The channel's current logo.
Universal Kids (formerly known as PBS Kids Sprout and Sprout) is a 24-hour kids and family channel that The Wiggles were a part of from 2009-2021. To promote their first week on Sprout, a new early morning programming block, Wiggly Waffle, premiered with all the Wiggles TV series' premieres on August 24, 2009. It featured Sam as the Yellow Wiggle, they also launched a new song called Sprout Around the Clock to promote their first week on Sprout and introduced a new character from the Wiggly Waffle block, Juicebox Pick.
Wiggly Waffle ran from 6am to 9am each weekday. All their TV shows aired at 4:30 pm ET on the Sprout Sharing Show. They also guest starred on the Sunny Side Up Show (including Captain Feathersword sometimes). In September 2012, Greg along with Jeff, Murray, and Anthony guest starred on the Sunny Side Up Show and sang A Frog Went A Walking, Fruit Salad, and Follow the Leader. In May 2013, Emma, Lachy and Simon along with Anthony guest starred on the Sunny Side Up Show and sang Do the Propeller! and played a guessing game about their coloured shirts.
Wiggly Waffle aired for the final time on March 22, 2013. The Wiggles left Sprout on June 14, 2015, but started airing their TV series again on June 5, 2017, before the channel rebranded as Universal Kids. Universal Kids lost the rights to The Wiggles again on August 23, 2020.
The channel is expected to close down on March 6, 2025.
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Specials[]
- Furry Tales
- Wiggly Halloween
- Go Santa Go!
- Apples & Bananas
- Wiggle House
- The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra!
- Wiggle Town!
- Dial E For Emma!
- Lachy
- Wiggle Around Australia
- Nursery Rhymes
TV Series[]
- TV Series 1 (12-minute version without Kaz the Cat and Wiggly Trivia; exclusive)
- TV Series 2 (11-minute version)
- Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! (11-minute version) (4:3 aspect ratio)
- The Wiggles Show! (both series; 11-minute version) (4:3 aspect ratio)
- Dorothy the Dinosaur (TV Series 1 & 2) (only aired twice on Valentine's Day in 2010 and 2011 as part of Sprout's Dino-Mite Valentine's Sing-Along)
- Wiggle and Learn (11-minute version) (4:3 aspect ratio)
- Ready, Steady, Wiggle! 1 and 2
- Emma! (TV Series 1) (aired as an interstitial series and only aired during commercial breaks)
- Wiggle Town! (TV Series) (aired as an interstitial series and only aired during commercial breaks)
- Lachy! (TV Series) (aired as an interstitial series and only aired during commercial breaks)
- Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle!
Trivia[]
- While Sprout's Wiggly Waffle aired Wiggles episodes with Sam as the yellow Wiggle, The Sprout Sharing Show aired Wiggles episodes from seasons 1 to 7, including the ones with Greg as the yellow Wiggle before his 5 year exit, as well as the ones with Emma, Lachy and Simon as the red, purple and yellow Wiggles.
- Wiggly Waffle only aired Sam-era episodes, while The Sprout Sharing Show aired the Greg-era episodes and the Emma-era episodes. However, for a brief period, The Sprout Sharing Show aired the Sam-era episodes.
- Sprout cut down many episodes to an 11-minute runtime, removing certain segments and songs.
- It aired twice on The Sprout Sharing Show. At 4:30pm after Super WHY! and 5:15pm after Bob the Builder.
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