Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids ( commonly referred to in on-air usage as Nickelodeon GAS or Nick GAS ), was an American digital cable and satellite television channel that was launched on March 1, 1999 as part of MTV Networks ' suite of digital cable channels.

Nickelodeon GAS re-aired the series from 1999 until 2006.

Reruns aired on Nickelodeon from 1994-1998, and on Nick GAS from 1999-2004.

Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids ( stylized as Nick GAS and commonly known as Nick Gas ) was an American cable television network that was part of MTV Networks's suite of digital cable channels.

With its focus on classic Nickelodeon game shows ( all of which had been removed from the parent network by 2000 ), Nick GAS was essentially a children's version of ( and Viacom's answer to ) Game Show Network, which launched on December 1, 1994.

Nick GAS originally launched as a 2-hour block on Nickelodeon on November 9, 1998 featuring game & sports-related shows like Renford Rejects, Double Dare, Guts and Figure It Out.

Nick GAS launched on March 1, 1999 and its programming primarily consisted of children's game shows and sports-related programs from Nickelodeon, its parent network.

In lieu of commercials, Nick GAS aired interstitial segments, some of which were produced at Nickelodeon On Sunset and the defunct Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida.

Nick GAS also carried repeats of Nickelodeon Robot Wars, a program adapted from the British original.

The facility was a working studio where many Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon GAS shows were produced, with the first being Double Dare.

They played non-stop music videos, as well as several new Nickelodeon spin-off channels, such as Nick GAS, NickToons Network, The N, Noggin, VH1 Classic, CMT Pure Country, MTV2, and MTVX.

Reruns aired on Nickelodeon GAS from the channel's launch on March 1, 1999 until its closure on December 31, 2007.

In addition, he hosted Nickelodeon GAS, and Nickelodeon Robot Wars on Nickelodeon.

Blinx was seen in the " You are watching ..." bumper that appeared after every show on the Nickelodeon GAS network.

In 1983, Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment began divesting its assets and spun off Nickelodeon and two other channels, MTV and the now-defunct Radio Television Station ( RTS ) into the newly formed subsidiary ; in order to increase revenue, Nickelodeon began to accept PBS-style corporate underwriting for its programming.

While Disney Channel original sitcoms / laugh tracks mainly film in front of studio audiences, Nickelodeon, Disney's top competitor, recorded such hits as iCarly and Victorious without audiences ( due to their decision to do away with their now-defunct original studios ) and use laugh tracks as a substitute.

Reruns of the Sanders-hosted series were among the shows carried on the now-defunct cable channel Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids ; and also several episodes of the Sanders-hosted series have also aired as part of The ' 90s Are All That, a 1990s-oriented rerun block that airs on TeenNick, as the series aired on the block from August 3, 2012, to August 5, 2012.

The program hasn't been shown since then, not even when Nick had a marathon of the first episodes of each Nicktoon on Thanksgiving Day 2007, despite having Henry and June on the cover of the now-defunct Nickelodeon Magazine.

Family produces its own original programming, in addition to airing many series and original movies from the U. S. cable network Disney Channel, along with reruns of two now-defunct flagship series ' from the U. S. channel Nickelodeon ( Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Zoey 101 ), and one current series from Australia's Network Ten ( The Elephant Princess ).

** The Nickelodeon Television Channel, a children's cartoon channel, launches as The Pinwheel Network.

On October 21, 2009 it was announced that cable channel Nickelodeon ( a subsidiary of Viacom ) had purchased all of Mirage's rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property.

In 1999, CTW partnered in a joint venture with Viacom's Nickelodeon to launch Noggin, a 24-hour cable channel aimed at 6-13 year olds ; Viacom's MTV Networks division ( which also operates Nickelodeon ) operated the channel with CTW and MTV Networks jointly owning Noggin.

Noggin soon after became a timeshare service ( in the same vein as Nickelodeon is by carrying Nick at Nite over the same channel space ) starting the teen-oriented The N that fall, which became a separate channel from Noggin on December 31, 2007 with Noggin becoming a 24-hour channel for preschoolers ; the Noggin channel was rebranded Nick Jr. on September 28, 2009.

In America, The series was called The Magic Carousel and it aired in the 1980s on Pinwheel, a children's programme on the kids ' channel Nickelodeon.

Around that time as Disney Channel's intended target audience became preschoolers, pre-teens and young adolescents, the channel began to quickly gain in popularity, even outside its main target audience, created increased competition with Viacom-owned Nickelodeon and made teen idols out of some of its stars.

Though Disney Channel has increased its viewership to rival that of Nickelodeon, Disney Channel has yet to officially unseat Nickelodeon in the Nielsen ratings as the highest-rated basic cable channel among total viewers ( ages 2 +) and all kid demos in its annual ratings.

* Nickelodeon, the first children's television channel, launched in 1979 ; it slowly gained in popularity over the course of the 1980s and early 1990s.

** Nickelodeon operates three digital channels separate from the main feed: Nick Jr., a channel devoted to preschool programming ; TeenNick, aimed at teenagers with mostly live-action programs ( which includes a two hour 1990s block in late night ); and Nicktoons, which primarily ( although not exclusively ) runs animated programming.

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally called The Pinwheel Network, is an American children's channel owned by Viacom and operated under its Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group.

It is treated as a separate channel from Nickelodeon by A. C. Nielsen Co. for ratings purposes.

Initially, Nickelodeon shared channel space with fellow Warner Cable channel Star Channel, which eventually became The Movie Channel at the end of 1979.

Within six months of the rebranding, Nickelodeon would become the dominant channel in children programming and has remained so for more than 25 years, even in the midst of increasing competition in recent years from other kids-oriented cable channels such as Disney Channel and Cartoon Network.

In January 1985, after A & E dropped its partnership with Nickelodeon and became its own 24-hour channel, Nickelodeon simply went to a test screen after sign-off.

** The Pinwheel Network changes its name to Nickelodeon and begins airing on various Warner Cable systems beginning in Buffalo, New York, expanding its audience reach.

Its children's programming featured many cartoons and some live-action series ( particularly fantasy action programs ) including Power Rangers ( currently airing on Nickelodeon ), Bobby's World, X-Men, The Tick, Eerie, Indiana and Goosebumps.

Immediately prior to this decision, Looney Tunes shorts were airing on several networks at once: on Cartoon Network, on Nickelodeon ( as Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon ), and on ABC ( as The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show ).

Toward the beginning of 1982, Nickelodeon began airing the entire edited season and YCDTOTV quickly became their highest rated show.

Originally piloted for Nickelodeon, it was eventually picked up by the Disney Channel and started airing in September 2001.

On September 28, 2009, the new logo is used across Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite, along with the rebranded TeenNick, Nick Jr. and Nicktoons ( formerly The N, Noggin and Nicktoons Network, respectively ) channels in varying versions customized for brand unification and refreshment purposes ; a new logo for Nickelodeon Productions also began being used in end credit tags on all Nickelodeon shows, even on episodes aired before the new logo took effect ( end credit tags of programs airing on TeenNick, Nick Jr. and some shows on Nicktoons only use the current Nickelodeon Productions logo and variants for their respective channel's original programming on episodes of series made after the rebrand ).

SpongeBob, iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush are the most frequently aired programs on Nickelodeon, with SpongeBob in particular typically airing about 9 – 11 times each day on average.

TeenNick, which has more relaxed program standards than the other Nickelodeon channels allowing for moderate profanity, suggestive dialogue and some violent content ( though Nickelodeon series and some off-network programs airing on the channel do not include this ), once shared the evening and overnight portion of each day with Noggin as The N ( in a similar manner to Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite ) starting with The N's initial launch on April 1, 2002, but on December 31, 2007 it took over Nickelodeon GAS's satellite transponder and became a stand-alone channel.

The eighteenth season, Samurai, began airing on Nickelodeon on February 7, 2011, with the previous episodes beginning rebroadcast on Nicktoons later that year.

In 2011, the Canadian Nickelodeon channel starting airing episodes of Hey Arnold !.

Nickelodeon then took the show off the air after airing less than half the episodes of the third and final season.

Nickelodeon banned the episode from airing ; the episode did not air in North America until Ren & Stimpy " Adult Party Cartoon " began in 2003.

During its airing on Nickelodeon, Mr. Wizard's World was the channel's # 3 rated show in 1983 ( behind Livewire, and You Can't Do That on Television ).

The show started airing on the Nickelodeon Canada channel when it launched on November 2, 2009.

David the Gnome came to US television in 1987, airing weekdays on the Nickelodeon cable channel, and was part of the fledgling Nick Jr. lineup when that was created shortly thereafter until 1995.

Nickelodeon Canada began airing the series on September 5, 2011 with the exception of Season 1 episodes 8 and 12 ( which featured musical guests ), and Season 3 episode 11.