Nick Jr. Channel
American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running Nick Jr. programming block From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Nick Jr. Channel (sometimes shortened to Nick Jr.) is a television channel that is based on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block. It is run by Paramount Skydance Corporation. While the original block started in 1988, the separate channel started on September 28, 2009. It is made for preschoolers and it mostly plays shows that began on the Nickelodeon weekday block.
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Since May 2018, the channel has been specially labeled "the Nick Jr. Channel on TV. This is to prevent confusion between the weekday block and the separate channel.
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Programming
International versions
United Kingdom
Launched on 1 September 1999 as the first full Nick Jr. channel. It aired from 6:00a.m. to 8:00p.m. Then in February 2002 a classic children's programming block called Nick Jr. Classics was launched, airing was also increased to 10:00p.m. After Nick Jr. Classics was removed, it began airing for 24 hours.
There is a similar service titled Nick Jr. Too. It launched in April 2002 as Nick Jr. 2, but the name was changed in November 2014.[source?]
Australia
Launched on March 2004.[1] The Australian version includes some PBS Kids series like WordWorld and Sid the Science Kid.
France
Similar to the US version. Launched on January 26, 2010.[2] Name stylized as Nickelodeon Junior so it doesn't sound like a French swear word.
Latin America
Launched on July 1, 2008, like US version it have the late Nick JR shows, name stylized as Nick JR.
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Notes
- The logo's wordmark has been in use since September 28, 2009. Additionally, this logo is a variant meant to be used for white backgrounds; the main variant has a white (for Nick) and blue (for Jr.) wordmark in conjunction with a fully orange splat.
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