This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 1985.
Television[]
Series premieres[]
- Acquired shows
- April 1: Hangin' In
- April 7: National Geographic Explorer
- May 25: The Saturday Concert
- June 1: The Little Prince
- July 1
- Dennis the Menace
- The Donna Reed Show
- Route 66
- October 4: Bananaman (usually aired after Danger Mouse, and later Curious George)
- November 3: My Three Sons (the last original airing was October 1991)
- November 9: Star Trek: The Animated Series
Series endings[]
- March 31: Reggie Jackson's World of Sports (continued to air in reruns until 1985 after its only season ended)
- May 26: Vic's Vacant Lot
- May 31
- The Third Eye
- Hangin' In
Programming blocks[]
- July 1: Nick at Nite debuts
People[]
Births[]
- Rocco Tommaso Cicarelli (actor on Mia and Me)
- Marie Facundo (actress on Deer Squad)
- Christina Sajous (theater actress in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical)
- Jessica Vilchis (actress on Drake and Josh)
- Mishay Petronelli (actor in Blue's Big City Adventure)
- Sabrina Jiang (actress on Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, and Blue's Room)
- Michelle Lamoreaux (writer, editor, and producer on Martin Mystery, Hey Arnold!, and Shimmer and Shine)
- January 1: Demetrius Daniels (actor on Every Witch Way)
- January 2: Joe Fallon (writer and actor on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Doug, Pocoyo, and Little Bill)
- January 12: Danielle Judovits (voice actress on KaBlam! and Hey Arnold!)
- January 22: Billy Bob Thompson (actor on Regal Academy, Welcome to the Wayne, Winx Club, and 44 Cats)
- February: Kamali Minter (actress on Middlemost Post, Game Shakers, and The Loud House)
- February 4: Jenny Goldberg (storyboard artist on Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus)
- February 5: Paige Howard (actress on The Astronauts)
- February 9: David Gallagher (voice actor on Rocket Power and The Wild Thornberrys)
- February 15: Natalie Morales (actress on Rugrats (2021))
- March 6: Meghan Falcone (actress on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- March 19: James Pumphrey (actor in Fun Size)
- March 26: Francesca Marie Smith (voice actress on Hey Arnold!)
- March 27: Blake Ewing (voice actor on Hey Arnold!)
- April 1
- Josh Zuckerman (actor on The Amanda Show and voice actor on It's Pony)
- Samantha Hahn (actor on Nella the Princess Knight and Deer Squad)
- April 7: Ben McKee (songwriter on Face's Music Party)
- April 10
- Christie Laing (actress in The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!, and Romeo!)
- Jackie Cox (actor in Nacho Libre)
- April 12: Matt Okine (stand-up comedian in Dora and the Lost City of Gold)
- April 22: Kristin Fairlie (actress on Mysticons)
- April 27: Carlos González (cinematographer, producer, and director on The Really Loud House, Big Time Rush, Just Jordan, Unfabulous, The Brothers Garcia, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, 100 Things to Do Before High School, and The Fresh Beat Band)
- April 28: Brandon Baker (actor on Cousin Skeeter)
- April 29: Jennifer Blanco (actress in Lost in the West)
- May: Dale Malinowski (writer, producer, and production manager on Transformers: Earthspark, Middlemost Post, SpongeBob SquarePants, Breadwinners, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- May 1: Nicolás Artajo (actor in The Adventures of Tintin)
- May 6
- Chris Paul (basketball player on Blaze and the Monster Machines)
- Ian McGinty (comic writer and artist of Invader Zim #15)
- May 16: Andrew Keenan-Bolger (actor on The Naked Brothers Band)
- May 21: Cameron Van Hoy (voice actor on Hey Arnold!)
- May 30: Jessica Andres (actress in The Last Airbender)
- June 8: Niki Yang (animator, writer, storyboard artist, and voice actress on Harvey Beaks, Random! Cartoons, and Fanboy and Chum Chum)
- June 11: Chris Trousdale (guest star on All That)
- June 12: Dave Needham (director, story artist, and art director on The Loud House Movie)
- June 15: Carolina Ravassa (actress on Big Nate, It’s Pony, Baby Shark's Big Show!, The Loud House and The Casagrandes)
- June 16: Jade Yorker (actor in Snow Day (2000) and Double Dare 2000)
- June 18: Alex Hirsch (storyboard artist, writer, producer, and voice actor in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
- June 20: Mark Saul (actor on All That)
- July 1: Nick Blaemire (actor in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical)
- July 2: Ashley Tisdale (actress, singer, guest star on The Amanda Show and Baby Shark's Big Movie!)
- July 7: Alex Cazares (voice actress on The Loud House and The Casagrandes)
- July 8: Jason Day (actor in Playing with Fire)
- July 14: Dan Mott (actor in Yours, Mine & Ours and Drake & Josh)
- July 21
- Daniel Abeles (actor on Welcome to the Wayne)
- Vanessa Lengies (actress on Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
- August 8: Rafael Casal (actor on Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019))
- August 9: Anna Kendrick (actress and guest star at the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards)
- August 10: Victor-Cohn Lopez (actor on All That and voice actor on Hey Arnold!)
- August 16: Arden Cho (actress on the Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series)
- August 19: J. Evan Bonifant (actor on As Told by Ginger)
- August 22: Rochelle Greenwood (voice actress in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie video game)
- August 28: Ralph Woolfolk IV (actor on My Brother and Me)
- September 6: Lauren Lapkus (actress and comedian on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- September 8: Vanessa Baden (panelist on Figure it Out and actress on Kenan & Kel, Gullah Gullah Island, and My Brother and Me)
- September 15: Kelsy Abbott (writer on Middlemost Post and actress on Terry the Tomboy)
- September 20
- Neil Olstad (singer on Face's Music Party)
- Graeme McComb (actor in Tiny Christmas and Romeo!)
- September 21
- Doug Rockwell (singer, songwriter, composer, producer, musician, and voice actor on Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Blaze and the Monster Machines, The Loud House, and Tooned In)
- Stevie Nelson (actress on Crashletes)
- September 25: Mollie Freilich (production coordinator on The Loud House)
- October 10: Kyle Switzer (actor in The Spiderwick Chronicles)
- October 11: Michelle Trachtenberg (actress on Clarissa Explains It All, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Harriet the Spy, Figure It Out, Space Cases, and Blue's Clues)
- October 13: Taryn Davis (actress on iCarly (2007))
- October 15: Bethany Brown (actress and model on The Astronauts, Swindle, and Big Time Movie)
- November 10: Giovonnie Samuels (actress on All That)
- November 21: Niko Pueringer (director, actor, and producer on Rock, Paper, Scissors)
- November 30: Barbara Mamabolo (actress on Mysticons)
- December 5
- Frankie Muniz (voice actor on The Fairly OddParents, actor on All That, and guest star at the 2000 Kids' Choice Awards)
- Kyle McCarley (voice actor on Every Witch Way and The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish)
- December 9: Tara Perry (actress, producer, writer, and comedian on The Fresh Beat Band, Yo Gabba Gabba!, and That Girl Lay Lay)
- December 10: Raven-Symoné (actress, singer, and songwriter on See Dad Run)
- December 18: Krizia Bajos (actress and writer on The Loud House and The Casagrandes)
- December 24: Matty Finochio (actor in Tiny Christmas and Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
References[]
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