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- Kids’ WB Plays Ball With Shaq This May
May 1, 2001 | Kids’ WB! brings the world champion Los Angeles Lakers’ basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal to its Saturday morning line-up on May 5, 12 and 19 (11:00 a.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT).
- Kids’ WB Announces “The Nightmare Room” for Fall 2001
March 8, 2001 | Kids' WB will add its first-ever live-action series and four new animated series to its top-rated Saturday morning and weekday slates during the 2001-2002 television season.
- Kids’ WB Gives Away 4,000 Prizes With “Super Stuffed Saturday Sweepstakes”
February 16, 2001 | Kids’ WB! will be giving away 4000 thousand prizes and one grand prize to kids during its super stuffed Saturday morning line-up on Saturday, February 24.
- 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".
- Kids’ WB Launches “Poké-Read-A-Rama Challenge” PSA
February 8, 2001 | In an effort to encourage kids to read, Kids’ WB! is proud to invite kids and schools around the country to participate in the network’s first-ever national educational reading initiative.
- “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.
