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Noggin has acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to the first 52 episodes of Peppa Pig. Peppa Pig is a show from the United Kingdom that debuted four years ago.

It is currently airing on Nick Jr. UK and the shows website describes the show thusly:

Peppa is a loveable, cheeky little piggy who lives with her little brother George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig. Peppa’s favourite things include playing games, dressing up, days out and jumping in muddy puddles. Her adventures always end happily with loud snorts of laughter.

‘Peppa’ hits Nickelodeon’s Noggin - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety

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With the move to full time programming, Noggin has announced two new seasons of shows.

First they greenlighted a second season of Pinky Dinky Doo. The new season will contain 26 episodes.

Also, they will premiere a full 26 episode season of Toot & Puddle starting in Fall 2008. The series is based on books by children’s author Holly Hobbie.

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Starting with the last day of 2007, Noggin will move to a 24 hour format as it splits with The N!. For fans fo The N!, that will go to a 24 hour format as well on it’s own channel. The move puts Noggin head to head with PBS Sprout as they pursue kiddies-after-dark (that sounds bad now that I reread it).

To kickoff the move Noggin has some new programming planned for New Year’s Eve including a 90 minute Franklin movie.

• 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. (ET) “Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure” (*TV Premiere)
• 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. (ET) “Dora Saves the Mermaids”
• 8:30 – 9:00 p.m. (ET) “Save the Wonder Pets!”
• 9:00 – 10:30 p.m. (ET) “Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure”
• 10:30 – 11:00 P.M. (ET) “Great Jaguar Rescue”

In “Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure,” Franklin is on a holiday break from school when he receives a surprise visit from his Aunt Lucy, an explorer whose specialty is finding archaeological treasures. This family reunion gives Franklin’s Granny the chance to relive her own childhood. When she mentions a box filled with treasures that she buried at Turtle Lake as a child, Franklin is intrigued. When Granny falls ill and Aunt Lucy remembers a talisman that was hidden in the famous box, a treasure hunt becomes extremely important. Franklin decides immediately to hunt for this remedy which could save his grandmother. His friends Beaver and Bear accompany him, with Aunt Lucy and her goddaughter Samantha, a headstrong little turtle with whom Franklin has a hard time contending with. It’s a difficult journey, but Franklin is ready to do anything to help Granny and it also gives him the chance to make new friends.

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Play With Me Sesame, a long time mid day staple on Noggin, recently disappeared from their offerings. The half hour show features the most popular Sesame Street characters like Bert & Ernie and Grover. It turns out that the show is now airing on PBS Kids Sprout during The Sunny Side Up Show. The Sunny Side Up Show is a block of programming airing from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

New Blocks for PBS KIDS Sprout | Animation Magazine

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Nickelodeon has announced that the teen network The N! and the preschool channel Noggin will split up. They had been sharing the same channel, and flipping from the little kids to older kids at 6pm.

As a parent who has Noggin on while I’m getting dinner ready, I like this move. Sometimes it would switch over at 6pm and I’d look up to see stuff that really a preschooler doesn’t need to be seeing.

It will mean competition for Sprout’s The Goodnight Show as there will be another preschool alternative in the evenings.

A Coming of Age at Nickelodeon: Noggin and the N Will Get Their Own Channels - New York Times

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You may remember a Toot and Puddle holiday special last December. It looks like Noggin has picked up the series. The show is set to debut in fall 2008.

Noggin Gets Toot & Puddle | Animation Magazine

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Nickelodeon has announced 2 new series to debut during the 2007-2008 season.

1. Umizumiz - The curriculum is math based in this animated series about an urban repair squad that helps solve everyday preschool problems in Metro City. The show will air on Noggin.
2. Bubble Guppies -Is a 3D, CGI-animated variety show set in an underwater classroom. Each episode will delve into a preschool topic from a
   variety of angles as the cast and viewers at home explore the swaying kelp forests, fantastical coral reefs, and undersea gardens of their aquarium-inspired surroundings. The series was created and produced by members of the team who do The Backyardigans.
3. In addition to the new series, a fifth season of Dora the Explorer with 14 new episodes - including 3 hour long specials) will air on Nick Jr.

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During February Nick Jr. and Noggin will be airing 30 second shorts profiling prominent African-American figures. The shorts will feature:

Dr. George Washington Carver, who was popular for his invention of peanut butter, but better- known as a respected and nationally renowned inventor and botanist after being born into slavery in 1864. (Premieres Saturday.)

• August Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning and a Tony Award- winning playwright, whose most acclaimed works are a cycle of 10 plays, each set in a different decade and each depicting the comedy and tragedy of the African- American experience in the 20th century. (Feb. 17.)

• Mae C. Jemison, who in 1992 made history when she became the first African-American woman to travel into space aboard the shuttle Endeavour. (Feb. 24.)

Philadelphia Daily News | 02/06/2007 | Nickelodeon focuses on African-Americans

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Jack’s Big Music Show will premiere it’s second season on January 6th with the episode Snow Day.

The episode follows the same format as the first season. Jack and Mary are already for a Hawaiian Beach Party. Only Mel’s sand machine breaks and instead the clubhouse is filled with snow. Even when Mel gets the machine ot stop making snow, the gang need the help of Prudence (who you’ll remember as the Music Genie from season 1) to get rid of the snow by way of song.
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In an interview in the New York Post Shane and David indicated that they might not do a second sason.

Doing more episodes “is a big question for us,” says Dundas. “We’re really not kid’s entertainers and the last thing I want is to be boxed into any particular area. There are enough Wiggles out there.”

The article goes on to say that Nickelodeon will make a final decision in February about the show’s future.
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