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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
- January 3: Jesse Haddock (actor in A Fairly Odd Christmas and A Fairly Odd Summer) is born
- January 28: Chelsea Brummet (actress on All That and Drake & Josh) 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 24: Ulysses Cuadra (voice actor on Rocket Power) is born
- March: Ariella Richardson (actress on Blue's Clues) is born
- March 1: Kesha (singer-songwriter and rapper on Victorious) 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
- March 28: Mary Kate Wiles (actress on The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder) is born
- April 18: Jessica McKenna (actress on The Loud House) is born
- April 19: Courtland Mead (voice actor on Rugrats) 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 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
- June 27: India de Beaufort (actress on It's Pony) is born
- July 10: Germaine Franco (composer on The Casagrandes) is born
- July 11:
- Cristina Vee (voice actress on Blaze and the Monster Machines and The Casagrandes) is born
- Anthony Junior LoCascio (actor, voice actor, director, and producer on The Loud House) is born
- July 25: Michael Welch (actor on Rocket Power and Hey Arnold!) is born
- July 30: Stephen Schmidt (voice actor on Blue's Clues) is born
- August 4: Karla Sakas Shropshire (writer and film editor on the first three seasons 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 22: Katy Townsend (actress and voice actress on 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
- October 22: Joy Saltarelli (voice actress on 44 Cats and Regal Academy) is born
- December 3: Michael Angarano (actor on Maniac MaGee) is born
- December 4: Orlando Brown (actor on Maniac Magee) 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 on Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Rocket Power, Figure It Out, and Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) is born
- December 24: Jordan Gershowitz (writer on Welcome to the Wayne and The Twisted Timeline of Sammy & Raj) 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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