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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]]
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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.

In addition to airing classic [[Nickelodeon (television)|Nickelodeon]] preschool series such as [[Dora the Explorer]] and [[Blue's Clues]], and original series 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 are [[Little Bear]] and [[Franklin]] from [[Canada]] and [[Tweenies]], [[Connie the Cow]], [[Tiny Planets]], and [[64 Zoo Lane]] from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. 

In August 2007, Viacom announced that [[Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids|Nick GAS]] (which had already lost all of its programming and was reduced to airing few of the Nickelodeon game shows) would shut down effective by December 31, 2007 and would be replaced with a 24 hour version of The N, with Noggin becoming the second television channel to air preschool programming for 24 hours (behind [[PBS Kids Sprout]]). Noggin and The N became 24 hour channels at 6 a.m. on December 31, 2007.

However, in 2008, this was being de-emphazied. Tweenies was permanently pulled from the schedule in January, and Tiny Planets was pulled in April; but Tiny Planets was shown intermittently, bnout not everyday, at 6 a.m. ET. The same thing also happened with 64 Zoo Lane back in 2006, suggesting that it too will eventually disappear (unlike the other two shows, they also sometimes are shown at 7 a.m. ET). However, they have recently introduced [[The Upside Down Show]] from [[Australia]] (though like the [[British]] Tiny Planets, has American origins via [[Sesame Workshop]]).⏎
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== Current Programming ==
=== Pre-school programming ===
* ''[[Blue's Clues]]''
* ''[[Dora The Explorer]]''
* ''[[Franklin and Friends]]''
* ''[[Go, Diego, Go!]]''
* ''[[fresh beat band|The Fresh Beat Band]]''
* ''[[Jack's Big Music Show]]''
(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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