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This article is about the Nickelodeon programming block. For the civil rights organization, see Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
| SNICK |
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| Genre |
Programming block |
| Country of origin |
United States |
| Original language(s) |
English |
| Production |
| Running time |
120 minutes |
| Release |
| Original channel |
Nickelodeon |
| Original release |
August 15, 1992 (1992-08-15) – August 28, 2004 (2004-08-28), August 17, 2013 (2013-08-17) On "The '90s Are All That" |
| Chronology |
| Followed by |
TEENick
(2004-2009) |
SNICK (short for Saturday Night Nickelodeon) is a two-hour programming block on the American cable television network Nickelodeon, geared toward older (preteen to teen) audiences, that ran from August 15, 1992 until August 28, 2004. It was aired on Saturdays starting at 8 p.m and ending at 10 p.m. ET. In 2004, SNICK was revamped as the Saturday night edition of TEENick. Nickelodeon continues to run a Saturday night programming block today, though since the TEENick name was removed from the lineup in February 2009, the block no longer goes by any name.
The block debuted on Saturday, August 15, 1992, with a pair of Sunday favorites (the teen sitcom Clarissa Explains It All and the Nicktoon The Ren and Stimpy Show) and the network premieres of Roundhouse (a musical comedy variety series) and Are You Afraid of the Dark? (a horror fantasy drama anthology series).[1]
Contents
- 1 Ads and bumpers
- 2 SNICK line-ups
- 2.1 SNICK
- 2.2 Snick House
- 2.3 Elevator Music Era
- 2.4 Snick On-Air Dare
- 2.5 Saturday Night Nickelodeon era and the end of SNICK
- 2.6 SNICK on The '90s Are All That
- 3 Home video releases
- 3.1 Volume 1: Nick SNICKS Friendship
- 3.2 Volume 2: Nick SNICKS The Family
- 4 References
Ads and bumpers
Ads and bumpers for SNICK featured the programming block's "mascot," dubbed "The Big Orange Couch," in several locales, including in front of the Midnight Society's campfire, Ren and Stimpy's house, the Roundhouse, and in various locations. It was retired in June 1999, when the iconic couch, stuffed with $25,000 and 6000 cookies, was given away in a contest celebrating Nickelodeon's 20 years on television. In 2006, one of Nickelodeon's celebrities would take over Nickelodeon from Monday to Friday, sitting on the Big Orange Couch.[citation needed]
SNICK line-ups
The following are the shows aired during SNICK for the year listed. Although these are the standard shows aired, some days would see variation in the SNICK line-up.
SNICK
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1992-1994:
- 8PM Clarissa Explains It All
- 8:30PM Roundhouse
- 9PM The Ren & Stimpy Show
- 9:30PM Are You Afraid of the Dark?
1993 to mid-Summer 1994:
- 8PM Clarissa Explains It All
- 8:30PM The Adventures of Pete & Pete
- 9PM The Ren & Stimpy Show
- 9:30PM Are You Afraid of the Dark?
- 10PM Roundhouse
1994-1996:
- 8PM The Secret World of Alex Mack
- 8:30PM All That
- 9PM The Ren & Stimpy Show
- 9:30PM Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Early 1996-Spring 1996:
- 8PM The Secret World of Alex Mack
- 8:30PM Space Cases
- 9PM All That
- 9:30PM Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Spring 1996-Fall 1996
- 8PM The Secret World of Alex Mack
- 8:30PM Space Cases
- 9PM All That
- 9:30PM The Adventures of Pete & Pete
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Fall 1996-Early 1997
- 8PM Kenan & Kel
- 8:30PM All That
- 9PM Space Cases
- 9:30PM Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Early-Fall 1997
- 8PM Kenan & Kel
- 8:30PM All That
- 9PM The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
- 9:30PM KaBlam!
Fall 1997-November 1997:
- 8PM Rugrats
- 8:30PM All That
- 9PM Kenan & Kel
- 9:30PM KaBlam!
1997-1998:
- 8PM Rugrats
- 8:30PM All That
- 9PM Kenan & Kel
- 9:30PM The Journey of Allen Strange
1998-1999:
- 8PM Rugrats
- 8:30PM All That
- 9PM Kenan & Kel
- 9:30PM Animorphs
Early 1999-late 1999:
- 8PM Rugrats
- 8:30PM All That
- 9PM Kenan & Kel
- 9:30PM Are You Afraid of the Dark?
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All these shows aired from 8 p.m.-10 p.m. ET (though the schedule was briefly extended to 8-10:30 p.m. ET in the summer of 1994[2]) with the ending having the big orange couch and above that a clock counting down until next week's broadcast.
Snick House
In 1999, Snick was revamped and renamed Snick House. With this came a number of changes. The block was hosted by Nick Cannon, and each week, a celebrity or music group made an appearance. The format was very similar to the former TEENick block, but was more of a party. Each week, kids could go online and vote for their favorite Snick House Video Picks. The winning music video was then played during Snick House.
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Late 1999-Mid-2000
- 8PM Rugrats
- 8:30PM The Amanda Show
- 9PM 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
- 9:30PM All That
Mid-Fall 2000
- 8PM Rugrats
- 8:30PM 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
- 9PM The Amanda Show
- 9:30PM All That
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Fall-Winter 2000
- 8PM The Amanda Show
- 8:30PM Noah Knows Best
- 9PM Caitlin's Way
- 9:30PM All That
Winter-Spring 2001
- 8PM SpongeBob SquarePants
- 8:30PM The Amanda Show
- 9PM 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
- 9:30PM All That
Winter-Summer 2001
- 8PM SpongeBob SquarePants
- 8:30PM The Amanda Show
- 9PM The Brothers Garcia
- 9:30PM All That
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Elevator Music Era
After the SNICK House was cancelled in June 2001, Nick replaced SNICK's normal slot with "Nick Flicks", 90 minute Nicktoon specials followed by The Brothers Garcia. This went on from July 7, 2001 to January 12, 2002 and from June 29, 2002 to September 7, 2002. On January 19, 2002, the brand new SNICK began with a whole new lineup, including a brand new cast of All That, which had been on hiatus for a year and a half, instead of As Told by Ginger movie "Camp Caprice". Bumpers now featured still pictures of various SNICK stars with a SNICK "talk bubble" above them, with elevator music playing in the background.
Fall 2001:
- 8PM Nick Flicks
- 9:30PM The Brothers Garcia
January–June 2002:
- 8PM All That
- 8:30PM The Amanda Show
- 9PM Taina
- 9:30PM The Nick Cannon Show
July-August 2002:
- 8PM Nick Flicks
- 9:30PM All That
Snick On-Air Dare
Starting in September 2002, SNICK featured a series of On-Air Dare segments featuring members of the All That cast. All but three members of the cast would pull a lever to determine the night's "dare", which one of the three would have to do. The three cast members from All That in each segment would be placed in a glass cylinder and one would be randomly chosen to participate in a dare. If chosen, two security guards enter and grab the cast member (as if he or she was arrested) so they don't escape. This appears to have been based on Fear Factor.
Some of these dares included singing the National Anthem in a diaper, apple bobbing in a toilet, taking a bath in a tub of raw eggs, eating a couple gallons of blue cheese, being painted with peanut butter and licked by dogs, hanging upside down and being dipped in dog food, having buckets of worms dumped on the cast member's head, drinking a gallon of sweat, sitting in a giant bowl of chili, dressing up as a girl and competing in a beauty pageant, eating 1000 toe nails, Put an entire Scorpion in your mouth, get pecked by Hungry Chickens or shaving their school principal's legs.
During this era of SNICK, the SNICK line-ups went through some major transitions that included the phasing out of The Nick Cannon Show and Cousin Skeeter and the addition of a new show, Romeo!
September 2002-February 2003:
- 8PM All That
- 8:30PM The Nick Cannon Show
- 9PM The Amanda Show
- 9:30PM Cousin Skeeter
February–June 2004:
- 8PM All Grown Up!
- 8:30PM Romeo!
- 9PM All That
- 9:30PM The Amanda Show
Saturday Night Nickelodeon era and the end of SNICK
During SNICK's "summer vacation", graphic design company "Beehive" created brand new bumpers for Saturdays on Nick, featuring orange SPLATs morphing into a show's character. Instead of saying "SNICK", the announcer said "Saturday Night Nickelodeon". TEENick Saturday Night replaced SNICK and Saturday Night Nick for the 2004-2005 television season and onward until the TEENick name was dropped in February 2009, to later be used (with its spelling changed to TeenNick) as the name for the rebranded The N cable channel.
June–August 2004
- 8PM All Grown Up!
- 8:30PM Romeo!
- 9PM All That
- 9:30PM The Amanda Show
SNICK on The '90s Are All That
TeenNick airs 90's era Nick shows starting at 12:00 AM Eastern Time under the banner The '90s Are All That. All That and Kenan & Kel are the most prominent and consistent SNICK shows to get reruns. It was announced that the week of December 26, 2011 up until New Year's Eve that TeenNick will air classic SNICK lineups from each year of the 1990s, with a special marathon airing New Year's Eve, all with classic SNICK and Nickelodeon bumpers from the 1990s.
On August 17, 2013, SNICK returned to The '90s Are All That, dubbed "SNICK-iversary". The original lineup was aired (Clarissa Explains It All, The Ren & Stimpy Show and Are You Afraid of the Dark?) with the exception of Roundhouse being replaced by All That.
Home video releases
In 1993, Nickelodeon released two VHS video tapes meant to recreate the SNICK-watching experience by including episodes from all four of the original SNICK shows: Clarissa Explains It All, Roundhouse, Ren and Stimpy, and Are You Afraid of the Dark?. The tapes also included episodes of the original The Adventures of Pete and Pete shorts in between each SNICK show as well as SNICK bumpers featuring The Big Orange Couch. The videos were released through Sony Wonder and came in orange-colored cassette tapes.
Volume 1: Nick SNICKS Friendship
- Clarissa Explains It All: Season 3 episode "Sam's Swan Song"
- Ren and Stimpy: Season 1 episode "The Littlest Giant"
- Are You Afraid of the Dark: Season 1 episode "The Tale of the Lonely Ghost"
- Roundhouse: Season 1 episode "New Kid In Town"
- Pete and Pete shorts "Artie, the Strongest Man in the World," "X-Ray Man," and "Route 34."
Volume 2: Nick SNICKS The Family
- Clarissa Explains It All: Season 1 episode "Cool Dad"
- Ren and Stimpy: Season 2 episode "Fake Dad"
- Are You Afraid of the Dark: Season 1 episode "The Tale of the Hungry Hounds"
- Roundhouse: Season 1 episode "You Can't Fire Your Family"
- Pete and Pete shorts "The Burping Room," "Mom's Plate," and "The Punishment."
References
- ^ Brown, Rich. "Nickelodeon Skews New for Fall." Broadcasting and Cable magazine. August 17, 1992. 20.
- ^ Ginny Holbert. "Children's Bedtime Stories Get Star Treatment on PBS", Chicago Sun-Times, June 10, 1994. Retrieved March 10, 2011 from HighBeam Research.
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Children's television blocks in the United States
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| Current |
- The '90s Are All That (TeenNick)
- Disney Junior
- DXD (Disney)
- Marvel Universe (DXD)
- Gotta See Saturdays (Nick)
- MiTelemundo (TMD)
- NBC Kids (NBC)
- PBS Kids
- PBS Kids Preschool (PBS)
- Planeta U (UNI)
- Qubo (ION)
- Smile of a Child (TBN)
- TCT Kids (TCT)
- Toonturama (UniMas)
- Xploration Station (FOX)
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Litton
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- CBS Dream Team (CBS)
- Weekend Adventure (ABC)
- One Magnificent Morning (CW)
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| Past |
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CN
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- Cartoon Cartoons
- Cartoon Planet
- Toonami1
- DC Nation
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CBS
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- CBS Kidz / Think CBS Kids / CBS Kidshow
- KOL Secret Slumber Party / KEWLopolis / Cookie Jar TV
- Nick / Nick Jr. on CBS
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WB / CW
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- Kids' WB2
- Pillow Head Hour
- The CW4Kids / Toonzai
- Vortexx
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Nick
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- Nick Jr.
- Nick Rewind
- SNICK3
- TEENick
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syndicated
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- BKN
- DiC Kids Network / Incredible World of DIC / Cookie Jar Kids Network
- Disney Afternoon
- Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
- Marvel Action
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grouped
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- ABC Family
- ABC Family Action Block
- Jetix
- Discovery Kids
- Fox
- Fox Kids
- Fox Box / 4Kids TV
- NBC
- Discovery Kids on NBC
- Qubo
- TNBC
- PBS
- Go!
- Kids Bookworm Bunch
- PTV
- Sci Fi
- Animation Station
- Cartoon Quest
- TMD
- Nickelodeon en Telemundo
- Qubo
- UPN
- USA
- Action Extreme Team
- Cartoon Express
- Hub
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- AniMeTV (Me-TV)
- Cookie Jar Toons / This Is for Kids (This TV)
- PAX Kids
- Disney's One Saturday Morning / ABC Kids (ABC)
- Playhouse Disney (Disney Channel)
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| Network history |
- ABC
- CBS
- 1st--run syndication
- NBC
- TBS / TNT
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| Notes |
1 This block is now a part of Adult Swim. 2 This block is now online. 3 This block is now a part of TeenNick's The '90s Are All That.
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| See also |
- Children's Television Act
- E/I
- Saturday morning cartoon
- Sunday morning cartoon
- Weekday cartoon
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