Founder Jay Jeon, in partnership with his wife, launched the show on YouTube under the name “checkgate,” which then changed to “ABCKidTV.” It officially rebranded to CoComelon in 2018 ...

The genesis of "CoComelon" dates back to 2006, when commercial director Jay Jeon and his wife, a children's book author, posted their first video to YouTube of a short cartoon played to music ...