Noggin
Launched:	February 2, 1999
Closed:
Audience Share:	( )
Owned By:	MTV Networks (Viacom)
Formerly Called:
Replaced:
Sister channel(s):	Nickelodeon
Timeshift Service:
Website:	Official Site
Availability
Terrestrial
Satellite
DirecTV US	Channel 298
Dish Network US	Channel 169
Freeview UK	Channel 21
Cable

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The United States channel

In the United States, Noggin is a channel for preschoolers between 6AM and 6PM EST (3AM and 3PM PST). A nursery school is a school for the education of very young children (generally five years of age and younger). ... EST is UTC-5 The North American Eastern Standard Time Zone (abbreviated EST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting five hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC-5. ... The Pacific Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ...

At 6PM, Noggin becomes The N, a teen-oriented network. Some of The N's shows are Degrassi: The Next Generation, Instant Star, Daria, Clueless, My So-Called Life, and South of Nowhere. All shows on Noggin are rated TV-Y. Most on The N are TV-PG, though some are even TV-14. The-N is the nighttime block on Noggin for teens. ... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... The-N is the nighttime block on Noggin for teens. ... Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian television series, which follows the lives of a group of high school students. ... Instant Star is a Canadian television teen drama on the CTV television network, starring Alexz Johnson. ... Daria is an American animated television show created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn and was a spin-off of Beavis and Butt-head. ... Clueless was a film directed by Amy Heckerling. ... The young cast of My So-Called Life For information on the From Zero album, see My So-Called Life (album) My So-Called Life was a television teen drama created by Bedford Falls Production Company that aired on ABC from August 25, 1994 to January 26, 1995. ... South of Nowhere premiered on The-N on November 4, 2005 with outstanding reviews from TV Guide, The Boston Tribute, The New York Post, New York Daily News, Entertainment Weekly, Variety Magazine and many, many more. ... A television rating system is a method of giving television viewers an idea of the suitability of a television program for children and/or adults. ... A television rating system is a method of giving television viewers an idea of the suitability of a television program for children and/or adults. ... A television rating system is a method of giving television viewers an idea of the suitability of a television program for children and/or adults. ...

Noggin was originally created as a joint venture between Viacom's Nickelodeon and the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop), but CTW'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. Viacom is a high-growth media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable / satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), video gaming (Sega of America), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures movie studio and DreamWorks). ... Nickelodeon (Nick for short) is a cable TV network primarily for children and pre-teens, but also features shows for teenagers in TEENick. ... Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Childrens Television Workshop (or CTW), is a non-profit organization behind the production of several educational childrens programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world (including PBS in the United States), as well as Noggin, a joint venture with Viacom... Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Childrens Television Workshop (or CTW), is a non-profit organization behind the production of several educational childrens programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world (including PBS in the United States), as well as Noggin. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Childrens Television Workshop (or CTW), is a non-profit organization behind the production of several educational childrens programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world (including PBS in the United States), as well as Noggin. ... Play With Me Sesame is a childrens television series spun-off Sesame Street. ... Sesame Street is an educational television program designed for preschoolers, and is recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary standard which combines education and entertainment in childrens television shows. ...

Noggin claims it does not run commercials, But 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 TV 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. Curious George is the protagonist and main character from a series of popular childrens books by the same name, written by Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey. ... Dora the Explorer (left) and Boots are the series protagonists. ... Toys made in Blue and Periwinkles image Blues Clues is a daytime childrens show which airs on Nickelodeon and now appears on several On Demand channels. ...

At one point, Noggin was targeted at tweens, but the format was changed due to low ratings. The network takes its name from the slang term for head (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 former CTW productions such as 3-2-1 Contact, Square One, Cro, and The Electric Company. As of August 31, 2005 Noggin no longer airs regular episodes of Sesame Street, just Play With Me Sesame. Tween is a word coined independently with several meanings: Tween is a detergent polysorbate used to stabilize purified protein derivative (PPD) solution used in skin testing for tuberculosis exposure. ... Noggin is a slang term that means head. In U.S. television, Noggin is a television network for preschoolers; see Noggin (television). ... Autumn colours at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, England. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sesame Street is an educational television program designed for preschoolers, and is recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary standard which combines education and entertainment in childrens television shows. ... Opening title of 3-2-1 Contact 3-2-1 Contact was an American science educational television show which aired on PBS from 1980 to 1992. ... Square One, also known as Square One Television, was a childrens television show produced by the Childrens Television Workshop to teach mathematics and abstract mathematical concepts to young viewers. ... Cro was an animated television series made by the Childrens Television Workshop and DPS Film Roman. ... Opening title The Electric Company was an educational childrens television program produced by the Childrens Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) for PBS in the United States. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sesame Street is an educational television program designed for preschoolers, and is recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary standard which combines education and entertainment in childrens television shows. ... Play With Me Sesame is a childrens television series spun-off Sesame Street. ...

In addition to classic episodes of Nickelodeon favorites like Blue's Clues and Dora the Explorer and "made for Noggin" shows like Oobi and Jack's Big Music Show, many pre-school 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 is now only shown intermittently (not every day) at 6am Eastern/3am Pacific, as Tweenies was for a year until it was pulled. Toys made in Blue and Periwinkles image Blues Clues is a daytime childrens show which airs on Nickelodeon and now appears on several On Demand channels. ... Dora the Explorer (left) and Boots are the series protagonists. ... Jacks Big Music Show is a TV show that premiered, September 12, 2005 on the Noggin (television) network. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Franklin is a Canadian childrens television series, based on a series of books by Brenda Clark (illustrator) and Paulette Bourgeois (writer). ... The Tweenies is a television programme aimed at children, broadcast on the BBC. The programme is set at a daycare centre, and the four Tweenies themselves are Milo and Jake (both boys) and Bella and Fizz (both girls), played by actors inside foam rubber suits in a style reminiscent of... Tiny Planets is a UK television show aimed at pre-schoolers produced by Peppers Ghost Productions, Ltd. ... 64 Zoo Lane is a childrens television programme created by An Vrombaut. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Tweenies is a television programme aimed at children, broadcast on the BBC. The programme is set at a daycare centre, and the four Tweenies themselves are Milo and Jake (both boys) and Bella and Fizz (both girls), played by actors inside foam rubber suits in a style reminiscent of... Look up January in Wiktionary, the free dictionary January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Tiny Planets is a UK television show aimed at pre-schoolers produced by Peppers Ghost Productions, Ltd. ... The Tweenies is a television programme aimed at children, broadcast on the BBC. The programme is set at a daycare centre, and the four Tweenies themselves are Milo and Jake (both boys) and Bella and Fizz (both girls), played by actors inside foam rubber suits in a style reminiscent of...

The network has also become a launching point for the music videos of pop musician-cum-children's performers like Laurie Berkner 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. Caption Laurie Berkner (b. ... Dan Zanes was the lead singer of the eighties pop band The Del Fuegos, and has since gone on to a short-lived solo career and a surprise success as a folk-style childrens music performer, with hit videos on Noggin, along with fellow ex-rockers like Laurie Berkner...

One controversial aspect of the channel is that it does not adjust its programming for the continental US's 4 time zones. Thus on the West Coast, programming begins at 3am, when virtually all pre-school children (and most adults) are asleep. Similarly, as a result the teen channel the N is shown there during the afterschool 3-6pm period, whereas Noggin is still on for all or part of that time period in the rest of the U.S. The-N is the nighttime block on Noggin for teens. ...

Shows on the original Noggin

1. Cro
2. The Electric Company
3. 3-2-1 Contact
4. Square One
5. Phred on Your Head
6. Bill Nye the Science Guy
7. Sesame Street Unpaved
8. A Walk In Your Shoes
9. Blue's Clues
10. Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
11. Theodore Tugboat
12. Shining Time Station
13. Ghostwriter
14. Gullah Gullah Island
15. Eureeka's Castle
16. 1-2-3 Sesame Street
17. Jack's Big Music Show

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Shows on The N

1. Degrassi
2. Degrassi: The Next Generation
3. South of Nowhere
4. O'Grady
5. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air(reruns)
6. Moesha (reruns)
7. Girls vs. Boys
8. Instant Star
9. Sabrina: The Teenage Witch (reruns)

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The United Kingdom channel

In the United Kingdom, Noggin previously broadcast from 8PM to 10PM, after Nick Jr. programming finished for the day. Unlike the U.S. version, the channel was a nostalgia channel showing classic animated children's programmes from the late 1960s to early 1990s, including: Nick Jr. ... One may feel nostalgic for the familiar routine of school, conveniently forgetting the painful experiences such as bullying. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

• Astro Farm
• Bagpuss
• Bod
• The Clangers
• Crystal Tipps and Alistair
• The Herbs
• King Rollo
• Mr Benn
• Mr Men
• Paddington Bear
• Portland Bill
• Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• The Wombles

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From January 30th 2006, Noggin launched a new strand for preschoolers on sister channel TMF, thus being the first Children's FTA commercial station available via Freeview. The slot on Nick Jr was renamed to Nick Jr Classics. January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Music Factory, TMF for short, is a Dutch music video channel in the United Kingdom owned by MTV. Formed after the two other TMF stations, which are based in mainland Europe, the channel was created to counter against Emaps The Hits channel on the new free-to-air... Freeview is a British free-to-air digital television service broadcast from terrestrial transmitters using the DVB-T standard. ...

On TMF only:

• Dora the Explorer
• The Backyardigans
• Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
• Thomas the Tank Engine

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External links

• Official Site