- Nickelodeon’s 2001 Ratings Highlights
January 2, 2002 | Nickelodeon has finished 2001 with its biggest kids' audience in the network's 22-year history, breaking the audience-level record it set just last year and also advancing its standing (25 consecutive quarters) as basic cable's number-one network among kids and households in total day for '01 and fourth quarter, according to Nielsen Media Research (1/1-12/30/01). Nickelodeon--distributed to more than 84 million U.S. homes--scored its most-watched year ever among its core demo of kids 2-11 by growing last year's total-day average audience of 866,000 kids 2-11 by +3% to 895,000 year to date.
- Kids’ WB Sends Out Casting Call for New Robot on “Cubix”
December 10, 2001 | See what it’s like to be a part of Bubble Town and the Botties when you build your very own “Cubix” robot!
- Nickelodeon Announces December 2001 Holiday Programming Schedule
November 28, 2001 | Nickelodeon lights the menorah, heaps the basket with mazao and trims the tree, expanding holiday tradition into a diverse programming package in December that celebrates Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa respectively with all-new episodes of As Told by Ginger, Rugrats and The Fairly OddParents. Moreover, Yuletide fare especially for pre-schoolers includes episode premieres of Little Bill and Bob The Builder. And, to make kids merry throughout the entire month, Nick's airwaves will glow with seasonal favorites from hit Nicktoon series -- Mondays-Thursdays, December 3-27 (8:30 p.m. ET/PT) -- including SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys and CatDog - and with a diverse holiday marathon, December 15 (2-6 p.m. ET/PT).
- Cartoon Network Schedules “Justice League” Series Premiere
November 1, 2001 | Cartoon Network will premiere its all-new half-hour animated series, JUSTICE LEAGUE, on November 17 at 7 p.m. (ET, PT).
- Kids’ WB Schedules Game Show-Themed “Nightmare Room” Episode
October 4, 2001 | Why go to Africa and eat bugs when you can visit Tranquility Island on Kids’ WB! where the line between reality and illusion is blurred…where nightmares just might be real!
- “Nick News” to Air 10 Year Anniversary Retrospective on October 4, 2001
September 27, 2001 | NICK NEWS WITH LINDA ELLERBEE, the longest-running kids' newsmagazine in television history, will commemorate the 10-year anniversary of its Emmy, duPont and Peabody award-winning news coverage with a one-hour, prime-time special, TURNING TEN: A NICK NEWS CELEBRATION, airing Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001, at 8pm (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. The special is a retrospective of the weekly newsmagazine's most compelling stories over the last decade, showing how this groundbreaking program has been able to explain events such as war, terrorism, school shootings, AIDS, racism and politics to kids, and how kids have responded by working to change their world for the better.
- Kids’ WB Kicks Off Season With “Big Premiere Sweepstakes”
September 24, 2001 | Are you ready to go Hollywood and be one of the stars to attend a world premiere movie event? Get ready for the biggest Kids’ WB! morning ever… Kids’ WB! kicks off its new fall schedule on Saturday, September 29.
- “Nick News: Kids, Terrorism and American Spirit” Premieres September 16, 2001
September 14, 2001 | Nick will air a Nick News Special Edition, Nick News: Kids, Terrorism and American Spirit, on Sunday, September 16, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) to offer kids and their families a starting point to talk about their fears and thoughts surrounding this past Tuesday's series of events. The program also will be shown on Monday, September 17, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) and Wednesday, September 19, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
- Nickelodeon Renews “The Brothers Garcia” for Third Season & TV Movie in 2002
September 10, 2001 | Nickelodeon's hit primetime, live-action comedy The Brothers Garcia has been renewed for a third season, it was announced today by Cyma Zarghami, Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Nickelodeon. Eleven new episodes of the show will begin production in October in Hollywood. The Brothers Garcia, which made television history in July 2000 as the first English Language sitcom with an all-Latino cast and creative team of writers, directors and producers, will also be featured in a 90-minute tele-film to air on Nickelodeon in the 2002 season.
- Kids’ WB Announces 2001-2002 Schedule
August 31, 2001 | Kids' WB! will launch its first-ever live-action series and add five new animated series to its top-rated Saturday morning and weekday slates during the 2001-2002 television season.