Zig Zag (RTP)

Zig Zag is a Portuguese children's programming block broadcast daily on RTP2, RTP1 and RTP Internacional from Portugal. It airs programming that is targeted for young people (children and teenagers) from ages 3–17. It airs daily on the weekdays from 07:00 to 11:15 WET, and again later on in the day from 16:00 to 20:05 WET. It airs programming in Portuguese.

History

The block emerged in 2004 after prior concerns on the airing of violent cartoons on terrestrial television networks. Per a 1999 study, RTP's two channels were known for having violent children's programming,^[1] in 2003, Heloísa Apolónia was aware that her four-year old daughter was singing the opening lyrics to the theme of Class King Yamazaki, an anime series RTP was airing on its channels at the time, which she perceived as violent. Her party began to start a project to monitor RTP's children's programming.^[2]