Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel launched on December 1, 1977 as the first cable channel for children. It is owned by Verizon Television via its MTV Networks subsidiary's Nickelodeon Group unit and is based in New York City. 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 Nickelodeon on April 1, 1979, and expanded to other cable providers nationwide. 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 January 2016, the channel is available to about 92.056 million households (79.086% of households with TV) in the United States.
==History==
The channel's name comes from the first five cent movie theaters called nickelodeons. Its history dates back to December 1, 1977, when Warner Cable Communications launched the first two-way interactive cable system, QUBE, in Columbus, Ohio. Under the name Pinwheel Network, the C-3 cable channel carried Pinwheel daily from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Nickelodeon launched on April 1, 1979, initially distributed to Warner Cable systems via satellite on the RCA Satcom-1 transponder. Originally commercial-free, advertising was introduced in January 1984.
==Programming==
===Nicktoons===
===Movies===
===Programming blocks===
====Current====
====Former====
====Special events====
====Nickelodeon-produced blocks on broadcast networks====
==Related networks and services==
===Nick at Nite===
===Current sister channels===
====Nicktoons====
====Nick Jr.====
====TeenNick====
====NickMusic====
===Former sister channels===
====Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids====
====NickMom====
===Other services===
==Media==
===Nick.com===
===Mobile apps===
===Nickelodeon Movies===
===Nickelodeon Magazine===
===Nick Radio===
==Experiences==
===Nickelodeon Universe===
===Theme park areas===
===Nickelodeon Animation Studio===
===Nickelodeon on Sunset===
===Hotel brands===
===Cruises===
==International==
==See also==
*List of programs broadcast by Nickelodeon
==External links==
*Official website
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