Great video, I feel like tou voiced the Australian guy at the beginning though just for laughs.

[@KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan]

Who was that guys name that kicked you out of his house for that Australian accent at the start of the video

[@HeyItzJay_12]

who the heck even was that aussie guy in the beginning though

[@thegodofbeybladebust]

Me😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@AGwashere]

we learning our abc's with this one

[@appleboy3973]

Greg... I'll be on the lookout for him, if he ever stops by.

[@mlgnoscocomelon]

I'm On The Update On The Comic Sans Font Now

[@Emmachannel03]

Do the 7two kids block please

[@omega_AH]

“Except for New Zealand because as we all know New Zealand doesn’t exist”

[@theblueking13]

5:32 wtf is abc4 I never heard of it

[@daviobryker]

ABC kids actually came on TV as you put in 05 more strong as early morning say 7 in the morning was older kids shows hit 9 and Sesame Street came on the preschool block then 10:30 normal programs. The norm until 09 with ABC 3 got launched then 1,2,3 came on but if you had foxtel you had abc 2 before it was free to air. I was lucky we had on our aerial so got to witness Bertha on it. Then now it completely changed again. Worse

[@racheljackson4428]

I have a Confession to make: I am a morning person at would watch ABC Kids Aussie till i have to go to school. I Have a Laundry list of shows i used to watch so i won't list them here. but there is one show that i have nightmares about: Soupe Opera. and trust me it's unnervingly Eerie.

[@Justi806-s1j]

I don’t know that abc Chanel was revived

[@tvarchiver529]

2:16 they aired bbc's play school? i thought they only aired their own

[@Mushy_240]

Planeta U vid when?

[@UrLocalRuckaRuckaAliFan]

I don't know

[@arrowmaker02]

1:26 Well I’m offend- *my New Zealander half disappears into the shadow realm* Well then I guess I’m fully Canadian then. And I guess I don’t have a father now.

[@-Badwolf999]

Do abc me/abc 3/abc family next

[@dasaisbusyrightnow]

Can i make a request???

[@marines285]

Yep

[@kateroser9054]

There's also abc family that runs after abc kids

[@ryanwilkins2233]

Can you do tooncast next?

[@yako938]

Disney channel next please

[@appleboy3973]

We already did Disney Channel.

[@yako938]

Then abc me them or is a sreming serves?

[@jacobwiggle3681]

Request: The Wiggles Channel

[@chetapace79]

You haven’t even talked about CITV yet, or even S4C’s children’s programs

[@richardcummings3468]

.....stay tuned!

[@cameback2763.]

0:40 CoMeDy

[@Ourpalmoby]

I want to join the discord, but the link does not work.

[@medora2499]

discord.gg/yyFRZPKN

[@Some_guy_whos_here]

Oh my gosh that's a painfully Australian accent

[@Milesprowerboy5]

That was short.

[@KevinOrtiz-ph7gv]

Home of rabbitohs ❤️💚🐰and roosters 🔵🔴🐔

[@royhyatt663]

Why is there a Australian person in your video

[@HHPAYFAN2001]

_-You forgot bluey-_

[@shilohreynolds]

1000/111111 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@Jiblet-bg3pm]

Fly TV is lost media

[@MijiBertie]

I swear, am I the only Australian who watches?

[@BeefiedieBoy]

No

[@slimdvd]

fiannly

[@tntgod1372]

Please do ABC me

[@KeiranFaulkner]

It i

[@BigTiger_99]

I remember somehow being able to access the ABC4Kids website from America back around 2012-2013, And I do remember a lot from that website, Including this weird “Playground” thing with these cute characters I liked.

[@kirisuna19]

I'm going to assume one of the characters was a pink rabbit? That's Mixy If you want her name! :).

[@tvarchiver529]

you mean just abc kids? because that was always what it was called here

[@daviddryismarmalized]

First