Nickelodeon's logo
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel launched on December 1, 1977 (45 years ago) as the first cable channel for children.[1] It is owned by Paramount through its Paramount Media Networks division's Kids & Family Group unit and is based in New York City. It is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2–17.[2]
The channel was originally first tested as "Pinwheel" on December 1, 1977. Pinwheel was at the time only available on QUBE in Ohio,[3] which was the first two-way major market interactive cable television system, owned by Warner Cable (part of today's WBD). Pinwheel relaunched as "Nickelodeon" on April 1, 1979, and expanded to other cable providers nationwide.[4] It was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until 1984.[5] Warner sold Nickelodeon, alongside its sister networks MTV and VH1, to Viacom (today as "Paramount") in 1986.[6]
From April 1997 to November 2007, Nickelodeon broadcast The Angry Beavers while its sister channels Nicktoons and TeenNick (part of the former NickRewind overnight block) aired in reruns from 2002 to 2022.
Trivia[]
- The Angry Beavers aired its last rerun on the main Nickelodeon network on November 22, 2007 during the Nicktoons Super Stuffed Event. The episodes that aired were "Born to Be Beavers" and "Up All Night".
- Meaning, "Born to Be Beavers" and "Up All Night" were both the first and last episodes to air on the main channel.
- During August 1999, September 1999, and December 1999, multiple episode pairings of Season 3 aired alongside episodes of Season 1 of a fellow Nicktoon SpongeBob SquarePants.
- "Pass It On!" and "Stump's Family Reunion" aired the same day as "Naughty Nautical Neighbors/Boating School."
- "Muscular Beaver 4" and "Act Your Age" aired the same day as "Pizza Delivery/Home Sweet Pineapple."
- "Too Loose Latrine" and "Pack Your Dags" aired the same day as "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy/Pickles."
- "Daggy Dearest" and "Dag's List" aired the same day as "Hall Monitor/Jellyfish Jam."
- "Mistaken Identity" and "Easy Peasy Rider" aired the same day as "Nature Pants/Opposite Day."
- "Brothers...to the End?" and "Euro Beavers" aired the same day as "SB-129/Karate Choppers."
References[]
- ↑ Hendershot 2004, p. 165.
- ↑ Hemsworth, Aaron (January 3, 2018). "Viacom's Nickelodeon Remains Driving Force for Media Segment". Yahoo! Finance.
- ↑ Hendershot 2004, pp. 15–16.
- ↑ Jay Bobbin. "Nickelodeon 20th Birthday from Green Slime to Prime Time, The Kids Network Celebrates with Lots of Special Events", The Buffalo News, HighBeam Research.
- ↑ Dudek, Duane (September 2, 1983). "Cable's Nickelodeon is all for the children". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 2, part 3.
- ↑ Hendershot 2004, p. 21–22.
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