Tickle-U
Tickle-U is a weekday-morning preschool programming block that aired on the Cartoon Network (and briefly on sister-channel Boomerang). It featured domestic and foreign-imported series targeted at preschool-age children like its competitors Nick Jr. (on Nickelodeon) and Playhouse Disney (now Disney Junior on Disney Channel) existed due to Cartoon Network's primary audience preteens and teenagers attending school during the block's airtime. The hosts were two animated CGI characters: a red butterfly-like creature named Pipoca (voiced by Ariel Winter) and a yellow rabbit-like creature named Henderson (voiced by Tom Kenny).
It was the last attempt at a preschool programming block until Cartoonito in 2021 on both Cartoon Network and HBO Max. Tickle-U premiered on August 22, 2005, and aired 2 hours from 9am to 11am. lasting until January 6, 2006, after which, the block and its hosts were soon removed, though the shows continued to air on Cartoon Network. The promos for the shows featured on the block had Tickle-U branding and the mascots of the block were all replaced by shots of the main view of the City of Townsville from The Powerpuff Girls (which was taken from Cartoon Network's on-air presentation from 2004-2007).
Programming
* Firehouse Tales
* Gerald McBoing-Boing
* Gordon the Garden Gnome
* Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs (now on Peacock)
* Little Robots
* Peppa Pig (now on Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.)
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It was the last attempt at a preschool programming block until Cartoonito in 2021 on both Cartoon Network and HBO Max. Tickle-U premiered on August 22, 2005, and aired 2 hours from 9am to 11am. lasting until January 6, 2006, after which, the block and its hosts were soon removed, though the shows continued to air on Cartoon Network. The promos for the shows featured on the block had Tickle-U branding and the mascots of the block were all replaced by shots of the main view of the City of Townsville from The Powerpuff Girls (which was taken from Cartoon Network's on-air presentation from 2004-2007).
Programming
* Firehouse Tales
* Gerald McBoing-Boing
* Gordon the Garden Gnome
* Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs (now on Peacock)
* Little Robots
* Peppa Pig (now on Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.)
* '
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