Nicktoons
Nicktoons are animated television shows which are produced by and aired on the children's television channel Nickelodeon. Prior to 1991, Nickelodeon aired mostly foreign made animated series. The idea for Nicktoons was formed in 1989[1] and on Sunday, August 11, 1991, the first Nicktoon, Doug, was aired followed by Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show. This format was repeated every Sunday.
List of Nicktoons
Precursors
| Title | Premiere date |
|---|---|
| Video Dream Theatre | Produced from 1979 to 1980; unaired |
| "Christmas in Tattertown" | December 21, 1988 |
| "Nick's Thanksgiving Fest" | November 22, 1989 |
Full series
| # | Title | Seasons | Episodes | Premiere date | Finale date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doug[note 1] | 4[note 1] | 52 | August 11, 1991 | January 2, 1994 |
| 2 | Rugrats | 9 | 172 | August 1, 2004 | |
| 3 | The Ren & Stimpy Show[note 2] | 5 | 52 | October 20, 1996 | |
| 4 | Rocko's Modern Life | 4 | 52 | September 18, 1993 | November 24, 1996 |
| 5 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | 4 | 52 | October 29, 1994 | December 6, 1997 |
| 6 | Hey Arnold! | 5 | 100 | October 7, 1996 | June 8, 2004 |
| 7 | KaBlam! | 4 | 48 | October 11, 1996 | May 27, 2000 |
| 8 | The Angry Beavers | 4 | 62 | April 19, 1997 | May 26, 2001 |
| 9 | CatDog | 4 | 68 | April 4, 1998 | June 15, 2005 |
| 10 | Oh Yeah! Cartoons | 3 | 32 | July 18, 1998 | August 30, 2002 |
| 11 | The Wild Thornberrys | 5 | 91 | September 1, 1998 | June 11, 2004 |
| 12 | SpongeBob SquarePants | 13 | 278 | May 1, 1999 | present |
| 13 | Rocket Power | 4 | 71 | August 16, 1999 | July 30, 2004 |
| 14 | As Told by Ginger | 3 | 60 | October 25, 2000 | November 14, 2006 |
| 15 | The Fairly OddParents | 10 | 172 | March 30, 2001 | July 26, 2017 |
| 16 | Invader Zim | 2 | 27 | August 19, 2006 | |
| 17 | Action League Now! | 1 | 12 | November 18, 2001 | February 10, 2002 |
| 18 | ChalkZone | 4 | 40 | March 22, 2002 | August 23, 2008 |
| 19 | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius | 3 | 61 | July 20, 2002 | November 25, 2006 |
| 20 | All Grown Up! | 5 | 55 | April 12, 2003 | August 17, 2008 |
| 21 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | 3 | 40 | August 1, 2003 | May 2, 2009 |
| 22 | Danny Phantom | 3 | 53 | April 3, 2004 | August 24, 2007 |
| 23 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | 3 | 61 | February 21, 2005 | July 19, 2008 |
| 24 | Catscratch | 1 | 20 | July 9, 2005 | February 10, 2007 |
| 25 | The X's | 1 | 20 | November 25, 2005 | November 25, 2006 |
| 26 | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | 1 | 26 | February 19, 2007 | September 13, 2008 |
| 27 | Tak and the Power of Juju | 1 | 26 | August 31, 2007 | January 24, 2009 |
| 28 | Back at the Barnyard | 2 | 52 | September 29, 2007 | November 12, 2011 |
| 29 | The Mighty B! | 2 | 40 | April 26, 2008 | June 18, 2011 |
| 30 | The Penguins of Madagascar[note 3] | 3 | 80 | November 28, 2008 | December 19, 2015 |
| 31 | Random! Cartoons[note 4] | 1 | 13 | December 6, 2008 | December 20, 2009 |
| 32 | Fanboy & Chum Chum | 2 | 52 | October 12, 2009 | July 12, 2014 |
| 33 | Planet Sheen | 1 | 26 | October 2, 2010 | February 15, 2013 |
| 34 | T.U.F.F. Puppy | 3 | 60 | April 4, 2015 | |
| 35 | Winx Club[note 5] | 3[note 5] | 78 | June 27, 2011 | April 10, 2016 |
| 36 | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness[note 3] | 3 | 80 | September 19, 2011 | June 29, 2016 |
| 37 | The Legend of Korra | 4 | 52 | April 14, 2012 | December 19, 2014 |
| 38 | Robot and Monster | 1 | 26 | August 4, 2012 | March 4, 2015 |
| 39 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[note 6] | 5 | 124 | September 29, 2012 | November 12, 2017 |
| 40 | Monsters vs. Aliens[note 3] | 1 | 26 | March 23, 2013 | February 8, 2014 |
| 41 | Sanjay and Craig | 3 | 60 | May 25, 2013 | July 29, 2016 |
| 42 | Breadwinners | 2 | 40 | February 17, 2014 | September 12, 2016 |
| 43 | Harvey Beaks | 2 | 52 | March 28, 2015 | December 29, 2017 |
| 44 | Pig Goat Banana Cricket | 2 | 40 | July 16, 2015 | August 11, 2018 |
| 45 | The Loud House | 6 | 138 | May 2, 2016 | present |
| 46 | Bunsen Is a Beast | 1 | 26 | January 16, 2017 | February 10, 2018 |
| 47 | Welcome to the Wayne | 2 | 30 | July 24, 2017 | May 31, 2019 |
| 48 | The Adventures of Kid Danger | 1 | 12 | January 15, 2018 | June 14, 2018 |
| 49 | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[note 6] | 2 | 39 | July 20, 2018 | August 7, 2020 |
| 50 | Pinky Malinky[note 7] | 3 | 60 | January 1, 2019 | July 17, 2019 |
| 51 | The Casagrandes | 3 | 70 | October 14, 2019 | September 30, 2022 |
| 52 | It's Pony | 2 | 40 | January 18, 2020 | May 26, 2022 |
| 53 | Glitch Techs[note 8] | 2 | 19 | February 21, 2020 | August 17, 2020 |
| 54 | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years[note 9] | 1 | 19 | March 4, 2021 | present |
| 55 | Rugrats[note 10] | 1 | 24 | May 27, 2021 | |
| 56 | The Patrick Star Show | 1 | 19 | July 9, 2021 | |
| 57 | Middlemost Post | 2 | 36 | October 21, 2022 | |
| 58 | Star Trek: Prodigy[note 11] | 1 | 10 | October 28, 2021 | present |
| 59 | Big Nate[note 11] | 1 | 17 | February 17, 2022 | |
| 60 | Monster High | 1 | 3 | October 6, 2022 | |
| 61 | Transformers: EarthSpark[note 11] | 1 | 10 | November 11, 2022 |
Mini series
| # | Title | Episodes | Premiere date | Finale date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making Fiends[note 4] | 6 | October 4, 2008 | November 1, 2008 |
| 2 | Rugrats Pre-School Daze | 4 | November 16, 2008 | December 7, 2008 |
| 3 | Middle School Moguls | 4 | September 2, 2019 | September 29, 2019 |
Upcoming
| Title | Premiere date | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Rock, Paper, Scissors | December 10 2022 | [6] |
| Zokie of Planet Ruby | [7] | |
| Sabrina: The New Animated Series | TBA | 7 |
| Max & the Midknights | 2023 | [6] |
| Garfield | TBA | [8] |
| Phoebe and Her Unicorn | [9] | |
| Real Pigeons Fight Crime | [10] | |
Nicktoons Media
Logo introduced for the Nicktoons channel's 2009 rebranding.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nickelodeon produced seasons 1–4. In 1996, Disney acquired the series and produced three additional seasons.
- ↑ This list does not include the Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" spin-off, as it was not produced under the Nickelodeon brand. In August 2020, the ViacomCBS-owned network Comedy Central green-lit a reboot of the series, which will likely also not be included on this list.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Co-produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and DreamWorks Animation.[2] DreamWorks owns the characters and other elements in the show while ViacomCBS retains half of the show's copyright.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Premiered exclusively on Nicktoons Network.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nickelodeon Animation Studio produced the Winx Club revival series, made up of seasons 5–7, in co-development with Rainbow. ViacomCBS owns the copyright to these seasons[3] and co-owns the Rainbow studio itself.[4]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Viacom acquired the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise in 2009.[5] ViacomCBS owns the copyright to both the 2012 series and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, along the 4Kids-produced 2003 series. The 1987 series and The Next Mutation are owned by other external parties.
- ↑ Premiered exclusively on Netflix. Each episode is separated as 11 minute segments on the streaming platform and count as individual episodes.
- ↑ Premiered exclusively on Netflix.
- ↑ Premiered first on Paramount+ in March 2021 before airing on Nickelodeon the following month.
- ↑ CGI reboot of the original 1991 series. Premiered on Paramount+ before airing on Nickelodeon for the first time on August 20, 2021.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Premiered on Paramount+ before airing on Nickelodeon.
References
- ↑ "From Doug to Danny Phantom: The Incredible, Fantastic, Unbelievable Origin of Nicktoons". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
- ↑ Nguyen, Hanh. "'Penguins of Madagascar' Move It, Move It to Nickelodeon". chicagotribune.com.
- ↑ "Copyright Catalog: Winx Club - Eps. 726". Library of Congress.
- ↑ Vivarelli, Nick (February 26, 2011). "Winx creator in the pink". Variety.
- ↑ "Tuning in to TV: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have new series, toys". The Washington Times. July 29, 2012. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/19/tuning-in-to-tv-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-have-/. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Alexandra Del Rosario (November 16, 2021). "Nickelodeon Orders Max & The Midknights, Rock, Paper, Scissors Animated Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
- ↑ Nickelodeon (March 18, 2021). "The Nickelodeon Virtual Upfront Show: Bring Your Kids!". Press release. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/03/18/the-nickelodeon-virtual-upfront-show-bring-your-kids-574212/20210318nickelodeon01/. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ↑ Brian Steinberg (August 6, 2019). "Viacom Acquires Comic-Strip Cat Garfield". Variety. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ↑ Anthony D'Alessandro (June 18, 2020). "Nickelodeon Closing In On Comic Strip Phoebe And Her Unicorn As Potential Multi-Franchise". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ↑ Nickelodeon (July 7, 2020). "Nickelodeon Inks Multiplatform Deal with James Corden and Ben Winston to Produce Animated Movie and TV Series Based on Children's Book, "Real Pigeons Fight Crime"". Press release. http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/07/07/nickelodeon-inks-multiplatform-deal-with-james-corden-and-ben-winston-to-produce-animated-movie-and-tv-series-based-on-childrens-book-real-pigeons-fight-crime-593302/20200707nickelodeon02/. Retrieved July 7, 2020.