Nickelodeon enters the medium of comics with The Ren & Stimpy Show comic book.
This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 1992.
Shows
Pilots
- October 29: Rocko's Modern Life: "Trash-O-Madness" (pilot)
Series premieres
- January 3: Nick Arcade
- August 15: Roundhouse premieres as part of SNICK, accompanied by the official series premiere of Are You Afraid of the Dark?
- August 16: Nickelodeon Wild Side Show
- September 19: Nickelodeon GUTS
- Acquired shows
- March 21: Donny and Marie (the 1976 version)
- April 6: The Lucy Show
- June 15
- Underdog
- Bullwinkle's Moose-o-Rama
- September 12: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- September 28: Muppet Babies
- October 10: Beyond Belief
- Noember 27: Head of the Family (1960 pilot for the Dick Van Dyke Show)
- November 29: The Jim Henson Hour
Season premieres
- February 14: Clarissa Explains It All, season 2
- June 1: Salute Your Shorts, season 2
- August 15: The Ren & Stimpy Show, season 2
- September 6: Rugrats, season 2
- September 13: Doug, season 2
Network departures
- January 3: Kidsworld (may have aired longer under a general "Cable in the Classroom" banner)
- August 31: Inspector Gadget (a second run would begin on November 4, 1996)
- December 31: Maya the Bee
Programming blocks
Comics
- October: Marvel Comics begins publishing The Ren & Stimpy Show comic book
Books
- The Perfect Lunch
Video games
Behind the scenes
- September 29: John Kricfalusi and the original production team behind The Ren & Stimpy Show are fired due to creative differences; Games Animation is set up by Nick to continue production on the show. Billy West assumes the role of Ren Höek.
Events
- April 30: A time capsule is buried at Nickelodeon Studios. The burial is televised, and is hosted by Mike O'Malley.
Accolades
- Rugrats wins its first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program.
Merchandise
- Gak is introduced.
People
- Prior Michael (actor on Lucky) is born
- Vladimir Versailles (actor on The Loud House) is born
- January 17:
- Nate Hartley (actor on iCarly and Unfabulous) is born
- Adrian Neil (actor on iCarly) is born
- January 19: Carly Bondar (actress on iCarly) is born
- January 23: Kate Melton (actress on All Grown Up!) is born
- January 25: Kat Ketchum (character designer on The Loud House) is born
- January 27: Stefano Patti (actor on Mia and Me) is born
- February 9: Avan Jogia (actor on Victorious, Gym Teacher: The Movie, Spectacular!, iCarly, Finding Hope Now, Rags, and panelist on Figure It Out) is born
- February 14: Freddie Highmore (actor on The Spiderwick Chronicles) is born
- February 23: Samara Weaving (actress on Monster Trucks) is born
- February: Madeline Rogan (actress on Blue's Clues) is born
- March 7: Justin Kelly (actor on PAW Patrol) is born
- March 18: Jules Bridgers (storyboard artist on The Loud House and storyboard revisionist on Glitch Techs) is born
- March 26: Haley Ramm (actress on iCarly and Yours, Mine & Ours and voice actress on Catscratch) is born
- April 1: Jasmyn Boone (actress on Blue's Clues) is born
- April 4: Alexa Nikolas (actress on Zoey 101 and guest star on Nickelodeon's All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special) is born
- April 7: Carly Lycke (actress on Blue's Clues) is born
- April 8: Shelby Young (actress and voice actress on The Naked Brothers Band and Baby Shark's Big Show!) is born
- May 11: Jordan Rosato (storyboard artist on The Loud House) is born
- May 15: Bahia Watson (actress on Mysticons and the Loud House) is born
- May 28: Élodie Menant (actress on PAW Patrol) is born
- June 2: Ethan Slater (actor on SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical) is born
- June 9: Candice Zhao (actress on Monster Trucks) is born
- June 5: Erica Beck (actress on iCarly and Unfabulous) is born
- June 14: Daryl Sabara (actor on All That and Wild and Crazy Kids) is born
- June 21: Max Schneider (actor, singer, songwriter, dancer, and model on How to Rock) is born
- June 24: Raven Goodwin (actress on Just Jordan) is born
- June 26: Jennette McCurdy (film and television actress, musician, voice actress, vocalist and songwriter on iCarly, The Last Day of Summer, True Jackson VP, and Fred: The Movie and voice actress on The Penguins of Madagascar) is born
- July 3: Nathalia Ramos (actress on House of Anubis, True Jackson VP, BrainSurge, and Figure It Out) is born
- July 7: Alex Cazares (voice actress on The Loud House, The Casagrandes, and Baby Shark's Big Show) is born
- July 17: Harrison Chad (actor and voice actor on Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!) is born
- August 5: Erin Yvette (actor on The Casagrandes) is born
- August 9: Burkely Duffield (actor on Rags and House of Anubis) is born
- August 12: Kelly Nigh (voice actress on Blue's Clues) is born
- August 21: Brad Kavanagh (actor on House of Anubis) is born
- September 21: Becky Robinson (comedian, actress, writer and producer on Middlemost Post and Blaze and the Monster Machines) is born
- September 27: Jake Burbage (actor on Dora the Explorer) is born
- October 9: Tyler James Williams (actor and voice actor on Little Bill and True Jackson VP) is born
- October 11: Cardi B (singer-songwriter and rapper on Baby Shark's Big Show! and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
- October 15: Vincent Martella (actor on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) is born
- October 24: Lexi Ainsworth (actress on iCarly) is born
- November 12: Izzy Nagel (actress on Blue's Clues and You!) is born
- November 18: Nathan Kress (actor on True Jackson, VP, Drake & Josh, iCarly, Gym Teacher: The Movie, and Victorious and voice actor on The Penguins of Madagascar and Pinky Malinky) is born
- November 25: Zack Shada (voice actor on Random! Cartoons) is born
- November 28: Kiana Underwood (voice actress on Little Bill and actor on All That) is born
Nickelodeon character debuts
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