1989

This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 1989.
==Television==
=== Series premieres ===
*April 1:
**Total Panic
**On the Television (first ever Nick at Nite original program)
* May 1: Think Fast
* July 14: Hey Dude
* September 4: Eureeka's Castle
* October 2: Make the Grade
;Acquired shows
*January 7: Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (originally aired on Special Delivery, before airing on its own starting on June 15, 1992)
*April 8: Looney Tunes on Nick at Nite (Nick at Nite airings of Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon)
*September 4:
**Bewitched (The first run of the show ended on August 31, 1991; a second run began on June 6, 1994)
**Fred Penner's Place
* November 5: Green Acres (The original run of the show ended on October 31, 1992, and it started airing randomly between 1996 and 1998)
* December 10: The Kids of Degrassi Street (multiple episodes aired as part of Special Delivery)
===Season premieres===
* October 13: Hey Dude, season 2
=== Specials ===
* January 15: 1989 ACE Awards
* June 25: 1989 Kids' Choice Awards
*October 20: Cartoon Lost and Found (an original Nick at Nite special hosted by Adam West)
*November 22: Nick's Thanksgiving Fest (last aired in 1996)
=== Network departures ===
* February 25: Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection
* April 1
**Curious George
** Kids in Motion
*April 22: Spirit Bay
*May 28: 16 Cinema
* September 1
** Belle and Sebastian
** Maple Town
* December 29: The Little Prince
==Home video releases==
* October 17
** Don't Just Sit There! Survival Guide
** How to Throw a Double Dare Party
** The Worst of You Can't Do That on Television
==Events==
* March 19: Nickelodeon takes over West Utica Elementary School in Shelby, MI.
==People==
* Dylan Hoffman (character technical director on Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years) is born
* Rama Vallury (actor on Tooned In and Baby Shark's Big Show!) is born
* Joey Vieira (actor in Dora and the Lost City of Gold) is born
* Kim Duran (writer on PAW Patrol, Monsters vs. Aliens, Blaze and the Monster Machines, The Fresh Beat Band, and The Penguins of Madagascar) is born
* Lindsay Gilman (writer on Middlemost Post) is born
* Chris Brewster (stunt double in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and guest star at the 2016 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
* Raul Ceballos (actor on The Casagrandes and Baby Shark's Big Show!) is born
* January 3: Alex D. Linz (voice actor on Hey Arnold!) is born
* January 7: Jessica Conde (actress on Dora the Explorer, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, and Go, Diego, Go!) is born
* January 11: Jedidiah Goodacre (actor in Monster Trucks) is born
* January 23: Jacqueline Wong Yu (actress on iCarly) is born
* February 2: Karyn Halpin (actress in A Fairly Odd Summer) is born
* February 25: Abby Wilde (actress on Zoey 101 and iCarly (2007)) is born
* March 1: Daniella Monet (actress on Victorious, Zoey 101, iCarly (2007), Supah Ninjas, Fred: The Show, Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred, Fred 3: Camp Fred, A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!, A Fairly Odd Christmas, The Troop, See Dad Run, Figure It Out, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Cousins for Life, and A Fairly Odd Summer, voice actor on Winx Club, guest star at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards and Nickelodeon's Sizzling Summer Camp Special, and host of AwesomenessTV and Paradise Run) is born
* March 3: Andrea Brooks (actress and mode on The Troop and The Boy Who Cried Werewolf) is born
* March 7: Ricky Velez (writer on Good Burger 2) is born
* March 18: Lily Collins (guest star at the 2008 and 2010 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
* March 23: Joshua Dela Cruz (actor and host on Blue's Clues & You! and The Tiny Chef Show and singer on Face's Music Party) is born
* April 3: Giulia Tarquini (voice actress on Regal Academy and Winx Club) is born
* April 10
** Agnieszka Mrozińska (voice actress on Mysticons) is born
** Laura Ruocco (actor on Mia and Me) is born
* April 12
**Bjørn Alexander (actor on Toot and Puddle) is born
**Judy Alice Lee (actress on The Loud House and The Casagrandes) is born
* April 14: Nick Marcucci (actor in Fun Size) is born
* April 19: Simu Liu (actor on Make It Pop) is born
* April 20
**Alex Black (actor on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) is born
**Chris Houghton (animator, voice actor, storyboard artist, writer, director, and producer on Fanboy & Chum Chum and Harvey Beaks) is born
* April 29: Julia Maxwell (actor in Best Player) is born
* May 1: Victoria Monét (singer-songwriter and guest star at the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
* May 6
**Mark Daugherty (actor on The Loud House) is born
**Gabrielle McClinton (actress in Fun Size) is born
* May 8: 220 Kid (singer on Face's Music Party) is born
* May 10: Lindsey Shaw (actress on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) is born
* May 14: Rob Gronkowski (football player and actor on Crashletes, Unfiltered and Good Burger 2, and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
* May 16
**Corey Gorewicz (actor in Blue's Big City Adventure and Make It Pop) is born
**Taylor Gifaldi (voice actor on Hey Arnold!) is born
* May 19: Devon Cole (musical artist and guest star at the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
* May 20: Sainty Nelsen (actor on The Loud House) is born
* May 24: Tara Correa-McMullen (actress on Zoey 101) is born
* May 29: Brandon Mychal Smith (actor on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Unfabulous) is born
* June 7: Bryn McAuley (actress on PAW Patrol, Top Wing, and Toot and Puddle) is born
* June 8: Stefan Gatt (actor in Fun Size) is born
*June 14
**Carmen Liang (storyboard artist on The Casagrandes and Rock, Paper, Scissors) is born
**Lucy Hale (actress on U-Pick Live) is born
* June 20: Christopher Mintz-Plasse (voice actor on Sanjay and Craig and Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is born
* June 27: Kimiko Glenn (actress on Welcome to the Wayne, Bubble Guppies, and Baby Shark's Big Show!, and singer on Face's Music Party) is born
* June 29: Laura Perico (actress in Playing with Fire) is born
* July 12: Phoebe Tonkin (actress on H20: Just Add Water) is born
* July 14: Sean Flynn (actor on Zoey 101) is born
* July 20: Miguel Cardona (actor on Dora and Friends: Into the City!) is born
*July 31
**Joey Ritcher (actor, singer, and Internet personalist on Danger Force, Henry Danger, The Legend of Korra, and Monsters vs. Aliens) is born
**Jessica Williams (actress on Just for Kicks) is born
* August 14: Jared Kozak (voice actor on The Loud House and The Casagrandes) is born
* August 15: Carlos PenaVega (celebrity on BrainSurge and The Loud House Mega Music Countdown, performer at the 2010 and 2011 Kids' Choice Awards, actor on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Nick News, Big Time Rush, How to Rock, Figure it Out, Marvin Marvin, The Thundermans, and Blue's Clues & You!, voice actor on The Penguins of Madagascar, The Loud House, and The Casagrandes, and host of Webheads) is born
* August 16: Dejan Loyola (actor in One Crazy Cruise and the Troop) is born
* August 17: Jill Morrison (actress in One Crazy Cruise) is born
* August 19: Romeo Miller (host of How to Rock, actor on Romeo! and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, and guest star on All Grown Up! and Nick News with Linda Ellerbee) is born
* August 21: Dante Santiago (musical artist on Face's Music Party) is born
* August 22: Gene Goldstein (background designer on The Loud House) is born
*August 30
**Mallory Low (actress on Just for Kicks and The Fresh Beat Band) is born
**Bebe Rexha (singer and songwriter on the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
* September 1: Ashley Bornancin (TV actress on Shimmer and Shine) is born
* September 5: Kat Graham (actress, singer, dancer, and model on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Unfiltered) is born
* September 6
** Tylor Chase (actor on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) is born
** Martti Manninen (actor in Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank) is born
* September 12: Matt Giroveanu (actor on Regal Academy and Nella the Princess Knight) is born
* September 14: Logan Henderson (actor, dancer, rapper, and singer on Big Time Rush, Marvin Marvin, The Penguins of Madagascar, and How to Rock, guest star at the 2010, 2011, and 2012 Kids' Choice Awards, and actor on BrainSurge and Figure It Out) is born
* September 27: Matthew Daniels (actor on Dora the Explorer) is born
* September 28
** Marquise C. Brown (actress on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) is born
** Maggie Chretien (actress on Kuu Kuu Harajuku) is born
* October 6: Sammie Crowley (writer on The Loud House) is born
* October 16: Jack Salvatore Jr. (actor on Zoey 101) is born
* October 26: Julia Weatherell (voice actor on Blue's Clues) is born
* November 1: Cole Evan Weiss (actor on Gullah Gullah Island) is born
* November 8: Kathryn Avery (voice actress on Blue's Clues) is born
* November 10: Sherry Cola (comedian and actress on Baby Shark's Big Show!) is born
* November 22: Jon Rudnitsky (actor and comedian in Under the Boardwalk) is born
* November 23: Molly Lewis (actress on Blue's Clues & You! and Abby Hatcher) is born
* December 2: Rene Aviles (actor on Dora the Explorer and Dora and Friends: Into the City!) is born
* December 6: Della Saba (actress on Shimmer and Shine) is born
* December 9: Kevin Chambers (actor and stunt performer on The Really Loud House) is born
* December 13: Taylor Swift (singer-songwriter and guest star at the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
* December 14: Devon Malik Beckford (voice actor on Little Bill) is born
* December 15: Jeremiah Watkins (voice actor on The Casagrandes) is born
* December 22
**Jordan Koch (storyboard artist on The Loud House) is born
**Jordin Sparks (singer and actress on Big Time Rush, Rugrats (2021), and Team Umizoomi) is born
* December 27: Whitney Wetta (writer on The Loud House, The Casagrandes, Robot and Monster, T.U.F.F. Puppy, The Fairly OddParents, and Shimmer and Shine) is born
* December 28: Bridget Shergalis (actress on AwesomenessTV) is born
* December 29: Jane Levy (actress on Fun Size and Monster Trucks) is born
===Deaths===
* September 17: Jay Stewart (TV and radio announcer)
==Behind the scenes==
* Construction of Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida begins.
 1989