Nicktoons

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Nicktoons—a portmanteau of Nickelodeon and cartoons—are animated television shows that are produced by and aired on the children's television channel Nickelodeon.[1] Prior to 1991, Nickelodeon's animated fare comprised mostly foreign made series. The idea for their original animated programming on the network began in the late 1980s, after successes with game and variety shows. Starting in 1989, profits from those programs funded the "Nicktoons" project,[2] with the first three cartoons (Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show) airing on Sunday, August 11, 1991.[3] This format was repeated every Sunday.

Fred Seibert was a guiding force in the early years of the Nicktoons project before departing to Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1992; Seibert would continue with a similar project, Cartoon Cartoons, for Cartoon Network.

List of Nicktoons [edit]

# Name Premiere date End date Number of episodes
1 Doug August 11, 1991 January 2, 1994 52
2 Rugrats August 11, 1991 June 8, 2004 172
3 The Ren & Stimpy Show August 11, 1991 November 14, 1996 52
4 Rocko's Modern Life September 18, 1993 July 3, 1996 52
5 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters October 29, 1994 November 16, 1997 52
6 KaBlam! October 7, 1996 January 15, 2000 48
7 Hey Arnold! October 7, 1996 June 8, 2004 100
8 The Angry Beavers April 19, 1997 March 30, 2001 63
9 CatDog April 4, 1998 June 18, 2005 68
10 Oh Yeah! Cartoons July 17, 1998 March 28, 2001 39
11 The Wild Thornberrys September 1, 1998 June 11, 2004 92
12 SpongeBob SquarePants May 1, 1999 present 200
13 Rocket Power August 16, 1999 June 18, 2004 61
14 Pelswick October 2, 2000 November 15, 2002 26
15 As Told by Ginger October 25, 2000 November 21, 2009 60
16 The Fairly OddParents March 30, 2001 present 150
17 Invader Zim March 30, 2001 August 19, 2006 27
18 Action League Now! January 1, 2001 December 31, 2001 51
19 ChalkZone March 22, 2002 November 22, 2009 42
20 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius July 20, 2002 November 25, 2006 67
21 All Grown Up! April 13, 2003 August 17, 2008 55
22 My Life as a Teenage Robot August 1, 2003 May 2, 2009 40
23 Danny Phantom April 3, 2004 August 24, 2007 53
24 Avatar: The Last Airbender February 21, 2005 July 19, 2008 61
25 Catscratch July 9, 2005 February 10, 2007 20
26 Angelica and Susie's Pre-School Daze July 25, 2005 July 29, 2005 4
27 The X's November 25, 2005 December 13, 2006 20
28 Mr. Meaty September 22, 2006 October 4, 2007 20
29 El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera March 3, 2007 September 13, 2008 26
30 Tak and the Power of Juju August 31, 2007 January 24, 2009 26
31 Back at the Barnyard September 29, 2007 November 12, 2011 52
32 The Mighty B! April 26, 2008 June 18, 2011 40
33 The Penguins of Madagascar November 29, 2008 present 142
34 Fanboy and Chum Chum November 6, 2009 November 2, 2012 52
35 Planet Sheen October 2, 2010 February 15, 2013 26
36 T.U.F.F. Puppy October 2, 2010 present 60
37 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness September 19, 2011 present 46
38 The Legend of Korra April 14, 2012 present 26
39 Robot and Monster August 4, 2012 present 26
40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles September 29, 2012 present 20
41 Monsters vs. Aliens March 23, 2013 present 26

See also [edit]

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References [edit]

  1. ^ Cerone, Daniel (October 17, 1993). "New Kings of TV's Toon Town". LA Times. Retrieved 2010-09-04. 
  2. ^ "From Doug to Danny Phantom: The Incredible, Fantastic, Unbelievable Origin of Nicktoons". Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2012. 
  3. ^ "3 cool new cartoons for hot summer night". Nl.newsbank.com. 1991-08-11. Retrieved 2012-10-20. 
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