Nickelodeon



In 1979, Nickelodeon debuted as the first cable TV network to program exclusively for children. Early in its history, it was nicknamed the "Green Network" because of its educational programing. The original logo was a silver ball with "Nickelodeon" in rainbow letters in front of it. Its current logo, until September 2009, appeared in any of a myriad of shapes, but was always orange with white letters. The current one is now the word "Nickelodeon" in lowercase orange letters, designed in a way evoking the original logo. Its morning preschool educational block, Nick Jr., includes Blues Clues and Dora the Explorer. During its evening block, Nick At Nite, the channel shows old Sit Coms and dramatic series.

One of Nickelodeon's earliest series, Pinwheel, featured animation from the United Kingdom and continental Europe (such as Chapi Chapo). From the late 1980s well into the 1990s, Nickelodeon's daytime schedule included reruns of half-hour cartoons, such as Inspector Gadget, Underdog and Yogi Bear, along with some original cartoons like Rugrats and Rocko's Modern Life, as well as game shows in which young contestants were, more often than not, Covered in Gunge (likely influenced by You Can't Do That On Television, Nickelodeon's first big hit series). It was renowned during the 90's due to the quality of its original series and gained world-wide prominence among international markets.

Now a Viacom property, Nickelodeon produces its Animated Shows in-house. Many of them, such as The Fairly Odd Parents, are almost indistinguishable from shows on Time Warner's Cartoon Network. Recently has started making Made For TV Movies in the wake of Disney's surprise success with High School Musical -- The Last Day Of Summer (a Groundhog Day clone) sank without trace, while Gym Teacher the Movie has gotten mixed reviews. They've made several successful treks into theaters under Paramount as well, with their string of Rugrats movies, and the SpongeBob movie. They recently acquired all the rights to anything related to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Winx Club. They also acquired the entire Power Rangers franchise, and started premiering their latest series on Nickelodeon, and will also start airing Power Rangers on Nicktoons.

Several other specialized cable channels have spun off from it, including TV Land, Noggin/The N Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nick GAS (Games And Sports), and Nicktoons TV Nicktoons Network. Nicktoons.

See The Nick Verse for what is an incredibly confusing Universe containing several of its most popular Live Action shows, such as I Carly and Drake and Josh.

Nicktoons (a * indicates a show created by Klasky Csupo)

 * Aaahh Real Monsters*
 * The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius and spinoff Planet Sheen
 * The Angry Beavers
 * As Told By Ginger*
 * Avatar: The Last Airbender
 * The Legend of Korra
 * Back At the Barnyard
 * Cat Dog
 * Catscratch
 * Chalk Zone
 * Danny Phantom
 * Doug (First Nicktoon, later bought by Disney) (Created at Jumbo Pictures, but still produced under the Nicktoons banner)
 * El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
 * The Fairly Odd Parents
 * Fanboy and Chum Chum
 * Hey Arnold
 * Invader Zim
 * Ka Blam (arguably unofficially--while Nick's marketing and the Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons book considers it to be one, it never got the Nicktoons logo at the end like the others did.)
 * Kappa Mikey (debuted as Nicktoons Network's first original cartoon, but briefly played on regular Nick as well)
 * Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness
 * The Mighty B
 * My Life As a Teenage Robot
 * Oh Yeah Cartoons
 * The Penguins of Madagascar
 * The Ren and Stimpy Show
 * Rocket Power*
 * Rocko's Modern Life
 * Rugrats and its Time Skip Spin-Off All Grown Up!*
 * Speed Racer the Next Generation (Nick aired the pilot before its premiere on Nicktoons as a sneak peak)
 * SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Tak and The Power of Juju (a CGI adaptation of the video game series of the same name)
 * Three Delivery
 * Tuff Puppy
 * The Wild Thornberrys*
 * The Xs
 * Yakkity Yak

Live-Action Shows and Nickcoms

 * One Hundred Deeds for Eddie Mcdowd
 * The Adventures of Pete and Pete
 * Against The Odds (a biography series hosted by Bill Bixby)
 * Animorphs (A Live Action Adaptation of the books)
 * Are You Afraid of the Dark
 * Best Player
 * Big Time Rush
 * The Brothers Garcia
 * Clarissa Explains It All
 * Cousin Skeeter
 * Dont Just Sit There
 * Drake and Josh
 * The Elephant Show
 * Eureekas Castle
 * Fifteen
 * Fred: The Show
 * Hey Dude
 * House of Anubis
 * How to Rock
 * I Carly
 * The Journey of Allen Strange
 * Just Jordan
 * Kenan and Kel
 * Kids Court
 * Livewire (a kids' talk show)
 * Mister Wizard's World (a science show hosted by Don Herbert, who had hosted a similar show as Mister Wizard decades earlier. A great show, Nick reran it for years and years.)
 * The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
 * Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
 * Nick News with Linda Ellerbee
 * Salute Your Shorts
 * The Secret World of Alex Mack
 * Stand By, Lights, Camera, Action! (a behind-the-scenes show about making movies, hosted by Leonard Nimoy)
 * True Stories From Famous People (aired as short segments between shows)
 * Space Cases
 * Supah Ninjas
 * Taina
 * The Troop
 * True Jackson VP
 * Unfabulous
 * Victorious
 * Weinerville
 * Welcome Freshmen
 * Zoey 101

Game Shows

 * Brain Surge
 * Double Dare
 * Figure It Out
 * Finders Keepers
 * Get the Picture
 * Legends of the Hidden Temple
 * Make the Grade
 * Nick Arcade
 * Nickelodeon Guts
 * Think Fast
 * What Would You Do?
 * Wild and Crazy Kids

Sketch Comedies

 * All That
 * The Amanda Show
 * Out Of Control
 * Roundhouse
 * Turkey Television
 * You Can't Do That On Television

Shows that originated elsewhere but have aired in reruns on Nickelodeon

 * Sixteen
 * The Adventures of the Little Koala
 * The Adventures of The Little Prince
 * The Adventures of Tintin
 * Animaniacs
 * Banana Man
 * Beetlejuice
 * Belle and Sebastian
 * The Brothers Flub
 * Butt Ugly Martians
 * Count Duckula
 * Danger Mouse
 * Dennis the Menace (the live-action TV series)
 * H 20 Just Add Water (US and UK)
 * Heathcliff
 * Inspector Gadget
 * Lassie
 * The Litt'l Bits
 * Looney Tunes
 * Maple Town
 * Martin Mystery
 * Maya the Bee
 * Men in Black: The Series
 * Mister Ed
 * The Monkees
 * Muppet Babies
 * The Mysterious Cities of Gold
 * Nick Rocks (a half-hour music video block)
 * The Noozles
 * Peanuts specials and the half-hour Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
 * Rocky and Bullwinkle
 * Spartakus and The Sun Beneath The Sea
 * Sport Cartoons (run as shorts between shows. European-produced pantomime cartoons starring a likable hippo and a mean cat playing various sports)
 * Star Trek the Animated Series
 * The Third Eye (an anthology series which rotated reruns of three foreign-produced fantasy serials: Into The Labyrinth, Under The Mountain, and The Witches And The Grinnygog.)
 * The Tomorrow People (both the original British version, and a later remake produced by Nick)
 * Tiny Toon Adventures
 * Todays Special
 * Underdog
 * The World of David the Gnome
 * Yogi Bear

Movies Based on the Shows

 * A Fairly Odd Movie Grow Up Timmy Turner
 * Good Burger
 * Hey Arnold The Movie
 * Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius
 * The Last Airbender
 * The Rugrats Movie (First movie to be based on a TV show)
 * Rugrats in Paris
 * Rugrats Go Wild
 * The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
 * The Wild Thornberrys Movie

Other Movies

 * Best Player
 * Charlottes Web
 * Clockstoppers
 * Harriet the Spy (First movie under Nick's banner)
 * Hotel For Dogs
 * Nacho Libre
 * Rango
 * A Series of Unfortunate Events
 * Shredderman Rules
 * Snow Day
 * The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
 * The Spiderwick Chronicles
 * The Adventures of Tintin

Specials frequently rerun on the weekend Special Delivery block

 * The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen (a European-produced animated version and its sequel, which predate the live action film)
 * The Adventures of Mark Twain
 * Dot And Keeto
 * Dot and The Kangaroo
 * Marco Polo Junior
 * The Point
 * Revenge Of The Humanoids (Once Upon A Time Space: The Movie)
 * UFO Kidnapped (a TV movie starring Les Lye from You Can't Do That On Television)

Among the popular celebrities who gained fame through this channel:

 * Miranda Cosgrove
 * Nathan Kress
 * Jennette McCurdy
 * Jerry Trainor
 * Victoria Justice
 * Ariana Grande
 * Daniella Monet
 * Liz Gillies
 * Leon Thomas III
 * Keke Palmer
 * Amanda Bynes
 * Drake Bell
 * Josh Peck
 * Kenan Thompson
 * Kel Mitchell
 * Big Time Rush
 * Melissa Joan Hart
 * Larisa Oleynik
 * Marc Summers
 * Omar Gooding
 * Michelle Trachtenberg
 * Danny Tamburelli
 * David Lascher
 * Christine Taylor
 * Danny Cooksey
 * Blake Soper
 * Jewel Staite
 * Shawn Ashmore
 * Nick Cannon

.......NICKELODEON!

NICK IS KIDS!