Why is everyone here concerned with everyone else's kids? This is amazing to me as a Libertarian. Part of the problem we have in the country is that this is a society of busybodies. We're more concerned with telling everyone else how to live their lives (raise their kids, etc) than looking...

Let me clarify - I really like Bill Maher. I made the comment I did because so many people here want to tell other people what to let their kids watch, that I wanted to see how YOU felt when someone told YOU what to watch. Just because Nick, Noggin or whoever programs 24 hours a day doesn't...

It's got nothing to do with your kids - it's a matter of principle. If you advertise a programming change, you're obligated to follow through with it. Dish, by airing Noggin's 24-hour advance promos for the last month, has, in and of themselves, been advertising a programming change. They are...

Ummm...then tell them no. Very effective - works with my kids.

Dish/Noggin Debaucle Here's what I don't get.... CBS announced the Noggin/N channel split last August. That gave all providers 4 1/2 months to prepare for the switch. They couldn't figure out how to split these channels in 4 1/2 months? I guess I don't understand what the big deal is...