Author Topic: Nick GAS off Dec. 31 (Read 10617 times)

uncamark · « **on:** December 17, 2007, 06:11:50 PM »

Those of you who want to record those things--The Hollywood Reporter says that Nick GAS will come to an end on cable at 6 a.m. ET Mon. Dec. 31, as The N moves over from Noggin and becomes a 24/7 operation, with a new logo and some programming not seen on the channel before:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...b12462d11addc15

That evening, Noggin will officially go 24/7, while GAS becomes a channel on Nick's TurboNick broadband site.

Has there been any indication on GAS yet (or Noggin or The N, for that matter) about the upcoming changes?

clemon79 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 17, 2007, 06:34:46 PM »

[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'172298\' date=\'Dec 17 2007, 03:11 PM\']
Has there been any indication on GAS yet (or Noggin or The N, for that matter) about the upcoming changes?
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Not that I saw, but I was using it as go-to-sleep background, and they were still playing the same tired promos (in fact, they're mailing it in, I've seen the EXACT SAME tired promos the last few nights) they always have.

This explains my curiosity, though, as I thought this switch had already happened and I was honestly surprised to find GAS when I flipped to it.

chad1m · « **Reply #2 on:** December 17, 2007, 06:42:26 PM »

The N is promoting its change to a 24/7 format and has been for a couple of weeks. They're going to have some special 24-hr interstitial programming on Dec. 31 to celebrate.

JacksonBrowne1980 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 17, 2007, 08:29:24 PM »

i am taping all the figure it out i can

uncamark · « **Reply #4 on:** December 18, 2007, 12:49:00 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'172301\' date=\'Dec 17 2007, 05:42 PM\']
The N is promoting its change to a 24/7 format and has been for a couple of weeks. They're going to have some special 24-hr interstitial programming on Dec. 31 to celebrate.
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Have they been saying anything like "if you have Nick GAS, you'll have The N on Dec. 31--if you don't, have your parents call your cable company or satellite provider..."? It would seem to me that when you're making this big a move of a channel, it better be made as clear as possible.

trainman · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2007, 01:28:07 AM »

[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'172373\' date=\'Dec 18 2007, 09:49 AM\']Have they been saying anything like "if you have Nick GAS, you'll have The N on Dec. 31--if you don't, have your parents call your cable company or satellite provider..."? It would seem to me that when you're making this big a move of a channel, it better be made as clear as possible.[/quote]

DirecTV, which doesn't carry Nick GAS, included a note in their most recent e-mail newsletter that Noggin and The N were both becoming 24-hour channels. Curious about what the channel number(s) were going to be, I clicked the link -- but it only led to this page, the channel listing for their El Cheapo "Family" package, which provided me no useful information.

snowpeck · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2007, 06:22:55 AM »

Someone at The N message board - was there looking for schedules - says it will be on channel 303 on DirecTV.

Greg

davemackey · « **Reply #7 on:** December 19, 2007, 07:39:59 AM »

The only thing I'd probably go out of my way to watch on The N is "That '70s Show", which is coming in June. Otherwise, I hope the children enjoy their new offerings and concurrently thank the Lord above that they don't have to watch the billionth rerun of "Legends of the Hidden Temple".

Chelsea Thrasher · « **Reply #8 on:** December 19, 2007, 08:50:40 AM »

Just in case anyone's curious, here's the launch schedule for The N: Link. Growing Pains is the only show on there that sounds even *remotely* interesting, and it'll be gone in a week most likely.

uncamark · « **Reply #9 on:** December 19, 2007, 04:30:55 PM »

[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'172457\' date=\'Dec 19 2007, 07:50 AM\']
Just in case anyone's curious, here's the launch schedule for The N: Link. Growing Pains is the only show on there that sounds even *remotely* interesting, and it'll be gone in a week most likely.
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And I wonder how long "Zoey 101" will be on the schedule, considering that its star did something her more famous sister would be expected to do just recently.

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #10 on:** December 19, 2007, 05:38:11 PM »

[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'172479\' date=\'Dec 19 2007, 04:30 PM\'][quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'172457\' date=\'Dec 19 2007, 07:50 AM\']
Just in case anyone's curious, here's the launch schedule for The N: Link. Growing Pains is the only show on there that sounds even *remotely* interesting, and it'll be gone in a week most likely.
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And I wonder how long "Zoey 101" will be on the schedule, considering that its star did something her more famous sister would be expected to do just recently.
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Britney may be a dope, but I'd think she's above doing her sister's boyfriend.

Chelsea Thrasher · « **Reply #11 on:** December 31, 2007, 11:08:09 PM »

So, if the channel was supposed to sign off at 6 AM this morning....why is it that when I turned my TV past GAS' long time Dish Network channel position just now..there was Nick GAS, airing Figure It Out?

EDIT: According to Wiki (gallon of salt, and all that) there were some problems in the changeover, and as a result the automated GAS feed is still going out to Dish Network subscribers only.

clemon79 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 01, 2008, 12:06:32 AM »

[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'173523\' date=\'Dec 31 2007, 08:08 PM\']
So, if the channel was supposed to sign off at 6 AM this morning....why is it that when I turned my TV past GAS' long time Dish Network channel position just now..there was Nick GAS, airing Figure It Out?

EDIT: According to Wiki (gallon of salt, and all that) there were some problems in the changeover, and as a result the automated GAS feed is still going out to Dish Network subscribers only.
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I was gonna say, I was up at 3:00a Pacific (don't ask...) and the change to The N on Comcast happened right on schedule.

comicus · « **Reply #13 on:** January 01, 2008, 01:22:36 AM »

It'd be cool if someone who gets Nick GAS could put video of the transition on YouTube.

clemon79 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 01, 2008, 05:24:42 AM »

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'173537\' date=\'Dec 31 2007, 10:22 PM\']
It'd be cool if someone who gets Nick GAS could put video of the transition on YouTube.
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It was _completely_ unspectacular. (As you would expect from a channel that's been phoning it in for the last two years at least.) Figure It Out ended, they ran a bumper (I think for N...I was trying to fall asleep at the time), and N programming started with some tweener soap operaish thing.

/hopes Nadine has another gig lined up