15 Facts About The N

The block was managed by the same team that made Noggin's preschool shows; the team considered it a challenge to focus on both preschoolers and an older audience at the same time, but they felt that Noggin and The N had a consistent, unified brand identity because both focused on education.

The N launched a variety of spin-off media, such as live events and a soundtrack album.

The N lost its footing by 2009, and both [The N] and its website closed down completely.

Noggin's preschool and The N blocks were both managed by a group of people in Noggin's New York office.

Sarah Tomassi Lindman, the vice president of Noggin and The N, called her job "very schizophrenic" because the two blocks served such different audiences.

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The N was commercial-free from April 2002 until May 2004, when Noggin started airing six minutes of commercials per hour during the block.

In preparation for launching The N, Noggin convened research groups of tweens and teens to determine what kind of educational shows they needed.

The N ran advertisements that encouraged parents to watch along with their children and hold discussions about topics raised on The N's shows.

The N's website offered parent discussion guides for each episode of its shows.

The N was an educational block launched by Viacom and Sesame Workshop, and it featured a mix of series from Noggin, Sesame Workshop, and outside companies; on the other hand, the TEENick block was launched by Viacom alone, featured Nickelodeon sitcoms, and had no educational curriculum.

Since The N was still limited to a nighttime block, Dish Network chose to import The N's new block of programming onto Noggin each night from December 31,2007, until May 6,2009.

In 2009, the TEENick and The N brands were discontinued and merged to form TeenNick.

All reruns of The N series were removed from TeenNick's schedule by 2015; since then, the channel has been dedicated only to TEENick and Nickelodeon series.

Two series that aired new episodes on The N, A Walk in Your Shoes and Out There, were first created for Noggin's original daytime block.

South of Nowhere was the last original series created for The N It focused on a teenager who moves to Los Angeles and discovers that she is gay.