Saudi TV Channel 2 (KSA 2), or as of 2014 known as Saudi 2 was the English news and entertainment TV channel of Saudi Arabia.
Established in 1983, the channel used to produce programmes focusing on cultural, political, and economic issues aimed at expatriates living in Saudi Arabia. Following its conversion to a 24-hour channel it expanded its broadcasting to Europe and North America in the middle of 2007 and now employs a large network of news correspondents based in the Middle East, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Despite being the only English-language public channel for Saudi Arabian expatriates, the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Awwad Bin Saleh Al-Awwad has suspended the channel's transmission in December 2017 as part of a plan to suit the Saudi Vision 2030.
History The Saudi government began planning the second network in 1979, with the launch expected for the first few months of 1980. The goal was to reserve one channel for informative, cultural and educational programming and the other channel for entertainment. According to the Third Development Plan which oversaw the creation of the new channel, the new service would concentrate its efforts on "cultural programs, current events and features about national development, and public information campaigns", with the existing channel concentrating on entertainment and public information, with an "appropriate mix of programs" for both.
The launch of the channel was delayed following the events of the Grand Mosque seizure of 1979, leading to its launch in August 1983, three years after it was initially planned. The new goal was to target foreigners working in Saudi Arabia.
The channel was the first in Saudi Arabia to carry commercial advertising in 1986, though in Arabic instead of English, the dominant language of the service. Former programming Foreign Cartoons
The Ruff and Reddy Show Mr. Bogus Danger Mouse Bouli The Telebugs Hammerman Widget Superman Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers Top Cat Yakky Doodle Wowser Rub-a-Dub-Dub Diplodos Goofy My Little Pony Seabert Bionic Six My Pet Monster Dexter's Laboratory The Pink Panther Show Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines Huckleberry Hound Tom & Jerry Kids Adventures of Pow Wow Amigo and Friends Moomin Popples Casper and Friends The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show Rupert Pluto The Flintstones Sylvanian Families Pingu The Jetsons M.A.S.K. Harlem Globetrotters The Adventures of Tintin Snooper and Blabber Hurricanes Glo Friends Foofur Beany and Cecil The Road Runner Show Quick Draw McGraw Loopy De Loop The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Yogi Bear Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Plonsters The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings The Shoe People Tiny Toon Adventures Dinky Di's Looney Tunes Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Yo, Yogi! The Mumbly Cartoon Show The Pink Panther Centurions Snorks Dink, the Little Dinosaur Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog The All-New Popeye Show Spider-Man The Teddy Bear Show Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? The New 3 Stooges Popeye and Son Deputy Dawg Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown Inspector Gadget Kimba the White Lion Bucky and Pepito Merrie Melodies DuckTales Touché Turtle and Dum Dum Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks Thunderbirds 2086 The Beary Family Double Dragon Dennis the Menace Young Samson & Goliath MoonDreamers Peter Potamus Fables of the Green Forest Bolek and Lolek Oggy and the Cockroaches Tom and Jerry The Three Mouseketeers Spiral Zone Droopy Miaunel and Bălănel Terrytoons Woody Woodpecker Mole Fleischer Cartoons The Woody Woodpecker Show Denver, the Last Dinosaur Hickory, Dickory, and Doc Inspector Willoughby Wally Gator The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars Laurel and Hardy Spirou The Tom and Jerry Show Heroes on Hot Wheels The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy Snagglepuss The Ant and the Aardvark The Bugs Bunny Show Mighty Mouse Potato Head Kids The Hillbilly Bears Zoo Olympics Tom of T.H.U.M.B. The Inspector My Little Pony Tales "Lady Lovely Locks" Little Bear Donald Duck Chilly Willy Barney Bear The Berenstain Bears Swifty and Shorty Popeye the Sailor Man Andy Panda The Tijuana Toads Space Ghost The Smurfs Precious Pupp Mr. Magoo "The King Kong Show" Here Comes the Grump Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Atom Ant The Houndcats Zoo Cup Phantom 2040 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends The Great Grape Ape Show Rescue Heroes
Children's
You Can't Do That on Television 3-2-1 Contact Zoom The Electric Company Beakman's World Land of the Lost Square One Television Today's Special The Dr. Fad Show Sesame Street Mike and Angelo EMU-TV The Girl from Tomorrow Bananas in Pyjamas Fraggle Rock Size Small Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future The Secret World of Alex Mack Road to Avonlea My Secret Identity Metal Mickey Wonder Why? Spatz Knightmare Mr. Dressup Lassie Mr. Wizard's World Under the Umbrella Tree The Banana Splits Rainbow Curiocity Are You Afraid of the Dark? Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories The Voyage of the Mimi Mirror, Mirror The Curiosity Show Picture Pages
Soap Opera Hotel
Cooking Yan Can Cook
Comedy
Maniac Mansion Too Close for Comfort Welcome Back, Kotter Growing Pains Full House Out of This World Hey Dad..! Charles in Charge ALF Mr. Belvedere TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes Murphy Brown Kate & Allie Diff'rent Strokes America's Funniest Home Videos Good Times Small Wonder Punky Brewster Night Court Mr. Bean You Can't Take It with You Major Dad Family Matters What's Happening!! The Three Stooges Perfect Strangers Never the Twain Chance in a Million Benson Harry and the Hendersons McHale's Navy The Jeffersons Valerie Head of the Class Mind Your Language Laurel and Hardy Home Improvement Coach Frasier America's Funniest People My Mother the Car
Drama
Law & Order Misfits of Science The A-Team Water Rats Bergerac Simon & Simon Doogie Howser, M.D. The Bionic Woman The Equalizer Sergeant Preston of the Yukon The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams Magnum, P.I. Five Mile Creek CHiPS Barnaby Jones African Skies Emily of New Moon Street Hawk The Knock Miami Vice L.A. Heat Our House A Year in the Life Bordertown Cop Shop Matlock RoboCop: The Series Zorro Tour of Duty Sirens Kung Fu Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman MacGyver Blue Heelers Oshin Callan Knight Rider Simon & Simon Little House on the Prairie The Flying Doctors Barnaby Jones Manimal The Man from Snowy River E.N.G. Superboy Centennial All The Rivers Run II Daktari Sherlock Holmes Highlander: The Series A Sucessora The Miraculous Mellops Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Sliders
Documentary Rescue 911 Tomorrow's World Ripley's Believe It or Not! Lorne Greene's New Wilderness The World About Us New! Animal World
Reality That's Incredible! Candid Camera
Game shows Treasure Hunt Interceptor You've Been Framed! Telematch Win, Lose or Draw Give Us a Clue Lingo The Crystal Maze Take Your Pick!
Variety The Mickey Mouse Club
Anthology The Wonderful World of Disney
Education Beyond 2000 Wonderstruck Encyclopedia Britannica
Magic The Paul Daniels Magic Show
Sports Trans World Sport Gillette World Sport Special
References
External links
Saudi 2 live Saudi TV Channel 2 at LyngSat)