This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations, endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2016.
Shows
Series premieres
- January 18: The HALO Effect
- February 1: Paradise Run
- March 12: School of Rock
- April 10: The Other Kingdom
- May 2: The Loud House
- June 3: All in With Cam Newton
- July 5: Crashletes
- July 9: Legendary Dudas
- August 13: Regal Academy
- September 9: Jagger Eaton's Mega Life
- October 3: Kuu Kuu Harajuku
- October 24: Rank the Prank
- November 8: Rusty Rivets
- Acquired shows
- January 30: Power Rangers Dino Super Charge
- March 30: Lopez
- June 8: Still the King
- December 15: Nashville
- December 23: Hey Duggee
Season premieres
- January 15: The Fairly OddParents, Season 10
- January 25: Make It Pop, Season 2
- June 13: Harvey Beaks, Season 2
- June 15: Shimmer and Shine, Season 2
- June 21: Rabbids Invasion, Season 3
- September 16: Crashletes, Season 2
- September 17
- Henry Danger, Season 3
- Game Shakers, Season 2
- School of Rock, Season 2
- Max and Ruby, Season 6
- October 15: SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 10
- October 22: The Thundermans, Season 4
- October 23: Peppa Pig, Season 7
- November 9: The Loud House, Season 2
- November 20: Pig Goat Banana Cricket, Season 2
Series finales
- February 27: 100 Things to Do Before High School, one season
- March 31: Max & Shred, two seasons
- May 30: Lost in the West (mini-series), one season
- June 19: The Other Kingdom, one season
- June 25: Bella and the Bulldogs, two seasons
- June 29: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, three seasons
- July 29: Sanjay and Craig, three seasons
- August 13
- Legendary Dudas, one season
- Make It Pop, two seasons
- September 12: Breadwinners, two seasons
- October 17: Wonder Pets!, three seasons
- October 22: Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (Only Season 1 aired)
- October 23: As Told by Ginger, three seasons (aired its last episode for the US on The Splat)
- November 16: All in With Cam Newton, one season
Specials
- January 15: Bubble Guppies "Space Guppies!"
- March 6: Peppa Pig: "Golden Boots"
- March 12: 2016 Kids' Choice Awards
- May 30-December 9: Blaze and the Monster Machines: "Race Car Adventures"
- June 18: Danger & Thunder
- July 14 (taped)/July 17 (aired): 2016 Kids' Choice Sports
- September 16: Booby Trapped
- October 16: Nickelodeon's Ultimate Halloween Haunted House 2016
- November 23: The Double Dare Reunion Special
- December 9: Albert
International series
- September 26:
- Hi-5 House premiered its third season on Nick Jr.
- Spotlight
Network departures
- January 11: How to Rock airs for the last time on TeenNick
- January 12: Unfabulous airs for the last time on TeenNick
- February 14: The Mighty B! airs for the last time on NickToons
- February 26: Pig Goat Banana Cricket airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
- May 8: The Loud House airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- May 13: Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide airs for the last time on TeenNick
- May 23: My Life as a Teenage Robot airs for the last time on NickToons
- July 2: The Fresh Beat Band airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- August 23: Winx Club airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- September 30: Ni Hao, Kai-Lan airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- October 2: Lalaloopsy airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- October 9: The Penguins of Madagascar airs for the last time on NickToons
- October 22: Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir airs for The last time on Nickelodeon
- October 24: Yo Gabba Gabba! airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- October 31: Making Fiends airs for the last time on NickToons
- December 9: Harvey Beaks airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
- December 25
- Mia and Me airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- Fanboy & Chum Chum airs for the last time on NickToons
Movies
Theatrical
Made-for-TV
Comics
- January 5: Sanjay and Craig #2: New Kid on the Block
- January 26: Harvey Beaks #1: Inside Joke
- May 24: Sanjay and Craig #3: Story Time with Sanjay and Craig
- June 21: Harvey Beaks #2 It's Crazy Time
- June 28: Pig Goat Banana Cricket #1: Orgle Borgle Selfie Simple-Dee-Doo!
- October 18: Nickelodeon Pandemonium #3
Home video releases
- January 26: Nickelodeon Favorites: Whiskers & Paws
- March 15: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past
- April 19: Dive In and Roll Out
- May 24: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Beyond the Known Universe
- June 7: The SpongeBob Movie Collection (box set)
- July 12: Blaze and the Monster Machines: Fired Up!
- August 2: Paw Patrol: Sports Day
- October 11: A Very Nick Jr. Christmas
- November 1: Paw Patrol: Pups Save Christmas
- December 13
- The Legend of Korra: The Complete Series
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Earth's Last Stand
Streaming
- February 5: A Valentine's Day playlist is added to Noggin.
- April 6: Pocoyo Planet is added to Noggin.
- March 4: A birthday playlist is created to celebrate the Noggin app's first anniversary.
- March 9: 10 more episodes of Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends are added to Noggin.
- March 16: Season 3 of Gullah Gullah Island is added to Noggin.
- March 24: A Spring playlist is added to Noggin.
- May 12: An Outer Space playlist is added to Noggin.
- May 25: Teletubbies is added to Noggin.
- June 23: A Summer playlist is added to Noggin.
- July 6: Wonder Pets! is added to Noggin.
- August 4: A Sports playlist is added to Noggin.
- August 18: 10 more episodes of The Backyardigans are added to Noggin.
- August 31: Season 6 of Blue's Clues is added to Noggin.
- September 2: An Off to School playlist is added to Noggin.
- September 28: Miffy and Friends is added to Noggin.
- October 5: Play Along with Sam is added to Noggin.
- November 2: Mofy is added to Noggin.
- November 3: Noggin is added to Roku devices.
- November 17: A My Family playlist is added to Noggin.
- November 30: A Happy Holidays playlist is added to Noggin.
Events
- June 1: Nickelodeon Suites Resort was replaced by Holiday Inn Resort Orlando Suites - Waterpark.
- September 9: NickMusic begins broadcasting with Pharrell Williams' Happy, replacing MTV Hits
Nickelodeon character debuts
- The Fairly OddParents: Chloe Carmichael, Connie Carmichael, Clark Carmichael
- The Loud House: Lynn Loud Sr., Rita Loud, Bobby Santiago, Howard and Harold McBride, Rusty Spokes, Liam Hunnicut, Zach Gurdle, Ronnie Anne Santiago, Agnes Johnson, Bud Grouse, Flip, Albert Reynolds, Chandler McCann, Margo Roberts, Haiku, Katherine Mulligan, Mick Swagger
- Harvey Beaks: Michelle Beaks
- Henry Danger: Drex Stinklebaum, Jack Frittleman
- Shimmer and Shine: Princess Samira, Zeta the Sorceress
- PAW Patrol: Tracker
People
Births
- Finley Rose Slater (actress in Playing with Fire)
- Josiah Gaffney (actor on Bubble Guppies, Noggin Knows, and Dora the Explorer (2000))
- June 23: Brice Gonzalez (actor in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie)
Deaths
- January 6: Pat Harrington Jr. (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters)
- January 10: David Bowie (guest star on SpongeBob SquarePants)
- January 16: J.R. Horne (actor on Wallykazam!)
- January 26: Abe Vigoda (actor in Good Burger)
- February 3: Joe Alaskey (voice actor of Lou Pickles on Rugrats (1991) and All Grown Up!)
- March 17: Larry Drake (voice actor, artist and comedian on As Told by Ginger)
- March 22: Phife Dawg (rapper in The Rugrats Movie)
- March 24: Earl Schuman (actor on Drake & Josh)
- April 3: Don Francks (actor in Harriet the Spy)
- May 8: Tonita Castro (actress in Imagine That)
- May 18: Ian Watkin (actor in Charlotte's Web)
- May 19: Alan Young (voice actor on The Ren & Stimpy Show)
- June 17: Ron Lester (actor in Good Burger and Cousin Skeeter)
- July 19: Garry Marshall (voice actor on Rugrats (1991) and actor on See Dad Run)
- August 19: Jack Riley (voice of Stu Pickles on Rugrats (1991) and All Grown Up!, and actor of Mr. O'Reilly on The Secret World of Alex Mack)
- September 1: Jon Polito (voice actor on Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005), El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, and Robot and Monster)
- September 28: Gary Glasberg (writer and producer on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and Rugrats (1991))
- October 27: Barry Tropp (music composer on SpongeBob SquarePants)
- November 26: Ron Glass (voice of Randy Carmichael on Rugrats (1991) and All Grown Up!)
- December 13: Alan Thicke (actor and songwriter on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide)
- December 28: Debbie Reynolds (voice of Lulu Pickles on Rugrats (1991))
Other
- June 7: Russell Hicks steps down from his position of President, Content Development and Production
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