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{{Infobox TV channel
| name= Noggin
| logofile=
| logoalt=
| logosize=
| launch=[[February 2]], [[, 1999]] and September 28, 2009
| owner= Time Venture between [[MTV Networks]] ([[Viacom]]) and [[News Corporation]]
| sister channels= [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]]<br />[[Nick Jr]]<br />[[Nicktoons Network]] (Formerly "Nicktoons TV" and "Nicktoons")<br />[[The N|Fox Noggin at Nite]]<br />[[Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids|Nickelodeon GAS]]<br />[[Nick at Nite]]<br />[[TV Land]]<br />[[FOX]]
| slogan= I'm Using My Noggin (1999-2002)<br />It's Like Preschool on TV (2003-2012) 
| website= http://www.noggin.com
| terr avail=
| sat serv 1=[[DirecTV]] US
| sat chan 1=Channel 298
| sat serv 2=[[Dish Network]] US
| sat chan 2=Channel 169
| cable serv 1=Available on most cable systems
| cable chan 1=Check Local Listings for channels|
|}}

''' Noggin''' was the former name of an [[United States|American]] digital cable and [[satellite]] [[television network]] owned by the MTV Networks Kids & Family Group, a unit of the [[Viacom Media Networks]] division of [[Viacom]], and the current name of an over the top subscription streaming service featuring much of Nick Jr.'s library of older shows. The channel, which is aimed at younger children aged 2 to 6 years old, featured a mix of original produced programming and series which had aired on the [[Nick Jr. (block)|Nick Jr.]] block on [[Nickelodeon (television)|Nickelodeon]].

From [[April 1]], [[, 2002]] through [[December 31]], [[, 2007]], The channel had only aired between 6:00am and 6:00pm ET/3:00am and 3:00pm PT with [[The N]] airing through the rest of the channel's airtime.
The timeshare practice remained in place on [[Dish Network]] until May 5, 2009.

On [[December 31]], [[, 2007]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6468537.html?q=NOGGIN+and+The+N+Channels+to+Split| title=Nick to Split Noggin and The N| publisher=Multichannel News| accessdate=2007-11-06}}</ref> Fox Noggin's sister channel, [[Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids|Nickelodeon GAS]], left the satellite and digital cable channel lineups, and moved to the online-only [[TurboNick]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/va/20070813/118706681900.html| title=MTV Networks splits Noggin, the N channels| publisher=Yahoo!| accessdate=2007-10-08}}</ref> with  [[The N]] taking over Nick GAS's channel position after splitting from Noggin.<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>

==History==
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 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. The Noggin's Feetface era ended its year run at 6 p.m. ET on April 6, 2003, alongside [[Maurice Sendak's Little Bear|Little Bear]]. After that, it showed a promo for the ''Moose A. Moose'' and ''Zee D. Bird'' mascots, which would be hosting the in-between 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 [[Sprout (TV)|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, but 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]]).

==Programming==
Though it does repeat its programming over a course of a 24-hour day, Noggin doesn't follow a strict repeating program wheel. Programming that had aired on the Nick Jr. block from the 1990's to the early 2000's (such as [[Oobi]], [[Little Bill]], and [[Gullah Gullah Island]]) fill in the overnight time slots.

==Former Programming==
* [[Davey and Goliath]] (1999-2004)
* [[The Late Show (1986 TV series)|The Late Show]] (2000-2002)
* [[Angel (TV series)|Angel]] (2001–2007)
* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] (1999-2007)
* [[The Tracey Ullman Show]] (1999-2007)
* [[Lost in Space]] (1999-2007)
* [[The X-Files]] (1999–2007)
* [[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]] (1999-2007)
* [[Picket Fences]] (1999–2007)
* [[Sesame Street|123 Sesame Street]] (1999-2005)
* [[3-2-1 Contact]] (1999-2002)
* [[The Electric Company (1971 TV series)|The Electric Company]] (1999–2005)
* Feetface (Fox Noggin mascot) (2002-2003)
* [[Ghostwriter (TV series)|Ghostwriter]] (1999–2002)
* [[Square One TV]] (1999–2002)
* [[Pinky Dinky Doo]] (2005-2008)
* [[Play With Me Sesame]] (2002–2007)
* [[Moose A. Moose]] (Fox Noggin mascot) (2003-2012)
* [[Sesame Street|Sesame Street Unpaved]] (1999-2003)
* [[Cro]] (1999–2003)
* Eye on America (1999) (an anthology Fox Noggin Channel three-part miniseries contains half-hour versions of the Tracey Ullman Show Simpsons shorts and Simpsons commercials and the only Fox Noggin Channel miniseries)

== Current short programs ==
* ''Super Sonic Science''
* ''Say it 2 Ways''
* ''Get Creative''
* ''Fox Noggin Presents WorldWide''
* ''Get A Move On''
* ''Word Play''
* ''Word of the Day''
* ''FOX/Nickelodeon Music''
* ''All Together Now''
* ''Count It Up''

== Former short programs ==
* ''Pixar Short Films'' (1999-2007)
* ''Popular Science'' (1999-2007)
* ''Unusual Occupations'' (1999-2007)
* ''Speaking of Animals'' (1999-2007)

== The UK Strand ==
{{Infobox TV channel
| name= Noggin (UK)
| logofile=
| logoalt=Noggin
| logosize=
| launch=[[May]] [[  2004]] (from Nick Jr.)<br />[[January 30]], [[, 2006]] (in most recent form)
| closed date=[[March 1]], [[, 2010]]
| owner=[[News Corporation]]
| sister names=[[Nick Jr. (UK)|Nick Jr.]]/[[Nickelodeon UK|Nickelodeon]]
| web=[http://nickjr.co.uk/noggin/index.aspx nickjr.co.uk/noggin]
| terr serv 1=[[Freeview]]
| terr chan 1=Channel 21
| sat serv 1=[[Sky Digital (UK)|Sky Digital]]
| sat chan 1=Channel 348
| cable serv 1= [[Virgin Media]] (Telewest)
| cable chan 1= Channel 303
| cable serv 2= [[Virgin Media]] ([[NTL]])
| cable chan 2= Channel 313/911|
|}}

A British version of Noggin was broadcast on Viva as a [[children's television]] slot from 6am to 8am daily. It launched in its most recent format on January 30, 2006. It was the first commercial children's television channel to air on the UK's [[DTT]] platform, [[Freeview]], followed by [[CITV Channel|CITV]], then lastly [[Playhouse Disney]] on [[ABC1 (United Kingdom)|ABC1]]. Prior to its launch on TMF, it was carried as part of [[Nick Jr.]] between 8pm and 10pm, but focused on classic animated children's programmes from the late [[1960s]] to early [[1990s]]. This strand was replaced in 2006 with [[Nick Jr. Classics]]. It is based on the USA-owned channel ''' Noggin ''', which has been broadcasting since [[1999]].

On Monday [[25 September]] [[ 25, 2006]], Noggin was replaced by a new strand named Nick Jr on TMF, which is identical to its predecessor with the exception of the new branding. This strand reverted back to the Noggin moniker in March 2009.

Its set of programmes on Viva:
* ''[[Dora the Explorer]]''
* ''[[Go, Diego, Go!]]''
* ''[[Maggie and the Ferocious Beast]]''

On the original strand broadcast on Nick Jr:
* ''[[Astro Farm]]''
* ''[[Bagpuss]]''
* ''[[Bod (series)|Bod]]''
* ''[[Poko]]''
* ''[[The Clangers]]''
* ''[[Crystal Tipps and Alistair]]''
* ''[[The Herbs]]''
* ''[[King Rollo]]'
* ''[[Trumpton]]''
* ''[[Mr. Benn]]''
* ''[[Mr. Men and Little Miss]]''
* ''[[Paddington Bear]]''
* ''[[Portland Bill]]''
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends]]''
* ''[[The Wombles (TV series)|The Wombles]]''

==Branding==
From 1999 to 2005, Fox Noggin's logo involves a square with "F", "N" and "C" inside it with the network name underneath it. When the network split in 2005, a new logo was launched, with the 1996 Fox logo, the words "NOGGIN" and on the green box "CHANNEL".

== OtherRelated pages  ==
* [[List of DirecTV channels]]
* [[List of Dish Network channels]]⏎
* [[Nick Jr.]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Other websites ==
* [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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