The following is a list of events, premieres, releases, cancellations, series endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in 2021. Many events that were originally planned for 2021 were either cancelled or postponed due to the highly-contagious Delta variant's impact on life and businesses throughout the world during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus 2019) pandemic and its impact on Nickelodeon.
Shows[]
Series premieres[]
- January 4: Noggin Knows (Noggin)
- January 25: Deer Squad
- February 8: Tooned In
- February 20: Power Rangers Dino Fury
- March 4: Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (Paramount+)[1]
- March 15: Goldie's Oldies (international)
- March 20: Drama Club
- April 2:
- May 27: Rugrats (Paramount+)
- May 28: Noggin Knows (TV premiere)
- June 7: The BeatBuds, Let's Jam!
- June 14: JoJo & Gran Gran
- June 17: iCarly (revival) (Paramount+)
- July 9
- August 20: Rugrats (TV premiere)
- September 3: SharkDog (Netflix)
- September 10: The Smurfs
- September 15: NFL Slimetime
- September 23: That Girl Lay Lay
- October 10: Legends of the Hidden Temple (revival series; on The CW)
- October 28: Star Trek: Prodigy (Paramount+)[3][4]
- December 16: California Dreaming
- December 17: Star Trek: Prodigy (TV premiere)[5]
Series finales[]
- January 12: As Told by Ginger, three seasons (Paramount+)
- January 15: The Astronauts, one season
- February 25: The Substitute, two seasons
- April 6: Kinderwood, one season
- May 7: Ollie's Pack, one season
- May 22: Drama Club, one season
- June 25: The Barbarian and the Troll, one season
- July 21: Nella the Princess Knight, two seasons (Paramount+)
Season premieres[]
- January 7: Unfiltered, Season 2
- January 24: Top Hapi, Season 3
- February 12: Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows
- February 19: The Adventures of Paddington, Season 2
- February 23: ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks, Season 5
- March 5: Peppa Pig, Season 9
- April 2: PAW Patrol, Season 8
- June 12: Tyler Perry's Young Dylan, Season 2
- September 17: The Casagrandes, Season 3
- October 1: Blue's Clues & You!, Season 3
- October 2: Side Hustle, Season 2
- October 19: Bubble Guppies, Season 6
- October 23: Danger Force, Season 2
- October 28: It's Pony, Season 2[6]
- November 12: Top Hapi, Season 4
- The Crystal Maze, Season 2
- America's Most Musical Family, Season 2
Season finales[]
- February 22: ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks, Season 4
- March 6: Tooned In, Season 1
- March 19: Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows
- May 7: PAW Patrol, Season 7
- May 22: Drama Club, Season 1
- June 11: The BeatBuds, Let's Jam!, Season 1
- June 25: Noggin Knows, Season 1
- June 25: Peppa Pig, Season 8
- July 17: Danger Force, Season 1
- July 20: Top Hapi, Season 3
- July 23
- Blaze and the Monster Machines, Season 5
- PAW Patrol, Season 6
- August 26: iCarly, Season 1
- September 25: Side Hustle, Season 1
- October 29: Blue's Clues & You!, Season 2
- November 19: Santiago of the Seas, Season 1
- December 9
- Tyler Perry's Young Dylan, Season 2
- That Girl Lay Lay, Season 1
- Unfiltered, Season 2
Specials[]
- January 10
- The SpongeBob SportsPants Countdown Special
- NFL Wild Card Game on Nickelodeon
- February 15: The Loud House Mega Music Countdown
- March 13: 2021 Kids' Choice Awards
Programming blocks[]
- May 28: Noggin debuts on the Nick Jr. Channel
- June 7: Beat Bash debuts on the Nick Jr. Channel
Network departures[]
- January 1: Rusty Rivets airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- February 5
- Back at the Barnyard airs for the last time on NickToons
- T.U.F.F. Puppy airs for the last time on NickToons
- Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles airs for the last time on NickToons
- February 21: Power Rangers Beast Morphers airs for the last time on NickToons
- February 23: Invader Zim airs for the last time on NickToons
- February 28: ChalkZone airs for the last time on TeenNick
- March 2: Team Umizoomi airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
- March 6: The Substitute airs for the last time on TeenNick
- March 15: Sanjay and Craig airs for the last time on NickToons
- March 20: Shimmer and Shine airs for the last time on Nick jr scandinava, CEE, Spain and Netherlands
- March 29: Breadwinners airs for the last time on NickToons
- March 31: Danny Phantom airs for the last time on NickToons
- Ricky Zoom airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- April 17: El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera airs for the last time on TeenNick
- May 5: El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera airs for the last time on NickToons
- May 27: Deer Squad airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
- June 4: Kinderwood airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- July 3: The Barbarian and the Troll airs for the last time regularly on NickToons
- July 16: The BeatBuds, Let's Jam! airs for the last time on Nickelodeon and the Nick Jr. Channel
- July 30: Noggin Knows airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- August 13: Butterbean's Café airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- August 22: Rugrats (1991) airs for the last time on NickToons
- September 19: My Life as a Teenage Robot airs for the last time on TeenNick
- October 2: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius airs for the last time on NickToons
- October 18: Dora and Friends: Into the City! airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- October 29
- Fresh Beat Band of Spies airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- Shimmer and Shine airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- Rainbow Rangers airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- December 17: Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, The Wild Thornberrys, CatDog, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Angry Beavers, and Hey Arnold! air for the last time on TeenNick
- December 18: Power Rangers Dino Fury airs for the last time on Nickelodeon and NickToons
- December 19: The Mighty B! airs for the last time on TeenNick
- December 20: All Grown Up! airs for the last time on TeenNick
Movies[]
Theatrical[]
Made-for-TV[]
Streaming[]
- March 4: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (Paramount+ and Premium VOD)
- August 20
- The Loud House Movie (Netflix)[7]
- PAW Patrol: The Movie (simultaneously on Paramount+ with the theatrical release)
- September 3: The J Team (Paramount+)
- November 26: A Loud House Christmas (simultaneously on Paramount+ with the Nickelodeon premiere)
Comics[]
- February 16: Avatar: The Last Airbender: Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy
- March 16: The Loud House #12: The Case of the Stolen Drawers
- May 4: The Casagrandes #1: We're All Familia
- June 1: The Loud House Summer Special
- August 24: The Loud House #13: Lucy Rolls the Dice
- November 30: The Loud House #14: Guessing Games
- December 7: The Loud House: Love Out Loud
Reprint collections[]
- March 2: Invader Zim: Best of GIR
- September 14: Invader Zim: Volume 5
- November 9: Invader Zim: Best of Skool
Books[]
- March 27 The MLaaTR Sketchbook: By the artists from My Life as a Teenage Robot
- April 16: The Nickelodeon '90s: Cartoons, Game Shows and a Whole Bunch of Slime
- September 7
- Beware of Dogbot!
- The Rugrats' Bestest Joke Book
- The Rugrats Very, Very Hard Puzzle Book
- December 9: Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Official Cookbook
Video games[]
- April 29: SpongeBob SquarePants: Krusty Cook-off is released on Nintendo Switch
- August 13: PAW Patrol: The Movie: Adventure City Calls is released on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam, Stadia, and Xbox One
- October 5: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox One[8]
Home video releases[]
- January 12: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Twelfth Season DVD
- January 19: PAW Patrol: Rubble on the Double DVD
- February 2
- Yours, Mine & Ours Blu-ray
- The Casagrandes: The Complete First Season DVD
- Blue's Clues & You!: Blue's Sing Along Spectacular! DVD
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run DVD and Blu-ray (Canada)
- The SpongeBob 3-Movie Collection DVD (Canada)
- Blaze and the Monster Machines: Axle City Grand Prix DVD
- February 16: Good Burger Blu-ray
- March 16
- The Legend of Korra: The Complete Series Blu-ray (steelbook edition)
- Bubble Guppies: The New Guppy DVD
- March 23: PAW Patrol: Dino Rescue: Roar to the Rescue DVD
- May 18
- The Loud House: Road Tripped (Season 3, Volume 1) DVD
- Rugrats: The Complete Series DVD[9]
- June 1: PAW Patrol: Moto Pups DVD
- July 13:
- PAW Patrol: 3 TV-Movie Pack DVD
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run DVD and Blu-ray (US)
- The SpongeBob 3-Movie Collection DVD and Blu-ray (US)
- July 27: Blaze and the Monster Machines: The Case of the Treat Thief DVD
- August 10: Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows DVD
- August 17: The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! Blu-ray
- September 14: Blue's Clues & You!: Story Time with Blue DVD
- September 21: Baby Shark's Big Show! DVD
- September 21: PAW Patrol: Pups Save the Kitten Catastrophe Crew DVD
- October 19
- The Loud House: The Complete First Season DVD
- The Loud House: The Complete Second Season DVD
- October 26: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: The Complete Series DVD
- November 2:
- The Loud House: Cooked (Season 3, Volume 2) DVD
- Nick Jr.: The Night Before Christmas DVD
- PAW Patrol: The Movie DVD and Blu-ray[10]
- November 17: The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story DVD and Blu-ray (retail release)
- December 7: PAW Patrol: Pups Save the Aliens DVD
Streaming[]
- January 1: The Haunted Hathaways is added to Netflix, and Good Burger premieres on Netflix again.
- January 4: Noggin Knows debuts on Noggin.
- January 12: As Told by Ginger, Double Dare, Rank the Prank, Allegra's Window, Becca's Bunch, Blue's Room, The Fresh Beat Band (Season 3), Gullah Gullah Island, Little Bear, Mutt & Stuff, Oobi, Oswald, Ricky Zoom, The Upside Down Show, and Zoofari are added to CBS All Access.
- January 15: Henry Danger Seasons 1-3 are added to Netflix.
- January 19: Canticos and Ni Hao, Kai-Lan are added to CBS All Access.
- January 26: Nacho Libre is added to CBS All Access.
- February 2: Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019), Dora the Explorer Seasons 6-8, Wonder Pets! (although there were no episodes), and Imagine That are added to CBS All Access.
- February 1: Noggins At Work is added to Noggin.
- February 8: iCarly Seasons 1-3 are added to Netflix.
- February 9: Instant Mom, Are You Afraid of the Dark? Season 5 and Ryan's Mystery Playdate are added to CBS All Access (although the latter was later removed).
- February 15: Rhymes Through Times is added to Noggin.
- March 1
- Charlotte's Web is added to HBO Max.
- Baby Shark's Big Show! is added to Noggin.
- March 2: Hey Arnold!: The Movie is reinstated on CBS All Access.
- March 4
- CBS All Access rebrands as Paramount+.
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run and Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years are added to Paramount+.
- March 23: Ryan's Mystery Playdate is added to Paramount+.
- March 24: Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Seasons 2-4, The Bureau of Magical Things, Clarissa Explains It All Seasons 2-5, Digby Dragon, Frankie and Frank, Nickelodeon GUTS, Hey Dude, KaBlam!, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Nick Arcade, Paradise Run Seasons 2-3, Rocket Power Seasons 2-4, Rocko's Modern Life Seasons 3-4, Salute Your Shorts, SpongeBob DocuPants: A Bikini Bottom Documentary, SpongeBob SquarePants Season 12A, Sunny Day, True Jackson, VP, The Wild Thornberrys Seasons 2-5, and You Can't Do That On Television are added to Paramount+.
- March 26: Big Time Rush is added to Netflix.
- March 27: NickToons, TeenNick, and the Nick Jr. Channel are added to YouTube TV.
- March 31: Double Dare (2018) and As Told By Ginger are added to Paramount+.
- April 7: Hunter Street and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1A are added to Paramount+.
- April 12: Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn is added to Netflix.
- April 14: Bunsen Is a Beast and Make It Pop are added to Paramount+.
- April 21: Eureeka's Castle and Lucky are added to Paramount+.
- April 26: Big Hearts Awesome Show! is added to Noggin.
- April 28
- Nick+ launched in Japan.
- School of Rock, Henry Danger Season 5A, JoJo Siwa: My World, and JoJo's Dream Birthday! are added to Paramount+.
- May 1: Clockstoppers is added to Paramount+.
- May 5: Feeling Faces, Harvey Beaks, Imagination Trips, Ready, Set, Race, Rhymes Through Times, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn and Yoga Friends are added to Paramount+.
- May 10: The Adventures of Paddington is added to Noggin.
- May 12: Action League Now! and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie are added to Paramount+.
- May 19: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 1B is added to Paramount+.
- May 27: Rugrats (2021) debuts on Paramount+.
- June 2
- SpongeBob SquarePants Season 12B is added to Paramount+.
- Hey Arnold!: The Movie, Nacho Libre, and The Wild Thornberrys Movie are added to Netflix.
- June 10: The Adventures of Tintin, Dora and the Lost City of Gold and Wonder Park are added to Paramount+ as part of Epix deal.
- June 16: PAW Patrol Live! at Home is added to Paramount+.
- June 17: iCarly (2021) debuts on Paramount+.
- June 22: Monster Trucks is added on Paramount+.
- June 23: Nickelodeon's Sizzling Summer Camp Special and Playing with Fire are added to Paramount+.
- July 7: Bubble Guppies Season 4, Henry Danger Season 5B, The Noggins, Science Saves the Day, and Word Play are added to Paramount+.
- July 14: The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! and The Loud House Season 4 are added to Paramount+.
- July 21: Nella the Princess Knight Season 2 and Show-Me-Bot are added to Paramount+.
- July 22: More episodes of Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years are added to Paramount+.
- July 28: Lego City Adventures and Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar are added to Paramount+.
- August 4: Blaze and the Monster Machines Seasons 3-4, Legendary Dudas and SpongeBob SquarePants Season 12, Episode 1 are added to Paramount+.
- August 11: Nicky Deuce, PAW Patrol Season 6, and Shimmer and Shine Season 4, are added to Paramount+.
- August 18: Abby Hatcher and Rainbow Rangers are added to Paramount+.
- August 20
- The Loud House Movie debuts on Netflix.
- PAW Patrol: The Movie debuts on Paramount+ (same day as the theatrical release).
- August 25: All That (2019), The HALO Effect and Welcome to the Wayne are added to Paramount+.
- September 3: The J Team debuts on Paramount+.
- September 8: Blue's Clues & You!, Blue's Clues Seasons 5 and 6, The Casagrandes, and SpongeBob SquarePants Season 12C are added to Paramount+.
- September 15: Global GUTS and Sunny Day Season 2 are added to Paramount+.
- September 22: Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge, RBUK, Tak and the Power of Juju, Ryan's Mystery Playdate Season 2, and The Adventures of Paddington are added to Paramount+.
- October 1
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019) Season 1 is added to Netflix.
- Rugrats Go Wild is added to Paramount+
- October 6: Henry Danger Season 5C, Max & Ruby Season 7, Team Umizoomi Seasons 3-4, and Tyler Perry's Young Dylan Season 1 are added to Paramount+.
- October 13: AwesomenessTV is added to Paramount+.
- October 28: Star Trek: Prodigy premieres on Paramount+.
- October 29: Rango is added to Paramount+
- November 1: Bella and the Bulldogs Season 2 and The Thundermans are added to Netflix.
- November 17: PAW Patrol Season 6, The Loud House Season 4 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows are added to Paramount+.
- November 26: A Loud House Christmas debuts on Paramount+ (same day as the Nickelodeon premiere).
- December 2: Rugrats Holiday Special is added to Paramount+.
- December 8: Bubble Guppies Season 5, Nickelodeon's Ho-Ho Holiday Special, The All-Star Nickmas Spectacular Special, and Top Elf are added to Paramount+.
Events[]
- February 24: Nickelodeon announces the launch of Avatar Studios.
Accolades[]
- The Casagrandes wins Best Youth Programming award at the 36th Annual Imagen Awards.
Business[]
- April 29: Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.'s channels on the Pluto TV service were both rebranded, adding in a screenbug, a voice announcer during bumpers, and reruns of modern programs from both networks.
- June 4: Amazon.com discontinues all of its manufacture-on-demand DVDs and Blu-ray releases (including Nickelodeon's).
People[]
- November 26: Izzy Nagel (actress on Blue's Clues & You!) arrives in "A Blue’s Clues Festival of Lights"
Deaths[]
- January 4: Tanya Roberts (voice actress on The Angry Beavers)
- January 23: Larry King (contestant on BrainSurge)
- February 1: Dustin Diamond (guest at the 1992 Kids' Choice Awards)
- March 9: Isela Vega (actress in Dora and the Lost City of Gold)
- March 10: James Edward Coleman II (actor on Gullah Gullah Island)
- March 24
- George Segal (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters)
- Jessica Walter (actress and guest star on The X's)
- April 29: Billie Hayes (voice actress on Rugrats (1991), Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, and Bubble Guppies)
- May 26
- Kevin Clark (actor on School of Rock)
- Paul Soles (actor on Mysticons)
- June 11: Kay Hawtrey (voice actress on Max & Ruby)
- June 13: Ned Beatty (voice actor in Rango)
- July 1: Philece Sampler (voice actress on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Legend of Korra, Rugrats (1991), and The Loud House)
- July 16: Biz Markie (singer on Yo Gabba Gabba! and guest star on SpongeBob SquarePants)
- July 24: Jackie Mason (comedian and guest star on The Fairly OddParents)
- August 7: Dennis D.T. Thomas (musician on Face's Music Party)
- August 29: Ed Asner (voice actor on The Angry Beavers, The Wild Thornberrys and SpongeBob SquarePants)
- September 3: Bert Pence (voiceover artist, voice actor, and creative specialist on KaBlam!)
- September 14: Norm MacDonald (voice actor on The Fairly OddParents)
- September 17: Basil Hoffman (actor on Cousin Skeeter)
- September 20: Robert M. Wallace (director on Go, Diego, Go!, Wonder Pets!, Little Bill, and Team Umizoomi)
- September 21: Willie Garson (actor on Wendell & Vinnie)
- October 19
- Jack Angel (voice actor on Rugrats (1991), Hey Arnold!, The Wild Thornberrys, Avatar: The Last Airbender, My Life as a Teenage Robot, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, and ChalkZone)
- Bernard Tiphaine (actor on Rugrats (1991), All Grown Up!, and Tak and the Power of Juju)
- October 22: Peter Scolari (voice actor on Hey Arnold!)
- November 17: Dominic Orlando (director on CatDog)
- November 21: Lou Cutell (actor on The Brothers Garcia)
- December 1: Judy Grafe (actor on The Adventures of Pete & Pete and panelist on Figure It Out)
- December 14: Miłogost Reczek (actor on Marvin Marvin and Monsters vs. Aliens)
- December 31: Betty White (voice actress on SpongeBob SquarePants and The Wild Thornberrys)
Nickelodeon character debuts[]
- iCarly: Harper, Millicent
- The Loud House: Vic McGillicuddy
- Blue's Clues & You!: Rainbow Puppy
- Middlemost Post: Parker J. Cloud, Angus Shackleton, Russell, Lily, Steve Peeve
- PAW Patrol: Liberty
References[]
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