2013

SLIMED!: An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age

The official Rocko's Modern Life: The Complete Series DVD set is released.

Power Rangers Megaforce

PAW Patrol

Play Along with Sam

Hi-5 House

This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2013.

Television

Series premieres

Original shows

• February 2 - NFL Rush Zone
• February 16 - Wendell and Vinnie
• March 4 - Rocket Monkeys
• March 23 - Monsters vs. Aliens airs a sneak-preview episode
• March 29 - Lalaloopsy
• May 25 - Sanjay and Craig
• June 8 - Sam & Cat
• July 1 - AwesomenessTV
• July 13 - The Haunted Hathaways
• August 3 - Rabbids Invasion
• August 12 - PAW Patrol (Nick Jr.)
• September 7 - Digimon Fusion
• September 29 - Instant Mom
• October 7 - The New Adventures of Old Christine
• October 14 - The Thundermans
• November 15 - Peppa Pig
• December 31 - TeenNick Top 10

Acquired shows (premieres)

• February 2 - Power Rangers Megaforce

Season premieres

• March 23 - The Fairly OddParents, season 9
• May 2 - Big Time Rush, season 4
• August 12 - Bubble Guppies, season 3

Specials

• March 23 - 2013 Kids' Choice Awards

Series finales

• February 2 - Victorious airs its final episode.
• February 15 - Planet Sheen airs its final episode on NickToons
• April 27 - Supah Ninjas and Marvin Marvin
• May 1 - Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures airs its final episode on TeenNick.
• May 8 - The Troop airs its final episode on NickToons
• June 17 - House of Anubis airs its final episode on TeenNick.
• July 16 - Figure It Out
• July 25 - Big Time Rush airs its final episode
• August 27 - Life with Boys airs its final episode
• December 7 - The Fresh Beat Band

International series

• May 6 - Play Along with Sam premiered on Nick Jr.
• November 4 - Hi-5 House premiered on Nick Jr.

Movies

• February 5 - Friday Night Frights (originally to be aired in July 2012)
• May 27 - Nicky Deuce
• August 24 - Swindle
• November 29 - Jinxed

Books

• September 24 - SLIMED!: An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age

Comics

• July - IDW begins publishing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures

Albums

• July 16 - The Legend of Korra: Original Music From Book One

Video games

• October 22 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge

Home video releases

DVD

Retail releases

• January 15
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Extreme Kah-Rah-Tay
  • The Wild Thornberrys: Season 2, Part 3
• January 29 - Hey Arnold!: Season 3
• February 26
  • Rocko's Modern Life: The Complete Series
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rise of the Turtles
• March 5
  • H20: Just Add Water: The Complete Season One
  • H20: Just Add Water: The Complete Season Two
  • H20: Just Add Water: The Complete Season Three
• March 12
  • CatDog: Season 3
  • Nickelodeon Double Feature: The Rugrats Movie / Rugrats Go Wild
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 8th Season
• April 9 - Hey Dude: Season 4
• May 14 - Hey Arnold!: Season 4
• May 20 - Victorious: The Complete Third Season
• May 21 - The Legend of Korra, Book 1: Air
• June 11 - The Wild Thornberrys: Season 3
• July
  • Danny Phantom: Ghost Hunter
  • Hey Arnold!: Stoop Kid and Other Stories
  • The Wild Thornberrys: Call of the Wild
• July 9 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Enter Shredder
• July 16 - Hey Dude: The Final Season
• July 30 - The Angry Beavers: The Complete Series
• August 20 - CatDog: The Final Season
• September 10 - The Wild Thornberrys: The Final Seasons
• October 1 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ultimate Showdown
• October 8 - Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: The Complete Series
• October 15
  • Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Frightening 2nd Season
  • Hey Arnold!: The Final Season
  • Rocko's Modern Life: The Final Season
• November 5 - Dora the Explorer: Dora's Ice Skating Spectacular

Manufacture-on-demand releases

• October 29 - Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Volume 1
• November 8
  • Best Player
  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
• November 15
  • House of Anubis: Season 2, Volume 1
  • House of Anubis: Season 2, Volume 2
• December 9 - House of Anubis: Season 1
• December 13 - A Fairly Odd Christmas

Blu-ray

• February 19 - Fun Size
• May 21 - The Legend of Korra, Book 1: Air
• October 15 - SpongeBob SquarePants: It's a SpongeBob Christmas!

iTunes releases

• February 19 - Fun Size
• February 17 - Marvin Marvin, Volume 2
• February 17 - Wendell and Vinnie, Volume 1
• February 18 - See Dad Run, Volume 2
• February 9 - Supah Ninjas, Volume 3
• January 3 - House of Anubis, Volume 8
• February 7 - House of Anubis, Volume 9
• March 11 - House of Anubis, Volume 10
• March 25 - The Fairly OddParents, Volume 10
• March 27 - House of Anubis, Volume 11
• May 30 - Wendell and Vinnie, Volume 2
• June 2 - See Dad Run, Volume 3

Events

• April 28 - Nickelodeon Serbia launched.
• A new SpongeBob balloon debuted in the 87th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Nickelodeon character debuts

• Nickelodeon's 2013 Animated Shorts Program: Lincoln Loud, Lori Loud, Leni Loud, Luna Loud, Luan Loud, Lynn Loud Jr., Lucy Loud, Lana Loud, Lola Loud, Lisa Loud, Lily Loud
• The Fairly Odd Parents: Sparky
• Sam & Cat: Dice. Goomer

People

• December 31 - James Avery dies

Business

• April 15 - Marjorie Cohn, the President of Content Development at Nickelodeon, resigns from the network, along with executive vice president Alison Dexter.

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