KTV2

This article is about the Kuwait television channel. For the New Zealand television channel, see KTV2 (New Zealand).

Kuwait television channel 2 (KTV2) is Kuwait's governmental television channel dedicated for the English-speaking public. The channel broadcasts English-speaking shows, local programmes, news, English-subtitled local serials, English-speaking international serials, and English-speaking or English-subtitled movies. Kuwait television started its broadcast on November 15, 1961; as the official television of the ministry of information of the state of Kuwait. There are so far five channels: channel 1 (Al-Oula, KTV1), used for Arabic programming; channel 2 (KTV2); channel 3 (KTV3 or sport), for purely sports programming; channel 4 (KTV4), for pre-recorded and re-runs of movies and serials from other channels; and channel 5 (KTV-Plus), Kuwait's official governmental satellite broadcast, currently merged with KTV1. The Kuwait Ministry of Information has an online feed of three of its channels.

Kuwait TV 2

Country	Kuwait
Programming
Picture format	1080p

The station started broadcasting in December 1978. The channel was initially cultural in nature, broadcasting educational and cultural programming, award-winning movies, plays in classical Arabic and discussion of theses. The goal of the service was to be a "people's university", targeting the educated sectors of Kuwait's population.

Ahead of the launch of the channel, KTV did a survey to ascertain what would viewers see on the new service, the majority of which came from the middle class. During its first month on air, 72% of the content on KTV2 was foreign, in contrast to 18% on KTV1.

Programs

Former

Imported shows

Action

• The A-Team
• Blue Thunder
• Hardcastle and McCormick
• The Highwayman
• Knight Rider
• L.A. Heat
• MacGyver
• A Man Called Hawk
• Miami Vice
• Sea Hunt
• South Beach
• The Wizard

Animated shows

• ABC Weekend Special
• The Addams Family
• The Adventures of Blinky Bill
• The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey
• The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy
• Alvin and the Chipmunks
• Amigo and Friends
• The Animal Shelf
• The Animals of Farthing Wood
• Animaniacs
• Babar
• The Baby Huey Show
• Batman: The Animated Series
• The Berenstain Bears
• Big Dog, Little Dog
• Biker Mice From Mars
• Bionic Six
• Bob the Builder
• The Bots Master
• BraveStarr
• Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars!
• Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers
• The Care Bears
• The Care Bears Family
• Casper and Friends
• Cave Kids
• Centurions
• Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
• Dennis the Menace
• Denver, the Last Dinosaur
• Dexter's Laboratory
• Dinky Di's
• Dinosaucers
• Diplodos
• Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
• Double Dragon
• Dragon Flyz
• DuckTales
• Ed, Edd n Eddy
• The Enchanted House
• Fantastic Max
• Flitze Firetooth
• Foofur
• Galtar and the Golden Lance
• Garfield and Friends
• The Get Along Gang
• Heathcliff
• Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater
• Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
• Hurricanes
• Inspector Gadget
• The Karate Kid
• Kimba the White Lion
• The Legends of Treasure Island
• Little Bear
• The Little Rascals
• Loggerheads
• The Lone Ranger
• Macron 1
• The Magic School Bus
• The Magical World of Gigi
• Marvel Action Hour
• The Mask: Animated Series
• MGM Cartoon Classics
• My Little Pony
• My Pet Monster
• M.A.S.K.
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• The New Adventures of Zorro
• The New 3 Stooges
• Noveltoons
• Paw Paws
• Pingu
• Pink Panther and Sons
• Pokémon
• Pole Position
• Police Academy
• Popeye and Son
• Popples
• Postman Pat
• The Raccoons
• Rainbow Brite
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
• The Real Ghostbusters
• The Ren & Stimpy Show
• Rubik, the Amazing Cube
• Rugrats
• Scooby-Doo
• The Scooby-Doo Show
• She-Ra: Princess of Power
• SilverHawks
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Sooty's Amazing Adventures
• The Smurfs
• Sylvanian Families
• Tabaluga
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• ThunderCats
• The Transformers
• Trollkins
• Ultraforce
• Voltron: Defender of the Universe
• Walt Disney Cartoon Classics
• Walt Disney's Mickey and Donald
• Warner Bros. Cartoons
• Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
• Wildfire
• Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
• Yogi's Treasure Hunt

Children's Programmes

• 3-2-1 Contact
• ABC Afterschool Specials
• The Adventures of Pete and Pete
• The Animal Express
• Barney & Friends
• Bay City Rollers
• Beakman's World
• The Big Comfy Couch
• Break Point
• Butterfly Island
• Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
• Chicken Minute
• Chocky
• Chocky's Challenge
• Chocky's Children
• Dani's House
• Deepwater Haven
• Double Dare
• The Electric Company
• Electronic Office
• Emma and Grandpa
• Eureeka's Castle
• Faerie Tale Theatre
• Finders Keepers
• The Fire-Raiser
• Finger Tips
• The Friends of My Forest
• Fun House
• The Genie From Down Under
• God's Wonderful Railway
• Groundling Marsh
• Hi-5
• Interbang
• Iris, The Happy Professor
• Just for the Record
• The Kids of Degrassi Street
• The Kidsongs Television Show
• Kratts' Creatures
• The Krofft Superstar Hour
• Legends of the Hidden Temple
• Lift Off
• Mac & Muttley
• The Micro at Work
• Moon Jumper
• Mr. Wizard's World
• My Secret Identity
• Nickelodeon Guts
• Night of the Red Hunter
• Not Another Science Show
• OWL/TV
• Pals
• Power Rangers
• Press Gang
• Professor Lobster
• Pugwall
• Pumpkin Patch
• The Reppies
• Road to Avonlea
• Runaway Bay
• Samson Superslug
• Sam's Luck
• The Scheme of Things
• The Scientific Eye
• Sea Urchins
• Seal Morning
• Sesame Street
• Ship to Shore
• Spellbinder
• Square One Television
• Standby...Lights! Camera! Action!
• Steel Riders
• Take Hart
• Teletubbies
• Theodore Tugboat
• T. and T.
• Wonderstruck
• Woof!

Drama

• Adderly
• The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
• African Skies
• Airwolf
• Automan
• The Beachcombers
• Beauty and the Beast
• Bergerac
• Blue Heelers
• The Blue Knight
• Booker
• Bordertown
• Call Me Mister
• The Challenge
• Champagne Charlie
• CHiPS
• Code of Vengeance
• Danger Bay
• A Dangerous Life
• Diamonds
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• The Endless Game
• The Equalizer
• Erebus: The Aftermath
• ER
• The Family Tree
• Farscape
• Final Run
• The Flying Doctors
• The Fourth Arm
• The Franchise Affair
• Great Expectations
• Hanlon
• Heart of the City
• High Mountain Rangers
• Highlander: The Series
• Homicide: Life on the Street
• Hooperman
• Hoover vs. The Kennedys
• Hot Shots
• Hunter
• In the Heat of the Night
• Island Son
• Jack and Mike
• Jake and the Fatman
• Jim Henson's The Storyteller
• J.J. Starbuck
• Katts and Dog
• The Lancaster Miller Affair
• The Last Season
• The Lazarus Man
• Les Faucheurs de marguerites
• Life Goes On
• Lonesome Dove: The Series
• L.A. Law
• Magnum, P.I.
• The Man from Snowy River
• Matlock
• Max Headroom
• Midnight Caller
• Moonlighting
• Morningstar/Eveningstar
• Murder, She Wrote
• Murphy's Law
• Northern Exposure
• Ohara
• The Oldest Rookie
• Oshin
• Our House
• The Paper Chase
• Peaceable Kingdom
• A Perfect Spy
• A Place to Call Home
• Pride and Prejudice
• Private Eye
• Quantum Leap
• Quincy, M.E.
• Q.E.D.
• Rags to Riches
• Return to Eden
• The Saint
• seaQuest DSV
• The Secrets of Lake Success
• Shōgun
• Simon & Simon
• Sirens
• Sisters
• Sliders
• Sonny Spoon
• Space Precinct
• Spenser: For Hire
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Starman
• Street Hawk
• Street Legal
• Studio 5-B
• Tanamera – Lion of Singapore
• TekWar
• Top of the Hill
• Tour of Duty
• Treasure Island in Outer Space
• Troubles
• The Twilight Zone
• Unsub
• The Untouchables
• Walker, Texas Ranger
• Watch All Night
• White Fang
• Wiseguy
• Wolf
• The Wonder Years
• Xena: Warrior Princess
• A Year in the Life
• Zorro

Sports

• Fishing the West
• The Spectacular World of Guinness Records
• Wacky World of Sports

Detective

• The Law & Harry McGraw
• Simon & Simon

Game Shows

• The Crystal Maze
• Fort Boyard

Comedy

• 227
• ALF
• America's Funniest Home Videos
• Annie McGuire
• Benson
• Better Days
• Blossom
• Bonnie
• Bustin' Loose
• Charles in Charge
• The Charmings
• Coach
• Coming of Age
• The Cosby Show
• Dave's World
• A Different World
• Diff'rent Strokes
• Dinosaurs
• The Duck Factory
• Ellen
• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Everything's Relative
• Family Matters
• Foley Square
• Fresh Fields
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Full House
• The Golden Palace
• Growing Pains
• Hey Dad..!
• Hit Squad
• The Hogan Family
• I Married Dora
• It'll Be Alright on the Night
• Just for Laughs
• Just the Ten of Us
• Kate & Allie
• Learning the Ropes
• The Lucy Show
• Mad About You
• Married... with Children
• Mary
• Mind Your Language
• Mr. Belvedere
• The Munsters Today
• Murphy Brown
• The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
• Night Court
• The Nutt House
• Open All Hours
• Out of This World
• The Parent 'Hood
• Perfect Strangers
• Pokerface
• Private Benjamin
• The Pursuit of Happiness
• The Robert Guillaume Show
• Roseanne
• Saved by the Bell
• Sidekicks
• Sledge Hammer!
• Spitting Image
• Throb
• Thunder Alley
• Together We Stand
• The Tracey Ullman Show
• TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes
• The Two of Us
• Valerie
• The Wayans Bros.
• What a Country!
• What's Happening Now!!
• You Can't Take It with You

Magazine

• Bodymatters
• Cybernet
• Martha Stewart Living
• Movies, Games and Videos
• Smithsonian World

Space Opera

• Babylon 5

Education

• Encyclopædia Britannica

Biographical

• Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna

Documentary

• The American Century
• Animals of Africa
• Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin
• The Australian Ark
• Beyond 2000
• Body Matters
• The Craft of the Potter
• Computers in Control
• COPS
• Cousteau's Rediscovery of the World I
• A Day in the Life
• Dive to Adventure
• Equinox
• A Finite World: Global Population Problems and Solutions
• Footsteps
• The Great Wall of Iron
• The Health Show
• Horizon
• In the Shadow of Fujisan
• The Infinite Voyager
• Just the Job
• Life and Death
• Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
• National Geographic Specials
• Natural World
• The Ocean World of John Stoneman
• Oddie in Paradise
• On the Wings of the Wind
• Orphans of the Wild
• Path of the Rain God
• Perspective
• The Politics of Food
• Portrait of the Soviet Union
• The Real West
• Rescue 911
• The Road to War
• Safari to Adventure
• Sea Power
• Scuba World
• The Seal Morning
• Supersense
• Talk to the Animals
• Top Cops
• Trials of Life
• The Ultimate Machine
• Weird and Wonderful
• Wild America
• Wild Kingdom
• Wildlife in Australia
• Wildlife on One
• The World About Us
• World of Survival
• The Yellow River

Western

• Paradise

Entertainment

• Great Circuses of the World

Anthology

• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents
• The Hidden Room
• The Magical World of Disney
• Tales from the Darkside
• Tales of the Unexpected
• The Twilight Zone

Variety

• The Mickey Mouse Club

Soap Opera

• Falcon Crest
• The Yellow Rose

Reality

• America's Funniest People
• Incredible Sunday
• More Real People