Timeline

2004

• June 2004: Following the failure of PBS' 24-hour PBS Kids channel, which launched in 1999, PBS, HiT Entertainment, Sesame Workshop, and Comcast announce plans to launch a 24-hour preschool cable channel and video-on-demand service on Comcast.

2005

• April 4, 2005: Comcast launches Sprout On Demand, a service offering 55 hours of preschool programming in both English and Spanish.
• September 26, 2005: PBS KIDS Sprout officially launches as a linear channel.
• September 26, 2005: The debuts of Boohbah, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Make Way for Noddy, Caillou, Sesame Street, Barney & Friends, Teletubbies, Big Sister, Little Brother, James the Cat, The Berenstain Bears, Angelina Ballerina, Pingu, Zoboomafoo, Bob the Builder, Thomas & Friends, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Dragon Tales, and Kipper
• September 26, 2005: The launch of The Good Night Show
• September 26, 2005: The launch of The Birthday Show
• September 26, 2005: The launch of Sproutletsgrow.com.
• September 28, 2005: Huggies and Pull-Ups Training Pants signs on as the first sponsor of Sprout.
• October 25, 2005: Andrew Beecham named SVP of original and acquired programming at Sprout.
• October 25, 2005: Sandy Wax named President of Sprout.
• October 31, 2005: Halloween on Sprout
• November 24, 2005: Thanksgiving on Sprout
• November 28, 2005: Sprout joins Cox Communications
• December 2005: The Let's Snow Show

2006

• February 8, 2006: Chris D'Ablemont named director of ad sales at Sprout.
• March 21, 2006: Eileen Diskin named vice president of marketing at Sprout.
• April 2006: Sprout's Spring Surprise
• May 2006: Hooray for Mother's Day
• June 2006: Papa Bear's Day Celebration
• July 3, 2006: The premiere of The Many Adventures of Mr. Mailman
• July 14, 2006; TVN Entertainment and Sprout sign an on-demand agreement.
• July 20, 2006: Sprout fires Melanie Martinez from The Good Night Show shortly after a new season premiered on July 10; Good Night goes on hiatus until a new host can be found. (see Firing of Melanie Martinez)
• September 10, 2006: The premiere of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks and Grand Tails Day
• September 11, 2006: Twenty-four "Very Special" Good Night Show episodes starring Leo, Lucy, and Star air.
• September 18, 2006: The premiere of Sprout Diner
• September 18, 2006: Dayna Hilton and Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog share fire safety tips on Sprout.
• The launch of the Fire Safety page at Sproutletsgrow.com.
• September 21, 2006: PBS KIDS Sprout's Big Birthday Surprise celebrates Sprout's 1st anniversary.
• October 11, 2006: Beta Research study ranks Sprout #1 in Satisfaction Ratings among all digital cable networks evaluated.
• October 14, 2006: The premiere of Fireman Sam and Fireman Sam's Safety Special.
• October 2006: Sprout's Halloween Spooktacular
• November 2006: The premiere of A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
• November 23, 2006: Sprout's Thanksgiving Diner Party
• November 2006: Sprout Diner Thomas contest
• November 2006: Sproutletsgrow.com becomes SproutOnline.com.
• November 27, 2006: Annie Rex named director of interactive at Sprout
• November 27, 2006: Jeff Henry named regional vice president of marketing and new product development at Sprout.
• December 18, 2006: Nina debuts during The Good Night Show revival's first season.
• December 25, 2006: The premiere of The Hoobs with "Happy Hooby Holidays."

2007

• February 14, 2007: Launch of second season of The Many Adventures of Mr. Mailman.
• February 14, 2007: Sprout's Special Valentine Delivery
• March 13, 2007: "Thomas' Club Car Sandwich" named winner of Thomas contest.
• March 16, 2007: Sprout Diner March Menu commemorates the premiere of a new season of Sprout Diner.
• April 20-27, 2007: Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers On Deck and Angelina's Princess Dance premiere during Sprout's Dance Party.
• May 12-13, 2007: Hooray for Mother's Day
• June 25, 2007: The launch of The Let's Go Show
• August 22, 2007: Re-launch of SproutOnline.com.
• August 22, 2007: The launch of Sprout for Parents
• September 9, 2007: Jakers! Grand Tails Day.
• September 10, 2007: Time Warner Cable starts to distribute Sprout.
• September 26, 2007: The launches of Musical Mornings and The Sunny Side Up Show.
• September 26, 2007: The premieres of Play With Me Sesame and Bounce.
• The Sunny Side Up Show marks the debuts of Chica and Kelly.
• September 26, 2007: The second season of The Good Night Show premieres, introducing Lucy Light the Way and now adds Sproutlets to Sprout Stretch segments
• October 2007: Sprout's Halloween Spooktacular
• October 19, 2007: Second year in a row, Beta Research Study shows Sprout #1 in satisfaction among all digital cable networks evaluated.
• November 2007: Sprout's Thanksgiving Party
• November 2007: Sproutlet Thanksgiving Shorts
• November 2007: Barney Thanksgiving marathon
• December 2007: Hooray for the Holidays
• December 17, 2007: Premiere of Caillou's Holiday Movie.
• December 18, 2007: Premiere of A Christmas To Remember
• December 24, 2007: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon

2008

• January 14, 2008: The debut of Fifi and the Flowertots
• January 16, 2008: Launch of Sprout Smart
• January 19, 2008: The debut of Panwapa
• Launch of Sprout Please
• February 14, 2008: Sprout's Special Valentine Delivery
• March 2008: Sprout Diner March Menu
• April 1, 2008: Sprout's Scrambled April Fun Day
• April 21, 2008: The debut of PICME
• May 5, 2008: The launch of The Sprout Sharing Show; The Let's Go Show moves to weekend mornings.
• May 2008: Hooray for Mother's Day
• June 7, 2008: The debut of Dive Olly Dive!.
• June 20, 2008: Frances premieres during Summer Fun Fridays
• June-August 2008: Summer Fun Fridays
• July 4, 2008: The debut of Franny's Feet.
• August 6, 2008: Michael Weiss, Annie McLaughlin, Christa Mereen, and Judy Kahn on Good Sports week on The Sunny Side Up Show.
• September 2, 2008: Tom Alexander named senior vice president of marketing at Sprout.
• September 23, 2008: Launch of The Great Sprout Tuck-In
• September 26, 2008: Chica's Big Birthday Surprise
• October 13, 2008: The debut of Roary the Racing Car
• October 31, 2008: A Sweet Goodnight Treat
• November 2, 2008: The debut of PajanimalsPajanimals
• December 2008: Preschool Musical
• December 24, 2008: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon
• December 31, 2008: Sprout's New Year's Eve Sing Along

2009

• January 26, 2009: The debut of Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
• February 6, 2009: New Wave Entertainment teams up with Sprout to launch Dress Chica, Dress Like Chica, and Sprout Player apps.
• February 13-14, 2009: Sprout's Super-Dee-Duper Valentine Party
• March 2009: Sprout launches accounts on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook and podcasts on iTunes.
• April 1, 2009: Sprout's Scrambled April Fun Day
• April 24, 2009: The Mighty Jungle premieres during Mighty Earth Week
• May 2009: Hooray for Mother's Day
• June 2009: Sprout's Smart Summer and Mr. Mailman's Summer Adventure Contest
• August 24, 2009: The launch of Sprout's Wiggly Waffle
• August 24, 2009: The debuts of Rubbadubbers and The Wiggles' first six TV series
• September 21, 2009: Sprout rebrands
• September 21, 2009: The third season of The Good Night Show premieres.
• October 2009: Fire Prevention Week with Dayna Hilton and Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog
• October 31, 2009: A Sweet Goodnight Treat
• November 2009: Thanks for Giving
• December 2009: Musical on Two Sticks
• December 24, 2009: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon
• December 25, 2009: Premiere of The Show Must Go On
• December 31, 2009: Dennisha Pratt joins The Sunny Side Up Show during a Countdown to Noon.

2010

• 2010: The Let's Grow videos are released.
• February 14, 2010: Sprout's Dino-Mite Valentine’s Sing-Along
• April 1, 2010: Sprout's Scrambled April Fun Day
• April 22, 2010: dirtgirlworld premieres during Dig Into Earth Day
• May 2010: Hooray for Mother's Day
• June 28, 2010: Nina's Little Fables premieres, replacing Make Way for Noddy.
• July 12, 2010: The debut of Chloe's Closet
• August 24, 2010: Monkey See Monkey Do premieres alongside the second season of Sprout's Wiggly Waffle.
• September 1, 2010: Sprout launches in HD
• September 25, 2010: The Sunny Side Up Show debuts on weekends; Noodle and Doodle debuts during the festivities
• October 11, 2010: Fire Prevention Week with Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog (sponsored by State Farm)
• October 31, 2010: A Sweet Goodnight Treat
• November 1, 2010: Liz Filios joins The Sunny Side Up Show.
• November 1, 2010: The debut of Driver Dan's Story Train
• December 2010: Elmo's Movie Merry-Thon
• December 24, 2010: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon
• December 31, 2010: What's Your News? premieres on Sprout

2011

• February 14, 2011: Sprout's Dino-Mite Valentine's Day Sing-Along
• March 21, 2011: Super WHY! premieres on Sprout
• April 1, 2011: Sprout's Scrambled April Fun Day
• April 22, 2011: Dig Into Earth Day with dirtgirlworld and Richard Blais on The Sunny Side Up Show, which reaches its 1,000th episode that day
• July 2, 2011: You Pick the PJs
• July 7, 2011: Launch of Kindness Counts
• August 16, 2011; Jose Garces helps Sprout celebrate Food Week on The Sunny Side Up Show
• September 5, 2011: LazyTown premieres on Sprout.
• October 3, 2011: Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps premieres on Sprout.
• October 10, 2011: Full-length Pajanimals premieres on Sprout.
• October 31, 2011: A Sweet Goodnight Treat
• November 7, 2011: The premieres of Poppy Cat and the fourth season of The Good Night Show
• November 2011: Thanks for Giving
• December 2011: Elmo's Movie Merry-Thon
• December 24, 2011: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon
• December 31, 2011: Sprout's Cheer in the New Year

2012

• January 1, 2012: Sprout's Cheer in the New Year
• January 30, 2012: The premiere of Abby in Wonderland
• January 2012: Save Sprout
• February 14, 2012: The launch of The Super Sproutlet Show
• February 29, 2012: The premiere of Elmo and Abby's Birthday Fun!
• April 1, 2012: Sprout's Scrambled April Fun Day
• April 22, 2012: Justin Time for Earth Week (the debut of Justin Time)
• July 7, 2012: The launch of NBC Kids
• August 27, 2012: Wibbly Pig, Olive the Ostrich, and 64 Zoo Lane, as well as new episodes of Pajanimals and season 5 of The Good Night Show, premiere during Sprout's Premiere Party
• August 2012: Sprout partners with Produce for Kids
• November 24, 2012: The debut of The Chica Show
• November 26, 2012: Debut of Sprout float in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; Chica appears on The Today Show on the 21st to promote.
• December 2012: Sprout hits record ratings across its competitors, with an average total day household coverage area 0.23 rating / 122k homes.
• December 24, 2012: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon
• December 31, 2012: Sprout's Cheer in the New Year

2013

• January 1, 2013: Sprout's Cheer in the New Year
• The launch of Sprout Tunes
• January 3, 2013: Mark Sacher named VP of research at Sprout.
• February 2013: From Sprout With Love
• March 25, 2013: The debut of Sid the Science Kid
• April 1, 2013: Sprout's Scrambled April Fun Day
• April 2013: Dig Into Earth Day (the debut of Tree Fu Tom)
• May 3, 2013: Sprout becomes Channel 127 on CableVision.
• June 29, 2013: Summer Splash
• July 29, 2013: New season of The Chica Show
• July 30, 2013: Host Hunt Contest
• August 19, 2013: The debut of Sarah & Duck
• September 2, 2013: The debut of Zou
• September 19, 2013: Kindest Kid Contest
• October 2013: Tricks, Clicks, and Treats
• November 1, 2013: Sprout reaches over 60 million homes with a multi market launch including New York and LA.
• November 1, 2013: The debut of Stella and Sam
• November 13, 2013: Comcast's NBCUniversal acquires a full ownership of Sprout, following a buyout of PBS, Sesame Workshop, and HiT Entertainment. As a result of this, the "PBS KIDS" branding is no longer in the channel's name
• November 2013: Kaitlin Becker and Tim Kubart are introduced to The Sunny Side Up Show in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
• November 2013: Thanks for Giving
• December 2013: Merry Movies
• December 21, 2013: Kindest Kid Countdown
• December 24, 2013: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon
• The Kindest Kid

2014

• January: Chica's Olympic Family Fun promotes the Sochi Winter Olympics
• February: From Sprout with Love
• March: Oscar Weekend
• March 1, 2014: The debut of Zerby Derby
• April 1, 2014: Sprout's Scrambled April Fun Day
• May 12, 2014: The debut of Lily's Driftwood Bay
• June 9, 2014: The launch of Sprout Control Room
• July 12, 2014: The debut of Astroblast!
• Sprout launches The More You Know PSAs
• August 16, 2014: The debut of Earth to Luna!
• October 11, 2014: The debut of Boj
• October 25, 2014: New season of Poppy Cat
• October: Tricks, Clicks, and Treats
• November 1, 2014: Pajanimals Pajama Party
• November 2014: Thanks for Giving
• December 2014: Merry Movies
• December 2014: Kindest Kid Countdown
• December 24, 2014: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon
• Kindest Kid Contest

2015

• February 14, 2015: The debut of Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave
• February: Oscar Weekend
• March 14, 2015: The debut of Super Wings
• April 1, 2015: Sprout's Scrambled April Fun Day
• June 9, 2015: The Sunny Side Up Show reaches 2,500 episodes.
• June 20, 2015: The debut of Clangers
• June-August, 2015: Summer of Sprout
• July 27, 2015: Sixth season of The Good Night Show
• September 26, 2015: Sprout rebrands for its tenth anniversary
• September 26, 2015: Setting change to The Sunny Side Up Show (city apartment) and name shortening to Sunny Side Up.
• September 26, 2015: The debuts of Nina's World, Maya the Bee, and Sydney Sailboat
• December 24, 2015: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon

2016

• Amy Friedman named SVP of Programming at Sprout
• Deirdre Brennan named President of Sprout
• January 23, 2016: The debut of Floogals
• February 13, 14, 27, & 28: DinoMax: The Land Before Time Movie Megathon
• February 20, 2016: The debut of YaYa and Zouk
• March 7, 2016: The debut of Little People
• March 19, 2016: The debut of The Jungle Bunch
• May 28, 2016: The debut of Doozers
• July 9, 2016: The debut of Terrific Trucks
• September 3, 2016: The debut of Noddy: Toyland Detective
• September 2016: Back to New
• September 28, 2016: The Furchester Hotel premieres on Sprout.
• October: Sprout's Knock Knock Joke Halloween and Sprout Dream Halloween Costume
• October 22, 2016: Dot. premieres on Sprout.
• November 5, 2016: Space Racers premieres on Sprout.
• December: Holidays Unwrapped
• Imagination Comes to Life

2017

• Sprout's Most Awesome Adventures
• January: Deirdre Brennan named general manager of Sprout
• January: Dea Connick Perez, Shane Lindley, and Chanon Cook join Sprout as Vice Presidents of program strategy and acquisition, digital, and insights and strategy respectively.
• January 15: The debut of The Land Before Time
• February: Valentine's BFFs
• February: I Am the New History
• May 27, 2017: The debut of The Ollie and Moon Show
• It's Not Summer Without Sprout
• June 17, 2017: The debut of Topsy and Tim
• July 8, 2017: The debut of Ranger Rob
• July 15, 2017: The debut of Kody Kapow
• July 17, 2017: The debut of Masha and the Bear
• August 12, 2017: The debut of School of Roars
• August 14, 2017: The debut of Sprout House (later Snug's House)
• September 9, 2017: The original Sprout channel closes down in favor of Universal Kids.