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Title Premiere date End date Source(s) Pinwheel: January 4, 1988 July 6, 1990 Eureeka's Castle: August 27, 1989 January 29, 1999 Allegra's Window
Allegra's Window is an American musical children's television series that aired on Nickelodeon during its Nick Jr. block from October 24, 1994, to December 8, 1996, [2] [1] with reruns being shown until February 5, 1999; [3] it was later shown on Noggin from February 2, 1999, to April 6, 2003.
The following is a list of programs broadcast by the Nick Jr. Channel. It was launched on September 28, 2009, as a spin-off of Nickelodeon's long-running preschool programming block of the same name, which has aired since 1988. The channel features original series and reruns of programming from Nickelodeon's weekday morning lineup.
On April 1, 1979, the channel expanded into a national network named Nickelodeon. The first program broadcast on Nickelodeon was Pinwheel, a preschool series created by Dr. Vivian Horner, who also conceived the idea for the channel itself. [1] At its launch, Nickelodeon was commercial-free and mainly featured educational shows.
The show was co-produced by HIT Entertainment and Nickelodeon. [4] [5] The main character is a thoughtful blue octopus named Oswald who lives in an apartment complex. Overall 26 episodes were produced. In the United States, the series premiered on Nickelodeon (as part of its Nick Jr. block) on 20 August 2001. [6]
In December 2009, Nick Jr. president Brown Johnson stated that Nickelodeon intended to keep the show running for "at least another five years. Maybe forever." [ 2 ] Nickelodeon believed that The Backyardigans was an ideal "evergreen" property: a series that would stay in production for a long time through multiple generations.
The segment creators include David Fain, Tim Hill, Steve Holman, Emily Hubley, Mark Marek, Mike Pearlstein, Mo Willems, and Cote Zellers. [5] The theme song and all of the original background music on the show was provided by the Moon Ska Stompers, a band that consists of King Django, Victor Rice, and members of The Toasters and The New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble.
Eureeka's Castle's ending credits state the show comes from an original concept by Debby Beece and Judy Katschke. In 1988, development of the show began by staff members at Nickelodeon and animator Eli Noyes and his partner Kit Laybourne, whose wife Geraldine Laybourne was the Head of Programming for Nickelodeon. [2] "