Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon
	Logo used since 2023
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	One Astor Plaza; New York City, New York, U.S.
Programming
Language(s)	English; Spanish (via SAP audio track);
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Media Networks (Paramount Global)
Parent	Nickelodeon Group
Sister channels	List Nick Jr. Channel; Nicktoons; Nick at Nite; TeenNick; NickMusic; ;
History
Founded	December 1, 1977; 47 years ago
Launched	April 1, 1979; 46 years ago
Founder	Vivian Horner
Former names	C-3 (1977–1979)
Links
Website	nick.com

Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American cable television network. Airing Mondays through Saturdays from 7 a.m. through 8 p.m. and Sundays from 7 a.m. through 7 p.m. ^[1] It is the first TV channel made for children. The network was established in December 1, 1977 as C-3. It was launched in April 1, 1979. In the same year, it was renamed Nickelodeon. Pinwheel was the first show to air on Nickelodeon. During the late mornings and afternoons, Nickelodeon shows Nick Jr. This is a group of learning programs and series for younger children. They are shown while the older children are in school. At night, the network shows Nick at Nite. Nick at Nite is a group of reruns of older series that parents watched when they were younger.

Programming

Logo used since September 28, 2009. The 2023 logo is sometimes used as well since March 2023. This logo is still used in other Nickelodeon channels.

Programming seen on Nickelodeon includes animated series (such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Loud House, The Casagrandes, The Patrick Star Show, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, The Smurfs, Rugrats and Big Nate), live-action, scripted series (such as Danger Force, Tyler Perry's Young Dylan and All That), and original made-for-TV movies, while the network's morning schedule is dedicated to shows targeting preschoolers (such as Team Umizoomi,Bubble Guppies, PAW Patrol and Blue's Clues & You!).

Nicktoons

Nicktoons is the branding for Nickelodeon's original animated television series. Until 1991, the animated series that aired on Nickelodeon were largely imported from foreign countries, with some original animated specials that were also featured on the channel up to that point. On August 11, 1991, Nickelodeon debuted its first three original animated shows. They are Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show. Since then, the network debuted more original Nicktoons and even started an animation studio in 1998, called Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

Though the Nicktoons branding has seldom been used by the network itself since the 2002 launch of the channel of the same name, original animated series continue to make up a substantial portion of Nickelodeon's lineup. Roughly 6 to 7 hours of these programs are seen on the weekday schedule and around nine hours on weekends, including a dedicated weekend morning animation block.

Sister channels

Nick at Nite

Nick at Nite is a programming block for adults and older youth audiences.The block was founded in 1985, as a replacement to the short-lived A&E block on Nick from 1984 to 1985 (A&E is now a 24/7 channel independent from Nickelodeon). This block is similar to Adult Swim, the nighttime programming block for Cartoon Network.

Nick Jr.

Nick Jr. is a channel for children aged 2 through 6. It was based on Nick Jr., founded on January 4, 1988 as a morning programming block. A channel called the Nick Jr. Channel was launched on September 28, 2009. In the same year, the original Nick Jr. logo was discontinued on the block, following the decline of Noggin.

NickSpongebob

NickSpongebob (formerly Nicktoons) was a programming block founded on August 11, 1991, the same day Doug, Rugrats, and The Ren & Stimpy Show started. The programming block was repeated every Saturday and Sunday. Since 2002, Nickelodeon airs their Nicktoons scattered (sometimes even taking up all of the channel). A still-airing channel called Nicktoons was launched in 2002. The channel is for children ages 7 through 14. It was rebranded as NickSpongebob in 2025 and now shows SpongeBob Squarepants 24/7.

TeenNick

TeenNick is a channel for teens originally for ages 13 through 19. It was started as a block on Nickelodeon called TEENick, which was founded in 2001. This block was for teenage audiences. The channel launched on September 28, 2009. It had shows such as Drake & Josh, iCarly, Danger Force, Tyler Perry's Young Dylan and All That and original made-for-TV movies.

NickMusic

NickMusic is a channel that launched in 2002 as MTV Hits, a spin-off to MTV. It was changed in 2016 as NickMusic.

NickRewind

NickRewind was a block on TeenNick from 2019 through 2022 and Nick at Nite since 2023 on weekdays, that launched in 2011 on TeenNick. It showed re-runs of old Nickelodeon shows like Ren & Stimpy.

Notes

↑ The logo's wordmark has been in use since September 28, 2009. Additionally, this logo is a variant meant to be used for white backgrounds; the main variant has a white wordmark in conjunction with a fully orange splat.

Related pages

References

↑ Nickelodeon is the Top Basic Cable Network of 2014

Other websites

Official site (United States)
Official site (United Kingdom)

[1] The logo's wordmark has been in use since September 28, 2009. Additionally, this logo is a variant meant to be used for white backgrounds; the main variant has a white wordmark in conjunction with a fully orange splat.

[2] Nickelodeon is the Top Basic Cable Network of 2014

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