2002

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

ChalkZone

Hey Arnold!: The Movie

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

Rocket Power: "Race Across New Zealand"

Max and Ruby

This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2002.

Shows

Pilots

• Lazytown - unknown date

Series premieres

• January 19 - The Nick Cannon Show
• March 22 - ChalkZone
• July 20 - The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius airs its first episode following an expositional transition special. The series would begin regularly airing on September 6th.
• October 3 - Max & Ruby

Season premieres

• January 19
  • All That season 7 (relaunch)
  • The Amanda Show season 3
• March 11 - Dora the Explorer season 2
• March 22 - SpongeBob SquarePants season 3
• September 21
  • All That season 8
  • The Nick Cannon Show season 2

Series finales

• February 10 - Action League Now! (series)
• September 21st - The Amanda Show
• May 11th - Taina

Programming blocks

• September 14 - Nick on CBS begins airing on CBS

Movies

Theatrical

• March 29 - Clockstoppers
• June 28 - Hey Arnold!: The Movie
• December 20 - The Wild Thornberrys Movie

Made-for-TV

• February 16 - Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand

Video games

• June 14 - Nicktoons Racing (Game Boy Advance)
• September 10 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (Game Boy Advance)
• September 20 - The Wild Thornberrys Movie (PC)
• September 23 - Rugrats: MunchinLand (PC)
• October 1 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month
• November 4 - The Fairly OddParents: Enter the Cleft!
• November 16 - Rugrats: Royal Ransom
• November 21 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (PlayStation 2)
• December 18 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (GameCube)

Books

• April 1 - Twister's Big Break

Home video releases

VHS

• January 1
  • Nickelodeon Super Toons
• March 12
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Buddies
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Undersea Antics (Blockbuster VHS)
• July 2 - Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• August 27
  • Blue's Clues: Meet Joe
  • Little Bear: Snacktime Tales
  • Rugrats: Halloween
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween
• September 24
  • Rugrats: Christmas
• November 5
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories
  • Blue's Clues: It's Joe Time!
• December 26 - Hey Arnold!: The Movie

DVD

• March 12 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies
• July 2 - Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• August 27 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween
• September 24
  • Rugrats: Decade in Diapers
  • Nick Jr. Holiday DVD Sampler
• November 5
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories
  • Blue's Clues: Get To Know Joe!
• December 26 - Hey Arnold!: The Movie

Events

• May 1 - Nicktoons TV, Nickelodeon's third cable channel, debuts

Business

• Sesame Workshop sells its half of Noggin to Nickelodeon.

Nickelodeon character debuts

• ChalkZone: Skrawl
• The Fairly OddParents: Anti-Cosmo & Anti-Wanda, Remy Buxaplenty, Juandissimo Magnifico, Sanjay

People

• February 5 - Davis Cleveland is born
• February 24 - Louis Tomeo is born
• May 9 - Cree Cicchino is born
• May 16 - Jessica Belkin is born
• May 29 - Aidan Miner is born
• June 17 - Jake Goodman is born
• July 11 - Lolli Sorenson is born
• June 16 - Matthew Zhang is born
• August 30 - Grant Palmer is born
• July 23 - Benjamin Flores Jr. is born
• September 12 - DeVion Harris is born
• September 30 - Maddie Ziegler is born
• October 10 - Thomas Kuc is born
• October 28 - Jackie Frazey is born
• October 30 - Jake Brennan is born
• November 15 - Laura Krystine is born
• November 20 - Madisyn Shipman is born

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