Please Don’t Tell My Kids
December 20th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
December 20th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
UPI reports that Noggin, currently showing 12 hours a day of kids’ shows and 12 hours of older stuff as “The N” later on at night, will run Noggin shows 24 hours a day after the New Year.
This is a little bit uncool. The six o’clock “We’re going to say goodbye…” song was a convenient cue for us to turn off their shows and announce that it was time for Mom and Dad’s shows. Now they’re going to want to watch Noggin 24/7. 
The kids do watch too much TV — they can quote a ton of stuff — but they also get their share of Praetorius, Enya, Sunny 95 Christmas radio, and piano time, of course.
December 22nd, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Do they have any good shows for older kids? Like, say, 12 and 9?
December 23rd, 2007 at 1:18 am
Noggin is a property of Nickelodeon and isn’t targeting that high an age group; they are strictly preschool. I’m tempted to write a post and rate the shows. Some I like, and others are worthless.
Were your kids watching Nick and Zoey 101?
December 24th, 2007 at 11:53 am
No, they usually watch Disney shows like Hannah Montana when they watch TV.
December 29th, 2007 at 5:57 am
Just saw this and thought of another downside: the new 24hr channel of “The N” programming. Ugh. My kids liked DeGrassi when it was just mildly “progressive”; now its blatantly “progressive”. It’s amazing that anyone ever learns at DeGrassi, what with all the drama, S-eee-X, etc.