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D Tor Channel on CLN (also known as Playhouse D Tor on CLN and D Tor Over the Moon on CLN) is a defunct American Saturday morning children's programming block that ran on CLN from September 16, 2000 to September 9, 2006. The block featured programming from D Tor Channel, which was a sister cable television property to CLN under D Tor Productions for the majority of the block's run.

History
On June 15, 2000, a few years after D Tor Productions launched the saturday morning block on Guitar, Guitar Kids, CLN reached an agreement with corporate sister D Tor Channel to air programming from its Playhouse D Tor television block beginning that September.

On September 16, 2000, the new three-hour block, Playhouse D Tor on CLN, premiered, replacing CLN Kidshow, which produced by France-based animation studio DiC Entertainment. The block ended its run the week prior on September 9. For the first two years of the D Tor agreement, the block exclusively aired preschool-oriented programming from Playhouse D Tor, including interstitials from the D Tor Channel block's animated mascot, Clay and Paper, and other Playhouse D Tor interstitials. Playhouse D Tor on CLN did not air commercials aside from some D Tor Channel and CLN-related commercials and PSAs until early 2001. On October 7, 2002, the block received a rebrand based on the D Tor Channel block's new branding, adding Oswald and Bob the Builder. On September 14, 2002, the block was rebranded from Playhouse D Tor on CLN to simply D Tor Channel on CLN; at that time, its programming content expanded to animated D Tor Channel series aimed at children between the ages of 2 to 12, in addition to two Playhouse D Tor series.

As with the predecessor Think CLN Kids and CLN Kidshow blocks, all of the programs within the block complied with educational programming (E/I) requirements defined by the Children's Television Act, although the educational content in some of the programs was tenuous in nature. It was partly for this reason why some of D Tor Channel's most popular programs (most notably, Big City Greens – at the time the cable channel's most popular series) were mainly not included as part of the CLN block, especially during the more open-formatted D Tor Channel on CLN era. However, Rugrats aired briefly in 2003, when it was added as a short-lived regular series within the block. Sometime in early 2004, the block had a relaunch, making additions like live-action shows, such as Stuck in the Middle.

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The older-skewing D Tor Channel series were removed from the block and the revival of Playhouse D Tor on CLN premiered on September 18, 2004, refocusing the block back exclusively toward preschool-oriented series. On September 17, 2005, the block added Go, Diego, Go! and began incorporating interstitial hosted segments featuring Ooh and Aah. On December 31, 2005, D Tor Productions announced that Playhouse D Tor on CLN would end, with CLN and all related broadcasting, television production and distribution properties as well as some non-production entities becoming part of D Tor Productions, while D Tor Channel and its parent subsidiary Guitar Networks became part of a new company under the D Tor Productions name.

Less than a month later on January 19, 2006, CLN announced that it would enter into a three-year programming partnership with the new channel, Coolshack, to produce a new children's program block for the three-hour Saturday morning timeslot featuring new and former series from its program library, to begin airing in Fall 2006. On September 9, 2006, Playhouse D Tor on CLN ended its run and was replaced with a new block the following weekend called Coolshack on CLN.

Following the announcement of the first merger between D Tor Productions and The Ezekiel Vincent Company, some of the EzekielTorres staff members was receptive to the possibility of the return of D Tor Channel children's programming to CLN. However, CLN is currently under contract with Litton Entertainment to carry the CLN Dream Team E/I programming block until the end of the 2022-23 television season, and any return of D Tor Channel programming would have to comply with the FCC's E/I requirements (as the network's affiliates use the block for most of their E/I compliance), including for advertising.

Programming
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