Nick Jr.

For the separate channel named after this block, see Nick Jr. Channel.

Nick Jr. (sometimes called Nick Jr. on Nickelodeon or Nick Jr. on Nick) is a block of TV shows on Nickelodeon every weekday morning. It started on January 4, 1988. The shows in this block are specially for preschoolers. Most of the shows are educational. Shows like Blue's Clues, Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans and Ni Hao, Kai-Lan were made for the Nick Jr. block.

Nick Jr.

Logo used since 2023[a]
Network	Nickelodeon
Launched	January 4, 1988; 37 years ago (1988-01-04)
Country of origin	United States
Owner	Paramount Media Networks (Paramount Global)
Headquarters	New York City
Formerly known as	Nick Junior (1988) Nick Jr. Play Date (2007–2009) Nickelodeon's Play Date/Nickelodeon Play Date/Play Date (2009–2012) Weekday Mornings on Nick: The Smart Place to Play (2012–2014)
Original language(s)	English Spanish (via SAP audio track)
Official website	www.nickjr.com (archived, currently unresponsive)

A separate Nick Jr. Channel started on September 28, 2009. It plays many of the same shows as the block. Both the block and the channel are still airing.

Logo used May 21, 2018 to July 1, 2023; in which the logo is in slightly darker color.

International versions

United States

The block started playing on Nickelodeon on January 4, 1988. On September 28, 2009, a separate channel was started (the Nick Jr. Channel), and it was named after the block.^[1] The US version did not had the similar graphs, promos or design as the UK, Italy or Australia except the logo. Currently it airs some early and late Nick Jr. shows. The new logo is a lot different than the block's logo.

United Kingdom

Main article: Nick Jr. (British and Irish TV channel)

Launched on September 1, 1993 as the first Nick Jr. channel. Until 1999 But it was in widescreen it aired from 6:00a.m. to 8:00p.m. Then in February 2002 a classic children's programming block called Nick Jr. Classics was launched, airing was also increased to 10:00p.m. After Nick Jr. Classics was Closed in 2019, it began airing for 24 hours.

There is a similar service titled Nick Jr. Too. It launched in April 2002 as Nick Jr. 2, but the name was changed in November 2014.^[source?]

Australia

Launched on March 2004.^[2] The Australian version includes some PBS Kids series like WordWorld and Sid the Science Kid.

France

Similar to the US version. Launched on January 26, 2010.^[3] Name stylized as Nickelodeon Junior.

Latin America

Launched on July 1, 2008, like US version it have the late Nick JR shows, name stylized as Nick JR.

Notes

1. The logo's wordmark has been in use since September 28, 2009. Additionally, this logo is a variant meant to be used for white backgrounds; the main variant has a white (for Nick) and blue (for Jr.) wordmark in conjunction with a fully orange splat.