Junior (German TV channel)

{{distinguish|Junior (Albanian TV channel)}}

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Junior

| logo = Junior Logo 2015.png

| logo_size =

| logo_caption = Final logo, used from 2015 to 2022

| logo_alt =

| launch_date = 28 July 1996

| closed_date = 31 December 2022

| picture_format = 16:9

| network =

| owner = EM.TV (1996–2008)
Studio 100 (2008–2022)

| country = Germany

| area = Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Luxembourg

| former_names = Junior TV Germany

| replaced =

| sister_channels =

| timeshift_service =

| website = {{URL|junior.tv}}

| terr_serv_1 =

| terr_chan_1 =

| online_serv_1 =

| online_chan_1 =

}}

Junior was a German preschool TV channel which was on air from 1996 to 2022, aimed at children between 3 and 7 years of age. The channel formerly timeshared with Junior includes K-Toon [de] and aired an anime programming block called Junior XL between 2003 and 2007 (both of which were for older children aged 8 to 13).

The channel closed on 31 December 2022.{{cite web|title=Sky beendet Verbreitung von NatGeo, NatGeo Wild und Junior|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/90756/sky_beendet_verbreitung_von_natgeo_natgeo_wild_und_junior/|url-status=|format=|access-date=2022-12-01|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=DWDL de GmbH|date=|year=|language=de|pages=|quote=}}{{cite web|title=Junior stellt den Sendebetrieb ein|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/news/junior-stellt-den-sendebetrieb-ein|url-status=|format=|access-date=2022-12-08|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Glenn Riedmeier|date=|year=|language=de|pages=|quote=}}