The Nickelodeon Saturday programming block, known as Gotta See Saturdays from 2012 to 2013, Nick's New Saturday Night from 2014, Nick's Saturday Night from 2015 to 2017 and A Night of Premieres from 2018 to 2021 was the
program block
Block programming is the arrangement of programs on radio or television so that those of a particular genre, theme, or target audience are united.
Overview
Block programming involves scheduling a series of related shows which are likely to attra ...
branding of
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
's
Saturday morning and Saturday evening programming on the flagship channel in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
. The morning block (airing from 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m ET/PT) mainly features new premieres of
Nicktoons programming, with the evening block (from 7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m ET/PT) consisting of the network's original live-action sitcoms. The branding launched on September 22, 2012, with season premieres of the respective series in both dayparts. The evening version of ''Gotta See Saturdays'' was a direct successor to the former Saturday night
SNICK (1992–2005) and
TEENick
TeenNick is an American pay-TV channel that is operated by the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Aimed primarily at teens and tweens, its programming includes a variety of live-action series inherited from sister channel Nic ...
(2001–2009) blocks.
On March 31, 2018, the branding for Nick's Saturday night premieres was known as ''A Night of Premieres'', with the premiere of the newest original series ''
Star Falls
''Star Falls'' is an American comedy television series created by George Doty IV that aired on Nickelodeon from March 31 to July 28, 2018, and on TeenNick from August 5 to September 2, 2018. The series stars Siena Agudong, Kamaia Fairburn, Elena ...
'' and ''
Knight Squad'' alongside season 4 of ''
Henry Danger
''Henry Danger'' is an American comedy television series created by Dan Schneider and Dana Olsen that aired on Nickelodeon from July 26, 2014 to March 21, 2020. The series stars Jace Norman, Cooper Barnes, Riele Downs, Sean Ryan Fox, Ella Anders ...
''. In late 2020, Nickelodeon stopped premiering new episodes of animated series on Saturday mornings, instead premiering them on Friday nights. The branding was discontinued on November 20, 2021, with Nick moving its live-action comedy premieres to Thursday nights starting on January 6, 2022 (making it then first time since 1992 that Nickelodeon hasn't aired a new episode of a live-action show or an animated show on Saturdays). In its previous brandings, one of the first acquired programming to air in this format was ''TeenNick Top 10'' from sister channel ''
TeenNick
TeenNick is an American Pay television, pay-TV channel that is operated by the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Aimed primarily at teens and tweens, its programming includes a variety of live-action series inherited from si ...
''. On February 25, 2017, Nickelodeon began promoting the Saturday morning block as ''The Saturday Morning Hang Zone with Lincoln Loud'', themed to ''The Loud House''. The block was discontinued on March 23, 2017.
Programming
Final programming
Live-action series
* ''
Tyler Perry's Young Dylan
''Tyler Perry's Young Dylan'' is an American comedy television series created by Tyler Perry that premiered on Nickelodeon on February 29, 2020. The series stars Dylan Gilmer, Celina Smith, Hero Hunter, Jet Miller, Mieko Hillman, Aloma Lesley ...
'' (February 29, 2020 – August 21, 2021)
* ''
Danger Force'' (March 28, 2020 – November 20, 2021)
* ''
Side Hustle
''Side Hustle'' is an American buddy comedy television series created by Dave Malkoff that premiered on Nickelodeon on November 7, 2020. It lasted two seasons, with the final episode airing on June 30, 2022. The series stars Jules LeBlanc, Jay ...
'' (November 7, 2020 – November 20, 2021)
* ''
Power Rangers Dino Fury'' (February 20, 2021 – November 20, 2021)
Former programming
Animated series
* ''
SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character a ...
'' (May 1, 1999 – 2020)
* ''
The Fairly OddParents'' (March 30, 2001 – March 28, 2015)
* ''
The Penguins of Madagascar'' (November 29, 2008 – November 10, 2012)
* ''
T.U.F.F. Puppy
''T.U.F.F. Puppy'' is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. It premiered on October 2, 2010, on Nickelodeon along with ''Planet Sheen'', which premiered a half hour earlier. ''T.U.F.F. Puppy'' is Hartman ...
'' (October 2, 2010 – 2012)
* ''
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'' (November 7, 2011 – June 29, 2014)
* ''
Robot and Monster'' (August 4, 2012 – December 8, 2012)
* ''
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (September 29, 2012 – November 12, 2017)
* ''
Monsters vs. Aliens
''Monsters vs. Aliens'' is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated monster comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman from a screenplay written by L ...
'' (March 23, 2013 – February 8, 2014)
* ''
Sanjay and Craig
''Sanjay and Craig'' is an American animated sitcom created by Jim Dirschberger, Jay Howell, and Andreas Trolf for Nickelodeon. Produced by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi, the series revolves around Sanjay, voiced by Maulik Pancholy, and his bes ...
'' (May 25, 2013 – July 25, 2015)
* ''
Rabbids Invasion'' (August 3, 2013 – February 7, 2016)
* ''
Breadwinners
The breadwinner model is a paradigm of family centered on a wikt:breadwinner, breadwinner, "the member of a family who earns the money to support the others." Traditionally, the earner works outside the home to provide the family with income and b ...
'' (February 17, 2014 – December 11, 2015)
* ''
Harvey Beaks
''Harvey Beaks'' is an American animated television series created by C. H. Greenblatt for Nickelodeon. The series aired from March 28, 2015, until December 9, 2016, when it was moved to Nicktoons on March 1, 2017, which followed the series fin ...
'' (March 28 – July 25, 2015; October 15, 2016)
* ''
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
''Pig Goat Banana Cricket'' (also abbreviated as ''PGBC'') is an American animated television series created by Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan for Nickelodeon. The show follows the interwoven adventures of the titular quartet. It premiered on July 16 ...
'' (July 18 – August 8, 2015)
* ''
The Loud House'' (October 15, 2016; November 11, 2017; 2019 – May 23, 2020)
* ''
Bunsen is a Beast
''Bunsen Is a Beast'' is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. It revolves around a small eccentric monster named Bunsen who begins attending a middle school that previously only admitted humans. In spite ...
'' (2017)
* ''
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (September 22, 2018 – October 13, 2019)
* ''
The Casagrandes'' (October 19, 2019 – May 30, 2020)
* ''
It's Pony
''It's Pony'' is a British animated television series created by Ant Blades that premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on January 18, 2020. The series is storyboarded, designed, produced, and animated by Blue-Zoo Animation.
Premise
''I ...
'' (January 18 – December 4, 2020)
Live-action series
* ''
iCarly
''iCarly'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider, which originally aired on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007, to November 23, 2012. The series tells the story of Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove), a teenager who creates and hosts ...
'' (2007 – 2012)
* ''
Big Time Rush
''Big Time Rush'' is an American musical sitcom television series created by Scott Fellows that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009, to July 25, 2013 and is currently available in Paramount+. It focuses on the Hollywood misa ...
'' (2009 – 2013)
* ''
Victorious
''Victorious'' (stylized as ''VICTORiOUS'') is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider (TV producer), Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon, debuting on March 27, 2010, and concluding on February 2, 2013 after four seasons. Th ...
'' (2010 – 2013)
* ''
Power Rangers Samurai
''Power Rangers Samurai'' is the eighteenth season of the children's television series ''Power Rangers'', which is based on the Japanese ''Super Sentai Series''. The season was the first to be produced by SCG Power Rangers, after Saban Brands ( ...
'' (2011 – 2012)
* ''
Supah Ninjas'' (2011 – 2013)
* ''
How to Rock'' (2012)
* ''
Marvin Marvin
''Marvin Marvin'' is an American comedy science fiction television series that aired on Nickelodeon from November 24, 2012 to April 27, 2013. The series stars Lucas Cruikshank of ''Fred'' fame as the titular character Marvin Forman, an alien tee ...
'' (2012 – 2013)
* ''
Power Rangers Megaforce'' (2013 – 2014)
* ''
Wendell & Vinnie
''Wendell & Vinnie'' is an American television sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon from February 16, 2013, to September 22, 2013. The timeslot was Sunday at 8:00pm. Then in "Baseball & Baddads" moved to Thursdays at 8:30pm due to saying "damn". The ...
'' (2013)
* ''
Sam & Cat'' (2013 – 2014)
* ''
AwesomenessTV'' (2013 – 2015)
* ''
The Haunted Hathaways'' (2013 – 2015)
* ''
The Thundermans'' (2013 – 2018)
* ''
Henry Danger
''Henry Danger'' is an American comedy television series created by Dan Schneider and Dana Olsen that aired on Nickelodeon from July 26, 2014 to March 21, 2020. The series stars Jace Norman, Cooper Barnes, Riele Downs, Sean Ryan Fox, Ella Anders ...
'' (2014 – 2020)
* ''
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
''Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn'' is an American comedy television series developed by Michael Feldman and created by Matt Fleckenstein that premiered on Nickelodeon on September 13, 2014. It ran for four seasons and 82 episodes, with the final epis ...
'' (2014 – 2018)
* ''
100 Things To Do Before High School
''100 Things to Do Before High School'' is an American comedy television series created by Scott Fellows that aired on Nickelodeon from November 11, 2014 to February 27, 2016. The series stars Isabela Moner, Jaheem King Toombs, Owen Joyner, and ...
'' (2014 - 2016)
* ''
Bella and the Bulldogs
''Bella and the Bulldogs'' is an American comedy television series created by Jonathan Butler and Gabriel Garza that aired on Nickelodeon from January 17, 2015 to June 25, 2016. The series stars Brec Bassinger, Coy Stewart, Jackie Radinsky, Bud ...
'' (2015 - 2016)
* ''
Power Rangers Dino Charge
''Power Rangers Dino Charge'' is the twenty-second season of the long-running television program ''Power Rangers''. Using footage, costumes and props from Japanese 37th Super Sentai Series ''Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger'', it is the first season to ...
'' (2015 - 2016)
* ''
Game Shakers'' (2015 - 2019)
* ''
School of Rock
''School of Rock'' (titled onscreen as ''The School of Rock'') is a 2003 comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, produced by Scott Rudin, and written by Mike White. The film stars Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, and Sarah Silverman. Bl ...
'' (2016 - 2018)
* ''
Legendary Dudas
''Legendary Dudas'' is an American comedy television series created by Kevin Jakubowski that aired on Nickelodeon from July 9 to August 13, 2016. The series stars Theodore Barnes and DeVion Harris.
Premise
Sam and Tyler Duda, two brothers who ...
'' (2016)
* ''
Power Rangers Ninja Steel'' (2017 – 2018)
* ''
Knight Squad'' (2018 – 2019)
* ''
Star Falls
''Star Falls'' is an American comedy television series created by George Doty IV that aired on Nickelodeon from March 31 to July 28, 2018, and on TeenNick from August 5 to September 2, 2018. The series stars Siena Agudong, Kamaia Fairburn, Elena ...
'' (2018)
* ''
Cousins for Life'' (2018 – 2019)
* ''
Power Rangers Beast Morphers'' (2019 – 2020)
* ''
All That
''All That'' is an American sketch comedy television series created by Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin. The series originally aired on Nickelodeon from April 16, 1994, to October 22, 2005, lasting ten seasons, and was produced by Tollin/Robbins P ...
'' (Revival) (2019 – 2020)
* ''
Group Chat
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'' (2020)
* ''
Nickelodeon's Unfiltered'' (2020 – 2021)
* ''
Tooned In
''Tooned In'' is an American game show that premiered on Nickelodeon on February 8, 2021.
Premise
In ''Tooned In'', an animated A.I. robot named Nicky (voiced by Rama Vallury) hosts a game show where kid contestants compete in a battle of Nicke ...
'' (March 6, 2021)
* ''
Drama Club
''Drama Club'' is an American comedy mockumentary created by Monica Sherer and Madeline Whitby that aired on Nickelodeon from March 20 to May 22, 2021.
Premise
The Tookus Middle School Drama Club has Mack as the new student director, who is e ...
'' (2021)
Acquired programming
* ''
NFL Rush Zone
''NFL Rush Zone'' is an American action-adventure animated television series. In the first season, the show centers on an 11-year-old football fan named Ish, who learns he must protect shards of a power source called "The Core", hidden at 32 NFL ...
'' (February 2, 2013)
* ''
Digimon Fusion'' (September 7, 2013 – October 5, 2013)
* ''TeenNick Top 10'' (August 16, 2014 – November 22, 2014)
* ''
Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks
''Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks'' is a computer-animated television series for kids produced by Bagdasarian Productions and Technicolor Animation Productions with the participation of the French channel M6. First announced by Bagdasarian Productio ...
'' (2015; 2017)
* ''
Miraculous
A miracle is an event that is inexplicable by physical laws, natural or scientific lawsOne dictionary define"Miracle"as: "A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the ...
'' (August 13, 2016 – October 22, 2016)
* ''
Regal Academy'' (August 13, 2016 – April 29, 2017)
* ''
Kuu Kuu Harajuku'' (October 8, 2016 – March 4, 2017)
* ''
Lego City Adventures
''Lego City Adventures'' is a computer-animated television series that premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on June 22, 2019, loosely based on the long-running Lego City toyline theme. The third season of the series was released on Netf ...
'' (June 22, 2019 – 2020)
* ''
Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar'' (September 14, 2019 – 2020)
See also
*
SNICK
References
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Nickelodeon programming blocks
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