And getting away from the crazy--and real--world is as good a reason as any to tune into Nick at Nite and its classic, sometimes campy, entertainment. The first cartoon was James the Cat. When I Love Lucy joined Nick at Nite in 1994, a week-long marathon called "Nick at Nite Loves Lucy" aired, showcasing every one of Lucille Ball's sitcoms that aired between 1951 and 1986 (I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life With Lucy). Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows; This Week in Sitcoms (Week of February 27, 2023) Enjoy guys. In 1995, Nick at Nite celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a week-long event, airing viewer picked episodes of every series that ever aired on Nick at Nite since its July 1985 debut. Another special aired by Nick at Nite was promoted as a TV dad quiz, in which the host walked through a "typical TV Home," and quizzed viewers at home with trivia about classic TV dad clichs. [5] Nickelodeon's and Nick at Nite's respective ratings periods encompass only the hours they each operate under the total day rankings, though Nick at Nite is rated only for the primetime ratings; this is due to a ruling by Nielsen in July 2004 that networks have to program for 51% or more of a particular daypart to qualify for ratings for that daypart.[6]. In December 2019, Nick at Nite began airing a marathon of Friends to celebrate the show's 25 year anniversary since its finale throughout half of Nick at Nite's regular programming time. I love seeing things like that, Hee Hee. "[citation needed]. With the passing years, the summer blocks shifted to include series recently added to Nick at Nite's program library. In 1990, when Nickelodeon acquired Bob Newharts sitcom Bob, they ran a Bobs Bob, Bob Newhart, Newhart Marathon., Similarly, when the network acquired I Love Lucy in 1994, it debuted a Nick at Nite Loves Lucy marathon featuring not only I Love Lucy but The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Heres Lucy, and Life with Lucy., In the late 90s and early 80s, they added beloved classics such as The Brady Bunch, Bewitched, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.. Overall, TV Land has the best line-ups in 2003. . Each New Year's Eve from 1989 to 1998, the channel would host "Nick at Nite's (year) Rerun/Classic TV/TV Hits Countdown" hosted by longtime countdown radio DJ, Casey Kasem. From 1994 to 1998, the bumpers had a yellow diamond Nick at Nite logo with (tonite) next to it. On January 1, 2015, Nick at Nite Latin America was made defunct, and was replaced by a temporal block named Nick Clasicos. However, the network underwent many changes. Since April 28, 2005. November 13, 1998 As reruns, they were often a viewers last resort. In fact, one bumper had the "TV Hits" background schemes(a city with the Nick at Nite logo on a billboard), and the announcer announced "It's Classic TV", and the woman singing "Nick at Nite". Get ready for mess, magic, slime, and a surprise Kids' Choice Award. It shared the same channel as Nickelodeon, broadcasting from 8PM until 6AM on weeknights and 10PM until 6AM. The highest rated shows are The George Lopez Show averaging about 768,000 people during its 10:00pm time slot, and Family Matters is the number two show, averaging 775,000 viewers during its 11PM timeslot. 1 on iTunes Charts, Jussie Smollett finally appeals his conviction stemming from 2019 hate-crime hoax, Desperate mountain residents trapped by snow beg for help; We are coming, sheriff says, Newsom, IRS give Californians until October to file tax returns, Californias snowpack is approaching an all-time record, with more on the way, Gloria Vanderbilt told Anderson Cooper not to expect a trust fund. The networks were operated together until December 17, 2006, when Nickelodeon began overseeing Nick at Nite, and "Nick at Nite's TV Land" was shortened to "TV Land". Fox Renews Krapopolis for Season 3; Disney Channel's New Comedy Saturdays 11/29 - Ghosts - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD) Each New Year's Eve from 1989 to 1998, the channel would host "Nick at Nite's (year) Rerun/Classic TV . In 1990, the channel briefly aired a show called On the Television,[2] a mock TV critic show hosted by Siskel and Ebert-type characters and featured bizarre, sometimes disturbing clips from parodied TV shows supposedly beginning that week. Bill has also served as an announcer for the premium channels Showtime, The Movie Channel (both former Viacom sister channels to Nick at Nite), and HBO, among other television clients, as well as serving as the host of the radio shows Flashback and Time Warp (which focus on classic rock and oldies music). 11/08 - Frasier - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) Nick at Nite (stylized as nick@nite) is the family evening programming block broadcast over Nickelodeon Monday - Thursday nights from 9 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. ET/PT, Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. ET/PT, and Sunday nights from 8 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. ET/PT. Turning Nick into a comedy channel was considered--long before Comedy Central, says Cronin--as was a family film channel. I'll go back and look later, but Nick at Nite in the 80s was the best. Ten years ago, Cronin says, no one cared about TV memorabilia. In Latin America, Nick at Nite is aired every day on Nickelodeon Latin America from 10PM until 6AM since February 6, 2006. ET, extending the network's daily schedule to nine hours. Almost every commercial had a different jingle professing Nick at Nite as being "A TV Viewer's Dream" for "the TV generation" and as coming from a place called "TV Land" ("Hello out there, from TV Land!") Now. November 30, 1998. Friends. The same five-hour block of programs originally repeated from 1 a.m. and ran until Nickelodeon began its broadcast day at 6a.m. Eastern Time. Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite currently share the 9:00 to 10:00p.m. Eastern Time timeslot on weeknights. It is also the #1 cable network among women aged 1849 averaging a 0.7 rating/415,000 total viewers.[13]. 6:00AM - Beetlejuice: The Animated Series; 6:30AM - UnderDog; 7:00AM - Nick Arcade; 7:30AM - Nickelodeon Wild Side Show; 8:00AM . In 2007, the channel began airing movies for the first time since 1989. The channel is similar to Adult Swim, the channel that shares channel space with Nick rival Cartoon Network.[1]. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 5:00AM - Cable in the Classroom 5:30AM - Aaahh!!! On June 17, 2019, Nick at Nite aired a simulcast of the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards for the first time, along with many of its sister networks. As Martindale said, "it's kind of like guessing the number of jelly beans in a jelly bean jar, but instead of jelly beans, you're using cadavers! I probably couldn't answer very many questions, but just ask if you do have any Open House (Sitcom with Ellen DeGeneres)?,Day By Day (With Julia Louis-Dreyfuss)? 02/21 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - The Complete Season Nine / The Complete Season Ten 1 Programs at the time. 6:00AM - The Alvin Show; 6:30AM - Weinerville; 7:00AM - Flipper; 7:30AM - The Woody Woodpecker Show (1987) . Kasem would spend the period from noon (11:30a.m. in 1990) until New Year's Day at 12:30a.m. Eastern Time counting down the 25 "most classic" episodes of the series airing on Nick at Nite at that time as determined by viewers at home, with the #1 episode being aired at midnight. Nick@Nite: Saturday; 6:00 AM: Gullah Gullah Island: 6:30 AM: Blue's Clues: 7:00 AM: The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: 7:30 AM . Nick at Nite's lineup presently includes reruns of syndicated comedy series from the early 1990s to mid-2010s and movie broadcasts. A high definition feed of Nick at Nite is available on many cable and all satellite service providers. The network has seen a plethora of changes since its creation. In November 2006, Nick at Nite was proud to continue Nickelodeon's "Best Day Ever" marathon, 24 hours of SpongeBob SquarePants which, at the end of the marathon, led to a new episode with the same name. When new shows are added to the lineup, they are usually accompanied by some kind of marathon that is sometimes hosted by a star from the show. The commercials would use an actor's line or expression and take it out of context to create a new subversive meaning. Come home from school, eat dinner, do homework, and reward yourself by turning on Nickelodeons late-night programming. On October 1, 2017, Nick at Nite's sign-on time was moved to 10:00 p.m. This format was originated by sister network TV Land beginning in 2010, and has since been taken by other ViacomCBS networks including MTV, BET and Spike around the same time as Nick at Nite. Nick at Nite primarily appeals to adult and older youth audiences, mainly carrying syndicated sitcoms and films from as recent as the mid-1990s to the 2010s. In 1991, Nick at Nite started running a wide variety of idents. Fred/Alan developed the original logo with Tom Corey and Scott Nash of Boston advertising agency Corey McPherson Nash, creators of the well-recognized Nickelodeon orange splat logo (Nick at Nite's logo design would maintain a separate visual appearance from its parent network). THanks for posting, TVJunkie! Search Sitcoms Online: 11/08 - Frasier - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) New on DVD/Blu-ray (November-March) Due to its dependence on sitcom reruns whose cable syndication rights are limited to a daypart (a certain part of the day) owing to contracts with studios and/or distributors (for instance, Paramount holds the exclusive cable nighttime rights to run Friends, airing it on both Nick at Nite and Comedy Central, while TBS holds exclusive cable daytime rights to said series), Nick at Nite has no video on demand service or Paramount+ presence (formerly its past original series were usually combined within Nickelodeon's video-on-demand section) and its website features no video content. Some shows were preceded by a bumper showing the following episode's number and title. Film broadcasts have become more common on Nick at Nite since fall 2012, often airing on a near-weekly basis, typically on Sunday evenings. Murdoch has survived scandal after scandal. Nickelodeon (through Nick at Nite) ran infomercials in some overnight timeslots from 1987 to 1998 (making Nickelodeon one of the few currently operating kids-targeted channels to discontinue airing paid programming, others include Universal Kids, and it is also only one of two ViacomCBS-owned networks to have removed paid programming from its schedule; sister channel BET had discontinued infomercials in 1997, replacing them with religious programming in overnight/early morning timeslots[8]). During its early years, the channel ran classic television series from the early 1950s to the 1970s. On August 26, it also aired a simulcast of the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards for the first time. Overall, Nick at Nite had the best line-ups in 1998 and 1999. 12:00 am. 01/03 - Andy Richter Controls the Universe - The Complete Series (2023 Release) It was an integral part of my childhood. Nick at Nite debuted at 8 pm. It typically broadcasts Mondays to Thursday nights from 9 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. ET/PT, Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. - 6 a.m. ET/PT, and Sunday nights from 8 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. ET/PT. 02/28 - Growing Pains - The Complete Series ID: A car drives across the road in a desert and we see a sign of a coyote howling, a sign of the sun setting, then the Nick At Nite logo stuck on a TV, then we see the car drive into the road, and we can see a few cactuses. During this time, the network would also play an interstitial series called "Milkman," about a milkman who would distribute good advice to customers on his milk delivery route. [7] The network also ceased airing the production closing credits for most of its programs (except for those that have tag scenes during the end credits, and originally some series that aired on the network prior to the rebrand that rejoined the network afterward, such as Full House) and began employing network-even closing credits which Nickelodeon had been utilizing since at least 2000 (both Nick at Nite and Nickelodeon often remove end tag scenes or blooper reels of some shows using this format). About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . The early success with classic television series, as well as the eventual shift away from series made prior to 1985, eventually led to the creation of digital broadcast networks similar to Nick at Nite's original format such as the Retro Television Network, Antenna TV and MeTV (which have featured many shows formerly seen on Nick at Nite). They would also create sarcastic commercials for shows on their network: an announcer's voice would discuss the series, accompanied by clips and music, sometimes the show's theme song. November 1, 1998 The group which included Scott Webb, Jim Levi, Dave Potorti, Jay Newell, Will McRobb, and Tom Hill was guided towards creating a series of internal campaigns to emphasize the seeming paradox of a contemporary network setting that programmed reruns from the 1960s and earlier. 03/28 - Rick and Morty - Season 8 (Blu-ray) (DVD) We dont have to take chances. We decided we wanted to be the oldies of television, Cronin explains. Also typically, series that have been airing on Nick at Nite for at least three years are often moved exclusively to the overnight schedule in order to make room for newly acquired series (though in the past, entire broadcast runs of a few series such as Perfect Strangers and Charles in Charge have aired in an overnight graveyard slot for a short period of time following their debut on the network). November 23, 1998 (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/Getty Images) Get ready '80s and '90s kids. In Russia and the CIS countries, Nick at Nite airs on Nickelodeon (CIS) everyday from 9:30PM until 1:30AM Moscow Time. See tonight's schedule, videos, and GIFs of your favorite flashback comedies: Friends and Mike & Molly! Since January 2007, the network has aired shows like ALF, Happy Days, Mork and Mindy, The Munsters, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Growing Pains, The Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, Kenan and Kel, Clarissa Explains It All, Get Smart, and Perfect Strangers, which have been broadcast pn Latin American local networks and other cable channels. 11/08 - Young Rock - Season Two (Blu-ray) (DVD) 12/06 - The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet - 70th Anniversary Ultimate Christmas Collection The people who had TV Land in 98 are lucky bastards! Nick Tyler Perry's Young Dylan. Bewitched (89-91, 94-currently airing Wednesdays 8-11 p.m.), The Lucy Show (90-currently airing weekdays 2 a.m.; Saturdays 10:30 p.m.; Sundays 8:30 p.m. and 4 a.m.), Lucy & Desi Hour (90-currently airing Saturdays 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.), Mork & Mindy (90-currently airing Saturdays 3:30 a.m.; Sundays 1:30 a.m.), The Adventures of Superman (91-currently airing weekdays and Sundays 11:30 p.m.; Saturdays 2:30 a.m.), Dragnet (91-currently airing weekdays 1 and 5 a.m.; Saturdays 1:30 a.m.; Sundays 11 p.m.), F-Troop (91-currently airing weekdays 2:30 a.m.; Fridays 5:30 a.m.; Saturdays 3 a.m.; Sundays 1 a.m.), The Dick Van Dyke Show (91-currengly airing weekdays at midnight and 4 a.m.; Saturdays 1 and 4 a.m.; Sundays 9 p.m. and 4:30 a.m.), The Mary Tyler Moore Show (92-currently airing 11:30 p.m. and 3 a.m.; Saturdays midnight and 4:30 a.m.; Saturdays 9:30 p.m. and 5 a.m.), The Bob Newhart Show (93-currently airing 12:30 and 4:30 a.m.; Saturdays 12:30 a.m.; Sundays 10:30 p.m.), I Dream of Jeannie (94-currently airing Thursdays 8-11 p.m.), I Love Lucy (94-currently airing Tuesdays 8-11 p.m.; Saturdays 10 p.m.), The White Shadow (94-currently airing Sundays midnights), Taxi (94-currently airing weekdays 11 p.m. and 3:30 a.m.; Saturdays 2 a.m.; Sundays 10 p.m.), Welcome Back Kotter (95, Fridays 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.).