NOGGIN (TV CHANNEL)

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'Noggin' is a cable television network in the United States, intended to help children learn. This channel features the animated characters of Moose A.
Moose (a moose) and Zee ( a blue bird). It is one of Nickelodeon's sister channels, concentrating on preschool programs.
Currently, it runs between 6am and 6pm ET (3am and 3pm PT).
On December 31, 2007 ^[1]
, Noggin's sister channel, Nickelodeon GAS, is slated to leave the digital cable channel lineup and become an online-only service, with The N slated to take over Nick GAS's channel position after splitting from Noggin. DirecTV has confirmed that they will air both Noggin and The N. ^[2]
There was also a Noggin brand in the United Kingdom that was broadcasted on TMF UK and then Nick Jr. that showed identical programs, but has since been rebranded as Nick Jr. Classics.

History

Noggin was originally created as a joint venture between Viacom's Nickelodeon and the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop), but Sesame Workshop's interest was sold to Nickelodeon in 2002, though Sesame Workshop continues to develop content for the network, including ''Play With Me Sesame'', an interactive show based on the original ''Sesame Street''.
At one point, Noggin was targeted at preteens, but the format was changed, due to low ratings. The network takes its name from a slang term for “brain” (see noggin), reflecting its original purpose as an educational channel. Until the Fall of 2003, the network aired classic episodes of ''Sesame Street'', as well as classic Sesame Workshop productions such as ''Sesame Street Unpaved'' and ''The Electric Company''. As of August 31, 2005, Noggin no longer airs any show produced by Sesame Workshop, except for ''Play With Me Sesame'' and ''The Upside Down Show'' (which like Tiny Planets was a foreign production by them).
In addition to classic episodes of Nickelodeon favorites such as ''Blue's Clues'' and ''Dora the Explorer'', and original shows such as ''Oobi'' and ''Jack's Big Music Show'', many preschool-oriented shows originating from non-U.S. English-speaking countries that would otherwise not likely be seen on American TV are shown. Some examples include ''Franklin'' from Canada and ''Tweenies'', ''Connie the Cow'', ''Tiny Planets'', and ''64 Zoo Lane'' from the UK. However, in 2006, this is being de-emphasized; ''Tweenies'' was permanently pulled from the schedule in January, and ''Tiny Planets'' was pulled in April 2006. ''Tiny Planets'' was previously shown intermittently — but not every day — at 6am Eastern/3am Pacific, as ''Tweenies'' was for a year until it was pulled. Since July 2006 this is also being done with ''64 Zoo Lane'', suggesting that it too may disappear eventually (however, unlike the other two shows, they also sometimes are showing it at 7am Eastern/4am Pacific). However, they have also recently introduced ''The Upside Down Show'', which is from Australia (though like the British ''Tiny Planets'', has American origins via Sesame Workshop).
Noggin claims it does not run commercials, but it has shown ads between shows. The most memorable of these were for Mud N' Bugs Cereal, Connie the Cow's Milk Break, and a music video that tied in with the film ''Curious George''. The channel's only other apparent revenue comes from fees paid by cable television distributors, and it is presumably allowed by Viacom to run at a financial loss because of its role in introducing preschoolers to the concept of music videos and the important Nickelodeon brands Dora the Explorer and Blue's Clues.
The network has also become a launching point for the music videos of pop musician/children's performers like Laurie Berkner, Lisa Loeb and Dan Zanes, initially as filler between 23-minute-long shows run commercial-free, and (because of their success in that format) now as music video shows like ''Move to the Music''. Also, when Sesame Workshop’s classic shows aired on Noggin, they had to be edited for running time (see ''The Electric Company'').

Set of programs broadcast on Nick Jr.

★ ''Dora The Explorer''

★ ''The Backyardigans''

★ ''LazyTown''

★ ''The Wonder Pets''

★ ''Blue's Clues''

★ ''Go, Diego, Go!''

★ ''Max & Ruby''

★ ''Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!''

★ ''Yo Gabba Gabba''

External links

★ Official Site

★ Sesame Workshop’s official site

★ NickJr.com

★ Noggin (UK) on Nick Jr. (UK)

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