For other uses, see Nickelodeon (disambiguation).

**Nickelodeon** (often shortened to **Nick**) is a worldwide cable television network. Airing Mondays-Fridays from 6 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays from 6 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sundays from 6 a.m.-7 p.m.  It is made for children. The network was started in 1983 as **Pinwheel**. During the late mornings and afternoons, Nickelodeon shows Nick Jr. This is a group of learning programs and series for younger children. They are shown while the older children are in school. At night, the network shows Nick at Nite. Nick at Nite is a group of reruns of older series that parents watched when they were younger.

Programming
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See the main article: List of programs broadcast by Nickelodeon
Logo used since September 28, 2009. Concurrently used with the 2023 logo since March 4, 2023. This logo is still used in other Nickelodeon channels.
Programming seen on Nickelodeon includes animated series (such as *SpongeBob SquarePants*, *The Loud House*, *Goat Simulator and Friends*, *The Casagrandes*, *The Patrick Star Show*, *Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years*, *The Smurfs*, Rugrats, *The Mercy and DJ show* and *Big Nate*), live-action, scripted series (such as *Danger Force*, *Tyler Perry's Young Dylan* and *All That*), and original made-for-TV movies, while the network's daytime schedule is dedicated to shows targeting preschoolers (such as *Bubble Guppies*, *PAW Patrol*, *Final Space*, and *Blue's Clues & You!*).

### Nicktoons

See the main article: Nicktoons
**Nicktoons** is the branding for Nickelodeon's original animated television series. Until 1991, the animated series that aired on Nickelodeon were largely imported from foreign countries, with some original animated specials that were also featured on the channel up to that point. 
Though the Nicktoons branding has seldom been used by the network itself since the 2002 launch of the channel of the same name, original animated series continue to make up a substantial portion of Nickelodeon's lineup. Roughly 6 to 7 hours of these programs are seen on the weekday schedule, and around nine hours on weekends, including a dedicated weekend morning animation block.

Sister channels
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### Nick at Nite

See the main article: Nick at Nite
**Nick at Nite** is a programming block for adults and older youth audiences. The block was founded in 1985. This block is similar to Adult Swim, the nighttime programming block for Cartoon Network.

### Nick Jr.

See the main article: Nick Jr. Channel
**Nick Jr.** is a children's programming block for children aged 2-6. It was founded in 1988 as a programming block. A channel called Nick Jr. was launched in 2009.

### Nicktoons

See the main article: Nicktoons (American TV channel)
**Nicktoons** is a programming block founded in 1991, the same day Doug, Rugrats and The Ren and Stimpy Show started. The programming block was repeated every Saturday and Sunday. A channel called Nicktoons was launched in 2002. The channel is for ages 7-14.

### TeenNick

See the main article: TeenNick
**TeenNick** is a programming block for teens ages 13-19. It was founded in 2001. This block is for teenage audiences. The channel launched in 2009. It had shows such as Drake & Josh and iCarly

### NickMusic

See the main article: NickMusic
**NickMusic** is a channel that launched in 2002 as MTV Hits. It was changed later on.

### NickRewind

**NickRewind** was a block on TeenNick from 2019-2022 and Nick at Nite from 2023-present on weekdays, that launched in 2011. It showed re-runs of old Nickelodeon shows.

Related pages
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* List of programs broadcast by Nickelodeon
* List of movies by Nickelodeon
* Nicktoons
* Nick.com
* The Club (Nickelodeon)
* MTV
* Nick Jr. Channel
* NickRewind Jr. (United States)

Other websites
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* Official site (United States)
* Official site (United Kingdom)