Nick Go!

**Nick Go!** was an advertisement-free children's television channel in Kuboia, which was a Kuboia-exclusive sister channel to Nickelodeon Kuboia. Launched on 15 October 1999, the channel became known for its unusual schedule, which relied heavily on in-vision continuity, viewer interaction and miscellaneous programming. The channel ceased transmissions on 24 October 2010, following Viacom's decision in July 2009 to withdraw from Kuboia.

During the channel's eleven-year run, Nick Go! received a surprisingly large fanbase and public acclaim, although the channel's large budget is often believed to be the reason behind this. The channel itself has been credited for helping many Kuboian stars begin their careers. Despite the praise, Nick Go! was also a subject of controversy during its lifetime, particularly for its bashing of Ericka Streets who was rejected from presenting on the Kuboian channel and later became a presenter in Sallisland.

According to statistics, Nick Go! was the most watched children's television channel in Kuboia in the 2000s decade, as well as the third-to-most watched television channel in the country.

## International recognition (2001-2007)

In early 2001, it was known that Ericka Streets, a rejected presenter, enjoyed watching the channel and often talked about it to her friends in Hartlania. They would pass on information about it and Nick Go! eventually started to gain recognition outside of Kuboia.

Nick Go! started to attract more views through the introduction of children's singing competition Nick Karaoke Stars, which began in 2002. A lot of the contestants who appeared in the show, such as Aourine Esthers, Iroune Ruby, Violet Stars and Fyp Fraser, went on to have successful music careers despite only being preteens at the time. Other shows introduced overtime were mostly "Kuboianised" versions of British game shows broadcast on CBBC at the time.

Around late 2002 to early 2003, many children from the United States began requesting for a US version of Nick Go!, although Viacom immediately rejected any plans for an American counterpart of the channel, stating "It's really only a Kuboian thing."

In 2005, plans were announced to launch Nick Go! as a block on Mega in Sallisland. Presenters were hired in 2006, including Ericka Streets, who had a history of being rejected as a presenter for the Kuboian channel. The Sallislandic version was named Nickelodeon Go ! (which was actually the working title of the Kuboian version) and launched in 2007, airing on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons (signing on at 13:30 and signing off at 18:00) and Monday, Tuesday and Saturday mornings (signing on at 06:30 and signing off at 10:00). It was later replaced with a regular Nickelodeon block in July 2009, the same month Viacom announced plans to withdraw all its channels from Kuboia.

## Final years

In 2007, to coincide with the launch of Nickelodeon Go ! in Sallisland, Nick Go! changed its graphics and schedule. There were *much* less game shows and they only aired on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, with sitcoms being added to the schedule.

Nick on the Go!, Nicktrition and Nicktoons Lottery were axed in 2008. *iCarly* and *Les Fashionistas* premiered in May 2008 on Nick Go! and no new programming premiered after those. Additionally, programming was changed to air in 25-minute slots instead of 30-minute slots like before.

In August 2008, in the 2008 Reichetto earthquake, the building Nick was ran from got destroyed. From 3 August to 4 September, all Nick channels simply showed a test-card because of transmission moving to Znamdegrat, Sallisland. With the move to Sallisland, Nick's team was replaced with the same team that ran the Nickelodeon Go ! block in Sallisland. Due to poor management, programs would sometimes end up airing in Sallish in Kuboia and English in Sallisland.

In March 2009, the in-vision continuity began to be pre-recorded and would only use select portions of the studio area. Additionally, all but four presenters were dropped from appearing and got fired.

In July 2009, Viacom announced plans to withdraw their channels in Kuboia after seriously declining viewership and the channels being "outdated culture in the rise of new trends". The same month, Nickelodeon Go ! was replaced by a regular Nickelodeon block in Sallisland, the final program airing on it being *iCarly* on 30 June 2009.

Throughout 2010, Nick Go! aired a completely random schedule every day with no coordination to what promos claimed. Additionally, the shows mentioned on the in-vision continuity often did not correlate to what actually would be aired.

On 30 September 2010, the *Les Fashionistas* episode "Astrogirls" premiered on Nick Go!. Premiering at 18:35, after it aired, Nick Go! only played the "Thank You For Watching Nickelodeon" loop until closedown at midnight.

During October 2010, Nick Go!'s broadcast became automated, with reruns of the same programs (although different episodes) that aired on 30 September 2010, airing each day from 06:00 to 18:35 with the "Thank You For Watching Nickelodeon" loop playing until closedown at midnight. *Les Fashionistas* was the final program to air on Nick Go!, at 18:35, on 23 October 2010.

On 24 October 2010, the only thing airing on Nick Go! and Nickelodeon Kuboia was the "Thank You For Watching Nickelodeon" loop. They were shutdown at 22:00, while Nick Jr. remained airing until 5 December 2010. The "splat" branding was never discontinued and no plans to rebrand from it were ever made.