Nick Jr. on Directv

[dbkelly]

I'm currently a DISH Network subscriber. I'm thinking a switching to Directv, but noticed NickJr is not in the programming lineup. Any ideas why? This might be a show-stopper for me.

[Scott Greczkowski]

There is no NickJr on Dish eaither...

I believe Nick Jr is a programming block that airs on Nick in the mornings from 8am til noon.

[timf]

That's correct. Nick airs 3 types of programming all on a single channel:
Nick Jr. in the mornings and during the day, designed for kids who aren't in school yet.
Nickelodeon in the afternoons with programming for school aged kids.
Nick-at-Nite in the evenings and overnight. This used to be mostly classic TV shows, but now it's mostly reruns of recent series like you'd find on other networks.

[Karl Foster]

What might sway your family is PBS Kids, though. It is a wonderful channel for small children. All PBS shows like Arthur, Dragon Tales, etc. and best of all - NO COMMERCIALS! PBS Kids is availble on Directv and not on Dish.

[dbkelly]

Interesting. According to dishnetwork.com, I don't get NickJr, but I could swer that in the APG, NickJr is listed. Hmmm...

I did see that D* has PBS Kids and DiscoveryKids!

[Steve Mehs]

Nick Jr is not a channel, as said above it is a block of programming on Nickelodeon that all relates to a common age. Same situation as Noggin, in the evening they brand it as 'The N' since the programming is targeted toward older kids.

[Mike Richardson]

Originally posted by karl_f
What might sway your family is PBS Kids, though. It is a wonderful channel for small children. All PBS shows like Arthur, Dragon Tales, etc. and best of all - NO COMMERCIALS! PBS Kids is availble on Directv and not on Dish.
DirecTV has PBS Kids exclusively, while DISH Network has Nick GAS exclusively. Neither have Nicktoons TV.

[dbkelly]

Thanks to all the responded. I guess I had always paid attention to the screen station identification and not the actual channel I was on!!!!!!!

Looks like I'll be switch ing from my E*501 to D*Tivo. Yeah!!!!!!! ... can't wait!


Cheers,
David

[Jacob S]

Dish Network seems to have in the past had a seperate channel icon on their channel lineup on their programming brochures one saying Nickelodeon and theo ther Nick@Nite