This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2004.
Shows[]
Series premieres[]
- Original shows
- January 11: Drake & Josh
- April 3: Danny Phantom premieres after the 2004 Kids' Choice Awards
- July 30: O'Grady
- August 2: Blue's Room
- August 16: LazyTown
- September 7: Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (official premiere)
- September 12
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (official premiere)
- Unfabulous
- October 11: The Backyardigans (U.S. premiere)
- Acquired shows (reruns)
- January 18: Whoopi's Littleburg
- January 25: Angela Anaconda
- June 14: Who's the Boss?
- June 20: Fatherhood
- September 13: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- November 29: Family Faceoff: Hollywood
Season premieres[]
- February 8: Blue's Clues, season 6
- November 11: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, season 3
- December 8: My Life as a Teenage Robot, season 2 (Christmas special only)
Season finales[]
- February 21: All That, season 9
- February 22: Drake & Josh, season 1
- February 27: My Life as a Teenage Robot, season 1
- July 9: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, season 2
- August 28: All Grown Up!, season 1
- October 11: SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3
- November 28: Drake & Josh, season 2
Series finales[]
- February 6: Little Bill
- June 4: Hey Dude (last regular airing was on January 23, 1999)
- June 8: Hey Arnold!
- June 11: The Wild Thornberrys
- June 15: CatDog
- July 30: Rocket Power
- August 1: Rugrats
- August 8: The Brothers Garcia
Programming blocks[]
- March 12: Friday Night Nicktoons is renamed Prime Time Nicktoons.
- July 2: Slime Time Live ends.
- September 24: Friday Night Nicktoons returns.
- December 17: Friday Night Nicktoons ends.
Specials[]
- May 7: Jimmy Timmy Power Hour
- June 11: As Told by Ginger: "Butterflies Are Free"
- July 9: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: "Win, Lose and Kaboom!"
- July 23: The Fairly OddParents: "Channel Chasers"
- August 6: ChalkZone: "The Big Blow Up"
- September 24: Dora the Explorer: "Dora's Fairytale Adventure"
International series[]
- May 31: Peppa Pig premiered on Channel 5 in the UK.
- July 5: Peppa Pig premiered on the Nick Jr. Channel in the UK (the show would soon arrive to the US Nick Jr. Channel in 2011 and Nickelodeon in 2013).
- September: Hi-5 premiered on Nickelodeon during Nick Jr. in Australia.
- Hi-5: Series 3 premiered on Nickelodeon in the Philippines.
- September 11: The Backyardigans premiered on Treehouse TV in Canada (the show would soon arrive to Nickelodeon on October 11 and Noggin on November 22).
Network Departures[]
- February 1: Sponk! airs for the last time on Noggin
- June 7: Salute Your Shorts airs reruns for the last time on Nickelodeon after the last regular airing on April 4, 1999
- June 8: You Can't Do That on Television airs for the last time on Nickelodeon with half of an episode (the second half of the episode was instead pre-empted by a Fairly OddParents episode).
- December 19: Bob the Builder airs for the last time on Noggin
Movies[]
- November 19: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
- December 17: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Books[]
- January
- January 6
- Blast from the Past
- Love Struck!
- Timmy Turner's Top-Secret Notebook
- Fairly Odd Jokes
- Up All Night
- Lemonade with a Twist
- February
- Everglades Escapades
- What's Cooking, SpongeBob?
- March
- Pirates of the Kiddy Pool
- 'Zine Scene
- April
- May
- June
- June 29: A Really Big Wish
- July
- Out of Sight
- The Penguin Project
- August: Scout's Honor
- August 31: Timmy's School Survival Handbook
- September: Too Many Turners
- September 21: SpongeBob Exposed!: The Insider's Guide to SpongeBob SquarePants
- September 28: In a Tizzy Over Turkey
- November
Albums[]
- September 28: Dora the Explorer
- November 9: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Music from the Movie and More
Video games[]
- September 8: The Fairly OddParents: Shadow Showdown (GameCube and PlayStation 2)
- September 14: The Fairly OddParents: Shadow Showdown (Windows)
- September 20
- The Fairly OddParents: Shadow Showdown (Game Boy Advance)
- Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy
- October 11: Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams
- October 19: All Grown Up!: Express Yourself
- October 27: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Home video releases[]
- January 6: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers VHS & DVD
- January 27
- Blue's Clues: Classic Clues VHS & DVD
- Dora the Explorer: Dora's Pirate Adventure VHS & DVD
- February 3: The Fairly OddParents: Superhero Spectacle VHS & DVD
- March 9: SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric VHS & DVD
- May 11
- Invader Zim: Volume 1: Doom Doom Doom DVD
- Jimmy Timmy Power Hour VHS & DVD
- May 25: Blue's Clues: Blue Talks VHS & DVD
- June 1: SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on Duty VHS & DVD
- July 27: Rocket Power: Island of the Menehune VHS & DVD
- August 10: Blue's Room: Snacktime Playdate VHS & DVD
- August 31
- All Grown Up!: Lucky 13 VHS & DVD
- Invader Zim: Volume 2: Progressive Stupidity DVD
- Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Halloween VHS & DVD
- September 28: Blue's Clues: Bluestock VHS & DVD
- October 5
- The Amanda Show: Volume 1: Amanda, Please! VHS & DVD
- The Amanda Show: Volume 2: The Girls' Room VHS & DVD
- Dora the Explorer: Dora's Fairytale Adventure VHS & DVD
- The Fairly OddParents: Channel Chasers VHS & DVD
- October 12
- Invader Zim: Volume 3: Horrible Holiday Cheer DVD
- The Ren & Stimpy Show: The First and Second Seasons DVD
- October 19: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season DVD
- November 2: SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire VHS & DVD
- November 16: All Grown Up!: O'Brother! VHS & DVD
- November 23: As Told by Ginger: The Wedding Frame VHS & DVD
People[]
Births[]
- Jacob Skiba (actor on Rusty Rivets)
- Madeline Rose Yen (actress on Team Umizoomi and Wonder Pets!)
- January 4: Taliyah Whitaker (voice actress on Wallykazam!)
- January 8: Berkley Silverman (voice actress on PAW Patrol)
- January 17
- Harry Collett (actor on Wallykazam!)
- Imani Jelani (actor on Bubble Guppies and Lalaloopsy)
- January 26: Addison Riecke (actress on The Thundermans)
- February 4: Caoimhe Judd (actress, singer, and voice artist on PAW Patrol)
- February 7: Jacqueleen Munoz (storyboard artist on The Loud House)
- February 17: Jenna Raine (actor in Counting Stars)
- February 19: Drew Davis (actor on PAW Patrol and Max and Ruby)
- March 1: Izabella Alvarez (actress on Henry Danger, guest star in The All-Star Nickmas Spectacular and voice actress on The Loud House, The Casagrandes, and HexVets and Magic Pets)
- March 10: Mace Coronel (actress on Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
- March 17: Lily Mae Silverstein (voice actress on The Loud House)
- March 26: Sophia Woodward (actress in A Loud House Christmas, A Really Haunted Loud House, The Really Loud House, and Game Shakers)
- April 6: Casey Simpson (actor in Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, The Thundermans, and LOL: Nick's Ultimate Bloopers)
- April 19: Caleel Harris (voice actor on The Loud House and Blaze and the Monster Machines)
- April 21: Ron Augustin
- May 1: Charli D'Amelio (dancer on the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards))
- May 22: Eva Carlton (actress in The Really Loud House)
- May 29: Edward Duran (stunt performer and actor on The Really Loud House)
- June 2: Ava Preston (actress on Rusty Rivets, Corn & Peg, and Max & Shred)
- June 4: Candi Harris
- June 7: Saara Chaudry (actress in PAW Patrol: The Movie and Max & Shred)
- June 10: Gayle (singer and guest star at the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards)
- June 22: Laya Hayes (actress, singer, and dancer in Santa Hunters, The Haunted Hathaways, Mutt and Stuff, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn, Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie, The Thundermans and Game Shakers)
- June 30: Ben Krieger (actor on Counting Stars)
- July 2: Caitlin Carmichael (voice actress on The Loud House)
- July 7: Akira Golz (actress on Nella the Princess Knight)
- July 17: Shamon Brown Jr. (actor in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
- August 14: Marsai Martin (voice actress on Rugrats (2021) and PAW Patrol: The Movie and actress on Fantasy Football)
- August 17: Gabby Clarke (actress on Corn & Peg and Deer Squad)
- August 19: Siena Agudong (actress on Star Falls, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
- August 26: Hannah Nordberg (actress on The Loud House)
- September 17: Tori Feinstein (actress on Bubble Guppies and singer on Face's Music Party)
- September 21: Jack Samson (actor, director, and composer on Ni Hao, Kai-Lan)
- October 7: Liv Simone (actor on Counting Stars)
- October 21: Zoë DuVall (actress in A Loud House Christmas and The Really Loud House)
- October 23: Jorge Vega (actor on Wallykazam!)
- November 1: Jayden Bartels (actress on Side Hustle, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, All That, The Really Loud House, and Group Chat with Jayden and Brent)
- November 12: Kobi Frumer (actor on Nella the Princess Knight)
- November 16: Nayah Damasen (actress in Monster High: The Movie and Henry Danger)
- November 17: Andre Robinson (voice actor on The Loud House, The Casagrandes, and Big Nate)
- November 27: Jet Jurgensmeyer (actor in Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Shimmer and Shine and Bubble Guppies and singer on Face's Music Party)
- December 5: Jules LeBlanc (actress on Group Chat, All That, #KidsTogether: The Nickelodeon Town Hall, Cousins for Life, All That (2019) and Side Hustle)
- December 17
- Devan Cohen (voice actor on PAW Patrol and Little Charmers)
- Carter Hastings (actor on Instant Mom and A Fairly Odd Summer)
- December 18: Isabella Crovetti-Cramp (actress on Shimmer and Shine and Mutt & Stuff)
- December 22: Bryce Gheisar (actor on The Astronauts, Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019), and Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows)
- December 30: Lyliana Wray (actress on Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019))
Deaths[]
- April 7: Victor Argo (voice actor on Little Bill)
- April 14: Michelle Charest (TV producer of The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo)
- May 22: Richard Biggs (guest star on Drake & Josh)
- June 10: Ray Charles (voice actor, singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer on Blue's Clues)
- October 5: Rodney Dangerfield (comedian in The Electric Piper)
Character debuts[]
- All Grown Up!: Savannah Shane
- My Life as a Teenage Robot: Phineas Mogg, Jaxon Marsden, Todd Sweeney, Santa Claus
- Danny Phantom: Danny Fenton, Jack Fenton, Tucker, Sam, Jazz Fenton, Maddie Fenton, Vlad Plasmius, Skulker, Ember McLain
- Drake & Josh: Drake Parker, Josh Nichols, Megan Parker, Walter Nichols, Audrey Parker-Nichols
- The Backyardigans: Pablo, Tyrone, Uniqua, Tasha, Austin
- Blue's Clues: Blue (puppet form), Polka Dots (puppet form), Moona, Roary, Fred
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Princess Mindy, Dennis, The Cyclops
Other events[]
- AFN Family is launched (however by the US Military, not Viacom), airing reruns and new episodes of popular Nickelodeon programs.
- The SpongeBob balloon debuts in the 78th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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