2000

This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations, endings and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2000.

Original shows

Series premieres

Original shows

• January 22 - Double Dare 2000
• March 11 - Caitlin's Way
• July (unknown date) - Oobi
• July 23 - The Brothers Garcia
• August 14 - Dora the Explorer
• October 7 - Noah Knows Best
• October 24 - Pelswick
• October 25 - As Told by Ginger

Series finales

• January 15 - KaBlam!
• April 23 - The Journey of Allen Strange
• July 15
  • Kenan & Kel
  • All That
• August 25 - Mr. Wizard's World (reruns aired from 1990, when new episodes ceased being made, to 2000. Aired on Nick at Nite until 1995, continued airing in the early morning hours until cancellation.)
• November 10 - Double Dare 2000

Specials

• January 1 - Nickmillenium (worldwide and Noggin) All Day

Non-original shows

Network debuts

• January 24 - The Beverly Hillbillies
• March 28 - Ghostwriter
• March 29 - Cro
• April 30 - A Walk in Your Shoes
• June 4 - Gilligan's Island
• June 5
  • Shining Time Station
  • Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
• July 3 - The Andy Griffith Show
• July 7 - Head of the Class (started airing regularly on February 3, 2003)
• July 14 - Perfect Strangers (started airing regularly on February 3, 2003)
• September 4
  • Bill Nye, the Science Guy
  • Pinky and the Brain
  • The Facts of Life
• September 5 - 3-2-1 Contact
• October 15 - Three's Company

Network departures

• April 28 - Garfield and Friends
• April 29 - Inspector Gadget (the original first run ended on August 31, 1992, with a second run starting on November 4, 1996)
• June 18 - My Three Sons (the last regular airing broadcast on October, 1991)

Programming blocks

• January - Slime Time Live premieres.
• January 12 - Nick Flicks ends.
• June 28 - The SpongeBob's Nicktoon Summer Splash summer block premieres.
• The Nickel-o-Zone ends.

Movies

• February 11 - Snow Day
• November 17 - Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Made-for-TV

• July 22 - Kenan & Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None
• October 28 - Cry Baby Lane
• November 25 - CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery

Video games

• November 12 - Rugrats in Paris: The Game

Books

• Chuckie Meets the Beastie Bunny
• Open Wide: A Visit to the Dentist
• A Tale of Two CatDogs
• May - Rugrats Discover America (book)
• July 1 - It Takes Two!
• September 1
  • Arnold for President
  • Return of the Sewer King
• October
  • Rugrats in Paris (novelization)
  • Rugrats in Paris Joke Book

VHS releases

• January 11
  • Blue's Clues: Blue's Safari
  • Little Bear: A Kiss for Little Bear
  • Rugrats: I Think I Like You
• March 7
  • Blue's Clues: Magenta Comes Over
  • Blue's Clues: Big, Blue and Just for You!, Volume 4
  • Little Bear: Little Bear's Band
• May 5
  • Rugrats: Discover America
  • Rugrats: Volume 6
• June 6
  • Blue's Clues: Stop, Look and Listen!
  • Little Bear: Rainy Day Tales
• October 3
  • Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Musical Movie
  • Snow Day
  • The Wild Thornberrys: A Thornberry Christmas (Toys 'R' Us exclusive)

People

• February 1 - Paris Smith is born
• February 25
  • Angelina Wahler is born
  • Tucker Albrizzi is born
• March 6 - Jacob Bertrand is born
• March 21 - Jace Norman is born
• April 21 - Rolante Yomti is born
• June 2 - Lilimar is born
• June 13 - Daniella Perkins is born
• July 19 - Owen Joyner is born
• August 20 - Fatima Ptacek is born
• October 31 - Willow Smith is born
• November 8 - Jade Pettyjohn is born

Channels

• Nick 2 is launched.

Nickelodeon character debuts

• Rugrats: Lulu Pickles
  • Rugrats in Paris: Kimi Watanabe-Finster, Kira Watanabe-Finster
• Oobi: Oobi, Uma, Kako, Grampu
• Dora the Explorer: Dora, Boots, Swiper, Backpack, Map, Benny, Tico, Isa, Grumpy Old Troll, Elena and Cole Márquez, Valerie Márquez, Wizzle, Señor Tucán, Azul, Pirate Piggies, Pirate Parrot, Baby Red Fish, Val The Octopus, Big Red Chicken, Baby Blue Bird
• Blue's Clues: Periwinkle
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Patchy the Pirate, Potty the Parrot, King Neptune