Saudi TV Channel 2 (KSA 2), or as of 2014 known as Saudi 2 was the English

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TV channel of

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. Established in 1983, the channel used to produce programmes focusing on cultural, political, and economic issues aimed at expatriates living in Saudi Arabia. Following its conversion to a 24-hour channel it expanded its broadcasting to

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in the middle of 2007 and now employs a large network of news correspondents based in the

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, the

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. Despite being the only English-language public channel for Saudi Arabian expatriates, the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Awwad Bin Saleh Al-Awwad has suspended the channel's transmission in December 2017 as part of a plan to suit the Saudi Vision 2030.

History

The Saudi government began planning the second network in 1979, with the launch expected for the first few months of 1980. The goal was to reserve one channel for informative, cultural and educational programming and the other channel for entertainment. According to the Third Development Plan which oversaw the creation of the new channel, the new service would concentrate its efforts on "cultural programs, current events and features about national development, and public information campaigns", with the existing channel concentrating on entertainment and public information, with an "appropriate mix of programs" for both. The launch of the channel was delayed following the events of the Grand Mosque seizure of 1979, leading to its launch in August 1983, three years after it was initially planned. The new goal was to target foreigners working in Saudi Arabia. The channel was the first in Saudi Arabia to carry commercial advertising in 1986, though in Arabic instead of English, the dominant language of the service.

Former programming

Foreign

Cartoons

*'' The Ruff and Reddy Show'' *'' Mr. Bogus'' *'' Danger Mouse'' *'' Bouli'' *'' The Telebugs'' *'' Hammerman'' *'' Widget'' *''

Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...

'' *'' Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'' *''

Top Cat ''Top Cat'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and originally broadcast in prime time on the ABC network. It aired in a weekly evening time slot from September 27, 1961, to April 18, 1962, for a single season ...

'' *'' Yakky Doodle'' *'' Wowser'' *'' Rub-a-Dub-Dub'' *''Diplodos'' *''

Goofy Goofy is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. He is a tall, Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic dog who typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fe ...

'' *'' My Little Pony'' *'' Seabert'' *'' Bionic Six'' *'' My Pet Monster'' *'' Dexter's Laboratory'' *'' The Pink Panther Show'' *''

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines ''Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines'' (or simply ''Dastardly and Muttley'' in the UK and Ireland) is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Productions, and a spin-off of ''Wacky Races (1968 ...

'' *'' Huckleberry Hound'' *'' Tom & Jerry Kids'' *'' Adventures of Pow Wow'' *'' Amigo and Friends'' *'' Moomin'' *'' Popples'' *'' Casper and Friends'' *'' The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show'' *'' Rupert'' *''

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The Flintstones ''The Flintstones'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Productions, which takes place in a romanticized Stone Age setting and follows the titular family, the Flintstones, and their next-door neighbors, the R ...

'' *'' Sylvanian Families'' *'' Pingu'' *'' The Jetsons'' *'' M.A.S.K.'' *''

Harlem Globetrotters The Harlem Globetrotters is an American Exhibition game, exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, entertainment, and comedy in their style of play. Over the years, they have played more than 26,000 exhibition games in 124 ...

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The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a c ...

'' *'' Snooper and Blabber'' *''

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'' *'' Glo Friends'' *'' Foofur'' *'' Beany and Cecil'' *''

The Road Runner Show ''The Road Runner Show'' is an American Saturday morning animated anthology series which compiled theatrical Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoons from the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'', which were produced by Warner Bros. Cartoo ...

'' *'' Quick Draw McGraw'' *'' Loopy De Loop'' *'' The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' *'' Yogi Bear'' *''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), D ...

'' *'' Plonsters'' *'' The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin'' *'' Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings'' *'' The Shoe People'' *''

Tiny Toon Adventures ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It originally aired from September 14, 1990 to December 6, 1992, airing in syndication before eventually settling a ...

'' *'' Dinky Di's'' *''

Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American media franchise produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The franchise began as a series of animated short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside its spin-off series ''Merrie Melodies'', during t ...

'' *'' Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long'' *'' Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' *'' Yo, Yogi!'' *'' The Mumbly Cartoon Show'' *''

The Pink Panther ''The Pink Panther'' is an American media franchise primarily focusing on a series of comedy-mystery films featuring an inept French police detective, Inspector Clouseau, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The franchise began with the release of the fil ...

'' *'' Centurions'' *'' Snorks'' *'' Dink, the Little Dinosaur'' *''

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog ''Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog'' is an American animated television series. It is based on the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game series, produced by Sega of America, DIC Animation City, Bohbot Entertainment and the Italian studio Reteital ...

'' *'' The All-New Popeye Show'' *''

Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appearance, first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in ...

'' *''The Teddy Bear Show'' *'' Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har'' *'' Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?'' *'' The New 3 Stooges'' *'' Popeye and Son'' *'' Deputy Dawg'' *'' Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown'' *''

Inspector Gadget ''Inspector Gadget'' is a media franchise that began in 1983 with the DIC Entertainment animated television series '' Inspector Gadget''. Since the original series, there have been many spin-offs based on the show, including additional animated ...

'' *'' Kimba the White Lion'' *'' Bucky and Pepito'' *'' Merrie Melodies'' *'' DuckTales'' *'' Touché Turtle and Dum Dum'' *'' Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks'' *'' Thunderbirds 2086'' *'' The Beary Family'' *'' Double Dragon'' *'' Dennis the Menace'' *'' Young Samson & Goliath'' *'' MoonDreamers'' *'' Peter Potamus'' *'' Fables of the Green Forest'' *'' Bolek and Lolek'' *'' Oggy and the Cockroaches'' *''

Tom and Jerry ''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series ...

'' *'' The Three Mouseketeers'' *'' Spiral Zone'' *'' Droopy'' *'' Miaunel and Bălănel'' *'' Terrytoons'' *''

Woody Woodpecker Woody Woodpecker is a cartoon character that appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz Productions, Walter Lantz Studio and Universal Animation Studios, Universal Animation Studio and distributed by Universal Pictures sinc ...

'' *'' Mole'' *'' Fleischer Cartoons'' *'' The Woody Woodpecker Show'' *'' Denver, the Last Dinosaur'' *'' Hickory, Dickory, and Doc'' *'' Inspector Willoughby'' *'' Wally Gator'' *'' The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle'' *'' Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars'' *''

Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American double act, comedy duo during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) ...

'' *'' Spirou'' *'' The Tom and Jerry Show'' *'' Heroes on Hot Wheels'' *'' The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo'' *'' Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog'' *'' Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy'' *''

Snagglepuss Snagglepuss is a fictional cartoon character who debuted in prototype form on ''The Quick Draw McGraw Show'' in 1959 and was established as a studio regular by 1961. A light pink anthropomorphic Puma (species), puma sporting an upturned collar, s ...

'' *'' The Ant and the Aardvark'' *'' The Bugs Bunny Show'' *'' Mighty Mouse'' *'' Potato Head Kids'' *'' The Hillbilly Bears'' *''Zoo Olympics'' *'' Tom of T.H.U.M.B.'' *'' The Inspector'' *'' My Little Pony Tales'' *'' Little Bear'' *''

Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit, sailor shirt and cap with ...

'' *'' Chilly Willy'' *'' Barney Bear'' *'' The Berenstain Bears'' *''Swifty and Shorty'' *'' Popeye the Sailor Man'' *'' Andy Panda'' *'' The Tijuana Toads'' *'' Space Ghost'' *'' The Smurfs'' *'' Precious Pupp'' *'' Mr. Magoo'' *'' Here Comes the Grump'' *'' Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' *'' Atom Ant'' *'' The Houndcats'' *''Zoo Cup'' *'' Phantom 2040'' *''

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends'' (commonly referred to as simply ''Rocky and Bullwinkle'') is an American animated television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964, on the American Broadca ...

'' *'' The Great Grape Ape Show'' *'' Rescue Heroes''

Children's

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You Can't Do That on Television ''You Can't Do That on Television'' is a Canadian sketch comedy television series that aired locally in 1979 before airing in the United States in 1981. It featured adolescent and teenage actors performing in a sketch comedy format similar to A ...

'' *'' 3-2-1 Contact'' *'' Zoom'' *'' The Electric Company'' *'' Beakman's World'' *'' Land of the Lost'' *'' Square One Television'' *'' Today's Special'' *''The Dr. Fad Show'' *''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...

'' *'' Mike and Angelo'' *'' EMU-TV'' *'' The Girl from Tomorrow'' *''

Bananas in Pyjamas ''Bananas in Pyjamas'' is an Australian children's television series that first aired on 20 July 1992 on ABC. It has since been syndicated in many countries and dubbed into other languages. In the United States, the " Pyjamas" in the title w ...

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Fraggle Rock ''Fraggle Rock'' (also known as ''Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock'' or ''Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets'') is a children's Musical film, musical Fantasy film, fantasy television comedy, comedy puppet television series about interconnected so ...

'' *'' Size Small'' *'' Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'' *''

The Secret World of Alex Mack ''The Secret World of Alex Mack'' is an American science fiction television series that aired on Nickelodeon from October 8, 1994, to January 15, 1998. The series was co-created by Ken Lipman and Thomas W. Lynch and was produced by Lynch Entertain ...

'' *'' Road to Avonlea'' *'' My Secret Identity'' *'' Metal Mickey'' *'' Wonder Why?'' *'' Spatz'' *'' Knightmare'' *'' Mr. Dressup'' *'' Lassie'' *'' Mr. Wizard's World'' *'' Under the Umbrella Tree'' *''

The Banana Splits ''The Banana Splits'' is an American children's television variety show produced by Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Productions and featuring the Banana Splits, a fictional rock band composed of four costumed animal characters in red helmets with ...

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Rainbow A rainbow is an optical phenomenon caused by refraction, internal reflection and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a continuous spectrum of light appearing in the sky. The rainbow takes the form of a multicoloured circular ...

'' *''Curiocity'' *''

Are You Afraid of the Dark? ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' is a children's horror anthology television series created by D. J. MacHale and Ned Kandel. The original series aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from August 15, 1992 to February 3, 1996, and also o ...

'' *'' Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories'' *'' The Voyage of the Mimi'' *'' Mirror, Mirror'' *'' The Curiosity Show'' *'' Picture Pages''

Soap Opera

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Cooking

*'' Yan Can Cook''

Comedy

*'' Maniac Mansion'' *'' Too Close for Comfort'' *'' Welcome Back, Kotter'' *'' Growing Pains'' *''

Full House ''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about the recently widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend ...

'' *'' Out of This World'' *'' Hey Dad..!'' *'' Charles in Charge'' *'' ALF'' *'' Mr. Belvedere'' *'' TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes'' *'' Murphy Brown'' *'' Kate & Allie'' *''

Diff'rent Strokes ''Diff'rent Strokes'' is an American television sitcom, which originally aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and ...

'' *'' America's Funniest Home Videos'' *'' Good Times'' *'' Small Wonder'' *''

Punky Brewster ''Punky Brewster'' is an American Situation comedy, sitcom television series about a young girl (Soleil Moon Frye) being raised by a foster parent (George Gaynes) in Chicago. The show ran on NBC from September 16, 1984, to March 9, 1986, and ag ...

'' *'' Night Court'' *'' Mr. Bean'' *'' You Can't Take It with You'' *'' Major Dad'' *'' Family Matters'' *'' What's Happening!!'' *''

The Three Stooges The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short-subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical, farce, and slapstick comedy. Six total ...

'' *'' Perfect Strangers'' *'' Never the Twain'' *'' Chance in a Million'' *'' Benson'' *'' Harry and the Hendersons'' *''

McHale's Navy ''McHale's Navy'' is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network. The series was filmed i ...

'' *'' The Jeffersons'' *'' Valerie'' *'' Head of the Class'' *'' Mind Your Language'' *''

'' *'' Home Improvement'' *'' Coach'' *'' Frasier'' *'' America's Funniest People'' *'' My Mother the Car''

Drama

*'' Law & Order'' *'' Misfits of Science'' *''

The A-Team ''The A-Team'' is an American Action television, action television series that ran on NBC from January 23, 1983, to March 8, 1987, about a fictional team of former United States Army Special Forces who work as mercenaries while on the run from ...

'' *'' Water Rats'' *'' Bergerac'' *''

Simon & Simon ''Simon & Simon'' is an American crime drama television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981, to September 16, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS, and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two disparate brothers who ope ...

'' *'' Doogie Howser, M.D.'' *''

The Bionic Woman ''The Bionic Woman'' is an American science fiction film, science fiction Action-adventure fiction, action-adventure television series created by Kenneth Johnson (producer), Kenneth Johnson based on the 1972 novel Cyborg (novel), ''Cyborg'' by ...

'' *'' The Equalizer'' *''

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon ''Challenge of the Yukon'' is an American radio adventure series that began on Detroit, Michigan, Detroit's WXYT (AM), WXYZ and is an example of a Northern (genre), Northern genre story. The series was first heard on January 3, 1939. The title ...

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The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams ''The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams'' is a 1974 independent feature film produced by Charles E. Sellier Jr. and Raylan D. Jensen for Sunn Classic Pictures. The film's popularity led to an NBC television series of the same name. The title ...

'' *'' Magnum, P.I.'' *'' Five Mile Creek'' *'' CHiPS'' *'' Barnaby Jones'' *'' African Skies'' *''

Emily of New Moon ''Emily of New Moon'' is the first in a series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery about a Canadian orphan girl growing up in Prince Edward Island. Montgomery is also the author of ''Anne of Green Gables'' series. It was first published in 1923. ...

'' *'' Street Hawk'' *'' The Knock'' *'' Miami Vice'' *'' L.A. Heat'' *'' Our House'' *'' A Year in the Life'' *'' Bordertown'' *'' Cop Shop'' *'' Matlock'' *'' RoboCop: The Series'' *'' Zorro'' *'' Tour of Duty'' *'' Sirens'' *''

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'' *'' Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' *''

MacGyver Angus "Mac" MacGyver is the title character and the protagonist in the TV series ''MacGyver''. He is played by Richard Dean Anderson in the MacGyver (1985 TV series), 1985 original series. Lucas Till portrays a younger version of MacGyver in Mac ...

'' *'' Blue Heelers'' *'' Oshin'' *'' Callan'' *'' Knight Rider'' *''

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Little House on the Prairie The ''Little House on the Prairie'' books comprise a series of American children's novels written by Laura Ingalls Wilder (b. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls). The stories are based on her childhood and adulthood in the Midwestern United States, Americ ...

'' *'' The Flying Doctors'' *'' Barnaby Jones'' *'' Manimal'' *'' The Man from Snowy River'' *'' E.N.G.'' *''

Superboy Superboy is an identity used by several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. These characters have been featured in several eponymous comic series, in addition to ''Adventure Comics'' and other series ...

'' *'' Centennial'' *'' All The Rivers Run II'' *'' Daktari'' *''

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a Detective fiction, fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "Private investigator, consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with obser ...

'' *'' Highlander: The Series'' *'' A Sucessora'' *'' The Miraculous Mellops'' *'' Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left'' *'' Sliders''

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'' *'' You've Been Framed!'' *'' Telematch'' *'' Win, Lose or Draw'' *'' Give Us a Clue'' *'' Lingo'' *'' The Crystal Maze'' *'' Take Your Pick!''

Variety

*'' The Mickey Mouse Club''

Anthology

*'' The Wonderful World of Disney''

Education

*'' Beyond 2000'' *'' Wonderstruck'' *''

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Magic

*'' The Paul Daniels Magic Show''

Sports

*'' Trans World Sport'' *''Gillette World Sport Special''

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History

Former programming

Foreign

Cartoons

Children's

Soap Opera

Cooking

Comedy

Drama

Documentary

Reality

Game shows

Variety

Anthology

Education

Magic

Sports

References

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