- “Nick on CBS” 2002-03 Season Schedule Announced
March 12, 2002 | With changes afoot next season in the Saturday-morning TV landscape, Nickelodeon–the number-one entertainment brand for kids--will broaden its offerings and introduce a new programming block for The CBS Television Network’s Saturday-morning children’s schedule, it was announced today by Cyma Zarghami, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Nickelodeon. Beginning in September 2002, kids will get more of their favorite Nick shows on CBS on Saturday mornings --including The Wild Thornberrys and Hey Arnold!--as some of Nickelodeon’s most popular animated series with kids 2-11 make their broadcast television debut. The new series being added to the schedule will be combined with the established Nick Jr. preschool favorites to serve a wider kids 2-11 audience on CBS’s Saturday mornings.
- Nickelodeon’s “Kids’ Choice Awards 2002” Premieres April 20
March 5, 2002 | Kid favorite Rosie O’Donnell will return for a sixth year to host Nickelodeon’s 15th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards, joined by an array of stars from the worlds of film, music, sports and television. The event, which celebrates the extreme power of kids, will air live from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA, on Saturday, April 20, from 8-9:30PM ET/PT (tape delayed for West Coast).
- Kids’ WB Schedules Two-Part “The Nightmare Room”
February 28, 2002 | Native American spirits, a deserted haunted cabin and “ghost” campers…summer camp was never like this — a place where nightmares just might be real! Kids’ WB! takes viewers to the most haunted summer camp around in “The Nightmare Room’s” thrilling two-part episode, “Camp Nowhere.”
- Nickelodeon February 2002 Ratings Highlights
February 26, 2002 | Propelled by drawing its biggest kids’ and total viewers’ audiences ever during its Kids’ Day* schedule, Nickelodeon finished February 2002 as the number-one basic-cable network on a 24-hour basis among overall households (1.5/1.2 million HH), up +5% in rating over last year and +15% ahead of the number-two-ranked Lifetime Television (1.3/1.1 million HH—up 5%), according to Nielsen Media Research for 1/28-2/24/02. Also, in prime time (8-11 p.m. ET/PT) among households, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite scored a 1.6/1.4 million HH, up 7% over last year.
- Kids’ WB Doubles Fun During “Super Stuffed Saturday Sweepstakes”
February 21, 2002 | Kids' WB! doubles the comedy-adventure fun with back-to-back episodes of four favorite hit series and the chance to win hundreds of prizes during the “Super Stuffed Saturday Sweepstakes” line-up on Saturday, March 2.
- Kids’ WB Announces Early Season Pick-Ups for Fall 2002
February 11, 2002 | Kids’ WB! has committed to new season pick-ups for the next installment of “POKÉMON: MASTER QUEST” and the hit series “JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES,” “X-MEN: EVOLUTION,” “THE MUMMY: SECRETS OF THE MEDJA” and “RESCUE HEROES: GLOBAL RESPONSE TEAM” for the 2002-2003 season.
- Kids’ WB February Includes Shaq on “Static Shock”
February 4, 2002 | A basketball All-Star, an undead mummy and a new Jackie — Kids’ WB! sweeps into February with a slam-dunk!
- Kids’ WB Schedules Second Season of “Static Shock”
January 23, 2002 | Kids’ WB! is thrilled to kick-off the second season of the high-adventure hit series “Static Shock,” introducing new treacherous “meta-humans” and an array of special guest stars.
- Kids’ WB and Cartoon Network Announce New “Scooby-Doo” Series
January 15, 2002 | Zoinks!! Kids’ WB! is proud to announce the production and pick-up of “ALL NEW SCOOBY-DOO! THE ANIMATED SERIES” (working title), featuring the timeless and loveable Scooby gang in all-new adventures.
- Nickelodeon Premieres “The Nick Cannon Show” on Saturday, January 19, 2002
January 15, 2002 | Nickelodeon's newest live-action, half-hour comedy series, The Nick Cannon Show, premieres Saturday, January 19, at 9:30 p.m. (ET/PT) in the newly revamped SNICK (Saturday Night Nickelodeon) line-up. Nick Cannon, the 21-year-old star who has become a favorite with Nickelodeon audiences as a former All That cast member and current host of the TEENick Sunday programming block, executive produces -- along with Tollin Robbins Productions -- and stars in the "comedy-on-the-go" series. Shot entirely on location, The Nick Cannon Show features Cannon "taking over" real-life situations such as a family dinner, a baseball game or lunchtime at a high school cafeteria. Cannon also "mixes it up" with celebrities such as Eddie Murphy, Britney Spears, Usher, The Sopranos' Joe Pantoliano, Mary J. Blige, Master P and Lil' Romeo.
