


The original Face promos were produced by Nick Digital (from 1994 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2003 the later promos featured a redesigned Face) and DMA Animation (from 1996 to 2000). Face was voiced by Chris Phillips, who also narrated several Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. Also, he changed colors, moods, and feelings. He was also capable of creating a number of foley sound effects and voices including an iconic signature three-note trumpet noise usually following the name "Nick Jr." at the end of almost every bumper. In the context of his segments, Face was capable of materializing objects such as an astronaut, a robot, a clown, a window, a traffic light, stars, and even wood.

rebranded and introduced Face, an animated mascot that introduced shows and interstitials and led into commercial breaks.
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On June 13, older-skewing Nickelodeon series Rugrats, The Alvin Show, Dennis the Menace, and Lassie joined Nick Jr.'s lineup, as the block's branding was temporarily de-emphasized in favor of regular Nickelodeon branding until September 2. Due to Nick Jr.'s declining ratings as well as competition from PBS' PTV and TLC's Ready Set Learn, Nickelodeon spent $30 million revamping the Nick Jr. On April 4, 1994, the "Jim Henson's Muppet Hour" sub-block was created by pairing Muppet Babies reruns with the new acquisition The Muppet Show. began to invest more into producing original interstitial series (including 1994's Muppet Time, forty two-minute shorts from The Jim Henson Company) in order to stay within a self-imposed limit of five minutes of commercials per hour. also started using a female announcer (who was replaced by a different one in 1994, 19) in its promos and bumpers. logo and a theme song with the slogan sung to the melody of London Bridge, and a few featured Cappelli & Company mascot Frank Cappelli. promos and bumpers featured kids playing near the Nick Jr. The block's timing was solidified as 9:00am - 2:00 pm. logo consisting of an orange parent and a blue child, and the slogan Grow, Learn, and Play. premiered a new series, Cappelli & Company, and received a new rebrand which prominently featured a new Nick Jr. Much of Nick Jr.'s other programs at the time were of Japanese or foreign origin (including Fred Penner's Place, Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show, Adventures of the Little Koala, Noozles, Maya the Bee, and The Littl' Bits). When Nick Jr.'s original series Eureeka's Castle premiered in September, Pinwheel was split into two separate half hours in the morning and afternoon, where it remained until June 29, 1990, after which the block was truncated to start at 9:30 am. Until June 29, 1990, Pinwheel was featured, originally for three hours (two in the morning and one at noon), then for one hour starting in Spring 1989. On weekends, preschool programs went unbranded and aired at earlier hours of the day.

At launch, the block aired from 8:30 am – 2:30 pm. Like with Nickelodeon, Nick Jr.'s network IDs featured the block's logo in different shapes and styles. Nick Jr.'s new logo was orange for 'Nick' and blue for 'Jr.', and it varied in the shape or species (e.g.: two gears, trains, robots, planets, insects, comets, or elephants). was gradually unveiled between September 1988 and mid-1989. A new rebrand for the block that abbreviated its name to Nick Jr. After Nickelodeon's preschool block premiered a slew of new shows in 1987, it began using the Nick Junior branding on January 4, 1988 ( ), coinciding with the premiere of the Spanish program The World of David the Gnome. Since its launch on April 1, 1979, and throughout the 1980s, Nickelodeon aired programs for preschoolers (most prominently Pinwheel and Today's Special) on weekdays (from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm) and weekend mornings. To differentiate the two services, the channel is known on air as the " Nick Jr. In 2009, Nickelodeon launched a separate channel named after the Nick Jr. features a lineup of shows aimed at children under six. is an American morning programming block that airs on Nickelodeon (specifically for weekday mornings, and often shortened on holidays and weekends).
