This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations, endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 1997.
Shows[]
Series premieres[]
- Original shows
- April 19: The Angry Beavers
- July 7: Figure It Out
- October 19: And Now This! (first of two pilot episodes)
- November 8: The Journey of Allen Strange
- Acquired shows
- January 24: Room 222
- March 17: Newhart
- March 18: Bob (1992)
- April 29
- The Dean Martin Show
- The Flip Wilson Show
- July 2: Brooklyn Bridge (1991)
- July 4: Have Gun, Will Travel
- September 15: Garfield and Friends
- October 13: The Wonder Years
Season premieres[]
- September 13: Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, season 4
- September 21: Hey Arnold!, season 2
- November 3: Blue's Clues, season 2
- November 15: All That, season 4
Series finales[]
Network departures[]
- April 29
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (last regular airing was on July 29, 1990)
- The Best of Saturday Night Live (last regular airing was on August 17, 1991)
- June 30: Mister Ed (last original airing was January 31, 1993)
- July 4: Mork and Mindy (last original airing was September 24, 1995)
- August 18: The Monkees (last original airing was August 31, 1988)
- October 3: Papa Beaver's Storytime
Movies[]
Comics[]
- November: The first issue of Rugrats Comic Adventures is published
Books[]
- Reptar To The Rescue!
- August 1
- It's a Circus!
- Junk, Sweet Junk
- Rugrats Blast Off!
- Stormy Weather
- Tommy and Chuckie on the Go!
- October 1: The Rugrats' Book of Chanukah
VHS releases[]
- February 25
- Gullah Gullah Island: Sing Along With Binyah (Paramount reissue)
- Gullah Gullah Island: Binyah's Surprise (Paramount reissue)
- Gullah Gullah Island: Play Along With Binyah & Friends (Paramount reissue)
- Gullah Gullah Island: Dance Along With The Daise Family
- Eureeka's Castle: Sing Along With Eureeka (Paramount reissue)
- Eureeka's Castle: Christmas At Eureeka's Castle (Paramount Reissue)
- Eureeka's Castle: Wide Awake At Eureeka's Castle (Paramount reissue)
- Harriet the Spy
- March 11
- Rugrats: Return of Reptar
- Rugrats: Grandpa's Favorite Stories
- Allegra's Window: Play Along With Allegra And Friends
- Little Bear: Family Tales
- Little Bear: Meet Little Bear
- July 8
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: Meet the Monsters (Paramount reissue)
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: Monsters' Night Out (Paramount reissue)
- Hey Arnold!: The Helga Stories
- Hey Arnold!: Urban Adventures
- Rocko's Modern Life: Machine Madness (Paramount reissue)
- Rocko's Modern Life: With Friends Like These... (Paramount reissue)
- Rugrats: A Rugrats Vacation
- October 13
- Little Bear: Winter Tales
- October 21
- Hey Arnold!: Arnold's Christmas VHS
- Rocko's Modern Life: Rocko's Modern Christmas VHS (Paramount re-issue)
- Rugrats: Bedtime Bash
- A Rugrats Chanukah
- Rugrats: A Rugrats Thanksgiving
- Allegra's Window: Adventures From Hummingbird Alley VHS
- Gullah Gullah Island: Adventures with Binyah Binyah VHS
Events[]
- November 27: The Rugrats balloon debuts in the 71st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, marking the first time Nickelodeon had ever sponsored a unit in the parade.
Nickelodeon character debuts[]
- Hey Arnold!: Robert Simmons, Chocolate Boy, Lila Sawyer, Wolfgang, Edmund
- The Angry Beavers: Norbert Beaver, Daggett Beaver, Treeflower, Barry Bear, Bing, Stump, Big Rabbit, Truckee, Leonard Beaver, Rose Beaver, Stacy Beaver, Chelsea Beaver, Bill Licking, Wolfee, Scientist #1, Pete.
- Blue's Clues: Paprika
- Good Burger: Dexter Reed
People[]
Births[]
- Adam Peltzman (creator of Wallykazam! and writer, producer, and voice actor on Blue's Clues, The Backyardigans, Wonder Pets!, Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, Winx Club, Team Umizoomi, Blue's Clues & You!, and Go, Diego, Go!)
- Jelani Imagi (actress on Bubble Guppies and Lalaloopsy)
- Christopher Naoki Lee (actor on The Loud House)
- Alexa Torrington (actress on Little Charmers and Top Wing)
- Chris Naokie Lee (actor on The Loud House)
- Andrew Kyrzyk (actor in Monster High: The Movie)
- Garrett Hammond (actor in Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred and A Loud House Christmas)
- Brandon Martinez (actor on Dora the Explorer and Team Umizoomi)
- Alex Rinehart (writer on Middlemost Post)
- Rylan Healey (actor on The Really Loud House)
- Austin Valentine (actor on Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go, Blue's Clues, and Whoopi's Littleburg)
- Diana Zermeño (actress in Dora and the Fantastical Creatures)
- Lissette Nichols (actress in A Really Haunted Loud House)
- January 5: Corrine Hoffman (actress on Blue's Clues)
- January 9: Jace Fleming (actor in Dora and the Lost City of Gold)
- January 11: Cody Simpson (singer and musician on One Crazy Cruise and Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures)
- January 21: Jeremy Shada (actor, voice actor, and singer on Random! Cartoons and See Dad Run)
- January 24: Jonah Bobo (voice actor on The Backyardigans)
- January 29: Madeleine Madden (actress in Dora and the Lost City of Gold)
- February 7: Matthew Gumley (voice actor on Nella the Princess Knight, Supah Ninjas, Drake & Josh, Wonder Pets!, and Dora the Explorer)
- February 8: Bella Poarch (singer and guest star at the 2023 and 2024 Kids' Choice Awards)
- February 10: Chloë Grace Moretz (guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
- February 11: Jenny Yokobori (voice actor on SMITE)
- March 3: Nissae Isen (actress on Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends and Mike the Knight)
- March 11: Matreya Fedor (actress on The Troop)
- March 13: Alana Monteiro (singer-songwriter in Good Burger 2)
- March 16: Tyrel Jackson Williams (actor in The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie and The Backyardigans)
- March 18: Ciara Bravo (actress, singer, voice actress, voice artist, and comedian on Big Time Rush, The Penguins of Madagascar, Swindle, and Jinxed)
- March 27
- Sarah Formosa (actress in The J Team and Blurt!)
- Oliver May (voice actor on Peppa Pig and singer on Face's Music Party)
- March 30: Gideon Adlon (actress in Under the Boardwalk)
- April 4: Matt Van Smith (actor in A Loud House Christmas)
- April 7: Nico Ghisi (actor in Best Player)
- April 14: Autumn Wendel (actress on Every Witch Way and Talia in the Kitchen)
- April 25: Ian Ho (actor on Rusty Rivets, Abby Hatcher, Corn & Peg, and Blue's Clues & You!)
- March 18: Maggie Lowe (actress on Gabby's Dollhouse)
- May 15: Emanuela Ionica (actress on Regal Academy)
- June 7: Emily Poole (actress on Blue's Clues)
- June 9: Ashleigh Crystal Hairston (actress, writer, and producer on The Loud House and The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish)
- June 17: Morgan Higgins (actress in Lost in the West)
- June 27
- H.E.R. (singer on Blue's Clues and You!)
- Brian Anderson (actor on The Really Loud House)
- July 2: Jackson Odell (actor on PAW Patrol, Abby Hatcher, and Corn & Peg)
- July 4: Daniela Nieves (actress, gamer, model, and YouTuber on School of Rock, The Haunted Hathaways, Liar, Liar, Vampire, The Loud House, Every Witch Way and WITS Academy)
- July 8: Tyler Koberstein (animator on The Loud House and The Casagrandes)
- July 20: Holden Thomas (actor on Deer Squad)
- August 7: Brett Gray (actor on Star Trek: Prodigy)
- August 28: Emilia McCarthy (actress on Max & Shred)
- September 5: Georgie DeNoto (actor in The Last Airbender)
- September 7: Griffin Puatu (actor on Baby Shark's Big Show! and The Loud House)
- September 8: Annalivia Balaban (voice actress on Blue's Clues)
- September 9: Taylor Barber (actress on Toot and Puddle)
- September 14: Bebe Rexha (YouTuber at the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards)
- September 16: Anairis Quinones (actress on Bossy Bear, Dora and the Fantastical Creatures, and Santiago of the Seas)
- September 18: Lina Lecompte (actress in Monster High: The Movie)
- September 26: Ei Morisako (actor in Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank)
- October 4: Dale Whibley (actor on Make It Pop and Max and Shred)
- October 7: Kira Kosarin (actress on The Thundermans, One Crazy Cruise, Knight Squad, Henry Danger, Danger Force, School of Rock, The Haunted Hathaways, Nickelodeon's Sizzling Summer Camp Special, and Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special, voice actor on Welcome to the Wayne and Lucky, and guest star on AwesomenessTV and the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards)
- October 10: Grace Rolek (actress in Imagine That)
- October 13: Sophia Fox (voice actress on Team Umizoomi)
- October 15: Adom Osei (actor in Best Player)
- October 23: Zach Callison (actor and singer on Middlemost Post, The Legend of Korra, Henry Danger, and iCarly (2007))
- October 24: Kendall Ryan Sanders (actor on Every Witch Way and Unfabulous)
- October 25: Tyler Alvarez (actor on Every Witch Way and Talia in the Kitchen)
- October 29: Madeleine Rose Yen (voice actress on Team Umizoomi and Wonder Pets!)
- October 31: Sydney Park (actress in One Crazy Cruise, Instant Mom, Knight Squad, Bella and the Bulldogs, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, AwesomenessTV, and The Thundermans)
- November 1: Alex Wolff (actor on The Naked Brothers Band)
- November 3: Carson Rowland (actor on I Am Frankie)
- November 12: Toby Ralph (actor on Tickety Toc)
- November 28: Paul Russell (musician and rapper at the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards)
- November 30: Fallon Smythe (actress in Lost in the West)
Deaths[]
- January 3: Philip D. Garcia (former performer of Binyah Binyah on Gullah Gullah Island)
- February 26:
- David Doyle (the original voice of Lou Pickles on Rugrats (1991))
- Andy Houts (voice actor and writer on Rugrats (1991), Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, and Rocko's Modern Life)
- December 18: Chris Farley (actor and comedian on All That)
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