Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon
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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; 46 years ago (1977-12-01)
Launched	April 1, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-04-01)
Founder	Vivian Horner
Former names	C-3 (1977–1979)
Links
Website	nick.com
Availability (channel space shared with nighttime programming block Nick at Nite)
Streaming media
Philo, FuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV

Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is a worldwide cable television network. Airing Mondays-Fridays from 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays from 6 a.m.-10 p.m. and Sundays from 6 a.m.-9 p.m. ^[1] It is the first TV channel made for children. The network was established in 1977 as C-3. It was launched in 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 seen on Nickelodeon includes animated series (such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Loud House, Goat Simulator and Friends, The Casagrandes, The Patrick Star Show, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, The Smurfs, Rugrats, The Mercy and DJ show 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 daytime schedule is dedicated to shows targeting preschoolers (such as Bubble Guppies, PAW Patrol, Final Space and Blue's Clues & You!).

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. In 1991, Nickelodeon created it's first 3 animated shows. These include Doug, Rugrats and The Ren and Stimpy Show.

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.

Nick at Nite is a programming block for adults and older youth audiences. It had shows such as Drake & Josh, iCarly, Goat Simulator and Friends, The Mercy and DJ show, Final Space, Danger Force, Tyler Perry's Young Dylan and All That and original made-for-TV movies. The block was founded in 1985. This block is similar to Adult Swim, the nighttime programming block for Cartoon Network.

Nick Jr. is a children's programming block for children aged 2-6. It was founded in 1988 as a programming block. A channel called Nick Jr. was launched in 2009. In the same year, the original Nick Jr. logo was discontinued on the block, following the decline of Noggin.

Nicktoons is a programming block founded in 1991, the same day Doug, Rugrats and The Ren and Stimpy Show started. The programming block was repeated every Saturday and Sunday. A channel called Nicktoons was launched in 2002. The channel is for ages 7-14.

TeenNick is a programming block for teens ages 13-19. It was founded in 2001. This block is for teenage audiences. The channel launched in 2009. It had shows such as Drake & Josh, iCarly, Goat Simulator and Friends, The Mercy and DJ show, Final Space, Danger Force, Tyler Perry's Young Dylan and All That and original made-for-TV movies.

NickMusic is a channel that launched in 2002 as MTV Hits. It was changed later on.

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

• List of programs broadcast by Nickelodeon
• List of movies by Nickelodeon
• Nicktoons
• Nick.com
• The Club (Nickelodeon)
• MTV
• Nick Jr. Channel
• NickRewind Jr. (United States)

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