movies/tv The diminishing quality of Nickelodeon programming.

[RainbowBobSquareDash 76]

Well, except for SpongeBob, Nickelodeon is awful. Its programing is horrible the live action shows are really bad, & Fairly OddParents needs to end. And it's trying to attract more viewers by using Vine trends. WHY?!?! I was watching Nickelodeon the other day (Was watching SpongeBob obviously) and they did the "Damn Daniel" thing and replaced it with "Dang Nick!" Yeah Nickelodeon, without SpongeBob you are screwed.

Edited April 7, 2016 by RainbowBobSquareDash

[Mesme Rize 15,687]

To be honest, Nick has been bad for a few years for me now. I think they made themselves too dependable on Spongebob and the merchandise money that it brings and forgot to make more quality TV Shows.

[The Coffee Pony 1,390]

On the plus side, at least they have TMNT.

[Scootalove 10,689]

That doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Nick is trying to bring fans that have been disinterested for a while now, bringing back old stuff if necessary. Spongebob is on its last legs and now there might not be much saving Nick at this point in time.

[SUPERFOX5 387]

Does not surprise me either, used to like Fairly OddParents and Spongebob, but they seem kinda dry now.

 

I just wanna say, why not re-air some classics like Rugrats or Hey Arnold, or heck, even Invader Zim!

 

At least Invader Zim is still watchable years later, it did not age at all!

[RainbowBobSquareDash 76]

Spongebob is on its last legs

Well not exactly, i mean he still has his popularity and he still is the most popular kids show. But if he still were on season 6 i could agree. But season 9 is good and the creator came back to the show and wrote some good episodes. But the problem is the most recent show runner "Paul Tibbit" but he said he is stepping down as show runner and he said Vincent Waller or Stephen Hillenburg will be show runner. To be honest, Paul Tibbit should go back to being a writer because he gave us some gems like "Dying For Pie" from season 2 Edited April 7, 2016 by RainbowBobSquareDash

[Scootalove 10,689]

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Well not exactly, i mean he still has his popularity and he still is the most popular kids show. But if he still were on season 6 i could agree. But season 9 is good and the creator came back to the show and wrote some good episodes. But tge problem is the most recent show runner "Paul Tibbit" but he said he is stepping down as show runner and he said Vincent Waller or Stephen Hillenburg will be show runner. To be honest, Paul Tibbit should go back to being a writer because he gave us some gems like "Dying For Pie" from season 2

I commemorate the team for at least sticking around for the time being, still have good memories of Spongebob. Having Hillenburg back gives me some hope.

[Jeric 46,867]

@RainbowBobSquareDash, I updated the topic title PM me if you have any questions as to why

[AtomicStone 724]

I agree. The shows on Nick don't have the impact that they once did in my opinion which is a real shame, I used to love the majority of what Nickelodeon has to offer back in the day. They really need to come up with something fresh.

[Riganthor 484]

Nickelodeon becoma bad years ago when they followed the trent of live action shows, But instead of turning back and comming with new cartoons nickelodeon never left the live-action fase

[Moved to Elsewhere 11,331]

Nickelodeon is like that popular jock from high school who 20 years later is still talking about how great he was. It has been recently trying to ride off of people' s nostalgia by announcing all these reboots and letting shows from over a decade ago dry up instead of creating something new of quality. It will also ride off of whatever's popular (seeing as the channel is riding off of people's nostalgia because the 90s are considered, "retro" at the moment. That's not the only time Nick has tried to ride off what's popular at that moment. When YouTube became big, they made iCarly, and when mobile apps became big, they made Game Shakers. And then there's of course their awful promo video of the Nae Nae music video with their shows.

[Wind Chaser 4,768]

Nick is definitely riding behind the other two, but because there's so little competition between only three companies running the major kids' channels, there's really little incentive for them to do any better (usually the same reason I use to explain Disney's mismanagement on the TV side while their film properties are overachieving). I can remember a ratings report that showed them declining by double-digits over their rivals. In all truth, Nick, Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network aren't the top priorities for their parent companies, so they aren't going to put 100% effort into organizing the channels well, even when solutions are obvious.

 

Nickelodeon has had mismanagement issues for decades, even during their "golden" age from the 90s to the early 2000s, as evidenced by the vast troves of lost/unaired episodes they sit on.

 

While it is easy to say that Nick is playing it too safe with nostalgia, it ignores two facts: one is that the potential market for it is huge thanks to the Internet and growing mainstream interest, and actually underserved considering that 90s cartoon fans often complain of being without proper DVD releases, reruns, etc. The other is that Nickelodeon actually does have a slate of upcoming original shows.

 

 

As previously announced, Nickelodeon’s slate of new animated series on deck are:

• The Loud House, picked up for 26 episodes, is the first series to be greenlit out of Nickelodeon’s Animated Shorts Program and is inspired by first-time creator Chris Savino’s (Rocko’s Modern Life, The Powerpuff Girls) chaotic life growing up in a huge household.

• Bunsen is a Beast!, picked up for 20 episodes, is an original animated comedy created and executive produced by animation veteran Butch Hartman (The Fairly OddParents). The series follows the adventures of Bunsen, the first beast to attend a human grade school, and his best friend and classmate Mikey, who guides Bunsen through the ups and downs of life as a human.

• Mysticons, picked up for 40 episodes, is a half-hour, action series about four girls who transform into legendary warriors and band together to save their realm from an evil queen, Necrafa. Mysticons is licensed by Nelvana.

• Welcome to the Wayne, picked up for 20 episodes, marks Nick’s first digital short-form series to be greenlit for television. The series follows the comedic adventures of two 10-year-old boys exploring the crazy, unpredictable world of their New York City apartment building The Wayne.  Welcome to the Wayne is created and written by Emmy Award-winning writer and composer Billy Lopez (The Wonder Pets!, Phineas and Ferb).

• Pinky Malinky, picked up for 20 episodes, is a mockumentary series following the everyday life of Pinky Malinky, an infectiously positive hot dog living in a human world. Pinky’s experiences will be shared across social media and Nick’s digital platforms. The series is co-created and co-executive produced by Chris Garbutt and Rikke Asbjoern (The Amazing World of Gumball), and executive produced by Scott Kreamer (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness).

 

I'm personally looking forward to Welcome to the Wayne the most; its premise affords it the opportunity to be the urban, Nickelodeon equivalent to Gravity Falls and it has an art style that is sort of a blend of the modern standard with the classic Nicktoons style of the mid-90s.

 

In summary, I'd say it's the poor management of Nickelodeon, that caused that mass of unaired episodes to pile up, that caused the hugely popular Legend of Korra to be jumped all over the schedule and shifted to online-only, then end without a sufficient replacement, and that continues to ride the success of SpongeBob and Fairly OddParents into oblivion, that's a bigger problem than the quality of their programming. It's quality management that brings in quality programming. MLP is an example of that.

[cmarston1 5,960]

After how badly the network treated Korra, I can't say that I have any trust or faith in Nickelodeon when it comes to their programming and in general.

Which sucks because I am currently following the 2012 TMNT show and Harvey Beaks which are both great shows that don't get the treatment that they really should. Especially in the case of the latter.

[TheAnimationFanatic 3,597]

Pinky Malinky sounds like it has potential, but maybe that's due to the creators of Gumball's involvement.