Thank You Noggin

In what may be the first real positive move in kids television programming since maybe, well, Sesame Street, Noggin has introduced one minute of dead air.

Yes, you read the previous statement correctly. My kids love many of the shows on Noggin which are educational and entertaining. There are programs like Play With Me, Sesame - a more interactive version of Sesame Street - and Dora the Explorer. The real problem we have had to battle is that Noggin broadcasts from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Previously, at 6:00:01 p.m., Noggin goes through a Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde transition. It becomes the N Channel. It's for pre-teens. The real problem is that there is this really cute "Good-bye" song at the end of Noggin broadcasting. So we would all sing along with the "Good-bye" song with remote in hand to switch the TV off before who knows what would come from the N Channel.

Thankfully, they have now introduced a minute of dead air with an clock showing the time until the N Channel fires up. The good folks at Noggin have either received complaints and were attentive to them or were thorough enough to evaluate their own programming and adjust accordingly. Either way, they should be commended.