Timeline

2004

• October 20, 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 to the public 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, The Berenstain Bears, Angelina Ballerina, Pingu, Zoboomafoo, Bob the Builder, Thomas & Friends, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Dragon Tales, Kipper, George Shrinks, Seven Little Monsters, Percy the Park Keeper, Brambly Hedge, Kratts' Creatures, Captain Zed and the Zee Zone, The Three Friends and Jerry, Adventures of Captain Pugwash, Archibald the Koala, Fly Tales, Dennis and Gnasher, and Sheeep
• September 26, 2005: The launch of The Good Night Show (with Melanie)
• September 26, 2005: The launch of The Birthday Show (with Kevin)
• 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 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 unfairly axes Melanie Martinez from The Good Night Show shortly after a new season premieres. The Good Night Show goes on hiatus until they can find a new host.
• September 10, 2006: The premiere of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks and Grand Tails Day
• September 2006: Noel MacNeal starts a new season of The Good Night Show as Leo, taking over from Martinez.
• 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: The Birthday Show becomes a block to celebrate Sprout's 1st anniversary.
• October 2006: The premiere of Fireman Sam and Fireman Sam's Safety Special
• October 11, 2006: Beta Research study ranks Sprout #1 in Satisfaction Ratings among all digital cable networks evaluated.
• 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 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 2006: Sproutletsgrow.com becomes Sproutonline.com
• December 18, 2006: Michele Lepe starts The Good Night Show as Nina during Season 3.
• 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
• New season of Sprout Diner
• March 13, 2007: "Thomas' Club Car Sandwich" named winner of Thomas contest.
• April 20-27, 2007: Sprout's Dance Party and premiere of Angelina Ballerina All Dancers on Deck.
• 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 2007: Jakers! Grand Tails Day.
• September 10, 2007: Time Warner Cable starts to distribute Sprout.
• September 26, 2007: The launch of Musical Mornings with Coo
• September 26, 2007: The launch of The Sunny Side Up Show (with Kevin, Kelly, and Chica)
• September 26, 2007: The debuts of Play with Me Sesame and Bounce
• The Sunny Side Up Show marks the debuts of Chica and Kelly.
• September 26, 2007: The fourth season of The Good Night Show introduces Lucy Light the Way and now adds Kids 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 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
• Launch of Sprout Please
• February 14, 2008: Sprout's Special Valentine Delivery
• March 2008: Sprout Diner March Menu
• May 5, 2008: The launch of The Sprout Sharing Show
• May 2008: Hooray for Mother's Day
• June-August 2008: Summer Fun Fridays (the debuts of Franny's Feet, Dive Olly Dive!, Frances, Panwapa, Percy the Park Keeper, and Brambly Hedge)
• 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
• September 26, 2008: The debut of Roary the Racing Car
• October 31, 2008: A Sweet Goodnight Treat
• November 2008: The debut of Pajanimals
• December 2008: Preschool Musical
• December 24, 2008: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon

2009

• The launch of Sprout Podcasts on iTunes
• Sprout launches accounts on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook
• 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's Party
• April 1, 2009: Sprout's Scrambled April Fun Day
• April 2009: Mighty Earth Week (the debut of The Mighty Jungle)
• May 2009: Hooray for Mother’s Day
• June 2009: Sprout's Smart Summer
• August 24, 2009: The launch of Sprout's Wiggly Waffle
• August 24, 2009: The debut of The Wiggles
• September 21, 2009: Sprout rebrands
• September 21, 2009: New season of The Good Night Show (the debut of Rubbadubbers)
• September 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 31, 2009: Dennisha Pratt joins The Sunny Side Up Show

2010

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

2011

• February 14, 2011: Sprout's Dino-Mite Valentine's Day Sing-Along
• March 21, 2011: The debut of Super WHY!
• April 1, 2011: Sprout's Scrambled April Fun Day
• April 2011: Dig Into Earth Day with dirtgirlworld and Richard Blais on The Sunny Side Up Show
• July 2, 2011: "You Pick the PJs" Contest
• 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: The debut of LazyTown
• October 31, 2011: A Sweet Goodnight Treat
• November 7, 2011: New season of The Good Night Show (The debuts of Poppy Cat and Pajanimals TV series)
• November 2011: Thanks for Giving
• December 2011: Elmo's Movie Merry-Thon
• December 24, 2011: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon

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: New season of The Good Night Show (The debuts of Wibbly Pig, Olive the Ostrich, and 64 Zoo Lane)
• August 2012: Sprout partners with Produce for Kids
• November 2012: Debut of Sprout float in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
• November 24, 2012: The debut of The Chica Show
• 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: Cheer in the New Year

2013

• 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.
  • Stella and Sam debuts.
• 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 24, 2013: Sprout's Snooze-a-Thon
• The Kindest Kid

2014

• January: Sochi Winter Olympics
• February: From Sprout with Love
• February: 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
• 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
• November 2014: Thanks for Giving
• December 2014: Merry Movies
• 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 20, 2015: The debut of Clangers
• June-August, 2015: Summer of Sprout
• July 27, 2015: New 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 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 26, 2016: Back to New
• September 26, 2016: debut of The Furchester Hotel
• October: Sprout's Knock Knock Joke Halloween
• October 22, 2016: The debut of Dot.
• October 31, 2016: The debut of Space Racers

2017

• 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.
• February: Valentine's BFFs
• 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.