NBCUniversal is slimming down its cable lineup. The company has shut down family-oriented channel Universal Kids. The channel ...

Bravo is the notable holdout, expected to stay in the main corporate fold along with NBC ... in a statement. Universal Kids was created from the network formerly known as Sprout.

PBS Kids Sprout (later, simply Sprout) launched in 2005, and primarily aired educational programming aimed at preschoolers. In 2017, NBC Universal announced that Sprout would rebrand at Universal ...