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Sunday, September 27, 2009

The N and Noggin become Null and Void

So recently, I was watching The N reruns of What I Like About You, which they show a lot lately. If it's not Degrassi being shown, then it's What I Like About You. Well, I don't really watch the show, though, I just catch it sometimes. But yeah, anyway, on a commercial break, they said "On September 28, 2009, The N will become TeenNick".
I was like: What? I decided to search it on Wikipedia, and it said The N and Noggin will become TeenNick and Nick Jr., respectively. (To all you Anti-Wikiers: There were sources, and there was a commercial, so it's not made up bologna. :P)
I don't really care about Noggin changing; not even the target audience watches it, seeing as things like Wizards of Waverly Place are child friendly, too. And I think it's a premium channel?
But The N. It can't change. It shouldn't change. I mean, yeah, all it really is is just a name change to make it clear that Nickelodeon owns it, but it's going to be ugly. Really ugly.
If you don't imagine what could go wrong, just imagine this. Most The N watchers are Degrassi fans, since that's pretty much the only thing they show. Then if they're going to call it TeenNick, then that probably means that they're going to add shows like Drake and Josh or Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. Probably not the latter, seeing as even Nick avoids the hugely underrated show like the plague. But yeah, TeenNick will probably have things like Drake and Josh on it.
Let's see what could go wrong.
Degrassi, a show which exaggerates the drama in high school, and Drake and Josh, a show which exaggerates sibling rivalry, on the same channel. On TeenNick's forum or message board, radical, opinionated fans of either show will be like "Degrassi is better than Drake and Josh! Drake and Josh should find it's own channel!" or "TeenNick is Drake and Josh's home! Degrassi should stay in Canada!". Still didn't get it? Shows with everything opposite, on the same channel. The community's going to split. TeenNick will lose its Degrassi fans, or its sitcom fanbase.

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