Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast opens at Universal Studios Florida.
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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"
- 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 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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