The Story of The Nick Jr. Channel

Sorry I didn’t do any posts for March or April, but I’ve just been more busy with my “plans and other things”. This will be a pretty long post, so be prepared. You presumably know Nickelodeon, as well as it’s preschool block and sister network Nick Jr. Though, the Nick Jr. channel you see today was rather different when it first launched 19 years ago, with a pretty different name, main target audience, and even ownership. The block, however, has ALWAYS been under the Nick Jr. title, and it was around 11 years before the channel was. This post will […]

The Tiny Planets Hour

Posts two saturdays in a row! I admired several shows on Noggin (now Nick Jr.) when I was little. One of them was this 3D-animated show called TINY PLANETS (some people call it Bing and Bong). The show is produced by Sesame Workshop and Pepper’s Ghost Productions. I must say that this is one of the most unusual children’s shows ever. In this show, there is this place called the Home Planet… Here, in the Crystal Cave, live two white, furry aliens names Bing and Bong. The larger one is Bing, and the smaller one is Bong. Every day, Bing […]