Kuwait television channel 2 (KTV2) is Kuwait's governmental television channel dedicated for the English-speaking public. The channel broadcasts English-speaking shows, local programmes, news, English-subtitled local serials, English-speaking international serials, and English-speaking or English-subtitled movies. Kuwait television started its broadcast on 15 November 1961; as the official television of the ministry of information of the state of Kuwait. There are so far five channels: channel 1 (Al-Oula, KTV1), used for Arabic programming; channel 2 (KTV2); channel 3 (KTV3 or sport), for purely sports programming; channel 4 (KTV4), for pre-recorded and re-runs of movies and serials from other channels; and channel 5 (KTV-Plus), Kuwait's official governmental satellite broadcast, currently merged with KTV1. The Kuwait Ministry of Information has an online feed of three of its channels.
The channel was first conceived in 1971 as part of a plan to convert KTV to color and initiate a three-channel service. The station started broadcasting in December 1978. The channel was initially cultural in nature, broadcasting educational and cultural programming, award-winning movies, plays in classical Arabic and discussion of theses. The goal of the service was to be a "people's university", targeting the educated sectors of Kuwait's population.
Ahead of the launch of the channel, KTV did a survey to ascertain what would viewers see on the new service, the majority of which came from the middle class. During its first month on air, 72% of the content on KTV2 was foreign, in contrast to 18% on KTV1.
Programs Former Imported shows Action The A-Team Blue Thunder The Cape Hardcastle and McCormick The Highwayman Knight Rider L.A. Heat MacGyver A Man Called Hawk Miami Vice Sea Hunt South Beach Starsky & Hutch The Wizard
Animated shows ABC Weekend Special Action Man The Addams Family The Adventures of Blinky Bill The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy The Adventures of Tintin Aladdin The All New Popeye Hour Alvin and the Chipmunks Amigo and Friends The Angry Beavers The Animal Shelf The Animals of Farthing Wood Animaniacs Around the World in 80 Days Arthur Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round Table Babar The Baby Huey Show Batman: The Animated Series The Bear's Island The Berenstain Bears Big Dog, Little Dog Biker Mice From Mars Bimble's Bucket Bionic Six Bob the Builder Bonkers The Bots Master BraveStarr Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! The Bugs Bunny Show The Busy World of Richard Scarry Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels Captain Planet and the Planeteers Captain Zed and the Zee Zone Care Bears The Care Bears Family Caroline and Her Friends Casper and Friends Cave Kids Centurions The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Cro Darkwing Duck Dennis the Menace Denver, the Last Dinosaur Dexter's Laboratory Dinky Di's Dino Babies Dinosaucers Diplodos Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears Dog City Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Country Double Dragon Dragon Flyz Dream Street DuckTales Dumb and Dumber Ed, Edd n Eddy The Enchanted House Fantastic Max Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Felix the Cat Flitze Firetooth Foofur Gadget Boy & Heather Galtar and the Golden Lance Garfield and Friends The Get Along Gang Goof Troop G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch Heathcliff Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! Hey Arnold! Hurricanes Inspector Gadget The Karate Kid Kimba the White Lion Laurel and Hardy The Legends of Treasure Island Little Bear The Little Lulu Show The Little Rascals The Littles Loggerheads The Lone Ranger Lulu Zipadoo Macron 1 The Magic School Bus The Magical World of Gigi Marsupilami Marvel Action Hour The Mask: Animated Series MGM Cartoon Classics Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series The Mozart Band Mr. Men and Little Miss My Little Pony My Pet Monster M.A.S.K. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh The New Adventures of Zorro The New 3 Stooges Noveltoons Nutri Ventures Pac-Man Paw Paws Pim Pingu Pink Panther and Sons Pocket Dragon Adventures Pokémon Pole Position Police Academy Popeye and Son Popples Postman Pat Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville The Raccoons Rainbow Brite Rambo: The Force of Freedom Raw Toonage The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest The Real Ghostbusters The Ren & Stimpy Show Richie Rich The Road Runner Show Robinson Sucroe Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends Rubik, the Amazing Cube Rugrats Sandokan The Savage Dragon Scooby-Doo The Scooby-Doo Show The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty She-Ra: Princess of Power Shirt Tales SilverHawks Skysurfer Strike Force Sonic the Hedgehog Sooty's Amazing Adventures The Smurfs Speed Racer Street Sharks Stunt Dawgs Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Swamp Thing Sylvanian Families The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Tabaluga TaleSpin Taz-Mania Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ThunderCats Tip the Mouse Tom and Jerry Tom & Jerry Kids The Transformers Trollkins Ultraforce Voltron: Defender of the Universe Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald Warner Bros. Cartoons Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? Widget Wildfire Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa The Wizard of Oz The Woody Woodpecker Show Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Children's Programmes 3-2-1 Contact ABC Afterschool Specials Adventures in Wonderland The Adventures of Pete and Pete A*mazing The Animal Express Animal Park Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. Banana Zoo Bananas in Pyjamas Barney & Friends Bay City Rollers Bay City Beakman's World Big Blue Marble The Big Comfy Couch Bits and Bytes Break Point Butterfly Island Camp Wilderness Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future Cedric the Crow Chicken Minute Children of Fire Mountain The Children of the New Forest Chocky Chocky's Challenge Chocky's Children Dani's House Deepwater Haven Double Dare The Edison Twins The Electric Company Electronic Office Emma and Grandpa Eureeka's Castle Faerie Tale Theatre Finders Keepers The Fire-Raiser Finger Tips The Friends of My Forest Fun House The Genie From Down Under Ghostwriter The Gift God's Wonderful Railway Going Bananas Groundling Marsh Haydaze Hi-5 How to Draw Cartoons The Huggabug Club Interbang Iris, The Happy Professor Just for the Record Kelly The Kids of Degrassi Street The Kidsongs Television Show Kratts' Creatures The Krofft Superstar Hour Lassie Legends of the Hidden Temple Lift Off Mac & Muttley Magic Mountain Matt and Jenny The Micro at Work Mission Top Secret Moon Jumper Mr. Wizard's World My Secret Identity Nickelodeon Guts Night of the Red Hunter Not Another Science Show Open Sesame OWL/TV Pajanimals Pals Pappyland Popular Mechanics for Kids Power Rangers Press Gang Professor Lobster Pugwall Pumpkin Patch The Reppies Road to Avonlea Runaway Bay Samson Superslug Sam's Luck The Scheme of Things The Scientific Eye Sea Urchins Seal Morning The Secret Series Sesame Street Shining Time Station Ship to Shore Spellbinder Square One Television Standby...Lights! Camera! Action! Steel Riders Swallows and Amazons Forever! Take Hart Teletubbies Theodore Tugboat Time Masters Tots TV T. and T. A Wide World of Children Wimzie's House Wizadora Wonderstruck Woof! You and Me Zak Tales
Drama Adderly The Adventure World of Sir Edmund Hillary The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. African Skies Airwolf Automan The Beachcombers Beauty and the Beast Bergerac Blue Heelers The Blue Knight Booker Bordertown Cagney & Lacey Call Me Mister The Challenge Champagne Charlie CHiPS Code of Vengeance The Cosby Mysteries Crazy Like a Fox Cribb Danger Bay A Dangerous Life Diamonds Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman El C.I.D. Emily of New Moon The Endless Game The Equalizer Erebus: The Aftermath ER E.N.G. The Family Tree Farscape Final Run Flambards The Flying Doctors The Fourth Arm The Franchise Affair Great Expectations Hanlon Heart of the City High Mountain Rangers Highlander: The Series Homicide: Life on the Street Hooperman Hoover vs. The Kennedys Hot Shots Hunter In the Heat of the Night Island Son Jack and Mike Jake and the Fatman Jim Henson's The Storyteller J.J. Starbuck Katts and Dog The Lancaster Miller Affair The Last Season The Lazarus Man Les Faucheurs de marguerites Life Goes On Little House on the Prairie Lonesome Dove: The Series L.A. Doctors L.A. Law Magnum, P.I. The Main Chance The Man from Snowy River Matlock Max Headroom Midnight Caller Minder Moonlighting Moon Over Miami Morningstar/Eveningstar Murder Call Murder, She Wrote Murphy's Law My Life as a Dog The New Lassie Northern Exposure Ohara The Oldest Rookie Oshin Our House The Paper Chase Peaceable Kingdom A Perfect Spy Pit Pony A Place to Call Home Players Pride and Prejudice Private Eye Quantum Leap Quincy, M.E. Q.E.D. Rags to Riches Reasonable Doubts Renegade Return to Eden Rhodes The Rockford Files Rookie Blue The Saint seaQuest DSV The Secrets of Lake Success Sherlock Holmes Shōgun Simon & Simon Sirens Sisters Sliders Smith Sonny Spoon Space Island One Space Precinct Spenser: For Hire Star Trek: The Next Generation Starman Street Hawk Street Justice Street Legal Studio 5-B Tanamera – Lion of Singapore TekWar Top of the Hill Tour of Duty Trapper John, M.D. Treasure Island in Outer Space Troubles The Twilight Zone Unsub The Untouchables Walker, Texas Ranger The Waltons Watch All Night White Fang Wiseguy Wolf The Wonder Years Xena: Warrior Princess A Year in the Life Zorro
Sports Fishing the West The Spectacular World of Guinness Records Wacky World of Sports
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Game Shows Brains & Brawn The Crystal Maze Fort Boyard
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