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{{Infobox TV channel
| name= Noggin
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| launch=[[February 2]], [[1999]] and September 28, 2009
| owner= Time Venture between [[MTV Networks]] ([[Viacom]]) and [[News Corporation]]
(contracted; show full)ggin at Nite]] taking over Nick GAS's channel position after splitting from Fox Noggin Channel.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/13/business/media/13nickelodeon.html?_r=1&oref=slogin| title=A Coming of Age at Nickelodeon| publisher=New York Times Online| accessdate=2007-08-13}}</ref> This channel was best known for popular mascots Moose and Zee

The network's programming consists mostly of recent Nick Jr., Fox Kids and Fox Noggin's original programming.

==
 History ==
Fox Noggin Channel was originally created as a joint venture between [[Viacom]]'s [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]], [[News Corporation]] and the [[Children's Television Workshop]] (now [[Sesame Workshop]]), but Sesame Workshop's interest was sold to Nickelodeon in [[2002]]. The first broadcast on the Fox Noggin Channel was ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "Bart's Dog Gets an F" aired at 7 a.m. ET, followed by the "Please Stand By"/"Super Show Time" commercial from WPWI-TV. They also aired religious programming like ''Davey and Goliath'' from 1999 to 2004. From 2000 to 2002, ''The Late Show'' aired at 12am-1am. Until 2007, they also aired live-action programming which included short subjects, TV shows, and feature films which now air on other networks. 

At the time of its launch, Fox Noggin Channel was a premium channel that aired for 16 hours a day, from 7 a.m.-11 p.m. ET/PT. During its first full year, the channel was available to more than 532,000 subscribers in the U.S.A. In March 2000, the channel extended its programming day to 18 hours a day by adding two hours to its late night schedule, with the channel now broadcasting daily from 7 a.m.-1 a.m. ET/PT. On March 30, 2001, Fox Noggin Channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day.

From 1999 until 2002, Fox Noggin Channel was targeted at preteens. Starting in 2002, Fox Noggin Channel was now targeted at pre-schoolers, 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 [[Autumn|Fall]] of [[2003]], the network aired classic episodes of ''Sesame Street'', as well as classic Sesame Workshop productions such as ''[[3-2-1 Contact]]'', ''[[Square One TV]]'', ''[[Cro]]'', and ''[[The Electric Company]]''. As of [[September 2]], [[2007]], Fox Noggin no longer airs any show produced by Sesame Workshop (it has since premiered Pinky Dinky Doo, which is a Fox Noggin Original produced by Sesame Workshop and it had both new and old episodes, 2007-2008).

In 2005, Viacom announced it would split the company into two companies Viacom parent of [[Paramount Pictures]], Nickelodeon, Noggin, [[Nicktoons Network]], The N and [[CBS Corporation]] parent of [[CBS]], [[UPN]], [[Showtime (TV channel)|Showtime]], and [[The Movie Channel]].

In addition to classic episodes of [[Nickelodeon (television)|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 language|English]]-speaking countries that would otherwise not likely be seen on American TV are shown. Some examples include ''[[Franklin (television series)|Franklin]]'' from [[Canada]] and ''[[Tweenies]]'', ''Connie the Cow'', ''[[Tiny Planets]]'', and ''[[64 Zoo Lane]]'' from the [[United Kingdom|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 6:00AM Eastern/5:00AM Central, 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 7:00AM Eastern/6:00AM Central).  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]]).

Technically, Fox Noggin Channel does not show commercials, but it has shown ads and billboards for products such as ''Kellogg's Mud N' Bugs Cereal'', ''Butterfinger'' (featuring The Simpsons, including its archive commercials including No Teasing, Bart's Karate Lesson and The Bully),<ref>http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4832662-1.html  {{Wayback|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4832662-1.html|date =20071012173341}}</ref> and [[Lego]]'s Explorer Line of Toys, as well as other "tie-in" media such as a music video that tied in with the film ''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]'', and spots for airings of shows on other channels within the Nick family. The channel's other revenues presumably come from fees paid by cable television distributors.

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 (such as ''The Electric Company'') aired on Fox Noggin, they had to be edited for running timeHistory==
Noggin launched on February 2, 1999, as a joint venture between [[Viacom|Viacom's]] [[Nickelodeon (television)|Nickelodeon]] and the [[Children's Television Workshop|Sesame Workshop]], but its interest in Noggin was sold to [[Viacom]] at some point in 2002. During this time, Noggin's target audience was at preteens, with its programming more educational in nature than Nickelodeon, so it wouldn't be confused with the more older audience of the channel. Programming on Noggin during this era was mostly classic Nickelodeon series such as [[Doug (TV series)|Doug]] and series from [[Children's Television Workshop|Sesame Workshop]] such as [[Cro]].

On April 1, 2002,  Noggin repositioned itself by extending the time of its preschool programming block (which had aired when it was still a preteen channel) and introducing new preschool shows such as [[Play With Me Sesame]]. That same date, Viacom launched [[TeenNick|The N]], which was formated to be similar to Nickelodeon's TEENick block and later would air programming from [[Nick at Nite]]. Not only that, but it was also aimed at teenagers and had thought-provoking programming considered by many as too complex for Noggin's target of pre- and elementary-school-aged viewers; as a result, The N took up 12 hours of Noggin's programming space from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. ET seven nights a week.

With Noggin's new audience, its first mascot was "Feetface" a character created with the new animation style called photo-puppetry, in which animation is made with the manipulation of photographs. Noggin's final day of the Feetface era signed off at 6 p.m. ET on April 6, 2003, with an episode of [[Maurice Sendak's Little Bear|Little Bear]] before the final Feetface indent. After that, it showed a promo for the ''Moose A. Moose'' and ''Zee D. Bird'' mascots, which  would be hosting the inbetween segments on Noggin starting on April 7, 2003, followed by the goodnight sign-off sequence and the clock ident to The N's Sunday schedule. On April 7, 2003, Noggin introduced the [[Moose A. Moose]] mascot.

== Previous Logos ==
[[File:Logo TCC 1989.jpg|centre|thumb|The last "TCC" logo during the launch in Noggin,used until 1999]]

===Timesharing history===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
| colspan="3" style="background:purple; color:yellow; font-size:100%" align="center" width="500px" | Timeline of Fox Noggin Channel's Operation Hours
(contracted; show full)* [http://www.noggin.com Fox Noggin Channel's Official Site]
* [http://www.sesameworkshop.org Sesame Workshop’s official site]
* [http://www.nickjr.com NickJr.com]
* [http://www.nickjr.co.uk/noggin/index.aspx Noggin (UK) on Nick Jr. (UK)]

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