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SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

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{{Short description|Animated television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox television
| image = SwatKatsseason2.jpg
| caption = Season 2 title card
| creator = Christian Tremblay Yvon Tremblay
| developer = [[Glenn Leopold]] [[Davis Doi]]
| director = [[Robert Alvarez]] [[Kris Zimmerman]] (recording)
| voices = [[Barry Gordon]] [[Charlie Adler]] [[Candi Milo]] [[Gary Owens]] [[Jim Cummings]] [[Mark Hamill]] [[Tress MacNeille]] [[Lori Alan]]
| composer = Matt Muhoberac John Zuker Randall Crissman Nick Brown<ref name="25yearmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gki0TcAj00s|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/gki0TcAj00s|archive-date=2021-12-22|url-status=live|title=SWAT Kats 25 Year Music Reunion|date=April 21, 2018 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| country = United States
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 26
| list_episodes = List of SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron episodes
| executive_producer = [[Buzz Potamkin]]
| producer = Davis Doi
| runtime = 22 minutes
| company = [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Cartoons]]
| network = [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1993|9|11}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1995|1|6}}
}}
'''''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron''''' is an American animated television series created by Christian and Yvon Tremblay and produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/47647/swat-kats-the-complete-series/ |title=Swat Kats: The Complete Series : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video|publisher=Dvdtalk.com|access-date=2012-10-20}}</ref> The series takes place in the fictional metropolis of Megakat City populated by anthropomorphic felines, known as "kats",<ref name="Perlmutter">{{cite book|last1=Perlmutter|first1=David|title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows|date=2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1538103739|page=620}}</ref> and follows two [[Vigilantism|vigilante]] pilots who possess a futuristic [[Fighter aircraft|fighter jet]] with an array of weaponry. Throughout the series, they face various villains, as well as competition from Megakat City's [[Militarization|militarized]] police force, called the Enforcers.

The series originally premiered and aired on the [[television syndication|syndication]] block ''[[The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera]]'', as well as on [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS Superstation]] (as a part of the ''Sunday Morning in Front of the TV'' block) from 1993 to 1995.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Erickson|first1=Hal|title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003|date=2005|edition=2nd|publisher=McFarland & Co|isbn=978-1476665993|pages=816–818}}</ref> Every episode of the series was directed by [[Robert Alvarez]]. The bulk of the series was written by Glenn Leopold (15 episodes) or Lance Falk (9 episodes). Jim Stenstrum contributed two episodes, while David Ehrman, Von Williams, Eric Clark (with Lance Falk), Mark Saraceni, and Jim Katz all contributed one episode each. Nine episodes from Season 1 are animated by [[Hanho Heung-Up|Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd.]], four episodes from Season 1 and all episodes from Season 2 are animated by [[Mook Animation|Mook Animation Inc]].

A revival series, titled ''SWAT Kats: Revolution'', is under development, with both the Tremblay brothers and the Toonz Media Group at the helm.

==Overview==
Jake "Razor" Clawson (voiced by [[Barry Gordon]]) and Chance "T-Bone" Furlong (voiced by [[Charlie Adler]]) were members of Megakat City's paramilitary law enforcement agency, known as the Enforcers. They were dishonorably discharged from the Enforcers after disobeying the orders of Commander Feral (voiced by [[Gary Owens]]), which resulted in the destruction of the newly built Enforcer Headquarters. While in pursuit of the criminal mastermind Dark Kat (voiced by [[Brock Peters]]), one of the main [[Archenemy|arch-villains]] of the series, the two rebelled against Enforcer Commander Feral's orders to fall back and leave Dark Kat to him, as Feral wanted the honor and fame of bringing Dark Kat in personally as the leader of the Enforcers. When they objected, citing their already-acquired target lock, Commander Feral crowded out their jet, clipping their wing and sending Jake and Chance's jet crashing into Enforcer Headquarters. The resultant explosion distracted Commander Feral, allowing Dark Kat's escape. The Commander took no responsibility for the incident and damage to his own agency's new HQ, discharged Jake and Chance from the Enforcers when they tried to argue over who was to blame, and reassigned them to work at the city's military salvage yard to pay for the damage to the Enforcer Headquarters which Feral caused.

Using discarded military parts and weapons from the salvage yard, Jake and Chance built themselves a three-engine [[fighter aircraft|jet fighter]] called the Turbokat, which resembled several different jet fighters, most notably the Grumman [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat|F-14]] and the [[Saab 35 Draken|Saab Draken]], along with a handful of other vehicles such as the Cyclotron (a motorcycle built into the jet's seating, deployed from the bomb bay of the Turbokat like a missile), the TurboMole (a subterranean vehicle used to drill underground), the HoverKat (a militarized [[hovercraft]]), and the Thunder Truck (a militarized [[Jeep]] modified from their [[tow truck]]). All these vehicles were stored, along with a training area and other equipment, in a secret hangar below the yard.

Razor and T-Bone now patrol Megakat City as the SWAT Kats, defending it against any kind of menace that threatens the city. Their enemies include Dark Kat, the undead [[Magician (fantasy)|sorcerer]] Pastmaster (voiced by [[Keene Curtis]]), the [[mutant (fiction)|mutant]] evil genius Doctor Viper (voiced by [[Frank Welker]]), and the [[robot]]ic [[gangster]]s the Metallikats, husband and wife Mac and Molly Mange (voiced by [[Neil Ross]] and [[April Winchell]]). The SWAT Kats also face many villains-of-the-week, such as Rex Shard (voiced by [[John Vernon]]), Madkat (voiced by [[Roddy McDowall]]), Dr. Harley Street (voiced by [[Robert Ridgely]]), and Volcanus (vocal effects provided by [[Frank Welker]]).

The SWAT Kats keep their identities secret from everyone, including their closest ally [[Deputy mayor|Deputy Mayor]] Callie Briggs (voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]]), who assumes the responsibilities of both her post and of her boss, Mayor Manx (voiced by [[Jim Cummings]]), who mainly neglects his political duties in favor of pastimes like golf. Their methods do not endear them to Commander Feral, and the three of them often clash throughout the series.

In the second season, Feral's niece Felina (voiced by [[Lori Alan]]), who holds a lieutenant rank in the Enforcers, becomes another ally of the SWAT Kats.

==Episodes==
{{main|List of SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron episodes}}
{{:List of SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron episodes}}

==Characters==
{{main|List of SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron characters}}

==Home media==
In July 1995, Hanna-Barbera (through [[Turner Home Entertainment]]) released three VHS collections with two select episodes on each. These releases also included some of the "Secret Files of SWAT Kats" clips that ended each episode in original airings and an episode of ''[[Space Ghost (TV series)|Space Ghost]]'' at the beginning.

"Deadly Dr. Viper" – featuring "Destructive Nature" and "Katastrophe".

"Strike of Dark Kat" – featuring "The Wrath of Dark Kat" and "Night of Dark Kat".

"Metallikats Attack" – featuring "The Metallikats" and "Metal Urgency".

On December 14, 2010, the complete series was released on DVD via [[Warner Archive Collection|Warner Archive]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron - 'The Complete Series Collection' DVDs are Available Once More! ***UPDATED***|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Swat-Kats-Radical-Squadron-Complete-Collection/16428|publisher=Tvshowsondvd.com|access-date=2012-10-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224181420/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Swat-Kats-Radical-Squadron-Complete-Collection/16428|archive-date=February 24, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The episodes themselves are not remastered, and the DVDs contain no extras or bonus features, although three scenes that were originally cut from the show were restored for the DVD. However, Warner Bros. put the end credits for the episodes in the wrong order, meaning voice actors either were not credited for episodes they were in, or were credited for ones where they did not appear. Only a few episodes had their proper end credits intact. On March 3, 2011, Warner Bros. removed ''SWAT Kats'' from its DVD page. On January 19, 2012, Warner Archive re-released the ''SWAT Kats'' set with the end credits corrected.

==Reception and cancellation==
''SWAT Kats'' became the number one [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] animated show of 1994, according to [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen Television Index (NTI) and Nielsen Syndication Service (NSS)]].<ref name="anm">{{Cite news|newspaper=Animation Magazine|title=Nielsen ratings|issue=October/November|year=1994}}</ref> ''Toon Magazine'' documented the success of ''SWAT Kats'' in its Fall 1994 issue.<ref name="Toon">{{Cite news|last=Swanigan|first=Michael|title=Hanna-Barbera's SWAT Kats: The Best New Action- Adventure Series To Come From Hanna-Barbera In Years!|newspaper=Toon Magazine|volume=1|issue=5|year=1994}}</ref> Due to the program's success, Hanna Barbera Productions planned to release new episodes, posters, and other works in 1995.<ref name="anm"/> However, the show was ultimately canceled with three unfinished episodes.<ref name="Episodes">{{cite web|url=https://swatkats.info/about-swat-kats/ |title=About SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron|publisher=Swatkats.info|access-date=2008-06-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022023703/http://swatkats.info/about/the-show|archive-date=October 22, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[Ted Turner]], CEO of [[Turner Broadcasting System]] which produced and aired the show, was reportedly displeased with the level of violence in his cartoons, leading to the delay of its merchandising and its eventual cancellation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/140m96/swatkats_the_animated_series_tlak_to_the/c78y3xw|title=SWAT Kats The Animated Series Tlak to the Co-Creator Christian Tremblay|author=Christian Tremblay|date=November 30, 2012|access-date=August 27, 2016|quote=The OFFICIAL reasons the show was cancel is that the timing between the merchandising being out late, affected the bottom line of the financial, i.e. the money HB was making. Remenber that the series cost many, many, many million $$ to produce, all financed by HB. Now why the merchandising was out late, is because Ted Turner, announced in congress that what his tv station are producing, there won't be any violence ( this is in 1994 about, in a time where all the broadcaster were pointed about violence on TV.) At the same, here we were producing SK with helicopters crashing into walls exploding....! So the show, before it aired was some kind of a hot and sensible issue the executive had to navigate with.......which at the end result in being late in the coordination of the series coming out and the toys following way late after that.|publisher=[[reddit]]}}</ref> Turner went on record in front of [[United States Congress|Congress]] and in an early 1995 interview after the show's cancellation, stated that "We have more cartoons than anybody: ''[[The Flintstones]]'', ''[[The Jetsons]]'', ''[[The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|The Smurfs]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!|Scooby-Doo]]''. They're nonviolent. We don't have to worry that we're encouraging kids to kill each other - like some of the other cartoon programs do."<ref>{{citation|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/04/21/teds-excellent-speaking-engagement/|title=Ted's Excellent Speaking Engagement|author=Albert Kim|date=April 21, 1995|access-date=August 27, 2016|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> According to the Tremblay Bros. in an interview, this quote was more directed against more adult-oriented TV shows at the time such as ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'', which depicted more realistic and easily copyable violence, compared to the more cartoony slapstick violence of the aforementioned shows. However, this was misconstrued by both fans and Hanna-Barbera execs as being a strict "anti-violence" policy, especially in the wake of Turner's own pet project show, ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]''.

==Revival==
On July 23, 2015, creators Christian and Yvon Tremblay announced a [[Kickstarter]] campaign to revive ''SWAT Kats'', seeking to produce a new series, and if possible, a 70-minute film.<ref name="Kickstarter">{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1820796125/swat-kats-revolution|title=Swat-Kats Revolution By Tremblay Bros Studios — Kickstarter|publisher=Kickstarter.com|access-date=2015-10-13}}</ref> On July 24, one day after the campaign began, the Kickstarter successfully reached its first funding goal of $50,000, needed for production of concept art and promotional material, which the pair had aimed to use to help them find an investor who would be interested in helping with the revival.

A more major goal of $200,000 would allow the pair to produce a 22-minute episode, while a pledge total of $1,000,000 would allow them to do a mini-series of five episodes. Their highest pledge, $1.5 million or more, would help them to make a film of the SWAT Kats. The campaign ended on August 22, 2015, with $141,500 pledged, and already passing another goal of $100,000 will help to create a 2-minute-long trailer of how the series should look.

On February 17, 2016, the Tremblay Brothers confirmed they had started development on the trailer, which they will show to a TV company in order to have the green light for production on ''SWAT Kats Revolution''.

Christian Tremblay, confirmed Warner Bros. had expressed interest in "bringing back" SWAT Kats on Boomerang, but were unable to convince the parent network to commit for a new series, and thus they passed on the project. Tremblay then started working with investors to create independent episodes of SWAT Kats that will be available online for streaming. In a Kickstarter campaign update on July 23, 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Update 43: Re: Swat-Kats Revolution Update · SWAT-KATS REVOLUTION|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1820796125/swat-kats-revolution/posts/2901724|access-date=2021-03-31|website=Kickstarter|language=en}}</ref> show co-creator Christian Tremblay alluded to the issues being faced in getting the Swat Kats: Revolution re-boot picked up:<blockquote>''"It has been a long time coming to provide an update on Swat-Kats Revolution, we sincerely apologize. I hope this update will bring you comfort that the efforts to bring back SK is very much alive and we are actively pushing to make it happen...For us the challenge is not IF a new series will be produced, but WHEN will it be done...So we encountered roadblocks after roadblocks: Hulu passed, Netflix passed, Warner Bros passed. Amazon was not really the place for it and changed its animated content approach. A fairly important movie producer wanted to bring Swat-Kats to Netflix, where he has an output deal, but ultimately, the deal did not make sense for us. I can't count the number of potential business investors we met, trips we did, meetings we held. There have been many opportunities we believed were very promising (with some very important mini Major studios, among others), and we hold on to those opportunities to bring some good news, only to fall apart. Some additional difficulties were unexpected, such as the movie CATS! (Anthropomorphic cats), and a major box office disaster, ridiculed by everyone, let's just say that we had to let the dust clear on this one before we could even approach anyone in the industry, so they could not make any types of similarities between the two properties...this is a Hollywood mindset; when something bombs at the box office it becomes radioactive...We are more motivated than ever before. We have seen and encountered roadblocks in the past but we are resilient. It's not the 100's of NO that count, its the one Yes that allows everything to fall into place. '''We will make SK happen, no matter how hard or how long it takes.'''''</blockquote>

===Official revival announcement===
In a Kickstarter campaign update on January 19, 2022, show co-creator Christian Tremblay announced that they "teamed up with Toonz Media Group to bring Swat-Kats Revolution to life."{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} On February 1, 2022, several websites reported additional details, including that "the new series is billed as being for kids in the age range of 5-11" and that the series was already in pre-production as of that date.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-01|title=SWAT Kats Reboot in the Works|url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/swat-kats-reboot-in-the-works/|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Comicbook.com|language=en}}</ref>

==In other media==
===Toys===
[[Remco]] produced a line of [[action figure]]s in 1994 which included Razor, T-Bone, Dark Kat and Dr. Viper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualtoychest.com/swatkats/swatkats.html|publisher=Virtualtoychest.com|title=SWAT Kats Toys at Virtual Toychest|access-date=2008-06-18}}</ref> Both [[White Castle (restaurant)|White Castle]] and [[Carl's Jr.]] have offered SWAT Kats toys in their kids' meals in the 1990s.

===Video game===
The game ''[[SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (video game)|SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron]]'', developed by [[Fortyfive|AIM]], was released by [[Hudson Soft]] on August 21, 1995, in North America for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]. A [[Sega Mega Drive]] game based on ''SWAT Kats'' was in development by [[Traveller's Tales]] but it was cancelled before being completed.<ref name="M'sCPG">{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH6dxII0lwI|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/RH6dxII0lwI|archive-date=2021-12-22|url-status=live|work=[[YouTube]]|date=August 9, 2018|author=[[Jon Burton#Career|GameHut]]|title=Madagascar's Cancelled Party Game}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Comics===
On July 25, 2025, it was announced that a ''SWAT Kats'' comic book series would be published by Roditeli Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aiptcomics.com/2025/07/23/swat-kats-kickstarter/ |title=Swat Kats returns with first-ever comic series, launching on Kickstarter this fall|publisher=AIPT|date=2025-07-25|access-date=2025-10-29}}</ref> A Kickstarter for the comic was launched on October 28, 2025. It reached its main goal of $40,000 within the same day.

==See also==
{{Portal|Animation|United States|1990s}}
* ''[[Road Rovers]]''

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/19991013025412/http://cartoonnetwork.com/doc/swatkats/index.html SWAT Kats] - [[Cartoon Network]] Department of Cartoons (Archive)
*{{IMDb title|id=0126173|title=SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron}}

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Channel One News

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{{Short description|Daily news program for U.S. schools}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2014}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Channel One News
| owner = [[Whittle Communications]] (1989-1994) [[Primedia Inc.]] (1994-2007) Alloy Media+Marketing (2007-2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/business/media/09channel.html
|title=NBC News to Provide Content for Channel One |access-date=2008-05-14 |last=Miller |first=Lia |date=2007-07-09 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> [[ZelnickMedia]] (2012-May 13, 2014) [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] (May 13, 2014-May 2018)
| logo = Channel One News Logo 2013.png
| logo_size = 150px
| country = [[United States]]
| launch_date = March 6, 1989 (pilot program debut) 1990 (national debut)
| website =
| closed_date = May 2018
}}
'''Channel One News''' was an American news [[content provider]]. The daily news program was accompanied by [[commercial advertising]] for [[marketing in schools]], with supplementary educational resources. The [[Peabody Award|Peabody]] award-winning Channel One News program was broadcast mainly to minors, advertising a way for young teens to understand happenings worldwide. Susan Winston (former executive producer of ''Good Morning America'') and Daniel Funk were brought in to design the broadcast and produce the six weeks of test shows. On May 13, 2014, it was sold for an undisclosed price to [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140513-910486.html|title=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Acquires Channel One News to Expand Digital Content Offering, Production Capabilities|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref> On June 28, 2018, HMH announced that Channel One's last broadcast occurred in May and that they would be "winding down ongoing operations".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/channel-one-going-dark|title=Channel One Going Dark|work=Broadcasting & Cable|access-date=2022-02-08}}</ref>

==History==

Channel One was founded in 1989. It began with a pilot program in four high schools before its national rollout in 1990, with original anchors and reporters Ken Rogers, Lynne Blades, and [[Brian Tochi]]. [[Chris Whittle|Christopher Whittle]] founded it along with co-founder Ed Winter, advertising and marketing executives based in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]. [[Primedia Inc.]] purchased Channel One for approximately $250 million from Whittle in 1994, with Ed Winter remaining as chairman for several more years.

The program's first [[executive producer]], Cynthia Samuels, came to Channel One from 9 years on ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]''. While at Channel One, she created Student Producer Week (in which students produced, reported, directed, and designed an entire week of programming), Channel One's one-hour specials (including one in [[Moscow]] and [[Ohio]], one in [[Tokyo]] and [[Texas]], one in Los Angeles after the [[Rodney King riots]] hosted by [[Arsenio Hall]]) and OneVote (an "election night" for students to vote for president and watch the returns come in live from their classrooms). After Cynthia Samuels came Douglas Greenlaw, former president of MTV, followed by David Neuman, former vice president of comedy at NBC.

From 1997 until 2000, [[Andy Hill (basketball)|Andy Hill]] was president of programming for Channel One News, where he produced award-winning news programming for an audience of eight million American teens.<ref name=remembering>{{cite news |title=Remembering Coach John Wooden |publisher=California State University, Long Beach |url=http://web.csulb.edu/colleges/cba/nss/102810.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620202939/http://web.csulb.edu/colleges/cba/nss/102810.php |archive-date=June 20, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In December 2007, Channel One's parent company, Primedia, classified its Education Segment, which includes Channel One Network, as a "discontinued operation" and announced that it was "exploring strategic alternatives for" the businesses in that segment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smartmoney.com/news/PR/index.cfm?story=PR-20070227-001132-0830|title=MarketWatch - Stock Market Quotes, Business News, Financial News|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref> In 2007, Primedia sold Channel One to [[Alloy Media]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://adage.com/article/media/kicked-class-primedia-sheds-school-net-channel/116218/|title=Kicked Out of Class: Primedia Sheds In-School Net Channel One|work=Ad Age|access-date=2018-11-03|language=en}}</ref>

In July 2007, [[NBC News]] announced that it would be partnering with Alloy under an arrangement in which NBC would work with Channel One News to produce original content for Channel One's in-school broadcasts, providing Channel One with access to global news gathering resources.<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news |first=Lia |last=Miller |title=NBC News to Provide Content for Channel One |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/business/media/09channel.html |work=The New York Times |date=July 9, 2007 |access-date=2008-01-09}}</ref> In 2009, [[CBS News]] entered into a partnership with Channel One.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

Alloy was bought by [[ZelnickMedia]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/zelnickmedia-acquires-alloy-102680/|title=ZelnickMedia Acquires Alloy|work=Adweek|access-date=2018-11-03}}</ref> On May 13, 2014, Channel One was acquired by the educational publisher [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]; the company stated that the purchase would foster the "continued development of high-quality digital content for students, teachers, and parents across multiple modalities, and will bring significant video and cross-media production capabilities in-house."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://marketbrief.edweek.org/marketplace-k-12/houghton_mifflin_harcourt_acquires_channel_one_news/|title=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Acquires Channel One News|date=2014-05-13|work=Edweek Market Brief|access-date=2018-11-03}}</ref>

==Business model==
The original model for Channel One had it providing schools and school districts with [[television]]s, [[cable television headend|headend unit]]s, and [[satellite receiver]]s. Schools would record the broadcast and transmit it into classrooms. Ads were displayed during the broadcast to cover the costs of the equipment. Starting in 1989, schools began to accept two minutes of advertisement.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Perspectives on contemporary issues : readings across the disciplines|last=Anne|first=Ackley, Katherine|isbn=9781305969377|edition= Eighth|location=Boston|oclc=967940184|date = 2016-10-05}}</ref> In 2011, the network began offering a subscription fee to receive an ad-free version of its transmissions.

==OneVote==
Channel One held mock presidential [[election]]s called OneVote shortly before the general elections in 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. With the exception of the 2016 election, the popular vote winner in each OneVote election accurately predicted the electoral college winner of the respective real presidential election.

'''1992''': The initial vote in 1992 had 3,400,000 participants. [[Bill Clinton]] won the 1992 OneVote, garnering 43% of the vote. [[George H. W. Bush]] got 27%, with independent [[H. Ross Perot]] getting 24% of the vote.

'''2000''': When OneVote returned in 2000, 877,497 students participated, choosing Texas Governor [[George W. Bush]] in a mock election with nearly 59% of the vote. Vice-president [[Al Gore]] was voted second with 36% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web
|author=About.com
|title=Student Voters Pick Bush - Results of Project OneVote
|url=http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/news/aa103000a.htm
|access-date=2011-02-11
|archive-date=2011-01-12
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112145817/http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/news/aa103000a.htm
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

'''2004''': The 2004 OneVote gave [[George W. Bush]] 55% of the vote. [[John Kerry]] finished second with 40% of the vote, while all third-party candidates as a group (voters could only vote for them as a group) got 5%. The vote consisted of 1,400,000 students.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

'''2008''': The 2008 OneVote gave Barack Obama 51.5 percent of the vote. [[John McCain]] finished second with 48.5 percent.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

'''2012''': The 2012 OneVote gave [[Barack Obama]] 50 percent of the vote. [[Mitt Romney]] finished second with 44 percent.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

'''2016''': The 2016 OneVote gave [[Hillary Clinton]] 47 percent of the vote. [[Donald Trump]] finished second with 41 percent.

==Controversy==
Channel One was controversial<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/14/arts/critic-s-notebook-tv-news-in-the-schools-which-channel-if-any.html Critic's Notebook; TV News in the Schools: Which Channel, if Any?]</ref> largely because of the commercial content of the show. Critics claimed that it was a problem in classrooms because it forced children to watch ads and wasted class time and tax dollars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/nonprofit-urges-schools-to-ban-channel-one-newscast-over-onslaught-of-commercials|title=Nonprofit urges schools to ban Channel One newscast over onslaught of commercials|work=Fox News|date=26 March 2015 |access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref> Supporters argued that the ads were necessary to help keep the program running and lease TVs, VCRs, and satellite dishes to schools, as well as commercial-free educational video through Channel One Connection. In 2006, the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] reported that research indicated that children who watched Channel One remembered the commercials more than they remembered the news.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/business/media/09channel.html NBC News to Provide Content for Channel One] at ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref>

Another criticism, noted by Media Education Foundation's documentary ''Captive Audience'', was that very little time was dedicated to actual news and that the majority of the programming was corporate [[marketing]] and [[Public Relations|PR]] tie-ins to promote products and services, arguing that it further corrupted the school setting with [[consumerism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=105|title=Captive Audience|access-date=8 October 2006}}</ref>

==Former anchors==
Channel One News had seven [[news anchor|anchor]]s/correspondents on its roster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channelone.com/reporters/|title=Reporters|last=Name|website=Channelone.com|access-date=2016-04-02}}</ref> Here are some of those who rotated between 1993 and 2018.

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* [[Serena Altschul]] (correspondent for ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]'')
* Tony Anderson
* [[Errol Barnett]] (anchor and correspondent for [[CBS News]] and [[CBS News (streaming service)|its streaming channel]])
* Chris Browne
* Mark Carter
* Azia Celestino
* [[Janet Choi]]
* [[Gotham Chopra]]
* [[Anderson Cooper]] (anchor on [[CNN]] and talk show host)
* [[Adriana Diaz (journalist)|Adriana Diaz]]
* [[Seth Doane]] (correspondent on [[CBS News]])
* Julian Dujarric
* Scott Evans (reporter/anchor at [[Access Hollywood]])
* Steven Fabian (correspondent on [[Inside Edition]])
* Justin Finch (reporter/anchor at [[NBC Washington]])
* Jared Friesen
* Tom Hanson
* Chris Haslage
* Arielle Hixson
* [[Shelby Holliday]]
* Cassie Hudson
* [[Craig Jackson (journalist)|Craig Jackson]] (host of [[VH1]]'s ''[[I Love Money]]'')
* [[Brian Kilmeade]] (co-host on [[Fox News Channel]] and host on [[Fox News Radio]])
* Keith Kocinski
* Kathy Kroenenberger
* Jessica Kumari
* Hicks Neal
* Ron Mervine
*Lee Thomas
* Demetrius Pipkin
* Emily Reppert
* Maggie Rulli
* Sofia Lidskog
* [[Lisa Ling]] (host of ''[[Our America with Lisa Ling|Our America]]'' on [[Oprah Winfrey Network (American TV channel)|OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network]] and ''[[This is Life with Lisa Ling]]'' on [[CNN]])
* [[Laura Ling]] (Director of Development for [[Discovery Digital Networks]])
* Alex Marquardt (correspondent on [[CNN]])
* Tonoccus McClain
* [[Maria Menounos]] (host on ''[[E! News]]'')
* Alexandra Montoya
* Meka Nichols
* [[Monica Novotny]] (anchor on [[MSNBC]])
* [[Kris Osborn]] (correspondent for ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'')
* [[Michele Ruiz]]
* Alex Sanz (Managing Editor at [[CBS News and Stations]])
* Derrick Shore (host of ''Houston Life'' on [[KPRC-TV]])
* [[Tracy Smith (journalist)|Tracy Smith]] (correspondent on ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]'')
* [[Brian Tochi]]
* Rawley Valverde<ref>{{cite web |last=Meisler |first=Andy |title=The World According to Channel One |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/08/education/the-world-according-to-channel-one.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 9, 2022 |date=January 8, 1995}}</ref>
* Justin Gunn <ref>{{Cite web|url= http://justingunn.com/JustinGunn/Resumes_files/Justin%20Gunn%20-%20Host.pdf |title= JustinGunn.com Resume}}
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==See also==
* [[BusRadio]]
* [[Cable in the Classroom]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0448952|title=Channel One}}

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