Timeline-PMI/Nick@Nite

Company's logo since August 2, 2023 (Based on the 2007 logo)

**Nick at Nite** (stylized as **nick@nite**) is an American night time programming block broadcast by the American basic cable channel Nickelodeon. It typically broadcasts Monday to Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. ET/PT and Sunday nights from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. ET/PT. The block is similar to Adult Swim, the programming block that shares channel space with Nickelodeon's rival Cartoon Network.

Nick at Nite is marketed towards adult and older youth audiences, mainly adult animated series, adult sicoms/shows, and films rated PG-13, to R. Paramount Media Networks generally regards the block as a separate network timesharing with Nickelodeon on the channel, in a fashion similar to how Warner Bros. Discovery Networks treats Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.

## History

### Early Years

In 1989, MTV Networks was brought up for a chance to purchase some assets from Fox Broadcastings. They had declined the offer, but then was asked for making an adult block, to fit more ime for older audiences, instead of kids shows 24/7, and to take advantage of valuable satellite time.

1992, MTV Networks was fully finsihing setting up for what NickAtNite was orignally called *"Night-time With Nickelodeon"* They then ran a test for the adult block, cutting off Nickelodeon at 7 pm, interrupting their original 24 hour timeslot. By 1993, the block was finished, and debuted at 8 p.m on July 1, 1993. Its initial programming (running from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., seven nights a week, until 1998) was a mixture of sitcoms, movies and one drama series. Once there was an original series for the block, it would as well air that show.

In 1998, there was a change to the timeslot for the block. Having it to 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Nick at Nite began running a full schedule of programming, with overnight hours filled with a mixture of secondary runs of shows airing on its evening schedule and series that were no longer shown on the evening lineup. As well as celebrating its fifh anniversary with a week-long event, in which the channel aired "hand picked episodes" of almost every series that had aired on Nick at Nite since its July 1993 debut.

### 2000-2010

On March 21, 2000. The network decided to start hosting live talent shows, based on some of their original series. **Warning!! Services**, who recently worked with Pink to help with broadcasting issues, and live action shows, had requested to assist into making these talent shows. Since Viacom (now called Paramount in 2022) was in charge, they accepted the offer and were part of the Nickelodeon Services Team. Their first talent show was based on their first original series, *Space ZW,* thought the talent show's name was "Ambient Live" Practice classes began on March 30, 2000, and was then live on May 24, 2000. Their next planned live talent show is planned to happen in Feburary 2024, with an unknown title.

On April 3, 2004. The block recieved a hijack from a currently unknown person, who's intention was to "tested wacky shit with the television" and as to address wrong information to people. The network of course soon started trying to take action, after the hijacker started playing ~~pornography~~ onto the network. At 3:23am. The issue was sloved, and the hijack was interupted by a technical difficulties screen, then a PSA. The network, plus the hijacker recieved blacklash from the problem a day later. This nearly caused Viacom Media Networks to put Nick@Nite off the air, though the block was given a warning instead. Viacom lost $10,567 US, because of the hijack not being resolved sooner, since ~~porn~~ was played for half an hour on nearly all households.

November 12, 2006 was the day Nick@Nite went though some changes. First, the timelimit changed, giving less time for commercials, and more time for promos and shows. Second, they had a new look for idents and theme. No longer a blue and white theme, but more to the Nickelodeon theme, orange.

In 2009, their logo was changed to fit with Nickelodeon's LiteBulb logo. The theme changed to a more darker color then orange. New shows were going to be more in development, plus more animated series then live-action series. In 2010, they recieve an honor for best channel block in 2010, from the United Network Awards of America. It was ranked 56% percent better then most adult blocks, though. In front was Adult Swim.

### 2011-present

On May 16, 2011, Nick at Nite began scheduling programs airing from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time in an "off-the-clock" format, in which the network runs extended commercial breaks of as much as six minutes in length to allow additional advertising spots (a method that has tense viewer criticism due to the length between the start of each commercial break and the start of the next segment of a program), allowing the programs to be broadcast in a longer time slot each half-hour until 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time, when start times return to a half-hourly format.

In 2015, the network receive a broadcasting glitch, and went slient for around a day. The glitch was braodcast too many things all at once, and would freeze sometimes. Of course the issue was sloved, but took 2 days for it to come back. Viacom again lost money, but around $5,004 US.

As of now, the company has gone though many things, and has hoefully been inproving he last while, Becoming successful again, after UnderTale: The Series, and DoodleBob Vegeance.

## List of original series

*Space ZW* (1994-2000)

*The End Of Me, The Enemy* (1996-1998)

*Family Guy* (1999-present)

*Rocko's Modern Wife* (2002-2005)

*As Told By Lois* (2004-2007)

*SpongeCam* (Short film, 2005)

*Mean Girls: The Series* (2005-2006)

*Priceless* (2006-2010)

*Don't Be Scared* (2007-2009)

*Transformers: United... States.* (2011-2014)

*What's The Point?* (2012-2016)

*Undertale: The Series* (2018-2020)

*Paradise PD* (2018-present)

*DoodleBob Vengeance* (2023-present)