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How would you improve the KZ schedule? Feb 1, 2023 21:54:47 GMT blues likes this

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Post by Guppistan FM 22.2 on Feb 1, 2023 21:54:47 GMT

Be warned! This is a bit of a long post.

Me and blues discussed KZ's schedule briefly in the news thread about them stopping new OPM episodes, but I wanted to give this topic a separate space.

First I'm going to quote something which I think are really relevant in this case.

"If viewers are unaware of a show, the early ratings will be weak and the series likeIy will Ianguish quickly"

How many KZ shows have debuted in the last year alone and have been taken off? "Seven and Me" only released a new season a few months ago, and is no longer on air. The same for "Leo & Tig", "Fantasy Patrol", "Lanfeust Quest", "Power Players", "Denver the Last Dinosaur", "Blinky Bill", "Sherazade" and "The Enchanted village of Pinocchio". Lets include OPM as well.

Out of all the new shows or seasons released in 2022, only FOUR are still airing currently: Ladybug S4, Arthur and the Minimoys, Max Steel S2 and Robin Hood S3.

The lack of patience shown by KZ to these shows is crazy. For some of them, it hasn't even been 3 months since the premiere! Not to mention, they are not dubbing Winx Club S3 because they had "poor" showings of the first 2 seasons on their Youtube channel. Oh Bhai! Again, it hasn't even been a few months.

If they advertised on their tv channel that you can watch Winx on youtube, they would probably get more views. Also, things are slow to pick up on youtube anyway. Winx Club is their only show on youtube which doesn't also air on their channel, and you can see that it's doing a lot weaker than the others. Logically, you should realise the reason why, and the bar for success from youtube only shows should be adjusted accordingly.

What does all of this show? KZ has zero patience for its shows. If they immediately get a high TRP, then they fill the schedule with it. If not, they dump it all on youtube very quickly, and don't even give it a proper showing. I honestly think OPM probably didn't have a good rating because it's 2 timeslots per week were so bad.

Also, just by adding those 9 shows that they dubbed this year into the rotation, we can already come up with a much improved schedule, as we now have 17 shows instead of 8.

I'm going to use the "dayparting" and blocks method of scheduling here. The second one, everyone knows, the first is basically when you split the day into different sections, as you want to fit the show to the available audience. Lets say in the early morning, the youngest children are awake, and then before school, older pre-teens and teens are watching. In the middle of the day, you again have younger kids who don't attend classes. During lunch time is another time when older kids are at home, and then after 5/6 pm. After about 8 or 9 pm older teens and young adults will be awake. So, you "part the day" into these separate sections to make sure you appeal to the proper audience that's at home.

Here's a schedule from CN Pakistan roughly around the same time as now. Even without the blocks clearly marked, apart from Tiny TV, you can still totally understand where Toonami would be, and where POGO begins. Also, even if I count the Tom and Jerry and Looney tunes shows together, CN still has 29 different shows! 21 more than KZ currently shows!

CARTOON NETWORK PAKISTAN - Schedule for Wednesday December 24th, 2014:
06:00 - The Powerpuff Girls
06:30 - Chowder
Tiny TV:
07:00 - Oswald
07:30 - Noddy in Toyland
08:00 - Tom and Jerry
09:00 - Regular Show
09:30 - Adventure Time
10:00 - Horrid Henry
11:00 - Looney Tunes
12:00 - Tom and Jerry Tales
13:00 - Chaplin
13:30 - Oggy and the Cockroaches
14:00 - Johnny Test
14:30 - Horrid Henry
15:00 - Regular Show
15:30 - The New Adventures of Peter Pan
16:00 - Speed Racer: The Next Generation
16:30 - Pokémon: Black and White
17:00 - Ben 10: Omniverse
17:30 - Ben 10: Alien Force
18:00 - Adventure Time
18:30 - Oggy and the Cockroaches
19:00 - Tom and Jerry
20:00 - Music, Arts and Dance: Make it Easy
20:30 - Chatur Chetan
21:00 - Looney Tunes
22:00 - League of Super Evil
22:30 - The Powerpuff Girls
23:00 - Generator Rex
00:00 - The Powerpuff Girls
01:00 - Dexter's Laboratory
01:30 - Codename: Kids Next Door
02:00 - Johnny Bravo
02:30 - The Powerpuff Girls
03:00 - Courage the Cowardly Dog
03:30 - Ed, Edd n Eddy
04:00 - Mike, Lu and Og
04:30 - Sheep in the Big City
05:00 - Codename: Kids Next Door
05:30 - Courage the Cowardly Dog

If I was to follow this style and use it for Kids Zone, and restricting myself to only the shows they released in 2022, the first thing I would do is sort them into 3 categories:

Pre-School	Age 5-9	Age 10+
Blinky Bill	Sherazade	One Punch Man
Denver the Last Dinosaur	Peter Pan	Miraculous Ladybug
Leo & Tig	Seven & Me	Lanfeust Quest
Pinocchio	Fantasy Patrol	Max Steel
Jungle Book	Power Players	Zak Storm
	Robin Hood	Arthur and the Minimoys

Then I would clearly make up 3 blocks with different brandings. so I at least now what shows to put in those 3 different time blocks, and I can play around with the rest of the schedule.

I think it's clear that 6am-9am should be Age 5-9 group shows, as well as 2pm-5pm. These two different slots could use the same block branding so that viewers are clear what it's aimed for. Just by looking at all of the shows in that category, almost all of them are fairytale types, so let's call it "Story Zone" or "Kahani Zone" (this isn't a great name but I am also only thinking of this stuff in 10 minutes ahah).

These blocks would just be repeats of each other, as both are 3 hours long.This means shows that are in the bottom half get more exposure after school, and shows in the top half get more exposure before school. Hopefully this way, nobody will miss anything. Example:

Time	Show
06:00/14:00	Robin Hood
06:30/14:30	Peter Pan
07:00/15:00	Power Players
07:30/15:30	Sherazade
08:00/16:00	Fantasy Patrol
08:30/16:30	Seven & Me

Now, between 9 am and 2 pm, there are 5 hours which are just dedicated to the pre-school children. It might seem unfair to only give them one block, but it's a very long one! Let's leave Pinocchio and Jungle Book to the end of the blook, as they match the "Kahani Zone" theme too, and they aren't super childish. We can call this block "Fun Zone".

Time	Show
09:00	Blinky Bill
09:30	Blinky Bill
10:00	Denver the Last Dinosaur
10:30	Denver the Last Dinosaur
11:00	Leo & Tig
11:30	Leo & Tig
12:00	Pinocchio
12:30	Pinocchio
13:00	Jungle Book
13:30	Jungle Book

Now we can come to the main event, the 5pm-8pm block. This time period has always been the one everyone remembers fondly, and there's a good reason. Even on this schedule I found, which is not even from the best point of CN's time, you have Ben 10, Adventure time, MAD, and Tom and Jerry is always fun too, although I admit that I wouldn't put it there. Even in 2008, which is what I remember the most, that time slot was filled by anime or action shows. Anyway, let's call this block "Action Zone". It fits really well, as all of these shows are very action heavy.

Time	Show
17:00	Miraculous Ladybug (S4 on Sunday)
17:30	Zak Storm
18:00	Arthur and the Minimoys
18:30	Max Steel
19:00	Lanfeust Quest
19:30	One Punch Man (new episode on Sunday, repeats otherwise)

Now let's put the whole thing together and fill in the missing pieces. If I used some of KZ's older shows like Bakugan, Mecard, The Lost Prince, I could have a better overnight schedule. Instead, because I put this limit on myself, I'll use lots of repeats.

Kahani Zone

06:00 - Robin Hood
06:30 - Peter Pan
07:00 - Power Players
07:30 - Sherazade
08:00 - Fantasy Patrol

08:30 - Seven & Me

Fun Zone
09:00 - Blinky Bill

10:00 - Denver the Last Dinosaur
11:00 - Leo & Tig
12:00 - Pinocchio
13:00 - Jungle Book
Kahani Zone
14:00 - Robin Hood
14:30 - Peter Pan
15:00 - Power Players
15:30 - Sherazade
16:00 - Fantasy Patrol
16:30 - Seven & Me

Action Zone

17:00 - Miraculous Ladybug
17:30 - Zak Storm
18:00 - Arthur and the Minimoys
18:30 - Max Steel
19:00 - Lanfeust Quest

19:30 - One Punch Man

Night Zone
20:00 - Sherazade
20:30 - Seven & Me
21:00 - Jungle Book

21:30 - Pinocchio

22:00 - Fantasy Patrol
22:30 - Max Steel
23:00 - One Punch Man

23:30 - Lanfeust Quest

00:00 - Power Players

00:30 - Zak Storm

01:00 - Arthur and the Minimoys
01:30 - Miraculous Ladybug
02:00 - Robin Hood
02:30 - Peter Pan
03:00 - Blinky Bill
03:30 - Denver the Last Dinosaur
04:00 - Leo & Tig
04:30 - Zak Storm
05:00 - Max Steel
05:30 - Lanfeust Quest.

Please bear in mind that this is something that I didn't even put a lot of effort into, I haven't even made a specific Friday and Sunday schedule, and I limited myself to only programmes that KZ acquired in 2022. And this schedule is STILL a lot better than their current effort.

I'd like to see anyone else's thoughts or how you would change it, and definitely feel free to use any of their shows, the channel is so new they almost certainly still have rights to air practically everything except Winx.

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How would you improve the KZ schedule? Feb 2, 2023 10:39:35 GMT via mobile Guppistan FM 22.2 likes this

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Post by blues on Feb 2, 2023 10:39:35 GMT

Man, you deserve a standing ovation for coming up with this schedule in just a span of 10 minutes. I have no problems with this schedule. Infact, I like these timings and shows listing much better than KZ's any schedule. Well done!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

It's true KZ lacks patience. They believe by not showing timings, kids will stay glued to the TV in wait for their favourite shows and their parents would let them. Absurd if you ask me. They need to change their tactics to garner ratings and sponsers. If they make good slots, they will get ratings and sponsers, which will generate hefty revenue. A win-win situation for all, but KZ is being a bit...... impatient and arrogant.

I mean CN is also airing DBS, which is no doubt being pirated yet they are still airing it. CN is in this business much longer than KZ and knows how to attract audience. Maybe KZ need to revisit their policies and see where they are going wrong.

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How would you improve the KZ schedule? Feb 2, 2023 14:15:03 GMT blues likes this

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Post by Guppistan FM 22.2 on Feb 2, 2023 14:15:03 GMT

Haha honestly, once I sorted the shows by age rating, it became really easy!. It took me an hour to organise the post and write it out however. Jazak'Allah!

I totally agree with you. Tbh, I really love KZ for being so open with the audience and they definitely listen to us so much. They're incredible for that. So I dont want to say they're arrogant because I don't get that feeling. I do feel like they are prioritising the wrong audience however. It feels like they care a bit more about the youtube channel and website + International audience than the TV audience.

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How would you improve the KZ schedule? Feb 2, 2023 14:47:39 GMT via mobile Guppistan FM 22.2 likes this

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Post by blues on Feb 2, 2023 14:47:39 GMT

Feb 2, 2023 14:15:03 GMT Guppistan FM 22.2 said:

Your dedication is outstanding.

Ah, yes. Apologies, for it seems I have chosen a wrong word. I have no problem with them prioritising international folks but they shouldn't forget to put locals in their goals.

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