- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- Nickelodeon Premieres the 7th Season of “All That” on Saturday, January 19, 2002
January 15, 2002 | Nickelodeon's longest-running live action series, All That, revs up for its seventh season with an all new format, including a weekly celebrity host and an all new kid cast. The fun begins Saturday, January 19 in the newly revamped SNICK (Saturday Night Nickelodeon) line-up at 8p.m. (ET/PT) when All That introduces a fresh-faced new cast performing original, over-the-top sketches, a celebrity host each week and musical performances by today's hottest hip-hop, rap and pop artists.
- Nickelodeon’s 2001 Ratings Highlights
January 2, 2002 | Nickelodeon has finished 2001 with its biggest kids' audience in the network's 22-year history, breaking the audience-level record it set just last year and also advancing its standing (25 consecutive quarters) as basic cable's number-one network among kids and households in total day for '01 and fourth quarter, according to Nielsen Media Research (1/1-12/30/01). Nickelodeon--distributed to more than 84 million U.S. homes--scored its most-watched year ever among its core demo of kids 2-11 by growing last year's total-day average audience of 866,000 kids 2-11 by +3% to 895,000 year to date.
- Nickelodeon Announces December 2001 Holiday Programming Schedule
November 28, 2001 | Nickelodeon lights the menorah, heaps the basket with mazao and trims the tree, expanding holiday tradition into a diverse programming package in December that celebrates Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa respectively with all-new episodes of As Told by Ginger, Rugrats and The Fairly OddParents. Moreover, Yuletide fare especially for pre-schoolers includes episode premieres of Little Bill and Bob The Builder. And, to make kids merry throughout the entire month, Nick's airwaves will glow with seasonal favorites from hit Nicktoon series -- Mondays-Thursdays, December 3-27 (8:30 p.m. ET/PT) -- including SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys and CatDog - and with a diverse holiday marathon, December 15 (2-6 p.m. ET/PT).
- “Nick News” to Air 10 Year Anniversary Retrospective on October 4, 2001
September 27, 2001 | NICK NEWS WITH LINDA ELLERBEE, the longest-running kids' newsmagazine in television history, will commemorate the 10-year anniversary of its Emmy, duPont and Peabody award-winning news coverage with a one-hour, prime-time special, TURNING TEN: A NICK NEWS CELEBRATION, airing Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001, at 8pm (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. The special is a retrospective of the weekly newsmagazine's most compelling stories over the last decade, showing how this groundbreaking program has been able to explain events such as war, terrorism, school shootings, AIDS, racism and politics to kids, and how kids have responded by working to change their world for the better.
- “Nick News: Kids, Terrorism and American Spirit” Premieres September 16, 2001
September 14, 2001 | Nick will air a Nick News Special Edition, Nick News: Kids, Terrorism and American Spirit, on Sunday, September 16, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) to offer kids and their families a starting point to talk about their fears and thoughts surrounding this past Tuesday's series of events. The program also will be shown on Monday, September 17, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) and Wednesday, September 19, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
- Nickelodeon Renews “The Brothers Garcia” for Third Season & TV Movie in 2002
September 10, 2001 | Nickelodeon's hit primetime, live-action comedy The Brothers Garcia has been renewed for a third season, it was announced today by Cyma Zarghami, Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Nickelodeon. Eleven new episodes of the show will begin production in October in Hollywood. The Brothers Garcia, which made television history in July 2000 as the first English Language sitcom with an all-Latino cast and creative team of writers, directors and producers, will also be featured in a 90-minute tele-film to air on Nickelodeon in the 2002 season.
- Nickelodeon July 2001 Ratings Highlights; “Rugrats: All Growed Up” Sets Huge Records
July 31, 2001 | Powered by the record-shattering Rugrats' "All Growed Up" 10th anniversary special, Nickelodeon in July 2001 drew its largest audience of kids 2-11 ever and continued its longstanding dominance as the number-one basic-cable network on a 24-hour basis. According to Nielsen Media Research for July '01 (7/2-29/01), Nickelodeon delivered a record-breaking average of 992,000 kids 2-11 in total day, marking a 4% increase over last year's record-setting kid delivery levels (957,000). Among households in total day, Nickelodeon averaged a 1.5/1.2 million HH, delivering audience levels comparable to last year's record-setting July '00, when the network garnered its largest household delivery numbers ever.
