Double Dare returns.
The following is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations, endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2018.
Shows[]
Series premieres[]
- January 15: The Adventures of Kid Danger
- January 22: Cleo and Cuquin
- January 27: Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel
- February 5: Zoofari
- February 19: Knight Squad
- March 23: Boj (2018 revival)
- March 26: Keep It Spotless
- March 31: Star Falls
- June 25: Double Dare (2018 revival)[1]
- July 2: Mom
- July 20: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- August 31: Top Hopi
- September 24: Becca's Bunch
- October 8: The Bureau of Magical Things
- November 12: Butterbean's Café
- November 24: Cousins for Life
- December 31: Abby Hatcher, Fuzzly Catcher
Series finales[]
- January 26: Paradise Run, three seasons
- February 10: Bunsen Is a Beast, one season
- April 8: School of Rock, three seasons
- May 25: The Thundermans, four seasons
- June 14: The Adventures of Kid Danger, one season
- August 4: Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, four seasons
- August 11: Pig Goat Banana Cricket, two seasons
- August 31: Cleo and Cuquin, one season
- September 2: Star Falls, one season
- September 15: Mysticons, two seasons
- October 4: I Am Frankie, two seasons
- November 20: Keep It Spotless, one season
Season premieres[]
- January 6: Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Season 4
- January 9: Rusty Rivets, Season 2
- January 13: Mysticons, Season 2
- January 19: The Loud House, Season 3
- January 29: Hunter Street, Season 2
- February 6: PAW Patrol, Season 5
- February 10: Game Shakers, Season 3
- March 12: Thomas & Friends, Season 21[2]
- March 26: Blaze and the Monster Machines, Season 4
- August 11: I Am Frankie, Season 2
- September 13: Max & Ruby, Season 7
- September 17: Thomas & Friends, Season 22
- October 19
- Zoofari, Season 1
- Lip Sync Battle Shorties, Season 2
- October 20: Shimmer and Shine, Season 4 (on the Nick Jr. Channel)
- October 27: The Dude Perfect Show, Season 3
- November 3: Henry Danger, Season 5
- November 11: SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 12
- November 21: Nella the Princess Knight, Season 2 (on the Nick Jr. Channel)
Season finales[]
- February 4: The Dude Perfect Show, Season 2
- February 22: Blaze and the Monster Machines, Season 3
- February 23: Hunter Street, Season 2
- March 6: PAW Patrol, Season 4
- March 9: Lip Sync Battle Shorties, Season 1
- August 17: Thomas & Friends, Season 21
- September 24: Max & Ruby, Season 6
- September 29: Massive Monster Mayhem, Season 1
- October 4: I Am Frankie, Season 2
- October 20: Henry Danger, Season 4
- October 26: Welcome to the Wayne, Season 1
- November 2: Nella the Princess Knight, Season 1
- November 20: Shimmer and Shine, Season 3
- November 25: SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 11
- December 1: Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel, Season 22
- December 21: Top Wing, Season 1
Specials[]
- March 24: 2018 Kids' Choice Awards
- July 19 (taped)/July 20 (aired): 2018 Kids' Choice Sports
- May 28-October 4: Blaze and the Monster Machines: "Robot Riders"
Network departures[]
- February 2: Kuu Kuu Harajuku airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- April 2: Mysticons airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- April 6: The Fairly OddParents Airs For The Final Time On Nickelodeon
- May 27: Regal Academy airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- June 8: Digby Dragon airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- July 8: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness airs for the last time on NickToons
- August 10: Pig Goat Banana Cricket airs for the last time on NickToons
- August 17: Teletubbies airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- August 30: The Backyardigans, Little Charmers, Tickety Toc, and Wonder Pets! air for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- August 31: Go, Diego, Go!, Little Bear, and ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks air for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- September 1: Mutt & Stuff airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- September 21: Zack and Quack airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- October 19: Zoofari airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- November 30: Mike the Knight airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- December 3: Doug and Rugrats (1991) air for the last time on Nickelodeon
- December 25: Bunsen is a Beast airs for the last time on NickToons
- December 28: Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- December 19: School of Rock airs for the last time on TeenNick.
Movies[]
- February 19: Blurt!
- September 15: Alex And Me
- November 15: The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story is screened at the DOC NYC film festival
Comics[]
- January 30: The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars: Part Two
- March 13: The Loud House #3: Live Life Loud!
- August 21: The Loud House #4: Family Tree
- September 4: The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars: Part Three
- November 13: The Loud House #5: After Dark
- December 4: Paw Patrol #1: Meet The Pups
Books[]
- July 3
- September 25
- Ninja Power
- Secrets of the City
- December 28: The MLaaTR Sketchbook
Video games[]
- August 3: Super Brawl Universe (Android version)
- October 23: Nickelodeon Kart Racers
Home video releases[]
- February 6
- Rugrats: Season 3 DVD
- Rugrats: Season 4 DVD
- The SpongeBob Movie Collection Blu-ray set
- February 13: Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie DVD
- May 1: Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Series Blu-ray
- May 8: Bubble Guppies: Bubble Puppy's Awesome Adventures DVD
- May 22: The Loud House: It Gets Louder (Season 1, Volume 2) DVD
- September 11: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom DVD
- November 20
- Hey Arnold!: The Ultimate Collection DVD box set
- Rocko's Modern Life: The Complete Series DVD box set
Accolades[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants wins its first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program.
Behind the scenes[]
- February 8: Butch Hartman announced he was leaving Nickelodeon.
- March 26: Nickelodeon parted ways with long-time sitcom producer Dan Schneider.
- June 4: Cyma Zarghami stepped down as president of Nickelodeon[3]
- October 24: Brian Robbins stepped up as president of Nickelodeon.
Nickelodeon character debuts[]
- The Loud House: Stella Zhau, Myrtle, Fiona and Miguel, Nikki, Casey and Sameer
- Welcome to the Wayne: Prismal
- Blaze and the Monster Machines: Watts
- Butterbean's Cafe: Butterbean, Dazzle, Poppy, Dazzle
Streaming[]
- January 4: More play-along videos and Team Umizoomi episodes are added to Noggin.
- January 11: More episodes of Pocoyo Planet are added to Noggin.
- January 18: More episodes of Yo Gabba Gabba! are added to Noggin.
- January 25: More episodes of Teletubbies are added to Noggin.
- February 2: A Valentine's Day playlist is added to Noggin.
- February 8: The rest of the Wonder Pets! episodes are added to Noggin.
- February 15: More Blaze and the Monster Machines episodes are added, as well as more play-along videos.
- February 22: PAW Patrol (seasons 1 and 2) are added to Noggin.
- February 28: A Science playlist is added to Noggin.
- March 8: More Bubble Guppies episodes and play-along videos are added.
- March 15: More Twirlywoos episodes are added.
- March 22: Max and Ruby is added to Noggin.
- March 29: A Spring playlist is added to Noggin.
- April 5: More Team Umizoomi play along videos are added.
- April 12: More Trucktown episodes are added.
- May 11: Canticos is added to Noggin.
- May 31: A Summer playlist is added to Noggin.
- June 8: Wallykazam! is added to Noggin.
- July 12: A Sports playlist is added to Noggin.
- July 19: More Bubble Guppies play-along videos are added to Noggin.
- August 10: A Math playlist is added to Noggin.
People[]
- February 8: Butch Hartman (creator of The Fairly OddParents, Bunsen is a Beast, Danny Phantom, and T.U.F.F. Puppy) leaves Nickelodeon
- November 16: Human Tornado (wrestler and actor in Nacho Libre) retires
Births[]
- Tandi Fomukong (actor in Dora and the Fantastical Creatures)
- July 10: Kulture Kiari Cephus (actress on Baby Shark's Big Show!)
Deaths[]
- February 21: Jumpy (dog actor on Mutt & Stuff)
- March 3: David Ogden Stiers (voice actor on The Angry Beavers and The Wild Thornberrys)
- March 14: Stephen Hawking (guest star on The Fairly OddParents)
- April 15: R. Lee Ermey (voice actor on The Angry Beavers, Rocket Power, SpongeBob SquarePants, Invader Zim, and My Life as a Teenage Robot)
- June 8
- Anthony Bourdain (voice actor on Yo Gabba Gabba! and Sanjay and Craig)
- Jackson Odell (actor on iCarly (2007))
- June 28: Denis Akiyama (actor on Toot and Puddle)
- June 29: Eugene Pitt (the original singer of "Nick Nick Nick")
- July 21: Elmarie Wendel (actress and singer on The Angry Beavers)
- August 24: Robin Leach (actor on Space Cases)
- November 21: Kuma (dog actor on Mutt & Stuff)
- November 26: Stephen Hillenburg (creator of SpongeBob SquarePants and director and writer on Rocko's Modern Life and The Mighty B!)
Sources[]
- ↑ https://www.mysticartpictures.com/mystic/newsdetail.php?news_id=39
- ↑ https://www.nickpress.com/press-releases/2018/02/27/all-new-season-of-beloved-preschool-series-thomas-friends-rolls-onto-nickelodeon-with-hour-long-special-the-adventure-begins-premiering-monday-march-12-at-10-a-m-et-pt
- ↑ Deadline: Cyma Zarghami Stepping Down as President of Nickelodeon Group
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