Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which was first tested on December 1, 1977, before nationally launching on April 1, 1979 as the first cable channel for children. It is owned by ViacomCBS through its domestic networks division and is based in New York City. The network's programming is primarily aimed at children and teenagers aged 2–17, while some of its program blocks target a broader family audience. The channel was first tested in 1977 as part of QUBE, an early cable television system broadcast locally in Columbus, Ohio. QUBE's Channel C-3 aired Pinwheel, an educational show developed by Vivian Horner. Pinwheel performed well with QUBE subscribers, and Horner sought to expand her program into a full channel on national television. The channel, now named Nickelodeon, launched to a new countrywide audience on April 1, 1979, with Pinwheel as its inaugural program. The network was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until 1984. QUBE's owner, Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, eventually sold Nickelodeon, along with its sister networks MTV and VH1, to Viacom in 1986. Throughout its history, Nickelodeon has introduced sister channels and themed programming blocks. On January 4, 1988, Nickelodeon launched Nick Jr., a weekday-morning block aimed at preschool children. On August 11, 1991, the network introduced another flagship brand, the Nicktoons: original animated productions created specifically for the network. The Nicktoons brand would eventually evolve to introduce its own sister channel, launched in 2002. In 1999, Nickelodeon partnered with Sesame Workshop to create Noggin, an educational brand consisting of a cable channel and an interactive website. Two blocks aimed at a teenage audience, TEENick (previously on Nickelodeon) and The N (previously on Noggin) were merged into a standalone channel, TeenNick, in 2009. As of September 2018, the channel is available to about 87.167 million households in the United States.

Why It Sucks Now

 * 1) Since 2009, the Network has never been the same.
 * 2) The leadership is to blame. Cyma Zarghami specifically.
 * 3) The cartoons are always either placed in death slots on the main Nickelodeon channel or, more often than not, shoved to Nicktoons. These include, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Back at the Barnyard, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Robot and Monster, Harvey Beaks, CatDog, Welcome to the Wayne, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), The Mighty B, and The Fairly OddParents. Only The Loud House and The Casagrandes were able to stay on the main network with SpongeBob.
 * 4) Speaking of SpongeBob, Nickelodeon gives that show too many reruns on Nickelodeon. It currently airs for three and a half hours each day.
 * 5) The Live Action content occasionally gets reruns on the Nicktoons network. That does not make sense because that is for animated content.
 * 6) The Network relies on the live action shows, which are garbage.
 * 7) The Network is also responsible for the decline of Power Rangers in the infamous Neo-Saban Era on Nickelodeon's schedule for like putting five-month hiatuses to the series, which caused low ratings to Power Rangers.
 * 8) Along with Paramount Pictures, they refused to revive Ren & Stimpy in 2017, due of the failure of Adult Party Cartoon spin-off in 2003. Despite this, in 2016, she was in conversations with John Kricfalusi, the creator of Ren & Stimpy, to revive the show to be part of the Nicktoons crossover movie and the series itself being revived. But however, the conversations didn't go ahead, mostly because two years later in 2018, John K. was accused of sexual harassment. This was not only a stab in the heart of the show's fans but also a stab in the heart to the show. Various fans were very disappointed with Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon's decision to not revive the show, as mentioned before.
 * 9) Also during Cyma's leadership at Nickelodeon, she treated the creators of Nickelodeon's shows terribly, one big example being C.H. Greenblatt, the creator of Harvey Beaks and his staff, which caused the show to be canceled in 2017. When C.H. Greenblatt criticized the scheduling of the series, she and the executives threatened him to apologize, which shows she is so sensitive towards criticism.
 * 10) The reason why the Network turned down Constant Payne is because they believed that action shows turn kids into terrorists. And yet they greenlit the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, showing their hypocrisy.
 * 11) Same goes for The Modifyers being rejected because of it having a female protagonist and believing that a show with a female protagonist will not do well on Nickelodeon (despite shows like The Wild Thornberrys, Clarissa Explains It All and As Told By Ginger proving otherwise), and yet they greenlit The Mighty B!.
 * 12) Greenlit and/or licensed awful shows like The Mighty B!, Fanboy & Chum Chum, Planet Sheen, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Fred: The Show, Wild Grinders, How To Rock, Marvin Marvin, Nick Studio 10, Monsters vs. Aliens, Sanjay & Craig, Sam and Cat, The Haunted Hathaways, The Thundermans, Rocket Monkeys, Awesomeness TV (2013 TV Series), Every Witch Way, Breadwinners (2014 TV Series), Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn, Henry Danger (Season 1-3), Bella and the Bulldogs, Make It Pop, Talia in the Kitchen, Pig Goat Banana Cricket, ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks, Game Shakers, WITS Academy, Get Blake!, School of Rock, Bunsen is a Beast, The Adventures of Kid Danger, The Other Kingdom, and Knight Squad.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Before 2009, the Network was amazing.
 * 2) Classic Nostalgic Cartoons on the Greatest Cartoons Wiki.
 * 3) Greenlit good Cartoons in the 2010s like The Loud House, Welcome to the Wayne, Robot and Monster, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Harvey Beaks, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Turtles, The Legend of Korra, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and finally greenlit Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, much to the satisfaction of that show's fans.
 * 4) It has improved slightly since 2018.