Noggin

Noggin is a cable channel in the United States that is aimed at preschoolers. Prior to 31 December, 2007, the network broadcast from 6:00am to 6:00pm (ET), giving way to teen-oriented programming on The N in the evenings. Since then, it has become a 24-hour network, with The N moving to its own channel.

It was originally a joint venture of Sesame Workshop and Viacom -- owners of Nickelodeon -- and the early program schedules featured classic episodes of Sesame Street, under the title Sesame Street Unpaved, and 1993-1994 episodes under the title 123 Sesame Street (episodes from 1998 and later were added to this series in 2002), as well as other Sesame Workshop programs, including The Electric Company, 3-2-1 Contact, Square One TV and Ghostwriter. In 2002, Sesame Workshop sold its half to Viacom, and the Sesame Workshop shows were eventually removed from the schedule. After Sesame Workshop left Noggin still ran their archive programmings until May 2005.

Noggin originally had a mascot that was somewhat similar to Nick Jr.'s Face character. It now has two mascots -- the loquacious Moose A. Moose and silent blue bird named Zee.

As of September 2007, there are no Sesame Street-related shows showing on Noggin (Play With Me Sesame is now seen on PBS Kids Sprout, instead).

Around the channel's beginning, comedian Joel Hodgson (Mystery Science Theater 3000) and his brother Jim were working with the Jim Henson Company to create a children's show for Noggin. It was never produced.