Nick GAS to go online-only

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'160499\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 12:35 AM\']
I'd put a couple on her.
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I said "ballgag," not "teabag".

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'160503\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 04:24 AM\']
[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'160499\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 12:35 AM\']
I'd put a couple on her.
[/quote]
I said "ballgag," not "teabag".
[/quote]
I lol'd.

[Chelsea Thrasher]

Really, REALLY hate to bring this one back on topic...The Multichannel News version of the article (LINK) says the changeover will be December 31st. The article also provides the availability number for Nick GAS.  58 Million.  Only 4 million fewer households than GSN.  And GAS isn't even available on DirecTV.   That number kind of surprised me - I really didn't think that GAS' carriage went above 40 million.

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'160501\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 03:41 AM\']
As for rebranding Noggin as Nick Jr, does Nickelodeon still run Nick Jr during the mid-day hours?  It's been awhile since I seen that.  Since Nickelodeon in theory owns the brand, why not?
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They do, but I don't think so much in the summer...In my online guide on my cable box I've seen their cartoons (SpongeBob, etc.) running in the daytime where normally Nick Jr. would be...

[tpirfan28]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'160524\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 09:42 AM\']
[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'160501\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 03:41 AM\']
As for rebranding Noggin as Nick Jr, does Nickelodeon still run Nick Jr during the mid-day hours?  It's been awhile since I seen that.  Since Nickelodeon in theory owns the brand, why not?
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They do, but I don't think so much in the summer...In my online guide on my cable box I've seen their cartoons (SpongeBob, etc.) running in the daytime where normally Nick Jr. would be...
[/quote]Yes.  For some reason, they're airing their Nick Jr. block from 6-10AM, then airing regular Nick programming until Nick at Nite takes over.  During the school season, the Nick Jr. block goes until 2pm.

I have a six-year old sister.  Stop looking at me like that.

If the broadband version of GAS keeps "Hidden Temple" on the channel, then I'm all for it...so I can see it.

[Robert Hutchinson]

Ugh.

And I'm not expressing an opinion about television networks.

[PYLdude]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'160504\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 04:37 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'160503\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 04:24 AM\']
[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'160499\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 12:35 AM\']
I'd put a couple on her.
[/quote]
I said "ballgag," not "teabag".
[/quote]
I lol'd.
[/quote]

Hey, to keep the joke going takes a lot of testicular fortitude.

Yes. For some reason, they're airing their Nick Jr. block from 6-10AM, then airing regular Nick programming until Nick at Nite takes over. During the school season, the Nick Jr. block goes until 2pm.

Yes...but if I'm not mistaken, doesn't Nick do that every summer? Usually when school starts Nick Jr. goes back to the 9-2 hour (at least from what I gathered).

Count me as one that is surprised GAS has lasted this long. I first got it last year with the digital cable, and now it's on the FiOS package (get it, it's good). Liked it at first, but can't stand it now.

[uncamark]

I guess the question is when they'll start the on-air transition promos to say "Nick GAS goes online Jan. 1, The N's 24/7 right here!"  I'm guessing beginning of December.  They may start earlier on the mother channel in order to get a "if you have Nick GAS, you'll have The N 24/7--if you don't have Nick GAS, call your cable or satellite provider now!" campaign going.

I'll be interested how they'll handle it with Noggin--seems to me that they'll get pilloried by educational types and psychologists if they do a "Neverending Noggin" campaign, since it would hint that pre-schoolers should do nothing but watch television all day and night.

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'161508\' date=\'Aug 21 2007, 03:45 PM\']
I'll be interested how they'll handle it with Noggin--seems to me that they'll get pilloried by educational types and psychologists if they do a "Neverending Noggin" campaign, since it would hint that pre-schoolers should do nothing but watch television all day and night.
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That's essentially what PBS Kids Sprout does now, AFAIK.....