2017

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This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations, endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2017.

Original shows

Series premieres

Original shows

January 16: Bunsen Is a Beast
January 30: Ride
February 6: Nella the Princess Knight
March 11: Hunter Street
July 7: Sunny Day
July 16: The Dude Perfect Show
July 24: Welcome to the Wayne
August 28: Mysticons
September 4: I Am Frankie
October 15: Lip Sync Battle Shorties (pilot/special aired on December 11, 2016)
November 6: Top Wing

Acquired shows

January 21: Power Rangers Ninja Steel

Network departures

January 23: Fanboy and Chum Chum airs for the last time on NickToons
February 13: Drake & Josh airs for the last time on NickToons
March 9: Dino Dan airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
August 19: KaBlam! airs for the last time on TeenNick
October 14: Bunsen is a Beast and Welcome to the Wayne air for the last time on Nickelodeon
November 10: Mike the Knight airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
November 12: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles airs for the last time on Nickelodeon

Programming blocks

February 25: Saturday Morning Hang Zone with Lincoln Loud begins
March 23: Saturday Morning Hang Zone with Lincoln Loud ends
May 1: The Splat is renamed NickSplat
June 3: Do the New Saturday Mornings begins
June 24: Do the New Saturday Mornings ends

Non-original shows

Network debuts

February 23: Sun Records
March 18: The After Party
April 2: Nobodies
September 18: The Goldbergs
December 6: Two and a Half Men
December 15: Thomas & Friends

Movies

Theatrical

January 13: Monster Trucks

Made-for-TV

Comics

February 7: Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South: Part 2]]
February 21: Nickelodeon Pandemonium #2
February 28: Harvey Beaks #3: More Than Meets the Eye
May 9
- Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South: Part 3]]
- The Loud House #1: There Will Be Chaos
July 25: The Fairly Odd Phantom comic^[1]
August 8
- The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars: Part 1]]
- Nickelodeon Pandemonium #3
October 18: Boom! Studios began publishing a new Rugrats comic book^[2]
November 7: Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South
November 21: The Loud House #2: There Will Be More Chaos
December 6: Boom! Studios began publishing a new Rocko's Modern Life comic book^[3]

Albums

September 22: SpongeBob SquarePants: The New Musical Original Cast Recording

DVD releases

February 21: Blaze and the Monster Machines: Race Into Velocityville
March 1: SpongeBob SquarePants: SeaSide Story (Australia)
March 7: Paw Patrol: Pups Save the Bunnies
March 15: SpongeBob SquarePants: SeaSide Story (Belgium Netherlands)
March 21: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder
April 11: Monster Trucks
April 25: Nickelodeon 6-Movie Collection (box set)
May 2
- Rugrats: Season 1
- Rugrats: Season 2
May 16: Bubble Guppies: Super Guppies
May 23: The Loud House: Welcome to the Loud House (Season 1, Volume 1)
August 1: The Secret World of Alex Mack: The Complete Series
September 6: SpongeBob SquarePants: Factory Fresh (Belgium Netherlands Italy)
September 12: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Wanted: Bebop & Rocksteady
October 10: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Ninth Season
November 14: Albert
December 5: Rusty Rivets
December 12: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Final Chapters

Streaming

January 4: 54 more episodes of Teletubbies are added to Noggin.
January 12: Trucktown is added to Noggin.
February 3: A Valentine's Day playlist is added to Noggin.
February 17: 13 more episodes of Pocoyo Planet are added to Noggin.
March 4: A birthday playlist is added to celebrate Noggin's second birthday.
March 8: Yo Gabba Gabba! (season 1) is added to Noggin.
March 24: A Spring playlist is added to Noggin.
April 12: Season 2 of Go, Diego, Go! is added to Noggin.
May 4: 52 more episodes of Teletubbies are added to Noggin.
May 11: More episodes of The Backyardigans are added to Noggin.
May 24: Twirlywoos is added to Noggin.
May 31: Blaze and the Monster Machines, Team Umizoomi, and Bubble Guppies are added to Noggin.
June 1: Play-along videos are added to select shows on Noggin, such as Blaze and the Monster Machines and Team Umizoomi.
June 29: A Summer playlist is added to Noggin.
July 19: Tickety Toc is added to Noggin.
July 26: 5 more play-along videos are added to Noggin.
August 3: More Blaze and the Monster Machines episodes and play-along videos are added to Noggin.
August 16: More Little Bear episodes are added to Noggin.
August 24: 40 more episodes of Miffy and Friends are added to Noggin.
August 31: The first few seasons of Dora the Explorer are added to Noggin, as well as an Off to School playlist.
September 14: More episodes of Teletubbies are added.
September 20: The Noggin app celebrates 1,000 episodes.
September 28: More play-along videos are added.
October 4: Zack & Quack is added to Noggin.
October 19: More episodes of Team Umizoomi are added, plus new play-along videos.
October 26: More episodes of Gullah Gullah Island are added to Noggin.
November 2: More episodes of Blaze and the Monster Machines are added, plus new play-along videos.
November 9: A My Family playlist is added to Noggin.
November 16: Peppa Pig is added to Noggin.
December 7: More episodes of Bubble Guppies are added, plus new play-along videos.
December 14: More episodes of Go, Diego, Go! are added to Noggin.

Podcasts

September 18: Listen Out Loud premieres

Events

December: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical opens on Broadway

Nickelodeon character debuts

The Loud House: Maria Santiago, Rosa Casagrande, Hector Casagrande, Carlos Casagrande, Frida Puga Casagrande, Carlota Casagrande, CJ Casagrande, Carl Casagrande, Carlitos Casagrande, Sam Sharp, Chaz, Benny Stein, Wilbur Huggins, Cheryl Farrell, Vito Filliponio, Todd
Bunsen is a Beast: Bunsen, Mikey Munroe, Amanda Killman, Darcy, Miss Flap, Commander Cone, Beverly, Sophie Sanders, Jerk Von Handsome
Nella the Princess Knight: Nella, Sir Garrett, Trinket, Clod
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mira

Behind the scenes

March 13: SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg is diagnosed with ALS.
May 31: Bubble Guppies goes on hiatus after ending production on its fourth season; it would resume production in 2019.
Mid-October: The Loud House creator Chris Savino is suspended from production on the show due to allegations from co-workers of harassment.
October 19: Nickelodeon fires Chris Savino from directing a cartoon after conducting an investigation.

People

October 19: Chris Savino (creator of The Loud House and director on The Ren and Stimpy Show, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life, and Ni Hao, Kai-Lan) gets fired due to a sexual harassment from directing a cartoon after conducting an investigation

Births

April 27: Charlotte Ann Tucker (actress in A Loud House Christmas)
September 13: Lainey Jane Knowles (actress in A Loud House Christmas)

Deaths

January 10: Tony Rosato (actor, voice actor, and comedian on Pelswick)
January 19: Miguel Ferrer (guest star on El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
March 10: Joni Sledge (singer, songwriter, and producer on Face's Music Party)
May 23: Brandon James (actor on Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures)
May 31: Tino Insana (voice actor on Back at the Barnyard and Bubble Guppies)
June 9: Adam West (guest star on Rugrats (1991), The Adventures of Pete and Pete, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Fairly OddParents)
July 26: June Foray (guest voice on Rugrats (1991), The Wild Thornberrys, As Told by Ginger, The Angry Beavers, and Random! Cartoons)
July 27: Sam Shepard (actor and narrator in Charlotte's Web)
September 15: Harry Dean Stanton (actor in Rango)
September 26: Barry Dennen (actor and writer on Avatar: The Last Airbender)
November 10: Ray Lovelock (actor on Mia and Me)
December 28: Rose Marie (guest star on Hey Arnold!)

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[1] Post on Bunsen Is A Beast's Facebook page

[2] PreviewsWorld.com: BOOM! Studios and Nickelodeon Announce Publishing Partnership, Kicks Off With Rugrats

[3] Los Angeles Times: A new "Rocko's Modern Life" comic book series is on the way

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2017

Original shows

Series premieres

Season premieres

Season finales

Series finales

Specials

Network departures

Programming blocks

Non-original shows

Movies

Theatrical

Made-for-TV

Comics

Albums

DVD releases

Streaming

Podcasts

Events

Nickelodeon character debuts

Behind the scenes

People

Births

Deaths

References