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62-527: Wonder Pets! is an American animated musical children's television series produced by Little Airplane Productions . The series follows a trio of classroom pets—Linny the Guinea Pig, Turtle Tuck, and Ming-Ming Duckling—who use teamwork to help animals in need. Most of the characters' dialogue is sung in the style of a sung-through musical . Each episode is set to original music by a 10-member live orchestra. Josh Selig and Jennifer Oxley developed

124-531: A 2 p.m. sign off time. On July 5, 2023  ( 2023-07-05 ) , the Nick Jr. block was rebranded to include a refreshed splat logo and used the Nickelodeon name in the refreshed bumpers, as well as refreshed curriculum boards, while the Nick Jr. channel eventually adopted the full rebrand on September 4. From 2000 to 2002 and from 2004 to 2006, Nick Jr. programs and interstitial segments appeared as

186-405: A Nickelodeon screen bug. When aired on the Nick Jr. channel, commercials for programs broadcast on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block usually end with "Over on Nick" or "Over on Nickelodeon" to differentiate the titles. On the same day, the Nick Jr. block also began to use Nickelodeon's on-screen credits to include more commercials (now 12 minutes per hour). On June 10, 2015  ( 2015-06-10 ) ,

248-591: A Saturday morning block on CBS entitled Nick Jr. on CBS . From 2002 to 2004, it was part of the general Nick on CBS block, which also included programming from the main Nickelodeon channel. It ended after Viacom and CBS Corporation were separated at the start at 2006 (but re-merged in later years) and was replaced by the KOL Secret Slumber Party block on September 16, 2006. Spanish-language US network Telemundo has aired Blue's Clues (Spanish Pistas De Blue ) (from 1998 to 2000, as part of

310-524: A box filled with fabric scraps and jump back out wearing different outfits, often alluding to the area of the world they will be visiting. They make a quick joke and jump back into the box, emerging again wearing superhero capes. Once dressed, they assemble a flying vehicle called the Flyboat. In some episodes, the Wonder Pets opt for a different mode of transportation by adjusting the Flyboat. Usually,

372-518: A child-friendly show, shifted its target group to ages 12 and up, resulting in a darker and more mature storyline. Animated film theatrical series include all early animated series: Animated Weekly (1913), The Newlyweds (1913 — 1915), Travelaughs (1913, 1915 — 1918, 1921 — 1923), Doc Yak (1913 — 1915), Colonel Heeza Liar (1913 — 1917, 1922 — 1924), Kapten Grogg  [ sv ] (1916 — 1922), Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (1917 — 1918),

434-407: A cross-promotion. Nick Jr. continued to air Tweenies from July to September 25. On August 29, 2003, the original Face interstitials ended their almost 9-year run. On September 1, 2003  ( 2003-09-01 ) , Nick Jr. received a rebrand that introduced more than a dozen new logos; British program Rubbadubbers premiered the next day. A new interstitial series called Nick Jr. Play Along

496-560: A greater appeal towards parents. In the spring of 2002, Nick Jr. altered the format of its commercial breaks, resulting in the removal of older network IDs dating back to 1994. Beginning on January 10, 2003, Dora the Explorer and Blue's Clues were placed in Nick Jr.'s "Play Along Time" sub-block. On April 7, the day that sister network Noggin rebranded and introduced Moose and Zee , Nick Jr. aired some of Noggin's new original series ( Oobi , Tweenies , and Miffy and Friends ) as

558-528: A line of official Wonder Pets! toys in the United States. Toys include the Flyboat, figurine playsets, and plush animals. These figurine playsets have each Wonder Pet saving a different baby animal. These include Linny saving a baby penguin, Tuck saving a baby bluebird, and Ming-Ming rescuing a kitten. In addition, there is a whale playset for the tub. Animated television series Animated television series are presented daily or on certain days of

620-598: A local station of a television network broadcasts an animated series as a part of its own programming, the time-slot will vary by region. All early animated television series, the first being Crusader Rabbit (1950 — 1959), are comic cartoon series. However, later series include sports ( Speed Racer , Captain Tsubasa , Slam Dunk ), action ( Hajime no Ippo , G.I. Joe ), science fiction ( Mobile Suit Gundam , Tenchi Muyo ), drama ( Neon Genesis Evangelion ), adventure ( Dragon Ball ), martial arts ( Baki

682-519: A new team of Wonder Pets and will take place in New York City . Selig and Little Airplane will not be involved in the revival due to the latter being shut down by parent company Studio 100 in 2023. The series centers on three pets living in a preschool. Each episode (two separate eleven-minute segments or a single twenty-two-minute episode) follows a similar structure, with many hallmarks and repeated elements. As each episode begins, children and

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744-409: A self-imposed limit of five minutes of commercials per hour. On April 4, 1994, the "Jim Henson's Muppet Hour" sub-block was created by pairing Muppet Babies reruns with the new acquisition The Muppet Show . Due to Nick Jr.'s declining ratings as well as competition from PBS ' children's programs and TLC 's Ready Set Learn block, Nickelodeon spent $ 30 million revamping the Nick Jr. block over

806-572: A series of occasional airings on the block from October 21, 1996, to February 1997. On March 16, 1998, the "nickjr.com" website was launched. Later that year, Nick Jr. rebranded again and introduced the "Just for Me" slogan. A sign-on and sign-off bumper featuring the "Just for Me" slogan was used on Nick Jr. video releases from 2000–04. In the first quarter of 1999, Nick Jr. premiered three new series based on books, Franklin on January 11, and Kipper and Maisy in February, which helped increase

868-460: A set time period in "segments", including several such shorts. When advertising is taken into account, the cartoon itself may be only 15 — 20 minutes of the half hour, although Netflix and many other streaming companies do not show commercials. There are also series with a very short episodes lasting approximately five minutes; they have recently become more common in Japanese animation . If

930-406: A teacher are heard from off-screen, leaving school. They say goodbye to the classroom pets . The classroom is always decorated with student artwork and other items related to a given episode's particular storyline, featured animal, or geographic location. Once the classroom is empty, a pencil holder rattles to create the ringing of a phone. One by one, the classroom pets notice the ringing phone. As

992-490: A theme song with the slogan sung to the melody of London Bridge , and interstitials were created featuring Cappelli & Company host Frank Cappelli on the set. Nick Jr. also started using a female announcer (who was replaced by a different one in 1995, 1998 and 2003) in its promos and bumpers. Nick Jr. began to invest more into producing original interstitial series (including 1994's Muppet Time , forty two-minute shorts from The Jim Henson Company ) in order to stay within

1054-641: Is always the first one to get back in her cage, Tuck is the second, and Linny is the last. A musical riff relating to the episode's rescue is played as Linny takes a bite out of the celery in her cage and winks at the camera. Other pets have winked at the camera including Tuck in Save the Rhino, Ming-Ming in Back to Kalamazoo and "In The Land of Oz!" and Ollie in "Ollie to the Rescue!" and "The Amazing Ollie!". Another episode or

1116-403: Is an American morning programming block that airs on Nickelodeon every weekday. It was launched on January 4, 1988. Nick Jr. features a lineup of shows aimed at children aged 2 through 8. In 2009, Nickelodeon launched a separate channel named after the Nick Jr. block as a replacement for the original Noggin cable channel. The channel is known on air as the " Nick Jr. Channel " to differentiate

1178-825: The Tom and Jerry cartoon short films released in movie theatres from 1940 to 1967, and many others. Direct-to-video animated series include most Japanese original video animations (OVAs). The first OVA series (and also the first overall OVA) was Dallos (1983 — 1985). Almost all hentai (pornographic) anime series are released as OVAs. Animated web series are designed and produced for streaming services . Examples include Happy Tree Friends (1999 — 2023) and Eddsworld (2003 — present). They can also be released on YouTube , such as Asdfmovie , which debuted in 2008. Nick Jr. (block) Nick Jr. (sometimes disambiguated as Nick Jr. on Nickelodeon or Nick Jr. on Nick , and sometimes referred to as Nick, Jr. )

1240-587: The Nickelodeon en Telemundo block) and Dora the Explorer (Spanish Dora la Exploradora ) (from 2005 to 2006, as part of the Telemundo Kids block) in Spanish. On April 5, 2008, competing Spanish network Univision added Spanish-dubbed versions of Dora the Explorer and its spin-off Go, Diego, Go! to their Saturday morning Planeta U line-up. A Spanish-dubbed version of The Backyardigans

1302-543: The Play Along interstitials aside from a re-edited block opening in February 2004. On October 8, 2004, the new Face interstitials ended their 1-year run alongside most of Nick Jr.'s older interstitial series. On October 11, 2004  ( 2004-10-11 ) , Nick Jr. received another rebrand containing interstitials co-produced with Little Airplane Productions featuring the block's new mascot Piper O'Possum (voiced by Ali Brustofski and created by Josh Selig ), and

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1364-674: The Play Date branding was replaced with a modified version of the Nick Jr. channel's new branding known as Weekday Mornings on Nick: The Smart Place to Play . Despite Nickelodeon displaying its shows' credits during the last 30 seconds before it since 2012, the branding retained the split-screen credits for Nick Jr. shows airing on the block until May 2, 2014  ( 2014-05-02 ) . On May 5, 2014  ( 2014-05-05 ) , Weekday Mornings on Nick: The Smart Place to Play rebranded back to Nick Jr. and began calling itself "Nick Jr. on Nickelodeon" or "Nick Jr. on Nick" while still using

1426-478: The 1990s, more mature content than those of traditional cartoon series began to appear more widely, extending beyond a primary audience of children. These cartoon series included The Simpsons , South Park , Family Guy , Futurama , The Ren & Stimpy Show , Rocko's Modern Life , Beavis and Butt-Head , King of the Hill , and Duckman . Canadian computer-animated series ReBoot , which began as

1488-583: The 2012 New Year edition of The '90s Are All That , TeenNick 's former 1990s-oriented late-night block. Face's appearances consisted of out-of-context clips that make him appear to be drunk or making adult comments (e.g.: "Yeah, grow a pair!"). In October 2015 for the Halloween/Nick or Treat season, the "Face the Monster" bumper would play on the block as a transition of introducing episodes of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters . The same bumper would be used on

1550-664: The Canadian animation studio Nelvana ). On September 8, 1996  ( 1996-09-08 ) , the first episode of Blue's Clues premiered in primetime on Nick at Nite , then aired on Nick Jr. the next day. Nick Jr. also received a new rebrand produced by Pittard Sullivan. Blue's Clues quickly deposed Gullah Gullah Island as Nick Jr.'s most popular series. Rugrats was pushed out of Nick Jr.'s lineup after May 2, 1997, to make room for second showings of Little Bear and Blue's Clues . The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss replaced Papa Beaver's Storytime on October 7, 1997, after

1612-688: The DVDs and books, the show's self-titled track, Wonder Pets! , was released on April 10, 2007. The soundtrack features songs from the show itself, including the main self-titled theme song. All songs are performed by the Wonder Pets unless otherwise noted. Source: The Wonder Pets! Save the Animals! is a video game released on October 27, 2008 in North America exclusively for the Nintendo DS . In March 2008, Fisher-Price began distributing

1674-511: The Explorer on August 14, which became one of Nick Jr.'s most successful series. The US dub of Bob the Builder premiered on Nickelodeon on January 13, 2001, before airing on Nick Jr. two days later. Oswald premiered on August 20. On September 24, 2001  ( 2001-09-24 ) , Nick Jr. received a new rebrand produced by AdamsMorioka (who had previously rebranded Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite ) and Editional Effects, intended to have

1736-459: The Grappler ), and other genres. The first animated sitcom was The Flintstones (1960 — 1966), produced by Hanna-Barbera . It was followed by other sitcoms of this studio: Top Cat (1961 — 1962), Jonny Quest (1964 — 1965), The Jetsons (1962 — 1963, 1985, 1987) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972 — 1974), an adult-oriented animated series in

1798-438: The Guinea Pig." The shorts focused on a silent guinea pig who left her classroom to go on fantastic adventures, each set to classical music. Jennifer Oxley , who had joined Little Airplane as an animator, signed on as the director of the two shorts. Josh Selig and Jennifer Oxley first screened the shorts at the wrap party for Oobi ' s second season. The shorts eventually caught the attention of Nickelodeon , who picked up

1860-525: The Little Koala , Noozles , Maya the Bee , and The Littl' Bits ). On April 5, 1993  ( 1993-04-05 ) , Nick Jr. premiered a new series, Cappelli & Company , and received a new rebrand which prominently featured a new logo consisting of an orange parent and a blue child, and the slogan Grow, Learn, and Play . Several Nick Jr. bumpers featured kids playing near a Nick Jr. logo and

1922-466: The Nick Jr. block on Nickelodeon. On that same day, the series started airing on Noggin as well. It ran for three seasons and 62 episodes. The final episode aired on October 17, 2016. The first two seasons and majority of season 3 aired on Nickelodeon , while the last 9 episodes only aired on the separate Nick Jr. Channel . An upcoming revival series Wonder Pets: In The City will be released on Apple TV+ on December 13, 2024. The series will center on

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1984-562: The Nick Jr. logo in the form of two stop-motion plushies. From September 10, 2007 to early February 2008, Nick Jr.'s Play Date retained the Nick Jr. on-screen bugs from early 2006, only with the Play Date branding in place. Starting in February 2008, the on-screen bugs were changed to match the branding. This marked the first time that Nick Jr. had no mascot since 1994. Starting on February 25, 2008  ( 2008-02-25 ) , Nick Jr. began its broadcast at 8:30 am. After January 30, 2009,

2046-439: The Nick Jr. plush bumpers from the previous branding. From February 2 to June 26 of that same year, Nickelodeon’s Play Date retained the Nick Jr. split-screen credits from the previous branding, only with the Nickelodeon splat logo in place. Starting on June 29 of that year, the split-screen credits were changed to match the branding. On September 28 of that year, the Nick Jr. channel was launched, replacing Noggin . That same day,

2108-433: The Nick Jr. website was fully redesigned to match up with the Nick Jr. app. On May 21, 2018  ( 2018-05-21 ) , the Nick Jr. block rebranded with new bumpers and curriculum boards. Starting in the fall of 2020, Nick Jr. began its broadcast at 7:00 am once again for the first time since 2010. As of fall 2022, the Nick Jr. block has been extended to sign off at 3:00 pm, but by January 2, 2023, it reverted to having

2170-535: The amount of commercials it aired. Dora the Explorer spin-off Go, Diego, Go! premiered in 2005, whilst Wonder Pets! and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! debuted the following year. On November 10, 2006, the SpongeBob SquarePants "Best Day Ever" marathon on Nickelodeon pre-empted the Nick Jr. block. On August 20, 2007  ( 2007-08-20 ) , Yo Gabba Gabba! debuted, and was the only Nick Jr. series to premiere that year ( Ni Hao, Kai-Lan

2232-420: The block became simply known as Nick's Play Date or just Play Date . Starting in the summer of 2010, Nick's Play Date began its broadcast at 7:00 am. In 2011, Nick's Play Date received a new rebrand featuring characters from the block's shows. That same year, Nick’s Play Date stopped using the branding’s split-screen credits, and started using Nickelodeon’s split-screen credits design. The following year,

2294-465: The block stopped using the Nick Jr. brand name for the time being (in order to avoid confusion with the then-upcoming channel of the same name ). As a result, the Play Date interstitials ended their 1.5-year run. On February 2, 2009  ( 2009-02-02 ) , the Nick Jr. block rebranded as Nickelodeon's Play Date . NickJr.com continued to use the Nick Jr. brand name to categorize all of Nickelodeon's preschool programming. The block's new branding

2356-522: The block's logo in different shapes and styles. At launch, the block aired from 8:30 am – 2:30 pm. On weekends, preschool programs aired at earlier hours of the day, and in the case of Eureeka's Castle went unbranded. Until June 29, 1990, Pinwheel was featured, originally for three hours (two in the morning and one at noon), then for one hour starting in spring 1989. When Nick Jr.'s original series Eureeka's Castle premiered in September, Pinwheel

2418-543: The block's ratings. Later in 1999, Little Bill premiered on November 28; the series' first episodes premiered on Nickelodeon Sunday nights before airing on Nick Jr. the next day. Nick Jr. briefly aired reruns of Shining Time Station beginning June 5, 2000 ( Maggie and the Ferocious Beast premiered on the same day) to promote the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad , before replacing it with Dora

2480-447: The block. Nick Jr. also introduced Face, an animated mascot that introduced shows and interstitials and led into commercial breaks. In the context of his segments, Face was capable of materializing objects such as an astronaut, a robot, a clown, a window, a traffic light, stars, and even wood. He was also capable of creating a number of Foley sound effects and voices including an iconic signature three-note trumpet noise usually following

2542-515: The end credits then begin. The series debuted on March 3, 2006, on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block. Wonder Pets! was produced by Little Airplane Productions . Before Wonder Pets! started, Little Airplane had only produced live-action works, like Oobi and a short film titled The Time-Out Chair . After Oobi became a breakout success for the studio, its co-founder Josh Selig expressed interest in producing another television show. Little Airplane produced two animated shorts called "Linny

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2604-414: The former name was too long. Many former crew members of Oobi moved onto the show, including writers Christine Nee and Sascha Paladino and composers Larry Hochman and Jeffrey Lesser . The animation style used to create Wonder Pets! is called "photo-puppetry," and was created for the series to allow animators to manipulate photographs of real animals. It also uses drawn objects (not characters), so

2666-442: The idea for Wonder Pets! while working on their previous show, Oobi . The series started out with two animated shorts called "Linny the Guinea Pig", which acted as pilot episodes. To animate them, Oxley created a style of animation called "photo-puppetry" that uses photos of real objects and moves them using Adobe After Effects . The shorts featured Linny going on adventures set to classical music. In 2003, Little Airplane screened

2728-419: The name "Nick Jr." at the end of almost every bumper. Also, he changed colors, moods, and feelings. Face was voiced by Chris Phillips , who also narrated several Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. promos. In 1995, Nick Jr. acquired broadcast rights to The Busy World of Richard Scarry from sister network Showtime , and later premiered Rupert on September 11 and Little Bear on November 6 (both were produced by

2790-494: The new slogan "Love to Play!". Nick Jr.'s female announcer was replaced with Kobie Powell and Chris Phillips. Nick Jr. used its new on-screen bug to promote its website until March 3, 2006  ( 2006-03-03 ) . LazyTown , Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends , Blue's Room , and The Backyardigans (the latter of which premiering alongside the rebrand) premiered on Nick Jr. in 2004. Between 2004 and 2007, Nick Jr. reduced its reliance on interstitial series and increased

2852-613: The next three years. On June 13, older-skewing Nickelodeon series Rugrats , The Alvin Show , Dennis the Menace , and Lassie joined Nick Jr.'s lineup, as the block's branding was temporarily de-emphasized in favor of regular Nickelodeon branding until October 21. On October 24, 1994  ( 1994-10-24 ) , the Nick Jr. block returned with new on-air branding and premiered two new original series, Gullah Gullah Island and Allegra's Window , resulting in 50% rating gains for

2914-411: The pets encounter an obstacle before leaving the classroom. The solution is invariably similar to the action they will need to take to save the animal in trouble. When saving the animal, the Wonder Pets always fail on the first few attempts. The danger escalates, prompting Ming-Ming to sing, "This is sewious!" Suddenly, the Wonder Pets remember how they solved the problem in the classroom and realize that

2976-407: The phone rings, they put on their accessories (a hat for Linny, shoes and a sailor's cap for Tuck, and an aviator hat for Ming-Ming) and make their way towards the phone while singing their opening verses. The Wonder Pets answer the phone and find that an animal is in trouble somewhere. Linny, the Guinea Pig, explains the situation to the other two: Tuck Turtle and Ming-Ming Duckling. They all jump into

3038-486: The premiere of the Spanish program The World of David the Gnome . A new rebrand for the block that abbreviated its name to Nick Jr. was gradually rolled out from September 5, 1988 to summer 1989. Nick Jr.'s new logo was orange for 'Nick' and blue for 'Jr.', and it varied in the shape or species (e.g.: two gears, trains, robots, planets, insects, comets, or elephants). Like with Nickelodeon, Nick Jr.'s network IDs featured

3100-417: The region to which the pets are traveling during the episode. Completing each episode took thirty-three weeks from script to final delivery. Wonder Pets! premiered on Nickelodeon airing on March 3, 2006, as well as Noggin on the same day. Pam Gelman of Common Sense Media gave the show four stars out of five, describing as "kid-friendly mini-operas about teamwork and more." Source: In addition to

3162-490: The rescue has a similar solution. They have to work together to achieve the rescue. Once the animal is saved, its parent or other relative appears to give grateful thanks to the Wonder Pets. The pets celebrate with a celery snack. The rescued animal's parent sometimes adds a bit of regional food or insists on a regional preparation. The pets fly back to the school and return to their cages as their hats and capes come off. The Flyboat automatically disassembles upon landing. Ming-Ming

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3224-564: The shorts at the wrap party for Oobi ' s second season. The shorts caught the attention of Nickelodeon , who picked up the shorts to air in between shows on the Nick Jr. block. The two original shorts were aired throughout 2003 and 2004. For the full-length series, the characters of Tuck and Ming-Ming were added to form a team of hero pets. Tuck was created using photos of Jennifer Oxley's own pet turtle (a red-eared slider ). The first long-form episode debuted on March 3, 2006, as part of

3286-415: The shorts to air in-between shows and eventually commissioned a full season of 20 long-form episodes. Tuck and Ming-Ming were added to the cast to form a team of superhero pets, and the characters were given voices; the dialogue-free nature of the original shorts did not translate well to half-hour episodes. At first, the show was called The Super Singing Power Pets! , but it was renamed Wonder Pets! because

3348-995: The style of All in the Family . The Alvin Show from Ross Bagdasarian Sr. and Beany and Cecil from Bob Clampett are also sitcoms. The 1980s and 1990s were a renaissance of the animated children and adult television series. Various broadcast networks and media companies began creating television channels and formats designed specifically for airing cartoon and anime series. Companies that already had these types of formats in place began to revamp their existing models during this time. Most of this animations were American-based or Japanese anime. Listed below are examples of television networks and channels that include animated programs. American British Japanese Canadian Australian Examples of animation-focused networks and channels are listed below; but some of them aired live-action programs occasionally. American South Korean Canadian Japanese During

3410-420: The total presentation could be considered animated mixed-media. Jennifer Oxley considers this technique her own invention and first used it to create lifelike transitions for Little Airplane's previous works. A good deal of the dialog is sung, so the show has been likened to operetta or singspiel . A 10-member live orchestra performs each episode, sometimes including other instrumentalists skilled in music from

3472-481: The two services. Since its launch on April 1, 1979, and throughout the 1980s, Nickelodeon aired programs for preschoolers (most prominently Pinwheel and Today's Special ) on weekdays from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm and weekend mornings. After Nickelodeon's preschool block premiered a slew of new shows in 1987, it began using the Nick Junior branding on January 4, 1988  ( 1988-01-04 ) , coinciding with

3534-430: The week during a prescribed time slot , including for example saturday-morning cartoons , prime time cartoons , late night anime , and weekday cartoons ; series broadcast only on weekends. The duration of an episode also varies. Traditionally, they are produced as complete half-hour or nearly half-hour programs; however, many are presented as animated shorts of 10 — 11 minutes, which can be combined for filling

3596-404: Was designed by Melinda Beck, and many bumpers featured drawings, finger puppets or cupcakes. The bumpers' music was a choir of kids vocalizing, and Nicolette Pierini was the announcer of each bumper. With this new branding, the Nick Jr. graphic bugs were replaced with the bug used for regular Nickelodeon programming. Despite now being known as Nickelodeon's Play Date , some bumpers still contained

3658-561: Was introduced, hosted by two live-action hosts: Robin (played by actress Hillary Hawkins ) and Zack (played by actor Travis Guba ). Along with Robin and Zack were two sock puppets called the Feetbeats. Face was given a brand new look which added eyebrows and a chin and straightened his eyes by inverting their colors from white dots on black eyes to actual-looking eyes, and was voiced by Nick on CBS announcer Babi Floyd. The new Face promos were produced by Vee-Pee Cartoons. Nick Jr. removed

3720-426: Was later added to the lineup on January 8, 2011. For a brief time in summer 2010, Tr3s , a sister network to Nickelodeon , aired a daily block of Spanish-dubbed Nick Jr. programs under the name Tr3s Jr. to meet E/I requirements for its broadcast affiliates. Shows like Pistas de Blue (the Spanish version of Blue's Clues ) and Wonder Pets! were featured in the block. The 1990s Face made an appearance during

3782-523: Was set to premiere in late-2007, but was later delayed to premiere on February 7, 2008  ( 2008-02-07 ) ). On September 7, 2007, the Piper O'Possum interstitials ended their almost 3-year run. On September 10, 2007  ( 2007-09-10 ) , Nick Jr. received yet another rebrand named Nick Jr.'s Play Date or Nick Jr. Play Date . A new slogan, Play with Us! , was also included. The bumpers encouraged preschoolers to play along and featured

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3844-486: Was split into two separate half hours in the morning and afternoon, where it remained until June 29, 1990, after which the block was truncated to run from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm on July 2, 1990, another solidified timing from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm on June 15, 1992, and lastly from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on October 5. Much of Nick Jr.'s other programs at the time were of Japanese or foreign origin (including Fred Penner's Place , Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show , Adventures of

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