Press releases and news articles that have been archived after this website was launched.
- Nick Celebrates Father’s Day With Nicktoons On June 16
June 5, 2002 | Pops are tops on Nickelodeon, Sunday, June 16 (12-4 p.m. ET/PT), when a special Nicktoons Father’s Day marathon features holiday themed offerings that touch the heart and tickle the funny bone. Dad gets his due in special episodes of the hit series SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, Rocket Power, Hey, Arnold! The Fairly OddParents, The Wild Thornberrys and Angry Beavers.
- Nick’s Summer 2002 Programming Highlights
June 3, 2002 | Nickelodeon serves up a sizzling summer blend of new series, specials, sneak peeks and programming blocks to flavor kids’ viewing throughout their favorite season, including The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius’ "When Pants Attack." The hotly anticipated special zips onto airwaves Saturday, July 20, paving the way for the Oscar-nominated title hero’s series in September.
- First Nick GAS Original “Splash TV” Premieres June 2
May 28, 2002 | Nickelodeon GAS: Games and Sports for Kids and USA Swimming have joined together to produce Splash TV, the first Nick GAS original series. The show, a series about swimming and water sports, will premiere on the Nick GAS block on Nickelodeon on Sunday, June 2, at 3:30p.m. (ET/PT). The show will re-air on Nick GAS at 8pm & 11pm (ET).
- Nick Wins 2001-02 Kids’ Saturday-Morning Broadcast Season
May 23, 2002 | Broadcast television’s traditional Saturday-morning and weekday-afternoon kid dayparts belong this season to basic cable’s Nickelodeon, which took the Saturday-morning top spot on a national ratings basis and scored seven of broadcast and basic-cable television’s top 10 kids’ programs. Powered by television’s number-one kids’ show, SpongeBob SquarePants, Nick’s Saturday-morning performance this season beat the closest competitor, Kids’ WB, by +53%. Nickelodeon’s first-place domination of weekday afternoons also continued this season, beating number-two Kids’ WB in this daypart by +61% for the season.
- “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.
