Samantha Lynn Channel

Samantha Lynn Channel is an American digital pay children's television network. The channel is aimed at kids ages 6-16 years old. The channel launched in 2008 as the All-Mime Channel and it rebranded as The Samantha Lynn Channel on June 27th, 2014. Since its rebrand, it spawned many other channels like Samantha Lynn Channel 2 (a channel that shows classic cartoons, formerly a music-centric channel), SLC@nite 24/7 (a 24-hour channel spun off of Samantha Lynn Channel's late-night adult block of the same name, formerly Samantha Lynn Channel 3), Jr. Samantha Lynn Channel (a channel version of the main channel's preschool block of the same name), Samantha Lynn Channel Girls Rule! (a channel aimed at girls ages 6-12), and Samantha Lynn Channel Max (a channel aimed at boys ages 7-17)

In 2018, Samantha Lynn Channel went through an on-air rebrand and as a result, promo voiceovers dropped the "The" and the network was referrred to as "Samantha Lynn Channel"

History (as The All-Mime Channel)
In 2008, the network was created, originally called "The All-Mime Channel" with the Kissy Kissy Goo Goo episode "Penas in the House/Date Jitters" as its first original program. Also around that time, the network launched an adult block that aired from 10PM to 6AM called All-Mime Channel Edge, which included adult shows like Que Pasa USA, Family Guy, South Park, and more. The block didn't get an original program until 2009, when Robot and Mitch premiered. The block continues to add more original shows to this day. The channel debuted its first acquired series, Phineas and Ferb, in 2011. at 7:00 p.m.

To this day, the All-Mime Channel era had only 9 original series, with a Kissy Kissy Goo Goo spinoff titled Lucy's Kindergarten Days being the shortest lived out of the 9, (seeing as how it only lasted about a year) and the rest of the network's programming being a mix of Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Disney programs like Johnny Test, SpongeBob SquarePants and Phineas and Ferb. Another KKGG spinoff, How I Saved High School, which focused on the teenage Pena children, Michelle and Teddy, was also the first spinoff of the franchise to receive its own franchise within the other show, with the last spinoff of the franchise being How I Saved High School: Farewell to High School in 2012.

The All-Mime Channel 2
In 2009, Samantha Lynn Channel also launched a second channel called "The All-Mime Channel 2" which featured a lot of the same programming on The All-Mime Channel, but with the addition of new shows (However the only one known to be exclusively on the channel was The Replacements.) However, after about a year, The All-Mime Channel 2 got shut down due to the creator becoming less and less interested with the channel. The channel would later relaunch in 2014 with the rebranding as Samantha Lynn Channel 2.

On February 1, 2021, following Samantha Lynn Channel 3's rebrand to SLC@nite 24/7, all music-centric programming was either discontinued or moved to Samantha Lynn Channel Girls Rule! (albeit only shown on the channel late at night) and now currently shows all classic animated shows and newer foreign-made programming formerly broadcasted on Samantha Lynn Channel 3.

As Samantha Lynn Channel
On June 27, 2014, the channel was renamed to the Samantha Lynn Channel, and it's preschool block, Jr All-Mime Channel, was renamed into Jr. Samantha Lynn Channel as well as its adult block All-Mime Channel Edge being renamed to SLC@nite.

Other channels
A day after the rebrand, the music-centric Samantha Lynn Channel 2 was launched, along with a third channel, Samantha Lynn Channel 3 on July 4. This channel featured mostly classic kids' shows (usually from the 60s to the mid-to-late 2000s up to 2010), as well as some newer international shows (mostly from France, U.K., Australia, and Canada). According to Samantha Lynn, she felt that children had become more "globally aware in recent years" and felt that in addition to classic animated shows, Samantha Lynn Channel 3 would showcase a lot of newer international shows that haven't been released in the U.S. yet.

A girl-centric channel, Samantha Lynn Channel Girls Rule! was launched on September 15, 2015. The channel is aimed at girls of all ages. Samantha Lynn Channel Max launched on December 31st, 2018. The channel is aimed at young boys ages 7-17.

On September 11, 2020, Samantha Lynn announced that a planned adult-aimed channel will be replacing Samantha Lynn Channel 3 sometime in 2021. Originally it was planned to be a channel aimed at young adult female viewers (similar to Freeform). Those plans were shelved by October that year. On November 26th, 2020, Samantha Lynn officially announced that the plans for the female-aimed adult channel was now scrapped in favor of a new SLC@nite 24-hour spin-off channel. Through January 2021, Samantha Lynn Channel 3 ran spots announcing the message that all programming will be moved to Samantha Lynn Channel 2 on February 1. On February 1st, 2021, Samantha Lynn Channel 3 was replaced by SLC@nite 24/7 and features all original and acquired animated and live-action programming from Samantha Lynn Channel's night-time block of the same name, albeit with some shows exclusive to the network.

On August 8, 2021, Samantha Lynn announced that a new late-night block will come to Samantha Lynn Channel Girls Rule. The block, titled SLC@Girls' Nite, is aimed at young adult female viewers aged 18-34 and will be similar to Freeform. The block's programming will consist of teen dramas, anime and comedy (live-action and animated). The block premiered on October 10, 2021.

Programming
See List of programs broadcast by Samantha Lynn Channel

At that point, 5 of its 8 Nickelodeon and Disney original series and all Cartoon Network original shows were completely removed from the network, as well as 2 of the network's 9 original series, (Magic-X Club and Muffinz), being completely removed. There also came the idea of airing shorts in between shows, like Randy the Troll, Mrs. Munger's Class, Maisy, Centerville, and Minuscule, as well as adding a new Nickelodeon or Disney original series twice a month (sometimes once a year).

Samantha Lynn Channel's schedule consists largely of animated and occasionally live-action programs aimed at kids of all ages. The Samantha Lynn Channel content is currently a mixture of occasional original series as well as programs acquired mostly from DiC Entertainment or Cookie Jar, Nelvana, DHX Media, WildBrain, and Teletoon. In addition to full-length live-action and animated original series, the channel also debuts short series similar to those seen on Disney Channel and Nicktoons Network during commercial breaks (such as "Mrs. Munger's Class"), which serve as filler for programs scheduled to end during the half-hour and last usually around three to five minutes. Often, these shows are televised in the last five minutes of the program, with the exception of following the ending of a movie.

New episodes of currently-airing series are usually aired on Friday nights, or Saturday Mornings. In addition, Samantha Lynn Channel airs direct-to-DVD movies and theatrically released feature films. The films generally air during the early evening hours at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

Websites
Samantha Lynn Channel:

https://wickedworldfan15.wixsite.com/samanthalynnchannel

Samantha Lynn Channel Girls Rule!:

https://wickedworldfan15.wixsite.com/slcgirlsrule

Samantha Lynn Channel Max:

https://wickedworldfan15.wixsite.com/slcmax