Nickelodeon is an Australian children's pay television channel operated by a joint venture of Foxtel Networks and

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. Being a version of the namesake television channel in the United States, the channel broadcasts Nickelodeon's original series, as well as shows from third-party companies. The Australian version also offers a timeshift schedule to viewers in

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since 1 December 2010; the New Zealand-specific version of Nickelodeon ceased broadcasting a day before.

History

Nickelodeon was launched on 23 October 1995, replacing the Max and ClassicMax channels, offering live action shows and

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s. Originally the channel timeshared with

Nick at Nite Nick at Nite (stylized as nick@nite) is an American nighttime basic cable television channel that broadcasts over the channel space of Nickelodeon. It typically broadcasts Mondays to Thursday nights from 9 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time Zone, ET/Pac ...

which began at 8 on weekdays and 10 pm on weekends, and ended at 6 am. From 1 July 1998, the channel gained an extra half-hour on weekdays, moving Nick at Nite back to. 8.30 pm. On 2 January 2000, the channel introduced "More Nick", extending its broadcast hours to 10 pm every night of the week. Eventually in July/August 2000, Nick at Nite closed and Nickelodeon began broadcasting for 24 hours every day. After that, almost all of Nick at Nite's programming moved to TV1. Nickelodeon was also added to the

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service in December 2002. On 14 March 2004,

Nick Jr. Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running programming block of the same name. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Gr ...

launched as the first full, 24-hour TV channel designed for pre-school audiences in Australia. Before this, Nick Jr. was a morning and afternoon programming block on Nickelodeon, including shows that now get much more airtime on the full channel, such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. For a few months after Nick Jr. became a full channel, it kept a 2-hour-long time slot on Nickelodeon, but it was drastically shorter than it was before it became a full channel. Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. began broadcasting in Widescreen on 2 March 2009. During Kids Choice Awards 2010 Nickelodeon Australia rebranded the network with the new one using completely different bumpers than America's channel however the

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 ...

bumper with slime has been used in most advertisement breaks. The Nick Shack rebranded much earlier before the channel itself. On 1 December 2010, Nickelodeon Australia launched in New Zealand, replacing Nickelodeon New Zealand. On 30 July 2013, Nickelodeon Australia became available on the newly launched Australian IPTV service

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, making it one of the first channels to be available via the service. On 3 December 2013, Nickelodeon Australia became available on

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's streaming service Foxtel Go. On 1 January 2014, Nickelodeon Australia launched on Australian IPTV provider

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. From September 2020, a 12-hour block of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. programming will be made available to free-to-air television on the newly-launched

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multichannel, operated by free-to-air sister channel 10.

Programming

Nickelodeon Australia mainly airs shows from the US

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such as ''

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'' and ''

The Loud House ''The Loud House'' is an American animated television series created by Chris Savino that premiered on Nickelodeon on May 2, 2016. The series revolves around the chaotic everyday life of a boy named Lincoln Loud, who is the middle child and only so ...

''. The channel also broadcasts a variety of non-US and locally produced shows, some of which are detailed below. Other locally produced shows not included below are ''

Nick Takes Over Your School ''Nick Takes Over Your School'' is the title of a Nickelodeon Australia reality show that ran from 1998 - 2004. Format Nickelodeon Australia Personalities would visit schools around Australia, have a look around, and feature a game with kids vs. ...

'', as well as an Australian version of

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. There are several local productions. ''Hot Chunks'' starring Angus King as a variety of characters., ''

Camp Orange ''Camp Orange'' was an Australian children's reality television show broadcast on Nickelodeon. The first season premiered in February 2005. The latest season, Camp Orange: Twisted Siblings, premiered on 27 June 2015. The format has been adapte ...

'' launched in 2005 and was hosted by

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. The adventure camp reality series features teams of kids competing in the great outdoors, using their wits to win prizes. The

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, fourth seasons aired in 2006, 2007, and 2008 respectively. ''Camp Orange'' was hosted by Maude Garrett from 2006 onwards. In 2009, the highly successful fifth series, ''Camp Orange: The Final Frontier'', brought a positive element into the competition by advising teams to "play nice" to be voted for the title of "Champ Orange" by their teammates. The latest version of Camp Orange has been Camp Orange: Spill Seekers. ''Juice'' is another weekday morning show. It shows popular Nicktoons between 7 am and 9 am such as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and '' The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius''. Although the show was originally hosted, it no longer features a host.

Kids' Choice Awards

The annual awards show commenced in 2003, celebrating kids' favourite choices in music, movies, books and more.

Programming blocks

* Nick at Nite - From Nickelodeon's opening date until July/August 2000, Nickelodeon shared its channel with an Australian version of ''

''. Much of the programming was similar to the US channel at the time, including shows such as ''

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'' and ''

Gilligan's Island ''Gilligan's Island'' is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz. The show's ensemble cast features Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson and Dawn Wells. It aired for thr ...

''. Eventually it was closed due to the expansion of Nickelodeon, as well as the existence of another classic TV channel, TV1, co-operated by another

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subsidiary,

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. Much of the programming was moved to TV1 and later some of it to the

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. *

Sarvo ''Sarvo'' was an after-school show for kids on Nickelodeon (New Zealand), it was hosted by Maude Garrett and Kyle Linahan, until it was cancelled in 2008. It acted as a wrapper program (a show which features other shows within it) to the most p ...

- a block shown on weekday afternoons that was previously hosted by

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and

. The duo left ''sarvo'' on Friday, 23 February 2007. The new series which began on 9 April 2007, and is now hosted by

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and

Kyle Linahan Kyle Linahan is an Australian musician and TV presenter. Linahan was discovered while starring in the lead role of a Marist College production of ''The Story of Motown'' at the age of 14. He was signed to Warner Music at the age of 16 and spent ...

. ''sarvo'' airs in the afternoons and plays various

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such as ''

'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' as well as other shows such as ''

Zoey 101 ''Zoey 101'' is an American comedy drama television series created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. It aired from January 9, 2005, to May 2, 2008. It focuses on the lives of Zoey Brooks (Jamie Lynn Spears), her brother Dustin (Paul Butcher (act ...

''. As well as children's programs, this show also offers other things such as interviews with celebrity guests and funny extras of what the hosts get up to. It has now ended and Maude & Kyle has since left Nickelodeon Australia. * Weekend Mornings - a block of two episodes each of four Nicktoons on Saturday and Sunday mornings. It was originally named ''Double Up'' but changed names to support Nickelodeon's new format in 2006. *

Saturday Nick Television ''Saturday Nick TV'' (commonly referred to as ''sn:tv'') was a weekend morning show aired on Nickelodeon Australia from 10am to 2pm on Saturday. It was produced by Burberry Productions and shot in Melbourne. It was started with the help of Brit ...

- a morning show that was launched in 2002 with the help of

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. This show was shot in

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and involved games in which the live audience could participate in, celebrity interviews, performances, skits and more. Nickelodeon canceled the show in 2005 due to a lack of audience numbers. * Lunchtoon - a weekday lunchtime block that has four half-hour episodes of a Nickelodeon show. It is usually played from 12 pm to 2 pm. *Toons2Nite - played classic Nickelodeon shows such as ''

Rocko's Modern Life ''Rocko's Modern Life'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Nickelodeon. The series centers on the surreal life of an anthropomorphic Australian immigrant wallaby named Rocko and his friends: the eccentric steer ...

'' and ''

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' is an American animated television series developed by Klasky Csupo for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on three young monsters—Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm—who attend a school for monsters under a city dump and learn to ...

'' in the late night hours of weeknights. It was originally named ''Classics'', however it has since been rebranded ''Toons2Nite''. It now shows a wide range of cartoons on every night.

Other projects

Nick Takes Over Your Beach

Over the summers of 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2004, Nickelodeon toured Australian beaches, setting up games and activities.

Nickelodeon Magazine Australia

The Australian ''

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'' was a monthly magazine available in most newsagents and supermarkets between September 2005 and May 2006. The US version of the magazine was sold in some Australian newsagents and supermarkets from 1995, coinciding with the opening of Australian pay TV providers

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in January and

in October 1995. The Australian version was created in 2005. In total, six issues of the Australian "

" were published before being dropped by

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. It was edited by former Australian ''

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'' contributor, Santi Pintado. The Australian ''Nickelodeon Magazine'' content was borrowed heavily from its US counterpart, ''

''. The first copy of the magazine was handed out free at the 2005

Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards The Australian Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was an annual awards show that awarded entertainers with a blimp trophy, as voted by children. The show was usually held during October or November and a televised show was produced, touted as the " ...

''You're on Nick''

To support Nickelodeon Australia's new format, the network launched Moby Nick, a bus that would tour around Australia in places such as

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. Part of the bus was a small recording studio, where kids could say a sentence or two about what they could do, or who they were. The ten-second clips would be shown during the ads on Nickelodeon Australia shows.

''Slimefest''

Slimefest is the world's only slime-filled annual music festival for kids. Introduced in Sydney in September 2012, the first line up included Jessica Mauboy, Stan Walker, Justice Crew, Guy Sebastian, Reece Mastin, Johhny Ruffo and Christina Parie. The 2013 line-up included headliners Big Time Rush, along with performances by Guy Sebastian, Justice Crew, Samantha Jade,

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and Jadagrace. The year 2014 saw the festival to tour both Sydney and Melbourne, with performances by Cody Simpson, Savage, Justice Crew, Sabrina Carpenter, The Collective, Alli Simpson, Ricki Lee (Sydney) and Dami Im (Melbourne).

Hosts

Current

Past

* Angus King (1998–1999): ''Hot Chunks'' *

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(2003): ''sarvo'' *

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(2003): ''sarvo'' * Dave "Kambo" Kambouris (2002–2003): '' sn:tv'',

(2003) *

(2002–2007): ''sn:tv'', ''

'', ''

'', ''sarvo'', Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (2005 and 2006) *

Natalie Garonzi Natalie Garonzi is an Australian actress, writer, comedian and TV presenter. She worked both nationally and internationally as a model for many years appearing in campaigns and on catwalks around the globe for the likes of Chanel, Armani and Vera ...

(2002–2003): ''sn:tv'', Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards, ''sarvo'' * Tony Brockman (2003–2005): ''sarvo'', Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (2004) *

(2003–2007): ''sarvo'', Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards (2004, 2005 and 2006) * Emily Perry (2004–2005): ''sn:tv'' *

Jesse Tobin James Tobin (born ) is an Australian television presenter. Tobin is currently the weather presenter on ''Weekend Sunrise'' and a reporter on ''Sunrise''. Career Tobin worked on Nickelodeon Australia's ''Saturday Nick Television (SNTV)'', a chi ...

(2004–2005): ''sn:tv'' *

(2006–2009): '' Camp Orange: Slimey Hollow'', '' Camp Orange: The Mystery of Spaghetti Creek'', '' Camp Orange: The Curse of the Emerald Eye'', ''sarvo'' *

(2007–2009): ''sarvo'' * Luke & Wyatt (Luke Ryan and Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd) (2010–2015): ''

'' * Kristy (Kristy Best) (2016–present): ''

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References

External links

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