Nick on CBS

***Nick on CBS*** (also known as ***Nick Jr. on CBS from 2000-2002 and from 2004-2006***) is an American Saturday morning children's programming block that ran on CBS from September 16, 2000 to September 9, 2006, and was relaunched on September 14, 2008. The block featured programming from Nickelodeon, which was a sister cable television property to CBS under Viacom for the majority of the block's run.

## History

On June 15, 2000, a few months after Viacom (which CBS founded in 1952 as television syndication distributor CBS Films, Inc., and later spun off in 1971 after the then-recently implemented Financial Interest and Syndication Rules barred networks from holding financial interest in syndicated programming content) completed its $37 billion merger with CBS Corporation, CBS reached an agreement with new corporate sister Nickelodeon to air programming from its Nick Jr. television block beginning that September.[1]

On September 16, 2000, the new three-hour block, *Nick Jr. on CBS*, premiered, replacing *CBS Kidshow*, which produced by Canada-based animation studio Nelvana. The block ended its run the week prior on September 9. For the first two years of the Viacom agreement, the block exclusively aired preschool-oriented programming from Nick Jr., including interstitials from the Nickelodeon block's animated mascot, Face, and other Nick Jr. interstitials. Nick Jr. on CBS did not air commercials aside from some Nick and CBS-related commercials and PSAs until early 2001. On September 22, 2001, the block received a rebrand based on the Nickelodeon block's new branding, adding *Oswald* and *Bob the Builder*. On September 14, 2002, the block was rebranded from *Nick Jr. on CBS* to simply *Nick on CBS*; at that time, its programming content expanded to animated Nickelodeon series aimed at children between the ages of 2 to 12, in addition to two Nick Jr. series. Sometime in early 2004, the block had a relaunch, making addition to *Drake & Josh*. On September 17, 2005, the block added *Go, Diego, Go!* and began incorporating interstitial hosted segments featuring Stick Stickly in the Ed Sullivan Theater. On December 31, 2005, Viacom formally split under the shared control of National Amusements (owned by Sumner Redstone), with CBS and all related broadcasting, television production and distribution properties as well as some non-production entities becoming part of the standalone company CBS Corporation, while Nickelodeon and its parent subsidiary MTV Networks became part of a new company under the Viacom name.

Less than a month later on January 19, 2006, CBS announced that it would enter into a three-year programming partnership with DIC Entertainment to produce a new children's program block for the 30 days a week children's programming block featuring new and former series from its program library, to begin airing in Fall 2006.[2] On September 9, 2006, *Nick on CBS* ended its run and was replaced with a new block the following weekend called *KOL Secret Slumber Party and renamed the Weekdays block as The DIC Squad on CBS.*

On August 13, 2008, Cookie Jar/DIC Entertainment announced that it will have a exclusive 30 days a week children's programming block for This TV known as The Incredible World of DIC on This TV and expanded the syndication block to least September 2034. So CBS announced that it will return to airing Nickelodeon children's programming on CBS after ViacomCBS announced the Split/Merger in 2008. The block launch the following Monday returning Nickelodeon programming to CBS since 2006. The new scheduling have Spongebob Squarepants airing on CBS for the first time in history. Like the original version during the more open-formatted *Nick on CBS* era, the revival block featured some of Nickelodeon's more popular programs on the block (most notably *SpongeBob SquarePants*), as CBS during the time of the revival block's launch was trying to steer away from the usual E/I requirements despite that the block aired a handful of Nick Jr. shows that actually met such requirements like *Paw Patrol* and *Blues Clues & You*. Eventually from March 2009 to September 28, 2009, the shows have many Nickelodeon popular programming from sitcoms to NickToons with some Nick Jr programming and the 2008-2009 graphics package and rebranded has been update to have the block became the earliest to receive the current 2009 logo and pronounced as a prototype version. The Nickelodeon Litebulb logo is replaced by the prototype version of the 2009 Nickelodeon Productions logo. Then on September 28, 2009, the whole block been update to the 2009 package and to receive the new logo

## Current Programming

All of the Nickelodeon shows from 1990s to present is presented on CBS on Weekdays and Weekends