- Nickelodeon 2Q 2002 Ratings Highlights
July 2, 2002 | Finishing Second Quarter 2002 first in total day (27 straight quarters) and second in prime time among all basic cable, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite recorded its most-watched 2Q ever (1.6/1.3 million HH/1.8 million total viewers) among households and total viewers on a 24-hour basis, up +14% in rating, +18% in delivery and +20% in total viewers over last year. Also, the network’s first-place finish in total day represents a +33% lead over tied-for-second LifeTime Television (1.2/1.0 million HH) and Cartoon Network (1.2/964,000 HH).
- TEENick’s Summer Concert Series Kicks Off Sunday, June 23
June 19, 2002 | Nickelodeon’s 2002 TEENick Summer Concert Series sizzles this summer with original performances by some of today’s most popular teen musical artists including Lil’ Romeo, B2K, 3LW, O-Town, Mario and Avril Lavigne. Up and coming artist Lil’ J hosts the series and kicks off the first show on Sunday, June 23, at 8:30 pm (ET/PT) with a performance by Lil’ Romeo. The series will air on Sundays at 8:30 pm (ET/PT) throughout the summer.
- Nickelodeon’s 2002 “TEENick Summer Concert Series” Kicks Off June 23, 2002
June 19, 2002 | Nickelodeon’s 2002 TEENick Summer Concert Series sizzles this summer with original performances by some of today’s most popular teen musical artists including Lil’ Romeo, B2K, 3LW, O-Town, Mario and Avril Lavigne. Up and coming artist Lil’ J hosts the series and kicks off the first show on Sunday, June 23, at 8:30 pm (ET/PT) with a performance by Lil’ Romeo. The series will air on Sundays at 8:30 pm (ET/PT) throughout the summer.
- Nickelodeon Celebrates Summer Solstice With First-Ever Nicktoon All-Nighter, June 21
June 10, 2002 | Summer Solstice won’t get short shrift this year, thanks to Nickelodeon. When the sun finally sets, in celebration of this longest day of the year -- Friday, June 21 -- the network will pre-empt regularly scheduled Nick at Nite programming to offer a Nicktoon All-Nighter (8 p.m.-6 a.m. ET/PT) for animation fans of all ages. The fun stretches through the power hours, sunset to sunrise, with favorite series including SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents, Rugrats, Hey Arnold! The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, As Told by Ginger, Invader Zim and CatDog.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- “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).
- 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.
