1984

This is a list of notable events, series endings, cancellations, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 1984.

Notable events

• January: QUBE, the experimental cable television system carrying C-3 (the test channel that would become Nickelodeon), ends after seven years.
• February 1: The Alpha Repertory Television Service (ARTS), the second channel to air in the late night/early morning hours after Nickelodeon went off the air, merges with The Entertainment Channel to form the Arts and Entertainment Network (A&E), thus ending its run with Nickelodeon.
• October 1: Nickelodeon debuts its iconic orange Balloon logo, which it would use in numerous variations for the next 25 years.

Shows

Series premieres

• April 7: Spirit Bay (originally aired as part of Special Delivery)
• June 4: Danger Mouse
• June 8: Nick Rocks
• June 9: The Saturday Concert
• June 16: Belle and Sebastian (started airing regularly on July 1)
• July 1: Vic's Vacant Lot
• October 1:
  • Lassie (only 200 episodes were picked up by Nick, mostly from season 4 to the end of the series)
  • Powerhouse
• October 4: Out of Control

Series cancellations

• June 1: What Will They Think of Next! (though reruns did air in early 1990)
• June 29: Dusty's Treehouse
• August 19: The Tomorrow People (1973)

Specials

• January 14: U.F.O. Kidnapped

People

Births

• Timo Kinzel (voice actor in PAW Patrol: The Movie and Mia and Me)
• Dan Becker (storyboard artist, writer, and voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants and Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling)
• Jon Beavers (actor and singer on The Fresh Beat Band, Yo Gabba Gabba!, and That Girl Lay Lay)
• Cassidy Noblett (actor in Blue's Big City Adventure and The Fresh Beat Band)
• Jenna Iacono (actress on Wallykazam!, Peter Rabbit, and Dora and Friends: Into the City!)
• Natasia Demetriou (actress, comedian, and screenwriter in Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• January 1: Maja Stace-Smith (actor in Monster Trucks)
• January 2: Jessica Gao (TV writer and producer on Big Time Rush, The Mighty B!, Back at the Barnyard, and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness)
• January 4: Robin Sydney (actress on Drake & Josh)
• January 12: Sam Gifaldi (voice actor on Hey Arnold!)
• January 15: Natasia Demetriou (comedian, actress, and screenwriter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
• January 18: David Berry (actor on Rocket Power)
• January 24: Benjamin Bollen (actor in The Adventures of Tintin)
• January 30: Kid Cudi (rapper and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
• February 1: Cristina Milizia (voice actress on Bunsen is a Beast, The Loud House, Rugrats (2021), Middlemost Post, Baby Shark's Big Show!, and The Casagrandes)
• February 3: Matthew Moy (actor and artist on iCarly (2007), Lucky, and Big Time Rush and voice actor on Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and The Casagrandes)
• February 13: Abi Wurdeman (writer and actor on The Loud House)
• February 15: Jonathan Hylander (editor and composer in Lucky, Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling, Invader Zim: Enter The Florpus, Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness, The Penguins of Madagascar, T.U.F.F. Puppy, The Fairly OddParents, Breadwinners, Sanjay and Craig, Robot and Monster, Fanboy and Chum Chum, SpongeBob SquarePants, Monsters vs. Aliens, The Mighty B!, Planet Sheen, The Loud House, The Casagrandes, Pinky Malinky, Bunsen is a Beast, Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, and Shimmer and Shine)
• February 20: Trevor Noah (host of Nickelodeon and Time's Kid of the Year Special)
• February 22: Matt Flanagan (writer on The Really Loud House)
• March 6: Rebecca Eri Rabone (actress in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie)
• March 7: Katie DiCicco (voice actress and singer on Welcome to the Wayne)
• March 13: Noel Fisher (actor in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies)
• March 20: Christy Carlson Romano (voice actress on The Penguins of Madagascar)
• March 22: Warren Sroka (actor in Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, Henry Danger, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Wild Thornberrys, and As Told by Ginger)
• March 24: Tommy Snider (actor, producer, and writer on The Really Loud House and Top Elf)
• March 31: Jack Antonoff (singer and songwriter on Face's Music Party)
• April 4: Samantha Christine (stunt performer on The Really Loud House)
• April 8: Taran Noah Smith (panelist on Figure It Out and guest star at the 1992 Kids' Choice Awards)
• April 10
  • Cara DeLizia (actress on The Wild Thornberrys, As Told by Ginger, and All Grown Up!)
  • Mandy Moore (actress on All That)
• April 21: Shayna Fox (voice actress on Rocket Power, All Grown Up! and Rugrats Pre-School Daze)
• April 25: Jillian Bell (actress, comedian, writer, and screenwriter in Good Burger 2 and Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• April 28: Loann Kaji (TV producer on Ryan's Mystery Playdate)
• May 3: Morgan Kibby (singer-songwriter on 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd)
• May 8
  • Matthew Chu (actor on Go, Diego, Go!)
  • Matt Burns (actor, writer, and director on The Other Kingdom)
• May 10: Mara Junot (actor and producer on The Loud House)
• May 14: Daniel Dominguez (writer on The Loud House and SpongeBob SquarePants)
• May 23: Adam Wylie (actor on Zoey 101 and The Amanda Show and voice actor on Hey Arnold!, As Told by Ginger, The Wild Thornberrys, and Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• May 29: Carmelo Anthony (former basketball player and guest star in Imagine That)
• June 2: Kevin Duhaney (actor in PAW Patrol: The Movie)
• June 4: Sarah Edwards III (actress on iCarly)
• June 5: Lana McKissack (actress on SpongeBob SquarePants and Shimmer and Shine)
• June 8: Torey DeVitto (actress on Noah Knows Best and Drake & Josh)
• June 10: Betsy Sodaro (actress and voice actress on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Loud House, Glitch Techs, Big Nate, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Drama Club, Baby Shark's Big Show!, and It's Pony)
• June 13: Phillip Van Dyke (voice actor on Hey Arnold!, The Amanda Show, and Noah Knows Best)
• June 15: Wayne Sermon (songwriter on Face's Music Party)
• June 23: James Edward Coleman II (actor on Gullah Gullah Island)
• June 24: Philip Harris (line producer on Middlemost Post, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years)
• June 25: Rocío León (actor in Lost in the West)
• June 26: Aubrey Plaza (voice actress on The Legend of Korra and SpongeBob SquarePants)
• July 1: Cyron Melville (actor in The Adventures of Tintin)
• July 2: Vanessa Lee Chester (actress in Harriet the Spy)
• July 3: Miguel Puga (storyboard artist, storyboard supervisor, and director on The Loud House, The Casagrandes, The Fairly OddParents, and Breadwinners)
• July 6: Laurel Harris (actress, director, and writer on The Really Loud House)
• July 19: Andrea Libman (actress on Dora the Explorer, Transformers: EarthSpark, Playing with Fire, Team Umizoomi, and Random! Cartoons)
• July 29: J. Madison Wright Morris (actor on Gullah Gullah Island)
• August 3: Dana Steingold (voice actress on Welcome to the Wayne)
• August 21: Robin de Jesús (actor on Santiago of the Seas)
• August 28: Zehra Fazal (voice actress on Pinky Malinky, Glitch Techs, It's Pony, Warped!, and The Beatbuds, Let's Jam!)
• September 4: Kyle Mooney (voice actor in Batman VS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• September 10: Dean Israelite (film director, writer, and producer on Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019))
• September 27: Avril Lavigne (guest star on All That)
• October 1
  • Sam Saletta (actor on Rocket Power and Rugrats)
  • Josh Brener (actor on Rugrats (2021), Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and It's Pony)
• October 3:
  • Chris Marquette (voice actor on Rocket Power)
  • Jessica Parker Kennedy (actress on The Troop)
• October 18: Tod Fennell (actor in The Spiderwick Chronicles and Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
• October 24: Ben Giroux (voice actor and actor on Henry Danger, You Gotta See This, Fred: The Show, Bunsen is a Beast, Danger Force, The Loud House, Batman VS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Blaze and the Monster Machines, The Adventures of Kid Danger, The Fresh Beat Band, Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures, Sam & Cat, and Big Nate)
• October 25: Katy Perry (recording artist, songwriter, and actress at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards)
• October 27: Kelly Osbourne (actress on O'Grady)
• November 3: Marcus Toji (actor and voice actor on Hey Arnold!, The Legend of Korra, and Zoey 101)
• November 9: Andrew Goodman (writer on SpongeBob SquarePants and Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years)
• November 22: Scarlett Johansson (voice actress in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
• November 23: Lucas Grabeel (voice actor on Pinky Malinky and The BeatBuds, Let's Jam! and singer on Face's Music Party)
• December 1: Margarita Valderrama (actor, writer, and producer on PAW Patrol)
• December 4
  • Lindsay Felton (actress on Caitlin's Way and panelist on Figure It Out)
  • Jelly Roll (singer, songwriter, and rapper at the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards)
• December 14: Jackson Rathbone (actor in The Last Airbender)
• December 16: Arnie Pantoja (actor on Glitch Techs, Big Nate, Side Hustle, The Casagrandes, Henry Danger, and Danger Force)
• December 19: Erica O'Keith (actress on Romeo!)
• December 24
  • Amanda McCann (voice actress on The Loud House, Sanjay and Craig, and Glitch Techs)
  • Matt Brailey (editor and foley artist on The Loud House and Pig Goat Banana Cricket)

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