This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, cancellations, series endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in 2019.
Shows[]
Series premieres[]
- Original shows
- January 1
- Pinky Malinky (Netflix)
- Drop That Seat (YouTube)
- April 1: The Substitute
- April 15: Club 57 (international)
- April 19: Ryan's Mystery Playdate
- June 10: Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
- June 15: All That (revival series)
- September 2: Middle School Moguls (mini-series)
- October 11: Are You Afraid of the Dark? (reboot)
- October 14: The Casagrandes
- November 1: America's Most Musical Family
- November 11: Blue's Clues & You! (Nickelodeon premiere)
- November 29: Top Elf
- Acquired shows (premieres)
- January 27: RBUK
- February 22: Corn and Peg
- March 2: Power Rangers Beast Morphers
- May 25: 44 Cats
- June 22: Lego City Adventures
- August 12: American Ninja Warrior
- September 2: Ricky Zoom
- September 14: Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar
- December 20: The Adventures of Paddington (sneak peek)
- Acquired shows (reruns)
- January 1
- The Office
- The King of Queens
Series finales[]
- February 1: Lip Sync Battle Shorties, two seasons
- April 20: Knight Squad, two seasons
- May 3: Crashletes, three seasons
- May 31: Welcome to the Wayne, two seasons
- June 8
- Game Shakers, three seasons
- Cousins for Life, one season
- July 17: Pinky Malinky, three seasons (Netflix)
- August 9: Dora the Explorer, eight seasons (unaired USA burnoffs)
- August 24: Max & Ruby, seven seasons
- September 29: Middle School Moguls (mini-series), one season
- December 1: RBUK, one season
- December 20: Double Dare (revival), two seasons[1]
Season premieres[]
- February 2: Knight Squad, Season 2
- February 3: Crashletes, Season 3
- February 4: Peppa Pig, Season 8
- February 22: PAW Patrol, Season 6
- March 1: Top Wing, Season 2
- March 11: Double Dare, Season 2
- April 14: Sunny Day, Season 2
- April 22: Pinky Malinky, Season 2 (Netflix)
- May 3: Welcome to the Wayne, Season 2
- May 18: Thomas & Friends, Season 23[2]
- May 27: The Loud House, Season 4
- June 20: ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks, Season 4
- July 17: Pinky Malinky, Season 3 (Netflix)
- July 29: Hunter Street, Season 3
- August 16: Blaze and the Monster Machines, Season 5
- September 27: Bubble Guppies, Season 5
- September 30: Ryan's Mystery Playdate, Season 2
- October 6: Rainbow Rangers, Season 2
- October 12: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Season 2
Season finales[]
- January 25: PAW Patrol, Season 5
- January 26: Knight Squad, Season 1
- February 1: Double Dare revival, Season 1
- March 7: The Loud House, Season 3
- May 4: Thomas & Friends, Season 22
- May 8: The Dude Perfect Show, Season 3
- June 1: Rusty Rivets, Season 2
- June 8: Cousins for Life, Season 1
- June 19: ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks, Season 3
- June 23: Sunny Day, Season 1
- September 9: Blaze and the Monster Machines, Season 4
- September 20: Ryan's Mystery Playdate, Season 1
- September 27: Hunter Street, Season 3
- October 8: Top Hapi, Season 1
- October 25: Are You Afraid of the Dark? (reboot), Season 1
- November 3: Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, Season 1
- November 16: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Season 1
- December 1: Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty, Season 1
- December 8: Lego City Adventures, Season 1
- December 21: Top Elf, Season 1
- December 29
- Butterbean's Café, Season 1
- 44 Cats, Season 1
Specials[]
- February 3: Double Dare at Super Bowl
- March 8: Lucky
- March 23: 2019 Kids' Choice Awards
- July 12: SpongeBob SquarePants: "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout"
- August 9: Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling (Netflix)
- December 7: The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
Network departures[]
- March 29: Franklin and Friends airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- May 10: Becca's Bunch airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- June 10: Peter Rabbit airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- June 21: Harvey Beaks and Welcome to the Wayne air for the last time on NickToons
- July 1: Blue's Clues airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- August 9: Dora the Explorer airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
- August 31: Back at the Barnyard airs for the last time on TeenNick
- October 13: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
- November 1: Are You Afraid of the Dark? airs for the last time on TeenNick
- November 26: Oh Yeah! Cartoons airs for the last time on NickToons
- December 15: Sunny Day airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- December 19: RBUK airs for the last time on NickToons
- December 30: Thomas & Friends airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
Movies[]
Theatrical[]
Made-for-TV[]
Home video releases[]
- February 5
- Blaze and the Monster Machines: Robot Riders
- Shimmer and Shine: Flight of the Zahracorns
- March 5: Top Wing: Eggcellent Missions
- March 12: Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- May 21: The Loud House: Relative Chaos (Season 2, Volume 1)
- June 4
- Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra: The Complete DVD Collection
- Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Next 100 Episodes
- Rusty Rivets: Botasaur and the Bits
- Dora the Explorer: Epic Adventures Collection
- June 11: SpongeBob SquarePants: Movies & TV Collection
- July 30: Butterbean’s Café
- August 20: Shimmer and Shine: Legend of the Dragon Treasure
- August 27: Blaze and the Monster Machines: Ninja Blaze
- September 3: Sunny Day: Welcome to the Pet Parlor
- October 1: Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra: The Complete Blu-ray Collection
- October 15: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 10th Season
Video games[]
Comics[]
- March 19
- May 7: The Loud House #6: Loud and Proud
- May 21: The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire, Part One
- August 13: The Loud House #7: The Struggle is Real
- September 10: Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance Part Three
- October 15: Avatar: The Last Airbender: Team Avatar Tales
- October 29: The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire, Part Two
- November: Rugrats: The Last Token
- November 26: The Loud House #8: Livin' La Casa Loud!
- December 17: Rugrats: The Newspaper Comic Strip
Books[]
- January 8: Campaign Chaos!
- April 16: The Art of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- July 2
- Ninjas United!
- Sponge at Heart: How to Live a Bikini Bottom Life
- Shimmer and Shine: Reach for Stars!
- When Mutants Attack!
- August 6: The Legend of Korra: An Avatar's Chronicle
Streaming[]
- June 30: Tickety Toc, Pocoyo, Pocoyo Planet, and Yo Gabba Gabba! are removed from Noggin.
- July 1: Noggin has a major rebrand, replacing it's iconic face logo with a word logo, fitting more with the other Nickelodeon logos of the time.
Business[]
- August 6: Viacom announced that it would acquire Paws, Inc., including the rights to the Garfield franchise.[3]
- November 13: Nickelodeon and Netflix sign multi-year output deal for films and TV series.[4]
- December 4: Viacom (Nickelodeon's parent company) officially re-merges with CBS Corporation, becoming ViacomCBS.
Behind the scenes[]
- August 3: After a five-year hiatus, Dora the Explorer resumes production.
- September 27: After a two-year hiatus, Bubbles Guppies resumes production.
People[]
- November 11
- Steve Burns (actor on Blue's Clues and guest star on Jack's Big Music Show) returns in "Meet Josh"
- Donovan Patton (actor on Blue's Clues, Blue's Room, and Team Umizoomi) returns in "Meet Josh"
- Joshua Dela Cruz (actor on Blue's Clues & You!) arrives
- November 18: Donovan Patton returns in "123's with Blue"
Births[]
- August 13: Emily Ford (actress on The Really Loud House)
- September 16: August Michael Peterson (actress on The Really Loud House)
Deaths[]
- January 6: W. Morgan Sheppard (voice actor on The Wild Thornberrys)
- February 21: Antonia Rey (actress on Dora the Explorer)
- February 28: Aron Tager (actor on Are You Afraid of the Dark?)
- April 12: Georgia Engel (voice actress on Hey Arnold!)
- May 2: Chris Reccardi (storyboard artist on The Ren and Stimpy Show, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and storyboard supervisor on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, bass guitarist ("Big House Blues"), layout supervisor (1991-1993), art director (for the Ren and Stimpy episode "Marooned"), character designer (1992-1993), composer (1992 and 1994), songwriter (1992 and 1995), director (1992-1995), writer (1993-1994), and background designer (1994) on The Ren and Stimpy Show, creator, composer, additional background designer, character designer, prop designer, producer, executive producer, and art director of The Modifyers, storyboard director and writer for SpongeBob SquarePants, storyboard artist on The Mighty B! (specifically for the episodes "Irritable Bowling Syndrome" and "Bess-E"), and composer for The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots! video game)
- May 11: Silver King (wrestler and actor in Nacho Libre)
- May 14: Tim Conway (voice actor on The Wild Thornberrys and voice of Barnacle Boy on SpongeBob SquarePants)
- May 16: Dinah Wilson (animator on Corn & Peg, The Backyardigans, Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, and Bubble Guppies)
- June 4: Billy Mayo (actor in Clockstoppers)
- June 6: Dr. John (singer-songwriter on Whoopi's Littleburg)
- July 9: Rip Torn (actor in Yours, Mine & Ours)
- July 10: Jerry Lawson (singer on Jack's Big Music Show)
- July 26: Russi Taylor (voice actress on The Wild Thornberrys)
- July 28: Diego Eduardo Gomez (actor in Nacho Libre)
- August 30: Valerie Harper (voice actress on As Told by Ginger)
- October 11: Robert Forster (voice actor on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- October 17: Bill Macy (actor on True Jackson, VP)
- December 6: Ron Leibman (voice actor on Rugrats (1991))
- December 8: René Auberjonois (voice actor on Rugrats (1991), The Wild Thornberrys, and Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- December 9: Skye Wiene (artist on Corn & Peg)
Nickelodeon character debuts[]
- The Loud House: Sid Chang, Adelaide Chang, Stanley and Becca Chang, Arturo Santiago, Par
- Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Rachel Carpenter, Gavin Coscarelli, Akiko Yamato, Graham Raimi, Louise Fulci, Mr. Tophat
- Bubble Guppies: Zooli
- Blue's Clues & You!: Josh, Sage, and Ginger
- Wonder Park: June Bailey, Boomer, Peanut, Greta, Steve, Gus, Cooper
- Garfield: Garfield, Odie, Jon Arbuckle, Arlene, Nermal, Plooky
Programming blocks[]
- March 19: NickRewind debuts on TeenNick replacing NickSplat
- Super New Saturdays debuts on the Nick Jr. Channel
Events[]
- May 1: Nick on Pluto TV launches.
- June 17: The Noggin app is relaunched, replacing the brand's logo for the first time.
Accolades[]
- The Loud House wins two Daytime Emmy Awards (Outstanding Children's Animated Program and Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program).
References[]
- ↑ Marc Summers on Instagram: "Where do I begin? 33 years is a long time to do anything. Double Dare has been an amazing opportunity for me..."
- ↑ https://www.thehollywoodtimes.today/exciting-new-season-of-thomas-friends-is-coming-down-the-tracks-this-may-on-nick-jr-with-new-countries-and-characters/
- ↑ https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/garfield-nickelodedon-licensing-rights-viacom-1203293468/
- ↑ Deadline: Nickelodeon and Netflix Set Multi-Year Output Deal for Films and TV Series
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