Teennick Information
TeenNick is an American cable television channel owned by the MTV Networks subsidiary of Viacom. The channel was originally known as The N from its April 1, 2002 launch until September 28, 2009.
Sister channel Noggin was relaunched as Nick Jr. at the same time as The N's relaunch as TeenNick; like with Nick Jr., TeenNick's name was taken from a former program block on parent channel Nickelodeon, which aired from 2000 to 2009 (though the program block's name was spelled as "TEENick"). As the channel's name suggests, TeenNick is primarily aimed at the 13-17 year old age demographic, and features a mix of originally-produced, off-network syndicated and Nickelodeon-produced programming.
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History
As The N (2002-2009)
The N "atom" logo from September 2007 to September 28, 2009.When TeenNick originally debuted as The N on April 1, 2002, The N ran from 6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m. (Eastern)/5:00 p.m.–5:00 a.m. (Central Time), sharing time and channel space with Noggin, which had started as a service of Viacom (through Nickelodeon) and the Children's Television Workshop as a mix of a channel meant to show CTW and Nick Jr.'s archived programming.
The fact that The N shared channel space with Noggin (now Nick Jr.) made it very similar to parent network Nickelodeon as it has shared channel space with another channel during the nighttime hours for most of its existence starting with BET, then the ARTS (Alpha Repertory Television Service, now A&E) and currently with Nick at Nite, which is commonly considered a nighttime program block on Nickelodeon.
By 2002 however, as Viacom showcased its own programming and made clear that they wanted Noggin to compete with longtime CTW partner PBS Kids, CTW, by then known as Sesame Workshop, decided to reduce their interest in the network due to several factors, including the network's prime time ratings with "retro programming" to appeal to both baby boomers and young children not being as high as Viacom or Sesame Workshop expected them to be. With this move, MTV Networks was free to launch the concept of The N. In October 2006, Viacom bought the quiz website Quizilla.[1] It then became a part of The N "network."
In August 2007, MTV Networks announced the discontinuation of The N's sister network Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids, which had removed all their original programming and become an automated loop of only a few of Nickelodeon's lower-profile archived game shows. MTV Networks decided to retain the satellite space and split Noggin and The N into two separate channels on December 31, 2007, with The N taking the place of Nick GAS.[2]
Relaunch as TeenNick (2009-present)
The channel relaunched as TeenNick on September 28, 2009 at 6:00AM Eastern/5:00AM Central. The channel's logo, which is part of a universal branding effort across all four Nickelodeon channels,[3] was revealed at a launch party for the channel on June 18, 2009. Nickelodeon personality Nick Cannon (declared in publicity materials as the "Chairman of TeenNick") has a presence on the channel, along with new programming exclusive to the channel. [4]
Nearly all of the programming airing on The N was carried over to the new channel, including the channel's flagship show Degrassi: The Next Generation, however most of The N's original series, with the exception of The Best Years, Degrassi: TNG and The Assistants (the latter being the only first-run series produced by The N that was picked up for an additional season by TeenNick; Degrassi: TNG is produced by Canadian television network CTV though The N/TeenNick claims itself as one of the show's production companies), were not carried over to the relaunched TeenNick channel.
On February 1, 2010, TeenNick began incorporating music videos onto its morning and afternoon schedule on a regular basis, with videos airing between 6 a.m.-3 p.m./ET (this had been done periodically for some time prior to that date, usually airing between 6-8 a.m./ET, though not every day); when music videos are scheduled, all programs will end two to three minutes earlier than usual.
Despite the name and logo rebranding, some electronic program guide providers confusingly identify TeenNick as The N and display the 2007-2009 logo as The N as that of TeenNick. Nick Jr. has a similar problem as the former Noggin logo and name is still used by some EPG providers to identify that channel.
www.TeenNick.com
The TeenNick website recently announced a change from its much admired website, to a new facebook oriented website. The site will keep its profiles, that include blogs, guestbooks, friends, and nmails. In its efforts to revamp the website, every user will have to re-register after the much talked about change occurring sometime in the month of September, 2010. Though the site will be keeping its message boards, they will be deleting all of the existing posts. The site will no longer feature avatars, or screening parties. Many users are not happy about the change and have protested in hopes of changing the minds of the site's owner.
Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by TeenNickMost of the programming which had been on The N remained on TeenNick with some slight changes for both scheduling purposes and possible new future programming, including the re-acquisition of partial cable rights to the early 2000s sitcom One on One (which had previously aired on The N) and a shift of Full House, which had formerly aired on Nick at Nite and began to air on the channel in August 2009, shortly before the conversion from The N to TeenNick. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, a longtime mainstay of The N moved to Disney XD and ABC Family in September 2009 upon the expiration of Viacom's carriage of the series.
Several Nickelodeon sitcoms air on TeenNick, such as True Jackson, VP, and iCarly, however they air in different timeslots than on Nick (ex., iCarly airs seven days a week on Nickelodeon, though it only airs on TeenNick in an hour-long block once a week on Sunday afternoons). The majority of TeenNick's weekday afternoon and weekend daytime schedule consists of reruns of current and former Nickelodeon series; as of August 2010, the only first-run live-action sitcom currently airing on Nickelodeon that is not presently aired on TeenNick is Victorious, of which TeenNick has to date only aired the first three episodes as a special presentation in April 2010. Many of the viewers want these shows off of Teennick, but no one will listen to them despite protests and petitions.
While some of TeenNick's programming comes from Nickelodeon, the channel has also aired some series from MTV. On January 24, 2010, the channel aired special presentations of two MTV reality series that debuted the previous week, My Life as Liz and The Buried Life. Today, TeenNick's schedule largely consists of Nickelodeon shows with fewer acquired programs airing on the channel than there were prior to the rebrand to TeenNick; though TeenNick still has more relaxed programming standards than the rest of the Nickelodeon channels (save for Nick at Nite, whose program standards are similar to TeenNick's, and differ from Nickelodeon, with whom Nick at Nite shares channel space), fewer series featuring profanity or sexual content air on TeenNick than they did prior to the rebrand due to the prevalence of Nickelodeon series on the schedule. As of June 2010, TeenNick's weekday daytime and early evening lineup from 1 p.m.-11:30 p.m. ET consists of three-episode blocks, consisting of mostly Nickelodeon and TeenNick original series.
See also
References
- ^ adotas.com MTV Buys Teen Property From Gorilla Nation October 16th 2006 Author by Sarah Novotny
- ^ prdomain Business Register (17 Dec 2007). "The N becomes 24-hour Teen TV Network". Press release. http://www.prdomain.com/companies/V/Viacom/newsreleases/2007121850375.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- ^ Nickelodeon Unveils New Logo, Variety.com, July 29, 2009
- ^ starpulse.com Nickelodeon Names Nick Cannon 'Chairman Of TeenNick'
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