2012

The Legend of Korra

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A Fairly Odd Christmas

Power Rangers Super Samurai

Robot and Monster

This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2012.

Shows

Series premieres

• February 3 - Mike the Knight
• February 4 - How to Rock
• February 13 - Franklin and Friends
• February 18 - Power Rangers Super Samurai
• February 20 - Fred: The Show after previewing on January 16
• February - Monsuno (Nicktoons)
• April 14 - The Legend of Korra
• May 1 - Yes, Dear
• May 12 - Wild Grinders (Nicktoons)
• June 11 - Figure It Out (2012) (technically seasons 5 and 6 of the original series)
• June 11 - Hollywood Heights
• July 8 - The Soul Man
• July 17 - Splatalot!
• July 21 - You Gotta See This
• August 4 - Robot and Monster
• September 10 - Tickety Toc
• September 28 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• October 6 - See Dad Run
• November 9 - Deadtime Stories
• November 24 - Marvin Marvin
• December 14 - Peter Rabbit

Season premieres

• January 9 - House of Anubis, season 2.
• January 15 - H2O: Just Add Water, season 4 on TeenNick
• January 28 - Victorious, season 3
• March 24 - iCarly, season 5
• May 6 - Winx Club, season 4
• May 12 - Big Time Rush, season 3
• June 11 - Figure It Out, season 5
• July 21 - SpongeBob SquarePants, season 9
• September 22 - Victorious, season 4
• October 23 - Life with Boys, season 2

Series finales

• August 4 - Fred: The Show
• November 23 - iCarly, five seasons
• December 8 - How to Rock
• March 1 - Moose and Zee

Specials

• February 12 - Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love?
• April 13 - Escape From Skull Shores
• May 19 - Victorious: "Tori Goes Platinum"
• June 9 - Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures: "Epic Break-Up"
• October 9 - Ghouls Rule
• November 23 - It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
• December 14 - Peter Rabbit's Christmas Tale

International series

• June 4 - Hi-5: Series 13 premiered on Nick Jr.
• September 22 - Oobi: Dasdasi premiered on IRIB.

Movies

Made-for-TV

• March 10 - Big Time Movie
• March 11 - Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom
• July 28 - Fred 3: Camp Fred
• November 29 - A Fairly Odd Christmas

Theatrical

• October 26 - Fun Size

Books

• August 9 - Saved by the Shell!
• September 11 - The Sponge Who Saved Christmas

Video games

• March 6 - Nicktoons MLB (Nintendo 3DS)

Albums

• June 5 - Victorious 2.0: More Music From The Hit TV Show
• November 6 - Victorious 3.0: Even More Music From The Hit TV Show

Home video releases

Retail releases

• January 3 - SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off
• January 10 - The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation: Blowhole
• January 31 - Hey Dude: Season 2
• February 7 - Rocko's Modern Life: Season 2
• February 14 - The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation: Get Ducky
• February 28 - The Angry Beavers: Season 3, Part 1
• March 20 - Hey Arnold!: Season 2, Part 1
• March 27 - CatDog: Season 1, Part 2
• April 3 - Danny Phantom: Season 2, Part 1
• April 24 - The Wild Thornberrys: Season 2, Part 2
• May 15
  • Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: Season 2
  • Victorious: The Complete Second Season
• June 5 - CatDog: Season 2, Part 1
• June 19 - Hey Dude: Season 3
• July 3 - Rocko's Modern Life: Season 3
• August 14
  • The Angry Beavers: Season 3, Part 2
  • The Fresh Beat Band: The Wizard of Song
• August 28
  • Danny Phantom: Season 2, Part 2
  • Nickelodeon Double Feature: Big Time Movie / Rags
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghoul Fools
• September 4 - Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Halloween Two-Pack
• September 11 - Aaahh!! Real Monsters: Season Three
• September 25 - CatDog: Season 2, Part 2
• October 30 - SpongeBob SquarePants: It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
• November 13
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 4th Season
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 5th Season
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 6th Season

Manufacture-on-demand releases

• February 7
  • Gullah Gullah Island: Season 1
  • Gullah Gullah Island: Season 2
  • Gullah Gullah Island: Season 3
  • Gullah Gullah Island: Season 4
• March 13
  • The Amanda Show: The Best of Season 1
  • The Amanda Show: The Complete Season 2
  • The Best of The Amanda Show
• March 19 - The Amanda Show: The Complete Season 3
• April 25 - Nick News: Under the Influence: Kids of Alcoholics
• August 7 - Fanboy & Chum Chum: Season One

iTunes releases

• January 9
  • Drake & Josh: Brotherly Bonding
  • Team Umizoomi: Season Three
  • Zoey 101: Peeps at PCA
• January 23
  • Blues Clues: Play Pack
  • The Fresh Beat Band: Play Pack
  • Dora the Explorer: Play Pack
  • Go, Diego, Go!: Play Pack
  • How to Rock: Season One
  • The Wonder Pets: Play Pack
• January 24 - House of Anubis: Volume Five
• January 30
  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Volume Two
  • FRED: The Show: Season One
• May 7 - Winx Club: The Power of Believix: Volume One
• June 25 - Winx Club: The Power of Believix: Volume Two

Nickelodeon character debuts

• The Legend of Korra: Korra, Mako, Bolin, Asami Sato, Tenzin, Lin Beifong
• Winx Club: Roxy
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, Splinter, April O'Neil
  • Note: This year marked the debut of the TMNT characters in a Nick-produced series, but the franchise debuted in 1984.

Character exits

• March 1 - Moose A. Moose and Zee

Behind the scenes

• March 23–April 18 - A Fairly Odd Christmas is filmed in Vancouver

People

• February 11 - Whitney Houston dies
• March 23 - Jim Duffy dies
• July 8 - Ernest Borgnine (voice of Mermaid Man) dies
• July 24 - Sherman Hemsley dies
• November 8 - Lucille Bliss (voice of Ms. Bitters) dies

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