ago 2002 04 01 as the n september 28 2009 ; 7 years ago 2009 09 28 as teennick network nickelodeon owned by viacom media networks viacom picture format 480i sdtv 1080i hdtv slogan best time ever country united states netherlands belgium india mexico israel italy africa language english multilingual broadcast area nationwide headquarters los angeles california formerly called the n 2002 09 replaced nickelodeon games and sports for kids 1999 2007 sister channel s nickelodeon nick at nite nick jr. nicktoons nickmusic website www.teennick.com availability satellite directv 303 sd dish network 181 sd c band h2h 4dtv amc 18 209 xfinity 215 sd cable verizon fios 755 hd 255 sd altice usa 124 sd time warner cable 263 sd iptv at & t u verse 322 sd streaming media playstation vue internet protocol television sling tv internet protocol television not to be confused with teenick . teennick styled as teennick is an american digital cable and satellite television channel that is owned by viacom kids & family group a unit of the viacom media networks division of viacom . the channel features a mix of original programming nickelodeon produced series and acquired programs geared towards pre teens and teenagers . the channel was originally known as the n from april 1 2002 when it originally launched as a program block on noggin to september 28 2009 . teennick s name was taken from the former teenick program block which aired on parent channel nickelodeon from 2001 to 2009 . as of february 2015 teennick is available to approximately 72.3 million pay television households 62.1 % of households with television in the united states . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 as the n 2002 2009 1.1.1 split 1.2 relaunch as teennick 2009 present 2 programming 2.1 programming blocks 3 references 4 external links history edit as the n 2002 2009 edit the n s hand logo used from april 1 2002 to october 5 2007 the n s atom logo used from october 5 2007 to september 28 2009 . note that the n in teennick s current logo closely resembles the n in the logo displayed here . teennick originally debuted on april 1 2002 as a nighttime programming block on noggin called the n. similarly to the shared time format of nickelodeon which had shared channel space with other cable channels since the channel s inception in 1979 including the movie channel bet the alpha repertory television service and its successor a & e and nick at nite noggin and the n aired their respective programming over the same channel space and in a block format the n ran from 6 00 p.m. to 6 00 a.m. et while noggin ran from 6 00 a.m to 6 00 p.m. et seven nights a week . this was acknowledged in the n s daily sign off message which explained that the n would resume its programming at 6 00 p.m. et later that day . mtv networks started developing the concept of the n in 2002 . from its launch the n targeted an older audience than noggin aiming at teenagers compared to the channel s original pre teen target audience and its later shift with the launch of the n to a preschooler audience and was more entertainment based in nature compared to noggin s educational format . in october 2006 viacom bought the quiz website quizilla 2 and later integrated it with the n s internet properties . split edit on august 13 2007 nickelodeon announced that it would shut down sister channel nickelodeon games and sports on december 31 2007 turning it into an online only service on turbonick with the n becoming its own 24 hour channel that would take over nickelodeon gas s channel space . noggin s final sign on was a sudden cut in to the intro of the british series 64 zoo lane replacing the song . however due to unknown bandwidth problems dish network continued to carry nickelodeon gas on its usual channel slot with the n continuing to timeshare with noggin on the satellite provider until april 23 2009 when dish replaced gas with the pacific time zone feed of turner broadcasting system s cartoon network . dish network began to carry the n and noggin as separate channels on may 6 2009 . relaunch as teennick 2009 present edit on february 24 2009 nickelodeon announced that the n was to be rebranded as teennick to bring the channel in line with the nickelodeon brand identity . 3 on june 18 2009 nickelodeon unveiled the new standardized logo for the channel that would also be extended to the other nickelodeon channels intending to create a unified look that could better be conveyed across the services . 4 the channel relaunched as teennick on september 28 2009 at 6 a.m. et accompanied by the debut of the new logo which was designed by new york city based creative director designer eric zim ; former parent network noggin was relaunched as nick jr. on that same date . nick cannon who previously starred in the nickelodeon series all that and the nick cannon show and was declared in publicity materials as the chairman of teennick had a presence on the channel appearing in network promotions . 5 nearly all of the n s existing program inventory was carried over to the relaunched channel . however most of the channel s original series with the exception of the best years degrassi the next generation 6 and the assistants were not carried over to teennick . on february 1 2010 teennick began incorporating music videos into its morning and afternoon schedule on a regular basis airing between certain programs and effectively reducing commercial breaks within programs where a music video is to be aired afterward from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. et this had been done periodically for some time prior to that date usually airing between 6 and 8 a.m. et although not every day . despite the rebranding some electronic program guide epg providers identify teennick as the n and display its 2007 2009 logo as that of teennick s current logo nick jr. has a similar issue as the former noggin logo and name is still used by some epg providers to identify that channel . in july 2011 teennick began carrying programs originally filmed for high definition broadcast in a letterboxed format due to the absence of an hd simulcast feed of the channel . after nicktoons and nick jr. launched hd services in 2013 teennick was the only nickelodeon branded network without an hd simulcast network until september 2016 when it was added to some carriers such as verizon fios . programming edit main article list of programs broadcast by teennick the channel features a mix of programs that target older children and pre teens such as drake & josh ned s declassified school survival guide big time rush icarly zoey 101 and victorious and shows aimed at teenagers and young adults such as boy meets world . the longest running series on teennick s schedule the last remaining charter program on the channel and the centerpiece of its program lineup was degrassi the installment of a long running canadian teen drama franchise that has run on the channel from 2002 when the channel originated as the n until 2015 . teennick has more relaxed programming content standards than the rest of the nickelodeon channels except for nick at nite whose content standards are both similar to that of teennick ; however teennick has had increasingly fewer series that feature objectional content e.g. profanity or sexual content airing as part of its schedule during the 2010s to date compared to its program inventory prior to the 2009 rebrand largely due to the increased prevalence of nickelodeon original series on the schedule with shows incorporating such content primarily being limited to certain nighttime slots . most of the programs that had been airing on the n remained on teennick with some slight changes for scheduling purposes and possible new future programming including the re acquisition of partial cable rights to the early 2000s sitcom one on one which had previously aired on the n and a shift of full house which had formerly aired on nick at nite and began to air on the channel in august 2009 shortly before the conversion from the n to teennick . the fresh prince of bel air a longtime mainstay of the n moved to tbs and freeform in september 2009 upon the expiration of viacom s rights to the series . on april 20 2011 teennick announced that it had acquired the rights to air buffy the vampire slayer starting that may . 7 the majority of teennick s weekday and weekend daytime schedule consists of reruns of current and former nickelodeon series . some defunct nickelodeon series also air regularly during the day such as ned s declassified school survival guide drake & josh icarly big time rush and victorious . the amount of original programming on teennick has fallen drastically since the rebrand in stark contrast to its former identity as the n. only one program is exclusive to the network ; teennick top 10 a weekly music video countdown program with spare original continuity hosted by nick cannon and a small pre determined pool of videos to choose from . teennick has produced one recent original series since the rebrand the half hour teen drama gigantic which ran from october 2010 to april 22 2011 . first run episodes of series airing on teennick since then have been primarily in the form of nickelodeon series that are burned off due to low ratings on the flagship channel such as in the recent past ; hollywood heights house of anubis how to rock and bucket & skinner s epic adventures and foreign shows from overseas nickelodeon networks which receive a minimum american run to fulfill contracts such as life with boys dance academy h2o just add water and alien surf girls . as teennick has no high definition simulcast network and is nearly exclusive to higher cost digital cable tiers ratings for those shows traditionally have a drastic fall with a move to teennick along with the network producing few promotions mentioning the transplanted programming . programming blocks edit main article the splat on july 25 2011 teennick began airing the 90s are all that a two hour programming block featuring reruns of nickelodeon s most popular programs from the 1990s which is aimed primarily at adults that were within the network s target age demographic pre teens and teenagers during that era . originally airing on weeknights only until october 8 2011 the block aired nightly from midnight to 2am et with an encore from 2 4am et . the block also featured holiday themed programming during holiday periods such as the 90s are all that holidaze 8 during the holiday season in 2014 including christmas episodes of rocko s modern life catdog doug hey arnold rugrats the wild thornberrys all that and many more . in 2015 the 90s are all that was rebranded as the splat to include programming from the 1980s and early mid 2000s and currently airs from 10 p.m to 2 a.m. with an encore from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. 9 in addition the splat also features themed weeks live stunts retro recreations and its own dedicated website . 10 references edit seidman robert february 22 2015 . list of how many homes each cable networks is in cable network coverage estimates as of february 2015 . tv by the numbers . zap2it . retrieved february 28 2015 . adotas.com mtv buys teen property from gorilla nation october 16th 2006 author by sarah novotny nick of time for rebrand multichannel news march 2 2009 nickelodeon unveils new logo . variety . starpulse.com nickelodeon names nick cannon chairman of teennick produced by canadian