Nickelodeon, what happened to you?

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As the title says, I want to know what happened to the old school '90s Nickelodeon.

Where did all the good quality shows go, and why aren't there any good shows today? This is a question I always seem to bring up when I flip through the channels and come across another Spongebob Squarepants marathon or an old iCarly episode.

Now, don't get me wrong, these shows are funny to an extent, but they are not the classic gems I remember from my childhood - shows like Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, Doug, Legends of the Hidden Temple, All That, Kenan and Kel, Catdog, Invader Zim, and the list goes on and on.

I miss those days when no matter what time it was, if I turned the television on, there was something I wanted to watch.

Now there is no traditional lineup, it seems. Now when you tune in, it's sometimes random; I never see a pattern in what is being shown, or maybe it's just deeply hidden and I can't tell.

I've completely stopped watching this sad shell of what used to be a good channel.
Nick used to have Snick, the late-night Saturday lineup of all your favorite shows, and that's usually where new episodes would be aired, so you'd have something to look forward to during the week. Now they just play whatever they have lying around in a pile of shows. Of course I'm exaggerating. I'm sure they are very professional, but it doesn't show.

The really sad thing is Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., is gone; it doesn't exist anymore. My childhood was crushed when I heard this, literally crushed. That was in the list of top 10 places I want to visit before I die, and now it's gone.

That's right, the big globe slime fountain is gone, all the crazy mascots from the shows running around are gone, and the awesome building is now the Blue Man Group's storage shed. You read right, that building with the huge splat logo on it is now a storage shed.

Nickelodeon has been heading on a steady decline since 2000. So, it is in fact the new millennium that killed Nickelodeon.

Now, I wouldn't be as mad about the network losing its luster if they put their shows on DVD so I could view them whenever I wanted, but no, Nickelodeon has not done this.
The only show I have seen that is on DVD is Invader Zim, which I own.

An even better idea for Nickelodeon is a retro channel dedicated to its prime shows of the '90s. It could be called Nick-Retro something as simple as that. I know I'd be watching that all the time if it let me see my childhood favorites.

We know they have the money to open that channel. They already have several channels up and running: Nickelodeon, Noggin, Nicktoons and The N. Nicktoons was a hopeful program at first, with promises of showing all of Nick's cartoons, and at first they did.

But as the years went on, it pretty much has turned into Nick minus iCarly. Even if they didn't do this they could at least make a time slot in their weekend for a flashback to its roots. Like having classic Snick, or something like Retro Saturday Nights.

I don't see why they wouldn't, but that's just my opinion.
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Look, folks, the world of kids channels has changed. People don't want new stuff from Nick anymore - they want the same things. SBSP and iCarly is the perfect example of what the total schedule of SBSP & iCarly Channel, oops, I mean Nickelodeon, will be in a few years.

DC has taken the baton and is now the worldwide station for new and exciting teen programs. As I have said before, Nick was king, then it was CN, and now DC.
 
PhilipB said:
Look, folks, the world of kids channels has changed. People don't want new stuff from Nick anymore - they want the same things. SBSP and iCarly is the perfect example of what the total schedule of SBSP & iCarly Channel, oops, I mean Nickelodeon, will be in a few years.

DC has taken the baton and is now the worldwide station for new and exciting teen programs. As I have said before, Nick was king, then it was CN, and now DC.
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You now crushed his soul.

And also, Disney Channel will never be king.
 
MechaWave said:
PhilipB said:
Look, folks, the world of kids channels has changed. People don't want new stuff from Nick anymore - they want the same things. SBSP and iCarly is the perfect example of what the total schedule of SBSP & iCarly Channel, oops, I mean Nickelodeon, will be in a few years.

DC has taken the baton and is now the worldwide station for new and exciting teen programs. As I have said before, Nick was king, then it was CN, and now DC.
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And also, Disney Channel will never be king.
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TRUE DAT! Amen and hallelujah!

I almost forgot to comment on the article, I was so giddy over Mecha's comment:
Yes, channels change, that's just what happens. You can't keep a good thing going perpetually. New shows replace the old, and the viewers decide, ultimately, what is on. (Nobody watching= lower ratings= shows dropped) Just logistics, nothing personal by the networks. I, too, agree that the 90's Nick seemed to have a better VARIETY of shows, but not necessarily better quality shows overall. I like iCarly and SB, and have no problem with them showing those over and over all day... cuz that's what people want to see. If the majority of people liked Mighty B or Barnyard, those would be in reruns all day long. But they're not the most popular, so the network doesn't. I would like to see the regular Nick channel bring some of its older stuff back on at certain times, maybe weekends or nights, or something like that. And by older shows, I mean older cartoons, mostly. I really don't care to see reruns of Everybody Hates Chris or George Lopez on this channel, especially since I can get that on another channel. I'd like to see Nick stuff on during those times. So with that, I agree, but with the whining about what the network shows during other times, well, you're just gonna have to live with the majority rule. :tonguexd:
 
Argh, I hate the thought of Nick going down the drain but I can see what this guy means. I completely agree about Nicktoons, that channel has turned into a dump where second-rate cartoons that weren't popular enough to make the big time on Nick air all day. What that channel USED to be was "Nonstop Nicktoons", a 24-hour station that STRICTLY stuck to reruns of: Ren and Stimpy, Invader Zim, Catdog, The Wild Thornberries, Angry Beavers, Pelswick, and on occasion Rugrats BUT THOSE SHOWS ONLY (at least from my memory). Slowly, over the past few years it has turned into complete nonsense with shows that hardly resemble the Nickelodeon brand of cartooning. In conclusion, what was at first a very promising channel where you could watch classic shows from anytime between midnight and- midnight again, has turned into a completely different entity.

As for Nick GAS, they had no right removing that channel and replacing it with The N when 2009 started. The reason this doesn't make any sense is because Noggin (formerly known as the Nick Jr. channel) and The N were cleverly sharing one channel, with different time slots. This was a good idea because in the morning (While teens are in school) kids below preschoolers who did not yet go to school had a channel all to their own. When school ended, the channel would change to The N, so that teens could come home AFTER SCHOOL to watch their shows. NOT ONLY did The N replace a very special channel (Nick GAS) with a wide fanbase, but it also encourages teens to skip school to watch TV. AND parents will have to listen to those annoying songs from the shows on Noggin at night!

One last thing that really bothered me was the removal of Nick 2. Nick 2 was originally made to be the exact same thing as Nick, and by that I mean REALLY EXACT, except it had a 3 hour delay in its broadcasting. This way, if there were new episodes of a show and a busy kid like me happened to miss it, I could patiently wait a few hours and watch it as if I had never missed a thing, rather than wait until whatever day they decided to re-air it. In addition, this allowed kids to sleep late on a weekend without having to miss their favorite shows. On ANOTHER note, it allowed for more choice in what we could watch. For some reason along the lines, Nick decided to kill Nick 2 and replace it with what we now know as Nicktoons, a channel which had already existed in the first place!

Very upsetting, yes. I would like to see some of these channels back and some scheduling to be rearranged. Nick must respect the shows which had built them up to be as popular as they were in the 90's, and credit must be given where credit is due.
 
Nick 2 was never removed. I still have it. But I just call it "Nick West"

Nicktoons Network is awesome and is doing better then Nick ATM.

The N becoming a separate Chanel is better because now Little kids can watch their crap whenever they want to instead of just in the morning.
 
Strongbad said:
Nick 2 was never removed. I still have it. But I just call it "Nick West"

Nicktoons Network is awesome and is doing better then Nick ATM.

The N becoming a separate Chanel is better because now Little kids can watch their crap whenever they want to instead of just in the morning.
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Be nice. Their crap > your crap.
 
It really is too bad what has happened to Nickelodeon. I literally don't watch it at all anymore, so it doesn't bother me too much, but I would like to see a retro channel (like Cartoon Network's Boomerang).

The article also mentioned that Universal Studios of Orlando is gone... yeah... it's definately still there. I assume he's referring to the Nickelodeon section of it...? If so, then yeah, it's too bad that that was removed as well.
 
All children's television is dead.

Especially Cartoon Network. MY GOD.
 
Things change even though we don't want them to. We just gotta live with it.
 
Strongbad said:
What happens on June,14,2010?
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I don't know what happens on June,14,2010. But on June 14, 2010 is when the site opens. Please, I'm not trying to advertise. :) A little note, you could have at least tried to visit my profile to see what it is instead of saying such a stupid question (yes, they exist) and not click the "Reply" button.
 
DC is king... for crying out loud look at the ratings, its popularity, the breadth of new programming, and how much its talked about by girls in my school whenever I pass them by.

DC will have its time when its like CN or Nick, and then CN or Nick will be king again. Stop being blind; DC is king right now and will be for the immediate future. I reckon that around December 21, 2012 DC will cease to be king.
 
PhilipB said:
DC is king... for crying out loud look at the ratings, its popularity, the breadth of new programming, and how much its talked about by girls in my school whenever I pass them by.

DC will have its time when its like CN or Nick, and then CN or Nick will be king again. Stop being blind; DC is king right now and will be for the immediate future. I reckon that around December 21, 2012 DC will cease to be king.
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Yeah, uh, no. That's your country. All the programmes are basically the same. You get random stars and then something about singing and there you go: a Disney show. Either that, or get some ugly people to make some awful comedy.

DC isn't even in the Top 20 here in the US, and no one talks about it besides when they complain about it. People just watch it because of Phineas & Ferb, and personlly, it's an overrated cockamamie show.

DC won't be king for as long as they live. There's only two types of live-action shows and one type of cartoon styles in their structure. Heck, DC may get #1 on the most-watched channels in the US, which it won't, but if it did, it won't be king. It won't even be crowned. It will just get a ranking, a show that made it get that rank, and how many people watched it. That's all. And everyone who watches DC, CN, or most of the pathetic Nick shows (FB&CC), are just completely pathetic and deserve no pity whatsoever.
 
Well, gee, I'm sorry but in popularity DC is the biggest. When you get the largest popularity it makes you king.

I don't like DC but you have to admire the way its gone from strength to strength. Nick will be king very soon... but for now DC holds its title.
 
MechaWave said:
Strongbad said:
What happens on June,14,2010?
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I don't know what happens on June,14,2010. But on June 14, 2010 is when the site opens. Please, I'm not trying to advertise. :) A little note, you could have at least tried to visit my profile to see what it is instead of saying such a stupid question (yes, they exist) and not click the "Reply" button.
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What site?

MechaWave said:
PhilipB said:
DC is king... for crying out loud look at the ratings, its popularity, the breadth of new programming, and how much its talked about by girls in my school whenever I pass them by.

DC will have its time when its like CN or Nick, and then CN or Nick will be king again. Stop being blind; DC is king right now and will be for the immediate future. I reckon that around December 21, 2012 DC will cease to be king.
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Yeah, uh, no. That's your country. All the programmes are basically the same. You get random stars and then something about singing and there you go: a Disney show. Either that, or get some ugly people to make some awful comedy.

DC isn't even in the Top 20 here in the US, and no one talks about it besides when they complain about it. People just watch it because of Phineas & Ferb, and personlly, it's an overrated cockamamie show.

DC won't be king for as long as they live. There's only two types of live-action shows and one type of cartoon styles in their structure. Heck, DC may get #1 on the most-watched channels in the US, which it won't, but if it did, it won't be king. It won't even be crowned. It will just get a ranking, a show that made it get that rank, and how many people watched it. That's all. And everyone who watches DC, CN, or most of the pathetic Nick shows (FB&CC), are just completely pathetic and deserve no pity whatsoever.
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Screw You.
 
MechaWave said:
DC isn't even in the Top 20 here in the US, and no one talks about it besides when they complain about it. People just watch it because of Phineas & Ferb, and personlly, it's an overrated cockamamie show.
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I guess you hate Hannah Montana so much, you forgot it existed.
 
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