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Encyclopedia > Nickelodeon TV Weekend Blocks

Weekend programming blocks aired on Nickelodeon, an American cable television channel geared toward children. This article is about the TV channel. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ...

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Friday Night Nicktoons

Friday Night Nicktoons aired from September 2002 to late 2004; its original time slot was 8-10 p.m. Eastern time, expanded to start at 7 p.m. toward the end of its run. It generally aired only from September through May, but became Prime Time Nicktoons for the summer of 2004.


2002-2003

When Friday Night Nicktoons (FNN, for short) first aired, it took place in a CGI-animated building loosely based on Nicktoons Animation Studios in Hollywood. It was hosted by the show's logo, a shape-shifting Nick logo inside a blue ring. He was assisted by mechanical arms that ended in Mickey-Mouse-glove-shaped hands. Mickey Mouse an Academy Award-winning comic animal cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. ...


All Nicktoons up to the block's creation could be spotted there, but the following had scheduled time slots:

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is a spin-off of the Oscar-nominated computer-animated movie; Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, first officially aired in September 2002. ... All Grown Up! is a Nickelodeon animated series, spun off from the popular series Rugrats and produced by Klasky Csupo Inc. ... ChalkZone is an American animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel. ... The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman. ... My Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Opening

"From the Nicktoons Animation Studios in Hollywood!" An announcer shouts as Jimmy Neutron and Goddard (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) fly into Nicktoons Animation Studios in Hollywood on the Strato XL (rocket). They fly over Snap (ChalkZone), who is using a hose to spray water into a large tank. The hose goes berzerk, and Snap clings to it for dear life. SpongeBob SquarePants is being filmed in the tank, and Squidward falls out one end. Waves are created where Squidward is standing, and the Rocket Power gang starts surfing. Squidward grabs onto Otto and bumps his head on a bridge on the Wild Thornberrys set, sending Donnie swinging towards a fire escape, on which Helga Pataki is admiring Arnold (Hey Arnold!). Helga goes flying into the air and lands on a seesaw, and Invader Zim is eating a sandwich on the other side. Zim goes flying into the Friday Night Nicktoons logo (minus the Nick logo in the center). Cosmo and Wanda (The Fairly OddParents) "poof" the Nick logo into place. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Wild Thornberrys cast, left to right, Nigel, Marianne (with camera), Eliza (with glasses) and Darwin (the monkey) on a vine, Donnie (hanging down from the tree), and Debbie (sitting down) The Wild Thornberrys is an animated series produced at Klasky-Csupo for Nickelodeon, which follows the adventures of a... Helga, at the left, Arnold and Gerald Helga G. Pataki is a fictional character in the Hey Arnold! television cartoon series. ... Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series that aired from October 7, 1996 until June 8, 2004 on Nickelodeon. ... Invader Zim is an American animated television series created by comic book writer/artist Jhonen Vasquez and aired on Nickelodeon. ... Cosmo and Wanda are fictional characters who are the title characters in the Nickelodeon animated television series The Fairly OddParents. ... The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman. ...


After August 1, 2003, the intro was redone so that Zim was replaced with Jenny (My Life as a Teenage Robot) doing her "nails", then activating her jet packs to fly into the empty logo. August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... My Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel. ...


Prime Time Nicktoons

When Friday Night Nicktoons first aired as Prime Time Nicktoons (PTN, for short), it didn't have FNN shorts as the "We'll be right back" and "Now we're back" segments. Instead, it just showed the Nick logo part of the FNN logo shape-shifting. The programs were as follows:

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is a spin-off of the Oscar-nominated computer-animated movie; Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, first officially aired in September 2002. ... ChalkZone is an American animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel. ... Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios. ... The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman. ... My Life as a Teenage Robot is an American animated television series, produced by Frederator Studios for the Nickelodeon cable channel. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Opening

  1. Shows a kid skateboarding to his house.
  2. New, Female Announcer: Now...
  3. Kid jumps into his house.
  4. New, Female Announcer: ...you have a reason to be excited to start the weekend.
  5. PTN logo pops up and the Nick logo inside it starts shape-shifting.

2004 Info

The new FNN took place inside a vacant spaceship. The programming was extended by one hour (from 8-10 to 7-10), with the 9-10 segment used as a new time slot for SpongeBob SquarePants. It was described by the new female announcer from PTN as "the place to catch all your favorite cartoons," including:

  • ChalkZone
  • Danny Phantom
  • The Fairly OddParents
  • My Life as a Teenage Robot
  • SpongeBob SquarePants (aired two back-to-back episodes as the finale)

Opening

  1. New Female Announcer (inside spaceship): Now, for the moment you've been waiting for...Friday Night Nicktoons!

Friday Night Slime Time Info

See Friday Night Slimetime. Nickelodeons Friday Night Slimetime is a remake of the original Slime Time Live. ...


Nick Friday Night Info

See Nick Friday Night Nick Friday Night is a programming block on Nickelodeon which shows 2 and a half hours of Nicktoons including new episodes. ...


SNICK

SNICK (short for Saturday Night Nickelodeon) was a two-hour programming block geared toward preteen audiences that ran from 1992 until the mid-2000s, when it was replaced by TeeNICK. Snick is also the colloquial name of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNICK (short for Saturday Night Nickelodeon) was a two-hour programming block on the American cable television network Nickelodeon, geared toward general audiences, that ran from 1992 until mid-2004, Saturdays starting at 8 p. ... A Preteen or pre-teen refers to a stage of human development during childhood. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


It debuted August 15, 1992 with the shows Clarissa Explains It All, Roundhouse, The Ren & Stimpy Show and Are You Afraid of the Dark? Ads and bumpers for SNICK featured the programming block's "mascot," a big orange couch, in the middle of an empty nighttime street. August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Clarissa Explains It All was an American situation comedy television series from Nickelodeon starring a then unknown Melissa Joan Hart. ... Roundhouse logo. ... Ren and Stimpy are the eponymous characters of two cartoon television series created by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi. ... Are You Afraid of the Dark? (known also as Are You Afraid in the Dark? in seasons six and seven) was a horror/drama-themed television series for children. ...


TEENick

TEENick was formerly on every night, but became the TEENick's Spin the Bottle programming block, in which each evening's celebrity was required to spin a bottle to choose a dare. The show eventually dropped "Spin the Bottle" from its name (but not the bottle itself). TEENick is on every Sunday night. The TEENick logo. ...


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