1994

All That

Allegra's Window and Gullah Gullah Island

The Secret World of Alex Mack

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

My Brother and Me

The Rocko's Modern Life comic book.

This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 1994.

Original shows

Series premieres

• April 16: All That airs its pilot episode; the series officially begins regularly airing on January 21st of the next year.
• October 8: The Secret World of Alex Mack
• October 15: My Brother and Me
• October 24
  • Allegra's Window
  • Gullah Gullah Island
• October 30: Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
• November 5: U to U
• December: Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard

Season premieres

• June 6: Legends of the Hidden Temple, season 2
• September 4: The Adventures of Pete & Pete, season 2
• September 25: Rocko's Modern Life, season 2
• October 1: The Ren & Stimpy Show, season 4

Series finales

• January 2: Doug ends after four seasons. The series would later be bought by The Walt Disney Company with its parent company Jumbo Pictures.
• June 26: Hillside ends after four seasons
• October 1
  • Special Delivery
  • Clarissa Explains It All ends after five seasons
• Nick Jr. Rocks

Specials

• December 31: The Weinerville New Year's Special: Lost in the Big Apple

Non-original shows

Debuts

• February 14: I Love Lucy
• March 2: Papa Beaver's Storytime
• March 7: The Alvin Show
• April 4: The Muppet Show
• April 4: Beetlejuice
• June 6: Gumby
• June 6: I Dream of Jeannie
• July 2: The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
• September 3: The White Shadow
• October 3: The Adventures of Tintin
• November 6: Taxi

Departures

• January 23: You Can't Do That On Television (The show ended in 1990, and the last regular airing of the show came on January 23, 1994)
• October 2: Danger Mouse (was rerun between 1991 and 1994 after ending its first run on the channel in 1987.)
• October 21: Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
• October 29: Dennis the Menace

Programming blocks

• December 1: SNICKtoons Xmas Gift Pack begins.

Comic books

• Marvel Comics begins publishing a monthly comic book based on Rocko's Modern Life; it only lasts for seven issues.

Video games

• April: Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day
• June: The Ren & Stimpy Show: Fire Dogs
• November
  • Nickelodeon GUTS
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp

Albums

• June: Peanut Butter Jam and Songs from the Back Seat
• August 9: This is What "Na Na" Means

VHS releases

• January 11: The Ren & Stimpy Show: On Duty
• January 18
  • Clarissa Explains It All: Dating
  • Nickelodeon Mushfest
• March 30
  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Ghostly Tales
  • Clarissa Explains It All: Take My Brother, Please!
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show: In Disguise
• April 12
  • Rugrats: Angelica the Divine
  • Rugrats: Chuckie the Brave
• May 31
  • The Adventures of Pete and Pete: Classic Petes
  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Nightmare Tales
  • Double Dare: Super Sloppiest Moments
  • GUTS All-Star Special
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show: More Stinky Stories
• June 28
  • Lassie: To Fetch a Thief
  • Lassie to the Rescue
• July 26
  • The Adventures of Pete & Pete: School Dazed
  • Clarissa Explains It All: Enslaved by the Bell
  • Doug: Cool in School
• August 21: Nickelodeon Frightfest
• August 30
  • Doug: Christmas Story
  • Lassie: A Christmas Tail
  • Lassie: Come Ho Ho Home
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show: The Classics II
  • Rugrats: The Santa Experience

People

Births

• Reginald Davis Jr.
• February 3: Paul Butcher, Jr.
• March 1: Justin Bieber
• April 14: Skyler Samuels
• April 16: Liliana Mumy
• April 18: Moisés Arias
• May 22: Gabriel Garza
• August 18: Jessie Flower
• September 17: Denyse Tontz
• September 25: Jansen Panettiere
• October 5: Zachary Isaiah Williams
• December 3: Jake T. Austin
• December 17: Nat Wolff
• December 24: LaShawn Tináh Jefferies
• December 26: Samantha Boscarino

Deaths

• January 8: Pat Buttram (voice actor on Rugrats)
• February 22: Cyril Schneider (President of Nickelodeon from 1980-1984 and actor on You Can't Do That on Television)
• July 1: Dominic Lucero (actor on Wienerville)

Nickelodeon character debuts

• All That: Baggin' Saggin' Barry, Miss Fingerly, Randy, Mandy, Earboy, Ed
• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: Ickis, Krumm, Oblina, Gromble
• Rocko's Modern Life: Ralph Bighead
• Face (the Nick Jr. mascot)
• Allegra's Window: Allegra, Lindi, Rondo, Riff, Mr. Cook, Sonata, Cliff, Reed, Ms. Melody, Ellington
• Gullah Gullah Island: Binyah Binyah, The Daise Family
• Rugrats: Jonathan Kraskell

Accolades

• Rugrats wins its second Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program.

Behind the scenes

• May 22: Rugrats goes on hiatus after ending production on its third season; it would resume production in 1996.

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