TCT Kids is the children's programming division of the

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network. The block of

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-themed children's-oriented shows airs Saturday mornings on TCT's primary network feed in order to meet its affiliates' and

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s' federally mandated educational programming requirements. TCT Kids also runs as a standalone feed from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time daily on its Web site. From 7:30 p.m. to 5 a.m., the TCT Kids feed runs

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s and television series; the remaining time is occupied by young-Earth creationist Ken Ham's daily program ''

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'' and a simulcast of TCT's flagship program, ''TCT Today''. The remaining stations carrying the standalone feed as a

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had discontinued it by fall 2017, when TCT signed an affiliation deal with the commercial network Light TV.

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