Over 90% of LGBTQ characters in animated kids programming require a fee to view them. Here's how that happened — and why it matters.

Toronto-based Colleen Russo Johnson, left, looked at nearly 600 kids' TV shows in the fall of 2017 for a study titled The Landscape of Children's Television in the U.S. and Canada. (Alice Hopton/CBC) ...

From 'Storybots' to 'Octonauts,' we round up 11 TV shows that will keep your kids occupied — without making you pull your hair out in the process.

1/2: Thomas Covert (center), 6, of Maple Grove, Minn., runs in the Whipper Snapper Races for Kids at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth on Friday afternoon. The event was open to kids 14 and younger ...

Kids can pet an exotic animal at the petting zoo, cheer on the pig races and watch talented canines at the Extreme Dog Show. Many attractions are free. Hours for attractions vary, but most are ...