ITV is closing one of its most beloved TV channels for good after 42 years on air.<\/p>\n
Children’s channel CITV is being turned off for good, having launched in 1980.<\/p>\n
The channel was home to hit shows like Art Attack, My Parents Are Aliens, Tots TV, and Fraggle Rock.<\/p>\n
However, it has now been reported that CITV will be closed for good on April 10.<\/p>\n
ITV is closing down CITV<\/p>\n
CITV first began as Watch IT, then was rebranded as Children’s ITV and later shortened to CITV.<\/p>\n
In 2006, its late-afternoon slot on ITV1 was axed as it got its own channel on Freeview but was still available on weekend mornings on ITV channels.<\/p>\n
The CITV Freeview was later shut down and replaced by the streaming service ITVX Kids Hub on ITVX in 2023, with the weekend showings moving to ITV2.<\/p>\n
It has now been claimed by a media account that the ITV2 showings will now be ending, marking the end to CITV after 42 years on air.<\/p>\n
Reporting the claims, X account, Media Central UK, wrote: “In TV news, the CITV block on ITV2 is officially ending on 10th April. This really means the end of the iconic CITV brand that has been around for 42 years.<\/p>\n
“Farewell CITV, this time for real.<\/p>\n
“CBBC will have some of CITV’s programming, while the rest will be under ITVX Kids.”<\/p>\n
Those who grew up with CITV have begun reminiscing on the TV channel and the shows it brought to audiences.<\/p>\n
As one X user said, “Grizzly Tales for gruesome kids was awesome on CITV when I was a kid.”<\/p>\n
Another former CITV watcher wrote: “End of an era \u2026. I remember watching the Pok\u00e9mon movies on this channel.”<\/p>\n
Recommeded Reading<\/p>\n
A third person said, “I feel bad for CITV’s closure as shows such as Horrid Henry, Rosie and Jim, Art Attack and Sooty (of course) put a smile on my face in my childhood and I had said goodbye to its TV channel too.”<\/p>\n
ITV has been contacted for a comment.<\/p>\n
What was your favourite show on CITV? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ITV is closing one of its most beloved TV channels for good after 42 years on air. Children’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,223783,75,2835,348],"class_list":["post-586017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-citv","tag-entertainment","tag-itv","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}