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Second Season of Jack’s Big Music Show to Premiere January 6th

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

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The long awaited second season of Jack’s Big Music Show will premeire January 6th on Noggin. The second season contains 13 episodes, thus doubling the show’s library. The show has been airing the same set of episodes for over a year now, so fresh episodes will be greatly appreciated by parents and kids.

Guest stars in the second season include Jon Stewart & Cheryl Hines. The shows will feature a whole host of musical acts including more Laurie Berkner. In addition, Steve Burns (you know Steve from Blue’s Clues) and his band make ann appearance.

I’ve seen the premiere episode, Snow Day, and I’ll have a review up prior to the 6th.

Noggin announces Christmas Schedule

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Noggin announced their Christmas/Holiday schedule of shows. The Warm and Fuzzy Holiday Party will run from December 11th through Christmas day. The full schedule is below:

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Halloween on Noggin

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Noggin has announced its special Halloween programming for Tuesday, October 31st. The day is full of spook-filled episodes and will feature the premiere of a brand new episode of Pinky Dinky Doo. The schedule is: (more…)

New Season of Max & Ruby

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Nickelodeon has picked up a second season of Max and Ruby. This season will have 14 episodes, brining the series total to 40. The season is set to debut inthe spring of 2007 on Nick Jr. and Noggin.

Review - The Upside Down Show

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

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The Upside Down Show is a new live action show debuting on Noggin. It features David Collins and Shane Dundas who are better known as The Umbilical Brothers. The gist of the show is that Shane and David interact with kids who are given a virtual remote control to control the pair’s actions on the show.

The premiere episode begins with Shane creating a piece of art. The remainder of the show is Shane, David, and the viewer looking for a place to hang the art. When they realize that they can’t hang the art on their refrigerator, they go in search of a museum. The experience several rooms such as the Sticky Room, the Fog Room, and the Musuem of Finger Painting.

My kids thought this was one of the funniest shows they’ve ever seen and were giggling throughout. The duo’s roots in comedy made it worthwhile for parents to pay attention as well. There were a half dozen instances of subtle hilarity in the first episode alone.

Shane and David are dynamic to say the least and make the show compelling despite it just being 2 guys instead of a collection of animated animals. In addition to playing themselves they also serve as Knuckles & Pointy, aka Action Fingers. Think Oobi without eyeballs, but cool.

This isn’t their first foray into preschool television as they are also the voices and sound effects behind Maisy.

The educational goals of the show are pretty broad and encompass everything from social development and imaginative play to cognitive and language skills. While none of the lessons are as obvious as in some kids shows, they are present.

The show will debut at 11:00am on October 16th with back to back episodes. New episodes will debut each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 4:30 pm for 4 weeks. The regular time slot will be 11:00am and 4:30pm.

There are only 13 episodes of The Upside Down Show. The downside is that with 10 airings a week, things will get very repetitive very quickly.

The Wonder Pets on iTunes

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

If your kids are fans of The Wonder Pets, the first 10 episodes are now available for download from iTunes. Each episode can be had for $1.99.

New Backyardigans Episode: The Tea Party

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

On June 19th Nick Jr and Noggin will premiere a new episode of The Backyardigans called The Tea Party. In the episode Tasha gets to choose the adventure and she wants to do a tea party. As boring as it sounds, the adventure comes in a quest for the perfect cup of tea. The kids travel to the jungles of Borneo for the perfect tea leaves and a palace for the perfect tea set which they get from the emperor. Finally they need the perfect water from a geyser.

Like most Backyardigans episodes, the music is the h ighlight. The songs are usually catchy and this episode was no exception. While the irish music seemed to be misplaced, it was still enjoyable.

The episode will air at 11:30 on Nick Jr and 4:30 on Noggin.

Second Season of Jack’s Big Music Show on the Way

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Noggin has ordered a second season of Jack’s Big Music Show. The season will consist of 13 episodes and will begin airing in the fall. While Laurie Berkner appeared in each episode of the first season, it looks like she will be more of an occasional contributor this season.

The new season will feature several music video performances by acclaimed children’s recording artist Laurie Berkner, plus additional performances by musicians including Audra Rox, The Quiet Ones, Music for Aardvarks, Dirty Sock Funtime Band, Nuttin’ But Stringz and The Mighty Weaklings.

**You can find the music from Season 1 of Jack’s Big Music Show in the TV for Tots Store - powered by Amazon**

Review: Pinky Dinky Doo

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Pinky Dinky DooOn April 10th Noggin will premiere it’s newest show, Pinky Dinky Doo. The show is the brainchild of Jim Jinkins. Jinkins has quite the resume in preschool television as the co-creator of Stanley and JoJo’s Circus. Pinky Dinky Doo is actually based on a series of books that Jinkins authored. The books were inspired by stories made up at bedtime for Jinkins’s own kids.
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Backyardigans News

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

A new episode of the Backyardigans will air on March 10th. The episode titled Race Around the World features the Backyardigan crew, well, racing around the world. The episode will air at 10:30am on Nick Jr. The episode will also be available, along with several others, on a DVD titled Backyardigans:Cave Party. The DVD will be available on March 7th.

Also of note is that starting March 10th, the Backyardigans will begin airing regularly on Noggin. It will become a part of their daily schedule, airing at 4:30pm. That happens to be a timeslot currently occupied by Jack’s Big Music Show.


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