Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite/Nick Jr./Teen Nick

[Pikapower]

Discuss anything about the cable/satellite TV channel Nickelodeon and its associated cable/satellite TV channels (Nick Jr. and Teen Nick)

[ynkeesfn82]

I used to love the Nicktoons they had back in the day on Nickelodeon - Doug, Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, and Rocko's Modern Life.  The on their Saturday Night Snick Block I loved Clarissa Explains it All. Am I the only one who had (has) a crush on Melissa Joan Hart?

These days sadly Nickelodeon is pretty much The All Spongebob all the time Channel.

Nick-at-Nite - my shows Full House and The Nanny. They really need to get rid of Friends and George Lopez.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

These days sadly Nickelodeon is pretty much The All Spongebob all the time Channel.

Not necessarily all SpongeBob all the time (more like half the time). From what I've heard Nick has been adding dozens of new programs like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers. I wish Viacom could syndicate SpongeBob so that people who don't have cable, satellite, or internet can watch the first six seasons over-the-air on the CW or CBS. Or have Viacom buy back CBS Inc. and bring back Nick on CBS. The newest SpongeBob Christmas Special aired on CBS last year during the holidays.

[Pikapower]

These days sadly Nickelodeon is pretty much The All Spongebob all the time Channel.

More like the SpongeBob, Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, and Disney Channel-esque teeny-bopper shows channel!

Like what happened? Nickelodeon used to be good until 2009 when they got a new logo and went downhill. They used have some of the best shows like Rugrats, Fairly Odd-Parents (they hardly air that now), Hey Arnold, Rocket Power, Wild Thornberrys, & Blue's Clues. Nick at Nite should air the old Nick shows like the ones I've mentioned or have TV Land pick them up!

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

I think Viacom should create a new Nickelodeon sister network, "Nick Classic", a channel featuring most Nickelodeon programs from the early days of Nickelodeon to 2009, including some newly-acquired retro programming, including the first three seasons of SpongeBob SquarePants (to losen up the glut of SpongeBob reruns on Nick's other sister networks), 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rugrats, You Can't Do That On Television, Hey Arnold, and Rocko's Modern Life. Just like how Nickelodeon flips over to Nick@Nite during the nighttime, Nick Classic would flip over to MTV Classic, which would air automated music videos just like they used to do in the 1980s, including the very first music video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. What would make this channel even better is if Nick Classic/MTV Classic was a digital broadcast subchannel on over-the-air antenna TV much like how former cable TV network The Nashville Network (TNN) is broadcast over-the-air. Your local cable operator would also carry Nick Classic/MTV Classic in their digital package if they choose to.

[Pikapower]

^Or Viacom could create a new Nickelodeon sister network that airs most Nickelodeon Programs from the early days of Nick to 2009 24/7 as well as newly-acquired retro programming, like Power Rangers (Mighty Morphin-RPM), 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, just to name a few.

[Pikapower]

As I said before Nickelodeon was good until 2009 when all thing started to go downhill even newer SpongeBob episodes aren't as good as the older ones. Nickelodeon used be about the green slime, the Nicktoons, the wacky toy compounds like Gak, Gooze, and of course slime, the kids meal toys that Burger King would have out once in while, and I can go on.

Now it's just nearly pure crap, I wouldn't be surprised if Litton or some other educational company started to throw in some E/I programming on Nickelodeon, then that would be much worse than what Nick is today!

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Programs that currently air on Nickelodeon:

Animated
* SpongeBob SquarePants (May 1, 1999-present) - This Nicktoon makes up the majority of Nickelodeon's schedule, and is currently Nickelodeon's oldest and most popular Nicktoon on the air right now.
* The Fairly OddParents (March 30, 2001-present) - The second oldest and second most popular Nicktoon on Nickelodeon's current schedule.
* The Penguins of Madagascar (November 29, 2008-present)
* Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (September 19, 2011-present)
* The Legend of Korra (April 14, 2012-present)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (September 29, 2012-present)
* Sanjay & Craig (May 25, 2013-present)
* Rabbids Invasion (August 3, 2013-present)
* Breadwinners (February 17, 2014-present)

Live action comedy
* Sam & Cat (June 8, 2013-present)
* AwesomenessTV (July 1, 2013-present)
* The Haunted Hathaways (July 13, 2013-present)
* The Thundermans (October 14, 2013-present)
* Every Witch Way (January 1, 2014-present)

Game shows
* Webheads (June 2, 2014-present)

Preschool
* Dora the Explorer (August 14, 2000-present)
* Max & Ruby (February 11, 2002-present)
* Team Umizoomi (January 25, 2010-present)
* Bubble Guppies (January 24, 2011-present)
* PAW Patrol (August 19, 2013-present)
* Peter Rabbit (February 19, 2013-present)
* Wallykazam! (February 3, 2014-present)

Educational
* Kids Pick the President (1988-present)
* The Big Help (1990-2001; 2010-present)
* Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (May 1, 1992-present)

Action
* Winx Club (June 27, 2011-present)
* Power Rangers Super Megaforce (February 15, 2014-present)

Mini-series and specialsa
* Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (April 8, 1988-present)


Reruns of ended Nickelodeon series:

Animated
* Fanboy & Chum Chum (November 6, 2009-November 2, 2012; October 12, 2013-present, reruns)
* T.U.F.F. Puppy (October 2, 2010-August 9, 2013; August 10, 2013-present, reruns; new episodes air on Nicktoons)
* Robot & Monster (August 4, 2012-December 26, 2013; December 27, 2013-present, reruns)
* Monsters vs. Aliens (March 23, 2013-February 8, 2014; February 9, 2014-present, reruns)

Live action comedy
* iCarly (September 8, 2007-November 23, 2012; June 18, 2014-present, reruns)


Upcoming programming:

In Production
* Smart Alec
* Untitled Dan Kopelman project
* Crime Procedural
* ReactToThat

Live action
* Henry Danger (Summer, 2014)
* Bella & the Bullfrogs (Summer, 2014)
* Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, & Dawn (TBA, 2014 or 2015)

Mini-series and specials
* Kids' Choice Sports Awards (July 17, 2014)

Animated
* Bad Seeds (2014/15)
* Pig Goat Banana Cricket (2014/15)
* ALVINNN!!! & the Chipmunks (2015)
* The Loud House (January 2016)

Preschool
* Blaze & the Monster Machines

[Pikapower]

O.K. maybe I was being a little too rash about Nickelodeon adding more E/I programming. If every cable kids channel had nothing but E/I programming  , then there will no entertainment for kids except for outside of a TV setting!

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Nickelodeon Gak is back:

https://www.gakgakgak.com/

(I saw this stuff at Walgreens the other day.)

[Pikapower]

Nickelodeon Gak is back:

https://www.gakgakgak.com/

(I saw this stuff at Walgreens the other day.)

Now if only they would bring back the Popsicles with the Nickelodeon green slime filling in them and Rugrats!

[Pikapower]

Didn't Dora the Explorer end? I would have think by now that Dora's popularity is waning since it's been running on Nickelodeon since 2000!

[TheFugitive]

(sigh)......Amanda Bynes.   Such a cute teenager.  Such a screwed-up adult.   :'(

[Pikapower]

(sigh)......Amanda Bynes.   Such a cute teenager.  Such a screwed-up adult.   :'(

They start out cute then they turn in Looney Toons!

[ynkeesfn82]

(sigh)......Amanda Bynes.   Such a cute teenager.  Such a screwed-up adult.   :'(

I dunno. I think anyone who saw her "Ashley" character on All That would see her as having "mental health issues" some day.

[Pikapower]

Does anyone remember "Smud" it was like Play-Doh?

[TheFugitive]

Does anyone remember "Smud" it was like Play-Doh?

Only through the horror of having to set Christmas planograms.
Thanks for the sleep-disturbing flashbacks!   ;D

[Pikapower]

Smud wasn't really is memorable as Gak or the iconic Green Slime that made Nickelodeon famous for being messy!

[Pikapower]

Does anyone remember another one of Nickelodeon's obscure compound called "Zzand"? it was similar to Smud.

[TheFugitive]

Having been a retail hardlines manager in the 90's, which would include the toy department, I think I
am familiar with every form of ooze and goop Nickelodeon ever put out on the market.

[Pikapower]

Why Nickelodeon did not bring back Smud and Zzand? If Nickelodeon can bring back Floam and Gak I see no reason for them to not bring back Smud and Zzand!  >:(

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Floam is back, but it is not owned by Nickelodeon anymore. Another toy company has acquired the rights to market Floam.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Nickelodeon’s revenue continues to decline

By Claire Atkinson, New York Post
August 9, 2015 | 8:24pm


"SpongeBob SquarePants" may not be helping Nickelodeon as much as it used to.

Sorry, SpongeBob. Nickelodeon no longer rules the kids ad market.
Unable to count on youngsters parking themselves in front of the TV for shows like “SpongeBob SquarePants,” Madison Avenue is accelerating the move of money out of Bikini Bottom.
Nickelodeon is on track to pull in $862.9 million in ad revenue this year, down 11 percent from $974.8 million in 2014, according to SNL Kagan. That’s nearly double the previous year’s 6 percent slide.
Viacom, which also owns younger-skewing cable nets like MTV, reported a 9 percent decline in domestic ad revenue in the second quarter, fueling a meltdown in media stocks last week that was sparked by a weak ad market and rising cord-cutting fears.
The Big Three â€" Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney â€" have garnered an outsize share of kids marketing, but the addictive pull of Netflix, Minecraft and newer forms of entertainment is loosening their grip.
It’s been five years since Apple launched the iPad, turning kids into mobile video junkies able to swipe their way to a veritable candy store of their favorite shows without even having to reach up to the TV set.
They can catch “SpongeBob” and “Dora the Explorer” on Amazon’s instant video service, Cartoon Network’s “Adventure Time” on Hulu and Disney’s “Phineas and Ferb” on Netflix.
Even Walmart has been hinting it might get into original kids programming through Vudu, its on-demand digital video service.
Starting this fall, Netflix will debut a slew of original kids shows, including a reboot of the movie “Mr. Peabody and Sherman” and “Care Bears and Cousins.”
Streaming and on-demand video options are rapidly becoming the mac and cheese of kids TV viewing. Dish Network boss Charlie Ergen told investors as much during the satellite-TV provider’s quarterly call. Kids shows “used to be right up there in the [No.] 2, 3 and 4 things people watch on Dish, but now they can watch an episode of ‘SpongeBob’ from 2007 and it’s irrelevant whether it’s new,” he said.
Ergen is also posturing ahead of next year’s renewal talks with Viacom. While ad revenue is falling at Nickelodeon, the channel is expected to command an additional five cents per subscriber from its pay-TV distributors.
Despite higher affiliate fees, the ratings picture is bleak. A Bernstein Research report suggests kids cable networks lost 18 percent of viewing in the first quarter and 17 percent in the second.
“Mobile devices are exponentially expanding, yet not well-charted territory where much of the kids audience seems to migrate,” Nielsen wrote in a recent report.
But there are some strong hints. The toy licensing category shows rising interest in video games, with Microsoft-owned Minecraft in the top five of all toy licenses behind four Disney franchises, according to NPD Group.
Meanwhile, Netflix usage is up 30 percent while the average YouTube session is over 40 minutes, according to Morgan Stanley’s media analyst Benjamin Swinburne. He also made this prediction:
“Facebook will pass Disney in 2016 in US ad revenue and YouTube will pass Viacom and Time Warner in US ad revenue in 2017.”

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Some shows that were never greenlit by Nickelodeon, but were greenlit by other networks:

* The Proud Family (picked up by The Disney Channel)

* Adventure Time (picked up by Cartoon Network)

[TheFugitive]

I'm not surprised Adventure Time had a hard time getting the green light.

That show exists soley for the purpose of giving small children nightmares IMHO.
A lot of the imagery is, to say the least, quite disturbing.

Ruined my memories of Adventure Time, a local Pittsburgh TV kids show from my childhood.
WTAE's Paul Shannon would invite Cub Scouts and Brownies into his castle-themed studio
and show Three Stooges shorts and Popeye cartoons.

[Hudsons81]

I'm not surprised Adventure Time had a hard time getting the green light.

That show exists soley for the purpose of giving small children nightmares IMHO.
A lot of the imagery is, to say the least, quite disturbing.

Ruined my memories of Adventure Time, a local Pittsburgh TV kids show from my childhood.
WTAE's Paul Shannon would invite Cub Scouts and Brownies into his castle-themed studio
and show Three Stooges shorts and Popeye cartoons.

There was already a similar show, albeit live-action, that ran in Pittsburgh back in your day? I'm sure there must've been a lawsuit recently then...

[TheFugitive]

The Adventure Time I remember was a live, locally produced show on WTAE TV 4 in Pittsburgh.
It ran weekday afternoons in the late 60's and early 70's.  It starred Paul Shannon, long time booth
announcer and weatherman at Channel 4.  He would perform live skits in front of an audience of
invited Cub Scouts and Brownies in between cartoon segments.  The set was a castle, Shannon Castle (an inside joke as there is a Pittsburgh suburb called Castle Shannon).  He would play himself and various characters such as Nosmo King.  Paul Shannon was a huge supporter of MDA and in every show he urged viewers to host an MDA backyard fundraising carnival. (oddly enough for all those years the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon was carried on rival WIIC-TV 11).

Shannon was also a close personal friend of the Three Stooges and featured their shorts on his program.  At least until a protest by local mothers forced Channel 4 to pull the Stooges off the air entirely (something about a copycat incident where a kid hit his brother in the head with a hammer).  He actually appears as an extra in a couple of feature films the Stooges made late in their career.

In the early 70's Shannon retired and moved to Florida.  Adventure Time was shifted to a weekends-only format hosted by Joe Negri, local jazz great, known to national audiences as Handyman Negri on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.  If left the air around 1976 if I recall correctly.

Years later KDKA radio talk host Doug Hoerth got to talking to his audience about TV nostalgia, and somebody brought up Paul Shannon and Adventure Time.  Hoerth told his audience that Shannon had died.  However, the 50kW blowtorch signal did carry to the shores of Florida, and by the end of the program Paul Shannon himself was on the line to inform him that rumors of his death were premature.

Shannon died in 1990.  Doug Hoerth died in 2011.  Joe Negri is still with us, still playing the occasional jazz guitar gig at 89.  Hearst Corporation still owns WTAE-TV.  No idea whether they ever got around to trademarking Adventure Time.  If not I bet they wish they had.

[ynkeesfn82]

Nickelodeon is considering a revival of Rugrats, Hey Arnold, and maybe others.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/nickelodeon-classic-tv-rugrats-hey-arnold-1201583856/

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Nickelodeon is considering a revival of Rugrats, Hey Arnold, and maybe others.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/nickelodeon-classic-tv-rugrats-hey-arnold-1201583856/

As much as I would like to see a reboot of some of these shows, they are better left in the past. Disney bought Jumbo Pictures, thus effectively killing any chances for a Doug or Allegra's Window revival. Rugrats probably won't come back since Klasky-Csupo no longer makes that show after its spin-off All Grown Up ended. You Can't Do That on Television belongs to a Canadian TV station.

I'd rather see some of the Nickelodeon Rewind classsics appear on streaming video these days.

[Pikapower]

Is Klasky-Csupo still around?