CBS WKND
CBS WKND is an American programming block programmed by Hearst Media Production Group which airs Saturday mornings on CBS under a time-lease agreement.
The block features three hours of live action documentary and lifestyle series aimed at teenagers aged 10–18, all of which are designed to comply with educational programming requirements defined by the Federal Communications Commission under the Children's Television Act, and the first to air in high definition.
History
On July 24, 2013, CBS announced that it had entered into a programming agreement with Litton Entertainment to launch a new weekend morning block featuring live-action lifestyle, wildlife, and documentary series aimed tweens/teens aged 10–18. It was the second block programming agreement Litton had made after launching Weekend Adventure for ABC stations two years earlier. Unlike the ABC deal, the CBS deal for Litton was a traditional time brokerage agreement where CBS retained control over the time given to Litton.CBS' decision to restructue the block and remove traditional animated and live-action scripted series from it, which had been airing at the time of the deal as part of Cookie Jar TV, a block produced by the Canada-based Cookie Jar Group and had aired on the network in various forms, was done in part to comply to secure educational content and advertising regulations in the Children's Television Act.
The CBS Dream Team launched on September 28, 2013. Its initial lineup consisted mainly of newer series, although Recipe Rehab moved form Weekend Adventure to Dream Team for its third season. The American Forces Network carries programming from the block for military children overseas. All of the block's programming features Descriptive Video Service for the visually impaired on the second audio program channel. The block was originally subtitled with the additional wording of "...It's Epic" until the tagline was quietly removed at the start of its 2020–21 season.
On October 7, 2023, the block was rebranded as CBS WKND, bringing the block in line with the current CBS corporate identity.