- Kids’ WB Acquires “Yu-Gi-Oh!” for Fall 2001
June 12, 2001 | Kids’ WB!, the #1 broadcast network for kids, and 4Kids Entertainment (NYSE: KDE), a global provider of children’s entertainment, have joined forces to bring Japan’s hottest new animé series, “YU-GI-OH!” to kids in the United States on Saturday mornings beginning this fall.
- Cartoon Network Launches Adult Swim Programming Block
June 11, 2001 | On September 2, 2001, Cartoon Network extends its mission as the world leader in animated entertainment when it splashes down with Adult Swim, a new block of animated programming aimed at adults ages 18-34.
- Cartoon Network Schedules “Time Squad” Series Premiere
June 1, 2001 | TIME SQUAD, a new series from creator Dave Wasson, joins Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoon Friday line-up on June 8 at 9:00 p.m. (ET, PT).
- Kids’ WB Plays Ball With Shaq This May
May 1, 2001 | Kids’ WB! brings the world champion Los Angeles Lakers’ basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal to its Saturday morning line-up on May 5, 12 and 19 (11:00 a.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT).
- Kids’ WB Announces “The Nightmare Room” for Fall 2001
March 8, 2001 | Kids' WB will add its first-ever live-action series and four new animated series to its top-rated Saturday morning and weekday slates during the 2001-2002 television season.
- Kids’ WB Gives Away 4,000 Prizes With “Super Stuffed Saturday Sweepstakes”
February 16, 2001 | Kids’ WB! will be giving away 4000 thousand prizes and one grand prize to kids during its super stuffed Saturday morning line-up on Saturday, February 24.
- Nick’s TEENick Programming Block Launches March 4
February 13, 2001 | Nickelodeon will launch a new Sunday-night destination created and designed for its tween viewership (kids 9-14) with TEENick [Teen Nick], a special two-and-one-half-hour programming block with music and interactive elements, beginning Sunday, March 4, at 6 p.m. (all times ET/PT).
- Macy Gray to Sing “As Told By Ginger” Theme
February 13, 2001 | Tapped by Nickelodeon, Grammy Award nominee Macy Gray tries out a new musical genre, TV theme songs, lending her distinctive voice to the music of the
popular animated children's series "As Told By Ginger".
- Kids’ WB Launches “Poké-Read-A-Rama Challenge” PSA
February 8, 2001 | In an effort to encourage kids to read, Kids’ WB! is proud to invite kids and schools around the country to participate in the network’s first-ever national educational reading initiative.
- “Invader ZIM” Premieres Friday, March 30 on Nickelodeon
January 17, 2001 | Nickelodeon's first animated science-fiction fantasy series, Invader ZIM premieres Friday, March 30, 2001 at 9:00PM (ET/PT). From the inventive mind of comic book creator Jhonen Vasquez, and co-executive produced by animation veteran Mary Harrington, the series focuses on a paranoid alien named ZIM from planet Irk who believes he is at the forefront of a sinister plan of galactic conquest.
- Interactive Nick and Nick.com Game “BubbleCast” Launches February 5
January 17, 2001 | Nickelodeon and Nick.com create the first interactive TV/online game experience for kids when BubbleCast debuts February 5, 2001.
- Nickelodeon’s “Taina” Premiere Ratings
January 17, 2001 | Taina, Nickelodeon's newest live-action comedy series, scored a 5.5 rating/18 share (1.7 million kid viewers) for its Sunday, Jan. 14, premiere--marking triple-digit increases of 169% in rating and 181% in kid viewers as compared to prior-year levels.
- Viewers Decide SpongeBob Ending in “You Wish” March 9
January 17, 2001 | Kids will get to choose the official ending to a special prime-time presentation of SpongeBob SquarePants airing on Friday, March 9, 2001 at 8:00 PM (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.
- “The Fairly OddParents” Premieres March 30
January 17, 2001 | Nickelodeon's new irreverent, action-packed animated comedy series The Fairly OddParents, premiering Friday, March 30, 2001 at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT), follows the adventures of 10-year-old Timmy Turner and his newly arrived fairy godparents.
- Kids’ WB Schedules New Series “The Zeta Project”
January 10, 2001 | Kids’ WB! will bring its newest mission to Saturday mornings with the debut of the new high-adventure animated series “The Zeta Project” on Saturday, January 27.
- Donna Friedman Promoted at Kids’ WB
January 6, 2001 | Donna L. Friedman, who has been in charge of Kids’ WB! during both seasons that it ranked #1 among all broadcast networks, has been promoted to Executive Vice President.
- Kids’ WB Adds “Jackie Chan Adventures” to Weekdays
January 6, 2001 | Kids' WB will bring more of Jackie Chan’s action-comedy-adventure to its schedule with a total of 52 episodes of the new Saturday morning breakout hit series “Jackie Chan Adventures” from Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group.
