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kidvid

American  
[kid-vid] / ˈkɪdˌvɪd /
Or kid-vid

noun

Informal.
  1. television programs, television programming, or videotapes for children.


Etymology

Origin of kidvid

First recorded in 1970–75; kid 1 + vid(eo)


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Its ceilings on kidvid advertising -- 12 minutes an hour on weekdays, 10 1/2 minutes on weekends -- are higher than what the networks currently run.

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So far, however, most kidvid fare seems less an alternative to dreary network programming than a reinforcement of it.

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Peggy Charren, the veteran kidvid activist, notes that educational shows rarely get high ratings because they must be geared toward specific age groups; that is why government monitoring must supplement the marketplace.

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A typical afternoon of kidvid these days can be a mind-numbing march of cartoon superheroes like He-Man, BraveStarr and the Defenders of the Earth.

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A few nuggets can be found in the kidvid heap.

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