CITV's End: A Look Back at ITV's Kids Channel

0:00On April 4th, ITV's CITV channel has shut down for good after 40 years on the air. It kicked off in 1983 as an afternoon block on ITV, then got its own dedicated spot in 2006. The network launched stars like Ant and Deck, Holly Willoughby, and Stephen Mulherne, plus classics that define kids TV. The standalone channel already closed in 2023, when ITV shifted everything to its streaming service, ITVX Kids. For a while, CITV kept a daily block on ITV2, but that wraps up on April 10th. Now all the shows live fully on the streaming platform. Fans are pouring out the love online, calling it the end of their childhood. One said it was depressing, another remember Pokemon movies before school. Plenty feel it marks the close of an era, especially since original content dried of years back. Big shows like Art Attack with Neil Buchanan ran for 17 years, building massive art on epic scales. Then came SMTV Live in the late 90s with Ant, Deck, and Cat Deely, full of wild sketches.

1:05Ministry of Mayhem later boosted Holly and Stephen's careers with Gunge's and Games. Stars are chiming in too, Stephen Mulherne thanks CITV for starting his TV journey, and others like Leah Charles King shared how it launched theirs. The legacy sticks around on ITVX Kids, keeping those memories alive for new generations. That's your update from Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.