Galamiguitos
{{Short description|American Spanish-language children's TV programming}}
{{Infobox programming block
| name = Galamiguitos
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- {{Start date and age|1999|06|06}} {{smaller|(Galamiguitos)}}
- {{Start date and age|2016|05|31}} {{smaller|(Galaverano)}}
- {{Start date and age|2022|09|24}} {{smaller|(La Cantin-fiesta de Cantinflas)}}
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- {{End date and age|2002|12|15}} {{smaller|(Galamiguitos)}}
- {{End date and age|2023|4|9}} {{smaller|(La Cantin-fiesta de Cantinflas)}}
- {{End date and age|2025|4|27}} {{smaller|(Galaverano)}}
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| channel = Galavisión
| division =
| country = United States
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| parent = TelevisaUnivision USA
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| runtime = 2 hours and 30 minutes
| website = {{Official website|http://www.univision.com/galavision}}
| language = Spanish
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Galamiguitos (English: "Gala's Little Friends") is an American children's programming block that airs on the Spanish language television network Galavisión, which debuted on June 6, 1999, and aired until December 15, 2002. The one-hour block – which airs Monday to Friday mornings and Saturday and Sunday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Pacific Time – features live-action aimed at children between the ages of 2 and 8.
Programs featured on the block consist almost entirely of Spanish-dubbed versions of series that were originally produced and broadcast in English. All shows featured on Galamiguitos are designed to meet federally mandated educational programming guidelines defined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) via the Children's Television Act.
History
On June 6, 1999, Galavisión announced that it would debuted children's program block, called Galamiguitos within aimed at preschools the fulfilled educational programming requirements defined by the Federal Communications Commission's Children's Television Act and children between the ages of 2 and 8. The preschool block's initial lineup consisted within three/four live-action shows of the 90-minute weekday block of children's programming, the entering the agreement with production company by Nine Network in Australia (Here's Humphrey) and Radical Sheep Productions (The Big Comfy Couch), Spanish-language and dubbed American, Canadian and European children's programs.
Galamiguitos was aired for the final time on the channel. However, the block was discontinued on December 15, 2002.
Programming
=Former programming=
| class="wikitable softable"
|+ !Title !Premiere date !End date !Source(s) |
| colspan=4|Galamiguitos |
|---|
| Here's Humphrey
|rowspan=3|June 6, 1999 |December 15, 2002 |
| Salsa
|June 30, 2002 |
| The Big Comfy Couch
|August 26, 2001 |
| Mi Casita
|August 27, 2001 |December 15, 2002 |
| colspan=4|Acquired programming from Galavision |
| Funnymals
|June 20, 2016 |October 26, 2018 | |
| Grimm's Finest Fairy Tales
|May 29, 2017 |July 21, 2019 |
| Angel's Friends
|rowspan=4|June 26, 2017 |April 15, 2018 |
| Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville
|December 3, 2017 |
| Jelly Jamm
|rowspan=2|November 26, 2017 | |
| La Familia Telerin
| |
| Monsters & Pirates
|June 27, 2017 |April 22, 2018 | |
| The Avatars
|September 4, 2017 |February 13, 2019 |
| Kipatla
|July 16, 2018 |January 11, 2019 |
| Kin
|rowspan=2|August 13, 2018 |rowspan=2|January 27, 2019 | |
| Woki Tokis
| |
| Planeta Burbujas
|July 22, 2019 |March 1, 2020 | |
| The Pink Panther Show
|June 1, 2020 |May 29, 2022 |
| El Chapulín Colorado Animado
|April 29, 2017 (original run) |September 2, 2017 (original run) |
| El Chavo Animado
|May 31, 2016 (original run) |October 21, 2017 (original run) | |
| Cantinflas y Sus Amigos
|September 24, 2022 (La Cantin-fiesta de Cantinflas) |March 17, 2024 (original run) |url=https://twitter.com/Galavision/status/1573660846735097856|website=Twitter|publisher=Galavision|date=24 September 2022}} |
See also
- Planeta U – The weekend morning children's block on Univision
- Toonturama – The Saturday and Sunday morning cartoon block on UniMás (formerly known as TeleFutura)
- Univision y Los Niños – The Monday to Friday and Saturday morning block on Univision from 1989 to 1990.
- La Piñata Loca – The host of George Ortuzar from Saturday and Sunday morning block on Univision from 1996 to 2000.