The following is a list of events, premieres, releases, cancellations, series endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in 2020. Many events that were initially planned for 2020 were either cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Shows
Series premieres
- January 18: It's Pony[1]
- January 20: The Adventures of Paddington (official premiere)
- January 24: The Crystal Maze[2]
- February 21: Glitch Techs (Netflix)
- February 29: Tyler Perry's Young Dylan
- March 18: Spyders (official premiere) (international)
- March 28: Danger Force
- April 6: Ollie's Pack
- May 23: Group Chat with Annie & Jayden
- July 11: Nickelodeon's Unfiltered
- August 31: Dorg Van Dango (international)[5]
- September 28: Santiago of the Seas (Noggin)
- October 9: Santiago of the Seas (official premiere)[3]
- October 22: Unleashed
- October 26: Creator Camp (international)
- November 7: Side Hustle
- November 13: The Astronauts
- December 3: Kinderwood
- December 11: Baby Shark's Big Show![4]
Series finales
- February 9: Shimmer and Shine, four seasons
- March 1: Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar, one season
- March 2: Sunny Day, two seasons (Amazon Prime Video)
- March 21: Henry Danger, five seasons[5]
- May 8: Rusty Rivets, three seasons
- July 2: Top Wing, two seasons
- August 7: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, two seasons
- October 8: Corn & Peg, two seasons
- October 31: Group Chat with Jayden & Brent, two seasons
- November 1: Butterbean's Café, two seasons
- December 12: Power Rangers Beast Morphers, two seasons
- December 15: Crashletes, three seasons (CBS All Access)
- December 17
Season premieres
- January 12: Butterbean's Café, Season 2
- January 18: Top Hapi, Season 2
- February 20: Corn & Peg, Season 2
- February 22: Power Rangers Beast Morphers, Season 2
- March 2: Rusty Rivets, Season 3
- March 8:
- Abby Hatcher, Season 2
- Lego City Adventures, Season 2
- March 27: PAW Patrol, Season 7
- March 30: Ryan's Mystery Playdate, Season 3
- August 17: Glitch Techs, Season 2 (Netflix)
- August 19: Blue's Clues & You!, Season 2
- September 11: The Loud House, Season 5
- October 9: The Casagrandes, Season 2
- October 22: SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 13
- October 31: The Substitute, Season 2
- November 19: Top Elf, Season 2
- December 18: Blaze and the Monster Machines, Season 6
Season finales
- January 17: America's Most Musical Family, Season 1
- February 16: Abby Hatcher, Season 1
- February 19: Corn & Peg, Season 1
- February 20: Ryan's Mystery Playdate, Season 2
- March 27: The Crystal Maze, Season 1
- March 28: The Substitute, Season 1
- May 14: Trulli Tales, Season 1
- May 29: Ricky Zoom, Season 1
- June 19: Peppa Pig, Season 7
- July 23: The Loud House, Season 4
- August 17: Glitch Techs, Season 2 (Netflix)
- October 3: Tyler Perry's Young Dylan, Season 1
- October 31: Unfiltered, Season 1
- November 2: Top Hapi, Season 2
- November 25: The Casagrandes, Season 1
- December 12
- Power Rangers Beast Morphers, Season 27
- Lego City Adventures, Season 2
International series
- July 15: Deer Squad premiered on iQIYI in China (the show would soon arrive to Nickelodeon and the Nick Jr. Channel in 2021).
Network departures
- January 3: 44 Cats airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- January 14: Power Rangers Megaforce airs for the last time on NickToons
- March 10: Power Rangers Ninja Steel airs for the last time on NickToons
- March 12: Power Rangers Dino Charge airs for the last time on NickToons
- March 13: The Legend of Korra airs for the last time on NickToons
- March 17: Power Rangers Samurai airs for the last time on NickToons
- May 14: Trulli Tales airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- July 2: Top Wing airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- July 18: Max & Ruby airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- July 25: Invader Zim and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius air for the last time on TeenNick
- August 3: The Ren and Stimpy Show airs for the last time on TeenNick
- August 7: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles airs for the last time on NickToons
- August 16: Avatar: The Last Airbender airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
- August 28: Avatar: The Last Airbender airs for the last time on NickToons
- August 30: Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar airs for the last time on NickToons
- September 20: Hey Arnold! airs for the last time on NickToons
- September 29: Dora the Explorer (2000) airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel until it made a comeback from February 7, 2023 until February 11, 2024.
- October 9: Corn & Peg airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- November 7: The Adventures of Kid Danger airs for the last time on NickToons
- December 3: Breadwinners airs for the last time on NickToons
- December 15: Ollie’s Pack airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
- December 17: Doug airs for the last time on NickToons
- December 25: Danny Phantom airs for the the last time on TeenNick
Specials
- January 3: Bubble Guppies "Ocean Patrol!"
- March 30: #KidsTogether: The Nickelodeon Town Hall
- May 2: Kids' Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together
- May 9: Danger Force Quarantine Special: Quaran-kini
- May 23: The Loud House & The Casagrandes Hangin' at Home Special
- June 6: Nick's Ultimate Bloopers
- June 29: Kids, Race and Unity: A Nick News Special
- July 17: Cake My Day
- August 23: Lego Jurassic World: Double Trouble[6]
- October 27: Nick News: Kids Pick the President
- November 28: The All-Star Nickmas Spectacular
- December 4: Kid of the Year
International series
- July 15: Deer Squad premiered on iQIYI in China (the show would soon arrive to Nickelodeon and the Nick Jr. Channel in 2021).
Movies
Theatrical
- August 13: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (Czech Republic)
- August 14: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (Canada only)
- November 5: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (International only)
Books
- February 4: Avatar: The Last Airbender: Legacy of the Fire Nation
- July 28: The Art of Invader Zim
- October 6: The Ultimate Party
Comics
- February 25: The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire: Part Three
- June 9: The Loud House #9: Ultimate Hangout
- August 11: The Loud House #10: The Many Faces of Lincoln Loud
- October 6: The Loud House Winter Special
- October 13: Avatar: The Last Airbender: Katara and the Pirate's Silver
- November 17: The Loud House #11: Who's the Loudest
Reprint collections
- May 26: Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance
- June 2: Invader Zim: Volume 9
- June 30: Invader Zim: Volume 4 Deluxe Edition
- July 21: Invader Zim: Best of World Domination
- September 1: The Loud House 3-in-1 #3
- December 1: Invader Zim: Volume 10
Albums
- June 23: SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated Official Soundtrack
- July 3: Hey Arnold!: The Music, Vol. 1
- October 30: Are You Afraid of the Dark: Music From Season 1
Video games
- June 23: SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated[7]
- October 6: Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix[8]
- November 6: PAW Patrol Mighty Paws Save Adventure Bay[9]
Home video releases
- January 14: Butterbean's Café: Let's Get Cooking! DVD
- January 20: Shimmer and Shine: Splash into Zahramay Oceanea DVD
- February 4
- Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mania DVD
- Blaze and the Monster Machines: Knight Riders DVD
- February 18: Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Series Blu-ray (Steelbook edition)
- March 31: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 11th Season DVD
- April 28: SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash DVD
- May 12: Bubble Guppies: The Great Guppy Games! DVD
- May 19: The Loud House: Absolute Madness (Season 2, Volume 2) DVD
- June 2: Blue's Clues & You: Volume 1 DVD
- June 16
- The Thundermans: Season 1 DVD
- The Thundermans: Season 2 DVD
- The Thundermans: Season 3 DVD
- July 21: The Thundermans: Season 4 DVD
- July 28: Blaze and the Monster Machines: Race for the Golden Treasure DVD
- August 4: Shimmer and Shine: Glitter Magic! DVD
- August 11: Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Limited Series Event DVD
- September 22: Fantastic Fall! DVD
- October 6: Blue's Clues & You!: Caring with Blue DVD[10]
- October 13: Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story DVD and Blu-ray
- November 3: The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! DVD
- November 17: The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story DVD and Blu-ray
Streaming
- January 1: Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius premiered on Netflix again, after being removed in 2016.
- January 31: Danny Phantom, The Legend of Korra, and Sam & Cat are added to CBS All Access.
- April 30: Allegra's Window, Blue's Room, Gullah Gullah Island, Jack's Big Music Show, Oobi, Oswald, The Upside Down Show, Miffy and Friends, Teletubbies, and Twirlywoos are removed from Noggin.
- May 15: Avatar: The Last Airbender is added to Netflix.
- June 19: Avatar: The Last Airbender is added to CBS All Access.
- July 30: ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks, Big Time Rush, CatDog, The Fairly OddParents, Game Shakers, Henry Danger, The Loud House, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rugrats, SpongeBob SquarePants and The Thundermans are added to CBS All Access and announces Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years will be released exclusively on All Access in 2021.[11]
- August 14: The Legend of Korra is added to Netflix.
- September 1: Barnyard is added to HBO Max.
- October 13: iCarly, Victorious, and Henry Danger Season 4 are added to CBS All Access.
- October 20: The Haunted Hathaways, The Adventures of Kid Danger, House of Anubis, and WITS Academy are added to CBS All Access.
- October 25: The Loud House season 3 is added to CBS All Access.
- October 27: All That, All Grown Up!, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Zoey 101, The Wild Thornberrys, Kenan & Kel, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Every Witch Way, Doug, 100 Things to Do Before High School, the 2003 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Blurt!, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, A Fairly Odd Summer, Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past, Liar, Liar, Vampire, The Massively Mixed-Up Middle School Mystery, Rufus, and Rufus 2 are added to CBS All Access.
- November 3: The Angry Beavers, Rocko's Modern Life, How to Rock, Sanjay and Craig, The Other Kingdom, The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Best Player, Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Jinxed, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Rugrats Go Wild and Splitting Adam are added to CBS All Access.
- November 10: The Amanda Show, Breadwinners, ChalkZone, Monsters vs. Aliens, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, The Penguins of Madagascar, Pig Goat Banana Cricket, Ride, Robot and Monster and The Troop are added to CBS All Access.
- November 17: Clarissa Explains It All and Rocket Power are added to CBS All Access.
- December 1: All in With Cam Newton, Bella and the Bulldogs, Hey Arnold!, Paradise Run, Planet Sheen, and Hey Arnold!: The Movie are added to CBS All Access.
- December 3: Kinderwood premieres on Noggin.
- December 8: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Drake & Josh, The Dude Perfect Show, I Am Frankie, Knight Squad, The Mighty B!, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Bixler High Private Eye, Tales from the Crib: Snow White, Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks and a Beanstalk, Rags, The Backyardigans, Blue's Clues, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Bubble Guppies, Dora the Explorer seasons 1-5, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Fresh Beat Band of Spies, Go, Diego, Go!, Max & Ruby, Nella the Princess Knight, PAW Patrol, Peter Rabbit, Peppa Pig, Shimmer and Shine, Team Umizoomi, Tot Cop, and Wallykazam! are added to CBS All Access.
- December 15: Crashletes, Fanboy & Chum Chum, and Invader Zim are added to CBS All Access.
Podcasts
- January: The Casagrandes Familia Sounds premieres
People
- February 7: Donovan Patton (actor on Team Umizoomi, Blue's Room, and Blue's Clues) returns in "Happy Birthday, Blue"
- July 14: Donovan Patton returns in "Bluestock" (Remake)
- November 20: Carolyn Fe (singer and actress on Blue's Clues & You!) arrives in "Blue’s Big Baking Show"
- December 4:
- Steve Burns (actor on Blue's Clues and singer on Jack's Big Music Show) returns to celebrate Christmas in "Blue's Night Before Christmas"
- Donovan Patton (actor on Team Umizoomi, Blue's Room, and Blue's Clues) returns to celebrate Christmas in "Blue's Night Before Christmas"
Births
- Tickwanya Jones (singer and actress on Well Versed)
Deaths
- January 11: Norma Michaels (actress on iCarly (2007))
- January 26: Kobe Bryant (guest star on All That (1994))
- February 5: Kevin Conway (voice actor on Welcome to the Wayne)
- February 16: Kellye Nakahara (voice actress on The Wild Thornberrys)
- February 17: Ja'Net DuBois (actress on As Told by Ginger)
- March 10: Ted May (director on Clarissa Explains It All and Allegra's Window)
- March 28: David Schramm (actor on Space Cases)
- April 1: Adam Schlesinger (songwriter, composer, screenwriter, and producer on Big Time Rush, The Fresh Beat Band, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bubble Guppies)
- May 11: Jerry Stiller (voice actor on Wonder Pets!)
- May 14: Dominic Orlando (director on CatDog)
- May 15: Fred Willard (voice actor on Hey Arnold! and The Loud House)
- June 2
- Mary Pat Gleason (voice actress on Instant Mom and Albert)
- Chris Trousdale (musical guest on All That)
- June 11: Mel Winkler (voice actor on Oswald)
- June 29: Carl Reiner (voice actor on The Penguins of Madagascar, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure, and Shimmer and Shine)
- July 12: Wendell Craig (announcer for Nickelodeon)
- August 18: Ben Cross (voice actor on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- September 9: Ronald Bell (composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer on Face’s Music Party)
- September 29: Mac Davis (singer-songwriter on SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: Ride and Oswald)
- October 12: Conchata Ferrell (voice actress on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and The Wild Thornberrys)
- November 8: Alex Trebek (guest voice on Rugrats (1991) and celebrity on U-Pick Live)
- November 18: Kirby Morrow (voice actor on Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar)
- December 4: David Lander (voice actor on Hey Arnold!, 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd, Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Oswald, and SpongeBob SquarePants)
- December 12: Ann Reinking (dancer, actress, choreographer, and singer in Mad Hot Ballroom)
- December 22: Tuck Tucker (storyboard artist on Rugrats (1991) and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, director on Hey Arnold!, layout artist on The Ren and Stimpy Show, Rugrats, and Oh Yeah! Cartoons, creative consultant on The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, writer and supervising storyboard director on SpongeBob SquarePants, storyboard revisionist on The Mighty B!, and director of The Fairly OddParents Season 9)
Nickelodeon character debuts
- It's Pony: Annie Bramley, Pony, George Bramley, Helen Bramley, Beatrice, Clara, Fred, Brian, Dog, Henrietta, Heston, Penny Ramiro, Mr. Gralvax
- Glitch Techs: Hector Nieves, Miko Kubota, Phil, BITT, Mitch Williams, Haneesh, Zahra, Bergy, Papi, Mrs. Kubota, Nica Kubota
- Henry Danger: Bose, Chapa, Mika, Miles
- The Loud House: Meryl Farrell
- Dorg Van Dango: Dorg Van Dango, Jet Lazor, Yooki, RD, Patronella, Fretta Van Dango, Voulez Van Dango
- Santiago of the Seas: Santiago Montes, Tomás, Lorelai, Bonnie Bones
- Kinderwood: Liddo, Fifi, Luplup, Olive, DD
- Baby Shark's Big Show!: Baby Shark Brooklyn, William, Mommy Shark, Daddy Shark, Grandma Shark, Grandpa Shark
- SpongeBob SquarePants: King Poseidon
Accolades
- The Casagrandes wins the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title for an Animated Program.
- Tom Kenny wins the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program.
References
- ↑ NickAlive!: Nickelodeon USA to Premiere 'It's Pony' on Saturday, Jan. 18
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200714005669/en/¡PIRATAS-AHOY%21-Nickelodeon’s-Brand-New-Preschool-Series-Santiago
- ↑ Nickelodeon Dives In With All-New 'Baby Shark' Animated Preschool Series 'Baby Shark’s Big Show!'
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ Microsoft Store listing]: SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom]]: Rehydrated]
- ↑ https://press-start.com.au/news/xbox/2020/06/11/nickelodeon-kart-racers-2-leaked-with-spongebob-ren-stimpy-rugrats-and-jojo-siwa/
- ↑ Paw Patrol Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay trailer
- ↑ Facebook post
- ↑ [4]
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