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On April 1, 1979, the channel expanded into a national network named Nickelodeon. The first program broadcast on Nickelodeon was Pinwheel, a preschool series created by Dr. Vivian Horner, who also conceived the idea for the channel itself. [1] At its launch, Nickelodeon was commercial-free and mainly featured educational shows.
On May 16, 2011, Nick at Nite began scheduling programs airing from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time in an "off-the-clock" format, in which the network runs extended commercial breaks of as much as seven minutes in length to allow additional advertising spots (a method that has tense viewer criticism due to the length between the start of ...
From 1981 to 2000, Nickelodeon aired an original or acquired short film during the last commercial break of some of its shows, initially under the names Nickelodeon Short Feature (1981 to 1983) and Nickelodeon Breakaways (1983 to 1984). These included acquired one-shot shorts which usually aired after shows that ran less than 23 minutes; they ...
A television timeout (alternately TV timeout or media timeout) is a break in a televised live event for the purpose of television broadcasting. This allows commercial broadcasters to take an advertising break , or issue their required hourly station identification , without causing viewers to miss part of the action.
In Australia, a break-bumper can be a brief appearance of a programme logo, animated logo, title card or an animated title card, just before an advertising break. Break-bumpers can also be either animated or static information bars that appear for a few seconds, with program title and the logo of the television channel being watched. These are ...
A Show of Hands is a series of short films created by puppeteer Tim Lagasse for Nickelodeon.It was a predecessor to the television program Oobi.Each film is about one minute long and follows personified hands as they perform a small skit or a visual illusion.
You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown: November 16, 1998 February 26, 1999 Franklin 1: January 11, 1999 July 30, 2004 Kipper 1: February 8, 1999 December 25, 2001 Maisy: February 11, 1999 Shining Time Station: June 5, 2000 August 11, 2000 Maggie and the Ferocious Beast: September 21, 2005 Bob the Builder 1: January 13, 2001 September 22, 2004 ...
The manager tries to keep Ed from coming to work, but he shows up anyway and knocks out the actor in the commercial. Now Ed has to take his place. He quickly makes a horrible mess of things as usual. Vital Information; Loud Librarian (debut): Nobody had better make a peep in Ms. Hushbaum's (Lori Beth) library.