High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The following is a list of local children`s television shows in the United States. Local children`s television series were locally produced commercial television programming intended for the child audience with unique hosts and themes. This type of programming began in the late 1940s and continued into the late 1970s; some shows continued into the 1990s. Tim Hollis documented about 1,400 local children`s shows in a 2002 book, Hi There, Boys and Girls!