Editing The Electric Company (section)

===1999 rebroadcast===
The earlier shows did not resurface until February 2, 1999, when the [[Noggin (brand)|Noggin]] network, which was partly owned by Sesame Workshop and PBS at the time, rebroadcast the show as a result of its co-ownership of the network. Noggin created a two-hour compilation special to re-introduce the series to a new generation. The special was aired on [[TV Land]] as a way to promote Noggin.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deseret.com/1999/4/26/19442234/tonight-on-tv | title=Tonight on TV | date=April 26, 1999 }}</ref>

Noggin ran 65 select episodes until mid-2003, when they were pulled from the program lineup because Sesame Workshop sold its half of the network to [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]], which already owned the other half. The shows were cut subtly to fit Noggin's shorter running time and free up time for various interstitial segments produced for the network. These deletions included the episode numbers, the [[Scanimate]] word animations, the segments of up to 15 seconds, and the teasers of the next episodes (in seasons 2–6).

During the same period as the Noggin rebroadcasts, numerous fans of the program produced [[QuickTime]] and [[MP3]] clips from the Noggin rebroadcasts, old over-the-air recordings, and, in some cases, from [[master recording]]s. These were hosted online at various places and received heavy attention from the [[blogosphere]] (e.g., [[Boing Boing]])<ref name=boingboing>{{cite web|last = Doctorow|first = Cory|title = Electric Company video and audio|publisher = Boing Boing|date = April 15, 2004|access-date = May 1, 2009|url = http://www.boingboing.net/2004/04/15/electric-company-vid.html}}</ref> until a [[cease and desist|cease-and-desist]] letter took down the [http://www.wohmart.com/tec/ most prominent] of these sites in 2004.