In 1979, Nickelodeon debuted as the first cable TV network to program exclusively for children. Early in its history, it was nicknamed the "Green Network" because of its educational programing. The original logo was a silver ball with "Nickelodeon" in rainbow letters in front of it. Its current logo, until September 2009, appeared in any of a myriad of shapes, but was always orange with white letters. The current one is now the word "Nickelodeon" in lowercase orange letters, designed in a way evoking the original logo. Its morning preschool educational block,
Nick Jr., includes
Blue's Clues and
Dora the Explorer. During its evening block,
Nick At Nite, the channel shows old
Sit Coms and dramatic series.
One of Nickelodeon's earliest series,
Pinwheel, featured animation from the United Kingdom and continental Europe (such as
Chapi Chapo). From the late 1980s well into the 1990s, Nickelodeon's daytime schedule included reruns of half-hour cartoons, such as
Inspector Gadget,
Underdog and
Yogi Bear, along with some original cartoons like
Rugrats and
Rocko's Modern Life, as well as
game shows in which young contestants were, more often than not,
Covered In Gunge (likely influenced by
You Can't Do That on Television, Nickelodeon's first big hit series). Its live-action sitcoms tend to crossdress boys for laughs at least once per series. It was renowned during the 90's due to the quality of its original series and gained world-wide prominence among international markets.
Now a Viacom property, Nickelodeon produces its
Animated Shows in-house. Many of them, such as
The Fairly OddParents, are
almost indistinguishable from shows on Time Warner's
Cartoon Network. Recently has started making
Made For TV Movies in the wake of Disney's surprise success with
High School Musical —
The Last Day Of Summer (a
Groundhog Day clone) sank without trace, while
Gym Teacher: The Movie has gotten mixed reviews. They've made several successful treks into theaters under Paramount as well, with their string of Rugrats movies, and the
SpongeBob movie. They recently acquired all the rights to anything related to
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and
Winx Club. They also acquired the entire
Power Rangers franchise, and started premiering
their latest series on Nickelodeon, and will also start airing
Power Rangers on Nicktoons.
Several other specialized cable channels have spun off from it, including TV Land,
Noggin/The N Nick Jr.,
TeenNick,
Nick GAS (Games And Sports), and
Nicktoons TV Nicktoons Network. Nicktoons.
See
The Nick Verse for what is an incredibly confusing
Universe containing several of it's most popular Live Action shows, such as
iCarly and
Drake & Josh.
Original shows that debuted on the network include:
Nicktoons (a * indicates a show created by Klasky-Csupo)Live-Action Shows and NickcomsGame ShowsSketch ComediesShows that originated elsewhere but have aired in reruns on Nickelodeon
Movies produced by Nickelodeon
Movies Based on the ShowsOther MoviesSpecials frequently rerun on the weekend Special Delivery block
Among the popular celebrities who gained fame through this channel:
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