Nickelodeon Originals: Difference between revisions

'''Nickelodeon''', or simply Nick, is an American cable and satellite network, aimed at children and adolescents aged 2–17, along with a broader family audience through its program blocks. Launched on December 1st, 1977 by the Warner Cable Communications unit of [[WarnerMedia|Warner Communications]], the network was originally founded as Pinwheel, named after a children's television show of the same name. The network was later renamed to Nickelodeon on April 1, 1979, after an early 20th century exhibition dedicated to showing projected motion pictures. In 1984, Nickelodeon alongside other channels such as [[MTV IDs|MTV]] and [[VH1 IDs|VH-1]] were spun off into a separate company known as MTV Networks. In 1985, Warner sold a minority of MTVN to [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] and Warner acquired American Express' shares in the company. Later that year, Viacom acquired the rest of MTVN's shares from Warner. By this point, Viacom turned Nickelodeon into one of the most successful and popular children's entertainment brands in the world during the 90s to today.

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'''Availability:''' Rare. Most of the variants can be seen on the Orlando-taped episodes of ''Super Sloppy Double Dare''. The long fireworks version (with music) can be seen on the video ''Double Dare: The Inside Scoop'' and at the end of ''Double Dare: The Messiest Moments'' on VHS. The short fireworks version, however, appeared on the syndicated versions of ''Double Dare'', ''Finders Keepers'', and ''Eureeka's Castle'', as well as the [[Fox Television Stations Productions|Fox]] version of ''Family Double Dare'' (and even appeared on the Australian version of ''Double Dare'' after the "This program is based off of.." bumper). A short Nick Box is seen on the syndicated version of ''Double Dare'' and 1989 episodes of ''Super Sloppy Double Dare'' (both the Philadelphia and Orlando-taped episodes). The full Nick Box, however, can be seen on the video ''How to Throw a Double Dare Party''. The golf logo can be found on some Orlando-taped SSDD episodes as well. None of these variants appear on the British and Dutch versions of ''Double Dare'', though.

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'''Availability:''' Common. Although most shows and TV airings now use the Nickelodeon Productions logos, it's still seen at the start of post-2009 Nickelodeon DVDs, and sometimes at the end of certain shows like ''Rabbids Invasion''. The "Originals" variant appears on ''Degrassi'' starting with the 14th season and ''Open Heart'' (Canadian airings of these two shows replace this logo with that of a Canadian channel).

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'''Legacy:''' This logo seems to be an end tag for Nickelodeon Germany. Curiously, the 1984 Nickelodeon logo is used, despite the 2009 logo debuting in Germany by April 2010. Surprisingly, Africa used the 1984 logo until 2011.

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