- Cartoon Network Sets “Codename: Kids Next Door” Premiere
December 5, 2002 | Codename: Kids Next Door, a new animated action-comedy series will premiere on Friday, December 6, at 7 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network.
- Kids’ WB Airs Spanish Simulcast of “¡Mucha Lucha!”
December 2, 2002 | Kids’ WB! has joined forces with Warner Bros. Animation to broadcast Kids’ WB!’s new Latin-flavored, irreverent comedy “¡MUCHA LUCHA!” with a Spanish simulcast, beginning Saturday, December 14.
- Kids’ WB Airs Special Encore of “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer”
November 19, 2002 | Based on the hit song that became a worldwide holiday phenomenon, The WB presents the joyous one-hour animated special “GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER” for a second-year run on Thursday, December 12.
- Kids’ WB Celebrates Thanksgiving With “Turkey Day Food Fling”
November 13, 2002 | Kids’ WB! celebrates the Thanksgiving holiday – in a non-traditional manner – with a cast of characters being thankful for the abundance of food they will have for the network’s first annual “Turkey Day Food Fling” on Saturday, November 23.
- Kids’ WB Schedules Special Anti-Smoking Episode of “Ozzy & Drix”
November 7, 2002 | Kids' WB! and the breakout hit “Ozzy & Drix” tackle the issue of teenage smoking and the deadly creature Nick O’Teen.
- Nickelodeon Announces Christmas 2002 Programming
November 4, 2002 | ‘Tis the season for SpongeBob and eggnog, Rugrats and reindeer. Spreading cheer from Bikini Bottom to Stu Pickles’ Christmasland, Nickelodeon celebrates Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa with a bounty of specials throughout December. Among these are primetime premieres of Rugrats, Invader Zim and Dora the Explorer, airing respectively on Monday, December 9 (8-9 p.m. ET/PT), Tuesday, December 10 (8:30 p.m. ET/PT) and Wednesday, December 11 (8:30 p.m. ET/PT). And if Santa sounds different in each, it’s because Jim Belushi voices the jolly gent in Rugrats’ one-hour ‘Babies in Toyland’ and Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough does the ho-ho-ho-ing in Dora’s ‘A Present for Santa.’
- Kids’ WB Announces October Programming Events
October 7, 2002 | Kids’ WB! falls into October with stupendous sweepstakes each week, heart-pounding adventures and Ha-Ha-Halloween horror line-ups.
- Nickelodeon 3Q 2002 Ratings Highlights
October 1, 2002 | Nickelodeon has finished Third Quarter 2002--its most-watched quarter ever with total viewers--as the number-one basic cable network among total viewers and kids 2-11 in total day, extending its position at the top spot to seven years (28 consecutive quarters). According to Nielsen Media Research for 3Q ’02 (7/1/02-9/29/02), Nickelodeon recorded its biggest audience levels for a quarter ever, delivering 1.8 million total viewers on a 24-hour basis--+6% over its prior-year average and +38% ahead of number-two-ranked Lifetime Television (1.3 million total viewers).
- Cartoon Network’s 2001-02 Ratings Growth
October 1, 2002 | Supported by a growing line-up of prime time original series and strong afternoon and late-night franchises, Cartoon Network concluded the 2001-2002 television season charting significant growth in all of its targeted demos.
- “Teen Titans” Series Announced for Cartoon Network and Kids’ WB
September 30, 2002 | Cartoon Network and Kids’ WB! will follow a new young breed of superheroes as famed Boy Wonder Robin leads fellow young teens Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire and Raven in the all-new high-adventure series Teen Titans.
