The Animated Area

The Animated Area is a animated anthology series for FOX which debuted in September of 1991. It is produced by 20th Century Fox Television.

Background
Each week on the show, it will showcase animated shorts made all around the world. In the last episode of season 4, a competion began where viewers could vote for the best short and the best one would be made into a show. The winner was Ultraviolet and it‘s show premiered on FOX in Winter 1997. It also created shows such as Buisness Man (2001) and Mintered (1995). It also aired pilots for shows soon to come on FOX.

United States

 * FOX
 * FXX

United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the Mintered shows were edited out of later BBC 2 airings, due to Mintered‘s series airing on Channel 4. When it moved there, the shorts were reinstated.
 * BBC Two (1992-2004)
 * Channel 4 (2004-present)
 * Sky One (1992-present)

Australia

 * Network Ten (1992-2005)
 * Seven Network (2005-2009)
 * Nine Network (2009-2012)
 * Go! (2012-2019)
 * 7mate (2020-present)

Canada

 * CBC (1992-1997)
 * Global (1997-2018)
 * CityTV (2018-present)