Nickelodeon vs. Nostalgia | How Did Their Throwback Blocks Kinda Fail?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2024
- In the '90s and Early 2000s, Nickelodeon was king. Many who grew up in that era remember the time so fondly that Nickelodeon has tried multiple times to cater to those craving a hit of nostalgia. Just how successful were these attempts? Let's find out!
0:00 Intro
2:22 Nick Rewind 2006
3:48 Nick + Amazon CreateSpace Partnership
4:34 The '90s Are All That
18:48 The Splat
26:44 NickSplat
28:25 NickRewind 2019 & Beginning of PlutoTV
32:44 Totally Teen & '90s Kids on PlutoTV
34:46 CN & Disney's Attempts At Throwback Blocks
Special thanks:
TheHuskyGamer
JWingfield (Your After Effects templates for The Splat really helped the visual side of things!)
Nickstory Wiki
CN/AS Wiki
JasontheCartoonFan
#90sNickelodeon #nickelodeon #nostalgia
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I am so disappointed about what happened to all the Retro Nick programming blocks, they could have been airing it into one separate channel with some forgotten shows mixed in instead of spamming with just one or two shows such as currently “Spongebob” and “Henry Danger”. ☹️
I wish the Nick Rewind block was still around. All Teen Nick is now is 24/7 Henry Danger. What they should have done is turn the entire channel into Nick Rewind. As in, Nick's answer to Boomerang, which has recently recovered from its own network decay.
Vault Disney, likewise, could function as Disney's answer to Boomerang, as it was a former block on the Disney Channel that ran from 1997 to 2002.
That's what Nicktoons is supposed to be.
@@icecreamhero2375 For the Nicktoons themselves, yes. But I'm talking about about everything Nickelodeon, including the live-action shows. Besides, Nicktoons hasn't truly lived up to its premise since, what, about 2010?
This block kind of always seemed on autopilot because it kept showing the stuff and production order and we never really knew what other stuff would come about and they would rarely air stuff like game shows which is why it really got stagnant.
I live for the game shows and now that Brainsurge is turning 15, it might be a good trend to bring shows like that back.
I remember them in the summer of 2013 only airing hey Arnold catdog and rugrats. I think it was post 2000s rugrats too which didn’t make sense at all cc since it was 90s are all that lol. Then they put rocket power on which was def not 90s (it was in 99 sure but most episodes were early 2000s)
As a person born in 2004, yeah, late 2000s is where it became fucked
The Splat/NickSplat was easily my favourite version of the block. Yes, it had its auto-pilot moments, but it went way further than it had any right to. It was worth waking up at 7am to catch the last 4 hours since I had to stream it as a UK resident. It's a shame we never got our own version of it (outside of a website featuring clips of select shows.) especially since Nick UK had plenty of its own elements in the '90s/2000s that would have been nice to revisit.
I loved seeing Double Dare, Figure it Out, and Legends
@@nostalgiamostalgia0319 I never actually saw those as a kid, but when I caught them on TH-cam, I thought they were pretty cool, particularly Legends.
One of the best and most well researched Nickelodeon vids I have ever seen- I really hope you have more Nick content coming!
Please keep this stuff coming ty!
I still remember when the block first launched and how some people were upset Degrassi reruns were removed. I was like but if we were upset they took our shows out for them, they’d be telling us to “get over it”. I like Degrassi but they aired it a lot so I was happy to see my childhood back.
The autopilot killed it.
TryWatching "A better schedule for Nickelodeon's main block" by Evan Rosman
Their throwback blocks are the only reason I turned on Teen Nick. It got me into Hey Arnold. It's a very cute show.
Despite the block's heavy reliance on Hey Arnold, it's probably my favorite '90s Nicktoon. Such a classic I can always put on for comfort.
Same. I remember it came on 10pm at night and it introduced me to 90s Nick cartoons. My favorites were Hey Arnold, Rugrats, and a bit of Rockos Modern Life too.
Keeping making more of these vids I love them man
Hey man, just got recommended your channel. You’re going places, your editing and audio quality are both fantastic!! I make similar content and I think you put it a bit better than even I did in my nicktoons video, Nickelodeon killed their own nostalgia by only relying on SpongeBob. The new era of kids are only nostalgic for SpongeBob because that’s all they’ve seen, while us older kids at heart are the only people willing to tune in to these “retro” blocks.
Fantastic work and research though man, I’m definitely subscribing! Keep it up!
I Really miss The Splat/NickSplat!😭❤️📺🎶👍🏻
Yeah i remember how i got tired of the same block shows years ago. But was so thankful that paramount plus came to be. I got to see Salute your Shorts, Nick Arcade and you cant do that on television again after so many years AND in high quality format!
Nickelodeon never went down hill They just replaced the shows we grew up with with new ones for a new generation, I’m at least glad in an age of streaming service they still bother to add new shows every now and again like the new Fairly Odd Parents ❤
Not true. Back in the day they did have more variety. They had sitcoms, game shows, cartoons, etc. Alot of the shows felt very different. Now they spam SpongeBob all day and treat their other shoes like dirt and cancel them quickly. They even treat SpongeBob poorly. They don't post new episodes on their website after they premiere. The new episode releases are several months apart. Alot of the new shows are good especially Rock Paper Scissors.
@@icecreamhero2375Huh , didn’t know people thought RPS was good
@@ToonyTails It's really funny it's like Regular Show but more cartoony and dumber. I love it.
For me, The Year Nickelodeon went downhill was 1999...I swore I would die on my hill blaming SpongeBob for being the harbinger of the end times for Nickelodeon as I knew it.
These blocks were such a let down. That’s all I got to say… it had such potential… but they never gave variety a chance. There were many other shows
I was always surprised by how Wild Thornberrys never got a regular slot on Teennick, because I remember that was one of the last 90s Nicktoons that was still airing on the main Nick channel regularly along with Rugrats, Hey Arnold, CatDog, and Rocket Power
I need a nick channel that only plays 80s through maybe 93 Nickelodeon shows.
PSA FOR NICKELODEON: nostalgia for the network could have been a wonderful thing... However... I don't think a single person in charge knows how to handle a nostalgia block of programming at all.
Due to the fact that you seem to be just trying to throw things together and call it nostalgia. You do realize... Friends notice that when One nostalgia attempt is starting to fail (like '90s block.) you just give it a new name... Followed by you doing a bit of shoveling around with the shows to make it seem like whatever you've named the particular '90s nostalgia program at the time is new and improved... When it's really not. How about instead of openly repeating the same seasons of all that over and over and over... You add a show... Such as one of my personal favorites growing up... Cousin Skeeter. (Premiered in 1998.) Even more nostalgic... You could choose salute your shorts. (Premiered in 1991.)
NOPE! Instead you'd rather revamp things and add Old iCarly episodes. 😤.
Don't get a true '90s fan all hyped up... When you know eventually you're either going to cancel the programming... Or you know that the plan all along is not to stay 90s formatted and your perfectly prepared to start adding those iCarly episodes.
It is my opinion that y'all do all this big time advertising about bringing back 90s shows... Is because y'all are fully aware how many viewers will jump at the chance to reminisce... So you get them hooked... Then do your total revamp.😤😤🌄
I wish 90s are All That aired more acquired programming, like Danger Mouse, Inspector Gadget, and the 80s TMNT cartoon
They should have aired SpongeBob's 1st season for it's 15th anniversary or to promote the premiere of Sponge out of water
I bet for 80s borns it would be the late 90s when SpongeBob debut and when Rugrats added dill
I always find 90s Nick nostalgia from the late 2000s and early 2010s to be rather interesting as I was there to see all of it. I grew up on 2000s and early 2010s Nick but remember seeing people online talk about how great Nick was in the 90s and how bad the shows currently on the network were at the time, like Fanboy and chum chum, Icarly, and Bug Time Rush. It was common to see people beg f9r 90s Nick to come back through Facebook groups and even on the Nick message boards. It's so interesting to me as now my era of Nick is nostalgic. So whatever people my age brag about my era being peak Nick and tgat the new stuff sucks, I just laugh because people were saying that with the same stuff we grew up with.
I remember watching 90s All That back when it was still semi recent, around the year of 2013. I watched it constantly until I realized how repeatable the block was. I enjoyed of how the later years tried to be a bit more diverse, with them eventually adding shows and specials that hadn't aired in decades and even airing 2000s shows towards the end of its life. I had already watched most of the shows that aired on the block previously on Nicktoons and The N, which would air reruns of 90s Kick shows usually late at night around 2010 to 2012 for Nicktoons channel, and The N would had the 90s shows apart of their regular schedule, airing in the afternoon.
The mid to late 2010s were truly when 90s Nick became a brand for Nick, hence of why Teennick was doing so much big things for The Splat. I remember when I started to commonly see merchandise of 90s Nick stuff such as T shirts and hats that had 90s Nicktoon characters on them.
Pretty good video. A+!
This was the best nostalgia!
I still miss The Splat block, The90sAreAllThat block, watching Rocket Power, The Angry Beavers, As Told By Ginger, Doug, Clarissa Explains It All, etc. on TeenNick. ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️ The Splat block should've had Finders Keepers, Brain Surge, Nick Arcade, What What You Do? and other Nickelodeon game shows that aren't on Nickelodeon anymore on TeenNick.
I think nostalgic baiting is what the problem was.
Trying to make success with showing the classics and childhood love from the company is only going to last a few years because most people who grew up with that have long since moved past that, and their children would not care about it because they would not know how good it was since they were born before it.
This issue makes it harder from companies to adapt to newer and older audiences since times has changed and very few people would really care about what is in the past as most people want some in the modern age.
Nick had the idea on paper but after a decade and two years, it was getting boring because Nick in the modern times is doing badly as they do not have something new to give nor giving us something that we want. Now, Nick just airs all cartoons that were good but not nostalgic because these cartoons were or already on Nick, and Nick does not have any new shows to peek our interest as they forgotten lots shows due to "SpongeBob Syndrome" affecting their showcases.
Overall, trying to nostalgic bait your audience it not helping in the long run because you cannot adapt to all audiences with something that is new or old.
List of Music Tracks (From the Nickelodeon Production Music Library unless otherwise noted)
Scramble for Toys v1
Wizard Peak (Spyro the Dragon)
Cuckoo’s Dance v1
Dancer’s Choice
Edd Kalehoff - Main Theme 2 - On Your Marc (Double Dare)
Jim Lang - Back to School (Hey Arnold!)
Nick Video Open (No SFX)
Top of the Hour - ’86 Main Theme
Top of the Hour - ’86 w/falsetto lead
Rugrat Rap v2
Son of Traveling Salesman
Skarry Nick v1
Bali Nick (Mellow Version)
Shiny Orange Sofa
Hit the Orange Sofa
Time 4 Nick v2
KCA Instrumental (:40)
Orange Beats
Kids’ Choice Theme v3
Pat Irwin - Short Story (Rocko’s Modern Life)
Multipurpose Nick Days
David Stanley - Grand Prize Track (Legends of the Hidden Temple)
Saturday Night
Traveling Salesman
Jim Lang - Funeral (Hey Arnold!)
Saber Media - Slide (SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom)
Carlos Aguilar - Campaign (Nick All Star Brawl 2)
Sugar and Spice
Top of the Hour - ’87 Main Theme
Chad York & Darren Radtke - RIP Suites Theme 5 (Luigi’s Mansion 3)
Winner’s Shindig v2
St. a la Nick v4
Elwood’s Stomp v4
Wacky Nick Days
Serious Nick Days
The Orange Mix
Sponsor Theme
Edd Kalehoff - Prize Long, No Guitar (Double Dare Philadelphia Run)
Dan Sawyer & Fred Newman - Funnie Friends (Doug)
Spare Change
Jim Lang - Funky Rags (Hey Arnold!)
Pat Irwin - A Sucker For The Suck-O-Matic (Rocko’s Modern Life)
Hideaki Kobayashi - Cutscene: Eggman Again (Sonic Unleashed)
Dan Sawyer & Fred Newman - You Sure It’s Not Against the Rules? (Doug)
ACE+ - Gaur Plain [Night] (Super Smash Bros. For Wii U)
Shusaku Uchiyama - Staff Roll (Mega Man 8)
Matt Fletcher - Cartoon Network City Theme 60 Final Mix
Sato, Yuko, & Setsuo - The Genie’s Lamp (Aladdin SNES)
Chris Devoe - Elementary
Joe Boyd Vigil - Capslock
Hideaki Kobayashi - Extras (Sonic Mega Collection)
Is it PBS have their own rewind channel on Roku
The shows didn't go down hill but the network is horrible. They cancel anything right away that isn't immediately as big of a hit as SpongeBob. I am really enjoying Rock Paper Scissors. Fairly Odd Parents New Wish is great.
It’s gotten to the point where the audience refuses to watch a new show that they don’t believe the network respects enough to let it run on its’ own terms to make up for the investment of time and emotions. The TV Tropes website calls it The Firefly Effect. I could think of several examples from Nickelodeon, Netflix, Fox.
Childhood Memories on Nick 🟧
They mess up in views.
@gartnewsomejr When you said that the packaging for the NickRewind bumpers was done in-house, are you referring to the Animation Studio in burbank, or the main company in New York?
New York!