To know the history of Nickelodeon, we must first know the history of cable television, and of QUBE, Warner Communica...

This is where it all started. Pinwheel, QUBE's popular puppet show that became Nickelodeon first flagship program. Jo...

We kick off the Nickelodeon 1979 starting lineup with a tribute to film serials. Flash Gordon, Rin Tin Tinn and Gene ...

There isn't a whole lot to say about this show, so instead we spend most of the time talking about Nickelodeon's weir...

Sometimes things are forgotten. Sometimes forgotten things are found again. This is the story of Brad Williams, Pinwh...

Today we look at a cheap filler show where a guy reads comic books to kids, and along the way, we explore the history...

Today we look at Nickelodeon's first variety show, it's origins with QUBE, and what it meant for the future of the ch...

Being a channel for children, Nickelodeon didn't have a reason to be on after bedtime. But what should we air in thos...

It's Nickelodeon 1980! Warner Communications get bought by American Express, a guy in advertising becomes the new hea...

Nickelodeon taps into the library of the Children's Film Foundation, or CFF, an attempt in British cinema to bring wh...

Nickelodeon continues down its path of "PBS you pay for" by acquiring this Canadian technology program, What Will The...

This is the story of PopClips, a half hour music video show that might have been the origin of MTV. Or it might not h...

In order to flesh out their lineup, Nickelodeon picked up one of the sweetest, most charming and wholesome children's...

America Goes Bananaz is out, Livewire is in. Just how did this children's talk show differ from its predecessor? What...

Today we look at Nickelodeon's junk drawer, Special Delivery, a programming block that aired whatever the hell Nick f...

Nickelodeon had a serious lack of narrative television in its first two years, but 1981 is here to correct that. Firs...

We look at Matt and Jenny, the sister show of The Adventures in Rainbow Country, both shows about two kids having adv...

Nickelodeon embraces its early "PBS You Pay For" idea by just airing old PBS shows. Studio See is a show for kids, ab...

Nickelodeon gets its first celebrity endorsement with Mr. October himself, Reggie Jackson. Kids are playing all kinds...

In 1975, a mere seven years after the Civil Rights Movement, PBS released a show about race, culture, and prejudice. ...

Once upon a time, children would write stories and poems to Nickelodeon, and five acrobatic grown-ups would perform t...

What do you get when you mix a children's comedy writer, a computer scientist, and David Bowie lyrics? Well, whatever...

Well, it's the big one, You Can't Do That On Television. A show that's already loved by millions of 80s kids, a show ...

With Star Channel gone, Nickelodeon needed something to fill their evening hours. Before Nick at Nite, though, they w...

We kick off Nickelodeon 1982 with Spread Your Wings, a 26 episode Canadian production profiling kids from around the ...

Based on the classic book (sort of), these are the adventures of Black Beauty, Vicky and the rest of the Gordon famil...

And now we reach Against the Odds, the history show created by Cy Schneider himself. Is it really as boring and dread...

Join Leonard Nimoy as we learn about the making of the coolest new movies, like Return of the Jedi or the Secret of N...

It's after hours at the department store, and you know what that means? It's time for Jodie the display manager, Sam ...

Nickelodeon picks up a Canadian show about young prodigies in the fields of music, sports and teddy bear collecting, ...

Nickelodeon makes it's oldest pull ever by bringing back Don Herbert, aka Mr. Wizard, television's first "science guy...

It seems Nickelodeon had some spooky foreign serials laying around, so why not put them together and make yourself a ...

We've reached Nickelodeon 1984! Cy Schneider is out, Gerry Laybourne is in, and we see the introduction of the Nick S...

Borrowed from ESPN and sponsored by Honeycomb cereal, Vic's Vacant Lot was Nickelodeon's next attempted at bringing s...

Hey, who doesn't love music videos? With Nickelodeon now part of the MTV Networks, it might as well start looking a b...

In 1984, Nickelodeon started airing reruns of Lassie, the story of a boy and his faithful collie dog. Lassie is argu...

Dave Coulier tries to get a band of misfits to make a television show with him, with very obnoxious results. The last...

Finally, it's time to talk about animation on Nickelodeon! A Japanese anime adaptation of a French actress's tv show ...

He's the greatest! He's fantastic! He's the first animated show to air on Nickelodeon, and one that would prove popul...

We begin Nickelodeon 1985 with Bananaman, a silly superhero cartoon Nick picked up to fill a hole in certain episodes...

Between April and May of 1985, Nickelodeon aired a Canadian sitcom that, at first glance, didn't seem to have any bus...

Just when you thought Nickelodeon might have been leaving the educational, green vegetable image behind, here comes a...

After the success of Belle & Sebastian, Nickelodeon went looking for another Japanese anime adaptation of French lite...

In 1973, Gene Roddenberry and Filmation teamed up to make an animated sequel to Star Trek. What followed was a story ...

In 1959, CBS looked to comic strips to come up with a competitor to Leave it to Beaver. There, they found Hank Ketcha...

Nickelodeon's biggest original show of 1985, Turkey Television saw original shorts from the cast and crew of You Can'...

Nickelodeon needed to find something to air during their late night/early morning hours, when the little ones were in...

Welcome to 1986! With Nickelodeon now a twenty-four hour channel, there were going to be time slots that just needed ...

Straight from Australia, it's Zoo Family, a good-but-not-great show about the inner workings of the very real Royal M...

For episode FIFTY of Nick Knacks, we look at Rated K, a young person's film review show. Thirteen year old children g...

For eight weeks in the summer of 1986, Nick aired Nickelodeon Summer Camp, a ninety minute weekday block consisting o...

We continue our look into Nickelodeon Summer Camp, Nick's summer programming block to entice parents to get more inte...

And now we look at the third and final show for Nickelodeon Summer Camp, Mister Ed. A show about a talking horse has ...

A band from the 60s finding a second wave of popularity in the 80s wasn't weird, the nostalgia market for baby boomer...

Nickelodeon continues its trend of introducing two animated shows to their lineup. 1986's theme? French Weirdness! It...

From the "was that real, or did I just make it all up" part of your brain comes Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea...

The year was 1986, and Gerry Laybourne had done a lot to clean up Nickelodeon's image, making it a fun place for kids...

Can a movie about a foul-mouthed little league baseball team and their alcoholic coach work as a family sitcom? Only ...

Shari Lewis was one of the most versatile and creative people in children's entertainment in the 20th century. Today,...

The year was 1987, and Nickelodeon was in the mood for cute anime shows about anthropomorphic animal children. The fi...

In the late 70s and early 80s, Japan went through a bit of a koala craze, which resulted in two koala-themed anime sh...

It seems somebody got the rights to a few too many afterschool specials. Well, only thing to do is to give them their...

In the 80s, fitness tapes and television programs were all the rage, so it only made since that Nickelodeon would tap...

Just a few months shy of the premiere of Nick Jr, Nickelodeon imported their best preschool program yet. Join Sharon,...

Nickelodeon used to be very careful about what animated shows they added to their schedule. It had to be cartoons you...

We close out 1987 with a look at Finders Keepers, Nickelodeon's attempt to make lightning strike twice with a childre...

We kick of 1988 with a look at Nick Jr, what it meant for the channel, as well as explore one of its earliest program...

What's better than one Japanese cartoon about the adventures of an anthropomorphic koala and his little sister to cas...