The More You Know (TMYK) is an American

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that is programmed by Hearst Media Production Group (formerly Litton Entertainment), and debuted on October 8, 2016 on

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as a replacement for the animation block

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. It airs on Saturday mornings on

and

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, and as of 2017 is replayed Sunday mornings on sister network Cozi TV. The block's programs are also available through all of NBC's

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venues, including the network's site/app, Hulu, and cable/satellite services. Based on

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's series of public service campaigns of the same name, the three-hour weekend morning block features

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programming aimed at

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and

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s that are designed to meet federally mandated educational programming guidelines. It is Hearst's fourth E/I-centric programming block across the major U.S. television networks, joining three other Hearst blocks: Weekend Adventure ( ABC),

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(

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), and

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(

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). As of January 6, 2018, a version of the block also airs on NBC's sister network

under the name MiTelemundo, with all of its programs dubbed in

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. Telemundo had previously aired a Spanish-language version of NBC Kids under the same title.

History

Between February 24, 2016 and March 3, 2016, NBCUniversal announced that it would discontinue its existing weekend morning block

, which was programmed by Sprout (now

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), in favor of The More You Know, a new, three-hour block produced by

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, that would feature live-action educational programming aimed towards teenagers and their parents. The block serves as a brand extension of ''

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''—a series of

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campaigns first launched by NBC in 1989. NBC Kids aired for the final time on September 25, 2016. It was thought to be the last conclusive Saturday morning block across the major U.S. commercial broadcast networks that primarily featured non-educational children's programming. Such content has gradually fallen out of favor because of the E/I rules, as well as shifts in viewing habits towards

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s and online

services for cartoons and other youth-oriented content. ''The More You Know'' debuted two weeks later on October 8, 2016 (October 1 children's programming was pre-empted for NBC network coverage of the

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). On January 6, 2018, Telemundo relaunched its MiTelemundo block—which had also been programmed by Sprout—with a new schedule consisting of

dubs of The More You Know's programming.

Programming

Current

Former

References

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