This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 1987.
Television[]
Series premieres[]
- Acquired shows
- January 5: The Ann Sothern Show/Private Secretary (aka Susie) (Both series aired in rotated runs; last regular airing was on March 31, 1990)
- March 7
- The Bad News Bears
- Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection
- March 16: The Shari Show
- May 18: Maple Town
- June 1: Adventures of the Little Koala
- July 1: Car 54, Where Are You? (last regular airing was on March 31, 1990)
- September 5: Miss Peach of the Kelly School (originally aired as part of Special Delivery)
- September 7: Kids in Motion
- October 1: Inspector Gadget (the first run of the show ended on August 31, 1992, with a second run starting on November 4, 1996)
- October 4: 16 Cinema
- October 5
- Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (last regular airing was on July 29, 1990)
- Sharon, Lois, and Bram's Elephant Show
Series endings[]
- May 31: Standby...Lights! Camera! Action!
- September 4: Bananaman
- December: Danger Mouse (would air on Nickelodeon again for a second run between September 30, 1991 and October 2, 1994)
- December 20: Kids' Writes ends its six-year run (though it only aired for a single seventeen episode season)
Specials[]
- January 18: The Big Ballot (later known as the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards)
People[]
- Alexandra Boyd (actress on The Wild Thornberrys) is born
- Jonathan Sims (writer for Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus) is born
- Secunda Wood (actress on It's Pony and Blaze and the Monster Machines)
- Benni Latham (actress on Transformers: Earthspark)
- Marco Dario Sandoval (actor and singer on The Really Loud House)
- Emily Newman (actress on Well Versed)
- January 3: Jesse Haddock (actor in A Fairly Odd Christmas and A Fairly Odd Summer) is born
- January 7: Lauren Buglioli (actress on Tyler Perry's Young Dylan) is born
- January 8: Cynthia Erivo (actress and singer on Blue's Clues & You!) is born
- January 14: Michael Turchin (actor on Bossy Bear) is born
- January 17: Kim Santiago (film director on Shimmer and Shine) is born
- January 20
- Marc Wright (actor on Kiri & Lou) is born
- Pete Ploszek (actor in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies) is born
- January 28: Chelsea Brummet (actress on All That and Drake & Josh) is born
- February 5: Henry Golding (actor, former TV host, and guest star at the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
- February 7: Kirby Howell-Baptiste (actor on Glitch Techs) is born
- February 12: Gary LeRoi Gray (voice actor on Rocket Power, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, and The Fairly OddParents) is born
- February 22: Elliott Morgan (comedian on Marvin Marvin) is born
- February 24: Ulysses Cuadra (voice actor on Rocket Power) is born
- February 28: Karissa Tynes (actress in Best Player) is born
- March: Ariella Richardson (actress on Blue's Clues) is born
- March 1: Kesha (singer-songwriter and rapper on Victorious) is born
- March 9: Bow Wow (rapper on Face's Music Party) is born
- March 13: Jasmine Maslanova-Brown (actress on Dora the Explorer) is born
- March 19: Josie Loren (actress on Drake & Josh) is born
- March 21: Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld (voice actress on Regal Academy, Nella the Princess Knight, Winx Club, and 44 Cats) is born
- March 23
- Miles Marsico (voice actor on Rocket Power) is born
- Danny Warren (writer on The Loud House and The Adventures of Kid Danger) is born
- Jessica Marie Garcia (actress in Playing with Fire and The Thundermans Undercover) is born
- March 28
- Mary Kate Wiles (actress on The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder) is born
- Jonathan van Ness (hairstylist on Rock, Paper, Scissors) is born
- April 3: Rachel Bloom (actress on Blue's Clues & You!, Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and iCarly (2021)) is born
- April 4: Sarah Gadon (actress on Are You Afraid of the Dark?) is born
- April 9: Jesse McCartney (actor and singer in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and All That (1994)) is born
- April 15: Lucie Pohl (actress, comedian, writer, and producer on The Loud House) is born
- April 18: Jessica McKenna (actress on The Loud House) is born
- April 19: Courtland Mead (voice actor on Rugrats (1991)) is born
- April 24: Rama Vallury (host of Tooned In and voice actor on Big Nate, Baby Shark's Big Show!, and The Twisted Timeline of Sammy & Raj) is born
- April 27: Laura Ortiz (actress, writer, and producer on Drake & Josh) is born
- May 9
- Luca Murphy (actor on Mia and Me) is born
- Travis Turner (actor in A Fairly Odd Christmas) is born
- May 11: Kenneth Schmidt (actor on Drake & Josh) is born
- May 20: Ray Chase (actor on Rock, Paper, Scissors)
- May 26: Brandi Cyrus (actress on Zoey 101) is born
- May 31: Curtis Williams, Jr. (panelist on Figure It Out) is born
- June 3: Lalaine (actress on All That) is born
- June 16
- Kelly Blatz (actor on Zoey 101) is born
- Diana DeGarmo (voice actress and singer on The Fairly OddParents) is born
- Abby Elliot (actress in Fun Size and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is born
- Ali Stroker (actress and singer in Blue's Big City Adventure and Big Nate) is born
- June 17: Sarah Niles (film actress in No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie and Rugrats (2021))
- June 27
- India de Beaufort (actress and singer-songwriter on It's Pony, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, and Max & the Midknights) is born
- Tom Smith (actor in Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling) is born
- July 10: Germaine Franco (composer on The Casagrandes) is born
- July 11
- Cristina Vee (voice actress on Blaze and the Monster Machines, Monster High, Santiago of the Seas, The Loud House, and The Casagrandes) is born
- Anthony Junior LoCascio (actor, voice actor, director, and producer on The Loud House) is born
- July 12: Justin Burke (production manager and actor on Blue's Clues) is born
- July 14
- Dan Reynolds (singer on Face's Music Party) is born
- Stephen Sapienza (producer for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie) is born
- July 23: Michelle Davidson (actress in Fantasy Football) is born
- July 24: Jeffrey Zubernis (actor in The Last Airbender) is born
- July 25: Michael Welch (actor on Rocket Power and Hey Arnold!) is born
- July 26: Steve Mazzaro (composer in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run) is born
- July 30: Stephen Schmidt (voice actor on Blue's Clues) is born
- August 4: Karla Sakas Shropshire (writer and film editor on Seasons 1-3 of The Loud House) is born
- August 30: Johanna Braddy (voice actress on Avatar: The Last Airbender and actress on Drake & Josh) is born
- September 1: Dann Hume (songwriter on Face's Music Party) is born
- September 13: Shion Kaji (producer for Ryan's Mystery Playdate) is born
- September 19: Danielle Panabaker (actress in Yours, Mine & Ours) is born
- September 21: Katy Townsend (voice actress in The Loud House Movie) is born
- September 28: Hilary Duff (guest star on Dora the Explorer) is born
- September 29
- David Del Rio (actor on The Troop) is born
- Milan Carter (actor on Warped!) is born
- Ozioma Akasha (actress on Rugrats (2021), Baby Shark's Big Show!, and The Loud House) is born
- October 9: Melissa Villaseñor (comedian and actress on Rock, Paper, Scissors and Max & the Midknights) is born
- October 15: Arthur Pestel (actor on Corn and Peg) is born
- October 18: Zac Efron (actor) is born
- October 22: Joy Saltarelli (voice actress on 44 Cats and Regal Academy) is born
- October 29: Tove Lo (singer and songwriter on Face's Music Party) is born
- October 30: Jenny Lorenzo (actor, writer, and content creator on The Loud House) is born
- December 3: Michael Angarano (actor on Maniac Magee) is born
- December 4
- Orlando Brown (actor on Maniac Magee) is born
- Fan 3 (rapper, singer, and actress on Romeo!) is born
- December 6: Jack DeSena (actress and voice actress on All That, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sam & Cat, and 100 Things to Do Before High School) born
- December 7: Aaron Carter (guest musician and singer in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Rocket Power, Figure It Out, and Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
- December 20: Winston Marshall (actor on Bixler High Private Eye) is born
- December 24: Jordan Gershowitz (writer for Welcome to the Wayne, Monster High, The Tiny Chef Show, and The Twisted Timeline of Sammy & Raj and creative consultant on Rubble & Crew) is born
Business[]
- Boston-based entrepreneur Sumner Redstone buys Viacom in, acquiring Nickelodeon.
Behind the scenes[]
- You Can't Do That On Television ceases production after a short 5-episode season.
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