1998

This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations, endings and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 1998.
==Shows==
=== Pilots ===
* July 19: Chalkzone
* September 4: The Fairly OddParents (Oh Yeah! shorts)
* September 7: Runaway Rocketboy!
* The Party (pilot)
===Series premieres===
;Original shows
* February 2: Binyah Binyah (a 5-episode spin-off of Gullah Gullah Island)
* April 4: CatDog
* June 28: The pilot for Bus No. 9 airs (the pilot is based on the "As Our School Bus Turns" shorts)
* July 19: Oh Yeah! Cartoons
* August 3: You're On!
* September 1
** Cousin Skeeter
** The Wild Thornberrys
;Acquired shows (premieres)
* September 4: Animorphs
;Acquired shows (reruns)
* The Brady Kids
* January 23: You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown
* February 2
** The Arsenio Hall Show
** Julia
** Sanford and Son
* June 22: The Little Twins
* July 6: Laverne and Shirley
* September 6: Alice
* October 12: All in the Family (started airing regularly on January 3, 2000)
* December 13: Renford Rejects (a Nickelodeon UK original, though it aired for only one day)
===Season premieres===
* March 1: The Angry Beavers, season 2
* August 31: Hey Arnold!, season 3
* September 4: KaBlam!, season 3
* September 6: The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, season 4
* October 10: Kenan & Kel, season 3
* December 12: All That, season 5
===Series finales===
* January 15: The Secret World of Alex Mack
* April 7: Gullah Gullah Island
* October 25: The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
* December 28: The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
=== Network departures ===
* February 2: I Spy (last original airing was September 9, 1988)
* February 26: Beetlejuice
* December 27: Green Acres (first run ended on October 31, 1992; started airing randomly between 1996 and 1998)
* December 31: Muppet Babies
==Programming blocks==
* August 31: Nickel-O-Zone premieres
==Movies==
* November 20: The Rugrats Movie
== Comics ==
* April 5: The Rugrats from Nickelodeon comic strip debuts in around 70 papers nationwide.
== Video games ==
* October 31: Rugrats: Search for Reptar for PlayStation
* December: The Rugrats Movie for Game Boy
== Books ==
* Bark, Spike, Bark!
* Jungle Trek
* The Rugrats and The Zombies
* Space Invaders!
* Tommy Catches a Cold
* Where the Sharks Are
* June 1: Are We Having Fun Yet?: Activities Inspired by Nickelodeon Magazine
* September 1: The Turkey Who Came to Dinner
* October 1
** All That: Fresh out the Box
** Good Burger 2 Go
** Kenan and Kel: Aw, Here It Goes!
** The Rugrats Movie: The Rugrats Versus the Monkeys
** The Rugrats Movie: Tommy's New Playmate
** The Ultimate Rugrats Fan Book
* November 1: Family and Food and Orange Soda
* The Making of the Rugrats Movie
== Albums ==
* March 17: The Best of Nicktoons
* March 24: The Music of Rugrats: A Live Adventure
== Live tours ==
* February 6: Rugrats: A Live Adventure begins touring, starting in Wallingford, CT.
== VHS releases ==
* January 5
** Rugrats: Diapered Duo
** Rugrats: Dr. Tommy Pickles
* January 13
** Hey Arnold!: Love Stinks
** Rocko's Modern Life: Modern Love 
* February 17: Good Burger
* April 7
** Gullah Gullah Island: Feelings
** Allegra's Window: Sing Along With Allegra And Lindi
** Little Bear: Parties And Picnics
** Rugrats: Mommy Mania
* June 9
** Blue's Clues: Arts & Crafts
** Blue's Clues: Story Time
** Rugrats: Angelica Knows Best
* July 28: Hey Arnold!: Partners
* September 8
** Gullah Gullah Island: Christmas
** Little Bear: Good Night, Little Bear
==Behind the scenes==
* June: Klasky-Csupo begins production on the second Rugrats movie.
==Business==
* Nick Latino goes online.
* March: Nicktoon Studios opens in Burbank, California.
* June 1: Citing competition and advertising problems, Nick shuts down its German service. (Rugrats would later resurface on Pro Sieben (and SAT1 in January 2000), while most other Nicktoons find a home on RTL in Germany, and SF2 in Switzerland.
* June 6: The cable industry holds its second annual Tune In The Kids And Family week; on June 8th, 29 channels (including Nick), presents a multi-channel simulcast of Take a Moment, a variety special hosted by Melissa Joan Hart that stresses the reasons for the family to watch TV together.
* Summer: (Colossal) Pictures introduces a new theme of bumpers for Nickelodeon. Some include yarn-animated identification bumpers.
* August 10: Nickelodeon becomes officially available in Brazil, though a Portuguese soundtrack was included on the Latin American version since it was launched in 1996.
* Fall: The Aquarius Theater in Hollywood (CA), is remodeled and renamed as "Nickelodeon on Sunset". This venue is the home of live-action Nick series taped in Hollywood, such as All That, The Amanda Show and Taina, as well as some concert specials produced for Nick.
* November 5: Nickelodeon goes on the air in the Philippines.
* November 15: Nickelodeon goes on the air in Japan, Malta, Russia (including the former Soviet republics) and Gabor Csupo's homeland, Hungary.
==People==
=== Births ===
* Danica Lee (voice actress on Wonder Pets!)
* Jacqueline Sandoval (actress on Dora the Explorer)
* Macy Sanders (stunt performer on The Really Loud House)
* E. Austin Valentine (actor on Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, Blue's Clues, and Whoopi's Littleburg)
* January 4: Coco Jones (singer-songwriter, actress and guest star at the 2024 Kid's Choice Awards)
* January 28: Ariel Winter (actress in Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred and The Penguins of Madagascar)
*January 29
**Madeleine Madden (actress in Dora and the Lost City of Gold)
**Raquel Trinidad (actress and singer on Dora the Explorer)
* February: Olivia Scott Welch (actress on Tyler Perry's Young Dylan)
* February 10: Athena Ripka (actress on Sunny Day, Dora the Explorer, and Wonder Pets!)
* February 15: Zachary Gordon (voice actor on The Mighty B!, Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, ¡DORA!, Imagine That, and Bubble Guppies)
* February 20: Matt Hunter (singer-songwriter and voice actor on Dora The Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!)
* February 21: Melissa Carcache (actress and producer on Every Witch Way)
* March 13: Jack Marlow (rapper and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
* March 22: Paola Andino (actress on Every Witch Way, Talia in the Kitchen, and WITS Academy)
* March 29: Vinicius Damasceno (actor on Dora the Explorer)
*April 6
**Peyton List (celebrity judge on Unleashed, actress on Wonder Pets!, Group Chat, and Unfiltered, and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
**Ajay Friese (actor in One Crazy Cruise)
* April 9: Elle Fanning (actress in Charlotte's Web)
* April 15: Nicholas Roget-King (actor in Yours, Mine & Ours)
* April 24: Ryan Whitney (actress on The Thundermans)
* April 26: Nick Martineau (actor on Bossy Bear)
* May 7: MrBeast (guest star at the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Kids' Choice Awards)
* May 10: Christopher Bones (actor in Terry the Tomboy and AwesomenessTV)
* May 12: A.J. Beckles (actor on The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish)
* June 1: Ashley Mendola (actress on Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!)
* June 16: Hanani Taylor (singer in Fantasy Football)
* June 22: Reyna Shasken (actress and voice actress on Bubble Guppies, Blue's Clues, and The Backyardigans)
* June 24: Coy Stewart (actor on Bella and the Bulldogs)
* July 1: Chloe Bailey (guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
* July 9: Robert Capron (actor in Best Player)
* July 22: Ethan Kempner (actor on Team Umizoomi and Bubble Guppies)
* July 25: Kyson Facer (actor on I Am Frankie)
* July 31: Rico Rodriguez (actor on iCarly (2007))
* August 1: Khamani Griffin (actor in Barnyard and Ni Hao, Kai-Lan)
* August 8: Ryan W. Garcia (actor on Side Hustle and Big Nate)
* August 12: Lily Snowden-Fine (actress on Peppa Pig and singer on Face's Music Party)
* August 20: Nikki Soo Hoo (actress on Shimmer and Shine and Drake & Josh)
* September 4: Elizabeth Elias (singer on Every Witch Way and guest star at the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards)
* September 16: Madeline Lovejoy (actress on Barnyard and Avatar: The Last Airbender)
* September 21: Raquel Trinidad (actress and singer on Dora the Explorer)
* October 6: Matt Cornett (singer on Bella and the Bulldogs and Game Shakers)
* October 29: Jenna Lea Rosen (vocalist, actress, voice actress, and singer in Under the Boardwalk)
* November 1: Buddy Handleson (actor on Wendell and Vinnie, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, and Bella and the Bulldogs)
* November 4: Darcy Rose Byrnes (actress, singer, and songwriter on The Legend of Korra)
* November 10: Jackson Reid (actor on PAW Patrol, Rubble and Crew, Corn and Peg, and Abby Hatcher)
* November 17: Isaac Solstein (actor in The Last Airbender)
* November 24: Bridger Palmer (actor in Yours, Mine & Ours and iCarly)
* December 2: Amber Frank (actor on The Haunted Hathaways and The Thundermans)
* December 14: Marlowe Percival (actor in The J Team)
* December 16: Elly Morillo (actress on Dora the Explorer)
* December 23: Jackie Radinsky (actor on Bella and the Bulldogs and guest star in Nickelodeon's Ho-Ho Holiday Special)
* December 29: Paris Berelc (actress on The Thundermans)
=== Deaths ===
* May 28: Phil Hartman (voice actor on The Ren and Stimpy Show)
* August 25: Lee Gunther (editor on The Angry Beavers)
== Nickelodeon character debuts ==
* Hey Arnold!: Lorenzo, Lorenzo's mother
* CatDog: CatDog, Winslow T. Oddfellow, The Greaser Dogs, Rancid Rabbit, Eddie the Squirrel
*Oh Yeah! Cartoons: Slap T. Pooch, Rudy Tabootie, Snap, Reggie Bullnerd, Horace T. Wilter, Timmy Turner, Vicky, Cosmo, Wanda, Mr. and Mrs. Turner
*The Rugrats Movie: Dil Pickles
*The Wild Thornberrys: Eliza Thornberry, Darwin Thornberry, Donnie Thornberry, Debbie Thornberry, Nigel Thornberry, Marianne Thornberry, Lady Thornberry
*Runaway Rocketboy: Jimmy Neutron, Goddard, Carl Wheezer, Hugh Neutron, Judy Neutron, King Goobot
 1998