- “SpongeBob’s House Party” Scores 6.7 Million Total Viewers
May 21, 2002 | Nickelodeon swept basic cable the week of May 13-19 with a two-front ratings win across prime time and total day, powered by Friday night’s SpongeBob House Party special—basic cable’s top-rated program for the week with households, total viewers and kids 2-11—and the continued success of Nick at Nite’s The Cosby Show.
- Nickelodeon to Premiere “Sunday Movie Toons” Block in October 2002
May 9, 2002 | Nickelodeon will introduce to its schedule a brand-new Sunday afternoon movie block featuring original, full-length animated films, to be produced by DIC Entertainment.
- Mother’s Day 2002 on Nickelodeon
May 9, 2002 | Nickelodeon turns the spotlight on moms with a six-hour Nicktoons Mother’s Day marathon.
- Nickelodeon’s Mother’s Day 2002 Programming
May 9, 2002 | Nickelodeon turns the spotlight on moms with a six-hour Nicktoons Mother’s Day marathon, Sunday, May 12 (noon-6pm ET/PT) of poignant and funny holiday themed episodes of hit series. Shows on tap include SpongeBob Squarepants, Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, The Fairly OddParents, As Told by Ginger, Doug, Pelswick and Hey, Arnold!
- Kids’ WB Schedules Special “Static Shock” Episode About Gun Violence
April 23, 2002 | Kids’ WB! and “Static Shock” address the issue of gun violence among today’s youth in a socially-responsible episode, entitled “Jimmy.”
- Kids’ WB Schedules “The Cryptkeeper’s Creepy Cook-Off” Event
April 3, 2002 | Kids’ WB! sent out a call to action earlier this season – for kids across America to take to their kitchens, their gardens, their ditches and create the most gruesome, ghastly recipe…more than four thousand answered the call and 16 lucky chefs were selected.
- Nickelodeon’s 1Q 2002 Ratings: “ChalkZone”, “SpongeBob” and “Fairly OddParents”
April 2, 2002 | Scoring its highest total-day ratings with kids 2-11 and total viewers in four years, Nickelodeon has completed First Quarter 2002 as basic cable’s number-one network on a 24-hour basis--extending its household reign at the top spot to 26 consecutive quarters. For 1Q ’02 with kids 2-11 in total day, Nick averaged a 3.1/21 rating and share (986,000 average kid viewers)—increases of +3% in rating and +7% in delivery over last year’s like time period. The network’s 24-hour average of 1.8 million total viewers for 1Q ’02 marks an +11% lift over like time period last year.
- Kids’ WB Announces Year-Round Programming Strategy
March 13, 2002 | Kids’ WB! will add five new animated series to its top-rated Saturday morning and weekday slates and introduce a “year-round” schedule that will offer fresh new programming, beginning this Summer and leading into the 2002-2003 television season.
- Kids’ WB Honored With Seven Daytime Emmy Nominations
March 13, 2002 | Kids' WB! received seven Daytime Emmy nominations for the 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, it was announced today at a ceremony in New York City.
- Nickelodeon Upfront 2002
March 12, 2002 | Two of the most widely anticipated events in kids television, the first Rugrats spin-off series and the TV series debut of the Oscar®-nominated theatrical hit Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, will headline five new animated series to launch on Nickelodeon during the 2002-2003 season, it was announced today by Cyma Zarghami, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Nickelodeon.
