Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television network which was launched on December 1, 1977 as the first cable channel for children. It is owned by Paramount Global through its Paramount Domestic Media Networks division's Nickelodeon Group unit and is based in New York City. It broadcasts usually from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays (the sign off time varies with holidays and special programming), Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and Sundays from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific Time). It is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2–17.
The channel was originally first tested as Pinwheel on December 1, 1977. Pinwheel was at the time only available on QUBE, which was the first two-way major market interactive cable television system, owned by Warner Cable. Pinwheel relaunched as "Nick" on April 1, 1979, and expanded to other cable providers nationwide.[4] It was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until 1984. Warner sold Nickelodeon, along with its sister networks MTV and VH1, to Viacom in 1986.
As of September 2018, the channel is available to about 87.167 million households in the United States.
It is known for its appearance in Joseph: King of Dreams and Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure.
Universal Studios that aired on Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.[]
- An American Tail (1986-1999)
- The Land Before Time (1988-2016)
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
- Balto (1995)
- An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998/2000)
- An American Tail: The Mystery of The Night Monster (1999)
- Earthworm Jim (1999-2000)
- Antz (1998)
- Shrek (2001)
- Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002)
- Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2002/2003)
- Shrek 2 (2004)
- Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- Over the Hedge (2006)
- Shrek the Third (2007)
- Bee Movie (2007)
- Kung Fu Panda (2008)
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
- The Penguins of Madagascar (2008-2015)
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
- Shrek Forever After (2010)
- Puss in Boots (2011)
- Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011-2016)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2013-2014)
- Gabby's Dollhouse (2023)
- Despicable Me (2010)
- Despicable Me 2 (2013)
- Minions (2015)
- Despicable Me 3 (2017)