Nick Jr. Channel
The Nick Jr. Channel, sometimes shortened to Nick Jr., is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. programming block. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Group. The channel launched on September 28, 2009, replacing Noggin. The channel primarily targets preschoolers and toddlers ages 2 to 6 years old. Its lineup features a mix of originally-produced programming, along with series from the Nickelodeon weekday block; to avoid confusion between the two different entities, the separate channel has been identified on-air as the "Nick Jr. Channel" since March 2018 to the present day for promos and until September 2023 for the on-screen graphic.
This article is about the 24/7 American channel. For the weekday morning block on Nickelodeon, see Nick Jr.Country
United States
Nationwide
English
Spanish (via SAP audio track)
1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Nick Jr. East
Nick Jr. West
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- Nickelodeon
- Nicktoons
- TeenNick
- NickMusic
- CBS
- CBS Sports Network
- CBS Sports HQ
- CBS Sports Golazo Network
- CBS News Streaming Network
- MTV
- MTV2
- MTV Tres
- MTV Live
- MTV Classic
- BET
- BET Gospel
- BET Her
- BET Hip-Hop
- BET Jams
- BET Soul
- VH1
- Comedy Central
- TV Land
- Logo
- CMT
- CMT Music
- Pop TV
- Showtime
- The Movie Channel
- Flix
- Paramount Network
- Smithsonian Channel
September 28, 2009
Noggin (channel)
The channel replaced Noggin, which was relaunched as a streaming service in 2015 and acts as a separate sister brand. Noggin's programming is distinct from the Nick Jr. channel's: it mainly carried pre-teen-oriented programs at its launch,[1] and its 2015 streaming service features a variety of exclusive series. From May 2021 to March 2022, the Nick Jr. channel aired an hour-long block of programming from the Noggin app every Friday.[2][3][4] The block, titled "Noggin Hour,"[2] featured shows such as Noggin Knows and Kinderwood.[5]
The Nick Jr. channel and the Nick Jr. block are both currently running. The latter airs weekdays on Nickelodeon from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET (those hours vary during the summer months, other school break periods and on major national holidays), having traditional commercial breaks for certain programs. As of September 2018, Nick Jr. is available to approximately 70.310 million pay television households in the United States.[6]
On May 16, 2011, MTV Networks launched two new channels, Nick Jr. and MTVNHD, in Asia. These 24-hour channels began to be available on StarHub TV in Singapore on May 18, 2011, and on Telekom Malaysia Berhad's Unifi TV in Malaysia on June 1, 2011. The channel launched aggressively to the rest of Southeast Asia later.[20]
An African version of Nick Jr. was launched on September 30, 2014, along with Nicktoons.[21] In Poland, Nick Jr. is available on Platforma Canal+ since March 2013. In Romania, Nick Jr. is available on UPC Romania since October 24, 2014. In Canada, Nick Jr. was launched as a programming block on the local version of Nickelodeon.
Versions of Nick Jr. also exist in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands & Flanders, India, France, Italy, Latin America, and Australia. On November 3, 2017, Nick Jr. launched in Portugal.[22]
Nick Jr. is also available in Japan in the form of a programming block on the Japanese version of Nickelodeon.
International versions of the TV channel include: