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- “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.
- Kids’ WB Kicks Off Season With “Big Premiere Sweepstakes”
September 24, 2001 | Are you ready to go Hollywood and be one of the stars to attend a world premiere movie event? Get ready for the biggest Kids’ WB! morning ever… Kids’ WB! kicks off its new fall schedule on Saturday, September 29.
- “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.
- Kids’ WB Announces 2001-2002 Schedule
August 31, 2001 | Kids' WB! will launch its first-ever live-action series and add five new animated series to its top-rated Saturday morning and weekday slates during the 2001-2002 television season.
- Kids’ WB Series “The Nightmare Room” Gets Special Primetime Debut on The WB
August 15, 2001 | Kids’ WB! is going primetime as its first-ever live-action anthology series “The Nightmare Room” launches with two chilling episodes for a sneak-peek debut on The WB Television Network.
- Cartoon Network Schedules “Samurai Jack” Series Premiere
August 1, 2001 | On August 10, SAMURAI JACK, a new animated action series from Genndy Tartakovsky, slashes its way onto Cartoon Network.
- Cartoon Network Sets “Grim & Evil” Premiere
August 1, 2001 | GRIM & EVIL, created by Maxwell Atoms, will debut on Cartoon Network at 8:00 p.m. (ET, PT) on August 24, 2001. GRIM & EVIL is comprised of two darkly humorous cartoons, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and Evil Con Carne.
- 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.
