Nicktoons Network

Infobox TV channel

name = Nicktoons Network
logofile = Nicktoons.png logosize = 100px
logoalt =
caption = The Current Logo (2005-)
launch = September 23, 2005|
closed date =
picture format = SDTV
owner = (Viacom)
slogan = Not Just Cartoons, Nicktoons
former_name = Nicktoons TV (2002-2003) Nicktoons (2003-2005)
country = United States
headquarters = Burbank, California, U.S.|
sister names = Nickelodeon, Nick Too, Nick GaS, Noggin, The N
web = [http://www.nicktoonsnetwork.com/ Official Site]
sat serv 1 = DirecTV
sat chan 1 = Channel 302
sat serv 2 = Dish Network
sat chan 2 = Channel 178
cable serv 1 = Available on most cable systems
cable chan 1 = Check Local Listings for channels
cable serv 2 = Charter
cable chan 2 = Channel 108

Nicktoons Network, once known as Nicktoons TV and simply Nicktoons, is a digital cable and satellite television network. It is a sister service of the Nickelodeon cable channel.

This network is similar to Disney Channel's sister-related project "Toon Disney/Jetix" and Cartoon Network's sister-related project "Boomerang".

The show is currently airing "lost episodes" of Nicktoons, and so far aired Kappa Mikey and El Tigre episodes. Upcoming are My Life as a Teenage Robot, and the channel might be airing unaired episodes of unfinished nicktoons like The X's, Rugrats, Corneil and Bernie, Tak and the Power of Juju,Mr. Meaty, and As Told by Ginger

History

It was launched on May 1, 2002 (SpongeBob's 3rd anniversary) as Nicktoons TV, at first only available on digital cable until early 2004, when it began its broadcast on satellite television as well. In February 2005, Nickelodeon announced that Nicktoons would become ad-supported.

Nicktoons re-launched itself on September 23, 2005, as Nicktoons Network, introducing a brand new logo of a globe with the familiar Nickelodeon "Splat" that had been a Nick trademark since that network re-launched in 1984, and adapted a Hollywood-esque theme and a new campaign slogan of "Animation Capital of the World." In February 2006, Nicktoons Network introduced their first original series, "Kappa Mikey".

Ever since the re-launch in 2005, the channel has had a darker sense of humor. This includes the paper-mache interstitials "Don't Try This", which usually include one or two characters getting hurt or dying.

Programming

Its original programming consists nearly all of animated television programs formerly or currently broadcasted on its parent network. The network has also premiered many original shows in recent years, causing many of the older Nickelodeon cartoons to be removed from the schedule. on October 20, 2008 the first live-action television series will be Are You Afraid of the Dark?

International versions

"Nicktoons" was launched in the United Kingdom in July of 2002, although, unlike the United States version, it has been ad-supported since it launched. Also unlike the US version, it does not broadcast 24/7. Nicktoons Network will also launch in Australia along with its competitor "Toon Disney" on Foxtel and Austar in early 2009.

See also

* Nicktoons
* Nickelodeon

External links

* [http://www.nicktoonsnetwork.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.nickrewind.com/ NICK Rewind]