Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast opens at Universal Studios Florida.
Diego is introduced on October 20, 2003 in Meet Diego!. Baby Jaguar is also introduced on October 13, 2003 in Rescue, Rescue Rescue.
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This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2003.
Shows[]
Series premieres[]
- March 3: Dora the Explorer on Kindernet in the Netherlands
- April 7
- Moose and Zee
- Oobi
- Dora the Explorer on Noggin
- Oswald on Noggin
- Bob the Builder on Noggin
- Maggie and the Ferocious Beast on Noggin
- Miffy and Friends on Noggin
- Tweenies on Noggin
- April 12: All Grown Up! premieres as the Kids' Choice Awards leadout; the series would officially premiere in November.
- May 23: Out There
- May 30: LOL with The N
- July 14: Blue's Clues on Kindernet in the Netherlands
- August 1:
- My Life as a Teenage Robot (United States)
- Real Access in The N
- August 3: Degrassi: The Next Generation
- August 8: Girls v. Boys
- September 13: Romeo!
- October 16: Little Bill on Kindernet in the Netherlands
- October 31: Radio Free Roscoe
- November 9: Yakkity Yak
Season premieres[]
- February 3: The Wild Thornberrys, season 5
- February 24: Dora the Explorer, season 3
- May 30: ChalkZone, season 2
- August 9: As Told by Ginger, season 3
- September 19: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, season 2
- October 6: Dora the Explorer, season 4
Season finales[]
- January 20: The Fairly OddParents, season 2
- February 22: All That, season 8
- June 29: As Told by Ginger, season 2
- July 14: Dora the Explorer. season 2
- July 26: SpongeBob SquarePants, season 2
- September 5: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, season 1
- November 2: ChalkZone, season 2
- November 21: The Fairly OddParents, season 3
- December 12: Blue's Clues, season 5
Series finales[]
- February 15: The Nick Cannon Show
- May 25: Wild and Crazy Kids (2002)
- June 20: LOL with The N
- August 16: Scaredy Camp
- September 19: Oswald
- November 7: Little Bear
Network departures[]
- April 6
- Allegra's Window airs for the last time on Noggin
- Kipper airs for the last time on Noggin
- Tweenies airs for the last time on Noggin
- Caillou airs for the last time on Kindernet due to rebrand to Nick Jr. in the Netherlands
Specials[]
- April 25: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: "The Eggpire Strikes Back"
- June 1: Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids (pilot for Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends)
- July 26: R U All That?: Nickelodeon's Search for the Funniest Kid in America, hosted by Taran Killam
- August 17: Nickelodeon Magazine's Big 10 Birthday Bash
- October 13: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: "Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion"
Programming blocks[]
- April 7: Nick Jr. on Noggin debuts on Noggin and Noggin on Nick Jr. debuts on Nickelodeon.
- July 14: Nick At Night, a programming block on Nickelodeon in the Netherlands, debuts, running each day from 7pm to 6am.
Non-original shows[]
- March 31: Wings
- August 10: Girls v. Boys
- August 17: Radio Free Roscoe
- August 24: Real Access
- September 2:
- Rubbadubbers
- Mama's Family
- September 22: Roseanne
- September 28: Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- October 6: Full House
Movies[]
Theatrical[]
Made-for-TV[]
- February 23: Maniac Magee
- July 12: The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastrophe!
- February 3: The Electric Piper
Comics[]
- The Rugrats comic strip ends
Video games[]
- October 15: Tak and the Power of Juju
- November 3: The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules
- November 10: SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
Albums[]
Books[]
- January
- Battle of the Band
- Chew on This!
- Genius 101: Exploring My World
- Jimmy on Ice
- SpongeBob JokePants
- The Time Pincher
- A Valentine for Tommy
- February: A Pickles Passover
- May
- Chasing Dad
- Rugrats Go Wild! (novelization)
- June
- Hands Off!
- The Amazing SpongeBobini
- July
- Goddard, Come Home!
- No More Mr. Smart Guy
- August 1: Scrambled Planets!
- September
- The Big Halloween Scare
- Canine Catastrophe!
- New Student Starfish
- Rugrats' Favorite Funnies
- Scavenger Hunt
- Special Delivery!
- SpongeBob AirPants: The Lost Episode
- SpongeBob MoviePants
- Token Wishes
- October
- The Big Sweep
- Christmas in the City
- Fearless
- The Runaway Turkey
- The Science Project
- SpongeBob's Christmas Wish
- November
- Llama Drama
- Sky Scare
- Holly Jolly Jimmy
- December
- December 23
Home video releases[]
VHS[]
- January 28
- Rugrats: Mysteries VHS & DVD
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash VHS
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies VHS
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Tales from the Deep DVD
- February 4
- Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Band VHS & DVD
- Dora the Explorer: Map Adventures VHS
- March 4
- Nickstravaganza! VHS
- Blue's Clues: 100th Episode Celebration VHS
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Anchors Away VHS
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly VHS
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Lost at Sea DVD
- April 1: The Wild Thornberrys Movie VHS & DVD
- May 27
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Confusion Fusion DVD
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Time Warp VHS
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: When Pants Attack VHS
- Harriet the Spy DVD
- Good Burger DVD
- June 3
- Dora the Explorer: City of Lost Toys VHS & DVD
- Blue's Clues: Shapes and Colors VHS & DVD
- July 15: The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastrophe! VHS & DVD
- July 29
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Laugh Your Pants Off VHS
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge-a-Rama VHS
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Tide and Seek DVD
- August 26
- All Grown Up: Growing Up Changes Everything VHS & DVD
- Blue's Clues: Blue Takes You to School VHS & DVD
- Dora the Explorer: Rhymes and Riddles VHS & DVD
- NickToons Halloween DVD
- September 2
- Oswald: Best Buddies VHS
- Oswald: Outdoors with Oswald VHS
- Oswald: Welcome to Big City DVD
- September 15: The Best of Ren & Stimpy DVD
- September 30
- Blue's Clues: Blue's First Holiday VHS & DVD
- NickToons Christmas DVD
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas VHS & DVD
- October 7
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Sea of Trouble VHS & DVD
- Little Bear: Feel Better Little Bear VHS
- Dora the Explorer: Meet Diego VHS & DVD
- Dora the Explorer: Cowgirl Dora VHS & DVD
- October 28: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season DVD
- December 16: Rugrats Go Wild! VHS & DVD
Events[]
- April 7: Nicktoons TV was renamed as NickToons.
- April 11: Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast opens at Universal Studios Florida.
- November 27: The Little Bill balloon debuts in the 77th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Character debuts[]
- Rugrats Go Wild: Siri
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: Finbarr Calamitous, Beautiful Gorgeous
- My Life as a Teenage Robot: Sheldon Lee, Vexus, Brit and Tiff Crust, XJs 1-8
- The Fairly OddParents: Dark Laser, Flipsie, Nega-Chin
- Tak and the Power of Juju: Tak, Jibolba, Lok, Traloc, Flora, Moon Juju, Rick, Dinky, Caged Juju, Lok's Squire
- Dora the Explorer: Diego Marquez
Accolades[]
- May 16: Rugrats (1991) wins its third Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program.
People[]
- Nisma Zaman (producer on Little Bill) leaves
- December 23: Steve Burns (actor on Blue's Clues) returns for a guest cameo in "Blue's First Holiday"
Births[]
- Max Behren (actor on Blue's Clues)
- Micaela Nyland (actress in The J Team)
- Sam Scherzer (actor in Monster High: The Movie)
- Kyle Brenn (actor on Go, Diego, Go!)
- Michelle Hantman (script coordinator on The Loud House and Adventures in Wonder Park)
- January 2: Cyrus Arnold (actor on Sam & Cat and Transformers: Earthspark)
- January 4: Aidan Gemme (actor on Dora the Explorer, ¡DORA!, and Dora and Friends: Into the City!)
- January 24: Johnny Orlando (actor and singer on The Substitute, All That, Group Chat with Annie and Jayden, and Unfiltered and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
- January 28: Anton Starkman (actor on Warped! and Side Hustle)
- January 31: Filippo Berti (actor on Mia and Me)
- February 1: Sydney Mikayla (actress on The Loud House, Transformers: Earthspark, The Barbarian and the Troll, Instant Mom, Game Shakers, and School of Rock)
- February 20: Olivia Rodrigo (singer-songwriter and guest star at the 2022 and 2024 Kids' Choice Awards)
- February 25: Case Walker (actor in Monster High: The Movie)
- March 2: Jacquez Swanigan (singer and actor on Blaze and the Monster Machines)
- March 8: Miia Harris (actress in Monster High: The Movie)
- March 10: Gabriella Pizzolo (actress on Butterbean's Café)
- March 12: Malina Weissman (actress and model in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie)
- March 27: Cameron DeLeon (singer on Face's Music Party)
- March 31: Tanner Flood (actor on Team Umizoomi)
- April 14: Jayden Ham (actor on Bossy Bear, guest star on Tooned In and singer on Face's Music Party)
- April 15
- Sam Ashe Arnold (actor on Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019))
- Julia Antonelli (actress on I Am Frankie, WITS Academy, and Every Witch Way)
- April 16: Alina Foley (actor on School of Rock, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Shimmer and Shine)
- April 18: Sophia Grace (bass singer and actress on Sam & Cat)
- April 19: Caleel Harris (actor on Sam & Cat, Game Shakers, and Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, and voice actor on The Loud House and Blaze and the Monster Machines)
- April 26: Matte Martinez (singer on Side Hustle)
- May 1: Lizzy Greene (actress on Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Tiny Christmas, The Thundermans, Cousins for Life, and Knight Squad)
- May 2: Juliocesar Chavez (actor on The Loud House and iCarly)
- May 11: Dora Dolphin (actress in A Loud House Christmas and The Really Loud House)
- May 16: Ariana Molkara (actress on Warped! and Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
- May 19: JoJo Siwa (singer-songwriter for Nickelodeon and actress on Make it Pop, The Thundermans, Nickelodeon's Not-So Valentine Special, Nickelodeon's Ultimate Halloween House, School of Rock, SpongeBob SquarePants, All That, JoJo's Dream Concert, Middle School Moguls, The Substitute, The J Team, Blurt! and Lip Sync Battle Shorties, and singer on Face's Music Party and The Backyardigans)
- May 24: Jadon Sand (actor on Deadtime Stories and The Loud House)
- June 2: Jeremy Ray Taylor (actor on Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
- June 11: Breanna Yde (actress on School of Rock, The Haunted Hathaways, The Thundermans, Instant Mom, Nickelodeon's taHo-Ho Holiday Special, Nickelodeon's Not So Valentine's Special, Santa Hunters, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Nickelodeon's Sizzling Summer Camp Special, and Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, and voice actress in Albert and The Loud House)
- June 13: Teddy Walsh (singer and voice actor on Bubble Guppies and Team Umizoomi)
- June 17: Katia Peel (actress in Splitting Adam and Game Shakers)
- June 25
- Lilah Fitzgerald (actress in Monster High: The Movie)
- Tate Chapman (actress in Splitting Adam)
- Abby Chapman (actress in Splitting Adam)
- June 30: Leela Owen (actress in Fantasy Football)
- July 1: Tate McRae (singer-songwriter, dancer, and guest star at the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards)
- July 8: Mason Molina (actor on co-star on The Really Loud House)
- July 9: Aria Capria (voice actress on Wallykazam!)
- July 30: Daniel DiMaggio (actor on The Loud House)
- August 17: The Kid LAROI (singer, rapper, and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
- August 18: Max Charles (actor on The Haunted Hathaways and voice actor on The Legend of Korra and on Harvey Beaks)
- September 8: Nicolas Cantu (voice actor in Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Middle School Moguls, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, and ¡DORA!, actor in Dora and the Lost City of Gold, and guest star at the 2024 Kid’s Choice Awards)
- September 16: Sheb Wooley (actor and singer on Face's Music Party)
- September 18: Aidan Gallagher (actor on Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
- September 28: Lauren Spencer-Smith (singer-songwriter and guest star at the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards)
- October 5: Jaden Michael (actor and producer on Dora the Explorer and Team Umizoomi)
- October 7: Kate Godfrey (actress, singer, and dancer on All That and Warped! and guest star on The All-Star Nickmas Spectacular)
- October 14: Natalie Coughlin (actress on The Loud House and The Casagrandes)
- October 22: Ethan Munck (actor on iCarly)
- October 24: Hudson Yang (actor on HexVets and Magic Pets)
- October 27: Gavin Lewis (voice actor in Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie)
- November 2: Stuart Ralston (voice actor on PAW Patrol)
- November 12: Kamaia Fairburn (actress on Star Falls and Good Burger 2)
- November 21: Elijha Hammill (voice actor on PAW Patrol and Little Charmers)
- November 29: Yung Kayo (rapper in Fantasy Football)
- December 1: Jackson Nicoll (actor in Fun Size)
- December 16: Max Calinescu (voice actor on PAW Patrol)
Deaths[]
- January 23: Nell Carter (singer and actress on Blue's Clues)
- February 27: Fred Rogers (guest star on Blue's Clues)
- March 30: Michael Jeter (voice actor on The Wild Thornberrys and Hey Arnold!)
- April 10: Little Eva (singer on Face's Music Party)
- May 14: Robert Stack (actor on The Angry Beavers)
- June 15: Malonga Casquelourd (actor in The Wild Thornberrys Movie)
- June 30: Buddy Hackett (guess star on All That)
- August 9: Gregory Hines (voice actor on Blue's Clues and Little Bill)
- October 3: Florence Stanley (voice actor on Rugrats (1991) and Rugrats Pre-School Daze)
- November 12: Jonathan Brandis (actor on Marc Summers' Mystery Magical Special and guest star on the 1995 Kids' Choice Awards)
- November 17: Claude Nicot (voice actor on Doug)
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