History ScrewedByTheNetwork / Nickelodeon

Around the mid-2000s, a trend emerged wherein, if a show on Nickelodeon doesn't pull in ratings similar to either [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants the]] [[WesternAnimation/PawPatrol network]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse favorites]] or their [[Series/ICarly established]] {{Kid Com}}s during its first few weeks, there's a chance it would be screwed over, cancelled quickly, and/or eventually [[ChannelHop moved to their spin-off channels]] to burn off the last episodes. [[note]]Creator/{{Nicktoons}} for animation; Creator/TeenNick for live-action; or Creator/NickJr, if you're either a preschool show or a cartoon aimed at younger children.[[/note]] In other words, the network doesn't have the patience to let a show flourish and find an audience. Any show that doesn't become an instant hit and pull in monster ratings right away (allegedly, there is an unwritten policy that if an animated show doesn't pull in the same ratings as ''[=SpongeBob's=]'' right off the bat, it's considered a failure) will be killed off by the network over time.[[note]]The secular decline of youth-oriented cable networks in the face of competition from [[Website/{{YouTube}} online]] [[Creator/{{Netflix}} services]] also doesn't help matters.[[/note]]

** As of December 2022, neither the network nor block is rerunning any ended show that didn't have a curriculum board made for the 2023 rebrand, with the oldest show on the network being ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'', which debuted in 2004 in its native UK.

* ''Fashion Ally'' was first announced at Nick's 2018 upfront and given a 40-episode order. But when the show got renamed to ''Made by Maddie'', the order was shortened to 22 episodes. Shortly before the series was to premiere on the Nick Jr. Channel, it was [[OvershadowedByControversy accused of ripping off]] the animated short ''WesternAnimation/HairLove'' and was pulled nearly a week and [[TheShelfofMovieLanguishment shelved]] before it was set to air, with its premiere being preempted with a rerun of ''Bubble Guppies''.

** As of December 2022, neither the network nor block is rerunning any ended show, with the oldest show on the network being ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'', which debuted in 2004 in its native UK.

* ''Fashion Ally'' was first announced at Nick's 2018 upfront and given a 40-episode order. But when the show got renamed to ''Made by Maddie'', the order was shortened to 22 episodes. Shortly before the series was to premiere on the Nick Jr. Channel, it was [[OvershadowedByControversy accused of ripping off]] the animated short ''WesternAnimation/HairLove'' and was pulled nearly a week before it was set to air, with its premiere being preempted with a rerun of ''Bubble Guppies''.

** As of March 2024, The show has been removed from Paramount+ for unknown reasons.

* During the rebrand of the channel in 2012, if a show wasn't named ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', ''WesternAnimation/GoDiegoGo'', ''WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi'' or ''Bubble Guppies'' (with the exception of ''WesternAnimation/MikeTheKnight''), it was put into a late night timeslot. For instance, ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' and ''WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy'' only aired at midnight.

* Despite critical praise and much love from musicians, ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' wasn't treated as nicely by Nick; premiers were moved to the Nick Jr. channel after February 2011. But if that wasn't bad enough, by the time the final episode aired, the show was only airing very early in the morning, at 3:00 AM (basically in the same time slot as ''WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy''). It was also the first show that got pulled from Nick's [=PlayDate=] block.

* ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' was initially treated like this. After being pelted by Malaysian parents and educators over the channel not airing it, Nick complied. Except that they chose to purposely screw the show over by putting it on at a time where the target demographics were in kindergarten and preschool, and only on weekdays with absolutely ''zero'' repeats. Adding further insult, the show only aired on Nickelodeon instead of the Nick Jr. channel. The show was swiftly canceled over the "low ratings" excuse once it ended its initial run.

* During the rebrand of the channel in 2012, if a show wasn't named ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', ''WesternAnimation/GoDiegoGo'', ''WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi'' or ''Bubble Guppies'' (with the exception of ''WesternAnimation/MikeTheKnight''), it was put into a late night timeslot. For instance, ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' only aired at midnight.

* After airing its ''Wubb Idol'' episodes, ''WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy'' went on a long hiatus for the rest of 2009 before returning to the Nick Jr. block in December of that year to air its remaining episodes (except for its final episode, which aired in ''February of 2010''). Despite this however, reruns still continued to air on the block until 2011.
* Despite critical praise and much love from musicians, ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' wasn't treated as nicely by Nick; premiers were moved to the Nick Jr. channel after February 2011. But if that wasn't bad enough, by the time the final episode aired, the show was only airing very early in the morning, at 3:00 AM. It was also the first show that got pulled from Nick's [=PlayDate=] block.