- 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.
- Nickelodeon Announces 2001-02 Programming Pick-Ups
July 25, 2001 | Affirming its ongoing commitment to original programming, Nickelodeon has picked up 13 episodes each of the brand-new comedy series The Nick Cannon Show and the newly cast All That, both set to launch Saturday, Sept. 29, in prime time in SNICK (Saturday Night Nickelodeon). The network also has renewed five hit freshmen shows for their second seasons beginning in fall 2001, including As Told By Ginger (20 episodes), The Fairly OddParents (14), Invader ZIM (20), Pelswick (13) and Taina (13). The Nick Jr. preschool favorite Maggie and the Ferocious Beast also has been renewed for 13 episodes.
- Nick’s TEENick Programming Block Launches March 4
February 13, 2001 | Nickelodeon will launch a new Sunday-night destination created and designed for its tween viewership (kids 9-14) with TEENick [Teen Nick], a special two-and-one-half-hour programming block with music and interactive elements, beginning Sunday, March 4, at 6 p.m. (all times ET/PT).
- Macy Gray to Sing “As Told By Ginger” Theme
February 13, 2001 | Tapped by Nickelodeon, Grammy Award nominee Macy Gray tries out a new musical genre, TV theme songs, lending her distinctive voice to the music of the
popular animated children's series "As Told By Ginger".
- “Invader ZIM” Premieres Friday, March 30 on Nickelodeon
January 17, 2001 | Nickelodeon's first animated science-fiction fantasy series, Invader ZIM premieres Friday, March 30, 2001 at 9:00PM (ET/PT). From the inventive mind of comic book creator Jhonen Vasquez, and co-executive produced by animation veteran Mary Harrington, the series focuses on a paranoid alien named ZIM from planet Irk who believes he is at the forefront of a sinister plan of galactic conquest.
- Interactive Nick and Nick.com Game “BubbleCast” Launches February 5
January 17, 2001 | Nickelodeon and Nick.com create the first interactive TV/online game experience for kids when BubbleCast debuts February 5, 2001.
- Nickelodeon’s “Taina” Premiere Ratings
January 17, 2001 | Taina, Nickelodeon's newest live-action comedy series, scored a 5.5 rating/18 share (1.7 million kid viewers) for its Sunday, Jan. 14, premiere--marking triple-digit increases of 169% in rating and 181% in kid viewers as compared to prior-year levels.
- Viewers Decide SpongeBob Ending in “You Wish” March 9
January 17, 2001 | Kids will get to choose the official ending to a special prime-time presentation of SpongeBob SquarePants airing on Friday, March 9, 2001 at 8:00 PM (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.
- “The Fairly OddParents” Premieres March 30
January 17, 2001 | Nickelodeon's new irreverent, action-packed animated comedy series The Fairly OddParents, premiering Friday, March 30, 2001 at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT), follows the adventures of 10-year-old Timmy Turner and his newly arrived fairy godparents.
- Nickelodeon Announces 2000 Christmas Schedule
December 1, 2000 | Nickelodeon unwraps a bounty of prime-time presents to make kids merry throughout December, including new and favorite Yuletide episodes of various Nick series to be telecast Monday - Thursday, December 4-28 at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Among these are all new holiday episodes of "100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd" (December 5), "SpongeBob SquarePants" (December 6), "Pinky & the Brain" (December 14) and "The Wild Thornberrys" (December 27).
- Nickelodeon Acquires “Pinky and the Brain,” “Animaniacs” and “Tiny Toon Adventures”
August 29, 2000 | Nickelodeon has acquired the exclusive television rights to three Emmy Award-winning animated series created and produced by Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. Animation from Warner Bros. Domestic Pay-TV, Cable & Network Features, it was announced today by Cyma Zarghami, Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon.
- Nickelodeon to Launch First New On-Air Look in More Than a Decade
August 29, 2000 | Timed to kids' back-to-school season, Nickelodeon will launch its first new on-air look in more than 10 years, beginning Monday, Sept. 4.
- Jason Harris Hosts Double Dare 2000, Previewing January 22 in SNICK
December 20, 1999 | Double Dare -- Nickelodeon's popular, classic obstacle-course game show that turned slime into the network's trademark substance -- returns for a new generation of kids as the all-new Double Dare 2000.
- Nickelodeon’s New SNICK House Premieres October 16
October 11, 1999 | Beginning Saturday, October 16, Nickelodeon's Saturday night lineup, SNICK (Saturday night Nickelodeon), will get a whole new look with the premiere of two new series as well as the unveiling of the SNICK House, Nickelodeon's new SNICK home base located in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills.
- Nickelodeon, Nick At Nite and TV Land Strike Programming Deal with Warner Bros. for Multiple Hit Television Shows
July 16, 1999 | Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite and TV Land have reached a multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Pay-TV, Cable & Network Features in which all three networks will have access to several of Warner Bros. programs from the past 40 years of television. The agreement, which begins in April, 2000, will enable all three popular programming services to bring numerous hit sitcoms and dramas to a variety of dayparts.
- Nickelodeon Renews The Nicktoons
November 19, 1991 | Nickelodeon, the only cable channel just for kids, today announced it has doubled its order on all three series in its critically acclaimed "NICKTOONS" block.
