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80-542: The Nickelodeon HALO Awards was a yearly TV special that aired originally on TeenNick but later expanded to Nickelodeon and Nicktoons in its final years. Usually aired every December, the awards profiled five ordinary teens who are H elping A nd L eading O thers ( HALO ). Created by chairman Nick Cannon , the show was similar to other awards shows, such as CNN's Heroes award. The ceremony ended after its 2017 iteration, due to budget cuts to TeenNick that left it without any original programming. The HALO Awards "...flips

160-486: A Box , which showed kids making dioramas to represent their personalities; Citizen Phoebe , about a girl who wants to run for president; and Oobi , a preschool series about bare-hand puppets. By 2001, original content made up 40% of Noggin's schedule. That year, Noggin premiered four new shows: Big Kids , a British-American co-production; On the Team , a documentary about a Little League baseball team; Sponk! ,

240-516: A broader family audience through its program blocks . The channel began life as a test broadcast on December 1, 1977, as part of QUBE , an early cable television system broadcast locally in Columbus, Ohio . The channel, now named Nickelodeon, launched to a new nationwide audience on April 1, 1979, with Pinwheel as its inaugural program. The network was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until 1984. Nickelodeon gained

320-561: A few days of the Nickelodeon premiere, an arrangement possible as Nickelodeon does not have to meet the Federal Communications Commission rules which disallow that arrangement for broadcast channels due to regulations banning paid programming to children. Nick Jr. Channel (sometimes shortened to Nick Jr. ) is a pay television network aimed mainly at children between 2 and 6 years of age. It features

400-724: A game show centered around improv acting ; and The URL with Phred Show , which showcased viewers' submissions to the Noggin website. On April 1, 2002, the channel was reorganized into two blocks: a daytime block for preschoolers and a nighttime block, The N, for teens. Play with Me Sesame , a new series featuring Sesame Street characters, debuted on the same day. Sesame Workshop continued to co-produce shows for Noggin through 2009, most notably Out There and The Upside Down Show , two live-action series. Both shows were developed by Sesame Workshop's writers in New York and filmed by

480-418: A long-standing broadcast partnership with Mattel to air films and specials based on the toy company's Barbie (and later Monster High ) dolls. The first Barbie movie to air on Nickelodeon was Barbie as Rapunzel on November 24, 2002. The Barbie and Monster High films are usually aired under a brokered format in which Mattel purchases the time in order to promote the release of their films on DVD within

560-491: A mascot costume of Moose A. Moose. Reviewers for Time Magazine compared Jamarama to a family-friendly version of Lollapalooza . In November 2005, a Noggin float appeared at America's Thanksgiving Parade . In November 2006, Noggin hosted an online charity auction on its website, called the "Noggin Auction." Viewers could bid on props from different Noggin shows. Noggin also auctioned off props from The N's teen shows, with

640-399: A mix of current and former preschool-oriented programs from Nickelodeon, as well as some shows that are exclusive to the channel. The Nick Jr. Channel launched on September 28, 2009, as a spin-off of Nickelodeon's preschool programming block of the same name , which had aired since January 4, 1988. The channel replaced Noggin , which was relaunched as a streaming service in 2015 and acts as

720-531: A mix of newer live-action and animated shows from Nickelodeon such as Henry Danger , The Fairly OddParents , The Loud House , SpongeBob SquarePants , and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles alongside original series airing exclusively on Nicktoons. TeenNick is a pay television network that is aimed at adolescents and young adults, named after the TEENick block that aired on Nickelodeon from March 2001 to February 2009. The channel merged programming from

800-496: A multinational team in Australia. The Noggin brand was placed on a six-year hiatus from 2009 to 2015; on September 28, 2009, its channel space was taken over by a 24-hour channel based on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block . The N (standing for N oggin) was an overnight programming block on the Noggin channel, aimed at older kids and teenagers. It premiered on April 1, 2002, and aired until December 31, 2007. Promotions advertised

880-414: A new facelift regarding programming and image that fall, and its ensuing success led to it and its sister networks MTV and VH1 being sold to Viacom in 1985. Nickelodeon has expanded its franchise through several sister channels and programming blocks. Nick Jr. launched as preschool morning block on January 4, 1988, and was eventually spun-off into a separate channel in 2009. Nicktoons , based on

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960-481: A person's head), reflecting its purpose: to encourage kids to think, discover new things, and use their imaginations. When it started, Noggin was mostly aimed at kids aged 6–12. Its main goal was to provide "fun shows that help kids learn and inspire their curiosity – all without feeling like they're in school." Noggin's core values included the statements: "Kids want to learn. Kids are naturally curious. There are no stupid questions." From 1999 until 2019, Noggin used

1040-564: A program shared with TeenNick , was cancelled in mid-2018. In electronic program listings, the titles of each 'block' merely delineate an hour in those listings and outside those titles denoting video theming, have no on-air mention. The network's specific theming to younger pop artists has also been underplayed as of 2024, due to various cuts at Paramount Global and the network's complete disassociation from further developing "triple threat" stars due to personnel and industry changes. Nickelodeon Animation Studio (formerly Games Productions, Inc. )

1120-461: A section on the service. On February 15, 2024, corporate owner Paramount Global announced that the Noggin streaming service would be shutting down later that year, with the entire Noggin team being laid off. The platform was shut down on July 2, 2024, with billing stopped by May 30. Some of Noggin's programming was moved over to sister streaming service Paramount+ . In October 2024, the website (no longer owned by Paramount Global since September)

1200-464: A separate sister brand. Noggin's programming is distinct from the Nick Jr. channel's; it mainly carried preteen-oriented programs at its launch, and its 2015 streaming service features a variety of exclusive series. On October 1, 2012, the Nick Jr. Channel introduced NickMom , a four-hour nighttime block aimed at parents, which ran until September 28, 2015. While traditional advertising appeared on

1280-407: A series of hour-long specials. The first installment, Kids, Race and Unity: A Nick News Special premiered on June 29, 2020, and was hosted by R&B musician Alicia Keys . Since 2021, Nickelodeon has aired at least one live National Football League game a year, produced by corporate sibling CBS Sports and incorporating elements unique to Nickelodeon into the broadcast such as green slime in

1360-402: A sluggish magazine industry. A new version of the magazine was published by Papercutz from June 2015 to mid-2016. Nick Radio was a radio network that launched on September 30, 2013, in a partnership between both the network and iHeartMedia (then called Clear Channel Communications), which distributed the network mainly via its iHeartRadio web platform and mobile app . Its programming

1440-420: A variety of original made-for-TV movies, which usually premiere in weekend evening timeslots or on school holidays . Nickelodeon also periodically acquires theatrically released feature films for broadcast on the channel. The channel occasionally airs feature films produced by the network's Nickelodeon Movies film production division (whose films are distributed by sister company Paramount Pictures ). Although

1520-525: Is a production firm with two main locations (one in Burbank, California , and the other in New York City ). They serve as the animation facilities for many of the network's Nicktoons and Nick Jr. series. Nickelodeon Productions is a production studio in New York, that provides original sitcoms, animated shows and game-related programs for Nickelodeon. Despite this, the studio's logo is also seen at

1600-568: Is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States, down from its peak of 101 million households in 2011. The channel's name comes from the first five-cent movie theaters called nickelodeons . Its history dates back to December 1, 1977, when Warner Cable Communications launched the first 2-way interactive cable system, QUBE , in Columbus , Ohio . The C-3 cable channel carried Pinwheel daily from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and

1680-416: Is based on an automated "wheel" schedule that was introduced during the early years of MTV2 . A new loop starts at 6 a.m. Eastern Time , and is then repeated at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. Lyric videos are sometimes substituted due to content concerns with the artist's actual music video. The network launched on May 1, 2002 as MTV Hits , with its programming composed entirely of music videos. As with MTV Jams ,

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1760-412: Is the only way to ensure a home for its highly acclaimed shows, which are often passed over by networks in favor of more commercially successful fare." Meanwhile, Nickelodeon (part of MTV Networks ) planned its own educational channel called "Big Orange." When the two companies learned of each other's ideas, they partnered to create a channel together. The channel was named Noggin (a slang term for

1840-448: The "TV movie" versions of Nickelodeon's original series differ from traditional television films in that they have shorter running times (approximately 45 minutes, as opposed to 75–100 minute run times that most television movies have), and use a traditional multi-camera setup for regular episodes (unless the program is originally shot in the single-camera setup common of films) with some on-location filming. In 2002, Nickelodeon entered

1920-651: The English-language service, including the Spanish dub of Rugrats . A Portuguese version was released on November 21, 2015. On September 21, 2020, it was announced that versions of Noggin would launch in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Austria as an add-on to Amazon Prime Video . The UK version of Noggin replaced the More Milkshake! SVOD service, with the name transitioning over as

2000-418: The Noggin logo. Noggin shows were also occasionally seen on the main Nickelodeon channel. On June 6, 1999, Nickelodeon ran the first episode of Noggin's Phred on Your Head Show . On March 27, 2000, Nickelodeon introduced a half-hour block of Noggin shows that aired every weekday morning until June 2001. The block was originally titled "Noggins Up" and became "Noggin on Nickelodeon" during its second year on

2080-456: The Noggin website was changed to show a green Noggin logo, with green text at the bottom saying "Rebooting...", hinting at a possible but not yet confirmed revival of either the Noggin channel or the streaming service. Blocks based on Noggin have appeared on other channels. TV Land aired a one-night Noggin special on April 26, 1999. Spanning two hours, the special featured reruns of The Electric Company , along with animated shorts featuring

2160-634: The Power of Juju . Nick.com is Nickelodeon's main website , which launched in October 1995 as a component of America Online 's Kids Only channel before eventually moving to the full World Wide Web. It provides content, as well as video clips and full episodes of Nickelodeon series available for streaming. The website's popularity grew to the point where in March 1999, Nick.com became the highest rated website among children aged 6–14 years old. Nickelodeon used

2240-556: The TEENick block with The N , a former block on Noggin. Although TeenNick has more relaxed program standards than the other Nickelodeon channels (save for Nick at Nite and the NickMom block on Nick Jr.) – allowing for moderate profanity, suggestive dialogue and some violent content – the network has shifted its lineup almost exclusively towards current and former Nickelodeon series (including some that are burned off due to low ratings on

2320-446: The United States. The monthly events were hosted by trained YMCA leaders , who offered crafts and activities based on Noggin characters. Each meeting was themed around a different Noggin show. From October 2005 until late 2006, Noggin sponsored a music festival called "Jamarama Live", which toured the United States. The tour had performances from Laurie Berkner , a musician on Jack's Big Music Show . It also had appearances from

2400-545: The acquired series Hey Duggee and JoJo & Gran Gran . Noggin interstitials played during commercial breaks, and a purple screen bug reading "On Noggin" was shown toward the beginning of each show. Noggin held live events to promote its shows. At the 2001 North American Trade Show in Minnesota, Noggin presented a replica of the set from Oobi . In spring 2002, Noggin launched a live version of its Play with Me Sesame series, featuring mascot characters and music from

2480-625: The air. It showcased one tween-oriented program every weekday, including A Walk In Your Shoes and On the Team . The block attracted thousands of visitors to the Noggin.com site. Nickelodeon revived the block for a single day on April 7, 2003. Following the block's removal, premiere episodes of Noggin series were often simulcast on Nickelodeon and Noggin. The Noggin name was used for an otherwise unrelated programming block on Nick Jr. UK from May 2004 until September 2005. It ran for two hours every night and included reruns of older British television series for children. On January 30, 2006, Noggin

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2560-781: The ancestors of the Satcom series, the SES and AMC satellite constellations, still operate, Nickelodeon presently broadcasts on AMC-11 ). Originally commercial-free, advertising was introduced in January 1984. Programming seen on Nickelodeon includes animated series (such as SpongeBob SquarePants , The Loud House , Middlemost Post , The Patrick Star Show , Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years , The Smurfs , Rugrats and Monster High ), live-action, scripted series (such as Danger Force , Tyler Perry's Young Dylan and That Girl Lay Lay ), and original made-for-TV movies , while

2640-531: The animated series that aired on Nickelodeon were largely imported from foreign countries, with some original animated specials that were also featured on the channel up to that point. Though the Nicktoons branding has infrequently been used by the network itself since the 2002 launch of the channel of the same name , original animated series continue to make up a substantial portion of Nickelodeon's lineup. Roughly, six to seven hours of these programs are seen on

2720-623: The app will be discontinued. Nickelodeon Movies is a motion picture production unit that was founded in 1995, as a family entertainment arm of Paramount Pictures (owned by Nickelodeon's corporate parent, Paramount Global). The first film released from the studio was the 1996 mystery/comedy Harriet the Spy . Nickelodeon Movies has produced films based on Nickelodeon animated programs including The Rugrats Movie and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie , as well as other adaptations and original live-action and animated projects. Nickelodeon Magazine

2800-599: The block as "The N: The New Name for Nighttime on Noggin." It took several months for Noggin to choose the right name for the block; as reported by Kidscreen in 2002, they needed a name to "help distance and distinguish the tween programming from the preschool fare," but the legal department also required the block to maintain a relation to Noggin's main name. Noggin's preexisting tween-targeted shows—like A Walk in Your Shoes and Sponk! —only aired during The N from 2002 onward. Noggin produced several original series for

2880-521: The block, including the animated comedy O'Grady , the drama South of Nowhere , and the competition show Girls v. Boys . The N was also the U.S. broadcast home of the Canadian series Degrassi: The Next Generation . Noggin aimed to promote a variety of life skills through the shows on The N, including self-respect, constructive thinking, and tolerance of diversity. Like the rest of Noggin, The N's shows were created with educational goals, which

2960-532: The channel during the NickMom block, the network otherwise only runs programming promotions and underwriter-style sponsorships in lieu of regular commercials. Nicktoons is a pay television network that launched on May 1, 2002, as Nicktoons TV ; it was renamed Nicktoons in April 2003 and rebranded as Nicktoons Network in September 2005 before reverting to its previous name in September 2009. The network airs

3040-697: The channel mainly showed reruns from Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon's libraries. Noggin was originally aimed at pre-teens, since Noggin's creative team felt that this age group was "underserved when it comes to new, quality educational television." The Noggin channel was commercial-free and allowed teachers to tape its programs for use in the classroom. Noggin's original lineup included classic episodes of The Electric Company , 3-2-1 Contact , Cro , Square One Television , and Ghostwriter from Sesame Workshop's library. It also included series like Wild Side Show , Nick News , and Doug from Nickelodeon's library. From 2000 to 2002, Noggin aired reruns of

3120-630: The channel was labelled "Pinwheel" on remote controllers, as it was the only program broadcast. Initially scheduled for a February 1979 launch, Nickelodeon launched on April 1, 1979, initially distributed to Warner Cable systems via satellite on the RCA Satcom-1 transponder (the owner of the satellite, RCA Americom, later became GE Americom as a result of General Electric 's acquisition of RCA Americom 's parent company, RCA Corporation , before merging with Luxembourg -based Société Européenne des Satellites to form SES Global, now SES , which one of

3200-435: The day and relegated The N's content to a block at night, similar to The N's structure before it spun off from Noggin. According to Polygon , "Nickelodeon began phasing out The N's programming and replacing it with TEENick, an entertainment block with no educational curriculum and zero involvement from Noggin. The N lost its footing by 2009, and both [The N] and its website closed down completely." On March 5, 2015, Noggin

3280-597: The end of animated TV shows. Nickelodeon on Sunset was a studio complex in Hollywood, California which served as the primary production facility for Nickelodeon's series from 1997 until 2017; the studio is designated by the National Register for Historic Places as a historical landmark as a result of its prior existence as the Earl Carroll Theater, a prominent dinner theater . It served as

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3360-474: The end zone and SpongeBob SquarePants ' face superimposed on the netting of the goalposts. Nickelodeon also carries the weekly shoulder program NFL Slimetime during the season which includes similar graphics. Nickelodeon offered the first alternate broadcast of a Super Bowl in 2024 when it aired a SpongeBob SquarePants -themed simulcast of CBS' coverage. Nicktoons is the branding for Nickelodeon's original animated television series . Until 1991,

3440-656: The film division bears the Nickelodeon brand name, the channel does not have access to most of the movies produced by its film unit. The majority of the live-action feature films produced under the Nickelodeon Movies banner are licensed for broadcast by various free-to-air and pay television outlets within the United States other than Nickelodeon (although the network has aired a few live-action Nickelodeon Movies releases such as Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and Good Burger ). Nickelodeon also advertises hour-long episodes of its original series as movies; though

3520-506: The flagship brand for original animated series , launched as a standalone channel in 2002. Noggin , an interactive educational brand created in partnership with Sesame Workshop , existed as a channel from 1999 to 2009 and as a mobile streaming service from 2015 to 2024. Two blocks aimed at teenage audiences, Nickelodeon's TEENick and Noggin's The N , were merged to form the TeenNick channel in 2009. As of December 2023 , Nickelodeon

3600-431: The flagship channel) that have stricter content standards. It also airs some acquired sitcoms and drama series. NickMusic is a pay television network in the United States featuring music videos from arists appealing to Nickelodeon's target audience. It launched on the channel space formerly held by MTV Hits on September 9, 2016. Like its sibling music video -only networks BET Jams, BET Soul , and CMT Music , NickMusic

3680-507: The gaming and video streaming options on the website. Nickelodeon released a free mobile app for smartphones and tablet computers operating on the Apple and Android platforms in February 2013. Like Nick.com, a TV Everywhere login code provided by participating subscription providers is required to view individual episodes of the network's series. In December 2023, it was announced

3760-422: The honorees are flown to the chosen city and get to meet each other for the first time. Among the attendees are the honorees families and close friends. Many celebrities also attended. Among the celebrities that attended the previous screenings include Brad Kavanagh , Jerry Trainor , Nathalia Ramos , Jade Ramsey, Matt Shively , Mary J. Blige , Heidi Klum , Jason Derulo and Serena Williams . In previous years,

3840-606: The largest indoor theme park in the western hemisphere, unseating the Mall of America's Nickelodeon Universe which had the title from 2008 to 2019. On August 18, 2009, Nickelodeon and Southern Star Amusements announced that it would build a Nickelodeon Universe in New Orleans, Louisiana on the site of the former Six Flags New Orleans by the end of 2010, which was set to be the first outdoor Nickelodeon Universe theme park. On November 9, 2009, Nickelodeon announced that it had ended

3920-550: The licensing agreement with Southern Star Amusements. Current attractions Closed areas Between 1993 and 1995, Nickelodeon opened international channels in the United Kingdom , Australia , and Germany ; by the later year, the network had provided its programming to broadcasters in 70 countries. Since the mid-1990s and early 2000s, Nickelodeon as a brand has expanded into include language- or culture-specific channels for various other territories in different parts of

4000-403: The logo. The goal was to make the logo "look unlike any other network" and inspire kids' creativity. In 2019, the original Noggin face logo was retired for the first time in 20 years; it was replaced with a lowercase noggin wordmark written in purple. The first service established under Noggin was a cable TV channel. It operated from February 2, 1999, until September 28, 2009. When it started,

4080-449: The network started off when THQ published their Ren & Stimpy game for Nintendo consoles in 1992, followed by a full-fledged console deal in 1998 with several Rugrats titles, and expanded in 2001, when THQ acquired some of the assets from Mattel Interactive , namely the computer publishing rights, and all video game rights to The Wild Thornberrys . Nickelodeon also worked, alongside THQ on an original game concept, Tak and

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4160-516: The network was named for a daily program on MTV; in this case, MTV Hits , which was that network's main pop music video program. The network composed of current hit music videos, along with a few older videos from earlier in the year, as well as a few from the late 1990s. As both MTV Hits and NickMusic, the network has maintained a commercial-free format, other than internal promotions for Nickelodeon or MTV and MTV-branded properties. The network has no individual or original programs; TeenNick Top 10 ,

4240-429: The network's daytime schedule is dedicated to shows targeting preschoolers (such as Bubble Guppies , PAW Patrol , and Blue's Clues & You! ). A re-occurring program was bi-monthly special editions of Nick News with Linda Ellerbee , a news magazine series aimed at children that debuted in 1992 as a weekly series and ended in 2015. In June 2020, Nickelodeon announced that they would bring back Nick News in

4320-504: The park was themed as "Camp Snoopy" and "The Park at MoA." The theme park contains a variety of Nickelodeon-themed rides, including: SpongeBob SquarePants: Rock Bottom Plunge , Fairly Odd Coaster , and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shell Shock . Nickelodeon and Triple Five Group opened a second Nickelodeon Universe theme park in the American Dream Meadowlands complex on October 25, 2019. Upon opening, it became

4400-665: The premiere was held in New York City, Los Angeles and in Washington DC. For the 3rd Annual HALO Awards, in October 2011, Nickelodeon announced that the HALO Awards would air on Nick at Nite on November 6, 2011. It was filmed a few days earlier at the Hollywood Palladium . The HALO Effect was a spinoff TV series that aired on Nickelodeon in January 2016 and was hosted by Sydney Park. The concept of

4480-463: The production facilities for several Nickelodeon series. Nickelodeon Games (formerly Nick Games from 2002 to 2009, from 1997 to 2002, Nickelodeon Software , and from 1993 to 1997, Nickelodeon Interactive ) is the video gaming division of Nickelodeon. It was originally a part of Viacom Consumer Products, with early games being published by Viacom New Media . They started a long-standing relationship with game publisher THQ . THQ's relationship with

4560-400: The question, explaining their favorite topics that "spark" their imaginations. Noggin's logo was featured in a large amount of original shorts and animations that ran between shows on the channel. In its early years, Noggin's creative team hired "sick and twisted" independent animators to create station ID commercials, hoping that they could each bring their own personal design elements to

4640-437: The same logo: the bottom half of a smiling cartoon face. The logo's upper half featured different icons that represented topics the head was "thinking of" (such as a beaker to reflect science, or flowers to reflect springtime). Hundreds of different "toppers" were designed for the logo. For its first few years, Noggin often captioned its logo with the slogan "What sparks you?" It also aired videos of kids and teens responding to

4720-716: The science show Bill Nye the Science Guy . Bill Nye also starred in brand-new segments made specially for Noggin, where he played the role of Noggin's "head sparkologist" and tried to find out what topics sparked viewers' imaginations. Noggin's first original show was Phred on Your Head Show , which featured an animated host named Phred. A second original series, A Walk in Your Shoes , premiered in October 1999. Each episode of A Walk in Your Shoes followed two different people "switching lives" to better understand each other's cultures. In 2000, Noggin introduced three series of shorts that aired during program breaks: Me in

4800-479: The script and features today’s biggest celebrities giving out the awards instead of receiving them,” said Marjorie Cohn, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Development of Nickelodeon . It profiled five teens who were usually seniors in high school or have just started college, that sacrificed themselves to better the lives of others. Each teen is presented with usually $ 10,000 to further their education, another sum for their own charity or in cases where

4880-587: The service introduced a half-hour educational show called Noggin Knows and a series of shorts called The Noggins , which featured new teal-colored mascots called Noggins. The Noggin streaming service would expand into international markets, starting with the rollout of a Spanish-language version that launched in Latin America in November 2015. This version included some shows that were not available on

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4960-464: The show revolved around having an episode dedicated to a teen doing good in their community. Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (occasionally shortened to Nick ) is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through Paramount Media Networks ' subdivision, Nickelodeon Group . Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children , the channel is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 to 17, along with

5040-598: The show. In May 2002, the Jillian's restaurant chain offered "Noggin Play Days" each Wednesday afternoon, where attendees could watch a live feed of Noggin with themed activities and meals. In March 2004, Noggin partnered with GGP shopping malls to host a free arts-and-crafts program called Club Noggin. It debuted at five malls in April of the same year. Attendance at the first few events exceeded expectations, leading GGP to bring Club Noggin to over 100 malls across

5120-422: The teen does not have their own charity , they have the option of giving it to the charity of their choice. On top of that, they get to spend time with a celebrity who shares their passion. Also they work together to help others with their passion. There was a special screening premiere of the HALO Awards that was held a few days before the national premiere of that years awards. It is an invitation only event. All

5200-417: The website in conjunction with television programs which increased traffic. In 2001, Nickelodeon partnered with Networks Inc. to provide broadband video games for rent from Nick.com; the move was a further step in the multimedia direction that the developers wanted to take the website. Skagerlind indicated that over 50% of Nick.com's audience were using a high speed connection , which allowed them to expand

5280-428: The website's first games was the "Noggimation Station," which taught visitors about the animation process and allowed them to design their own animations, some of which were chosen to air on TV. Another website, called MyNoggin.com, was launched in October 2007. It was a subscription-based site that offered educational games and allowed parents to track their child's progress in different subjects. On October 6, 2024,

5360-500: The weekday schedule, and around nine hours on weekends, including a dedicated weekend morning animation block . In 2006, the channel struck a deal with DreamWorks Animation to develop the studio's animated films into television series (such as The Penguins of Madagascar ). Since the early 2010s, Nickelodeon Animation Studio has also produced series based on preexisting IP purchased by Paramount, such as Winx Club and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . Nickelodeon has produced

5440-1013: The world including Europe, Asia, Oceania , and Canada, and has licensed some of its cartoons and other content, in English and local languages, to free-to-air networks and subscription channels such as KI.KA and Super RTL in Germany, RTÉ Two (English language) and TG4 (Irish language) in Ireland, YTV (in English) and Vrak.TV (in French) in Canada, Canal J in France, Alpha Kids in Greece, CNBC-e in Turkey and Network 10's localised version of Nickelodeon in Australia . Noggin (brand) Noggin

5520-562: Was a print magazine that was launched in 1993; the channel had previously published a short-lived magazine effort in 1990. Nickelodeon Magazine incorporated informative non-fiction pieces, humor (including pranks and parodical pieces), interviews, recipes (such as green slime cake), and a comic book section in the center of each issue featuring original comics by leading underground cartoonists as well as strips about popular Nicktoons. It ceased publication after 16 years in December 2009, citing

5600-558: Was active until 2024. The website features games, blogs, printables, and fact sheets. The website was integrated into many of Noggin's earlier shows, like Sponk! and The URL with Phred Show , which featured viewer-submitted questions and artwork from Noggin.com. Throughout 2000, Bill Nye of Bill Nye the Science Guy answered questions asked by Noggin.com users between airings of his show. In 2001, Noggin launched "Chattervision", which allowed viewers to comment on different shows online and see their conversations appear live on TV. One of

5680-615: Was also streamed via the Nick.com website and on New York City radio station WHTZ as a secondary HD channel. Nick Radio focused on Top 40 and pop music (geared towards the network's target audience of children, with radio edits of some songs incorporated due to inappropriate content), along with celebrity interview features. In addition to regular on-air DJs , Nick Radio also occasionally featured guest DJ stints by popular artists as well as stars from Nickelodeon's original series. Nick Radio shut down without warning on July 31, 2019, and

5760-452: Was an American edutainment brand that launched on February 2, 1999. It was co-founded by MTV Networks (owners of Nickelodeon ) and Sesame Workshop . It started out as a cable television channel and a website, both centered around the concepts of imagination, creativity, and education. From 2015 to 2024, Noggin was a streaming service . In Noggin's first three years, it was mainly aimed at pre-teens and teenagers. One of Noggin's goals

5840-524: Was dormant until 2015, when it was announced that Noggin would relaunch as a streaming service. The service launched on March 5, 2015. In 2020, the Noggin streaming service started producing its own exclusive shows. Noggin's creation dates back to 1995, when Sesame Workshop (then known as the Children's Television Workshop) planned to start an educational cable channel called "New Kid City." The Los Angeles Times reported that "launching its own channel

5920-453: Was given a new name, " The N ," to distinguish itself from the preschool block. The shows that made up Noggin's original older-skewing lineup aired exclusively during The N from 2002 onward. Sesame Workshop eventually sold its stake in Noggin to Viacom in August 2002 but continued to co-produce shows for Noggin until 2009. The original Noggin channel closed on September 28, 2009, and the brand

6000-580: Was launched as a block on TMF in the United Kingdom, this time in the style of the US Noggin. It ran every weekday from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Noggin continued for a short time on TMF's successor, VIVA , until March 2010. From May 2021 to March 2022, the Nick Jr. Channel aired an hour-long block of programming from the Noggin streaming service every Friday. The block, titled "Noggin Hour," featured shows such as Noggin Knows and Kinderwood , as well as

6080-403: Was relaunched as a mobile streaming service. From 2015 to 2020, it included older shows from Noggin's time as a cable channel. In 2020, Noggin started to make new shows for the service. These included an exercise show called Yoga Friends and a cooking show called School of Yum . Kinderwood , an animated series about five classmates at a magical school, premiered on Noggin in 2020. In 2021,

6160-459: Was replaced by Hit Nation Junior, likely due to the network's general failure to establish any sustained "triple threat" artists/actors throughout the 2010s, along with the general failure of the children's-only radio format in the streaming age. Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America is the first indoor Nickelodeon theme park in the United States. Before being re-themed to Nickelodeon in 2007,

6240-400: Was to disprove the idea "that educational programming is not entertaining enough to attract pre-teens and young adults." It only aired preschool shows in the morning and devoted the rest of its schedule to tween and teen shows. In April 2002, Noggin extended its preschool block to last for 12 hours, airing from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, and the teen block ran from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The teen block

6320-468: Was uncommon for teen programming at the time. The block was managed by the same team that made Noggin's preschool shows. The team considered it a challenge to focus on both preschoolers and an older audience, but because both focused on educational shows with valuable life lessons, they felt Noggin and The N had a "unified brand identity." From 2007 to 2009, the block was moved from Noggin to a new channel . The channel carried TEENick programming throughout

6400-434: Was updated with the return of the 1999 logo and a message saying "Rebooting…". Throughout its history, Noggin has featured unique cartoon characters who act as the hosts and mascots of the brand. During Noggin's time as a cable channel, these mascots often appeared during program breaks to introduce shows. Noggin has had the following mascots: The Noggin channel launched along with an interactive website, Noggin.com, which

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