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{{Channel
|name = Nickelodeon
|image = <gallery>
NICK-2023.png|2023-present logo (2D)
NICK2023.png|2023-present logo (3D)
Nickelodeon-2023-Outline.png|2023-present logo (outline)
Nick 2009.png|2009-present logo
Nickelodeon 2003.png|2003-2009 logo (new splat)
Nickelodeon 1984 (Splat).png|1984-2002 logo (old splat)
Nickelodeon wordmark 1984-2009.png|1984-2009 logo
Scanimate Nick.png|1981-1984 logo
6e7 528504bd4f.jpg|1979-1980 logo
Pinwheel logo.png|Pinwheel logo used from 1977-1979
C3.svg|Original C3 logo used from 1977–1979
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|imagewidth = 260px
|launch_date = {{Time|December 1}}, {{Time|1977}} (as C-3)<br>{{Time|April 1}}, {{Time|1979}} (as Nickelodeon)
|owner = [[Paramount Skydance Corporation]]
|broadcast = Nationwide
|sister = [[Nicktoons]]<br>[[Nick@Nite]]<br>{{W|Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids|Nick GAS}}<br>{{W|Noggin (brand)|Noggin}}<br>{{W|The N}}<br>{{W|Nick Jr. Channel}}<br>[[TeenNick]]<br>{{W|MTV|}}<br>{{W|VH1}}<br>{{W|TV Land}}<br>{{W|Comedy Central}}<br>{{W|BET}}<br>{{W|Paramount Network}}
}}
'''Nickelodeon''' (often shortened to '''Nick''') is an American children's cable television channel. The company's headquarters are located in {{W|New York City}} and its [[Nickelodeon Animation Studio|animation studio]] is located in {{W|Burbank, California}}.

It originally was C-3, which was pre-launched in 1977. In this channel, they exclusively broadcast their first show ''{{W|Pinwheel (TV series)|Pinwheel}}''. Later in 1979, C-3 was renamed to Nickelodeon and was officially launched.

{{SBSP}} airs on Nickelodeon in the {{W|United States}}. Internationally, it airs on Nickelodeon's many foreign channels.

==Sister channels==
===Nicktoons===
[[File:NicktoonsCurrent.png|thumb|260px]]
{{Main|Nicktoons}}
'''Nicktoons''' is a channel that airs reruns of Nick's animated lineup. {{SBSP}} reruns are seen on here in addition to the main channel. As of August 2021, the channel mostly airs episodes from seasons 1-11 and the first 9 episodes of season 12. In the past, the channel has had different subtitles; it was billed as '''Nicktoons TV''' from {{Time|2002}}-{{Time|2003}} and as '''Nicktoons Network''' from {{Time|2005}}-{{Time|2009}}.
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===TeenNick===
[[File:TeenNick 2019.png|thumb|260px]]
{{Main|TeenNick}}
'''TeenNick''' (originally announced under the spelling '''TEENick''') is a channel that airs reruns of Nick's older live-action comedy lineup. It is named after '''TEENick''', a former programming block on the main Nickelodeon channel. An overnight classic programming block, named {{W|NickRewind}}, formerly aired on this channel from 11:00 pm to 6:00 am. The block showed reruns of Nickelodeon programming from the 1990s to the mid 2000s. The programming block ran from {{Time|July 25}}, {{Time|2011}} to {{Time|January 31}}, {{Time|2022}}. Sometimes, TeenNick airs reruns of {{SBSP}} and other currently airing Nickelodeon shows. ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' has occasionally aired on TeenNick from {{Time|2017}} to {{Time|2019}}, and it began airing regularly on weekdays at 6:00 am from {{Time|May 10}} until {{Time|July 9}}, {{Time|2021}}.
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===Nick Jr. Channel===
[[File:Nick Jr. Channel logo.svg.png|thumb|260px|Original logo]]
[[File:Nick Jr 2D Splat.png|thumb|260px|The Nick Jr. block logo that is used as Nick Jr. Channel's current logo]]
The '''[[w:c:nickelodeon:Nick Jr. (channel)|Nick Jr. Channel]]''' is a channel named after Nickelodeon's long-running weekday morning block of the same name. Primarily aimed at preschoolers, it airs reruns of shows that originated on the Nick Jr. block. There are usually no commercials, except for promotions of which shows come up next. The channel replaced Noggin, a separate brand which was relaunched as a mobile app in 2015. From 2012 to 2015, the Nick Jr. Channel featured a nighttime block called NickMom, which was aimed at mothers of preschool children. On September 2023, this channel's logo rebranded to the same logo as the [[#Nick Jr.|Nick Jr.]] block's splat logo.<ref>[http://www.nickalive.net/2023/09/nickelodeon-rebrands-nick-jr-channel.html NickALive!: Nickelodeon Rebrands Nick Jr. Channel]</ref>

[[Paramount Skydance]] continues to host a morning preschool block (also called Nick Jr.) on the main Nickelodeon channel.

This channel aired {{KKSUY}} on {{Time|November 13}}, {{Time|2022}}.<ref>[[w:c:nickstoryjr:November 13, 2022|November 13, 2022 - Nickstory Jr.]]</ref>
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===NickMusic===
[[File:NickMusic (Purple).svg|thumb|260px]]
'''[[w:c:nickelodeon:NickMusic|NickMusic]]''', known as MTV Hits from 2002-2016, is a channel that airs reruns of older music videos that are appropriate for kids. Despite the name change, Paramount Skydance continues to air older music videos that appeal to everyone on its main channel, MTV.
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==Programming blocks==
===Nick Jr.===
[[File:Nick Jr 2D Splat.png|thumb|260px|The Nick Jr. logo as of 2023.]]
'''[[w:c:nickelodeon:Nick Jr. (block)|Nick Jr.]]''', known as '''Nickelodeon's Play Date''' from 2009-2012, '''Nick: The Smart Place to Play''' from 2012-2014 and '''Nick Jr. on Nick''' from 2014-2019,  is a preschool block that airs younger-skewing shows every weekday morning.
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===Nick at Nite===
{{Main|Nick@Nite}}
[[File:Nick at Nite 2023 2D.png|thumb|260px]]
'''Nick at Nite''' (stylized as nick@nite) is a nighttime block on Nickelodeon that was established in {{Time|1985}}. It airs reruns of classic sitcoms from the 1980s-present as well as the occasional airing of Nickelodeon and Paramount movies. It is often a competitor to {{W|Cartoon Network}}'s {{W|Adult Swim}}, an adult-oriented block at night affiliated with another major children's cable network. Nick at Nite has occasionally broadcast ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' episodes, usually in timeslots from 6:00am to 7:00am.
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===TEENick===
[[File:TEENick 2007.svg|thumb|260px]]
'''[[w:c:nickelodeon:TEENick|TEENick]]''', known as '''SNICK''' from 1995-2004, was a programming block on Nickelodeon that aired episodes of Nick's older live-action comedy lineup.
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==Other projects==
===Nick.com===
[[File:NEW Nick.com Screenshot.jpg|thumb|260px|left|A screenshot from Nick.com]]
'''[[w:c:nickelodeon:Nick.com|Nick.com]]''' is Nickelodeon's official website. For most of its history, the site featured fan forums, over a thousand online games, episode clips (even a few full episodes), and original videos. Nick.com was once critically praised, receiving the Better Business Bureau's first-ever Internet privacy seal of approval in 1999, and winning a Webby Award in 2003.

As of December {{Time|2018}}, Nick.com has removed all of the games, show pages, videos and forums off of the website in order for it to resemble the Nick app. However, games are still playable on the Australian version of the website.
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===Nickelodeon Magazine===
[[File:Nick Magazine Logo.png|thumb|260px]]
{{Main|Nickelodeon Magazine}}
'''Nickelodeon Magazine''' is a series of magazines published by Nickelodeon, launched in 1995. They previously released ''[[SpongeBob Comics]]''.
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===Nickelodeon Movies===
[[File:GW360H203.jpg|thumb|260px|Nickelodeon Movies logo from ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' (2004)]]
'''[[w:c:nickelodeon:Nickelodeon Movies|Nickelodeon Movies]]''' is the film company of Nickelodeon, and the family film division of [[Paramount Pictures]]. The division was founded in {{Time|1995}}, and the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' movies are produced under this label. As of {{Time|August 14}}, {{Time|2020}}, {{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}} is the studio's mascot, same for Nickelodeon itself and its [[Nickelodeon Animation Studio|animation division]].
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===Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards===
[[File:2021 Kids' Choice Awards short 006.png|thumb|200px|The 2021 Kids' Choice Awards short.]]
{{Main|List of awards and nominations for SpongeBob SquarePants#Kids' Choice Awards}}
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' has taken the "Favorite Cartoon" category a total of 22 times at the '''[[w:c:nickelodeon:Kids' Choice Awards|Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards]]''', the most awards held by any franchise of Nickelodeon. The last 17 awards, since 2009, have been consecutive. The franchise has 26 total wins in the Kids' Choice Awards.
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==={{W|Upfront (advertising)|Upfront}}, live events, corporate video===
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==Logos from ''SpongeBob'' movies==
<gallery widths="180" captionalign="center" position="center">
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 000.jpg|Taken from ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' (2004)
The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water 002.png|Taken from ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' (2015)
Nickelodeon Movies logo 2021.jpeg|Taken from ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run'' (2021), ''Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie'' (2024), and ''Plankton: The Movie'' (2025)
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==Trivia==
[[File:Lame and Fortune 184.png|thumb|200px|Plankton's splat from "Lame and Fortune," referencing the splat logo.]]
*In the episode "[[Lame and Fortune]]," when Plankton gets squished, his shape is a nod to Nickelodeon's former splat logo.
*The Nick Jr. Channel and NickMusic are currently the only active Nickelodeon sister channels on which a full ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' episode has never aired in the United States. 
**However, the Nick Jr. Channel did air ''[[The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!]]'' on December 7, 2019, and Nick Jr. Australia has aired the show before.<ref>https://www.nickjr.com.au/spongebob/</ref>
**The Nick Jr. Channel also aired ''Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years'' on November 13, 2022.
*{{Time|September 4}}, {{Time|2006}},<ref>[[w:c:nickstory:September 4, 2006|September 4, 2006 - Nickstory]]</ref>, {{Time|November 24}}, {{Time|2006}},<ref>[[w:c:nickstory:November 24, 2006|November 24, 2006 - Nickstory]]</ref> {{Time|July 7}}, {{Time|2007}},<ref>[[w:c:nickstory:July 7, 2007|July 7, 2007 - Nickstory]]</ref> {{Time|January 22}}, {{Time|2021}},<ref>[[w:c:nickstory:January 22, 2021|January 22, 2021 - Nickstory]]</ref> and {{Time|November 11}}, {{Time|2021}}<ref>[[w:c:nickstory:November 11, 2021|November 11, 2021 - Nickstory]]</ref> are the only days since mid-2006 in which no ''SpongeBob''-related material aired on the main Nickelodeon channel.
**However, ''SpongeBob'' did air on Nicktoons on January 22, 2021.<ref>[[w:c:nicktoonsglobearchives:January 22, 2021|January 22, 2021 - Nicktoons Globe Archives]]</ref>

==See also==
*[[w:c:nickelodeon|Nickipedia]] (a wiki about Nickelodeon)
*[[w:c:nickstory:Nickstory Wiki|Nickstory Archives]] (wiki with info on Nickelodeon's broadcast history)
*[[w:c:nicktoonsglobearchives:Nicktoons: G.L.O.B.E. Archives|Nicktoons: G.L.O.B.E. Archives]] (wiki with info on Nickelodeon's sister channel Nicktoons's broadcast history)
*[[w:c:teennickstory:TeenNickstory Wiki|TeenNickstory Archives]] (wiki with info on Nickelodeon's sister channel The N and TeenNick's broadcast history)
*[[w:c:nickstoryjr:Nickstory Jr. Wiki|Nickstory Jr. Archives]] (wiki with info on Nickelodeon's sister channel Noggin and Nick Jr. Channel's broadcast history)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{WP|Nickelodeon}}
*[[w:c:nickelodeon:Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon]] at Nickipedia
*[[w:c:logos:Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon]] at Logopedia
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