''The Nick Cannon Show'' is an American
comedy
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television series and a
spin-off of ''
All That
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''. It aired on Nickelodeon's
SNICK
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block from January 12, 2002, to February 22, 2003, along with ''All That'', ''
The Amanda Show
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'' and ''
Taina''. The premise of the semi-scripted show was that its star,
Nick Cannon
Nicholas Scott Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American television host, actor, rapper, and comedian. In television, Cannon began as a teenager on ''All That'' before going on to host ''The Nick Cannon Show'', ''Wild 'n Out'', ''America's G ...
, a former cast member on ''All That'', would come across a situation he thought needed changing and then "take over" to make things better, or at least funnier. At the end of each episode, Cannon would write "Nick Cannon Was Here" on something related to the day's episode just so he could leave his mark. It was a constant running gag. The show has yet to air on
Nickelodeon
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or its sister networks ever again.
After production and crew changes occurred in the second season, the program suffered from low
ratings and was canceled in February 2003. On November 11, 2013,
iTunes
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released volumes 1 and 2 of ''The Nick Cannon Show'' with a total of 19 episodes.
Guest stars on the show included
Usher,
Mary J. Blige
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,
Britney Spears
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,
Eddie Murphy
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,
Will Smith
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, Willy Santos,
Lil' Romeo
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,
Kenan Thompson
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,
Kel Mitchell
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and girl group
3LW
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.
Although a spin-off of ''All That'', frequent collaborator
Dan Schneider
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was not involved with ''The Nick Cannon Show''.
Episode list
All episode titles begin with "Nick Takes Over" except for the last episode.
Season 1
# January 12, 2002 Nick Takes Over Your Family
# January 19, 2002 Nick Takes Over Your School
# January 26, 2002 Nick Takes Over A Wedding
# February 2, 2002 Nick Takes Over the Rodeo
# February 9, 2002 Nick Takes Over
Hollywood
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# February 16, 2002 Nick Takes Over Music
# February 23, 2002 Nick Takes Over The Beach
# March 2, 2002 Nick Takes Over
London
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# March 9, 2002 Nick Takes Over Style
# March 16, 2002 Nick Takes Over The Military
# March 23, 2002 Nick Takes Over Food
# April 6, 2002 Nick Takes Over Baseball
# April 13, 2002 Nick Takes Over
Nickelodeon
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# April 20, 2002 Nick Takes Over Fitness
Season 2
:15. Sept 21, 2002 Nick Takes Over The Circus @
Circus Vargas
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:16. Oct 5, 2002 Nick Takes Over A Zoo
:17. Oct 12, 2002 Nick Takes Over The Mall
:18. Nov 2, 2002 Nick Takes Over A Hospital
:19. Nov 9, 2002 Nick Takes Over The Law
:20. Nov 16, 2002 Nick Takes Over Space
:21. Nov 23, 2002 Nick Takes Over Holidays
:22. Jan 18, 2003 Nick Takes Over Transportation
:23. Jan 25, 2003 Nick Takes Over A Town
:24. Feb 1, 2003 Nick Takes Over Recreation
:25. Feb 1, 2003 Nick Takes Over Latanya's Life
:26. Feb 15, 2003 Nick Takes Over
Hawaii
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:27. Feb 22, 2003 The Best of Nick Cannon
References
External links
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English-language television shows
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