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Nickelodeon (or simply Nick) is an American television network owned by Paramount through its Nickelodeon Networks division. Initially tested on December 1, 1977, as part of the QUBE system in Columbus, Ohio, it was launched nationally on April 1, 1979, as the first American cable network aimed at children. Today, its programming is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 to 17, while some of its programming blocks target a broader family audience.
C-3
1977–1979
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American Typewriter Bold Condensed
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Launched:
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December 1, 1977
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Nickelodeon was first tested on December 1, 1977, as the C-3 channel of Warner Cable's QUBE system in Columbus, Ohio. Its only form of programming at the time was the educational series Pinwheel, and C-3 was often referred to as the "Pinwheel Channel" as a result.
Nickelodeon
1978–1979 (pre-launch)
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Odin Times New Roman (slogan)
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Launched:
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December 1978[1]
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Warner Cable officially debuted Nickelodeon at the end of 1978. Its name was derived from a type of movie theatre which charged 5 cents (nickel cents) for admission. This concept was represented in their first logo, which depicts a man looking into a kinetoscope within the letter "N" of the wordmark. Some cable providers continued to use this logo in advertisements after the network's launch.
1979–1981
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Typography:
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Windsor Bold (modified)
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Launched:
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March 25, 1979[2] (advertising) April 1, 1979 (on air)
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One week before launching on April 1, 1979, Nickelodeon updated their logo, utilizing a modified version of the Windsor Bold typeface. Their station IDs at the time featured a mime performing against a black background with an instrumental version of "Put That Little Nickel In" as background music.
1981–1984 (primary), 1984–1985 (secondary)
Designer:
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Lou Dorfsman Bob Klein
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A new logo, designed by Lou Dorfsman, was introduced on April 12, 1981. It features Bob Klein's illustration of a pinball behind the network's name in rainbow letters set in Frankfurter typeface.[3] The pinball theme was used in the network's IDs during the period, some of which used early 1980s-era computer graphics, Despite being replaced by the 1984 logo, this logo was still used during sign-offs until the introduction of Nick at Nite in July 1985 (even though Nickelodeon became 24-hours in June 1985).
1984–2009
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Typography:
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Balloon Extra Bold
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October 1, 1984
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On October 1, 1984, as a part of a restructuring at the network (which had been dealing with significant financial losses at that time), Nickelodeon introduced a new logo involving a wordmark in the Balloon Extra Bold font on an orange silhouette of some sort (i.e. an airplane, a bone, a car, a taxi, or a star). Designed by Tom Corey and Scott Nash of Corey McPherson Nash (then known as Corey & Co.) under the direction of Fred/Alan, Inc.'s Fred Seibert and Alan Goodman (known for their work with Nick's sister network MTV), it was initially used in tandem with the 1981 "pinball" logo until that design was phased out completely in early 1985 (except for the sign-off ident, which was phased out in June 1985).
The logo was rarely (if ever) seen isolated from a shape of some kind, and would prove to be the longest-lasting of Nickelodeon's logos, being used in countless variations over the next 25 years (for a comprehensive list, see here). In 1995, Nickelodeon teamed up with then-new corporate sibling Paramount Pictures to launch Nickelodeon Movies, serving as its film production arm. By 2003, the "splat" would become the main logo, originally representing the slime that was a trademark of one of Nick's first television series, the Canadian sketch comedy You Can't Do That On Television (the network would later adopt the slime as a trademark of its game shows and special programming, including the Kids' Choice Awards).
Despite being officially discontinued on September 28, 2009, this logo made a brief return for the Nick Box collection in 2016, was revived for VRV's short-lived NickSplat channel in 2018, and continued to be used as a production logo until July 8, 2013.[4] It was also used on the sign of the Nickelodeon Suites Resort in Orlando, Florida, until it closed in 2016, as well as Nickelodeon on Sunset until its 2017 shutdown.
It was also used on Nickelodeon's "We Make Fun" promo at 2023-2024.
2009–present
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Typography:
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Custom On-air: Futura Maxi CG Bold (2009-2017) Galano Grotesque Black (2017-2023) Roc Grotesk (2023-present) Neue Plak (2023-present)
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Launched:
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September 28, 2009 International datesOctober 1, 2009 ( Japan, merchandise only) 2010 ( Scandinavia, South Korea, Iberia and Central and Eastern Europe) January 29, 2010 ( France and Switzerland) February 15, 2010 ( United Kingdom and Ireland) March 1, 2010 ( Poland) [5]March 15, 2010 ( Asia) March 26, 2010 ( Australia and New Zealand) March 31, 2010 ( Germany, Austria and German Switzerland) [6]April 5, 2010 ( Latin America, Brazil and Caribbean) June 25, 2010 ( India) [7]September 9, 2011 ( Arabia, MBC 3 block)
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In February 2009, Nickelodeon unveiled an entirely new logo for the first time in more than 24 years.[8] Designed by Eric Zim (with the initial on-air look created by Trollbäck & Company), the logo utilizes a custom typeface resembling ITC Bauhaus (unofficially nicknamed "Litebulb"), and was intended to be part of a broader revamp that included the Nick at Nite and Nick Jr. blocks, as well as the Nicktoons Network, The N and Noggin channels, which were rebranded as Nicktoons, TeenNick and Nick Jr., respectively, in order to better market them as Nickelodeon properties. After a brief accidental appearance on September 26, 2009, the new logo made its official on-air debut in the United States two days later on September 28 (the same day BrainSurge premiered), and was rolled out internationally during 2010 accordingly.
This logo won third place in part 2 of the 2009 Brand New Awards.[9]
On March 4, 2023, the day of the 2023 Kids Choice Awards, Nickelodeon underwent a major rebranding, introducing a new iteration of the classic splat design as a primary logo, used in conjunction with the 2009 wordmark. Despite it, the original 2009 wordmark-only version of the logo remains in use for corporate purposes.
References
External links
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Part of Paramount through Paramount Media Networks
Nickelodeon original live-action series (past and present): Pinwheel | Nickel Flicks | America Goes Bananaz | By the Way | Livewire | You Can't Do That On Television | Reggie Jackson's World of Sports | Kids' Writes | Against the Odds | Standby: Lights!, Camera!, Action! | Mr. Wizard's World | Nick Rocks | Out of Control | Double Dare | Rated K: For Kids By Kids | Don't Just Sit There! | Finders Keepers | Kids Court | Make The Grade | Total Panic | Think Fast | Hey Dude | Wild & Crazy Kids | What Would You Do? | Clarissa Explains It All | Nickelodeon Launch Box | Salute Your Shorts | Fifteen | Get the Picture | Welcome Freshmen | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Roundhouse | Wild Side Show | Legends of the Hidden Temple | The Adventures of Pete & Pete | Weinerville | My Brother and Me | The Secret World of Alex Mack | All That | U to U | Space Cases | The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo | Kenan & Kel | The Journey of Allen Strange | Figure It Out | Cousin Skeeter | Animorphs | You're On! | The Amanda Show | 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | Noah Knows Best | Caitlin's Way | The Brothers Garcia | Taina | The Nick Cannon Show | Splash TV | Scaredy Camp | Gamefarm | Romeo! | Drake & Josh | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | Unfabulous | Zoey 101 | Just For Kicks | H₂O: Just Add Water| Mr. Meaty | Just Jordan | The Naked Brothers Band | iCarly | Dance on Sunset | Nickelodeon Guts | True Jackson, VP | BrainSurge | The Troop | Big Time Rush | Victorious | House of Anubis | Supah Ninjas | Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures | Power Rangers Samurai / Super Samurai | Fred: The Show | How to Rock | You Gotta See This | Marvin Marvin | Wendell & Vinnie | Power Rangers Megaforce / Super Megaforce | AwesomenessTV | Sam & Cat | The Haunted Hathaways | Deadtime Stories | The Thundermans | Every Witch Way | Webheads | Henry Danger | Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn | React to That | Max & Shred | 100 Things To Do Before High School | Bella and the Bulldogs | Power Rangers Dino Charge / Dino Super Charge | Make It Pop | Talia in the Kitchen | Game Shakers | WITS Academy | Paradise Run | The HALO Effect | All In with Cam Newton | School of Rock | The Other Kingdom | Crashletes | Ride | Jagger Eaton’s Mega Life | Hunter Street | The Dude Perfect Show | Lip Sync Battle Shorties | I Am Frankie | Power Rangers Ninja Steel / Super Ninja Steel | Knight Squad | Keep It Spotless | Star Falls | Double Dare (Revival Television Series) | Cousins For Life | Power Rangers: Beast Morphers | The Substitute | Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? (Revival Television Series) | All That (Revival Television Series) | Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Revival Television Series) | America's Most Musical Family | Top Elf | Tyler Perry's Young Dylan | Danger Force | Nickelodeon's Group Chat | Unfiltered | Unleashed | Side Hustle | The Astronauts | Tooned In | Drama Club | The Barbarian and the Troll | That Girl Lay Lay | Warped! | The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder | The Really Loud House | Erin & Aaron
International series (past and present): Renford Rejects | Genie in the House | Skimo | Summer in Transylvania | Camp Orange (Australia • UK & Ireland) | Isa TKM | Sueña Conmigo | Grachi | Julie e os Fantasmas | Miss XV | 11-11: En mi cuadra nada cuadra | Toni, la chef | Yo Soy Franky | Nick Kicks | Food Hunters | Heidi, bienvenida a casa | Vikki RPM | Kally's MashUp | Noobees (Season 2) | Club 57
Nicktoons (past and present): Doug | Rugrats | The Ren & Stimpy Show | Rocko's Modern Life | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | KaBlam! | Hey Arnold! | The Angry Beavers | CatDog | Oh Yeah! Cartoons | The Wild Thornberrys | Rocket Power | SpongeBob SquarePants | As Told By Ginger | The Fairly OddParents | Invader Zim | Action League NOW! | ChalkZone | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | My Life as a Teenage Robot | All Grown Up! | Danny Phantom | Catscratch | Avatar: The Last Airbender | The X's | Rugrats Pre-School Daze | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Shorts in a Bunch | Tak and the Power of Juju | Back at the Barnyard | The Penguins of Madagascar | Random! Cartoons | The Mighty B! | Making Fiends | Fanboy & Chum Chum | T.U.F.F. Puppy | Planet Sheen | Winx Club | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | The Legend of Korra | Robot and Monster | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Monsters vs. Aliens | Sanjay and Craig | Breadwinners | Harvey Beaks | Pig Goat Banana Cricket | The Loud House | Bunsen Is a Beast | Welcome to the Wayne | Mysticons | The Adventures of Kid Danger | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Pinky Malinky | Middle School Moguls | The Casagrandes | It's Pony | Glitch Techs | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years | The Patrick Star Show | Middlemost Post | Big Nate | Star Trek: Prodigy | Transformers: EarthSpark | Rock Paper Scissors | The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish
Non-Paramount produced cartoons: Martin Mystery | Kappa Mikey | The Secret Show | Wayside | Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy | Edgar & Ellen | Speed Racer: The Next Generation | Dragon Ball Z Kai | Rocket Monkeys | Rabbids Invasion | Little Battlers eXperience | Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir | Get Blake! | Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty | Lego City Adventures | Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar | Ollie's Pack | The Smurfs | Monster High | Zokie of Planet Ruby
Upcoming Nicktoons: Garfield | Real Pigeons Fight Crime
TeenNick original series (past and present): Degrassi: Next Class | Gigantic | Open Heart | TeenNick Top 10
Nick at Nite original programming (past and present): At the Poocharelli's | Bet the House | Family BrainSurge | Family Face Off: Hollywood | Fatherhood | Glenn Martin, DDS | Hi Honey, I'm Home! | Hi-Jinks | Hollywood Heights | Instant Mom | My Family's Got Guts | On the Television | See Dad Run | The Search for the Funniest Mom in America
Nick Jr. original series (past and present): Eureeka's Castle | Tricky Trousers | Max and his Alphabet Adventures | Winky Love | Gullah Gullah Island | Allegra's Window | Little Bear | Countin' Carl | The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss | Blue's Clues | Franklin | Maisy | Amby & Dexter | StoryTime | Kipper the Dog | Little Bill | Maggie and the Ferocious Beast | Oswald | Bob the Builder | Max and Ruby | Dora the Explorer | Rubbadubbers | Blue's Room | Peppa Pig | LazyTown | Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends | The Backyardigans | Cooking for Kids with Luis | Go, Diego, Go! | Wonder Pets! | Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! | Ni Hao, Kai-Lan | Olivia | Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom | The Fresh Beat Band | Team Umizoomi | Dino Dan | Bubble Guppies | Mia and Me | Mike the Knight | Franklin and Friends | Pocoyo | Tickety Toc | Peter Rabbit | PAW Patrol | Wallykazam | Dora and Friends: Into the City! | Blaze and the Monster Machines | Nick Jr. Rocks | Yo Gabba Gabba! | Lalaloopsy | Zack and Quack | Julius Jr. | Hey Duggee | Mutt & Stuff | Little Charmers | Shimmer and Shine | Fresh Beat Band of Spies | Play Along with Sam | Teletubbies | Miffy's Adventures Big and Small | Rusty Rivets | Digby Dragon | Nella the Princess Knight | Regal Academy | Sunny Day | Top Wing | Thomas & Friends | Cleo & Cuquin | Zoofari | Becca's Bunch | Rainbow Rangers | Butterbean's Café | Abby Hatcher, Fuzzly Catcher | Corn & Peg | Ryan's Mystery Playdate | 44 Cats | Ricky Zoom | Trulli Tales | HobbyKids Adventures | Blue's Clues & You! | The Adventures of Paddington | Made by Maddie | Santiago of the Seas | Baby Shark's Big Show! | Deer Squad | The BeatBuds, Let's Jam! | JoJo & Gran Gran | Face's Music Party | The Tiny Chef Show | Rubble & Crew | Bossy Bear | Hamsters of Hamsterdale
Upcoming Nick Jr.: HexVet | Super Duper Bunny League
Noggin original series (past and present): Phred on Your Head Show | The Whooton Observer | A Walk in Your Shoes | Oobi | Citizen Phoebe | Me in a Box | Big Kids | On the Team | The URL with Phred Show | Sponk! | Play with Me Sesame | Moose and Zee | Jack's Big Music Show | The Upside Down Show | Kinderwood
Noggin foreign/acquired series (past and present): Tiny Planets | Miffy and Friends | Connie the Cow | Pinky Dinky Doo | Toot & Puddle
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