Nickelodeon's early logo, used from 1979-80
The Nickelodeon logo, used from 1980 to 1981.
The following is a list of notable events, series premieres, cancellations and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 1979. This was when Nickelodeon was officially launched, two years after its first program Pinwheel was tested.
Show Info[]
Nickelodeon Original Series[]
| Name | Premiere Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Pinwheel | December 1, 1977 | 1984 |
| Video Comics | April 1, 1979 | August 31, 1981 |
| Nickel Flicks | April 1, 1979 | December 1979 |
| By the Way | April 1, 1979 | March 1980 |
| Hocus Focus | December 31, 1979 | April 4, 1981 |
Acquired Series[]
| Name | Premiere Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|
| America Goes Bananaz | April 1, 1979 | 1980 |
Notable events[]
- April 1: Nickelodeon officially launches
- April: Star Channel, later renamed The Movie Channel, launches on Nickelodeon after it went off the air, making it the first late night/early morning programming channel that aired after Nickelodeon stopped broadcasting for the day.
Shows[]
Series premieres[]
- April 1
- Pinwheel (began airing as a half-hour show starting June 1, 1989)
- Video Comics
- America Goes Bananaz
- Nickel Flicks
- By the Way
- December 3: Children's Classics
- December 31: Hocus Focus
Series cancellations[]
- December: Nickel Flicks
People[]
- Holly Gregory (producer and actress on Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Team Umizoomi, Nella the Princess Knight, Sunny Day, Santiago of the Seas, and Tickety Toc) is born
- Kamali Minter (actress and editor on Middlemost Post and The Loud House) is born
- Jonah Goldfinger (writer and producer in The Casagrandes Movie) is born
- Peter Browngardt (animator, storyboard artist, writer, producer, and voice actor on The Patrick Star Show) is born
- January 6: Cristela Alonzo (actress on The Casagrandes and host of Legends of the Hidden Temple (2021)) is born
- January 9: Joshua Harto (actor on The Mystery of Shelby Woo) is born
- January 10: Daddy Mac (rapper at the 1992 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
- January 16: Aaliyah (guest singer on All That) is born
- January 24: Tatyana Ali (actress on Shimmer and Shine and Are You Afraid of the Dark?) is born
- January 30: Hiromi Okuyama (voice actress on PAW Patrol) is born
- February 4: Tabitha Brown (actress on The Tiny Chef Show) is born
- February 8: Josh Keaton (voice actor on Winx Club and It's Pony and actress on The Secret World of Alex Mack and Blue's Clues & You!) is born
- February 13
- Julian Berlin (actress on Just for Kicks) is born
- Cissy Jones (voice actress on Transformers: Earthspark) is born
- February 21: Jennifer Love Hewitt (voice actress on Oh Yeah! Cartoons) is born
- February 22: Tom Higgenson (singer on iCarly (2007)) is born
- March 5: Riki Lindhome (actress in Fun Size, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, and Monsters vs. Aliens) is born
- March 10: Danny Pudi (actor on the Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024), Rock, Paper, Scissors and Transformers: EarthSpark) is born
- March 17: Stephen Kramer Glickman (actor on The Really Loud House and Big Time Rush) is born
- March 18: Adam Levine (singer in PAW Patrol: The Movie) is born
- March 24: Modest Rucinski (voice actor on Sanjay and Craig) is born
- March 31: Aisling Sistrunk (actress on My Brother and Me) is born
- April: Cathy Shim (actress in Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, Middle School Moguls, Unfabulous, and Drake & Josh) is born
- April 4: Jeff Meacham (actor on The Thundermans) is born
- April 11: Josh Server (actor on All That (1994), The Secret World of Alex Mack, Good Burger, Kenan & Kel, The Amanda Show, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd, Drake & Josh, Figure It Out, Sam & Cat, Game Shakers, Warped, Double Dare (2018), Good Burger 2, and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) is born
- April 15: Cooper Barnes (actor on Henry Danger, The Adventures of Kid Danger, The Loud House, Danger Force, All That (2019), The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, Ryan's Mystery Playdate, The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, and Victorious and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
- April 20: Ruth Connell (actress, theatre actress, voice actress, singer, producer, former dancer, and former choreographer on The Loud House Movie) is born
- April 26
- Alison Fanelli (actress on The Adventures of Pete and Pete) is born
- Mark Gagliardi (actor and writer on The Loud House) is born
- May 4: Lance Bass (singer, dancer, actor, podcaster, film, and TV producer in Baby Shark's Big Movie! and Bossy Bear and guest star on The Tiny Chef Show) is born
- May 5: Vincent Kartheiser (voice actor in Rango) is born
- May 9: Rosario Dawson (guest star on SpongeBob SquarePants and actress on It's Pony) is born
- May 10: Nicole Leach (actress on Clarissa Explains It All) is born
- May 17: Megan Berwick (actress on Salute Your Shorts) is born
- May 26: Katarzyna Łaska (singer on Sanjay and Craig) is born
- May 28: Jesse Bradford (actor in Clockstoppers) is born
- June 5: Pete Wentz (actor and singer on School of Rock and Blue's Clues & You!) is born
- June 9: Matt Mahaffey (composer on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Middlemost Post) is born
- June 11: Preslaysa Edwards (author on The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo) is born
- June 16
- Dave H. Johnson (co-executive producer, story editor, co-writer, writer, voice actor, and executive producer on Middlemost Post) is born
- Gianna Gallegos (guest star on The Really Loud House) is born
- June 20: Sarah Stiles (singer and actress on Sunny Day) is born
- June 26: Ryan Tedder (actor on School of Rock, creator of Counting Stars, and co-creator and executive producer of California Dreaming) is born
- June 27: Chris Pratt (actor and guest star at the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
- June 28: Felicia Day (actress on Glitch Techs) is born
- June 29: Stephanie Lemelin (actress and screenwriter on Fanboy & Chum Chum, Transformers: Earthspark, and Cousins for Life) is born
- July 6: Kevin Hart (guest star at the 2017 and 2022 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
- July 7: Menik Gooneratne (actress on Side Hustle) is born
- July 11: Neil Graf (director and writer on Sanjay and Craig and Pinky Malinky) is born
- July 13: Alexis Tomassian (Voice actor on Rugrats (1991), Rugrats (2021), All Grown Up!, The Fairly OddParents, Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005), Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder, and Deer Squad) is born
- July 16: Jayma Mays (guest star on It's Pony) is born
- July 24: Rose Byrne (actress in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem) is born
- July 30: Hsiang Lo (actor on Ni Hao, Kai-Lan) is born
- August 1: Michael Smith (writer on Blue's Clues and creator of Team Umizoomi) is born
- August 4: Sofia (singer on Dora the Explorer) is born
- August 7: Faruq Tauheed (actor, TV host, and guest star on The Really Loud House) is born
- August 9: Carrie Barrett (actress on Henry Danger, Danger Force, and The Adventures of Kid Danger) is born
- August 10: Joanna García (TV and film actress on Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Penguins of Madagascar, and Clarissa Explains it All) is born
- August 22
- Meghan Duffy (producer of Tiny Christmas) is born
- Jennifer Finnigan (actress on The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo and Are You Afraid of the Dark?) is born
- August 27: Dempsey Pappion (actor on Blaze and the Monster Machines, and All Grown Up!) is born
- August 30: Colleen Smith (actress on Pinky Malinky and The Barbarian and the Troll) is born
- August 31: Amy Matysio (actress on Mysticons) is born
- September 6: Robin Atkin Downes (actor on Glitch Techs and Adventures in Wonder Park) is boen
- September 7: Josh Hammond (actor on 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd) is born
- September 12: Phil Wurdeman (writer and director on The Loud House) is born
- September 23: Janelle James (comedian, actress, and writer on Super Duper Bunny League) is born
- September 28: Anndi McAfee (voice actress on Hey Arnold!) is born
- October 9: Georgina Verbaan (voice actress in Rango)
- October 18: Ne-Yo (singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, dancer on The Fresh Beat Band, The Substitute, Face's Music Party, and Unfiltered) is born
- October 27: Susie Castillo (actress on The Really Loud House) is born
- October 31: Erica Cerra (actress on The Astronauts) is born
- November 5: Romi Dames (voice actress on Rugrats (2021), Winx Club, and The Loud House,) is born
- November 6: Lisa Berry (actress on Corn and Peg and Degrassi: The Next Generation) is born
- November 11: Rachel Sterling (actress in Fun Size) is born
- November 16: Julie Sype (actress on Corn and Peg, PAW Patrol, and Top Wing) is born
- November 20: Mona Lisa (singer on Kenan & Kel) is born
- December 7
- Eric Bauza (voice actor on The Loud House, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Pig Goat Banana Cricket, The Fairly OddParents, Breadwinners, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Lucky, Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Zevo-3, Sanjay and Craig, Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus, It's Pony, Star Trek: Prodigy, Rock, Paper, Scissors, The Casagrandes, SpongeBob SquarePants, Middlemost Post, Pinky Malinky, Middle School Moguls, The Adventures of Kid Danger, Nicktoons MLB, and Baby Shark's Big Show) is born
- Sara Bareilles (singer on Face's Music Party) is born
- December 10
- Juan David Restrepo (actor in Playing with Fire) is born
- Amanda Bishop (actress and comedian on The Upside Down Show) is born
- December 15: Adam Brody (actor on The Amanda Show) is born
- December 17: Lil Rel Howery (actor in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie and Good Burger 2) is born
- December 18: Víctor Rojas (actor in Blue's Big City Adventure) is born
- December 19: Lyon Smith (voice actor on Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends and Top Wing) is born
- December 27: Walker Hayes (singer-songwriter and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
- December 30: Catherine Taber (voice actress on The Loud House, The Casagrandes, Glitch Techs, Big Nate, and The Backyardigans) is born
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